+, 8.9 : : : 8('98: 435" -. - / 2-03 4 !.-0*1 9 - ?@5+ + 2 $ > ,,9 ,C!9@,D +@D+2 $+A$ 5$ B,@$+99,1 621$ ., 2 5 1>6 ? >9+ ? 5?+1,$6+@ @+1 2 @+295@ +1.2*+@ , 5A* 5@$ 21 , -+2,. 21 +-* +12$+1 -@,1 *@+1. 9@2C ., @+.51 A.,@+?+. B23+A6+.+ %7 '; 88& ';< =+ $ , + , ! * +4 +1+4; 4+ + % ) * # ing manufacturing and con- struction activities on May 31. * In its order, the DDMA 1,6 ., 2 said it has been observed that % the number of coronavirus he United Nations Special R patients and positivity rate has Trapporteurs have criticised )) 1,6 ., 2 declined considerably and the the new Information Technology overall situation has improved, (IT) rules, prompting a strong he bars in Delhi will be but due caution and care has to rebuttal from the Government. In Tallowed to reopen with 50 be maintained for consolidat- its letter dated June 11, UN spe- 1,6 ., 2 Sabha constituencies in a State per cent seating capacity from ing the whole process of Covid- cial rapporteurs on right to free- or Union Territory. Monday. These bars will func- 19 management. dom of opinion, peaceful assem- mid speculations of Sources said that the tion from 12 pm to 10 pm. The The prohibited and bly, and privacy said India's 3+445 AAssembly elections in Delimitation Commission is Delhi Disaster Management surge in second wave of Covid- restricted activities, according Information Technology Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), likely to visit J&K soon to begin Authority (DDMA) on Sunday 19 on April 19. to the DDMA order, will con- (Intermediary Guidelines and ll eyes are set on the formal “Mehbooba has not decided to the Delimitation Commission the delimitation exercise which released the order allowing Many restrictions have tinue with effect from 5 AM on Digital Media Ethics Code) Aresponse of the People’s boycott the meeting. We are in is expected to hold a virtual was on hold due to the Covid- public parks and gardens also been lifted in a phased manner Monday till 5 AM on June 28 Rules, 2021, in their current Alliance For Gupkar favour of a political process but meet in the next few days with 19 pandemic. The commission to reopen for public. with improvement in the Covid or further orders, whichever is form, do not conform with inter- Declaration (PAGD) to the it’s a collective fight and hence all Deputy Commissioners to had recently sought data from As per the order, the own- situation, starting with allow- earlier. national human rights norms. invitation from Union Home we will all meet to decide who discuss various inputs on geo- all Deputy Commissioners on ers of restaurants and bars will The seven-page communi- Secretary Ajay Bhalla, to attend all should represent us in the graphical features of con- the area of existing constituen- be responsible for strict imple- cation expressed concerns on the all-party meet convened by meeting and convey the aspi- stituencies and the suggestions cies, including geography and mentation of Covid safety mea- Q R various other aspects of the IT Prime Minister Narendra Modi rations of the people,” the made by them. Delimitation facilities available, and had sures and guidelines. rules, and asked the in New Delhi on June 24. senior leader stressed on the involves redrawing the bound- asked them for their suggestions While the parks and gar- Government for a response. The Prime Minister’s meet- condition of anonymity. aries of Assembly and Lok to make them more "geograph- dens will also be opened, the +,--, ,"-. The letter is authored by Irene ing on June 24 with the polit- ically compact." Resident Welfare Association /0 +,1-+2 Khan, Special Rapporteur on ical leaders of Jammu and Having received the data (RWAs) will have to ensure the the promotion and protection Kashmir (J&K) is expected to and suggestions, the commis- visitors follow Covid-appro- ,33,4 5 /04, - 2 1,6 ., 2 of the right to freedom of opin- be about the delimitation exer- sion has decided to hold a vir- priate behaviour. "Public parks, % +,33, ", +" ion and expression, Clement cise. The meeting is an attempt tual meeting with the DCs to gardens and golf clubs will be ome Monday and the next Nyaletsossi Voule, Special by the Centre to seek political take forward the matter. reopened and outdoor yoga /0. ,-5+2 Cphase of India's vaccination Rapporteur on the rights to validation of the administrative “As far as possible, the activities will also be allowed," drive will kick-off across the freedom of peaceful assembly exercise which started in the 1,6 ., 2 at his residence here on Sunday. constituency should be fully the DDMA stated in its order. % 5,--,15+ country with the Central and of association and Joseph first week of June. But Kashmiri Union Home Minister geographically compact," Prohibited activities and Government providing free Cannataci, Special Rapporteur leaders have their own agenda head of an expected Cabinet Amit Shah and Defence sources said. services, including schools, 7 3,.+,.34 /0-, 542 Covid-19 vaccines to everyone on the right to privacy. for initiating the talks. Areshuffle and the June 24 Minister Rajnath Singh attend- After the delimitation exer- colleges and educational insti- P +3,15," /0", 4.2 above the age of 18 years. The UN special rappor- “We have stressed for a col- Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) polit- ed the meeting. Besides the two cise, the number of Assembly tutions, cinemas, gyms, spas, all Since the launch of the nation- teurs in its letter said India's lective fight and hence the ical outreach by the Central bigwigs, Union seats in J&K will go up from 83 kinds of political, social, cul- +3,1-, - /044,5".2 wide vaccination new IT Rules are in violation of PAGD will send two represen- Government aimed at restarting Finance Minister Nirmala to 90. Twenty-four seats of the tural, religious gatherings programme from January 16, rules laid down in the tatives to the meeting in New the electoral process in the Union Sitharaman and Railway Assembly continue to remain among others, will remain +",++,"-. /0.,34.2 the June 21 drive will mark a International Covenant on Delhi,” a news channel quoted Territory (UT), a high-level min- Minister Piyush Goyal are also vacant as they fall under closed till further orders or 5 departure from its earlier "lib- Civil and Political Rights a senior leader, who attended isterial meeting was chaired by learnt to have attended the dis- Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir am on June 28. The lockdown 4", +,+-+ /04+"2 eralised and accelerated" vac- (ICCPR), a key international the meeting, as saying. Prime Minister Narendra Modi cussions. (PoK). was imposed in Delhi amid a cination policy. human rights treaty.
! " An AICC leader, however, asserted, "Sonia could not meet Hemant as she was too busy the ! entire week due to develop- ments in Punjab, Rajasthan " and Maharashtra as well. There is no problem in the Jharkhand * 1,6 ., 2 coalition." The Congress is saddled with the power tussles ! fter Punjab and Rajasthan, between Sachin Pilot and "# Atrouble is brewing in the Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan $ $ JMM-Congress Party-led and Navjot Singh Sidhu and Government in Jharkhand. Amarinder Singh in Punjab. ! " #$ Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Congress chief % who camped for four days in Filling up the vacant and Finance Minister in Delhi, could not get an audi- Cabinet berth, a possible Hemant's Government, $ ! ence from either Congress reshuffle in the Council of Rameshwar Oraon, too, had & chief Sonia Gandhi or senior Ministers and appointments come to Delhi to discuss "party leader Rahul Gandhi. The to corporations among others affairs" besides appointments in ! Gandhis, in between, however, were high on Soren's agenda, corporations and commissions '( found the time to meet the new sources said. etc under the State Tamil Nadu Chief Minister "Such developments do not Government. Both Hemant $ * MK Stalin, whose DMK is an augur well for the coalition and Oraon would have partic- ally of the Congress in the when there has always been an ipated in the meeting with the southern State. air of mistrust among the two Congress top brass to discuss "Hemant returned to major coalition partners. all the pending issues. # Ranchi on Saturday. He had Particularly, given the buzz of Both the JMM and the &''( + been repeatedly making a possible BJP-JMM alliance, Congress have staked claim to , - attempts to call on Sonia and that keeps the Congress and the the vacant 12th berth in the . Rahul but failed. The snub has RJD on their toes. Or for that Soren Cabinet. Besides the ! not gone down well with the matter, the BJP getting a size- CM, the JMM has five /0/0 JMM. Moreover, their meeting able MLAs of the JMM and the Ministers while the Congress 1 + $ with Stalin has only rubbed salt Congress to resign just as it did has four and other ally RJD one . * 2 2 to the wound," sources said. in several States," they added. ministerial berth.
1,6 ., 2 With the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbating psychological suf- rom political personalities to fering and mental health prob- Fcommoners, from lems, many people across the Bollywood celebrities to jawans world and in India have been guarding India's borders, peo- embracing Yoga to stay healthy ple from all walks of life will and to fight isolation and stretch and bend in their depression. homes, parks and grounds to Indian Embassies in vari- mark the International Yoga ous countries also held events Day on June 21 , which will be for the D-Day. For instance, celebrated amid the shadow of over 100 Chinese Yoga enthu- the Covid-19 pandemic for the siasts took part in an event second year in a row. organised by the Indian The Union Ayush Ministry, Embassy here on Sunday to cel- which is the nodal Ministry for ebrate the ancient Indian sci- International Day of Yoga ence ahead of the International (IDY), said in a statement that Yoga Day on June 21. in view of the Covid-19 pan- ! " Similarly, the Indian demic and the consequent Embassy in Abu Dhabi, restrictions on congregational Minister tweeted, "Tomorrow, am on all Doordarshan chan- Thailand and South Korea were activities, the lead event of the June 21, we will mark the sev- nels on Monday, the event will among those who observed day will be a televised pro- enth Yoga Day. The theme this also include an address by the International Yoga Day on gramme. The highlight of year is 'Yoga For Wellness', Minister of State for Ayush Sunday. Sprinter Usain Bolt course will be Prime Minister which focusses on Yoga for Kiren Rijiju and a live Yoga from Jamaica too in his tweet Narendra Modi's address to physical and mental well- demonstration by the Morarji on social media wished healthy the nation. This year's theme is being." Desai National Institute of Yoga, and peaceful living to all for the ‘Yoga for Wellness.’ The Prime Scheduled to start at 6.30 the Ministry said in a statement. D-Day. !" # !
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() " * # $ %& '<:='> 5 9 , 4 B 2 $ . , @ +1.2*+@ $ +1.2*+@ state SC panel chairperson 4 tancing,” stated an order issued ue the preventive and precau- Tejinder Kaur. group of farmers on . by Chief Secretary Vijai tionary measures to contain the udhiana MP Ravneet Singh She informed that the ASunday held a protest in '< + ? 9 Vardhan, Covid pandemic … the LBittu, who was summoned Parliamentarian’s request in Panchkula, hours before Chief > #(EE #;'; F(0 (/# G Earlier, 21 people were 'Mahamari Alert-Surakshit by the Punjab State this regard has been accepted Minister Manohar Lal Khattar , E&# F<( &' G allowed to attend weddings Haryana' is extended for anoth- Commission for Scheduled by the Commission and was to attend an event there. $ 4 <#' #<0 and funerals in the state. er week from June 21 (5 am Castes in response to a com- allowed Bittu to appear on Shortly before Khattar was , "(" 4 "'< $ The order stated, onwards) to June 28 (till 5 am) plaint regarding his “pious June 21. to inaugurate a wellness centre '#; “Corporate offices can now in the state," the order said. seats” remarks, will appear Notably, the summons at Thapli Nature Camp, some +1.2*+@ open with full attendance but As per the order, all shops before the Commission in per- were issued to Bittu after a farmers carrying black flags to there has to be strict obser- can continue to operate from 9 son on June 21 (Monday), a day complaint was filed by protest against the three agri ? ) ! ! aryana Government on vance of social distancing, am to 8 pm, and restaurants before he was asked by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) laws used alternate routes in an '<:='> . +A5$ + HSunday extended the COVID-19-appropriate behav- and bars, including those in panel. MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu with attempt to reach closer to the * A , COVID-19 lockdown in the iour and regular sanitisation.” hotels and malls, are allowed to Notably, the Commission the Commission against a venue. $ /#!+ E 2 . A F2.AG state by another week till June It, however, said swim- open from 10 am to 10 pm with had asked Bittu to appear video being circulated widely The protesters were put 3 /' 2 28, while deciding to relax the ming pools and spas in the state 50 per cent seating capacity. before it on June 22 “personal- on the social media and news- into a police bus and taken into O 2.A NA 6O restrictions imposed on wed- would continue to remain The timings for shopping malls ly” in connection with a com- paper reports in which Bittu preventive custody. dings and funerals, and also, closed. Club houses, restaurants will continue to be from 10 am plaint against him for using allegedly made the “casteist” There was heavy police 2 . A allowed corporate offices to and bars of golf courses are to 8 pm, the order stated. “unparliamentary” language. remarks. deployment in the area as > 3 /' operate with full attendance. allowed to open with 50 per Notably, the State “Member Parliament A delegation of SAD Khattar was to reach the venue A . +A5$ “Weddings can now take cent seating capacity from 10 Government has termed the Ravneet Singh Bittu, who was MLAs, including Tinu, after inaugurating a few adven- place in courts but proces- am to 10 pm, the order lockdown "Mahamari Alert- summoned by the Punjab State Sukhwinder Sukhi, Baldev ture sports activities in the sions are not allowed. Up to 50 added. Surakshit Haryana (Epidemic Commission for Scheduled Khaira, had met the state SC Morni area. ! ) ? guests can now attend wed- "Now after duly consider- Alert-Safe Haryana)". The gov- Castes in a case, will appear panel chairperson and sought Some of the protesters said '<:='> dings and funerals or crema- ing the fact that although Covid ernment had imposed the lock- before the Commission in per- her intervention. they were holding a peaceful B tions, subject to strict obser- positivity rate and the number down in the state on May 3 in son on June 21 at 11:30 The Ludhiana MP, accord- protest, but police used force to vance of COVID-19-appropri- of new Covid positive cases view of the Covid-19 am…Bittu had requested the ing to the MLAs, had criticised disperse them. + $ > ate behaviour and social dis- have declined, so as to contin- situation. Commission that he has prior the SAD for giving away “pious After the incident, BKU > B L2 <<" scheduled unavoidable engage- seats” of Sri Anandpur Sahib leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni '00 ments on June 22 and request- and Chamkaur Sahib to the alleged that after taking the >9+ 2 (< /< ed to grant him permission to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) protesting farmers into custody, # $ % & be present on June 21 at 11:30 after forging a poll alliance with police had beaten up two $ instead of June 22,” said the it. youths. '$ ( )* +, M +1.2*+@ mence on June 21 in Himachal, - % aryana Health Minister said an official spokesman. -. / * /, 7 + 2 1, N, ! 1 HAnil Vij on Sunday said He said that around 809 4 $ . O 1 2 that on the occasion of vaccination centers have been 1 , F121,G 9*24,@ $ 2 "International Yoga Day" on established in the state and out 0 % % 1 1 F$211G ? 2 1 + June 21, a mega COVID-19 of these, 734 centers were set up F?21+G L$ $ 7 +M vaccination day will be in the rural areas and 85 cen- +1.2*+@ Colleges of Amritsar and Patiala has also been appointed as $ 2 M observed in the state. ters in the urban area. have also been commissioned. state nodal officer to keep liai- A target has been set to Approximately one lakh 18 o augment the supplies and Besides, more than 5,000 son with the Government of vaccinate 2.5 lakh people plus eligible beneficiaries are Tensure adequate medical oxygen concentrators (OCs) India in this regard. against COVID-19 during this targeted to be vaccinated on oxygen in all the state healthcare have also been provided to all Taking stock of the avail- mega drive day, Vij said. June 21, the spokesman said. institutions as well as private the state hospitals, CHCs and ability and requirement of med- Appreciating the decision He informed that as per the hospitals, the Punjab health and wellness centres to ical oxygen in the State, the of Prime Minister Narendra guidelines issued by the Government will set up 75 pres- take care of any emergent Chief Secretary asked the Modi, the Health Minister said Government of India, the vac- sure swing adsorption (PSA) requirements. Furthermore, newly-constituted group to pre- that vaccination is being done cination would be available plants in all the districts to com- 3,000 OCs, purchased by the pare an assessment report on a large scale in Haryana as free of cost to all 18 plus peo- bat the much-anticipated third Punjab Government with assis- regarding actual requirement of part of the Prime Minister's ple at government Covid vac- COVID wave in the state. tance of the World Bank, are the life-saving gas by the pub- scheme to provide free vaccine cination centers. Sharing the information being distributed to the state lic as well as private healthcare +1.2*+@ Badal was the Chief to all people above the age of He said that facility of the while chairing a meeting to hospitals. institutions, requirement of liq- Minister when incidents of the 18 years. onsite registration would be review the management of The Chief Secretary also uid medical oxygen (LMO) espite being “not in good desecration of religious text and Haryana Health provided in the tribal, hard and medical oxygen in the state constituted a State Oxygen plants, PSA plants, and OCs Dhealth” Akali patriarch and police firing at people protest- Department is in action mode rural areas. healthcare institutions, the state Management Group, headed by besides adequate storage and Punjab’s former Chief Minister ing against it took place in these days to further strengthen The spokesman said that Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan Principal Secretary (Water transport facilities and avail- Parkash Singh Badal will Faridkot in 2015. the protection against COVID- Covid vaccination would be directed the senior health offi- Supply and Sanitation) Jaspreet ability of MO cylinders. appear before the Special Punjab government had 19. Vaccination camps were available free of cost at all the cers to make earnest efforts for Talwar with Director (Industry The Chief Secretary was Investigation Team (SIT), prob- formed the new SIT, led by organized at 61 places in Ambala Government Covid vaccination early functioning of all the and Commerce) C Sibin, apprised that around 34,000 ing the 2015 Kotkapura police Additional Director General of Cantonment area, he added. centers. However, the private PSA plants in the State. Punjab Health System medical oxygen cylinders were firing incident, on Tuesday. Police LK Yadav, to probe the hospitals may charge up to a While two plants at Barnala Corporation (PHSC) managing already available in the state. In Sharing the information, Kotkapura police firing inci- HP targets to vaccinate maximum of Rs 150 per dose and Nangal have already been director Tanu Kashyap, and addition to this, 2,500 cylinders the principal adviser to dent following the directions of one lakh people on June 21 as service charge over the price made functional, the work on Additional Secretary (Water were received from the donors Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) the Punjab and Haryana High A mega vaccination drive fixed by the vaccine manufac- others is in full swing. Two Supply and Sanitation) Amit and 1000 more expected from president Sukhbir Badal, Court. against Covid-19 would com- turers, he added. under trial plants at Medical Talwar as its members. Talwar the donors. Harcharan Bains, stated that The new SIT is investigat- the former Chief Minister ing the two FIRs registered on wanted to “fulfil his legal and October 14, 2015, and August constitutional duties as a law- 7, 2018, in connection with the ""#$ abiding citizen of the country”. Kotkapura incident. “Five-time Punjab CM The High Court had on Sardar Parkash Singh Badal will April 9 this year quashed a appear before the SIT at his report by an earlier Punjab " % official MLA flat at Sector 4 in Police SIT, with the directions Chandigarh at 10.30 am on to the State Government to set June 22. Still not in good up a new SIT without Kunwar # party is also eyeing the politi- quashing the probe by the defended him despite stiff health, Badal, however, is keen Vijay Pratap Singh, an Indian $% cal bigwigs of the State to Government-constituted opposition by the rivals. The to fulfil his legal and constitu- Police Service officer who was expand its base and increase its Special Investigation Team, led Chief Minister had described tional duties as a law-abiding part of the earlier team. & foothold with elections slated to by Kunwar Vijay Partap. Kunwar Vijay as a “highly citizen of the country,” he Kunwar Vijay took voluntary % be held in another seven to Sources disclosed that competent and efficient” offi- tweeted. retirement after the court order. eight months. Kejriwal has all along been ask- cer. Earlier, the Punjab Police The previous SIT had ques- +1.2*+@ Speculations are rife that ing the party’s Punjab unit With Kunwar Vijay set to SIT had summoned the Akali tioned Parkash Singh Badal in besides taking Kunwar Vijay on leaders to approach the IPS join AAP, the political equa- Dal stalwart for investigation in 2018. At that time, Badal had am Aadmi Party (AAP), it board, the party is also roping officer, who has taken volun- tions in the state would also Mohali on June 16. But Badal said that the SIT was “politically Aappears, has won a battle in Punjab BJP stalwarts and tary retirement after High took a new turn as AAP’s mas- sought from the SIT to change motivated” to defame before the electoral war in former Ministers Laxmi Kanta Court’s order. The 1988-batch terstroke would provide it the the date of his appearance, him. Punjab. AAP, which emerged as Chawla and Anil Joshi. Punjab cadre IPS officer was much-needed boost and a big saying that he was not keeping The new SIT has already the principal opposition party However, it remains uncertain scheduled to retire in jolt to the traditional political good health. Later, the SIT questioned former DGP in 2017 state assembly polls, whether these two BJP leaders 2029. parties — ruling Congress, the rescheduled the date for his Sumedh Saini and some other has roped in former Inspector would also be joining the party Kunwar Vijay, in his report, BJP, and the SAD — which are appearance. police officers. General of Punjab Police on Monday. has pointed fingers at the then already struggling to keep their Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh — Even as neither anyone Chief Minister Parkash Singh support base intact. the ‘protagonist’ of the state’s from AAP nor Kunwar Vijay Badal and the then Deputy- Alike 2017, the sacrilege !%"12 battle against sacrilege. have officially confirmed the cum-Home Minister Sukhbir cases would once again become AAP supremo and Delhi development, sources have Badal for sacrilege incidents. At a major poll issue in the 2022 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal informed The Pioneer that the the same time, the former cop assembly elections, giving 3R is reaching Amritsar on former cop is set to hold AAP’s has also blamed the State enough ammunition to AAP to Monday morning reportedly to “broom”. Government for not defending target the Akalis — which was ., @+.51 cent less tests than the target are induct the former Punjab cop The development assumes the case properly in the High in power when the sacrilege being done in Uttarakhand. In into the party. In fact, the significance as the sacrilege Court. incidents took place; and also ven as the contagion of the previous week ( June 6 to issue has again taken the cen- It was not unknown that the ruling Congress — which ECovid-19 has declined sub- 12) which was the 65th week tre stage of Punjab politics Kunwar Vijay was one of the is under severe criticism by its stantially in Uttarakhand and ever since the first patient of after the Punjab and Haryana most trusted officers of the own partymen for delaying parameters such as infection Covid-19 was detected in the High Court’s adverse order in Chief Minister Capt Amarinder the probe and having failed to rate, active cases and recovery state on March 15 last year, Kotkapura firing incident, Singh, who had all along punish the culprits. percentage presents a satisfac- only 1,65,800 tests were con- tory picture in the state, the less ducted. The data maintained by number of Covid -19 tests the Social Development for + &,- ! .P* conducted by the authorities Communities (SDC) founda- remains a major area of con- tion suggests that the authori- ., @+.51 positivity rate is at 6.40 percent and Pithoragarh four each, cern. In the week ending on ties conducted maximum tests in the state. Nainital three and Chamoli one June 19, the state health in 57th week ( April 11 to 17) he number of new cases of Four deaths from the dis- new case of the disease on department had conducted when 2,84,288 tests were con- Tnovel Coronavirus (Covid- ease were reported on Sunday. Sunday. No new cases of 1,71,280 tests and out of them ducted. The department has so 19) declined further in Two patients were reported Covid-19 were reported from 1,892 samples were found pos- far done 52,73,776 tests in the Uttarakhand on Sunday as the dead at District Hospital Almora and Bageshwar dis- itive for the disease. state. state health department report- Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar tricts on the day. It is pertinent to mention On account of reduced ed only 136 new cases of the on Sunday while one patient The state now has 3,136 here that the chief secretary intensity of the contagion in the disease. The authorities also each was reported dead at All active patients of the disease. (CS) of Uttarakhand Om state, the Infection Rate (IR) is reported 206 recoveries and India Institute of Medical Dehradun district is at top of Prakash had recently directed witnessing a study decline. In four deaths from the disease on Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh the table in the list of active the department to conduct at the week ending June 19 ( 66th the day. and Sanjeevni hospital cases with 478 cases while least 40,000 tests per day. week), the IR has come down The cumulative count of Kashipur. The authorities also Pithoragarh is in second posi- However the department failed to 1.1 percent. The IR was 1.83 patients in the state has now reported the death of five tion with 456 active cases. miserably in reaching even percent and 3.19 percent in increased to 3,38,644 while the patients on Sunday which had Haridwar has 419, Bageshwar near to the target set up by the 65th and 64th week respec- death toll from the disease has occurred in the past but were 268, Almora 237, Nainital 230, CS. As per the Om Prakash’s tively. The state recorded the climbed to 7035. A total of not reported earlier. Pauri 183, Tehri 177, directive the department highest IR in week 60 ( May 2 3,22,681 patients have so far Dehradun district report- Rudraprayag 165, Champawat should have conducted to 8) when it soared to 24.67 recovered from the disease in ed 53, Uttarkashi 22, Tehri 159, Uttarkashi 128, Chamoli 2,80,000 tests in a week but percent. However it gradually Uttarakhand. The recovery 14,Udham Singh Nagar 11, 124, and Udham Singh Nagar only 1,71,280 tests were con- declined thereafter and has percentage from the disease is Rudraprayag ten, Haridwar 112 active cases of the ducted in the week ending now reduced to almost 1 per- now at 95.29 and the sample nine, Champawat five, Pauri disease. Saturday. It means that 39 per- cent.
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Government has assured a job similarly given to the wife of continue to recognize each Bajwa and Rakesh Pandey as Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Ravneet persons have been assisted in Giving details of appoint- to each of the families of the late MLA Baldev Singh. such contribution to the state’s 21 , 9+$ Punjab Police Inspector and Singh Bittu, Jasbir Singh self-employment and 7,01,804 ments given in the past to fam- farmers who have died during Citing additional exam- peace and harmony. N51-+2@ > Naib Tehsildar respectively. Dimpa and Mohammad Sadiq. private sector jobs have been ilies of terrorist affected victims, the agitation, and the process ples, they said that pursuant to Also defending the .2$ @2421+, $249A Punjab Mandi Board On Friday, the Punjab facilitated. it was pointed out that there are of providing these is already the assassination of DIG AS Cabinet’s move, five senior ?, +5$, ,A +@, chairman and veteran Government had decided to The Government has at present, at least five such offi- underway. Financial assistance Atwal, his wife was appointed Congress MLAs from Congress leader Lal Singh also appoint the sons of two already initiated the process for cers in the IAS cadre of Punjab is also being extended to all to the PCS (Executive) and Ludhiana said that the decision 6+@.$ >- 4+$O came out strongly in support of Congress MLAs as a police filling up an additional one who had originally been such families”. subsequently even his son was has been taken as per policy the Cabinet’s decision and inspector and a naib tehsildar lakh government jobs, and appointed to the Punjab Civil “When other similarly given a job of Inspector in the under which kins of the ter- +1.2*+@ advised all political leaders of as a “special case”. The State this process shall continue Service (Executive) on these placed persons are being reg- Punjab Police. rorist-affected families, free- the Congress to refrain from Government claimed that the unabated and the Government grounds. “The singular case of ularly given benefits under “In the present case, dom fighters, and those who midst the growing resent- making any statement that decision was taken on com- shall leave no stone unturned the Department of Excise and the State Policy, it would be Fatehjung Singh Bajwa was a give their lives for the country Ament within the party over could potentially weaken the passionate grounds, as a mark in assisting every unemployed Taxation where 108 jobs, unfair to discriminate against minor when the tragic incident get jobs in Punjab. the Punjab Cabinet’s decision party. of recognition to the “sacri- youth in the State, they added. including two ETOs, have been the children of MLAs simply occurred, in which he lost his Lashing out at opposition to grant Government jobs to “The collective decision fices” made by their grandfa- It was also pointed out that given to the victims on these because their fathers are cur- father, while Rakesh Pandey parties for making hue and cry two Congress MLAs’ sons on of the Cabinet to give govern- thers who were killed during Punjab had always been a wel- grounds. Similarly, six terrorist rently holding such positions. was incapacitated by an acci- unnecessarily, the legislators — compassionate grounds, no ment jobs to sons of sitting the height of militancy in fare state and it has been giv- victims had been appointed as Even in the past, the dent which did not allow him Kuldeep Singh Vaid, Balwinder less than nine Cabinet MLAs is correct and in line Punjab. ing jobs to various classes of Naib Tehsildar and many other Government has not discrim- to take up employment under Singh Laddi, Santokh Singh Ministers, four MPs, and five with appointments given to Lashing out at the critics persons keeping in view the victims have been given signif- inated on the basis of social the State Government. As a Bhalaipur, Balwinder Singh MLAs came out in open sup- similarly situated persons in for failing to appreciate the hardship faced by them as a icant appointments (DSP, standing or economic well- result, it is perfectly justified Dhaliwal, and Satkar Kaur — port of the Government’s the past,” said the Ministers state policy that has been in result of unforeseen and trag- Inspector, etc) in other being of families while extend- that their children should be in a joint statement said that move. and MPs extending their sup- force for many years now, they ic circumstances. Apart from Departments and continue to ing such benefits,” they added. offered these jobs,” they the Government is duty-bound A joint statement was port to the decision. They said that the Congress terrorist-affected families, jobs serve on very senior positions The leaders went on to add argued. to take care of the families of issued by over a dozen include Ministers — Rana Government has accorded top and/or financial assistance has in the State,” they added. that the people, critical of the It may be recalled that the those who got martyrdom for Ministers and parliamentari- Gurmeet Singh Sodhi, Sadhu priority to ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar been given to handicapped Listing out all the appoint- move, have lost sight of the fact Chief Minister had also safeguarding peace and com- ans, besides another statement Singh Dharamsot, Vijay Inder Te Karobar Mission’, which persons, rape victims and the ments and aids given to various that a job of DSP was given to defended the decision of the munal harmony of the coun- by five Congress MLAs from Singla, Aruna Chaudhary, has already facilitated employ- families of 1984 riot victims, families, the Congress leaders the grandson of former Chief Cabinet by observing that one try. * * ! 3 O' !*) *? ? * indoors except for morning Commonwealth games in my fingers because of one +1.2*+@ jogging and exercise. I am in 1958 that catapulted him to small error of judgement,” +1.2*+@ have criticized their own party’s “I don’t know on what high spirits.” fame. Milkha won India’s Singh had written in his auto- government over the move. parameters the sons of MLAs he track, to me, was like an Perhaps, this is how the first individual Gold medal biography recalling how he fter Punjab Congress chief Also, five Ministers — have been chosen for the jobs. Topen book, in which I legend of the Flying Sikh will at these games, a record had lost steam short of the fin- ASunil Jakhar asked Chief Charanjeet Singh Channi, Tript Clearly, they have not been could read the meaning and reverberate for generations to that stayed with him for over ishing line. Minister Capt Amarinder Rajinder Singh Bajwa, chosen on compassionate purpose of life. I revered it like come. five decades. From a bloody partition to Singh to review the decision to Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, grounds. I'm surprised what I would the sanctum sancto- Singh, who settled with With a motto “Don’t a lost childhood, hard won vic- give government jobs to the Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, kind of perception we want to rum in a temple, where the his wife in Chandigarh in the stop till you drop” during his tories to an unforgettable heart- sons of two Congress MLAs and Razia Sultana — had create. I thank the five minis- deity resided and before whom 1960s was among the most training, Milkha soon break at Olympics, the nona- while opposing the move, one reportedly opposed the deci- ters who spoke up. Despite the I would humbly prostrate prominent personalities of the became Asia’s best and genarian saw it all in his life. more party MLA Pargat Singh sion. opposition of five ministers, the myself as a devotee... Running city. The couple worked togeth- received several accolades Before his retirement, the joined the chorus of Pargat Singh, an MLA rep- Chief Minister is siding with had thus become my God, my er in the Punjab Sports during his career as an ath- legendary athlete became a the party leaders against the resenting Jalandhar Cantt and these two MLAs. If this is not religion and my beloved.” Department till 1980s and were lete. four-time Asian Games Gold- decision on a vocal critic of Chief Minister horse-trading what else is it? This famous quote from a regular at the Chandigarh His visit to Pakistan in medallist and the 1958 Sunday. Amarinder Singh, said that The message is clear, where the “The Race of My Life”, an Golf Course to watch their son 1960 remains another turn- Commonwealth Games cham- Besides Jakhar, three such decisions could affect the Chief Minister is willing, he will autobiography of legendary play there. In fact, Milkha ing point in his life when the pion. Congress MLAs — Amarinder Congress Government’s per- do what he wants, even if five athlete Milkha Singh aptly Singh was himself a golf afi- Pakistan President General Milkha was briefly impris- Singh Raja Warring, Kuljit ception a year before assembly ministers oppose it,” he sums up his dedication and cionado and used to play with Ayub Khan anointed Milkha oned at Tihar jail, for travelling Singh Nagra, Harjot Kamal — elections. said. passion for running that made many prominent personalities Singh became a sporting icon the ‘Flying Sikh’ after he outran on a train without a ticket and him one of the greatest athletes including politicians at CGC. with many aspirants taking up Pakistani Abdul Khaliq before was bailed out by his sister, who of all time. After the news of the death sprinting to follow their dreams the Rome Olympics. Haunted sold her jewellery to obtain his The ace sprinter, who was of the legendary athlete, many although only few Indians by the bitter memories of par- release. $ 4 0 born in 1932 in undivided politicians and other person- came close to match his calibre tition, Milkha had initially The news of his death on India, survived some hard- alities from the region had in the past several decades. refused to go to Pakistan but June 18 brought an outpouring $ $ # )5 fought battles on both person- reached his residence in Sector His was a rags-to-riches was persuaded by then Prime of mourning and remembrance al and professional fronts 8 here to pay their tribute. The story that began in the pre-par- Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to in the country. From President before his body lost the fight same residence had once tition era and is tinged with face his demons. to Prime Minister, Governors against Covid-19 on June 18 become a hotspot, with people incidents of horror and strug- Milkha’s pinnacle of glory to Chief Ministers, sporting after a month-long struggle. waiting outside to catch a gle. The most heart-wrenching came when he participated in personalities to actors, all took His wife, Nirmal Kaur (85), for- glimpse of him after the release part of his life story was when the 400-meters race at the to social media platforms to mer India women’s volleyball of blockbuster biopic on his life he saw his parents being killed 1960’s Olympic Games. mourn the death of the sport- captain had died due to Covid- “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”. during the 1947 partition. Finishing the 400m final in 45.6 ing superstar. 19 on June 13. “He (Milkha) fought hard He was lucky enough to seconds, he had finished at For many, the running leg- Married for 58 years, but God has his ways and it was escape the communal riots fourth spot, missing a Bronze end Milkha Singh remains the Chandigarh’s evergreen couple perhaps true love and com- and came to Delhi to stay with medal by just 0.1 seconds. best ever to grace the sport and are survived by their son, panionship that both our his sister initially. Even though he could not he has left behind a legacy and renowned professional golfer mother Nirmal ji and now After three failed attempts, bring home an Olympic medal, influence that will see him live Jeev Milkha Singh, and three Dad have passed away in a mat- he was finally recruited in the Singh had become the only forever. daughters. ter of five days,” a statement India Army in 1951 and it was Indian to have broken an The Flying Sikh, whose Famously known as ‘The from the family said. when he was introduced to the Olympics track record in 1960 inspiring story began from the Flying Sikh’, Milkha Singh had Milkha Singh, who missed sports and his journey to and the event which made the ashes of a violent partition, contracted the deadly virus an Olympic medal by a whisker become a legendary athlete nation glued to their radio wanted people to derive inspi- last month and his first in 1960, had set a new dawn in began. Milkha made it to sets later inspired many to ration from the famous quote response to the media after the country with a national Indian camp in 1956 and take up sprinting to become the “Destroy your entire existence testing positive was “I am 91... record in 400m race that booked a berth for the next Milkha Singh. if you want to reach the zenith. I will come out of it in flying remained untouched for almost Melbourne Olympics, begin- “The one medal I had Cos a seed has to become one 0 1 ( * ** " * ! colours and beat this virus in 38 years. Despite finishing ning his 400 m stint. yearned for throughout my with the dust to sprout and * ( " no time. I have been keeping fourth at the Olympic event, It was his victory at the career had just slipped through blossom into a flower.”
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aryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday Hannounced a new policy in which extra marks will be given to those students who will cater and nurture saplings from class 8th to class 12. The announcement was made by the Chief Minister during the inauguration of Panchkarma Wellness Centre, located in panoram- ic view of Nature Camp Thapli and Nature Trails of Morni hills. The Chief Minister also digitally laid the foundation stone of Nakshatra Vatika, Navgrah Vatika and Rashi Van, collectively known as Antriksh Van. Khattar said that the state already has 23 Panchkarma Centres and the 24th such Centre was inaugurated today. 500 Yogshalas and Vyayamshalas are functional in the state and the government aims to open more Panchkarma Centres, he said. The state also has set a target of planting three crore saplings in near future, he added. Khattar said that with the integrated development plan of Panchkula and its neighbouring areas, the local people will get numer- ous employment opportunities. He elaborated that Panchakarma is a traditional Ayurvedic process of detoxification, restoring youthfulness with the help of medicat- ed oils. This Centre is a unique gift to the people and is being run in association with Forest Department and AYUSH Department, he said Laying the foundation stone of Nakshatra Vatika, Rashi Van, Sugandh Vatika, the Chief Minister said these Vatikas will be devel- oped in government forest near village Masjidwala in Panchkula. During 2021 Nakshatra Vatika will be developed on ten acres, Sugandh and Rashi van will be raised on five acres each. He informed that eleven nature trails have also been developed by Forest Department in Morni hills under Panchkula integrated development Project. The local youths will act as guides and will explain about local culture and traditions and also about the flora and fauna of the area, he added. ? ? ) The Chief Minister said that the youth from the neighbouring areas will be given training for paragliding and a club would be formed to conduct these activities in Morni Hills. It will be named after leg- endary athlete late Milkha Singh. He said that Morni would prove to be a very suitable place for paragliding. He further said that a tourism information centre and Yatri Niwas will be set up in Panchkula. Five buses will be deployed for Panchkula Darshan. The Chief Minister said that the use of hot air balloons would also be started in Pinjore. !" # ! .
police and the disruptive pat- affected communities, would Q ( ) tern of the CoBRA uniform has 51 6&7 be a more prudent, responsible, been adopted by several state and sustainable approach. police forces in absence of any Globally, the governments in patents for these uniforms. other countries too have fol- Despite being the biggest 3 ! lowed this approach, and have #!*+,-+R paramilitary with lead roles in announced interventions that various operational theatres, provide fiscal stimulus. the provisioning directorate Government of India has fol- has not been able to properly New Delhi:The Centre has lowed a similar approach,” it address the continuity and told the Supreme Court that ex- said. cohesion factor that is instilled gratia compensation of 4 lakh Earlier, on June 11 , the through a consistent pattern of cannot be paid to the families Centre told the top court that uniform. of those who have died of issues raised in the pleas, seek- A senior official said that Covid-19 as it is beyond fiscal ing directions for ex-gratia during the entire winter season affordability and the finances of compensation of 4,00,000 to every year, the CRPF has to rely central and state governments the families of those who have on the Jammu and Kashmir are under severe strain. died of Covid-19, are “genuine” Police pattern of jacket in the In an affidavit filed before and are under consideration of absence of any authorised pat- the top court, the Ministry of the government. PTI tern of winter jackets (angola Home Affairs said the Centre dark shade) of its own. submitted that it has by ways of During various official “Minimum Standard Relief”, meetings, even the senior offi- under section 12 of the Disaster cers have been found asking the Management Act, 2005, taken delegates to wear the JKP pat- several steps providing for sub- tern of winter jacket to main- stantial and speedy measures 7 tain uniformity. by way of increase in health, “It is unfortunate that even infrastructure, ensuring food 1,6 ., 2 the Police forces are having bet- safety to every citizen. 1,6 ., 2 need to take pride in wearing exemplary turn-out at all times. ter and established dress codes “The prayer of the peti- he Congress on Sunday CRPF pattern uniform,” an Commandants and senior offi- and the lead paramilitary force tioner for payment of ex-gra- Talleged the Centre has he CRPF headquarters has official said, quoting the cir- cers should not hesitate to like CRPF lacks any coherent tia to all deceased persons due lost all sense of balance and Tissued a directive to all the cular sent recently across the point out deficiencies. uniform which is to Covid-19 is beyond the fis- responsibility towards people. formations across the country formations. Henceforth, please ensure that so important for inculcating cal affordability of the state gov- The Congress’’ chief to take pride in wearing the The official further said, officers and the men they com- discipline in the ranks and ernments. Already the finances spokesperson Randeep paramilitary’s Khaki/combat “The competent authority has mand are smartly turned out.” imparting an unique identity,” of state governments and the Surjewala said, “Power-drunk pattern uniform. The move desired that all officers/men It called for a strict compliance the official added. central government are under Modi government has lost all comes after CRPF chief including QATs/CTTs to wear of the order. During the last 17 years, severe strain due to the reduc- It further submitted that taken by the Executive. sense of balance and respon- Kuldiep Singh took only prescribed pattern Likewise, in a separate let- the CRPF uniform has been tion in tax revenues and under the Disaster “Any attempt to second sibility towards people. In an exception to a number of offi- khaki/combat uniforms as ter on April 19, the Force reit- changed thrice and the fatigue increase in health expenses on Management Act, 2005, guess may create unintended affidavit to the Supreme cers and men wearing the applicable in the area.” erated the importance of wear- in vogue currently was intro- account of the pandemic. Section 12, the “National and unfortunate constitution- Court, the BJP government CoBRA pattern fatigue while While QAT refers to Quick ing proper uniform. duced during the then para- “Thus, utilisation of scarce Authority” is empowered to al and administrative ramifi- claims it doesn’t have money deployed in Jammu and Action Teams, the CTT implies Combat Battalion for military chief K Vijay Kumar in resources for giving ex-gratia recommend guidelines for the cations. It may also be noted to pay even ?4 lakh as ex gra- Kashmir. Counter-Terrorism Team. Resolute Action (CoBRA) is a 2012. may have unfortunate conse- minimum standards of relief, that the term ‘ex-gratia’ itself tia compensation to families Despite repeated reminders Earlier, similar instructions specialized anti-Naxal force This combat pattern uni- quences of affecting the pan- including ex-gratia assistance connotes that the amount is not of Covid victims.””Does Modi for following the uniform rules, were issued on April 16 and within the overall command of form has bright white patches demic response and health and the function entrusted to based on legal entitlement,” Govt even feel the pain and even senior officials have been April 19 this year underscoring the CRPF. which could give a distinctive expenditure in other aspects the authority by the law passed the affidavit stated. suffering? No money for flouting the norms in the the need to adhere to the uni- The CRPF was raised in advantage to the ultras during and hence cause more damage by the Parliament. The Centre told the apex compensation to COVID-19 Valley. form rules. 1939 but despite being in exis- operations in various theatres than good. It is an unfortunate “It is well settled through court that it is wrong to state victim families but Rs 20,000 “During the visit to oper- In the circular issued on tence for over 80 years, the as they may not be so effective but important fact that the numerous judgements of the that the help can be provided crore are being spent on ational units in Jammu and April 16, the DG’s office had paramilitary does not have a in camouflaging, officials said. resources of the governments Supreme Court that this is a only through ex-gratia assis- Central Vista and a palace for Kashmir, the DG, CRPF said, “Competent authority has patented pattern for uniform. “Frequent changes in the have limits and any additional matter which should be per- tance as “it would be a rather prime minister. And where observed that in spite of the observed that officers are Besides the CoBRA, the Rapid uniform pattern disrupts con- burden through ex-gratia will formed by the authority, to pedantic and narrow approach”. are the 3,89,662 crore col- instructions, some officers/men exhibiting complacency Action Force (RAF) also has a tinuity in outlook and leads to reduce the funds available for whom it has been entrusted “A broader approach, lected in the year 2020-21 are still wearing CoBRA pat- towards their uniform. distinctive pattern of fatigue. lack of cohesive continuum other health and welfare and not one where the Court which involves health inter- from the loot in prices of tern of combat uniform. It is Uniform is a matter of pride The RAF uniform pattern has with regard to the image of the schemes,” the affidavit filed by will substitute its own judge- ventions, social protection, and petrol and diesel?” he asked in once again reiterated that we and officers must have an been copied by the West Bengal force,” this official added. the Centre said. ment for the decision to be economic recovery for the another tweet. 8 * * $ 6 * Q % R
1,6 ., 2 0 eeping an eye on the ongo- King Covid-19 pandemic 1,6 ., 2 The meeting chaired by and expected third wave in the Chirag also urged the Modi gov- country, BJP national president mbroiled in a power tussle ernment to confer Bharat Ratna, J P Nadda on Sunday reviewed Ewith his uncle, Lok Janshakti India’s highest civilian honour, the progress of party’s work on Party (LJP) leader Chirag on Ram Vilas Paswan, a popu- the ground towards helping Paswan on Sunday announced lar Dalit leader from Bihar who out those affected by the viru- an “aashirvaad yatra” from July died last year. lent second wave of the 5, the birth anniversary of his He claimed that over 90 per Coronavirus infection. father and party founder Ram cent of the national executive In the backdrop of lives government. their best under the able Vilas Paswan, from Hajipur in members were in the meeting. ! $ ( ' 9 ': lost due to the pandemic across The government has guidance of the Prime Bihar. The move is to popular The decision to launch the yatra ; < 0 1 # 8 ; the country and large-scale recently been criticised by the Minister.” legitimacy in his battle for the from Hajipur is significant as ' ' + < &% ; unemployment following the opposition for being caught As part of its ‘Sewa hi party’s ownership with the rival Paswan’s father was elected ' " lockdown, the BJP has re- off-guard during the second Sangathan’ , BJP has plans to faction, headed by his uncle to the Lok Sabha from there for assessed its approach and wave of the Covid19 in April- train a woman and a youth Pashupati Kumar Paras. eight times, and Paras represents asked all its central and state May, leading to major casual- worker each in two lakh urban Accusing his family rivals of the seat now in the House. ministers, MPs and MLAs to ties. neighbourhoods and villages “stabbing” him in the back, Chirag said Hajipur had personally focus on Covid- Nadda’s meet will also in the country. Paswan made the announce- been “karmabhoomi” of his 19-related work in their respec- focus on preparations for the The Bengal, Assam, Kerala, ment following a meeting of the father and the yatra will roll out tive areas and mitigate impact third wave of COVID and be Tamil Nadu and Puducherry LJP national executive which across the state and culminate of the pandemic. prepared with all that neces- election campaigns had invit- endorsed his leadership and hit with a meeting of the party’s Six States are going to poll sary to deal with the pan- ed public criticism of out at the faction headed by his national council. ; next year including Uttar demic. Governments and political lead- paternal uncle for working As he fights an all out bat- Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa Nadda assessed the work ers who were seen to be busy against the party’s constitution. tle to reclaim his father’s legacy and Gujarat. done under the programmes with ‘power games’, ignoring the Paras, in turn, dismissed the with all other party MPs, includ- Nadda will now be meet- ‘Sewa hi Sanghthan’ and surge in the Covid-19 second meeting as an assembly of “rent- ing his cousin Prince Raj, siding ing ministers every Sunday ‘Vaccination Drive’ saying, wave. ed crowd” and claimed that it with Paras, Paswan launched an for the next 6 weeks to bring “Today, a review meeting was The review meeting by held no legitimacy. emotional attack on the rival party work in sync with the held with all the national vice Nadda is an attempt to be alert, The Election Commission members of his family for not government’s development and presidents of the BJP on “Sewa this time round, to the public will now decide whether his waiting for even the first death welfare policies, an excercise Hi Sangathan”, “vaccination sentiments, and ward off oppo- group is the real LJP or whether anniversary of Ram Vilas that party has been doing in drive” and other programmes sition attack in view of the the Chirag-led faction is right, he Paswan and stabbing him in the the first inning of the Modi- and all partymen are doing approaching assembly polls. told reporters. back. 012 6 * 31 1,6 ., 2 loss. betes patients. These are taking the total cumulative Developed by one of the sourced from Gudmaar 1,6 ., 2 tests conducted so far for detec- hose who survived Covid- labs of the Council Scientific herbal plants. 1,6 ., 2 Supreme Court and its judges Ram. tion of Covid-19 in the coun- T19 but are now battling and Industrial Research Similarly, the chemical and the prime minister who The Congress had earlier he Covid-19 cases in India try to 39,10,19,083. with too much sugar in their (CSIR), BGR-34 has natural element Trigonoside found he Congress on Sunday formed the Trust, to find out alleged that land purchased for Tcontinued to witness a The daily positivity rate blood, a condition called bioactive compounds of in fenugreek, yet another Talleged a scam in the pur- the truth and investigate this. Rs 2 crore was sold for Rs 18.5 declining trend in the country was recorded at 3.22 per cent. hyperglycemia that is a sig- Daruharidra with DPP-4 herbal plant, too checks high chase of land by the Ram “Shouldn’’t the Supreme crore to the Trust “within min- with 58,419 new cases record- It has been less than 5 per cent nature feature of diabetes, inhibitory effects. In fact, as blood sugar levels, as has Temple Trust in Ayodhya and Court take cognisance of the utes”, as per the land deed reg- ed on Sunday, lowest in the last for 13 consecutive days, the can look towards ayurvedic per a research published in been detailed in the journal, urged Prime Minister matter? The Supreme Court istered on March 18 this year, 81 days. In the same time ministry said, adding the week- formulations like BGR-34 the Journal of Drug Research, Environmental Challenge. Narendra Modi and the should discharge its duty... hold and demanded an SC-moni- span, 1,576 fatalities were ly positivity rate has declined to which are based on natural the primary source of DPP-4 BGR-34 too, among various Supreme Court to “fulfil their an audit of the entire transac- tored probe into the “scam”. reported which was lowest in 3.43 per cent. bioactive compounds with inhibitors is the herbal plant other herbal ingredients, con- responsibility” by ordering a tions under its monitoring and BJP leaders had hit out at 63 days, according to data Recoveries continue to out- Dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 (DPP- Daruharidra. tains bioactive compounds court-monitored probe to find punish the culprits,” Surjewala the Congress, claiming those released by the Government. number daily new cases for the 4) inhibitory effects to man- Dr AKS Rawat, scientist of both these medicinal the truth. said when asked if the party who were opposed to the Ram India recorded less than 38th consecutive day. The age the health issues. from CSIR’s lab National plants. AICC chief spokesperson would move the court. temple constructions were now 60,000 new coronavirus infec- number of people who have According to a global Botanical Research Institute Giloy, Vijaysaar and Randeep Surjewala alleged that “Now the question is trying to derail it by making tions after 81 days taking the recuperated from the disease analysis published in the jour- (NBRI), Lucknow, which has Majeeth, all known for their the “loot” of funds collected in whether the false and misleading allega- total tally of Covid-19 cases to surged to 2,87,66,009, while the nal, Diabetes, Obesity and developed the ayurvedic drug, anti-diabetic properties, are the name of Lord Ram is “con- Supreme Court and the prime tions. 2,98,81,965, while the active case fatality rate stands at 1.29 Metabolism, at least 14.4 per said, “Because of this proper- already found in tinuing” at the hands of BJP minister will discharge their Surjewala said with the cases further reduced to per cent, the data stated. cent of Covid survivors have ty, the Daruharidra was added BGR-34. Dr Rawat said that leaders in Ayodhya and ques- duty, we leave it to their dis- “facts” now in the public 7,29,243. The death toll India’s Covid-19 tally had reported hyperglycemia caus- in the herbal formulation these studies are proof that tioned the “silence” of the cretion,” he said. domain, an investigation is climbed to 3,86,713 fatalities. crossed the 20-lakh mark on ing dysfunctioning of their BGR-34. the herbal formulation is also prime minister and the Surjewala said if it is required under the supervision The active cases further August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, immune response. The scientists had effective in treatment of Supreme Court. anyone’’s responsibility, it is of the Supreme Court to ascer- declined to7,29,243 comprising 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 Though a plethora of researched extensively to hyperglycemia in covid sur- He alleged that a BJP leader Prime Minister Modi’s as he tain the truth. 2.44 per cent of the lakh on September 16. medicines are available in the study its efficacy.” vivors. brought 890 metres of land in formed this trust. Posing five questions to total infections, while the It went past 60 lakh on market to check hyper- Besides Daruharidra, While nearly one in six Ayodhya for Rs 20 lakh in “It is not only a question of Prime Minister Modi and national Covid-19 recovery September 28, 70 lakh on glycemia, DPP-4 inhibitors BGR-34 has two other herbal people with diabetes in the February and sold it to the morality, but it is also a ques- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister rate improved to 96.27 per October 11, crossed 80 lakh on have been found to be most elements that control hyper- world being from India which Temple Trust for a whopping tion of constitutionality,” he Yogi Adityanath, he asked, cent. A net decline of 30,776 October 29, 90 lakh on safe to arrest the condition, as glycemia. is reeling under Covid-19, Rs 2.5 crore, making a profit of said, adding that the ball is now “What is the reason that Modi- cases has been recorded in the November 20 and surpassed per a recent study in Elsevier One of these is cases of hyperglycemia caused 1250 percent in only 79 days. in the prime minister’’s court on Adityanath ji are completely ovid-19 caseload in a span of the one-crore mark on journal. Symptoms of hyper- Gymnemic acids, which by damage of the pancreatic “Lord Ram’s temple is what action he takes. silent on taking action against 24 hours. December 19.India crossed the glycemia are frequent urina- again, according to a beta cells, leading to insuffi- being constructed as per the He said the people will the sinners who openly looted As many as 18,11,446 tests grim milestone of 2 crore on tion, excessive thirst, blurry ChemRxiv journal, controls cient insulin production, is on orders of the Supreme Court. never forgive anyone who loots funds for the construction of were conducted on Saturday May 4. vision, or unexplained weight hyperglycemia in the dia- increase. Is it not the responsibility of the donations in the name of Lord the Ram temple. 4 !" # ! / 0 ( ++ 0-)#1 -+$ $R
> 2: 1,6 ., 2 the islands' new administrator Dineshwar Sharma died after a diction from the high court of according to the law. part thereof". Talking to PTI ceived during his first visit to been making appeals to the Praful Khoda Patel. brief illness. Kerala to Karnataka. "Parliament may by law over phone, Lok Sabha mem- the islands," Faizal said and Centre for changing the admin- he Lakshadweep adminis- These decisions included This year, as many as 23 Efforts to seek comments constitute a high court for a ber Mohammed Faizal P P said, asked was there a need for this istrator at the earliest. Ttration, which has been revising standard operating applications, including 11 writ from the advisor of the admin- Union Territory or declare any "This was his (Patel) first and how could he justify the "The SLF is a non-violent facing widespread protests procedures for Covid appro- petitions, have been filed istrator, A Anbarasu, and court in any such territory to be attempt to shift the judicial proposal. Faizal said there have people's movement which has from the islands' people over priate behaviour, introduction against the administrator of Collector of Lakshadweep S a high court for all or any of the jurisdiction from Kerala to been 36 administrators before been requesting the central some of its policies, has moot- of the "goonda act" and demol- Lakshadweep and also against Asker Ali did not fructify. purposes of this Constitution," Karnataka." "Why was he so Patel and no one had this kind leadership to change Patel with ed a proposal to shift its legal ishing hutments of fishermen the alleged high-handedness of Mails to their official e- according to Article 241 of the particular to transfer it... it's of an idea."However, if this pro- someone who can be people's jurisdiction from the Kerala for widening of roads. either the police or the local mails and WhatsApp messages Constitution. totally a misappropriation of posal will see any light of the administrator," he added. High Court to the Karnataka Patel, who is the adminis- government of the islands. did not elicit any response to a Section 4 of the same arti- the post. The mother tongue of day, we will oppose it tooth and Legal experts from High Court, officials said. trator of Daman and Diu, was However, for reasons best question asking the rationale cle mentions that "nothing in the people on these islands is nail on the floor of Parliament Lakshadweep said that The proposal was initiated given the additional charge of known to the island's admin- behind mooting of the proposal this article derogates from the Malayalam," he said. as well as with the judiciary," Malayalam is the spoken as well by the administration after the Union Territory of istration, which is under the for shifting of legal jurisdiction. power of Parliament to extend "One should not forget the the Lok Sabha member from as the written language both in several litigations were moved Lakshadweep in the first week spotlight over its handling of The jurisdiction of a high or exclude the jurisdiction of a name of the high court is Nationalist Congress Party said. Kerala and Lakshadweep and, before the Kerala High Court of December last year, when these issues, it has made a pro- court can be shifted only high court for a state to, or Kerala and Lakshadweep High He said the Save therefore, the process could be against the decisions taken by the former administrator posal for shifting its legal juris- through an act of Parliament, from, any Union Territory or Court. This proposal was con- Lakshadweep Front (SLF) has streamlined. 78 0$ 0 9 2-;<1- <
! ,11+2 which had showed more than 454?+2 ple discharged from the hospitals since thousand cases on an average per the second week of March last year > 2 Though the Government amil Nadu has succeeded in day, registered just 904 new cases he Covid-19 deaths in Maharashtra increased from 57,10356 to 57,19,457. claimed that the situation is Ttaming the Covid-19 pan- on Sunday while neighbouring Tdropped to 605 and the infections The recovery rate in the state stood sta- here is no end in sight for the inching to normalcy, there has demic to a great extent, according Erode (870) and Tirupur (477) went up marginally to 9,361 on Sunday, tic at 95.76 peer cent TCovid-19 pandemic in Kerala been no dearth of ambulances to the data for Sunday released by districts too showed that the even as 9,101 patients were discharged The total “active cases” in the state despite the triple lock downs and blaring their sirens ferrying crit- the Directorate of Preventive Covid virus was getting flattened. after full recovery from various hospi- With 605 deaths reported on dropped from 1,32.595 to 1,32,241. The double lockdowns slapped on the ically ill patients from homes to Medicine and Health. Chennai logged 455 cases tals across the State. Friday, the Covid-19 toll in the state fatality rate in the state stood static at State since April 2021. The State hospitals. The State logged 7, 817 new while the death till date rose to A day after the State logged 8912 jumped from 1,17,356 to 1,17,961. 1.97 per cent. diagnosed 11,647 new cases on The Government release on cases of Covid-19 on Sunday 31,197. At the time of going to infections and 682 pandemic deaths, With 9,361 fresh infections, the Mumbai recorded 19 deaths and Sunday while 112 persons suc- Sunday said that 1.07 samples while the fatalities for the day Press, Tamil Nadu as a whole was the infections rose to 9,361, while the total infections in the state rose from 747 infections. As a result, the Covid- cumbed to Covid-19 on a single were tested in the last 24 hours. stood at 182. Across the State, 1.66 in different stages of lifting of lock daily deaths came down by 77. Of the 59,63,420 to 59,72,781. 19 toll in the metropolis increased from day that took the total fatalities Thiruvananthapuram topped the lakh persons were subjected to downs indicating that normal life 9361 deaths reported on Sunday, 190 As 9,101 patients were discharged 15,279 to 15,298, while the infected till date to 12,060. table of districts with the high- RT-PCR tests. Coimbatore, the is returning to the State though were current ones, while 415 were “old from the hospitals across the State after cases in Mumbai went up from 7,19,266 The Test Positivity Rate, est number of patients-1,600 industrial capital of Tamil Nadu, with restrictions. unaccounted” fatalities. full recovery, the total number of peo- to 7,20,013. according to the press release while Ernakulam came close issued by the Department of behind with 1,461 cases. Health was 10.84 per cent. But Monday will be crucial for elsewhere in Kerala, there were Kerala as the lock down is being '0 59 + ! many regions with higher TPR, lifted in stages. All liquor outlets according to Government have been opened while bars, 5 1>6 administer 7 lakh doses per UP Government has tweaked Medical Doctors. popularly known as watering day and then ramp it up to its strategy and adopted a More than 300 local self holes too have started selling he Uttar Pradesh around 12 lakh doses from ‘cluster approach’ to ensure government bodies in the State drinks, though in parcel mode. TGovernment set a target July 1,” he said. maximum vaccination. The have TPR of 30 per cent and Leaders of Islamic organisations of administering 7 lakh Covid In this regard, the CM entire population will be high. There were 1.05 lakh are expected to call on Chief vaccine doses per day which has ordered to increase the divided into clusters. patients across the State under- Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to seek will be ramped up from July vaccination centres from Focusing on rural areas, more going treatment for the pan- his permission to get the 1 and 10 crore people will be 6,000 to 10,000. The Health than 97,000 revenue villages demic. mosques opened. jabbed by the end of August. department has directed the of all the development blocks “The administration has district magistrates to make in the state will be divided chalked out an action plan all the arrangements accord- into clusters. The campaign and made all arrangements to ingly. The cold chain capaci- promising ‘ease of vaccina- + meet the target smoothly and ty has been doubled in the tion’ aims to vaccinate one swiftly,” a Government state. From 80,000 litres, the cluster a week in the village " spokesman said. Earlier, the capacity has been increased to panchayat ghars. The date state was administering about 2.25 lakh litres to stock up the and place of vaccination will 4.5 lakh vaccine doses a day vaccine doses provided by the be given to the villagers in under ‘Mission June’. Centre, the spokesperson advance in the form of 6 While chairing a high- said. ‘bulawa parchis’. $.* 2 level Covid review meeting He said from July In each revenue village of =, on Sunday, Chief Minister onwards, to meet the target of the state, mobilisation teams Guwahati: Assam's Environment Yogi Adityanath stated, “ The 10 crore doses, the govern- will be constituted with gram Kochi: The Customs and Forest Department has decision of the prime minis- ment will aim to administer pradhans, lekhpals, ASHA & Department probing the Kerala emerged as a front-runner in the ter to give free vaccines to all nearly 12 lakh doses a day. Anganwadi workers, teachers gold smuggling case has issued Life on Land category of the 2020 citizens above 18 years will Therefore, the next task for of primary schools, panchay- show-cause notices to 53 peo- edition of the Niti Aayog's boost the vaccination cam- the state is to ensure that it at secretaries and ple including prime accused Sustainable Development Goal paign. Taking advantage of has enough manpower and Yuvak/Mahila Mangal Dal. Swapna Suresh, suspended IAS (SDG) India Index. this opportunity, we have to vaccine delivery centres. The The cluster mobilisation officer M Sivasankar and two The index for SDGs, launched conduct our vaccination cam- services of more than 12,000 teams will start the awareness former diplomats in the UAE in 2018, evaluates the progress of paign to full capacity. Make new nursing students will be drive three days prior to the " * ? 6 consulate, states and union territories on preparations with a goal to taken for the purpose. The pilot project. 0 ! " Thiruvananthapuram, official social, economic, and environ- sources said here on Sunday. mental parameters.Among the The notices asking why 17 broad-based global SDG goals 1 > 9$ action under Customs Act with 232 indicators, 9 - $ should not be taken against Assam ranks fifth in the cat- them in the smuggling cases egory 'Life on Land' with a com-
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On , being replied in the negative, # Muhammad reacted by saying: that Muslims should have a the only land wherein Muslims and consequently bring pros- “Then you are a brother of the separate homeland even if can flourish and fulfil them- perity. The fight was about an # ( Devil.” In Islam, even ascetic inside an Indian confederation. selves. Today, India still hosts edifice which had no minarets, $ 0 ( orders are expected to marry Most Hindu leaders, Gandhiji more Muslims than any coun- no woozu for washing hands $: # rather than remain single. One of downwards, ignored these try except Indonesia. This is an and feet before proceeding to > O @= ( the Prophet’s companions, Usman statements and continued to unusual paradox. If so many prayers. In fact, it must have ibn Maz’un, wished to lead a life believe that the Congress Party Muslims can happily live in been meant as a mazar in O , S ( of celibacy; Muhammad forbade represented all communities. India, where was the need for Babar’s memory after he died. > $ him. Normally such consent is Rightly or incorrectly, because Partition? Yet, the Hindus India has had three given on condition of the celibate the Congress had members of 21.2+ $2 have accepted this contradic- Muslim Rashtrapatis, Zakir # becoming a eunuch. In the same all communities, the leaders tion without a protest. My Hussain, Fakhruddin Ali context, the Prophet exhorted his presumed that all of their com- +$ 4>@, question is if the Hindus can Ahmed and Abdul Kalam, , ,($ followers to marry women who munities followed the Party. 45$24$ +1 be so tolerant, why cannot the plus several judges including ( will love their husbands and be Eventually, Mohammad Ali Hans of China be considerate Supreme Court Chief Justices 1 , $ very prolific: “For I wish you to Jinnah had the Pakistan +1A > ,@ enough to let the Uyghurs be? and election commissioners O O 1 ) * be more numerous than any Resolution passed by the >51@A ,C ,9 After all, China has to appointed by, of course, Hindu other people.” (Mishkatu’l Muslim League at its Lahore coexist with many other peo- Governments. Masabih book XIII) session on March 23, 1940. Yet, 21.>1,$2+ 2$ ples and countries. There are When it comes to elec- We in India have a long and the Hindus took only limited 57 Islamic countries and they tions, all adult citizens have enormous experience of being notice. Nor did the British 2$ +1 515$5+ have not yet protested because the right to vote. There is no 8"- ruled by Muslim sultans and, of realise how serious was the 9+@+.>C 2- $> of what? Possibly sheer fear or discrimination. In the bargain, course, coexisting with them for Muslim desire for a separate business interests. But for how Muslims in earlier elections centuries. This led to serious and homeland, a New Medina. 4+1A 45$24$ long? Sooner or later, the voted en masse for one party prolonged oppression in the 50- On August 16, 1946, +1 +992A 2B, Islamic fury must explode. In and it won. The others were year reign of Aurangzeb, which Bengal Chief Minister HS any case, I appeal to the Han slack in casting their votes. But ended in 1707. There was a seri- Suhrawardy directed a massive 21 21.2+ 6 ,@, race for tolerance in the cause this was tolerant and no solu- ous emotional parting of ways. In pogrom, later called the Great 6+$ , 1,,. of peace. tion was applied to stop this 1887, the then most prominent Calcutta Killing; which over In a spirit of freedom and practice. The easy solution Islamic leader Sir Sayyid Ahmad three days saw the bloody ->@ 9+@22>1P brotherhood, we allowed the was compulsory voting; that Khan of Aligarh fame declared in end of thousands of people. Ayodhya litigation to go on for would have neutralised the en a public speech that the Hindus This was Jinnah’s way of prov- A, , 21.5$ nearly a century, waiting for a masse voting. But the Hindu and Muslims were separate ing particularly to the British +B, + ,9,. court judgment. Then only we ethos was too liberal for a nations. He repeated his con- that Hindus and Muslims can- have begun to build a temple drastic measure although tention the following year. not coexist in the same coun- 2$ for lord Ram whom poet Iqbal nearly a dozen countries, led The next eminence to pro- try. India had to be divided. >1@+.2 2>1 had described as “Imam-e- by Belgium and Australia, nounce the same sentiments in This is also based on the Hind”. The Muslims of practise it. the early 20th century was Justice Islamic theology that Muslims 62 >5 + Ayodhya were in favour of (The writer is a well-known Syed Ameer Ali. Then in 1930, need a Dar-ul-Islam, wherein 9@>,$ building the temple because it columnist and an author. The poet Mohammad Iqbal voiced the law laid down by Sharia is would multiply pilgrimage views expressed are personal.) )), )( ))6 78)(, SOUNDBITE ? ! " Sir — In the first political engagement !"# since the August 5, 2019, move by the Centre to end J&K’s special status, Prime ! 3Q Minister Narendra Modi will on June 24 ! 00 +) give an audience to the region’s mainstream D leadership, including those who were . 7 $ = incarcerated for opposing the Centre’s 2 move. Modi will chair the meeting. All the > ! 4 0 % leaders have been asked to go for a RT- > #0 PCR test before attending the meeting. + M <=>88 =<>' 8>('> )*+, (-. It will be the second major peace move > '< in J&K after the successful renewed 2 K @ $ $ ( ceasefire agreement in February this year # / S with Pakistan, which has been demand- * 2 6 ! ) ( ing a roadmap on J&K to expand the engagement with New Delhi. The sudden $ >B2.!'( O move by the Centre also comes in the N ! + ! wake of pressure from the international community, especially the United States, + $ ! S , to restore democratic and electoral 2 1 2 ! &8(>'' 8 >': <8(> processes in J&K, which remains under * 2 ! K . , 0 1 ! 2 M the Centre’s rule since 2018. It is a step in 2 % the right direction but how far this move * ! >B2. >B2. K 2 P ( Q ( will succeed remains to be seen. S )*+, ( # CK Subramaniam |Navi Mumbai 4 * 2 * $ ! , Sir — Yoga means “to add”; to add to the (> 4 good habits in life, to add to peace and pros- 3 ' 9 >''<' 'B''<:>'< | K + perity. In the current scenario, the COVID pandemic has devastated almost everything 9 2 ) 1 % of any particular religion but it’s for the a person expels droplets into the air, they F G but one thing remains that has helped life goodness of the entire humanity. Therefore, quickly evaporate and shrink to become tiny move on smoothly, and that’s HOPE. ( we all need to add yoga as an irreplaceable airborne particles, called “droplet nuclei”. During the troubled days, yoga can be part of our daily routine and life. This will But in a moist atmosphere, between a a step towards positivity, relaxation of not only make us physically, but also men- person’s mouth and the mask, it takes near- , 1 , .56 ( mind and physical strength. The United tally and spiritually, stronger. ly a hundred times as long for a droplet to Nations gave its nod to the idea on Aman Jaiswal | New Delhi evaporate and shrink into droplet nuclei. <:' B
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rvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister, National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi has justified his much-trumpeted scheme $6+* Afor door-step delivery of ration on the ) (-. ( ground that this will help rein in what he A describes as 'ration mafia' while ensuring that # > ( every grain of the subsidized food reaches the person (read: the poor) for whom it is intend- ) 0 0 ( ed. ( Who is this 'ration mafia'? How does it plun- # ( der the subsidized food? Can the scheme pre- "( vent it? # Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, 9 ( the Union Government directs the Food * Corporation of India and other state agencies to procure food from the farmers at MSP (min- " ) imum support price) and organize its distribu- 4 # tion to a mammoth population of 800 million ( people through an elaborate network of fair price # shops (in common parlance, these are called B (0 0 , A 'ration shops') at the subsidized price of 2, 3 and Rs 1 per kg for wheat, rice, and coarse cere- als, respectively. Each person is eligible to receive , 1 # ! 0 $ 5 kg of cereals per month. Considering that the cost of procurement, ) handling, and distribution is higher (in fact, many times more) than these ridiculously low selling prices, the Centre reimburses the excess amount as 'food subsidy' to the FCI and other agencies and is paid from the Union Budget. , $>52>1 > During 2020-21, a total of 463,000 crore , 9@>?,4 was paid to FCI. Apart from regular payment +11> ?, $,,1 of 215,000 crore, this included about 21 2$>+2>1 150,000 crore towards free food given to all the -@>4 2$ 800 million beneficiaries as also to the migrant $>5@ , 2 +$ Fundamentally, the Delhi dubious sales if any. albeit, for the millions of poor, this labour during April-November, 2020 under the scheme being the same as the Since 2014, reportedly, the often goes unchallenged even Aatmanirbhar package. The balance amount was > .> 62 Centre's, if the charge (read: 'ration Government has weeded out close when irregularities are pointed out used for paying off a good slice of the loan taken 9,1A >- mafia') leveled by Kejriwal holds to 44 million bogus ration cards by Comptroller and Auditor by FCI from the National Small Savings Fund ->>. +B+2+?, for the latter then this will also hold which are equivalent to 176 mil- General (CAG). (NSSF) to finance the shortfall in subsidy NB2@5+A ->@ for the former. Let us examine. lion beneficiaries (assuming four The scheme mooted by the reimbursements by the Centre in the past. -@,,O 6 2 When the owner of a ration persons on a card) or nearly 20 per Delhi Government does nothing to $ ) / % C % D Additionally, Rs 40,000 crore was paid to other 2*12,$ , shop has in his stock wheat/rice cent of 800 million covered under address this flaw. It will only cre- % 0 state agencies under decentralized procurement *@,,. >- meant for distribution to ration NFSA. This is a creditable achieve- ate more avenues for middlemen (DCP). card holders (RCH) at 2/3 per ment. However, considering the to make money at the cost of the # ( ( $+ , >.,@$ (( E F $ F During 2021-22, payment to FCI is expect- kg, he may get a strong temptation large-scale diversion which in taxpayer. What is the way forward? ,+.21* > DB 0 , D =6-6 ( ed to be about 302,000 crore including to divert it to the open market some states could be as high as 50 The solution to the problem 202,000 crore being the budget allocation and 92-,@+*, where they can fetch a minimum per cent, there is still a long way cannot be seen in isolation from its 556 an additional about 100,000 crore to provide +1. > ,@ of 25/35 per kg. He will take to go. source. It has to do with plenty of % for free food under Aatmanirbhar till November 2$ 2$ -@,, deliveries from the FCI godown in The menace of bogus ration food available 'virtually for free' G $ =665 2021 (announced subsequently to mitigate the 5 +$ the name of a 'fictitious' RCH and cards is only a part of a larger prob- which ignites the greed of stake- > impact of the second pandemic wave). A fur- > $>9 sell all those quantities in the lem in the public distribution sys- holders leading to pilferage and ( ther 40,000 crore is available for DCP. market raking in a clear bonanza tem (PDS) as pilferage could be other ills. This free cult has to stop. , , The scheme is pan-India, covering all the 28 of 23 and 32 per kg on wheat happening even at other levels in The Government should states and eight union territories including the and rice, respectively. This indeed the supply chain; for instance, at unshackle the food supply and dis- NCT of Delhi. The stuff unveiled by Kejriwal is is happening on a massive scale all the rake unloading points and tribution chains. It should put the merely an improvisation of this scheme. Unlike over India and has been recog- godowns of the FCI. Reports of the subsidy currently built into the sale E A D the latter wherein the beneficiary has to go to nized by the Prime Minister too. disappearance of food stocks price of food, say, 32 per kg on E the ration shop for collecting 5 kg of cereals per To stem the rot, the Modi worth about 20,000 crore in rice (cost: 35 per kg minus sub- ) month, under the former, the State Government Government has taken several Punjab in 2016 is a glaring exam- sidized price: 3 per kg) or 160 HI =6 will arrange for delivery of 4 kg of wheat flour measures including the One ple. The misuse of budgetary per person per month (under the
, .6 and one kg rice at his/her doorsteps. Hopefully, Nation One Ration Card resources also manifests in other NFSA, he/she is eligible to get 5 kg he/she need not pay extra for getting 'wheat as (ONORC) scheme which has at its forms such as inefficiencies in han- in a month) in the account of a , .6 flour' or receiving ration at home. core, the e-POS machine at all dling operations of FCI/other state beneficiary who can use it to buy " However, the delivery will be at a huge cost ration shops. Under this modus agencies and inflated claims from wherever he/she chooses. 4 =66 " to the state exchequer by way of the Government operandi, supply of the subsi- (including bogus claims) towards This is the Direct Benefit Transfer having to pay vendors for picking up wheat from dized food to the beneficiary is various expenses. (DBT) of subsidy. While fully 1 -6 4 the ration shop, process it into flour and deliv- made conditional upon him/her All this happens because, protecting the poor, it can help in =- er back to the shop in round one, and then lift- (The writer is a policy authenticating - using Aadhaar - under the existing system, the curbing the colossal loot and ing the wheat flour plus rice and delivering the analyst. The views taking delivery with the sale get- agencies get reimbursement for the wastage of public money that is J)*=K -66 )*= expressed are personal.) packet to each of the millions of beneficiaries ting registered on the e-POS costs on an 'actual' basis. This germane to the existing dispensa- # at their homes in round two. This cost will have machine. This is uploaded onto the indeed is the most serious flaw in tion. , =6-. to be funded by the state as an 'additional sub- web portal on a 'real time' basis the scheme. Camouflaged under Will Prime Minister Modi H6I- , sidy' over and above what is given by the Centre. which should help in detecting the noble banner of 'food subsidy', bite the bullet? ( B L5 B POINTCOUNTERPOINT I6 ( , ( -L 1 % F ? % ) # % % /) ) !7 ! H6 M # * 27 % ? ? 7 -66 =M L * L * ) !"% $% $ 0
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+ O 4$ - - ) +?5 had been greatly diminished NATO withdrawal. They have and bin Laden was dead. overrun dozens of districts, +1?,@@+ was actually inside the box was fghanistan's former America no longer needed often negotiating their surren- when a voice said “guilty” after APresident said on Sunday boots on the ground to fight the der from Afghan national secu- ustralia's suppression of K was asked how he pleaded. the United States came to his terrorist threats that might rity forces. Ainformation seen as pivotal The Australian govern- country to fight extremism emanate from Afghanistan, he But in many instances the to a free and open media is at ment has refused to comment and bring stability to his war- said. fighting has been intense. Just the centre of accusations that on allegations that K led an tortured nation and is leaving Still, the US' attempts to last week a brutal assault by the the country has become one of Australian Secret Intelligence nearly 20 years later having bring about a political end to Taliban in northern Faryab the world's most secretive Service operation that bugged failed at both. the decades of war have been province killed 22 of democracies. government offices in the East In an interview with The elusive. It signed a deal with the Afghanistan's elite comman- Last week, a former Timorese capital in 2004, dur- Associated Press just weeks Taliban in February 2020 to dos, led by a local hero Col. Australian spy was convicted ing negotiations on the sharing before the last US and NATO withdraw its troops in exchange Sohrab Azimi, who was also over his unconfirmed role as a of oil and gas revenue from the troops leave Afghanistan, end- for a Taliban promise to killed and widely mourned. whistleblower who revealed seabed that separates the two ing their forever war,' Hamid denounce terrorist groups and “The desire of the Afghan an espionage operation against countries. Karzai said extremism is at its keep Afghanistan from again people, overwhelmingly, all the Government of East The government cancelled “highest point” and the depart- being a staging arena for attacks over the country is for peace,” Timor. K's passport before he was to ing troops are leaving behind a on America. said Karzai, who despite being It's the latest high-profile testify at the Permanent Court disaster. There is little evidence the out of power since 2014 has lost case in a national system in of Arbitration in The Hague in “The international com- Taliban are fulfilling their part little of his political influence which secrecy laws, some dat- 2014 in support of the East munity came here 20 years ago of the bargain. The United and is most often at the centre ing back to the colonial era, are Timorese, who argued the with this clear objective of Nations claims the Taliban and of the country's political machi- routinely used to suppress treaty was invalid because fighting extremism and bring- al-Qaida are still linked. The nations. information. Police have also Australia failed to negotiate in ing stability...But extremism is ' " 0 ( * ( architect of the US deal and Diplomats, Western offi- threatened to charge journalists good faith by engaging in espi- at the highest point today. So ! " current US peace envoy cials, generals, tribal elders who exposed war crime alle- onage. they have failed,” he said. Zalmay Khalilzad says some and politicians on all ends of gations against Australian spe- There was no evidence Their legacy is a war-rav- ing us now?" he asked and indignity that we are facing. It corruption, a flourishing drug progress has been made but Afghanistan's political spec- cial forces in Afghanistan, or heard in open court of a bug- aged nation in “total disgrace answered: "In total disgrace and is better for Afghanistan that trade and in the final years without offering any details. trum regularly beat a path to bureaucrats' plan to allow an ging operation, which media and disaster." disaster.” they leave.” relentless quarrels with Karzai has had harsh words Karzai's door in the heart of the intelligence agency to spy on reported was conducted under “We recognise as Afghans Still, Karzai, who had a Karzai's rule followed the Washington that continue even and uncompromising criticism Afghan capital. Australian citizens. the guise of a foreign aid pro- all our failures, but what about conflicted relationship with overthrow of the Taliban in until today. of US war tactics over the past As the final military with- Australians don't even gramme. the bigger forces and powers the US during his 13-year rule, 2001 by a US-led coalition “The (US/NATO military) two decades in Afghanistan. drawal is already more than know the name of the former K was given a three-month who came here for exactly that wanted the troops to leave, say- that launched its invasion to campaign was not against Yet he has become a linchpin of 50% complete, the need for a spy convicted Friday. The suspended sentence. If he'd purpose? Where are they leav- ing Afghans were united hunt down and destroy the al- extremism or terrorism, the sorts in a joint effort being political settlement or even a Canberra court registry listed been sent to prison, there were behind an overwhelming desire Qaida network and its leader, campaign was more against launched by the US and Britain visible path to an eventual set- him as “Witness K". His lawyer court orders designed to con- for peace and needed now to Osama bin Laden, blamed for Afghan villages and hopes; to get a quarrelsome Afghan tlement would seem to be tak- referred to him more respect- ceal his former espionage "* take responsibility for their the 9/11 attacks on America. putting Afghan people in pris- leadership in Kabul united ing on greater urgency even as fully as “Mr K” in court. career by restricting what he future. During Karzai's rule, ons, creating prisons in our enough to talk peace with the Afghans by the thousands are K spent the two-day hear- could tell friends and “We will be better off with- women re-emerged, girls again own country...And bombing all Taliban. The insurgent group seeking an exit. ing in a box constructed from associates to explain his out their military presence,” he attended school, a vibrant, villages. That was very wrong.” has shown little interest in They say they are frustrat- black screens to hide his iden- predicament. said. “I think we should defend young civil society emerged, In April, when President negotiating and instead has ed by relentless corruption, tity. The public and media He had faced up to two our own country and look new high-rises went up in the Joe Biden announced the final stepped up its assaults on gov- marauding criminal gangs — were sent out of the courtroom years in prison. Since his after our own lives...Their pres- capital Kabul and roads and withdrawal of the remaining ernment positions. some linked to the powerful when classified evidence was offence, Australia has contin- ence (has given us) what we infrastructure were built. But 2,500-3,500 troops, he said The Taliban have made warlords in Kabul — and wors- discussed, which was about ued to tighten controls on $ 3 have now...We don't want to his rule was also characterized America was leaving having considerable strides since the ening insecurity. Few see a half the time. secrecy, increasing the maxi- continue with this misery and by allegations of widespread achieved its goals. Al-Qaida May 1 start of the US and future that is not violent. The only sign that anyone mum sentence to 10 years. 2$+4+?+. +($ n the wake of looming !- 6 1 ),())8*+ Iuncertainty in Afghanistan ( 0 )/$ 0 due to the withdrawal of the 7+ , 2 ( US troops, Pakistan has , ) announced that it would com- 0 ) ( + ( 43 plete the fencing of its border + ? '(B'<:& + '< with the war-torn country by Baghdad: At least one the end of June. Katyusha rocket fell close to the B2,11+ Minister for Interior perimeter of a military base Jerusalem: Israeli Prime 1 Sheikh Rashid Ahmed stated that hosts US troops in north- op diplomats said Sunday Minister Naftali Bennett on /' this on Saturday on the floor ern Iraq on Sunday, Iraq's mil- Tfurther progress had been Sunday opened his first Cairo: When Libyan security $ of the National Assembly, the itary said. The rocket fell near made at talks between Iran and Cabinet meeting since swear- forces rescued her earlier this year, lower house of parliament, the the sprawling Ain al-Asad air global powers to try to negoti- ing in his new coalition the young Somali woman , O !P Dawn newspaper reported. base in western Anbar province ate and restore a landmark Government last week with a thought it would be the end of her , 4+ The minister informed but did not explode, the mili- 2015 agreement to contain condemnation of the new suffering. For more than two ('<(' . the house that 88 per cent tary said in a statement. Iranian nuclear development Iranian president. He said Iran's years, she had been imprisoned '/ work on the fencing of the There was no significant that was later abandoned by the presidential election was a sign and sexually abused by human + border with Afghanistan has damage, the statement said. An Trump administration. for world powers to “wake up” traffickers notorious for extorting, 5$ been completed and the “rest Iraqi security official said a They said that it was now before returning to a nuclear torturing and assaulting migrants would be completed by June fence at the perimeter of the up to the governments involved agreement with Tehran. like her trying to reach Europe. 30”, it said. The fencing of the base was minimally damaged. in the negotiations to make Iran's hard-line judiciary Instead, the 17-year-old said, 2,640 km land border with The official spoke on condition political decisions. ) ? B 9 B : ( ? chief, Ebrahim Raisi, was elect- the sexual assaults against her Afghanistan began in March of anonymity in line with reg- It was the first official ' ed Saturday with 62% of the vote have continued, only now by 4 ? % 2017 after a spate of attacks ulations. meeting since Iran's hard-line )? 0 > ) 6 * amid a historically low voter guards at the government-run from across the porous border. An investigation by secu- judiciary chief won a landslide * > ! " turnout. He is sanctioned by the center in the Libyan capital ?I<= $ Pakistan shares a long rity forces found the projectile victory in the country's presi- U.S. In part over his involvement Tripoli where they are being kept. and porous border with had been launched from the dential election last week. lems are." almost fully exhausted. So the in the mass execution of thou- She and four other Somali !'( Afghanistan, which runs nearby al-Baghdadi area. Some diplomats expressed He did not further elabo- time has come for political sands of political prisoners in teenagers undergoing similar through mountainous terrain The attack is the latest tar- concern that Iran's election of rate on the nature of the tech- decisions,” Ulyanov added. 1988, at the end of the Iran-Iraq abuses are pleading to be and is largely unpatrolled. geting the American presence Ebrahim Raisi as president nical issues. The nations involved in the war. Raisi has not commented released from the Shara al- !'( The Durand Line was drawn in Iraq. Rockets and, more could complicate a possible Top Russian representa- negotiations have been trying specifically on the event. Zawiya detention center. It is by the British rulers in 1896 recently, drones have targeted return to the agreement. tive Mikhail Ulyanov said the to resolve the major outstand- Bennett said at the Cabinet one of a network of centers run 4 and is disputed by military bases hosting US Enrique Mora, the members of the Joint ing issues on how to return the meeting in Jerusalem that “of by Libya's Department for $ 1 Afghanistan, which also resists troops and the US Embassy in European Union official who Comprehensive Plan of Action, US into the landmark agree- all the people that (Iranian Combating Illegal F1 G Pakistani attempts to erect the heavily fortified Green chaired the final meeting of the or JCPOA, "took stock of the ment, which then-US President Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali) Immigration, or DCIM, which any border fence. Zone in Baghdad. AP sixth round of talks between significant progress made at the Donald Trump pulled Khamenei could have chosen, is supported by the European ?J , Russia, China, Germany, Vienna talks, including at the Washington out of unilateral- he chose the hangman of Union in its campaign to build J France, Britain and Iran, told sixth round, and decided to ly in 2018. Trump also restored Tehran, the man infamous Libya into a bulwark against *'<> +!* reporters that "we are closer to make a break to allow partici- and augmented sanctions to try among Iranians and across the mainly African migrants cross- a deal, but we are not still there.” pants to consult with their to force Iran into renegotiating world for leading the death ing the Mediterranean Sea. “We have made progress capitals in preparation for what the pact with more concessions. committees that executed thou- "While it is not the first ? $ on a number of technical is supposed to be the final Ulyanov said that after sands of innocent Iranian cit- time I suffer from sexual issues," Mora added. “We have round of negotiations.” heading back to report on the izens throughout the years.” attacks, this is more painful as !'( now more clarity on technical “There are a few contro- talks' results to their respective Iran and world powers it was by the people who should K documents - all of them quite versial points which require governments, he expected the resumed indirect talks in protect us," the 17-year-old 9 3 complex - and that clarity political decisions. 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+44+1 F3>@.+1G “As far as I know, there has not been a case this big in the ordan's version of a trial of history of Jordan,” said defense Jthe century gets under way lawyer Ala Khasawneh. The Monday when a relative of state news agency Petra said the King Abdullah II and a former trial starts Monday. chief of the royal court are to The 41-year-old Hamzah is be ushered into the defen- the central figure, though he is dants' cage at the state securi- not facing charges. In clashing ty court to face charges of narratives, he is either a cham- sedition and incitement. pion of ordinary Jordanians They are accused of con- suffering from economic mis- spiring with a senior royal - management and corruption, Prince Hamzah, a half-broth- or a disgruntled royal who er of the king - to foment unrest never forgave Abdullah for against the monarch while taking away his title of crown soliciting foreign help. prince in 2004 in favour of the The palace drama erupted king's oldest son. into the open in early April, The indictment, leaked to when Hamzah was placed state-linked media, alleges under house arrest. It has since Hamzah “was determined to broken taboos in Jordan and achieve his personal ambition” sent jitters through foreign of becoming king. It says the capitals, with Western powers prince and the defendants — rallying behind Abdullah, an Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, a royal, indispensable ally in an unsta- and Bassem Awadallah, a for- ble region. mer royal adviser — conspired The case exposed rivalries to stir discontent. in Jordan's traditionally discreet Security agencies began Hashemite dynasty and monitoring them in mid- spawned unprecedented pub- March, at a time of public lic criticism of the monarch. uproar over an oxygen outage The defendants are the most at a hospital in the town of Salt senior establishment figures that killed eight coronavirus to appear before the security patients. court, which typically goes Hamzah met with after drug offenders or sus- bereaved families just after the pected militants. king visited Salt. !" # ! 2
!% *? 0 * . &CCD ' "!. %, 1,6 ., 2 0" $ arkets regulator Sebi has 3 ! Mreconstituted its 1,6 ., 2 between last year and this extended the free food pro- Takeover Panel, which looks year when we talk about stim- gramme for 80 crore popula- into the applications seeking 1,6 ., 2 arbitration. he Government is open to ulus," he told PTI in an inter- tion till November. exemption from the manda- With Cairn seeking to Tcoming out with more view. The extension of PM Garib tory open offer that an acquir- ir India has time till mid- recover the award from state- measures to boost the econo- Elaborating his point, the Kalayan Yojana would cost er needs to make to minority AJuly to challenge the law- owned entities such as Air my which has been hit by the CEA said that unlike the pre- about Rs 70,000 crore, he said, shareholders. suit filed by Britain's Cairn India, the government has said second wave of the coron- vious budget which was framed adding free vaccination for all The regulator has Energy PLC demanding that a it will contest any enforce- avirus pandemic, says Chief before the pandemic, the 2021 is another important econom- appointed N Venkatram MD US federal court force the air- ment. Air India has time Economic Advisor (CEA) K V budget was presented amid ic measure. and CEO, Deloitte India as line to pay a $1.26 billion arbi- till mid-July to file a plea con- Subramanian. the pandemic and had already "Vaccine as you would the new member of the tration award it had won testing Cairn lawsuit, three He, however, added that incorporated significant fiscal appreciate is by far the most Takeover Panel, latest against the Indian Government sources aware of the matter the demand for a fresh stimu- expansion. important from the perspec- update with Sebi 1,6 ., 2 per cent under the automatic in December last year, sources said. lus package has to be consid- The focus is particularly on tive to get back into the path showed. route would be allowed in said. The airline, which is in the ered against the backdrop of a infrastructure spending which of economic recovery," he The panel, chaired by N K he Commerce and Industry cases where an 'in-principle' Air India is controlled by process of being privatised, is host of initiatives taken by leads to construction activity said. Sodhi, the former Chief TMinistry has floated a draft approval for disinvestment of a the Indian Government so likely to argue that it is a sep- Finance Minister Nirmala and subsequently creation of On the effect of the second Justice of the High Courts of Cabinet note seeking inter- PSU has been granted by the much that they are "alter egos", arate entity and not the alter Sitharaman in her budget for jobs in the informal sector wave on growth, Subramanian Karnataka and Kerala, makes ministerial views on a propos- government. Cairn had said in the lawsuit ego of the Indian government 2021-22 presented in and demand generation, he said, there will be some impact its recommendations to Sebi al to allow up to 100 per cent For BPCL privatisation, filed with the US District Court and cannot be forced to pay for February. said. It was witnessed during but it is not likely to be very on such applications after foreign investment under auto- mining-to-oil conglomerate for the Southern District of any liability of the govern- The Chief Economic the January-March quarter of large. which the regulator gives an matic route in oil and gas Vedanta had put in an expres- New York. The court should ment, they said. Advisor was responding to a the last financial year, he The Economic Survey opportunity to concerned par- PSUs, which have an 'in-prin- sion of interest (EoI) for buy- hold the airline company liable Air India spokesperson suggestion made by some added. 2020-21 released in January ties before passing an ciple' approval for disinvest- ing the government's 52.98 per for the arbitration award, the declined to comment on the industry bodies that the gov- The significant capital this year had projected GDP order. ment, sources said. cent stake in the PSU. The company had said. story. ernment needed to come out spending by the government growth of 11 per cent during Sodhi was also the former The move, if approved by other two bidders are said to be A three-member interna- Cairn has identified USD with a Rs 3 lakh crore stimu- led to a 15 per cent increase in the current financial year end- presiding officer of the the Union Cabinet, would facil- global funds, one of them tional arbitration tribunal that 70 billion of Indian assets over- lus package to boost the econ- the construction sector in the ing March 2022. Securities Appellate itate privatisation of India's being Apollo Global consisted of one judge appoint- seas for potential seizure to col- omy which was badly hit by the fourth quarter and the gross India's economy contract- Tribunal. second biggest oil refiner Management. ed by India had unanimously lect award, which now totals to second wave of the coron- fixed capital formation to GDP ed by less-than-expected 7.3 The other members of the Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd After collating the views, in December overturned levy USD 1.72 billion after includ- avirus pandemic in April-May. surged to 34 per cent, the per cent in the fiscal year panel are Darius Khambata (BPCL). the commerce and industry of taxes on Cairn retrospec- ing interest and penalty. According to an assessment by highest in the last six ended in March 2021 after (former advocate general, The government is pri- ministry would seek approval tively and ordered refund of The assets identified range the Reserve Bank, the second years. growth rate picked up in the Maharashtra) and Thomas vatising BPCL and is selling its of the union cabinet on the pro- shares sold, dividend confis- from Air India's planes to ves- wave has cost the nation about Emphasising that the final fourth quarter, just before the Mathew T (former chairman of entire 52.98 per cent stake in posal. cated and tax refunds withheld sels belonging to the Shipping Rs 2 lakh crore in terms of out- objective is to ensure that the world's worst outbreak of coro- Life Insurance Corporation of the company. At present, only 49 per cent to recover such demand. Corporation of India, and put lost. economic recovery gathers navirus infections hit the coun- India). Sources said that as per the FDI is permitted through auto- The government of India, properties owned by state "Like last year, we do pace, he said, the government try. Sebi had first constituted a draft note, a new clause would matic route in petroleum refin- despite participating in the banks to oil and gas cargoes of remain very open to coming will do whatever is necessary to The GDP print was better four-member Takeover Panel be added in the FDI policy ing by the public sector under- arbitration proceeding over PSUs, the sources said. up with more measures as ensure that. than expected contraction of 8 in November 2007, under under the petroleum and nat- takings (PSU), without any four years, has not accepted the These assets are across sev- well...But I think it is really With regard to food secu- per cent for 2020-21 as pro- chairmanship of former Bank ural gas sector. disinvestment or dilution of award and has filed a 'setting eral jurisdictions, they said important to take into rity for the poor, he said, the jected by the Economic of Baroda chairman K According to the proposal, domestic equity in the existing aside' petition in a court in The without giving further account the big differences government has already Survey. Kannan. foreign investment up to 100 PSUs. Netherlands - the seat of the details. " @/? 1; 3 %# 7E ! "8# 0 506 FF ? 0 # 1711 * % 1,6 ., 2 5CCC 6 3 1,6 ., 2 etrol price in the national 1,6 ., 2 2021 is ultra-vires of AOA and Pcapital crossed 97 a litre shall not be acted upon until the 1,6 ., 2 ments as its economy contin- he Ministry of Labour and Employment and diesel neared 88 after fuel n a rare regulatory move, Sebi company undertakes the valu- ues to expand, Jain further Tis considering extending the timeline of prices were raised yet Ihas restrained PNB Housing ation of shares as prescribed oreign portfolio investors said. 6 the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana again. Finance from going ahead with under 19(2) of AOA, for pur- F(FPIs) pumped in a net "Of late, INR depreciation (ABRY) till March next year from the exist- Petrol price was hiked by shareholders' voting on the pose of preferential allotment, 13,667 crore so far in June as is attracting incremental buy- 21.>@, ing June 30, in a bid to boost fresh hiring in 29 paise per litre and diesel by proposed 4,000 crore-deal from an independent regis- Indian markets continued to ing interest in IT stocks," noted the country amid the pandemic, said sources. 28 paise, according to a price with Carlyle group and direct- tered valuer as per the provi- remain attractive to overseas VK Vijayakumar, chief invest- study by the Indian Institute of Technology Under the ABRY approved by the Union notification of state-owned fuel ed the company to carry out the sions of applicable laws," PNB investors. ment strategist at Geojit AIndore in Madhya Pradesh has found that Cabinet in December last year, the retailers. valuation process as per the rel- Housing Finance said in a late However, market experts Financial Services. aloe vera has an "electronic memory effect Government pays mandatory employees The hike -- 27th in seven evant legal provisions. night filing referring to Sebi let- noted that FPIs withdrew During the same period, chemical" that may be useful in making memo- provident fund contributions of workers as weeks -- pushed fuel prices The watchdog said the res- ter to ensure compliance. money from Indian equities overseas investors withdrew ry chips and other data storage devices, an offi- well as employers for new recruits for a peri- across the country to new his- olution regarding the deal, The company, promoted by this week. Rs 1,645 crore from the debt cial from the premier facility said on od of two years. toric highs. which was to be put for share- PNB, said it had received the let- According to depositories segment. Sunday. Under the scheme with an outlay of Rs In Delhi, petrol hit an all- holders' vote on June 22, was ter from Sebi on June 18, 2021, data, FPIs invested 15,312 The total net inflow stood The study was carried out by the Materials and 22,810 crore, workers recruited from October time high of 97.22 a litre, "ultra-vires" of the company's calling upon the company to crore in equities between June at Rs 13,667 crore. Device (MAD) laboratory of the institution's 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, were covered. while diesel is now priced at Rs Articles of Association (AoA). comply with the legal provisions 1 and June 18. Prior to this, they had physics department, he said. "The Ministry of Labour and Employment 87.97 per litre. The transaction, which has in the matter. The said report "The US Federal Reserve pulled out Rs 2,666 crore in "As part of our study, we used electric current is in the process of circulating a Cabinet pro- Fuel prices differ from state come under the lens of Sebi shall be considered by the com- has signalled that it will start May and Rs 9,435 crore in in aloe vera fruit juice, which brought forth that it posal for extending the timeline for ABRY till to state depending on the inci- and Reserve Bank of India pany's board while deciding on raising interest rates in 2023. April. has an electronic memory effect chemical, and as March 2022," sources told PTI. dence of local taxes such as (RBI) following concerns raised the preferential issue of shares This caused a sell-off on a glob- "The US Fed's hawkish per need, its conductivity can be increased and The source explained that about 21 lakh VAT and freight charges. in certain quarters, including and warrants, Sebi has asked. al level that caused some statement that it might raise decreased," Dr Rajesh Kumar, Associate Professor new recruits are benefitted so far which is far And because of this, petrol by a proxy advisory firm, "The company and its money to be withdrawn from interest rates much earlier than of the Physics Department of IIT Indore told PTI less than government's expectation of 58.5 lakh. retails at over Rs 100 per litre would eventually see private board of directors have con- Indian equities," said Harsh assumed could further adverse- on Sunday. Therefore, the labour ministry would mark in eight states and union equity major Carlyle group sidered the Sebi letter, and Jain, co-founder and COO at ly impact flows into Indian debt "Synthetic chemicals are used for making data push for extending the deadline of the territories -- Rajasthan, taking control of PNB Housing continue to believe that the Groww. markets," said Himanshu storage devices like memory chips. If experts on scheme till March next year as the allocation Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Finance, which is a subsidiary company has acted in compli- However, India is not a Srivastava, associate director - the subject go for in-depth research, the natural of funds for the scheme was done keeping in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, of Punjab National Bank. ance with all relevant applica- destination where investors manager research, Morningstar chemical found in aloe vera fruit juice might open mind the 58.5 lakh beneficiaries, the source Karnataka, Jammu and The company's meeting is ble laws, including the applic- put in money based on short- India. up a new vista in place of synthetic chemicals with added. Kashmir and Ladakh. scheduled for Tuesday (June able pricing regulations pre- term trends. Regarding other emerging which these devices are made," he During the pandemic, the government Among the metros, petrol 22) to take up the matter for scribed by Sebi, and the AOA India has always been an markets, Shrikant Chouhan, informed. took a series of steps to boost employment is already above Rs 100 in approval of the shareholders. of the company, and that such attractive spot for FPIs and executive vice president, equi- Kumar said the study was conducted by the generation and to give relief to workers grap- Mumbai, Hyderabad and "The current resolution preferential allotment is in the these short-term trends will ty technical research at Kotak physics department's Materials & Device (MAD) pling with job loss and pay cuts. Bengaluru. bearing item no. 1 (issue of best interests of the company, have short-term effects only, he Securities, said that most of laboratory with the participation of PhD student The ABRY was one of those measures. In Mumbai, petrol now securities of the company and its shareholders and all relevant added. them have seen FPI inflows this Tanushree Ghosh along with Suchita Kandpal, Government had allocated Rs 22,810 crore for costs Rs 103.36 a litre and diesel matters related therewith) of stakeholders," PNB Housing In the longer horizon, India month to date except for Chanchal Rani, Manushree Tanwar, Devesh Kumar the entire period of implementation of the comes for Rs 95.44. EGM notice dated May, 31, Finance said in the filing. will continue to get invest- Taiwan and South Korea. Pathak and Anjali Choudhary. scheme from 2020 to 2023. * 1 6 (7/* 0 3 ; " 3 " 1 $ 0 1,6 ., 2 'Crowdsourcing', become the cient administration for these mainstay. We expect virtual, life-saving vaccines," he 1,6 ., 2 than a year after the pandemic report. he demand for talent will remote, community-based, added. first struck, there continues to Industry's growth even ?7 Toutpace supply and become and distributed work models Rishad, who took over as he domestic life insur- be significant uncertainty during the pandemic shows a a "key dependency" for growth to be the future of work," chairman in 2019 succeeding Tance industry may see regarding its absolute impact promisingfuture for the as enterprises globally acceler- Premji said. his father Azim Premji, said pressure on its profitability in on mortality and morbidity domestic life insurance sector, > ++ this portal while its last date is ate digital adoption with vir- He added that as vacci- Wipro Ltd, Wipro Enterprises the short-term as the coron- experience," the insurer however, the pandemichas June 30." tual, Wipro Chairman Rishad nation efforts ramp up glob- and Azim Premji avirus pandemic has cast said. also exposed the gap the pro- he Direct Taxes He told PTI that "IT Premji said. ally and economies start see- Foundation, together doubt on the certainty relat- The pandemic has posed tection gap in the country, TProfessionals Associations acknowledgements and The Bengaluru-based com- ing a rebound, clients keen to committed about Rs 1,125 ed to morbidity and mortal- multiple challenges for the said the report. (DTPA) claimed that many Intimation under Sec 143(1) pany has effected "bold invest in and accelerate their crore (about USD 150 mil- ity in the country, ICICI Indian life insurers. The onset The number of Covid-19 tax professionals are facing cannot be downloaded, DIN changes" in the last six months digital transformation and lion) in April 2020, towards Prudential Life said in its of the pandemic saw a sharp related death claims is frac- numerous problems or teething Number is not getting auto- to help serve customers better the key to success for IT tackling the unprecedented annual report. fall in equity prices, while tion of the number of overall issues in the revamped Income populated, IT payment challan and is well-positioned to lever- players would be "to respond health and humanitarian cri- India became an epicen- interest rates also declined. lives lost, highlighting the Tax portal which was launched numbers not getting validated, age as well as enable digital to this opportunity with speed sis arising from the COVID- tre with a spike in cases in the Insurers have exposure vulnerability of the families, recently. digital signature certificate not transformations for its and agility". 19 pandemic outbreak. second wave of the pandem- to equities in unit-linked and ICICI Pru Life said. The DTPA in a letter to getting registered or updated, clients, Premji said the company "Over the past 12 months, ic, amidst shortage in medical participating businesses. Thus The insurer said it has Union Finance Minister new incorporated companies Premji said in the com- had triggered its business we have supported more than supplies. There are concerns interest rate movements become imperative for every Nirmala Sitharaman claimed or firms are not able to get reg- pany's annual report for FY21. continuity plans to quickly 1,500 projects covering about the possibility of a impact their liabilities and working individual to add about 40 problems in the new istered, e-proceedings tab not The former Nasscom enable remote working as the humanitarian aid, integrated third wave hitting the coun- guarantees based based life insurance as a key ingre- income tax portal for filing of working". chairman noted that tech- pandemic broke out, and less healthcare support, and liveli- try, ICICI Prudential Life said schemes. While, a credit risk dient of financial returns. DTPA president NK Goyal nology is often at the fore- than 3 per cent of its global hood regeneration. in its annual report for 2020- can impact their investments planning. The DTPA has also urged said that many taxpayers have front of economic recovery, workforce currently is work- Cumulatively, we have reached 21. made incorporates. During the year, the pan- the Finance Minister to extend got notices from National but especially now, as the ing from office. out directly to more than 18 In FY21, the life insurance The sharp movements in demic amplified the need for by two months date for pay- Faceless Assessment Officers pandemic precipitated struc- "We have settled well into million people through our industry reported a modest 3 markets, coupled with any life insurance among people, ment of tax under Vivad Se and Faceless CIT (Appeal) tural changes across indus- this new way of working and coordinated and comprehen- per cent growth in new busi- asset liability mismatches that leading to the category slow- Vishwas Scheme as also date but taxpayers are unable to tries and challenged estab- have continued to make our sive COVID-19 response, to ness premium, said the insurers may have, can impact ly moving from being a "push for furnishing TDS/ TCS state- comply in the absence of e- lished ways of working. customers successful. We provide humanitarian aid and report, adding the industry the solvency position. product" to a "nudge prod- ments and for other compli- proceeding tab in the Whether it is digital com- enjoy their confidence, and I help with livelihood regener- continues to get a higher The report said there are uct", ICICI Prudential Life ance which are due by June 30 portal. merce, online education, or have no doubt that a hybrid ation," he said. share of household savings emerging risks related to envi- Insurance said. as offices are non- functional in Taxpayers are also unable telemedicine, technology- model may well be how we For employees, the com- because of the increased ronmental, social and gover- The company's total pre- most states due to COVID-19 to file Income Tax Returns for enabled business models have work in the future," he added. pany has undertaken a num- attractiveness of life insurance nance (ESG) issues on the mium income during FY21 pandemic. AY 2020-21 and of earlier years emerged across the board, Premji said global coop- ber of initiatives, including savings products, the unique insurance industry of which was Rs 35,733crore of which DTPA Representation as there is no facility or options with cloud technology as the eration is critical, especially in providing COVID-19 proposition of protection and climate change is a bigger Rs 13,032 crore was new busi- Committee chairman Narayan even for furnishing income cornerstone of this transfor- view of the pandemic and that Isolation Care centres for annuity products among oth- challenge. ness premium. Jain said, "No option for Vivad tax return under Sec 148 or mation, he added. vaccines for COVID-19 are staff and their families, part- ers. Apart from climate "On the back of the risk- Se Vishwas Scheme (VSV) alto- making application against "With the rapid shift to one of the greatest examples nering with major hospitals to "In the short-term, the change, there are emerging averse behaviour of our cus- gether despite the scheme is issuance of notices u/s 148, digital, the demand for talent of collaboration and pioneer- provide medical support to profitability of the insurance risks associated with public tomers,there was consider- still on for payments, unable to Goyal claimed. willoutpace supply, and ing science. critically ill employees, addi- industry is expected to be an health trends such as increase able interest for traditional file TDS /TCS statements, form Professional urged the gov- become a key dependency "We must now work to tional medical reimburse- area of concern given the in obesity related disorders long-term savings products 10A for making application for ernment to resolve these issues for growth. 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FUTURE S1 of this original Marathi series revolved around the life of Kumar Mahajan, who realises that he is living a life that some other man named Sudarshan Chakrapani has !*#8* *>>*!A*B already lived. After S1 ended in a cliff hanger, watch the forthcoming season to know what happens next. It releas- $ es on June 24 on MX Player. " 0 R 0 faces for the virus. Swinging away from some leisure time while remaining con- steel surfaces and carpet materials that fined within their micro-environments. $ , are a breeding ground for biological Similar to this concept is the idea of a entities, we need to shift our focus drive-in cinema from yesteryear that $ towards materials like Flotex, which has begun trending again. But it does have a high surface tension, making it not come without cons, as these cine- ver the past year, we have invari- difficult to absorb any particles. An mas take up ample area and only func- The life of a transwoman who has just gained her ably seen the decline of the alternative is utilising surfaces that can tion in a limited capacity for a limited independence takes an unexpected turn when an Oentertainment real estate indus- be sanitised in a jiffy at regular inter- number of hours during the day. unknown son she had with a woman 10 years ago shows try due to the pandemic. As people are vals. Laminate companies are already Another way to relook entertain- up out of the blue. This series releases on June 25 on turning to the internet to help fill the leading in the race with newer technolo- ment design is to change how we per- Amazon Prime. void, OTT platforms are booming, and gies that enable such safe resources. ceive these spaces. In the prosaic theatres and cinema halls have been left The air in urban cities was previ- model, we are accustomed to enclosed abandoned, grim and desolate. All other entertainment design, one needs to go carry out mundane tasks without hav- ously chock-full with pollutants, and the rooms that are glammed-up with arti- service sectors like salons and restau- way beyond this basic concept. ing to lay a finger on any object. One influx of the virus added to the prob- ficial mood lighting. Breaking this con- rants are opening up, but entertainment Bearing in mind the collapse and such example is washrooms. When we lems, making it much worse. Air ventional style, lobbies can be zones remain at the bottom of the list, turmoil caused by the malady in enter- open the door to a restroom, we need purification systems which regulate the redesigned into porous structures that given the crowds that throng these tainment industries, one can’t expect a to press the push-plate that has also PM level of air are now passé; we must open up to the outside world, allow- places, leaving them jam-packed and sweeping upgrade in these spaces at the been touched by many others, making upgrade to technologies that can elim- ing breeze and sunlight to wash the gasping for air. moment. Therefore, allotting more it a virus hotspot. A door that senses inate biological aerosol contents from interiors. It ultimately boils down to Industry experts have been trying area per person is not an option, as it you and opens on its own and sanitary the air. Air conditioning will become a people’s choice — whether they prefer to put together new rules for theatres has substantial cost repercussions. fixtures that can function with the wave crucial element since controlling the open, airy spaces or enclosed ones. that help offset the adverse effect of the How, then, can one stay in the domain of a hand can dramatically reduce virus viral load suspended in these enclosed While the world is struggling to pandemic by distancing people through of cost-effectiveness and yet keep the transmission and enable hygienic safe- spaces is tricky when people spend sev- release itself from the clasps of the pan- strategic and well-planned seating. spaces safe during these unprecedent- ty to a large extent. eral hours inside the room. Owing to demic, people are trying to find newer One or two seats left between each ed times? 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We would not like to screen characters. Celebrating the zeal time and again under- Sanju. In order to get the required students across 21 campuses of disclose much at this time but we of such film stars, today we list down gone physical trans- bulked up look for the Sanjay Dutt the Global International Indian are brainstorming and we are 4 Bollywood actors who underwent formations for his biopic, Ranbir used to have eight School? positive that many more avenues major physical transformation for role in various films. meals a day and woke up at 3 AM to It has been an exciting and will open up in the foreseeable their roles. Take a look... The actor had drink a protein shake, satisfying journey. We are cele- future. worked really hard along with intense brating one year of GIIS-Shekhar ! ! on his body for workouts. Ravjiani School of Music, and I We would love to know Just when the Rohit Shetty’s cop want to say despite the pandem- what are the forthcoming pro- nation tried to label drama Simmba and % ! ic-related challenges, this has jects you are working on. Aditya as the chocolate underwent weight Last seen in Bhoot been a successful journey. We are currently working on boy next door, the ver- training to attain a Part One: The The School of Music was a the music for Pathan and satile actor left beefed-up body. And Haunted Ship, meeting of minds for me and Jayeshbhai Jordar. Both of these cinelovers with his yet again, not too long Vicky is known GIIS, as both parties wanted to films are set to release later this massive physical ago, Ranveer worked not just for his encourage talent in youngsters. year. transformation for hard on his physical exemplary acting Children are our future, and I I also have an extremely his blockbuster appearance and looks skills but also for realised that many of them are interesting surprise in store, release Malang. A for his upcoming film 83, his incredible blessed with oodles of talent. the pandemic, did you experi- internet lag, but that was nothing something you will be hearing dark thriller which for which he developed a physical transfor- The first year had 14 gradu- ence any difficulties while vir- compared to what the students about, soon. won the audiences lean physique. We hear that mations. For the ates from Singapore, Japan, UAE tually imparting musical train- walked away with. Overall, there with its unpre- besides the intense workout superhit film, Uri: and Malaysia. Each one of them ing? were more positives than there What is your message to dictable and edgy sessions, the actor also had The Surgical Strike, was mentored by me. We had I agree virtual classes cannot were hiccups, and I am glad we people on the occasion of World storyline, Malang a meticulous diet regime in place for Vicky went through a one-on-one sessions wherein I replace physical classes, no doubt. did not let the pandemic damp- Music Day? turned out to be a the same. complete change and listened to them, shared my However, given the situation, en our spirits. In a world filled with uncer- game changer for gained 15 kilos to por- inputs, gave them assignments on virtual classes worked out fine. tainty and anxiety, I believe that Aditya. It was impres- ? tray the role of a mili- the parts they needed to work on GIIS is a smart school. Its infra- Do you have any plans for music has the power to help us all sive how the actor Ranbir has tary man. In order to et al. Six of them have now been structure is state-of-the-art. The your music school in the near feel centred and loved. Our coun- underwent a massive earned himself a get the right look for his selected for the second level of the founders have really invested in future? try has an undiscovered treasure physical transformation spot in every character in the film, mentorship programme for 2021. making it a school of the future. This music school is my trove of musical talent that is to perform deadly, high top filmmak- Vicky followed a strict This year, we have seen a five- GIIS gave us a great licensed plat- dream, so of course, I have a lot waiting to be heard. 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> are an integral part of our journey in this world. While some hardships are 2 A . predictable and preventable, others are inescapable. A degree of emotional maturity is necessary to develop an ade- $6+42 45 51.+1+1.+ quate reserve of mental energy to come up with creative solutions to the problems that arise in life. Empowering the mind through meditation brings stability to emotions. Most ailments have their roots in the mind. When one ! harbours anxiety, tension, fear et al, it disturbs the mental sheath (one of the five sheaths in the body). This dis- turbance is then passed on to the pranic sheath, which UNITED, WE ARE then manifests in the phys- ical sheath of the body as other nature is a con- disease. Meditation on stant reminder of liv- God heals the various ail- Ming in harmony. A ments of the mind, result- forest, for instance, “has an STRONGER & ing in the enhancement of amazing ability to communicate vital energy and the and behave like a single organ- improvement of physical ism,” says Dr Suzanne Simard, pro- health. fessor of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Nurture positive inner ecol- Columbia. Her research studies ogy with yogic practices reveal how underground fungi net- HEALTHIER Sage Patanjali has works of forests facilitate plants given us five niyma (observances) ! and trees to exchange water, nutri- that help us live in peace: saucha (puri- ents, defence signals, and much ty of thought), santosh (contentment), more. tapas (self-discipline), svadhyaya (con- @+3A>*2 ?@+ 4+ 54+@ 12 513 32 Along somewhat similar lines, the templating on the self/self-reflection), science of Yog has ventured deep and isvarapranidhana (devotion and surren- revealed to us that this whole creation der to God). Engaging in these practis- is one system and that we are an inte- es sincerely, especially devotion and sur- K gral part of one sublime energy. The render to the Supreme Lord will ignite spirit of yoga is the spirit of unity and the lamp of wisdom. union. We have a very subtle, yet deep There is a tremendous organisation and symbiotic relationship with one manifesting around us in every aspect oga. The word has now become omnipresent and is another at different levels. Hence, of God’s creation — from a tiny atom to Yliterally on everyone’s mind. It’s unbelievable how this International Yoga Day not only our DNA. If we transcend our internal euphoria has touched the hearts of people across 192 emphasises the sense of oneness and percentage of imperfections, we can then discern the countries. This whole thing started with our PM, wholeness within an individual but also the global popula- perfect world. This world is perfectly Narendra Modi’s address at the United Nations in 2014 our intertwined wellness and existence tion that accepts vaccination. As designed in a manner to bring about the where he expressed his wish to dedicate one day as the in this universe. they say, no one is safe, unless every- gradual flowering of the consciousness International Day for Yoga. To everyone’s surprise, the one is safe. of the soul over the continuum of life- UN agreed to sanction the event and nine months later, We all are one times. The entire universe prods us the entire world was preparing for a yoga spectacle and Now more than ever we need to Enhancing the psychological immune towards the evolution of consciousness. a couple of Guinness world records too. help one another achieve all-around system is equally important The challenges that we come across are Yoga as a method and practise has evolved over cen- wellness while navigating through The psychological immune system a part of the process that enriches us turies since the time it was developed in ancient India. these formidable times. If we work in encompasses all our cognitive mecha- internally. As of today, for a seeker, there are so many forms and unison with one another, cooperate, nisms, which fortify us from experienc- A caterpillar takes on strong wings, branches of yoga to choose from, hence at times, one gets and share vitality, we will eventually ing despondent or low-spirited emo- transforming into a beautiful butterfly confused as to which would be best for them. However, conquer the virus. We have succeeded tions. Over the past 16 months, I have only after going through the struggle. from a practical point of view, real yoga is not the one in doing so before — our coordinated been witnessing several members of Similarly, this creation hurls processes at that just gives temporary health and happiness but one efforts eradicated smallpox, which our spiritual congregation remaining us to bring about transformation. If we which transforms the once killed 35 per cent of its victims. strong and soldiering through the can perceive this aspect of God’s design, world into one with no Developing a vaccine against pandemic. It is the wealth of scriptur- and align ourselves with it, we begin to behavioural ailments, COVID-19, although the most press- al knowledge and practise of yoga that understand his grand plan for us. When mental tensions or ing challenges of our time, is a remark- has been their paramount aid in rid- this dawns upon us, we not only take worries. It won’t be able achievement of medical science. It ing out the pandemic. The science of everything in our stride but also learn the wrong to say that it is is heartwarming to watch the global yoga provides a holistic approach to art of dedicating our deeds to the Lord. an ideal method of community donate vaccines to COVAX develop not only physical resilience, but (The writer is an author, a yogi, curing physical and (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access), also mental, intellectual, emotional, and world-renowned spiritual teacher, an psychological disorders a global initiative unlike any other. spiritual vigour. authority on mind management, IIT & for several births. However, success depends upon the Perils and arduous circumstances IIM alumnus and the founder of JKYog.) Today it is being stated by political pundits that yoga is the best n October, after the body of a Siddhant shared, “It was terrible forward to support their funer- soft power that India ICOVID-19 patient in during the peak period. In May, als. They have donated 70-80 possesses to bring the Sundergarh town, the district every day nearly 12-15 bodies tonnes of wood, ghee, sanitiser, world together and end headquarters of Sundergarh in ) % ' % were coming to the cremation water bottles and other things the increasing trend of Odisha, reached ‘Ranibagicha ground. In the morning, we which are necessary for the cre- violence. Swargadwar’ cremation would light the funeral pyres for mation. These four friends, how- Of all the yoga grounds, the administration !*5#? >#C # $ 0 four bodies then after finishing ever, need more hands to support techniques taught by various yogis over centuries, Raj yoga realised there was no one pre- the ceremony (Agni Shanti), we them. has been termed as the king among them all. Before prac- sent to help with the cremation. %0 $C+?("12 would get another call from the tising this unique method, an aspirant needs to have a The son of the deceased waited municipality informing us that ) ! clear image of the supreme. The holy Gita says ‘An ideal from morning till 4 in the after- 0 C some more bodies were on the yogi is the one who has purity and chastity in thought, noon when the sub-collector way to the crematorium. There When asked how their fam- word and deed, who has knowledge and wisdom. One and executive officer of pandemic, Siddhant said, “We was no rest till midnight.” As per ily and neighbours react to their whose mind is subdued and remains constantly in soul- Sundergarh Municipality con- have seen people become inhu- Manoj, the most difficult part work, Siddhant said with a smile, consciousness and yogic meditation. One who has con- tacted Siddhant Panda, Shishir mane. The fear of infection was during the peak period of the “Last year, when media high- quered temptation of senses, who has cast aside ego, lust, Kumar Behera, Manoj Kumar such that the relatives didn’t second wave was to perform the lighted our work, my father-in- anger, attachment and neither grieves at loss nor is jubi- Tripathy and Kamlesh Kumar come to even light the funeral work wearing a PPE suit in the law and brother-in-law asked us lant with success. Someone in whose eyes all are equal, Nathani. The four friends, wear- pyre and claim the ashes. Out of scorching heat of 44 to 45°. “We to not undertake the task as they who is selfless and peaceful, whose diet is pure and in ing the PPE suits, cremated the the 240 Covid-positive deaths, had to stand for three-four hours believed cremations should be whose life there is austerity, who is upright, who knows body. The next day, the media we lit the mukhagni (funeral in front of the pyre. We couldn’t performed by people belonging the Almighty in his true essence and performs all deeds covered the story and named pyre) of 56 people.” To date, the drink enough water as urinating to the lower caste.” His wife, how- while in yoga with the Supreme’. So, to become an ideal these Samaritans Shamshan relatives of the deceased have not after wearing PPE was a chal- ever, stood by his side. Manoj — yogi, one needs to, first of all, understand the nuances Bandhu (friends at cremation turned up to collect the asthi lenge. Sometimes, we felt suffo- a Brahmin — also faced such of the definition that is mentioned above and then start ground). (ashes), kept in different earth- cated while working for long issues. “This work gives us sat- his/her journey. Their journey of cremating en pots with names and mobile hours,” he added. isfaction, so we never pay heed Yoga in an actual sense means union or link. It is a dead bodies began two decades numbers of the departed per- These four friends have been to what others think of it,” he union of the self (soul) with the Supreme (Almighty) for ago. “In those days, when a per- sons. “We keep calling their conducting this work following said. Kamlesh explained, “We which there is a prerequisite that an aspirant needs to fol- son died in our colony or sahi, family members to collect the all the necessary COVID-specif- receive calls from all over the dis- low. One must understand that we are the soul and not all the male members would ashes, no one turned up to ic protocols. The local adminis- trict as people understand the the body. All our physical and mental sufferings are a join to help shoulder the body with the cremation of aban- In 2020, when the first receive these as they fear the tration has provided them with importance of the work we do. result of our failure to remain in soul consciousness, and to the cremation grounds and doned bodies. “In a small tin COVID-19 death was reported, infection,” said Siddhant. They a vehicle to carry the dead bod- Sometimes, we travel to different this has made our lives miserable. However, through Raj console family members of the box, we would collect money the administration thought of shared that they will wait for a ies and PPE kits to perform the corners of the district to bring yoga, we can change this situation because every soul is deceased. We had joined one from shops and people to cre- only these four friends who few days more, if no one turns up work. infected bodies for cremation.” pure and peaceful, in its original nature, and with prop- such instance, back then,” said mate those who had no one to could help with the cremation. they have decided to proceed “After the work is done, we Seeing their dedication, the er guidance and practise it is possible to live a life with- 48-year-old Siddhant, who was help them. During that time we “When the administration with the asthi visarjan (immer- come to the room provided by local administration and other out stress, worries and tension. Dedicating few minutes 28 at that time. Whenever there relied on crowdfunding till we called, although we had agreed sion of the ashes) themselves. the municipality where we dis- organisations have felicitated daily to Raj yoga is a meaningful expression of caring for was a call from their locality or set up our respective business- to do the work, we were scared “We don’t want to disrespect the infect ourselves, take off the them and their work. When yourself that can help you move through the mire of feel- neighbouring colonies these es in 2003. Since then, we — not for ourselves but our fam- dead and once the lockdown PPE kit and after a small break, they were asked about the name ing unworthy. It involves the turning of one’s mind and four friends would extend sup- stopped collecting money from ily members,” said Siddhant. In eases, we would perform get ready for the next round of of their organisation, both love towards the direction of the Almighty, to commu- port. Initially, it was this inter- others and spent it from our the first wave, they had cremat- samuhik visarjan (collective cremation work,” said Manoj. Siddhant and Manoj laughed nicate with him. est that later transformed into pocket. This comes between ed 78 infected bodies, while in immersion) of the ashes,” said Besides appreciating their work, saying that they have been doing Thus, it is a technique of self-exploration, leading dedication. “My mother would 4,000-5,000 for the cremation the second wave till (June 4) the Manoj. Abhimanyu Behera, sub-collec- this work voluntarily and never to the experience of heightened and expanded aware- often say that Shamasane je sa of one abandoned body,” number had reached 240. tor of the district, declared them thought of giving any name to it. ness, reaching God and letting your soul focus on him. bandhabah — a real friend is the informed Shishir. To date, they as COVID-19 Warriors and vac- It was the media that named In short, the principal objective of Raj yoga is to bring one who stands with you dur- have cremated nearly 700 bod- ) cinated them on a priority basis. them Shamshan Bandhu, a name the self in conscious touch with the Almighty, thus mak- ing the funeral. We never ies from Sundergarh town, Sharing the heart-wrench- Talking about the challenges When the family has aban- people now associate them with. ing it increasingly aware of its divine origin, divine des- stepped back from our mission,” which has a population of ing incidents they experienced while performing this work dur- doned their dead relatives, other A name they are happy with. tiny and its divine nature. So, be a Raj yogi and redis- said Siddhant. They also helped 45,036 (2011 Census). during the second wave of the ing the Covid-19 pandemic, community members have come 9* ': cover yourself. ) < L
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" with Robert Lewandowski’s drove his penalty against the “It’s just fun playing in this header earning Poland a valuable post and with the goalkeeper on atmosphere. The cauldron is point in Seville. the ground, Morata could have boiling.” *08 After starting with a stale- scored too but scuffed the Germany now need to beat mate against Sweden, Spain sit rebound wide. Hungary in Munich on third in Group E and may well Moreno was taken off not Wednesday to be sure of reach- now have to beat Slovakia in long after while the openings ing the knock-out stage. R 0( their final game on kept coming for Morata as “Now we have the three Wednesday to avoid an embar- Torres chested down to him but points, we are well in the tour- , +$,, way Hamilton has done count- rassing early exit. Szczesny smothered the finish nament and have it in our own less times in his record 98 wins. “I was expecting more,” said and the collision caused Morata hands,” added Müller. 1 championship leader Max “When we made the call to Luis Enrique. “I was expecting to hobble off with four minutes “We mustn’t get carried FVerstappen overtook Lewis do a two-stop, luckily it paid off,” six points and zero goals conced- left. He was applauded this time away and become arrogant — Hamilton on the penultimate Verstappen said. “We had to ed. But this is the situation. but the whistles came shortly but we must believe in our lap to win the French Grand work hard for it.” “We’re coming into the " ) ; 1 * ) ! 1 ! " after. quality.” Prix on Sunday and extend his Verstappen, who won by 2.9 crunch match now and if we lead over his title rival to 12 seconds, has 131 points to want to progress we need to win. a passionate and prepared points. Hamilton’s 119 after seven races. If we win, we’ll go through. If not, defence of Morata on Friday as Verstappen used the DRS Red Bull’s Sergio Perez we’ll be out. That’s the reality.” he said the team would be N? . system to catch Hamilton on sneaked past a dejected Valtteri Morata poked in from close “Morata and 10 others”. Lap 52 and pass him on the Bottas to take third place and range to put Spain in front but But he also replaced Ferran inside before zooming off to strengthen Red Bull’s lead in the Lewandowski’s 60th goal of the Torres in the starting line-up Amsterdam: Netherlands best to go as far as we want in Boer said of the former World Cup. clinch his third win of the sea- constructors’ championship: season pulled Poland level before with Moreno, the Villarreal coach Frank de Boer is hopeful this tournament but we have Manchester United “When we are doing well son and 13th of his career. A 215 points to 178. Moreno’s penalty hit the post. striker whose 23 goals was sec- Memphis Depay’s Euro 2020 confidence in him and he is a player, who is a we can beat anybody. Hopefully bonus point for the fastest lap “We pulled the trigger and The rebound came quickly ond only to Lionel Messi last sea- form will be positively impact- confident player.” huge star in the we can grow into the tourna- made it a great day for Red Bull, we went with the two-stopper to Morata but with Wojciech son in La Liga. ed after the confirmation the Depay, who scored 20 Netherlands. ment and we still have some which had never beaten (for Verstappen) and it worked. Szczesny committed down to his Morata’s best moment came striker will play for Barcelona goals in Ligue 1 for Lyon “He knows if he better performances to come,” Mercedes on the Paul Ricard And great job from Sergio right, the goal was open for the in the 25th minute and it could next season. in the season just fin- played well or not so let’s said De Boer, whose team will circuit in southern France. making the one-stop work,” striker to score his second. hardly have been easier, even if Depay has long been linked ished, converted a penal- hope for the Netherlands that play in Budapest in the first It was a close call, though, Red Bull team principal Instead, the whistles that a little shuffle put him in the with a move to the Camp Nou ty in the Netherlands’2-0 he can reach the level that we knockout round against one of with Red Bull’s gamble on a Christian Horner said. “It’s a accompanied Morata against right position to poke in and on Saturday Barcelona win over Austria. have in mind.” the best third-placed sides on two-stop strategy for team effort, the strategy guys Sweden last week were saved for Moreno’s shot from the right. announced the 27-year-old had However he has The Oranje have June 27. Verstappen countered by a one- are working the numbers and the whole Spanish team at the The offside flag went up and signed a two-year deal to join on come in for some already secured qual- Victory there would set up stopper for Hamilton as they go for it.” final whistle. Spain’s players appeared to a free transfer from Lyon. criticism from ification for the a quarter-final in Baku against Mercedes kept him out on the Verstappen has already Poland, meanwhile, formed expect the cancellation but “Maybe the transfer to some fans and last 16 as winners the runners-up in either Group same tires. matched his career best for a a huddle on the pitch before instead the goal stood. Barcelona will give him some- media for failing to of Group C after A or B. With five of 53 laps left, season with three wins and is going to over to salute their sup- Poland came again though thing extra to help him perform take other chances. beating both “We know our path to the Hamilton was only 3.5 seconds emerging as a massive rival for porters, after the deadly and twice went close before at his best,” De Boer told “I think Ukraine and final and to get to the final you ahead. the defending champion Lewandowski came up trumps half-time, Karol Swiderski hit- reporters ahead of the Dutch Memphis is his first Austria in their have to win every game, so I Verstappen quickly ate into Hamilton, who is trying to win again to keep his own team’s ting the post with a curling shot team’s final Group C game critic and I’m sure first major don’t really care who we play that lead, kept calm and then a record eighth F1 title to move hopes of progress alive. that came back for against North Macedonia. the criticism does- tournament next,” De Boer said. “We have positioned himself perfectly to one ahead of Michael Luis Enrique had launched Lewandowski, but he smashed “We need Memphis at his n’t affect him,” De since the 2014 no influence on it.” AFP attack on a long straight in the Schumacher. ' ( 0 D;1 ? 1. =6 % % ' $>5 +49>1 then got a boundary with a ?@2$> flick through mid-wicket. Two yle Jamieson continued his balls later, he took the bait ?@2$> ngland captain Heather Klove affair with the Indian when Jamieson angled one on EKnight has hailed the one- team, tormenting the star-stud- the imaginary fifth off-stump. hafali Verma’s spectacular off Test against India as a great ded line-up with disconcerting He went for an expansive drive Sdebut has caught the imag- advertisement for the women’s bounce and swing as New only to be snapped in the ination of the Indian women’s game and said she would sup- Zealand bowled out the oppo- third slip by Tom Latham. team Test skipper Mithali Raj, port five-day matches, instead sition for 217 on day three of the Once the 61-run stand who feels the teenager would of the current four-day contests. World Test Championship final with Kohli had ended, Rahane be a key member of the side “What a brilliant game of here. (49, 119 balls) sensed that the in all the formats of the game cricket. It was unfortunate it Jamieson decimated India scoreboard needed a move on in future. didn’t have the dramatic and with marvellous figures of 22- and started playing a few shots. The 17-year-old, who had exciting finish that it could 12-31-5 as New Zealand took But perhaps, the mile- smashed a stroke-filled 96 in have done but what a game of control of the Test match by 5 60 78 stone was working on his the first innings, made 63 in cricket,” Knight said after the reaching 36 for no loss at tea. mind and despite playing a the second innings, to become match. Openers Devon Conway (18 - 933 mistimed pull-shot one ball the youngest woman and “It’s been a great advert and batting) and Tom Latham (17 ! &! 9 2&!$ earlier, Wagner with his sig- fourth overall to score twin shows that women’s Test crick- batting) negotiated the Indian nature short ball prevented half-centuries in her debut et has a place in the pace attack pretty well. him from reaching a well- Test and was rightfully game...Maybe even play a five- However, it was 6 feet 8 inch deserved fifty. adjudged player-of-the-match. day Test match.” tall Jamieson, who after last Rahane’s disappointment “She will be very, very Asked if she would be open year’s series in New Zealand, has was evident as he fell into the important to the Indian bat- to women playing five-day once again turned into a night- trap to play the pull-shot ting unit in all formats. She Tests, Knight said, “I would def- mare for the Indian batsmen. despite knowing that Wagner beautifully adapted to this ! > * ; initely be open to it. There has Having removed Rohit had kept a deep fine leg and format,” Mithali said in a vir- G P B # H# G been a lot of draws in women’s Sharma on Saturday morning, long leg for the shot. tual media interaction after cricket, so it’s definitely some- Jamieson was relentless with his Ravichandran Ashwin (22, India, following on, salvaged can be very, very, effective in innings ahead of her first thing that should be looked at. length and the bounce did the 8 J ) ( $ * ) 27 balls) threw his bat around a draw in the one-off Test a format like this if she gets innings score of 96 as the “(We were) almost robbed rest with clever traps laid for > ( G ! " and got some useful runs but against England. going. In no time, we could see teenager showed utmost com- of that finish because there skipper Virat Kohli and the was never going to last long as “She didn’t go like how she that the score would be some- posure and maturity. wasn’t an extra day and we did- dangerous Rishabh Pant. (21.1-4-47-2) and Neil Wagner difficult for him. Tim Southee (22-6-64-1) took would go bonkers in the T20 where else if she gets going. “The (second innings) n’t have the time in the game. So, Kohli and his deputy (15-5-40-2) indulged in a ‘who Boult and Jamieson kept care of him just before lunch format. She played sensibly “Once we knew that it’s a fifty came with a little more yes, something I’d definitely be Ajinkya Rahane walked into a blinks first’ game with the Indian bowling outside the off-stump break. against the new ball and it’s used wicket and there won’t be sorted head and a little bit open to.” nicely laid traps as India failed batters and came out trumps channel and Kohli kept on Post lunch break, great to have her.” much of a movement, we more experience. Those “I think if there was anoth- to reach 250, a good total in the with some incisive seam, swing leaving before the lanky seam- Jamieson removed Ishant Asked what prompted the thought it would be a good sweetly-timed drives, it was er day what a great finish it prevailing conditions as per bat- and short pitched bowling. er went slightly wide off the Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah Indian team management to time to give her a Test debut beautiful to watch her. I’m would have been,” said Knight ting coach Vikram Rathour. Kohli (44, 132 balls) could- crease and got one to aim at off successive deliveries but hand Verma a Test debut in and she lived up to it.” sure she will grow from who hit 95 in England’s first The overcast conditions n’t add a single run to his rival skipper’s boot laces. Mohammed Shami prevented England, Mithali said: “She has Mithali rated the young strength to strength from here innings and took three Indian made batting difficult and the overnight score as his RCB Rishabh Pant (4) didn’t him from completing a hat- great range of shots, and she opener’s knock in the second on.” wickets in the match. likes of Jamieson, Trent Boult teammate Jamieson made life score a run for 19 balls and trick. ++? * K ( #
1,6 ., 2 ensure that mechanisms to pre- B %# vent Covid-19 do not have any he Tokyo Olympic organis- “adverse and detrimental ) > A> officer, told reporters, renewing Ters are working on how to impact” on performance of a pledge to take strict measures ensure safe stay and seamless athletes. member of the Uganda against infections. training of the Indian athletes In reply to the IOA letter, AOlympic team has tested Public broadcaster NHK inside the Games Village, TOCOG said: “Tokyo 2020 is positive for coronavirus on said the group had all been vac- according to a letter they have working to define how athletes arrival in Japan, just over a cinated and tested negative in sent to the Indian Olympic of your NOC as well from month before the pandemic- Uganda before they came to Association (IOA). other 10 countries and all other postponed Games, officials said. Japan. The Indian athletes and 195 NOCs can stay safe in the The first group to arrive The team was originally officials travelling for the Villages and have training. from Uganda — a nine-strong due to have arrived in Japan on Olympics have been asked by “We hope to provide you party, including boxers, June 16, but their flight was can- the Japanese Government to with those information and coaches and officials — land- celled following a surge in undergo daily Covid-19 tests for discuss together as soon as ed at Tokyo’s Narita airport on Covid-19 cases in Uganda, local a week prior to their departure possible we develop it,” the Saturday. They are the second media said. and not to interact with anyone Games organisers said in a let- team to arrive after Australia The other members of the from another country for three ter to the IOA. women’s softball squad on . P + Ugandan party have already days upon arrival, strictures that The IOA, on its part, said June 1. +* " left the airport for Osaka, west- have left the IOA fuming. !* 0 * + + ! ( + that its president and secretary But one of the African remained unknown, reported ern Japan, where they will train Stricter regulations have > + > * %C%C ? " general were in discussion with nation’s delegation tested posi- local media. ahead of the Games. been put in place for all trav- TOCOG and seeking clarifica- tive during screening at the air- “I heard the person has This was the first case show- ellers — including athletes, where different variants of in Tokyo. had written to the Tokyo tions on the conditions port, a Government official told been isolated based on regula- ing positive Covid test results coaches and support staff — of Covid-19 have been identified, Terming the rules as “unfair Organising Committee of the imposed on the Indian contin- reporters. The person tested tions,” Hidemasa Nakamura, among Olympic arrivals from 11 countries, including India, within 14 days of their arrival and discriminatory”, the IOA Olympic Games (TOCOG) to gent for Tokyo Olympics. twice but their condition the Tokyo 2020 Games delivery overseas, local media said.