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The study is yet to be ple in may require an Palwinder Sharma. ment should only be disclosed North/South besides all units tier districts of have been directed peer reviewed. additional booster shot of  '-#"-#%%-)*/-, Following the fake calls, the after confirming the identity of and additional companies Rajouri and to ground the same On the other hand, neu- Covishield. On the other hand, CRPF has sought to sensitise the caller by returning the call.” under Kashmir/Srinagar oper- Kathua had already in the local police tralising antibodies were not those who have had Covid-19 which specifically target the the personnel that any infor- The letter titled, ‘Regarding ation sectors. issued similar stations under prop- observed in 58.1 per cent of may require just one shot to coronavirus and kill it, were mation relating to deployment fake calls by unknown person- “While making spoof calls orders after the Air er receipt. serum samples from those who develop an adequate immune lower against the Delta variant should only be disclosed after nel to gather sensitive infor- to security personnel has been Force Station, Mohammad had been given only one shot of response, say experts. when compared with the B1 confirming the identity of the mation about deployments of a common tactic of the ISI to Jammu was targeted by drone Aijaz Asad issued these orders Covishield. Neutralising anti- The study also found that strain which led to the first caller by returning the call. the force’, that was issued by the extract information, the recent bombers. after SSP, Srinagar, recom- bodies are proteins produced by the titres of neutralising anti- wave in India. In a circular issued just days Inspector — General of CRPF, such bids by the hostile Following the drone strikes mended imposing restrictions the body to block pathogens, i.e. bodies generated by the vaccine, Continued on Page 4 before the Jammu air force sta- Kashmir Operations Sector, Intelligence agency has raised on the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the storage, sale, possession, bacteria or viruses from infect- tion drone attacks, the CRPF has been circulated to all the alarms in the security estab- station, the security audit of use and transportation of ing host cells. said, “… it is intimated that con- Deputy Inspectors — General lishment, especially as the vital installations was done drones in the district. Reacting to the study, Dr tinuous attempts have been of South and North Kashmir phone/mobile numbers of the and adequate measures were The order said that decen- Rahul Bhargava, Director-Bone made by the above callers Operation Sectors as also the force’s personnel seem to have taken to prevent similar strikes tralised air space access has to Marrow Transplant (callers from these two num- Anantnag Operations Sector. It been accessed by the inimical in future. be regulated in view of the Programme, Fortis Memorial bers) to elicit information has also been forwarded for agencies. There are other According to an order recent incidents of misuse of Research Institute, Gurugram regarding deployment of troops information to the Special means of compromising these issued by the office of Deputy drones posing a threat to the said, “It is not surprising to see by calling up the CRPF and Director-General of CRPF, smart phones loaded with var- Commissioner, Srinagar, security infrastructure as that 16 per cent did not devel- establishments by making spoof Jammu and Kashmir Zone, IG ious applications by planting Mohammad Aijaz Asad, “To reported by the media and op antibodies. But what is more calls. All officers/men may (Operations) at the force’s malware/ransomware,” a senior secure aerial space near vital other reliable sources. important is which is this sub- please be suitably sensitised directorate here, IG official said. installations and highly popu- Continued on Page 4 set who has not mounted the      #$% !                      %                                                !"  # $!      # $      !      "                    !   %                      ! 2 34+ %           ! 2 34+ utive days. And, 52,299 recov-      he Congress and BJP con- eries were registered in the last     Ttinued to spar over the    4)5! ndia’s vaccination coverage 24 hours. More than 9,000       reports of a French judicial Ion Sunday touched another (9,228) recoveries were report-  (   probe into 60,000 crore Rafale ushkar Singh Dhami was milestone, crossing the land- ed during the last 24 hours as   jet deal. depleted squadron strength of that in the Rafale deal we have Psworn in as the eleventh mark of 35 crore. A total of compared to the daily new In a tweet posted in Hindi the Indian Air Force. bought an item that costs 570 and youngest Chief Minister of 35,12,21,306 vaccine doses cases.      on Sunday, Congress leader “Is it because the Gandhi crore at 1,670 crore,” he said. Uttarakhand along with his !"#$ %   &    have been administered so far However, the Northeast     Rahul Gandhi asked why family did not get their desired Khera said it was now Cabinet Ministers at the Raj         since the launch of the nation- region seems to be becoming a   ) *  Prime Minister Modi’s ‘’commission’’?” asked BJP becoming an “open and shut Bhawan on Sunday evening. '  %  &       wide vaccination drive on matter of concern. After dis- + ,)*+-    Government was not ready for spokesperson . case “and alleged that anti-cor- The new Chief Minister has January 16. A total of 63,87,849 patching the expert teams to six       a JPC probe. He went on to give Congress spokesperson ruption clauses from the deal retained all the Ministers of the Ministers from their position as vaccine doses were given in the States, including Manipur,      probable reasons: “guilt con- Pawan Khera told media per- were removed. He also accused previous Cabinet and elevated State Ministers in the previous last 24 hours. Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura  , - (    science,” “friends, too, need to sons here that the Rafale deal middlemen of being involved three Ministers of State. Cabinet. India has also been wit- in the north east, where Covid-         be protected”, “JPC doesn’t was an inter-Governmental in the proceedings. After Governor Baby Rani Talking to the media after nessing a continuous fall in the 19 cases were rising, Union   (      need a Rajya Sabha seat”, and one between India and “In April, it was revealed Maurya administered the oath being sworn in, Dhami said his active caseload and the coun- Minister of State (Independent         “all the options are right”. and one of the two countries that according to documents of office and secrecy to Dhami, Government will work to fill try’s active caseload on Sunday Charge) Development of North       Rahul Gandhi took to had initiated a probe while the seized from a middleman Cabinet Ministers Satpal the backlogs of appointments stood at 4,79,316. A net decline Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr  social media on Sunday morn- other was yet to even comment. arrested in another case by the Maharaaz, Harak Singh Rawat, in Government departments of 10,183 has been witnessed in Jitendra Singh, chaired the ing to post an image with the “It’s been 24 hours since Enforcement Directorate, Subodh Uniyal, Banshidhar and facilitate employment for the last 24 hours, and active meeting of senior officials of all     caption “Chor ki dadhi” (thief’s France has ordered a probe on crores and crores of rupees Bhagat, Arvind Pandey, Yashpal the youths. Stating that the cases were now only 1.59 per eight NE States, including      beard). matters like corruption, influ- were gifted to this middle man Arya, Bishan Singh Chufal, Government will reach the cent of the country’s total pos- Sikkim and noted that the sec-    The BJP hit back at the ence peddling, money laun- in the Rafale deal. We don’t Dhan Singh Rawat, Rekha doorsteps of the citizens, he itive cases. ond Covid wave took a huge toll .//        Congress for raising questions dering, favouritism. The whole know what the ED did with Arya, Ganesh Joshi and said that steps will also be taken As more people are recov- in the region before showing an  O       over the Rafale deal and sought nation, the whole world is now those documents, but France is Yatishwaranand were sworn in. to address the economic impact ering from Covid-19 infec- overall declining trend since  "     to know why its Government looking to New Delhi. Why the now probing them,” Khera Dhan Singh Rawat, Rekhya of Covid-19 being faced by the tion, India’s daily recoveries early June even as some pock-      did not procure the fighter silence?” Khera said. said. Arya and Yatishwaranand were people. continued to outnumber the ets continue to cause concern.   1  planes for 10 years despite a “Now it is getting clearer Continued on Page 4 elevated to the status of Cabinet Continued on Page 4 daily new cases for 52 consec- Continued on Page 4 ,1-   &    *       %'   ++ ,  

  ! 2 34+   351!=2 admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical evere heatwaves, responsible he health condition of for- Sciences on Saturday night but Sfor thousands of deaths Tmer chief minister of Uttar was shifted to SGPGIMS after across India over the last three Pradesh and Bharatiya Janata his condition did not show decades, are now increasing in Party’s Ram Mandir mascot of improvement,” Singh's PRO frequency. According to a the 1990’s, , turned Alok Srivastava said. Earlier on research paper, authored by M critical and he was shifted for Sunday morning, Chief Minister Rajeevan, Secretary of Ministry intensive care to Sanjay Gandhi reached of Earth Science, along with Post-Graduate Institute of RMLIMS and enquired about scientists Kamaljit Ray, SS Ray, Medical Sciences in on Singh’s condition from the doc- RK Giri and AP Dimri, heat- Sunday. tors. Medical Education Minister waves have claimed more than “Kalyan Singh is admitted to also 17,000 lives in 50 years in the the ICU of the Critical Care reached there immediately after country. The paper said there Medicine unit. His heart rate and receiving information about were 706 heatwaves in the          %(        blood pressure are normal but Kalyan Singh's condition. nation from 1971-2019.     )&      his alertness level is low. A team Defence Minister and “Heatwave is one of the of senior doctors is keeping an Lucknow MP , extreme weather events (EWE). to heatwaves — a little over 12 were in Andhra Pradesh, eye on his condition,” a state- who is in the city, also visited In 50 years (1971-2019) EWE per cent of the total deaths Telangana and Odisha, it ment from the SGPGIMS said RMLIMS along with BJP state killed 1,41,308 people. Of this, recorded,” the paper said. The added. on Sunday. president 17,362 people were killed due maximum heatwave deaths Continued on Page 4 “Kalyan Singh was earlier to enquire about Singh’s health.    ( $      + %   + %      !   #$  %$ &' ()( !#      &%'(  %  #               )3   351!=2 Lucknow (PNS): In view of the organisations and also some $ 2022 Assembly elections in youth outfits. Chaudhary has housands of people , the Rashtriya told party leaders and workers swarmed the banks of   351!=2 T Lok Dal has made some organ- to work wholeheartedly for my of eastern Uttar Pradesh rivers, farmlands and govern- isational changes to activate its empowering the organisation and the state government was ment buildings, including cadre and get into battle ready and reminded them of the hief Minister Yogi working towards providing schools, to plant 25 crore mode. motto ‘Time is less and work is CAdityanath announced that wider employment opportuni- saplings in a day on Sunday as RLD national spokesper- more’,” Mishra said. five industrial clusters will be ties and jobs and boosting a part of the UP government son Anupam Mishra said that RLD state chief Dr Masood built along the soon-to-be - industrialisation in the eastern policy to cleanse the environ- party president Jayant Ahmed welcomed the party opened Purvanchal region of the state. ment and tackle climate Chaudhary had decided to fur- chief’s decision and urged lead- Expressway and industrial “Under the leadership of change. The record for planti- ther strengthen the party by ers and workers to join hands development will take place in Prime Minister Narendra ng 25 crore saplings was making extensive changes in and work together. the eastern parts of the state Modi, Uttar Pradesh will achieved at 5:49 pm. By the organisation and estab- “The RLD will undergo thereby providing jobs to the become the largest economy in evening as many as lishing continuous dialogue several changes in the near youth of the state. India in the near future. 25,50,90,119 saplings were with the people and entrusting future that will be for the bet- Yogi announced this after Keeping Purvanchal planted in the state. sincere, honest and young party terment of the outfit. The inaugurating a tree plantation Expressway in mind, the state Participating in the Van workers with greater organisa- senior leaders in RLD are also drive in a village in Sultanpur government has decided to Mahotsav, UP Governor tional responsibilities. aiming to usher more youths in as part of the ongoing Van develop five industrial clusters established “Today, changes have been the party fold so as to strength- Mahotsav on Sunday. at five different locations, where Smiriti Vatika in Jhansi on made by the RLD president in en the organisation at the grass- He also assured to make industries will be set up. There Sunday. Under this, the some state, regional, district roots level,” he said. the eastern region not only an will be IT and Textile parks at Governor planted multi-use industrial corridor but also a some places, ODOP parks at plants there, rich in nutrients base for environmental conser- others which would provide and medicinal properties. The vation. jobs to a large number of total number of saplings plant- Meanwhile, participating youths,” the Chief Minister ed in the vatika was about in Van Mahotsav on Sunday, added. 5,000. Governor Anandiben Patel Later, Yogi also worshiped Forest Minister Dara Singh !"     &       -   #  % #%     established a Smiriti Vatika in a 100- year old banyan tree in Chauhan said the forest cover Jhansi and planted multi-use this area, and accorded it the in Uttar Pradesh had gone up record and verify whether the women and children for which be planted during the rainy sea- plants rich in nutrients and status of a ‘Heritage Tree’, He by 127 km in the last four years. saplings survived or not. drumsticks were being planted son. medicinal properties. said all such trees would be “The Forest Survey of India Besides, teams have been in large numbers as they have More than 15 lakh people, The total number of identified and protected across in its latest report has said that formed to monitor progress of been often termed as the won- including lawmakers, govern- saplings planted in the vatika the state. the forest cover in UP has gone the plantation drive. A magis- der plant,” senior Forest depart- ment officials, and volunteers was about 5,000. The chief minister also up to 3.05 per cent as compared trate-level office has been made ment official, Manoj Singh, from non-profit organisations, The chief minister appealed to the people to to the national average of 2.89 in-charge of five villages and he said. headed out to plant the saplings announced that the state gov- adhere to Covid protocol reli- per cent. This confirms our will report to his seniors who Over 200 species of trees at designated spots along coun- ernment was working on an giously as the COVID-19 pan- claim that saplings planted in turn will report to Lucknow,” with medicinal, nutritional and try roads and highways, rail action plan along Purvanchal demic was not yet over but it during the plantation drives he said. industrial value like aonla tracks and forest lands on Expressway so that the youth had been controlled to a great have been taken care of,” “We are committed to fur- (Indian gooseberry), jamun Sunday. The long-term survival could get jobs in the state extent in the state with public Chauhan told this reporter in ther increasing the forest cover (Syzygium cumini), tamarind, of trees planted in such cam- without having to venture to support. Lucknow on Sunday. to over 15 per cent of the total bel, neem, Arjuna, drumstick, paigns remains a serious con- other states for employment “The state government is The forest minister claimed land area of Uttar Pradesh in bahera and mango, were plant- cern and usually, only 60 per and thereby contribute towards providing all facilities from that almost 80 per cent of the the next five years. In today’s ed in the drive. Besides, plants cent of the saplings survive, the development of UP. testing to vaccination to saplings planted during earlier campaign, over 100 million of religious importance like with the rest succumbing to “The youth of Uttar timely sanitisation. Please do drives have survived. saplings will be planted along peepal (Ficus religiosa) and disease or lack of water. Pradesh will contribute towards not be careless, listen to the “All the regions where the river banks and on both banyan (Ficus benghalensis) Additional Chief Secretary making it a $1-billion econo- surveillance committees and plantation is being carried out sides of the highways and have also been given free of cost (Information) Navneet Sehgal my,” he said. follow their advice. Get have been geo-tagged so that expressways. The prime focus to people to plant in their vil- said that in order to encourage Elaborating on the plan, vaccinated, as the vaccine is we can ascertain what exactly of the tree plantation drive is to lages and the average height of people to plant more saplings, Yogi said that Purvanchal the only protective shield happened with the plantation. increase biodiversity in the saplings is 4- 6 foot. the government had also start- Expressway was going to serve against novel coronavirus,” Yogi These saplings carry QR codes state. This will also focus on Officials said that over 410 ed a competition and top as the backbone of the econo- said. so that officials can maintain a malnutrition especially of million saplings were ready to planters would be rewarded. C"  O     (    "

  351!=2 he landslide victory of the TBharatiya in zila panchayat chairpersons’ elections has set the alarm bells ringing for the Congress and the . The BJP candidates won these polls in 67 districts and two independents close to the ruling party emerged victorious while five seats went to the SP and one to Rashtriya Lok Dal. The Congress lost its bas- tion of Rae Bareli from where Sonia Gandhi is the sitting MP and also Amethi, while the SP lost in stronghold areas like ring for SP as it lost even in its Mainpuri from where Mulayam bastions like Mainpuri, Kannauj Singh Yadav is the MP. The SP and Firozabad. BJP’s Archana had retained all the assembly, Bhadoria’s victory as zila pan- seats and district chayat chairperson in Mainpuri, panchayat chairpersons’ posts SP patriarch Mulayam Singh for the last three decades. Yadav’s parliamentary seat, The BJP won the zila pan- came as a shock to the party as chayat chairpersons’ post for the it had not lost this post for first time in history in both almost 30 years. The SP also lost Amethi and Rae Bareli. The for- the zila panchayat chairpersons’ mer was won by the SP in the posts in three other districts -- 2016 elections while Rae Bareli Sambhal, Moradabad and was then won by the Congress. Rampur -- where it has sitting However, Congress candidate MPs. in Rae Bareli, Aarti Singh, lost The SP has, however, to BJP’s Ranjana Chaudhary blamed the losses on the “high- this time. The Samajwadi Party handedness and unlawful tac- had not put up its candidate in tics” used by the BJP govern- Rae Bareli. ment to defeat it in these polls. In Amethi, the Congress In 2016, when the SP was did not contest but the SP can- in power, it had won 63 out of didate lost by a huge margin to the 75 seats in these polls while BJP’s Rajesh Agrahir. The Rae the BJP and its allies have now Bareli loss would particularly won 67 of these posts in a com- hurt the Congress as its former plete reversal of fortunes. In leaders worked to ensure the 2016, party lost in Rae Bareli. Former and had Congress MLC Dinesh Singh, similarly accused the who contested from BJP against Samajwadi Party government of Sonia Gandhi in the 2019 Lok high-handedness and misuse of Sabha polls, led this effort. His official power. The BJP then in brother, Awadhesh Singh, had fact had even lost from the won the zila panchayat chair- prime minister’s constituency, person’s post for Congress in . 2016. Meanwhile, Samajwadi The alarm bells would also Party president Akhilesh Yadav has convened a meeting of all the present and former district presidents and district general secretaries of the party here on July 7 to discuss the situation arising out of the debacle in the zila panchayat chairpersons’ elections. NOTICE According to a circular issued by SP state president Naresh Uttam, the party office- Notice I, Service No. bearers have been asked to 15134946A Rank FHM (DMT) come prepared with detailed Suresh Kumar Unit Address is information about the causes 38 R & O FLT C/o 99 APO Pin 925438 in my service record leading to the defeat of the party my wife Name wrongly entry candidates and the failure of the Shailee Devi instead of Shailee candidates in over a dozen dis- Dwivedi. tricts to file their nomination papers.                                                                                                                                                                                   !             "            # $ S                      &                       !          

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  351!=2 Federation president Ashish etting a new record,26 lakh saplings were Agarwal, most of the cinema Splanted in Lucknow in a single day on Sunday fter remaining closed for hall managers and owners have on the occasion of Van Mahotsav. DFO, Awadh, Aover two months, multi- said that they will first go Ravi Singh said it was the largest number of plexes, cinema halls, gyms and through the guidelines of the saplings planted in in Lucknow in 11 hours start- stadiums will open from state government to ensure ing from 6 am. Singh said the maximum Monday with Covid protocols. complete implementation. saplings (11,000) were planted in Kukrail where “In view of the continuous “Also, a majority of them the chief guest was Minister for Medical improvement in the COVID- said that re-opening on a Education Suresh Khanna. Mayor Sanyukta 19 situation, Chief Minister working day would not help. Bhatia planted a sapling in Sector 13 of Durga Yogi Adityanath has given They are planning to open by Park at Indiranagar along with Urban instructions to allow gyms, Thursday,” Agarwal said. He Development Minister . cinema halls and multiplexes to pointed out that a delegation of Chief Secretary RK Tiwari planted a sapling open,” Chief Secretary their federation had met Chief of peepal in Pursani village behind SGPGI. A Rajendra Kumar Tiwari said Minister Yogi Adityanath to total of 77,00 saplings were planted there. here on Sunday. put forth their demands and District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash start- Tiwari has issued a guide- the CM responded immediate- ed the drive by planting saplings at the the Ram line, which states that except in ly. Manohar Lohia Park in the presence of senior the containment zone, multi- However, he said the LDA officials. The DM said that a total of 31 plexes, cinema halls, gyms and exhibitors were apprehensive lakh saplings would be planted in the district and stadiums will open for five days of the impending third wave LDA would be planting over 1 lakh saplings. a week from Monday to Friday. which would further hit the The DM said plantation activities are essen- Markets and other business $    #%          business. tial for environment conservation. The plants establishments will remain “Cinema halls provide have been geo-tagged for proper monitoring. closed on Saturday and Sunday. in the state would continue to (Information) Navneet Sehgal tion states to UP is being done direct employment to more The DM also interacted with women and chil- Besides, the Covid night curfew be closed till further orders. said here on Sunday that the rapidly. The work of genome than 2,00,000 people in the dren present in the park and told them about will remain in force everyday The UP government has strategy adopted against coro- sequencing is being done in the country and account for the importance of plantation. from 21:00 hours to 0700 decided to open the revenue navirus infection was paying districts adjoining other states. approximately 60 per cent of LDA secretary Pawan Kumar Gangwar   -*         hours, he said. In the guideline, courts and start holding Thana off at the ground level, as a Genome sequencing is being the revenue streams of the planted saplings at the riverfront in Gomtinagar.    ++ Tiwari said that pulse oximeter, and Tehsil Diwas. But the date result of which not a single case done at KGMU in Lucknow film business. Because of coro- Chief Conservator of Forest, Lucknow divi- infrared thermometer and when it will commence is yet to of coronavirus infection was and BHU in Varanasi,” Sehgal navirus, multiple sectors of sion, RK Singh said the department’s sites in the population of 12.5 crore after ten years. At the sanitiser were necessary at the be announced by the govern- reported in 36 districts, while said. economy have run into an district were 188 and those for the other 26 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, main gate of multiplex, cinema ment. new cases were reported in sin- extremely adverse situation, departments were 2,500. The plantation activ- Registrar Nand Lal Singh inaugurated the pro- hall, gym and stadium. He Meanwhile, in the last 24 gle digit in 37 districts.    and the cinema exhibition sec- ities were carried out at Bibiapur, Sharda Canal, gramme by planting a gooseberry saplings. As said Covid help desks would be hours, only 128 cases of novel He said the government     tor is no exception. The situa- Atari Farm, Rehmankhera and various other many as 101 trees were planted in the univer- set up at these places. coronavirus infection were was working to control the new Cinema halls, be it single tion is unprecedented and sites in the district. The plant species included sity premises under the drive. Saplings were also Instructions have been reported in Uttar Pradesh, Delta Plus variant of novel screen or multiplex, are likely unparalleled by all means and bel, aonla, anjeer, jamun, guava, shahtoot, planted at the Lucknow University. Scores of given to strictly follow the while 305 COVID-19 patients coronavirus. “So far, the Delta to open on Monday even as the is beyond the ambit of any tamarind, gulmohar and medicinal plant. saplings of various species were planted on the other Covid protocol along recovered. Now there are only Plus variant has not been con- government has allowed their business continuity measures,” Senior forest official Mukesh Kumar said the occasion. At the Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti with face masks and social 2,264 active cases in the state. firmed in a single sample taken reopening in the fresh unlock he said. He added that there message which they are trying to send across to Language University, 51 peepal saplings were distancing. The recovery rate in the state in the state. Despite this, mon- guidelines issued recently. would be adequate measures to the public is that if they help protect these 30 planted in the premises and surrounding areas. However, the guidelines has gone up to 98.5 per cent. itoring and testing of people According to Uttar ensure social distancing in the crore saplings across the state, they would be suf- Plantation drives were also organised at govern- clarified that swimming pools Additional Chief Secretary coming from Delta Plus infec- Pradesh Cinema Exhibitors cinema halls. ficient to cater to the oxygen requirement of a ment and private schools on the occasion. ) * + -)   1$#$%* ) )&!     ,-.  ).4 5 *)- # -*

  351!=2   351!=2 all’ drive, the state is in a position to fur- Lucknow (PNS): Five girls escaped the girls were seen climbing the roof of ther scale up the operations. from the State Child Home (SCH) in the dining hall. mpressed with the improve- y administering more than one “We have already given over three Moti Nagar (Naka) some time on the The crafts teacher was seen washing Iment in the infrastructure, Bcrore doses of COVID-19 vaccines crore doses and are working on a war intervening night of Saturday and her face several times and the girls went Defence Minister and local MP to people in the 18 to 44 age group, footing to inoculate maximum people Sunday. A case was lodged in this con- inside their room on seeing her. The Rajnath Singh claimed that Uttar Pradesh crossed a significant before a anticipated third wave of nection by SCH’s assistant superinten- complainant said no other staff member Lucknow city would be one of landmark on July 3. This age group is COVID-19,” a Health department offi- dent. The complainant, Mithilesh was spotted in the CCTV footage. the best three cities of the being administered free vaccines in the cial said. Pal, said that the inmates escaped “The staffers on duty showed care- country very soon. third phase of the nationwide inocula- More than 5,000 centres have been between 2:58 am and 3:25 am. “They lessness which resulted in the incident,” “Lucknow will not be an tion drive which started from May 1. set up for vaccinating people in the 18- reached the terrace through the win- she said, demanding action against ordinary city. Very soon it will The state has so far given jabs to 44 age group and to inoculate people dow in the dining hall and escaped,” them. The police quizzed the staffers on be known in the top three more than 1.02 crore people in the 18- above 45 years, there are over 3,000 cen- she state in the complaint. She said all duty and said details related to the girls cities of the country as more 44 category and in the last 24 hours, tres across the state. Around 200 the girls were aged between 15 and 17 have been sent to different bus and rail- development work will be start- more than 5.18 lakh people were inoc- ‘Guardian Special’ booths have also been years. She further stated that crafts way stations across the city and neigh- ed to further improve infra- ulated, taking the total vaccinations to set up for parents having children teacher Meena Devi, class IV employ- bouring districts. structure of the city,” Singh said 3.26 crore till date. below 12 years of age and ‘Pink booths’ ee Shikha Bhattacharya, private secu- here on Sunday while review- “Uttar Pradesh was the first state to have been set up in each district to vac- rity guards Sabina & Kavita, class IV ing the development works announce free vaccination for 18+ age cinate women. Vaccination facilities employee Jamil, peon Vivek Jaiswal underway in his parliamentary category in the country and is the first have also been provided in district hos- and homeguard Amit were on duty constituency Lucknow. He said to inoculate the maximum number of pitals for those going abroad for stud- from 9 pm on Saturday to 7 am on new projects would be youths,” a government spokesman said ies, jobs and for participating in sports Sunday. announced only after the com- in Lucknow on Sunday. events. Preparations are underway to It surfaced during investigation pletion of the ongoing develop- With the supply of Covid vaccines ramp up the vaccination drive further that Meena, Shikha, Sabina and Kavita ment works. “I have already            '  0 having been ramped up after the Centre by increasing the number of vaccination were present inside the premises started discussing these projects   - 1    #%     announced ‘Vaccination for all, Free for centres to 10,000 in July itself. while Vivek Jaiswal and Jamil were at with officials,” he added. the gate. Amit was in the guard room After inspecting the two- on reviewing the progress of the Earlier, Singh met people on the top floor, opposite the terrace lane flyover near Bara ongoing works with the officials and heard their problems.   !!#$% of the dining hall. In a CCTV footage, Imambara in Chowk, the so that the ongoing develop- Corporator of Maithili Sharan defence minister said that soon ment work in Lucknow is not ward Dilip Srivastava apprised the work of 105-km-long Outer interrupted,” Singh said. him of the problems they were $%&$$ %# ) ) Ring Road would be complet- State Urban Development facing in restoring the idol of ed, after which those coming to Minister Ashutosh Tandon alias Lord Hanuman in Shani   351!=2 they face any problems post vaccination, Lucknow from other cities Gopalji Tandon, Law Minister Temple at Indira Nagar. He the same should be reported. would not face traffic snarls. , BJP city presi- blamed local MLA and the ifty five per cent of the targeted pop- Dr Ghai said that a total of 3.26 “We started building nine dent Mukesh Sharma, Mayor minister in the Yogi Adityanath Fulation (people aged above 18 years) crore doses have been administered in flyovers in Lucknow out of Sanyukta Bhatia and BJP MLA government for removing the has been vaccinated in Lucknow till the state and 2.77 crore people have which five have been complet- Dr Neeraj Bora were also pre- idol and protecting policemen. date, according to District been fully vaccinated. ed and the work of four is in sent during the inspection of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Immunisation Officer Dr MK Singh. Meanwhile, president of People’s progress and will be completed the over bridge. Later in the Prasad Maurya also met Singh. The total population to be vaccinated Health Organisation Dr Ishwar Gilada soon. The target is to complete evening, Rajnath Singh, who A delegation of traders gave a is estimated to be around 27 lakh and said that with the new data coming in the 2.5-kilometre-long bridge at was on a two-day visit to memorandum to the defence 15 lakh doses have been administered showing that both Covaxin and Victoria Street by August. I keep Lucknow, returned to Delhi. minister. till now. From Monday onwards, more Covishield are effective against the people will be vaccinated as the num- Delta-Plus variant, there is a need to ber of vaccinations centres will be make a strategy for vaccination. increased. Workplace vaccination sites “It is necessary to reduce the gap !  % and static booths will be increased. between the two doses of Covishield Dr Singh said they have received the before the Delta-Plus strikes. The data   351!=2 reached the scene and took out around 2 am. While his fam- guidelines as far the vaccination of preg- shows that if you get the first dose of both the kids from the pond. ily thought that he would nant women is concerned. “Earlier Covishield, it gives you protection n a tragic incident, two They were rushed to a hospi- return on his own, Archit lactating mothers were also given the against severe infection and prevents Iminor brothers drowned in tal where they were declared reached 1090 crossing and permission to get jabbed. We are hospitalisation by 71 per cent. This fig- a pond in a village under Mall dead. Police said they received jumped into the river. Divers unlikely to see any vaccination hesitan- ure goes up to 92 per cent after both police station area on Saturday no complaint from the and SDRF men were sum- cy among the pregnant women,” he said. does. Therefore, the second dose should evening. The deceased were bereaved family. moned and the body was State Immunisation Officer Dr be necessarily administered before the identified as Rishabh (8) and Meanwhile, a 38-year-old fished out from the river. Ajay Ghai said that cluster vaccination Delta-Plus variant strikes,” he said. Ishu (6) of Gopramau village. man, who worked as a man- In another incident, a 30- would resume from Monday. The drive He added that since the vaccine As per reports, the boys, ager in a private company, year-old contractual employ- was carried in some blocks of the dis- availability would increase by the along with Shivansh (6) and ended his life by jumping ee of the Transport depart- tricts from June 21 to 26 under a pilot September, people coming for vaccina- Aradhya (4), were playing into the Gomti river near ment was found hanging at his project. “The vaccination will resume tion should be made to undergo anti- outside their houses and later 1090 crossing in Gomtinagar house in Madiaon on Sunday. in 275 clusters of the state. There will body tests. “It’s a cheap test in which moved towards the pond on the intervening night of Reports said as Amit Yadav of be 8,000-8,500 vaccination centres only one drop of blood is taken and the around 5:30 pm on Saturday. Saturday and Sunday. He was Tadikhana locality did not across the state,” he said. The cluster vac- results come out in five minutes. Those After a while, Shivansh and identified as Archit Agarwal of wake up on Sunday morning, cination will continue as per the avail- who show the presence of antibodies Aradhya reached the house of New Ganeshganj in Naka. his father Ram Pratap went to ability of vaccines. could be asked to delay their vaccina- Rishabh and Ishu and Reports said Archit had a his room. As he went inside, He pointed out that the IEC com- tion. However, if they still insist on get- informed their family that dispute with his family mem- he found Amit hanging from ponent would be included for pregnant ting jabbed, they should be given only they drowned in the pond. bers on Saturday night and he the ceiling with a rope tied women who would be jabbed and a single dose. It would help those with The family members left the house on his scooty around his neck. there are clear-cut instructions that if less antibodies,” he said. *  +, -* Q)/$# $%!##  %   351!=2 It was said that construction ed the former MP to immediate- was started without getting the ly stop the construction work. he four-storeyed under-con- plan approved by LDA. Only 60 “However, Ahmed continued the Tstruction structure of mafia- per cent of the structure was fin- construction work despite sever- turned politician Daud Ahmed ished when the construction work al notices,” he said. The director- was pulled down by the anti- was stopped and fifth general of the Archaeological encroachment squad of Lucknow floor demolished in January last Survey of India (ASI) directed the Development Authority (LDA) year. LDA had also warned LDA to remove the unauthorised on Sunday. The building was locat- Ahmed, former BSP MP, of legal building, he said. ed in River Bank Colony on a land action if he started the construc- The anti-encroachment measuring 20,000 square feet. The tion work. District Magistrate squad, accompanied by 100 armed building was demolished under Abhishek Prakash, who is also the police personnel and Rapid Action Sub-Section 2 and Section 38 of acting vice-chairman of LDA, said Force, reached the spot around 6 the Ancient Monument and the area falls under the Residency, am on Sunday. As a precautionary Archaeological Site and Remain which is a centrally protected measure, the police asked the res- Act, 1959. The cost of the build- monument. The superintending idents to not come out of their ing was estimated to be around Rs archaeologist of Lucknow circle houses and wait for the demolition 100 crore. had on October 12 (2018) direct- exercise to end.  !   #$  %$ &' ()( 8     O        P

  351!=2 and order situation, saving     lives during COVID-19 pan- ttar Pradesh Congress demic, on deaths due to spuri- Uchief Ajay Kumar Lallu ous liquor, jungle raj and other   351!=2 said that his party had the problems. When tribals were 1#% $% %  capacity to fight elections with- killed in Sonbhadra, when odies of a youth and a girl out aligning with any other out- injustice was done to Hathras’ Bwere recovered from the fit and form the next govern- daughter, when injustice was Gomti river in Hasanganj # &$%2/3) 4 ) ment on its own. meted out to daughters of police station area, fuelling His remarks assume signif- Unnao and Shahjahanpur, speculations of foul play. Lucknow (PNS): A team of licences and Rs 3,600 in cash. icance as they come days after Priyanka Gandhi raised her However, ADCP (North) Special Task Force (STF) on The accused were arrested near Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh voice and fought against injus- Prachi Singh ruled out the Saturday claimed to have the gate of Tourism Directorate. Yadav dismissed the possibili- tice. When it came to hitting possibility of any foul play. nabbed four accused who The police said they got a ty of his party entering into the streets to oppose the farm “Prima facie, it appeared that fleeced several job-seekers by tip-off about the gang on alliance with big parties and laws, it was Congress leaders both ended their lives. promising them employment. Saturday. The information was Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and workers who did it. I However, investigations are on They were identified as developed further and it came asserted that her myself have been detained and the bodies have been sent Mithilesh Rajbhar of Ballia, to the fore that gangleader outfit would not align with any more than 80 times in a year for the post-mortem,” she said, Mahesh Singh of Maharajganj, Mahesh Singh, along with his party for the UP Assembly and 40 to 50 cases were filed adding that the identity of the Ritesh Srivastava of Kushinagar aides, was present at the gate of polls next year. against me and I was sent to jail deceased were yet to be ascer- and Vipin Kumar of Hardoi. the Tourism Directorate. A “The Congress will fight four times,” Lallu said. tained. Both the bodies were The STF team recovered team was formed and a raid the 2022 Assembly polls in Talking about the found floating close to one five fake joining letters of Postal was conducted to arrest the Uttar Pradesh under the lead- Congress’ performance in pan- another. department, seven of Group C accused, who owned up their ership of Priyanka Gandhi '   $1 * #       &     '   4     chayat elections in the state, Earlier, some of the com- & three of Group D in Indian crime and disclosed that they Vadra and the party will make $  #%        Lallu said that 271 of the party- muters spotted the bodies float- Railways, two of Indian Army, would keep a tab on the web- a comeback in the state after backed candidates were elect- ing in the river at Jhulelal Park eight of Food Corporation of site of government depart- over three decades. ‘Badlav ki sive” BJP government in UP would decide on making her elections. Congress general ed, 571 came second while 711 and alerted the police. The inci- India and two of UP Police. ments announcing recruit- aandhi hai, jiska naam and with merely five legislators the chief ministerial face in the secretary Priyanka Gandhi were third. He said the dent set alarm bells ringing and The police also recovered other ments and would fleece the Priyanka Gandhi hai’ (There is it had proven to be a more UP polls Vadra is likely to visit several Congress polled 50 lakh votes senior police officers reached documents, two driving gullible job-seekers. a storm of change and its name effective opposition than The Congress in Uttar UP districts in July with the in the previous Lok Sabha the scene to take stock of the is Priyanka Gandhi),” Lallu Samajwadi Party which has 49 Pradesh has been in the process aim of enthusing the cadre and elections and in the UP investigations. Some newsmen appeared a day old. He said the Kakori was going to said while presiding over a MLAs in the 403-member UP of rejuvenating itself in a big prepare the party for a pitched Assembly polls, it secured 51 filming the police probe irked police were close to ascertain- Barafkhana locality in the meeting of Pal-Dhangar castes Assembly. way ahead of the UP Assembly electoral battle with the ruling lakh votes, but in district pan- the Lucknow University out- ing the identity of the deceased. area around 12:30 pm when she at UP Congress headquarters in He said that the Congress poll with the state unit organ- Bharatiya Janata Party. chayat polls, it got 1.52 crore post incharge Indrajeet Tiwari Meanwhile, a was was struck by the chain-snatch- Mall Avenue on Sunday. organisation in the state had ising zone-wise training camps “Be it for farmers, youth or votes but the SP grabbed head- and both indulged in a verbal deprived of her gold chain in ers on a lonely stretch. She The Congress leader said been strengthened at various of block presidents, district poor in rural areas, Congress lines by putting their name on spat. Inspector, Hasanganj, Thakurganj police station area later lodged a case in this that his party emerged as the levels under Priyanka Gandhi’s chiefs and other office-bearers has raised its voice on issues winning candidates despite los- Yashkant Singh said the bodies on Sunday. Raj Kumari of connection. main challenger to the “oppres- leadership and the party brass to prepare workers for the such as unemployment, law ing out,” Lallu said. Q#  +#  Q)&- ) % Q$  *  0!R    % %$#!&-) ,  %         R   ! 2 34+ not only played havoc with the “We are struggling on the losses, the authorities did not the spread of the contagion Lucknow (PNS): Head of /) # )) $%$)  health infrastructure and the financial front as collection provide any relief in property came as a blow to us. Sales in department of Respiratory actories and manufacturing lives of the people, it also from the markets is not satis- tax and electricity bills. Many metro cities gradually started Medicine, King George’s   351!=2 ferent models of the same Funits in the national Capital resulted in financial difficulties factory. The cost of raw mate- smaller players and subsidiary picking the pace but the Medical University, Dr Surya company with different fea- are facing an unprecedented for manufacturers, who were rial has increased manifold companies that were supplying demand has reduced up to 70 Kant said that to prevent from he Uttar Pradesh govern- tures were available in the operational and financial left with no option but to shut and to start manufacturing raw materials and parts to big per cent across India,” he said. infection in the impending third Tment has contradicted the market. He said the models impact of the prolonged lock- their units. As a result, their one needs raw materials. But companies have been shut Nishant Mittal, Managing Covid wave, people have to charges levelled by Aam with different features cost down necessitated by the production capacity was the suppliers have refused to down as the second wave of the Director, Sharda Containers take biological, social and Aadmi Party MP Sanjay more than the basic model. Covid-19 pandemic. Ever since reduced by over 50 per cent release further consignments Covid-19 wrecked havoc. With Pvt Ltd said that labourers immunity vaccines ,which is Singh, who alleged a scam in The minister claimed that the Prime Minister and they are still struggling to on credit, which has halved the the closure of these companies, who went back to their native possible with the help of a purchase of ventilators and basic model of the ventilator announced the nationwide shut fix issues like shortage of production.” the cost of production will places have not turned up even lifestyle based on yoga, natur- other medical equipment by was non-upgradable and cost down in March 2020, Delhi has labour, restoring supply chain Labour scarcity, impor- also increase in big firms,” after the markets opened. opathy and ayurveda. the KGT Medical University. Rs 10.5 lakh plus GST while been under lockdown to break management and reducing the tantly those with technical Gaur added. “Production has certainly “Instead of shaking hands, “All the charges are baseless the upgradable model cost the chain of the deadly virus. staggering gap of demand and knowledge to operate machines Sunil Puri, Managing reduced along with demand. we must greet each other with and lack substance .The AAP more. Even though the Aam Aadmi supply. And no help from the and skilled staff, are also one of Director, Advance Print Media, We are facing problems in a ‘namaste’. Sugar must be leader is leveling baseless Khanna said for providing Party (AAP)-led Delhi Government is forthcoming. the key factors that affected who deals in publication of recovering payments due to replaced by jaggery and instead charges on the UP govern- better medical facilities to the Government made several Taking about the immedi- production and overall opera- educational books, said that his retailers and wholesalers. The white flour, one must use wheat ment to hide the party’s fail- people of UP, the state govern- attempts to unlock the city but ate challenges being faced by tion of goods and services, he business was severely impact- situation is still not good as the and multigrain flour and substi- ures in managing the crisis ment had placed the order for the surge of cases that followed the manufacturing sector, said. ed after schools were closed last cost of raw material has tute white salt with rock salt. If caused by the pandemic in purchase of state-of-the-art each relaxation of the lockdown Sanjay Gaur, Managing “Though the pandemic has year due to the outbreak. increased and the demand for we exercise caution, the third Delhi state and also to cover monitoring minute volume led to the city being shut down Director, Urja Packaging, hit every sector and the busi- “We supply books to finished products has been wave may well be prevented. up the oxygen scam,” said auto flow module. again. The health emergency Patparganj Industrial Area said, ness community faced major schools and open markets and reduced,” he said. Children will anyway survive Medical Education Minister because they either do not have Suresh Khanna here on     or have less number of ACE2 Sunday. He added, “All the The Aam Aadmi Party receptors,” Dr Surya Kant said medical equipment has been will organise state-wide while speaking at a national procured with transparency demonstration in protest webinar organised under the by inviting tenders at compet- against the alleged scam in =2)= 5)+> new cases and around 80-90 deaths Immunity, of 5,882 people who had US in north America claiming lives of aegis of Uttar Pradesh Yogasan itive prices.” purchase of ventilators for 4) )+!%) were recorded daily in May on an aver- recovered from Covid-19 infection, scores of people. Vancouver recorded a Sports Federation on Sunday. Khanna said all the minors for the third wave of age. The TPR also hovered between 8 found that antibodies were still present record-breaking temperature of more Former director of Central charges levelled by the AAP COVID-19 in UP. *!3 5 = per cent and 9 per cent. in their blood five to seven months after than 49 degrees Celsius. Council for Research in Yoga MP were “utter lies” only to AAP state president )=!  Assam still has over 23,000 active illness. According to the UN’s and Naturopathy, Ministry of run down the spectacular per- Sabhajeet Singh said that cases and the situation in districts This was true for mild and severe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate AYUSH, Dr BT Chidanand formance of the UP govern- demonstrations would be held The Directorate-General of Civil such as Biswanath and Goalpara, which cases, though people with severe disease Change, the Earth has already warmed Murthy said that with laughter, ment in controlling the on July 6 and the party work- Aviation (DGCA) has provided draft are under total lockdown, is still not ended up with more antibodies overall, by one degree Celsius since the start of immunity power increases, COVID-19 pandemic. The ers and leaders had been guidelines/standard operating protocols completely under control. The State said the study. The amount of a certain the Industrial Revolution and if the cur- while green vegetables and sea- minister claimed that the sit- asked to make preparations to to regulate the use of drones in terms Government is expected to announce type of antibody - neutralising antibod- rent trajectory is followed, temperatures sonal fruits are of great help. uation in UP was far better make the demonstrations suc- of weight classification, generation of new restrictions this week to tackle the ies - present in the blood, predicts how may reach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warm- “A glass of water with lemon than most of the states. cessful. He said the UP gov- unique identification number, situation. well the vaccine will work. In other ing by 2040. juice and three teaspoons of Questioning the technical ernment had purchased ven- height/altitude restrictions, speed On Saturday, Tripura too extended words, the neutralising antibodies, the In India, the north Indian plains honey should be taken 4-6 times competence of the AAP tilators at a higher price restrictions, enforcement/panel action, curfew for a week in nine different better the protection. and the hills also experienced heatwave. a day. With yoga training and leader, the minister said, “The (nearly 2-3 times) and most etc, it said. places, including the capital city in view In the plains, temperatures rose above naturopathy, pandemics like technology of medical equip- importantly, the order was The order said that keeping in view of a spike in Covid-19 cases, while in "541)4+ 40 degrees Celsius in many parts ear- Covid can be avoided by jalneti ment is constantly changing given to a Maharashtra com- the security situation apart from con- Manipur, despite improvement in Covid lier this week. The paper also noted that kriya, kunjal kriya, basti kriya, and there is a basic model of pany which was blacklisted cerns of breach of privacy, it is extreme- 19 situation, the TPR remains high at 1 =4994 there is an increase in mortality due to local facial steam, full steam all equipment while there are and that too without floating ly dangerous to let UAVs wander 11.40 per cent, much lower than 15.54 =5)14! heatwaves, an extreme weather event, bath, sunray therapy, morning different models also.” tender. He said AAP would around in the skies within the jurisdic- per cent recorded a fortnight earlier on and lightning for vulnerable states. walk and yoga practice,” he He said along with the demand a probe into the tion of Srinagar district. June 21. “Our basic mantra is that the Heatwave over a station is declared said. basic model of ventilator, dif- issue. The order further said that While Nagaland has begun the Government will function as a partner only when the actual temperature of the Government departments using drones unlock process this week with a grad- of the citizens. I was born in the bor- station is 40 degrees Celsius for the for mapping, surveys and surveillance ual decline in Covid-19 cases that shot der area of Pithoragarh and studied till plains and 30 degrees Celsius for hilly in agricultural, environmental conser- up in the early part of May, the week- class V there before relocating to regions. However, when the maximum vation and disaster mitigation sectors ly positivity rate of 7 per cent contin- Khatima along the Indo-Nepal border. temperature is 40 degree Celsius for will inform the local police station ues to be above the 5 per cent bench- I am familiar with all areas of the State,” coastal stations and 45 degrees Celsius before undertaking any such activity in mark, set for easing lockdown restric- said Dhami. On being asked about some for other stations, conditions are public interest. tions, that were first clamped in the state party leaders reportedly being disap- declared as heatwave. Any violation of this order shall on May 14. pointed over his choice as the Chief In a written response to a question attract punitive action as warranted In Arunachal Pradesh, the TPR for Minister, he said there was no such dis- on heatwaves in Lok Sabha in January under relevant laws, the order said. the State stood at 7.27 per cent and there content in the party. 2020, Earth Sciences minister Harsh were 3,057 active cases at present while “The party has given me a respon- Vardhan had said the latest studies show =!% *#"")=? ) Meghalaya was registering over 500 new sibility to fulfill which I will take my an increase in temperatures as well as cases in the past few days and the daily seniors along with me respectfully and the occurrence of heatwaves in many )3  ))! TPR was hovering around 12 per cent the juniors with affection. Our govern- parts of the country during the recent =) )")=* -13 per cent. East Khasi Hills district ment will have a special focus on the years. “One of the reasons for the continues to be the worst affected youths,” said the Chief Minister. increase in heat waves is global warm- “The Indian National Congress among the 12 districts. Mizoram has Earlier, before being sworn in, ing associated with the increase in demands that a fair Joint Parliamentary recorded TPR at around 6 per cent. Dhami met former Chief Ministers greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide, Committee (JPC) be constituted imme- Overall, out of the total infected , Trivendra Singh methane etc in the atmosphere,” he had diately and every aspect of the Rafale since the beginning of the pandemic, Rawat, and Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri. said. deal probed by it. The people of India 2,96,58,078 people have already recov- He also visited Satpal Maharaaz. There A heatwave is declared when the deserve to know the truth,” Khera said ered from Covid-19 and 52,299 patients was talk of Maharaaz, Harak Singh actual maximum temperature is greater In reply, Patra said it does not sound have recovered in the last 24 hours, said Rawat and some other leaders being than the normal maximum temperature well when the Congress party accuses the Ministry. miffed at the choice for the post of CM. which is greater than 40 degrees Celsius. others of jeopardising national securi- In 2017, there were 30 instances of heat- ty. !=!+*=+  1+33 )4 2?  wave in the country — Andhra Pradesh “The Congress should answer as to (1), Jharkhand (2), Maharashtra (6), why for 10 years, despite a depleted %+! 3+!9DE !=2% +!%=) Odisha (8), Telangana (12), West Bengal squadron strength of the Indian Air  )?F ) G5 !+!+!+6 (1). The year 2018 recorded 12 Force, Congress Government didn’t instances of heatwave — Uttar Pradesh procure the much-needed Rafael fight- As compared to the B1 variant, the 5> (2), Maharashtra (5), Jharkhand (1), er planes? Is it because the Gandhi neutralising antibody titres against the Kerala (3), Chattisgarh (1). Family did not get their desired ‘’com- Delta variant were 78 per cent less in Core Heatwave Zone (CHZ) is the In 2019, there were 26 incidents of mission’’?” he asked. those who received one shot of the vac- most prone area for heatwave (HW) and heatwave in Maharashtra (15), Kerala It is astounding that yet again the cine, 69 per cent less in those who severe heatwave (SHW) with the high- (6), Bihar (4), Rajasthan (1). Heatwave Congress has taken the “abuse” way. received two shots, 66 per cent less in est frequency of occurrence during the is also associated with health risks. Four Abusing the Prime Minister and talk- those who had had the infection and month of May. The CHZ covers states common health impacts resulting from ing about his appearance and beard, the received one shot, and 38 per cent less of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, excessive exposure to heatwaves include BJP spokesperson said. in those who had had the infection and Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, dehydration, cramps, exhaustion and received both doses of the vaccine. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, heatstroke. It is also learnt that there is "541)4+ The study concluded that prior Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, a sharp rise in the number of cases of infection accompanied by vaccination Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West acute gastroenteritis and food poison- 1 =4994 produced much higher titres of neutral- Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and ing due to spoilage of food and reduc- =5)14! ising antibodies, according to a report. Telangana. tion of its shelf life owing to high tem- Data indicate that neutralising anti- The study assumes significance in peratures. There is also a rise in the Assam, the most populous State in bodies last for several months in the backdrop of recent heat waves in dif- number of cases of anxiety, palpitations, the region, saw a sharp rise in Covid- patients with Covid-19 but gently fall ferent parts of northern hemisphere. nervousness and behavioural change 19 cases in April soon after the assem- in number over time. Yet another Earlier this week, an intense heatwave linked to extreme temperature rise, bly polls ended. Around 3,500-4,000 study, published in the journal swept through parts of Canada and the Vardhan had said.  !   #$  %$ &' ()( 5       ;

     ?)!+ Parmanandpur and took the responsibility of protecting and n response to the call given nurturing the plants till they Iby Chief Minister (CM) to grow. Under the auspices of the plant 25 crore saplings in the Environmental Studies Centre state, several lakh saplings were of the college, 86 saplings were planted in different parts on planted in order to plant 200 Sunday as there was a target of trees as directed by the govern- planting 18 lakh saplings in the ment during the week. The district and 1.25 crore in the saplings of mango, guava, . In jamun, rosewood, lemon, euca- Garwaghat Ashram area, lyptus etc were planted in the Additional Chief Secretary presence of manager Anil (ACS) Dr Devesh Chaturvedi, Kumar Jain, Principal Dr along with Rohania MLA Suman Mishra, industrialist Surendra Narayan Singh, Brijesh Agrawal, social worker Chairman of Srijan Samajik Shalini Agrawal and many Vikas Nyas Anil Singh and oth- teachers. Dr Sanjay Kumar ers inaugurated the grand cam- $&       %      Singh, Head of Botany depart- paign of plantation under the 5          ment and coordinator of the Van Mahotsav Week with tra- centre, Dr Sunil Mishra, Dr SK ditional worship, havan and installed. According to the 2,291 Technical Education Singh, Dr JP Sharma, Dr Nisha planting of saplings. DFO, there was target of 5.65 2,291. 3,752 Energy, 1,394 Pathak, Dr Brijesh Pandey, Dr Commandant of 95 Battalion lakh sapling plantation was Industry, 1,215 Secondary PS Pandey, Dr Neelu Garg CRPF Anil Kumar Vriksha, given to the Forest depart- Education, 1,215 Basic and many others were also pre- Divisional Forest Officer ment, while 5.44 lakh to Rural Education, 1,096 Labour, 1,096 sent. $  %  % %     1      (DFO) and many other senior Development, 1.03 lakh Transport and other depart- A plantation drive was also officers of Forest department Agriculture, 67417 ments out of a total of 1,028,875 launched in Hanumat Nagar and saints of Garwaghat Horticulture, 60,756 Panchayati saplings. near Dafhi in which several Ashram were also present. Raj, 60,756 Revenue, 57,768 Various development block persons including Santosh In view of the prevailing Urban Development, 41,500 as well as city areas were given Pandey, D Singh, Principal of coronavirus pandemic, disease Environment, 16441 Silk to different departments for Swami Harsewanand Public             resistant plants were planted Board, 8831 Higher Education, plantation on a war footing School Chandra Shekhar prominently and attempts were 2075 by Railway, 3,752 by Jal during the day. Singh, Principal of Sunbeam made to organise the pro- Shakti, 4,565 Public Works Meanwhile, on the inspira- School Karsada Ravi Kumar grammes at different parts by Department, 498 Police, 3,884 tion of the CM, the teachers Mishra and many others were  $ 4,&      following Covid guidelines. Health, 3,486 Animal and staff of the college planted also present and planted For the protection of trees, Husbandry, 3,287 Industries, some saplings in the premises saplings at a programme organ- along with geographical tag- 24,971 Awas Vikas, 6,225 of Shri Agrasen Kanya Post ised there. Anand Kumar con-      334* lodged in Ahmedabad jail and Ashraf, Atique’s shooter gone to Jhalwa under the ging, tree guards were also Defense, 2,490 Cooperation, Graduate College, ducted the function. former block pramukh Dilip Zulfikar Ali alias Tota and Dhoomanganj police station on he police have intensified Mishra, lodged in Fatehgarh other gang members. Saturday night to attend a Tthe preparations for action jail, have been identified. In the SP City Dinesh Kumar birthday party at the residence against many close relatives to investigation so far, it has been Singh said that the properties of Sonu and Monu. During the mafia don Atique Ahmed and found that they have acquired of many more close to the party a clash took place 3! +4!  $)5   Dilip Mishra. The police have movable and immovable prop- mafia don have been identified. between Neeraj and Mohit, identified the land with the erty worth crores of rupees In this regard, action will be and later while returning home BLW did not allow a single vac- help of Revenue, Prayagraj under the protection of the taken by sending the report Neeraj was attacked with fire      ?)!+ cine to be wasted. Being sensi- Development Authority and mafia don and on the basis of soon. arms. He was rushed to the tive to the problems of the other departments. Along with crime. Not only this, some YOUTH SHOT DEAD: SRN Hospital of MLN Medical ore than 38,000 eligible elderly and handicapped, the this, information has also been have got their names registered A youth was shot dead in Jhusi College immediately, but the Mbeneficiaries were given medical personnel who come collected about their weapons. while grabbing the lands of the area of Prayagraj in late night doctors could not save his life. vaccine doses at Banaras for vaccination go to their Now the criminal history is government and the poor. Full hours on Saturday. An FIR has Family members of Neeraj Locomotive Works (BLW) so vehicles to vaccinate the elder- being searched against the details in this regard are being been lodged against the uncle lodged an FIR against Mohit far under the ongoing vaccina- ly and disabled. Specialist doc- members and close relatives of investigated. Despite having and a friend of the deceased Yadav, and the elder brother of tion campaign. Out of them, tors are available at the vacci- the mafia gang so that the criminal tendencies, they have with the Jhusi police. SP trans- Neeraj’s father Gyanendra over 21,000 were non-Railway nation centre to make the pub- property can be attached under a rifle, revolver and gun license Ganga Dhawal Jaiswal has Yadav. The incident took place beneficiaries who were vacci- lic aware of the need for vacci- the Gangster Act. in their name. Now prepara- informed that the uncle has near power sub-station of Jhusi nated at the BLW centre. Under nation. All doubts are resolved According to the police, tions are underway to cancel been arrested, while the friend phase III in late night hours. the guidance of General on the spot. Vaccinated indi- more than 20 close relatives of their arms license. Recently, the Mohit Yadav is still absconding. Gyanendra Yadav has already Manager (GM) Anjali Goyal, viduals are monitored under mafia don Atique, his brother police had attached properties According to reports been detained by the police the efforts are going on in full the supervision of physicians to former MLA Ashraf, who is worth crores of rupees of Neeraj Yadav alias Samar had while Mohit Yadav is at large. swing to ensure cent per cent identify any possible problems vaccination of the BLW after vaccination. No such case employees. $      !#6 5      has been observed so far, Special public awareness claimed the Public Relation 2&     *.  . campaign of free vaccination show the counters in the vac- eficiaries, in which more than Officer (PRO) Rajesh Kumar. through banners, posters and cination centre and special 21,000 doses were given by Adequate registration and social media has been launched care is being taken for the non-railway beneficiaries. So verification counters have been      334* online classes from July 5. been placed under suspension sor the winning trophy in the since June 21 when in order to arrangements related to the far a total of 26,436 eligible peo- set up to reduce the waiting No outsider will be given in the year 2019. competitions organszed by the boost vaccination, the Prime facilities of the differently- ple including 10,608 Railway time. There are separate coun- ffices at entry on the campus, and the Now, when the court has Saxena Sabha. Minister (PM) Narendra Modi abled and senior citizens apart and 15,828 non-Railway ben- ters for women and the elder OUniversity and its con- Covid protocol will be fol- bailed him out, the college Secretary Kaushal Saxena had addressed the nation. Since from regular deep cleaning, eficiaries have been given the citizens. Special attention is stituent colleges will start func- lowed in toto, said the registrar management decided to rein- informed that on August 15, then, great enthusiasm is being sanitisation and cleanliness in first dose of vaccination, while paid to cleanliness and gener- tioning with full strength from in his notification. state the services of Dr Madan 2021 it was agreed by all to seen among the people for the vaccination centre premis- the second dose has been given al hygiene in the vaccination Monday. Students, however, All the offices of the uni- Yadav, said the principal Dr organise various programmes vaccination at the BLW centre. es. to a total of 12,184 people centre. Crowd management is will still attend online classes. versity and constituent col- Brijesh Kumar Srivastava. in which patriotic songs, cul- Recently during her inspection Since the start of the vac- including 6,570 Railway and done by Railway Protection Research scholars will be pro- leges are being sanitised on war KC SAXENA tural dances etc. would be pre- at vaccination centre, the GM cination campaign, BLW with 5,614 non-Railway beneficia- Force, St John’s Ambulance vided entry in their respective footing to provide a healthy FOUNDATION TRUST: A sented. The responsibility of had given some instructions the help of district administra- ries. Brigade and Civil Defense departments. atmosphere to the officers and virtual meeting of Saxena organising the programmes and in response to that, a dis- tion has so far given more than Taking special care to fully team, ensuring full compli- On the instructions of the employees. Sabha was convened regarding was given to Cultural Secretary play board was installed to 38,000 doses to the eligible ben- utilise all doses of vaccines, ance with the Covid protocol. Vice-Chancellor Prof Sangeeta TEACHER REINSTAT- the upcoming programmes. Swati Nirkhi. Srivastava, the registrar Prof ED: After getting bail from the President Pramod Kumar, IPS All the members hailed NK Shukla issued a notification court, services of a suspended informed that a KC Saxena the decision to establish KC in this regard. Offices will teacher of CMP Post Graduate Foundation Public Charitable Saxena Foundation Trust and work five days in a week, from College, a constituent college of Trust has been established in members extended their con- 3%    ;  Monday to Friday. Only those Allahabad University have been the name of his father to pro- gratulations to President suffering from Corona or liv- reinstated. vide financial assistance to the Pramod Kumar. ing with infected family mem- On the complaint of a girl orphan children in higher edu- Vice-President Dr Suman      ?)!+ corona patients recovered dur- Sunday. The police sent the reached the Malviya Bridge ber will be provided special that Dr Madan Yadav, assistant cation. Rani Sinha, treasurer Rajni ing the past 24 hours, 23 in body for postmortem examina- and it was said that he jumped leave if they produce valid professor at Economics depart- This trust will assist orphan Saxena, Shobha Darbari, ith the continuing down- home isolation and 4 in hospi- tion. into the river. Seeing this, the papers before the officers con- ment of the college had poor children in their fees Neerat Darbari, Akanksha Wward trend in the positive tals. With this, 81,418 COVID- It may be mentioned that stunned father also jumped cerned. promised to marry her and had after getting admission in state- Sanjay Srivastava, PRO Sanjeev cases of the COVID-19, the 19 patients have been cured in there was birthday of the youth into river in a bid to save him. Teachers will be present in established physical contact central government institu- Saxena etc. were present in the active cases dropped to below the district- 75,121 in home identified as Ashwani Keshari The boatmen and private their departments to take with her, the professor had tions. The trust will also spon- virtual meeting. 100 marks in the Varanasi dis- isolation and 6,297 in Covid (21), resident of Gola divers present at Rajghat suc- trict for the first time in the sec- hospitals. The total active cases Deenanath on Friday. He ceeded in rescuing the father ond wave of the pandemic on came down to 95 from 120 demanded  2000 to celebrate but the youth could not be Sunday. A total of 2 people which was a day ago. On the birthday party from his saved. were tested positive for the Saturday evening, as many as 4 father Manoj Keshari but he On Saturday, with the help //8  +( % novel coronavirus infection positive cases were recorded denied giving the amount giv- of divers and boatmen, the during the last 24 hours out of and the total number of con- ing the reason of financial cri- Adampur police started oper- 4,873 testing taking the tally of firmed cases was 82,281, while sis as his business has suffered ation to fish out the body but      334* will appear in this examination. Education, Government of Under the University Grants confirmed case to 82,286, as the total death stood at 773. a lot because of COVID-19. to no avail. According to the notifica- India. She addressed everyone Commission provisions of per the figures released by the BODY RECOVERED: It annoyed the youth who On Sunday morning, the he Railway Recruitment tion issued by RRB, 2.78 lakh with great enthusiasm and how offering re-employment to Health department on Sunday The body of a youth who had threatened of ending his life by police also took help of the TBoard (RRB) has candidates will be able to to identify as well as address retired professors, Allahabad evening. With no death from committed suicide by jumping jumping into river and left the divers to fish out the body announced the date of Non- download the admit card four mental health concerns during University has decided to re- COVID-19 the death toll into river from Malviya Bridge home at night. The father fol- which was recovered between Technical Popular Category days before the scheduled date COVID-19 in order to promote employ a good number of remained at 773. As many as 27 two days ago, was recovered on lowed to stop him. But he two pillars of the bridge. (NTPC) exam which is pend- of examination by all the mental wellness and reduce teachers to ensure smooth ing due to the second wave of recruitment boards across the stress followed by consistent functioning of academic activ- COVID-19. The seventh and country. To download the practice of mental, psycholog- ities. For one reason or the last phase of the examination admit card, the candidate has ical skills for the purpose of other Allahabad University is 5 6   .  for various posts of NTPC will to visit the website of the enhancing performance, unable to fill hundreds of start from July 23. The exam Railway Recruitment Board of increasing enjoyment, achiev- vacant posts of teachers in dif- will be held till July 31. Under their respective zone. ing greater self satisfaction, ferent departments, and the sit-      ?)!+ care to their wards as per ducted free of the cost by the RRB Prayagraj 50,000 candi- According to the RRB offi- with the right information. uation turns further grim requirements of the present organisation. dates will appear in this exam- cials, the free travelling pass for Event started with the owing to retirement of senior unbeam Academy on time. The chief trustee of the ination. Scheduled Caste (SC) and addressing of Dr Anshumali teachers every year. SSunday organised a webinar The Principal Dr KK organisation Sarika Singh have Actually RRB NTPC exam Scheduled Tribe (ST) candi- Sharma (SLO and OSD NSS Allahabad University has on Smart Parenting in which Panda said that the role of the tips to avoid the disease like started from December 28 last dates will be issued 10 days UP). SHUATS Coordinator Dr decided to offer job to the the patents of students from parents is very important in the cancer and informed that the year. 1.25 crore candidates had before the exam date. Rohit Lal informed that this retired teachers on the pre- Nursery to UKG were given present time of the cut-throat organisation has been active in to appear for appointment in Candidates will be able to programme was organised scribed salary. For this the tips about how to care of their competition and so, this pro- helping the cancer patients more than one lakh posts. In download the pass after it is under the supervision of Pro retired teachers who are phys- wards. gramme was organised so that whether it is financial assis- view of the huge number of issued. VC (Administration) and ically and mentally sound, will The therapy expert and $ %        they could get benefit. Such tance or medical help or other candidates, it was planned to WORKSHOP ORGAN- Registrar of the university. have to apply for re-employ- consultant of child diseases     $  programmes will be organised help for the last two years. conduct this examination in ISED: The National Service Participants had raised various ment latest by July 12, 2021. Dr Saumyasree Samantre 5         further too, he informed. The chief guest and MLA seven phases. There were six Scheme of Sam Higginbottom issued related to psychosocial University will go through answered the questions put up Sanjeev Jha and Chakit Surendra Narayan Singh laud- phases of the examination University of Agriculture, skills which were addressed by their academic achievements by the patents during the pro- Academy Jagdeep Madhok, Gupta jointly conducted the ed the work being done by the before the second wave of Technology And Sciences the experts during the work- and present health condition gramme organised under the Director Poonam Madhok and programme. Besides, many organisation and thanked to corona, but due to increasing (SHUATS) in collaboration of shop. Prof (Dr) Tarence before offering them job. series of ‘Roshani-Ek Asha Ki operation head Rohan Madhok others also attended it includ- the chief trustee and also to Dr cases of Covid, the seventh MGNCRE under Ministry of Thomas, Director (Student Departments screened out Kiran’ programme. said that the institution always ing the administrator if the JF Navil of the BHU for testing phase examination was post- Education, Government of Welfare), and Programme offi- for re-employment include-- The patents of the children tries to sort out the problems institute Dr Nishant Singh. the patients. poned. India, organised an online cers Satyam Kumar Kesari, Dr Economics, English, Sanskrit, from Nursery to UKG of all the of the parents and they are also FREE CANCER The chief trustee informed Now the notice has been workshop on Sunday. Dipak Kumar Bose, Mudita Law, Statistics, Chemistry, branches of the Academy par- eager to solve their problems SCREENING CAMP HELD: that the medical test of around released by the board for the The topic of the workshop Srivastava, Dr Prashant A Jain, Zoology, Botany, and Physics. ticipated in the programme with the students if they have The social organisation 20 persons was conducted by 7th stage NTPC Computer was ‘Psychosocial Skills for Dr Anita Kerketta and NSS vol- Non-inclusion of which began with the Ganesh any. ASHVA on Sunday organised Dr Navil during the camp Based Examination (CBT). Handling COVID-19 unteers gave their special sup- Geography, Medieval History, Vandana. The expert pacified The Deputy Director of the a free health camp at commu- which was held free of cost and RRB Prayagraj Chairman RA Pandemic’. For the workshop, port to organise the workshop Ancient History and many the parents by answering their institution GP Mishra empha- nity health centre in Tikri par- also assured that the organisa- Jamali said that the exam will 410+ volunteers registered. The successfully. The session was other departments, facing acute questions relating how to care sised that the patents should be ticularly for the patients suffer- tion will always be available be held on July 23, 24, 26 and resource person, Neha Dagar, concluded with Each One shortage of teachers, in this list their wards. smart in the present digital era ing from the cancer. The med- for their help in future if need- July 31 2021. Under RRB resource person in MGNCRE Reach One. is being condemned by the aca- The secretary of the so that they could give the best ical test of the patients was con- ed. Prayagraj, 50,000 candidates are under Ministry of RE-EMPLOYMENT: demic fraternity.  !   #$  %$ &' ()( 6

1   2% )7-  ./      #44 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $+ ,-#* (MT) of goods were loaded in NER as compared to 0.1152 % he aggressive marketing pol- MT in the same period last year. -;,$)*  Ticy being adopted by the Thus in June this year 113 per North Eastern Railway (NER) cent more goods were loaded      1!"5) administration to increase load- as compared to the corre- ing of goods is yielding positive sponding period last year,      1!"5) that a large number of people mation in the patient's elec- Barcoded wristbands pro- n a bid to meet the state gov- results. Due to the concerted CPRO PK Singh said. In the who died of COVID-19 tronic record, called up by the vide accurate and reliable iden- Iernment’s target of planting efforts of the Business financial year 2021-22 till June anesh Shankar Vidyarthi had been left out from being wristband scan, to verify that tification across every depart- about 30 crore saplings by dif- Development Units (BDUs) con- this year total 0.8912 MT load- GMemorial Medical College included as deceased in the the patient was receiving the ment and at every stage of the ferent departments, Kanpur stituted in the headquarters and ing of goods was done which Principal Prof Sanjay Kala said portal. medication at the indicated patient journey and from Development Authority (KDA) divisions and many facilities being provided by as compared to 0.3940 MT during the corresponding the Health department had He said the RT-PCR test dosage and method at that admission to finally asset track- has launched the drive by the railway administration for loading of goods period last year shows an increase of more than 126 decided in principle to adopt would also contain the bar time. ing can be done through this planting 16,886 saplings in its the inclination of industry and business world per cent. In NER in the financial year 2021-22 ‘wristband barcoding’ in order code of the patient to ensure He said the other aspect, as wristband. various housing schemes on towards railway is increasing continuously. In till June against the set target of 0.7700 MT to tag the novel coronavirus transparency in testing and claimed by the health author- The barcode technology, Sunday. June this year a total of 0.2448 million tonnes 15.74 per cent more loading of goods was done. infected people, especially in treatment. ities, was to improve patient for health purposes, can The drive also saw the view of the apprehended third It may be mentioned the outcomes mainly on account of instantly provide medical teams plantation of saplings near wave. large-scale corruption during human error. with additional information to Jawaharpuram Sector-14, near 7+#89   % !  He said this decision was testing and treatment and sup- Patient identification errors ensure patient safety. the overhead tank being taken after the past mis- ply of medicines to patients in were the largest factor related Scanning patients’ wrist- (Gambhirpur Chauraha) 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $+ ,-#* 1,200 porters and contract employees and in Varanasi divi- takes during the first two waves the first and second phases had to medical goof up. Modern bands can automatically call up scheme. employees working at stations sion 89.4 per cent i.e. 10,742 rail- of COVID-19. He said the made the UP government pull barcode scanning solutions their electronic health record During the drive, the offi- n NER the work of vaccina- besides vendors. GM Vinay way employees have been vac- infected persons would have to up its socks. increase patient safety by and help automate chart cials planted saplings of various Ition of employees against Kumar Tripathi directed the cinated. To ensure that the vac- put on a wrist barcoding band He pointed out that bar- ensuring that the right patient updates. Scanning also identi- trees including neem, bottle Covid-19 is going on in a railway offiials concerned that cination of all employees can be so that they could be success- code was simply an alternative receives the right procedure or fies the dosage required or brush, kanji, gulmohar, kach- phased manner. In this railway remaining employees should be done at a rapid pace for this fully tagged. to text for expressing informa- the right medication (at the procedure about to be nar, arjun, Ficus benjamina, 43,019 employees of all age vaccinated against Covid at the many important steps have been Prof Kala said this decision tion and a software then com- right dosage) at every step of performed, based on the plumeria, alba etc. groups who are eligible for vac- earliest. In headquarters here taken by the railways such as was taken after it was alleged pared the medication to infor- the patient journey. record. Prominent officers present cination have been vaccinated, 10,112 eligible employees, who running of the vaccination spe- on the occasion were city’s Chief Public Relations Officer are 92.3 per cent of the total staff cial so that employees can be nodal officer and chairman of (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh working there, have been been vaccinated at their workplace UPPCL M Deoraj, District said. Apart from it vaccines vaccinated. Similarly, in Izzatnagar besides setting up of vaccination Magistrate and Vice Chairman have been given to the kin of division 98.6 per cent i.e. 9,269 rail- camps at various places. NER )0<      of KDA Alok Tewari, Chief 33,888 railway personnel and way employees, in Lucknow will soon achieve the target of Development Officer Dr retired employees along with division 93.7 per cent i.e. 12,896 100 per cent vaccination. Mahendra Kumar, District Forest Officer Arvind Kumar Yadav, ADM (City) Himanshu --!3+% # 4#%5#6 &+  Gupta, KDA Secretary SP Singh, Additional Secretary Dr 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $+ ,-#* 09.10 hrs, Satna at 10.55 hrs, 1 a total of 22 coaches, includ- Gudakesh Sharma, Finance Prayagraj at 15.35 hrs, Gyanpur ing one additional of AC third,      1!"5) Mukhyamantri Bal Sewa ernment directive, to avail one- cation in Atal Residential Controller VK Lal, OSD he railway administration at 17.04 hrs, Varanasi at 18.30 will be attached. Yojana. self of the benefit one must be Schools while the girls would Bhairpal Singh, Executive Tfor the convenience of pas- hrs, Ghazipur City at 20.02 hrs, CPR-MTJ SPL: In 05117 asic Shiksha Adhikari Dr He said as per the govern- a permanent resident of Uttar be admitted to Ma Kasturba Engineers Mukesh Agarwal, sengers will run the 05319 Ballia at 21.10 hrs and reach Chhapra-Mathura Jn (MTJ) BPawan Tiwari said that the ment order (GO), children Pradesh and the family's annu- residential schools. RP Singh, Law Officer Shashi Chhapra-Panvel weekly sum- Chhapra at 22.30 hrs. In this triweekly special from July 5 to Basic Education department who lost both their parents to al income should not exceed Rs Such children falling in Bhushan Rai, Udyan mer special train on July 6 special train a total of 23 coach- November 29 and in 05118 had traced 147 children who COVID-19 and had no close 3 lakh. He said that under the the age group of 11-18 they Adhikshak Shashi Kant Shashi (Tuesday) from Chhapra and es, including two of general sec- Mathura Jn.-Chhapra triweek- had been orphaned during the relative to take care of them scheme, all children of the would be provided free educa- and president of KDA 05320 Panvel-Chhapra weekly ond class, nine of sleeper, two ly special from July 5 to 2020-21 COVID-19 pandem- would be included in this family would get the benefit tion and they would be admit- Karmachari Sangh Bachau summer special on July 7 of AC third Class and one of November 29 a total of 23 ic period till date. scheme. He said once the and all children who fell in the ted to these residential schools. Singh. (Wednesday) from Panvel for AC second will be attached. coaches, including two of sleep- He said from the time the details were compiled, the category of the particular peri- In case of three months’ vaca- Meanwhile, as per direc- one trip. All coaches in them er and one of general second tracing of these orphaned chil- scheme would become applic- od would be given due benefits. tions, Rs 12,000 will be posted tives of KDA Secretary SP will be of reserved class and     class, will be attached. dren had been assigned to the able. It may be mentioned that in their bank accounts at the Singh, the officials of the passengers will have to follow   ! GKP-KCVL SPL: In 02511 Basic Education department, Dr Tiwari said the scheme as per the recent GO of UP rate of Rs 4,000 per month. enforcement squad have sealed all the norms regarding Covid- The railway administra- Gorakhpur-Kochuveli (KCVL) the number of such orphaned was for children up to the age government, under the scheme The UP government has the illegal construction being 19 prevention issued from time tion will change the rake com- triweekly special from July 4 to children could go up to 250 by of 18 years whose both parents the legal guardian of a child decided to provide a sum of Rs carried out by Shekhar Gupta to time, CPRO PK Singh said. position of the following spe- November 28 and in 02512 the end of July, 2021. or one parent had died of between the age of 0-10 years 1.01 lakh for the of on his plot No.14/116, Part-B, CPR - PNVL SPL: The cial trains from different dates, Kochuveli-Gorakhpur tri- Dr Tiwari said these chil- COVID-19 in March 2020 would get Rs 4,000 per month girls. Besides, children up to 18 Civil Lines, on Saturday. 05319 Chhapra (CPR) - Panvel in which in some of them weekly special from July 7 to dren were those whose both while the second parent had which would be forwarded to years of age and studying will During the process, (PNVL) weekly summer spe- coaches will be attached tem- December 1 a total of 24 coach- parents had died of COVID-19 died in the second phase of the the bank accounts. These chil- be given one tablet/laptop. Assistant Engineer SD Tewari, cial train will on July 6 depart porarily while in some others es, including one additional of and their near relatives had coronavirus outbreak in 2021 dren would be admitted to gov- It has been decided to give Junior Engineer Yogendra from Chhapra at 05.30 hrs, they will be witdhrawn perma- general second class, will be ignored their care and upbring- or their legal guardians had also ernment recognised schools their property and bank bal- Singh Jaiwar, the members of Ballia at 07.00 hrs, Ghazipur nently, CPRO PK Singh said. attached. ing and thus the government died. He said such children as well. ance protection to the district the enforcement squad and City at 08.05 hrs, Varanasi at SHAMILAR-GKP SPL: LJN-PATLIPUTRA SPE- would adopt them and provide would be given the benefits of Children who had been magistrate concerned who will local police force were present. 10.25 hrs, Gyanpur at 11.42 hrs, In 05021 Shalimar-Gorakhpur CIAL: The 02530 Lucknow Jn- for their upbringing and edu- the scheme. accommodated in child welfare be their legal guardian till they Prayagraj at 13.50 hrs, Satna at weekly special from July 6 to Patliputra (PPTA) special and cation under the UP He said as per the UP gov- homes would be provided edu- become adults. 16.35 hrs, Katni at 17.50 hrs, November 30 and in 05022 02529 Patliputra-Lucknow Jn Jabalpur at 19.15 hrs, Itarsi at Gorakhpur-Shalimar weekly special (running five days a +0 -  23.05 hrs, second day from special from July 5 to week) from July 5 will be run Bhusaval at 04.35 hrs, Nashik November 29 a total of 22 with a total of 15 coaches after     Road at 08.03 hrs, Kalyan at 10.33 coaches including one addi- permanent withdrawal of two (   hrs and reach Panvel at 12:00 hrs. tional of AC third wll be AC third ones.     PNVL – CPR SPL: In the attached. ASH-GKP SPECIAL: The return journey, 05320 Panvel – MAU-ANVT SPL: In 05070 Aishbagh (ASH)-    Chhapra weekly summer spe- 05139 Mau-Anand Vihar Gorakhpur daily special from cial will on July 7 Panvel at Terminus (ANVT) biweekly July 5 and 05069 Gorakhpur- = % 14.20 hrs, Kalyan at 15.16 hrs, special train from July 6 to Aishbagh daily special from July      1!"5) Nashik at 18.03 hrs, Bhusaval November 30 and in 05140 6 will be run with a total of 15 at 22.15 hrs, Itarsi at 03.10 hrs, ANVT- Mau biweekly special coaches after permanent with-      1!"5) He appealed to the stu- aur Hari Singhania Jabalpur at 07.50 hrs, Katni at train from July 7 to December drawal of two AC third ones. dents to take part in tree plan- GInstitute of Management s part of the ‘Green tation drives in a big way and and Research organised a ARevolution Movement’, the ensure that they were taken seven-day virtual session in 5 R   . Sir Padampat Singhania care of as well. He said the key association with Sangam Education Centre in associa- to a good and healthy envi- University, Bhilwara on 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '( )#* Singh organised a camp to train women to make tion with Rotary Club of ronment rested in the human ‘Writing and publishing paper bags. She appealed to its members to make Kanpur Industrial organised a hands and reminded the research papers’ as part of the he body of a woman was found hanging available newspapers and waste papers free of cost tree plantation drive on the famous adage ‘Shashya faculty development pro- Tfrom a tree under Chilh police station on to be made into paper bags. She took the respon- school campus on Sunday. Shyamala’. gramme which came to an Saturday. Kaushal Gond, a resident of sibility to make available place for women who The presence of the club He further stated that one end on Sunday. Maladharpur village, in his application stated were interested in and school staff and students of the biggest world problems Special invitee and research that his mother, Jadawati Devi (55), had slept joining the noble made the event a memorable was depleting fossil fuel scholar Prem Narayan com- outside the house on Friday night. He said he cause. She one where saplings of peepal, reserves. He said trees could mended the programme and was taken aback on seeing her hanging from a promised the neem, lime, guava, tulsi and vat become a great renewable said the seven-day session tree on Saturday. He said with the help of locals women that it will were planted all over the school source of energy. He said trees proved to be a practical guide he brought her body down and found her dead. be her responsibil- ground. were best partners when it on research paper writing and On getting information the police reached there ity to sell bags in the President of the Club, came to agriculture as they act it would be of immense help to took the body into custody for completing legal market and money Vivek Karwa, who was the positively in several ways by those who write research formalities and started investigating the case. will be made available to them. She appealed to chief guest, made a motivating    7,!  + ,         reducing soil erosion, increas- papers. He added that it had CAMP: On International Plastic Bag Free them to come forward in large numbers and earn speech to the gathering, high-   8   ing fertility and helping soil also resolved some of the major Day Innerwheel Club decided to bring paper through the noble cause. She said it was the need lighting the importance of tree obtain moisture. Principal dilemmas in publishing a bags as an alternative to plastic bags for daily use. of hour that we make aware people to avoid plas- plantation. vided a multitude of benefits, sunlight and providing shade. Bhawna Gupta also spoke on research paper at the national Chairperson of Mirzapur chapter Aparajita tic bags through easily available alternative. He said sapling plantation both long and short term, and Karwa said the tree and the occasion. Others present on and international levels. was recognised as one of the removed and stored carbon environment had a deep rela- the occasion were vice princi- The programme was con- most engaging, environmen- from the atmosphere, slowed tion and trees gave us life and pal Kavita Chaddha, head mis- ducted online in view of the %$/$% &)# tally-friendly activities that heavy rain and thus reduced helped bring rain and above all tress Vandana Trivedi, Ashish COVID-19 situation and each people could take part in to the risk of flooding, enhanced trees helped improve the fer- Agarwal, Sudhir Kapoor, session was of around two 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  0+/1-2  said the purpose of the pro- improve the health of the ail- air quality and improved the tility of the soil and drastical- Raghav Arora and teachers hours and focused on giving gramme was to make people ing planet. He said trees pro- urban heat effect by reflecting ly improve oxygen level. and students. assignments and subsequently t Rihand station of NTPC aware about health as well as uploading the same on the Aon the occasion of National to show respect to doctors. conference portal. Doctors’ Day various pro- Dhanwantri Chikitsalaya Each participant was grammes were organised for CMO Dr Renu Saxena, appre- awarded a certificate of partic- doctors. The programme was ciated the contribution of its Q-;,$)*>Q R  ipation and a total of 252 par- inaugurated by Executive doctors, especially in the con- ticipants successfully complet- Director (Rihand) Balaji text of the current Covid-19 ed the programme. Iyengar, who was the chief pandemic. On the occasion, Addressing the concluding guest, by cutting the cake with other guests at GM (O&M) KN Reddy, GM (Maintenance) S     %R day session, Dr Monika Dhanvantari Chikitsalaya. Iyengar interacted Srikrishna, GM (Operations) AK Chattopadhyay, GM Srivastava, summed up the with doctors working in the station and hon- (TS) AK Papaneja, GM (FM) M Ramesh, AGM proceedings of the event and oured them by presenting bouquets to them. He (HR) SVD Ravi Kumar and others were present.      1!"5) scale to the second wave if a loss of immunity in the recov- SAPLING: Minister of State for said that 252 participants not new more infectious mutant ered population and the effi- Higher Education Neelima only from 21 states of the s per the projections of the emerges. The optimistic first cacy of vaccination-induced Katiyar, while planting a country but countries like :.    .    AIndian Institute of scenario says that general life immunity — have to be includ- sapling at Kanpur Metro Depot Finland, Nepal, Bhutan, Oman, Technology- Kanpur’s Sutra can revert to normalcy by ed in the study. Subsequently, which falls in her Kalyanpur Afghanistan and Bahrain took QDPI@@S I@XT T@SWD8@  . /0( Limited (RVNL) the work model for COVID-19 pan- August if no new mutant with the officials are working out a assembly constituency on part in the event. of successful launching of demic, the anticipated third a significantly high infection way to develop a stronger sys- Sunday, said it was a matter of The international FDP at he works related to passenger three girders of 29.400mx wave will be a “ripple” if there rate spreads. If it does, then the tem with these two things. immense pleasure that the tree GHSIMR had created a big Tconvenience and development 0.450m x0.800m metres is no significantly faster-spread- impact may be comparable to Prof Agarwal said the third plantation drive, an initiative of platform for learning and net- are being completed in North was completed recently, ing mutant variant of the novel the second wave. wave may accentuate in Chief Minister Yogi working, bringing the city of Eastern Railway (NER) on a pri- PRO Ashok Kumar said. coronavirus. However, if there The intermediate second October with a peak lower Adityanath, begins on this day Kanpur on the international ority basis following the Corona By taking a traffic and is a faster-spreading mutant, scenario considers the features than that of the second wave, from the Metro Depot. The platform. She also extended protocol. The top priority of traction block of two hours the magnitude of the third of the first case and adds a con- if the first scenario becomes the UPMRC despite the pandem- thanks to the guest of honour Varanasi Division is safe, secure this challenging task of wave will be comparable to the dition, wherein vaccination is reality. Under the second sce- ic continued work at the same of the concluding day, and uninterrupted train move- launching of three girders first one. This has been stated 20 per cent less effective. nario, an early and higher peak pace which was worth appre- Biseshwar Acharya, CEO, ment. Due to rapid doubling- was successfully complet- by Prof Manindra Agarwal of Further, the pessimistic may be seen in September. ciation and thus this sapling Novel Academy Nepal, Dr cum-electrification in Varanasi Division over the ed 20 minutes before the fixed period follow- IIT-Kanpur, who is part of the third scenario looks at a situa- Further, the third case would was in their honour, she said. Khushboo Sharma Sangam of past year, by constructing foot overbridges ing the Corona protocol. High capacity road study team. He said the team tion where a 25 per cent more require stringent restrictions to Katiyar said if the traffic con- Sangam University and many (FOBs) even at small stations so that passengers crane was used for girder launching and a crane had come up with three possi- infectious mutant spreads. delay the peak. In view of the tinued despite the Metro work other dignitaries who took can change platforms safely the plan to make was kept as stand by during the work. The length bilities for the future and it was It is noteworthy that these emerging cases of Delta Plus continuing day and night it was part in the virtual session. train movement fast and accident free is being of the three girders launched is 29.40 metres and expected that the third wave three scenarios will stand nul- variant of the novel coronavirus the perfect professional man- Prof PC Mishra from implemented expeditiously. On NER Varanasi weight is 30 tonnes. The work of girder launch- would be a “ripple” if there was lified if there is a variant of the in the country, amplified inter- agement of the UPMRC. She Lucknow University was Division’s Manduadih-Prayagraj Rambag rail ing was completed on Friday from 12.20 pm to no variant with remarkably novel coronavirus that bypass- ventions are needed to curtail said despite the two waves of felicitated with a lifetime section between Kachhawan Road and Madho 15.20 pm under the supervision of RNVL’s Chief high virulence. Additionally, he es immunity. the effects of the third wave, the COVID-19, the UPMRC con- achievement award for his con- Singh railway stations at Katka station falling Project Manager, Vikas Chandra, Project Director said, the study anticipates that The authorities have stated IIT-Kanpur professor said. tinued undeterred in its mis- tribution in the field of on km. No-244/01-244/07 under the construc- (Joint General Manager) Satyam Kumar Singh and the effect may be similar in that two important facets — MINISTER PLANTS sion. research. tion of foot overbridge by Rail Vikas Nigam AGM/(Civil Expert) Safety and Planning SN Sahu.  !   #$  %$ &' ()( 7 ?=   %  %  

darity to their Indian col- +       leagues, therefore Co-opera- tives UK coordinated a fund- ing call to support cooperative members in India. For       ,0   instance, funding for essential medical equipment was   ! 2 34+   ! 2 34+ granted to SEWA Co-opera- tive Federation which cur- s ventilation is consid- rom setting up of oxygen rently works with 106 Aered a well-established Fplants to supplying oxygen women’s co-ops all around method for reducing potential cylinders, from manufacturing India. exposures to infectious masks, PPE kits and disinfec- “Cooperatives need sup- aerosols, the US Centres for tants to providing necessities portive and enabling policy Disease Control and and groceries, cooked food and legal environments to Prevention (CDC) has and dry ration to the needy— create productive and reward- favoured portable high-effi- several cooperatives across the ing workplaces, and narrow ciency particulate air (HEPA) States, whether big or small, wealth, income and environ- air cleaners, together with have been doing their bit to mental inequalities,” said masks, which it said, can heal the country reeling under sustainability of cooperatives’ impacted due to Covid-19 Bruno Roelants, Director reduce exposure to SARS- the worst-ever Covid-19 crisis. people-over-profit business pandemic, it launched the General of the International CoV-2 aerosols indoors by 90 “During the Covid-19 model. In keeping with the scheme Ayushman Sahakar, Cooperative Alliance (ICA). per cent. pandemic, cooperatives soci- theme, cooperative giants like pledging credit support of However, noting that SARS-CoV-2, the virus eties did not shy away from Indian Farmers Fertilizer 10,000 crore to cooperatives earnings of many coopera- that causes Covid-19, can be their responsibilities but came Cooperative (IFFCO) and to set up new or upgrade tives suffered due to the pan- spread by exposure to droplets forward to help and support Krishak Bharati Cooperative existing health infrastructure. demic, Shankar said, “It and aerosols of respiratory the members, families and Ltd (Kribhco) came forward to On its part, SEWA became necessary for the gov- fluids that are released by communities by supplying set up oxygen manufacturing Cooperative Federation ernment to provide them with infected persons when they essential items as needed,” plants at several locations reached out to 1.7 lakh indi- a conducive atmosphere to cough, sing, talk, or exhale. Bhagwan Shankar, Additional while Kerala’s Uralungal Labor viduals at the grassroots level nurture them during the cri- To reduce indoor trans- Chief Secretary, Food & Civil Contract Cooperative Society with Covid-care packages sis. The facilitators of the mission of SARS-CoV-2 Supplies and Cooperation (ULCCS) translocated an including health and ration cooperative sectors require between persons, the CDC   ! 2 34+ ed to test approx 60 batches pose, according to a govern- Department, Sikkim, said. entire Oxygen plant from a kits. more than ever support in recommends measures includ- of vaccines per month. This ment official from the “Cooperatives may not be factory to the hospital site at Kerala's cooperatives terms of easily available ing maintaining physical dis- he Government on will not only expedite the Department of a panacea for all remedies but Kozhikode Medical College earned accolades for running finance, in the form of grants, tance, universal masking (the TSunday said it has set up Vaccine manufacture and Biotechnology, Ministry of they can definitely make sig- to meet the increasing demand 1,300 kitchens across the State subsidies and soft loans to use of face masks in public two more vaccine testing supply but also be logistical- Science &Technology. nificant contributions in help- for oxygen for patients. delivering food to people in such cooperative based busi- places by everyone who is not facilities in Pune and ly convenient considering The facility at NCCS, ing distribute resources across Similarly, Amul and many quarantine while in Odisha, nesses.” fully vaccinated), and increas- Hyderabad. The new labs for that both Pune and Pune, has now been notified the country,” he said at an other dairy cooperatives estab- women cooperatives engaged Currently, there are more ing room ventilation. batch testing and quality con- Hyderabad are the two as Central Drugs Laboratory event “Cooperatives and the lished oxygen facilities in their lakhs of members to help than eight lakh cooperatives, “Ventilation systems can trol of vaccines are being Vaccine manufacturing hubs for testing and release of challenges of Covid-19 pan- respective districts while the needy people by providing covering 90 per cent of the vil- be supplemented with portable readied at the National Currently, Central Drugs Covid-19 vaccines through a demics” organized by the National Cooperative Union of necessities and groceries, lages in India and they are high-efficiency particulate air Centre for Cell Science Laboratory (CDL) at Kasauli, gazette notification issued National Cooperative India (NCUI) used its own cooked food and dry ration. more relevant than ever. (HEPA) cleaners to reduce (NCCS), Pune, and National which is the National by the Health Ministry while Development Corporation resources and raised funds to In fact, the Covid-crisis in Executive Director, the number of airborne infec- Institute of Animal Control Laboratory for test- the facility at NIAB (NCDC) to mark the carry out relief activities India drew attention from NCDC Mukesh Kumar felt tious particles,” the CDC said Biotechnology, (NIAB) ing and pre-release certifi- ,Hyderabad is likely to International Day of through its network of field across the world. In the UK, that despite the pandemic in a statement. Hyderabad as Central Drug cation of Immunobiologicals receive necessary notifica- Cooperative celebrated recent- offices across the country. a number of British retail many cooperatives have been Researchers from the Laboratory (CDL). (vaccines and antisera) is tion soonCell no: ly.This year’s theme is “Rebuild The NCDC also jumped members expressed the performing well because of CDC used respiratory simu- The facilities are expect- being utilized for the pur- 9968717937 Better Together,” aimed to in the fray to do its bit. With urgent need to extend their their well-planned structured lators to mimic a person with highlight the resilience and the health system heavily collective support and soli- system. Covid-19 and other, uninfect- ed persons in a conference room. They found HEPA air source reduced the aerosol sure by up to 90 per cent,” the airborne particles from a cleaners to be most effective exposure of the uninfected CDC said. room, ventilation systems can or conveyance to mucous fessional organisations have this study suggest that portable tions in exposure occurring when they were close to the participants and speaker by up Ventilation is a well-estab- reduce exposures that occur by membranes by contaminated provided guidance for increas- HEPA air cleaners can reduce when used in combination aerosol source. to 65 per cent. A combination lished method for reducing inhalation of infectious hands. ing ventilation and air filtra- exposure to SARS-CoV-2 with universal masking, the “Using two HEPA air of HEPA air cleaners and uni- potential exposures to infec- aerosols, deposition on sus- During the ongoing pan- tion to decrease the spread of aerosols in indoor environ- CDC said. cleaners close to the aerosol versal masking reduced expo- tious aerosols. By removing ceptible mucous membranes, demic, public health and pro- SARS-CoV-2.The results of ments, with greater reduc- $    %     #     8 9

    ".. 0   9!    ! 2 34+ from All Sikh Gurudwara Pradesh. Mangaement Committee- Recently, the Sikh Sikh delegation from Kashmir.” Gurudwara Prabandhak   ! 2 34+ AKashmir on Sunday met Though the delegation did Committee protested against Union Home Minister Amit not speak to the media after the alleged conversion of two SS head Mohan Bhagwat Shah demanding an anti-con- the meeting, it is learned that Sikh girls after they were Ron Sunday said "lynching version law for Jammu and they submitted a memoran- allegedly kidnapped. is against " and Kashmir like the one prevalent dum to the Home Minister The Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, asserted that Hindus and in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya narrating various incidents of the highest temporal seat of Muslims were not two entities ancestors. "We are in a Pradesh, to prevent forceful “love Jihad” in the valley and Sikhism, had taken a serious but one. democracy. There can't be conversions in the Union Jammu targeting Sikh girls. view of reports of Sikh girls Speaking at a book launch dominance of Hindus or Territory. The main demand in the peti- falling victim to ‘love jihad’ and event organised by the Muslims. There can only be The meeting came days tion was preventing forceful has written to Jammu and 'Muslim Rashtriya Manch', dominance of Indians," he after reports of Sikh girls being religious conversion and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor the Muslim wing of RSS, said. He stressed that nation- abducted and forcefully con- implementing law for anti- seeking a law to Bhagwat said, "We do not dis- alism should be the basis of verted to Islam. Shah later conversion in Jammu and prevent forceful religious con- criminate on the basis of reli- unity among the people of the tweeted: “Met a delegation Kashmir like UP and Madhya version and marriage. gious practices and how one country. worships or celebrates one's “There are some works festivals". that politics can’t do. Politics   ! 2 34+ Centre by walking out of a ses- scooter, just bring it to the He said both the commu- can't unite people. Politics *&-$ Q)$)$78 sion. Don't let the session nearest state or national high- nities face problem or crisis can’t become tool to unite gitating farmers under run till the government way and park it there. But when they start accepting people but can become a Athe banner of Samyukt addresses the issue," farmer don't create a traffic jam," he that they were not one entity. weapon to distort unity,” Kisan Morcha on Sunday leader Gurnam Singh Charuni said. He also asked for LPG “It has been proven that we’re Bhagwat further said at the #/)  %& $ ) decided to take out a march said while addressing a press cylinders to be brought to the descendants of the same launch of 'The Meetings of every day to Parliament from conference. protest. ancestors from the last 40,000 Minds: A Bridging Initiative’, July 22 till the session con- "We will continuously The SKM also called for a years. People of India have written by Dr Khawaja   ! 2 34+ tinues, to protest against the protest outside Parliament till nationwide protest on July 8 same DNA. Hindus and Iftikhar Ahmed. three farm laws enacted by the they hear our demands," against the rising prices of Muslims are not two groups, This is not for the first rmy chief General M M Parliament. Charuni said. petrol, diesel and LPG cylin- there is nothing to unite, time that the RSS chief has ANaravane will hold bilat- The farmers unions said He added that five people ders. It asked people to come they're already together,” he called for Hindu-Muslim eral talks with the military that a "chetavani patra" (warn- from each farmer union out and park their vehicles said adding the term "Hindu- unity. The last time he said so leadership of the United ing letter) will be given to all would be taken to join the along state and national high- Muslim unity" is was in a RSS organised three- Kingdom and Italy during his the opposition MPs to protest protest. The SKM also called ways from 10 am till 12 pm. misleading as Hindus and day conclave in 2018 here at four-day visit to the two coun- the laws inside the House. for a nationwide protest on "Whatever vehicle you Muslims are essentially one. 'Vigyan Bhavan' - the first tries starting Monday. The par- Parliament's Monsoon ses- July 8 against the rising prices have, tractor, trolley, car, On the incidents of mob major public outreach of the leys will cover the entire gamut sion is set to begin on July 19. of petrol, diesel and LPG scooter, just bring it to the lynching , he said "lynching is RSS- where he spoke at of defence and strategic ties and "We will also ask the cylinders. It asked people to nearest state or national high- against Hindutva''. length on social and the Army chief will explore opposition MPs on July 17 to come out and park their vehi- way and park it there. But Bhagwat said develop- communalways to further strengthen the raise the issue every day inside cles at state and national high- don't create a traffic jam," ment in the country is not harmony in the country and ties. the House while we will sit ways from 10 am till 12 pm. Balbir Singh Rajewal said. He possible without unity, the the role of the Muslim com- Giving details of his sched- outside in protest. We will tell "Whatever vehicle you also asked for LPG cylinders basis of which should be munity in the development of ule, officials said here on them to not to benefit the have, tractor, trolley, car, to be brought to the protest. nationalism and glory of the country. Sunday, Naravane will be inau- gurating the Indian Army Memorial in the famous town of Cassino and will be briefed : at the Italian Army's Counter :; IED Centre of Excellence at 999 Cecchingola, Rome. In the Battle of Monte :99 Cassino during World War II,   ! 2 34+ monsoon phase," Rajeevan, of active spells and 32% of break over 5,000 Indian soldiers were who has been researching the spells lasted for a week or killed while fighting to save : he Ministry of Earth Southwest Monsoon for more longer. While active events Italy from fascist forces. Nearly 9 TSciences on Sunday said the than three decades, tweeted. occurred almost every year, 50,000 Indians were enlisted for Monsoon, which slowed down After a good spell of rain in not a single break occurred in Italy’s liberation between over the last fortnight, is the first two and half weeks of 26% of the years considered. On September 1943 and April interact with the Secretary of mation and communication expected to revive from July 8. June, the Southwest Monsoon an average, there are 7 days of 1945. State for Defence, Chief of technology among others, The forecast models show signs has not advanced further since active and break events from Both the UK and Italy are Defence Staff, Chief of General officials said. of increasing rain activity in June 19. July through August. There are important partners for India in Staff and other dignitaries. He As regards Britain, India South, west coast and East Delhi, Haryana, parts of no significant trends in either the fields of defence, healthcare, will also be visiting various has a Strategic Partnership Central India since then. west Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, the days of active or break aerospace, education, clean army formations where he will with it since 2004 and enjoy "Monsoon Update: west Rajasthan are yet to see the events. technology, renewable energy exchange ideas on issues of a multi-faceted relationship @moesgoi models show signs arrival of the monsoon. Asked In its forecast for the July, and information and commu- mutual interest. spanning across trade and of revival- increasing rains in as to when the monsoon is IMD said the country as a nication technology among During the second leg of economy, health, science and South, west coast & East expected to cover the remain- whole will witness good rainfall others, officials said. his tour (July 7 and 8), the technology and defence Central India from 8 July,” , M ing parts including Delhi, he this month. However, parts of During the four-day visit, Army Chief will be holding besides other spheres. Rajeevan, Secretary of Ministry said it could be around July 11. north India, some parts of he will be meeting his coun- important discussions with Italian defence firms have of Earth Sciences said. Indian Meteorological Delhi witnessed a brief spell of A study paper of the MoES south peninsula, central, east terparts and senior military the Chief of Defence Staff and expressed keen interest in Monsoon rain over the coun- Department (IMD) senior sci- rain, the temperature will once said that monsoon breaks tend and northeast India could wit- leaders of these countries with Chief of Staff of the Italiarmy. taking a proactive part in the try will also remain extremely entist RK Jenamani on Sunday again go up. Western distur- to have a longer life-span than ness rainfall in the category of an aim of enhancing India's Both the countries are “Make in India” initiative of subdued till then. said due to western distur- bances have moved away and active spells. While, almost normal to below normal. It defence cooperation. important partners for India the Indian government. Italy "Models also make an early bances, the monsoon is not monsoon is not coming till July 80% of the active spells lasted added that the conditions are His visit to the United in the fields of defence, has also pushed for a central indication of formation of a coming till July 7-8. “Weak 7-8. Break or weak monsoon 3–4 days, only 40% of the not favourable for the mon- Kingdom is scheduled for two healthcare, aerospace, edu- role for India in the European weather system over BoB monsoon will continue in parts will continue in parts of coun- break spells were of such short soon's progress till July 7 due to days (July 5 and 6) during cation, clean technology, Union’s Indo-Pacific by12th & subsequent active of country till July 08. “Though try till July 8,” Jenamani added. duration. A small fraction (9%) the lack of a weather system. which the Army chief will renewable energy and infor- Initiative.  !   #$  %$ &' ()( 8

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That may be, but for   !    -               perity, the class profile of the peo- ous coastal and riverine Hindus and Muslims.” This comparatively fewer persons.    ( > S               (  ple will change. As citizens provinces and the poorer difference is probably the The Hindu faith depends so      3        P           become richer and more aware, inland ones, as well as between reason why the Chinese much on karma that in Hindi they will want to have their say. Han China, Mongolia, Tibet appear to be deceptive, from and many Indian languages                    ! Dictatorship will not be tolerat- and the Uygurs. the smallest questions to the there is no precise word for         Q "            ! ed forever; power has to be With more economic biggest issues. They do not conscience. There is one in                       shared with the people. modernisation, there may well really realise that they have Urdu, namely, zameer. I won-  3  0   1  1            1 <     F78; Therefore, the CPC has itself be a breakdown in the bank- surprised and upset others. der if there is any equivalent become a large investor. No one ing system and large-scale The loud signs that they in the Chinese language.      89     >  "        ! is a bigger businessperson in unemployment following 2+4 have antagonised most In short, the Chinese obey     #   3 1      (S      1 < China than the CPC. If there is reform of State enterprises — nations of the world are the law when they must; that’s           > S          ! any rebellion, the People’s if the CPC ever allows it.  ? 3=" !! noticeable today, particular- all. Other than that, the ques-    "                   ! Liberation Army (PLA) cannot Corruption is a pernicious ")=" )+> 4 ly after the devastation of tion of right and wrong, the be a part of it because it is disease, although it may not COVID-19. The Chinese issue of moral and immoral            employed by the Party. seem obvious today. The 3")=+3 = probably expect to push does not arise for an average The Tiananmen Square biggest challenge will be to " ="3 2+33 through with their econom- Chinese. When a Chinese, episode in 1989 was a severe les- adjust to the shift from a ic muscle. But economic glit- whether individually or collec-  son. The PLA had mown down controlled or planned econo- 4!%  ter cannot exist in an isolat- tively, resorts to anything thousands of young men and my to a market one; also ed space. unethical, it is because he is women. Singapore’s then Prime from a communist society to ++C !* = Morality and ethics are innocent about morality. Their Minister, who watched the events a free one. The Chinese rulers )+4 )!=) sophisticated expressions but food habits too are reflective on television, wrote: “It was have been aware that this without the fear of punish- of this; over the ages, they have unbelievable.” The PLA had evolution could cause serious 2) 4 >2+33 ment, they are likely to be hol- been eating just about every turned its guns on its own peo- dislocations and even end the 2!=4? low. Be it the fear of society, bird or animal they can lay ple. Tanks and armoured person- CPC’s rule, possibly setting off law or God, or for example their hands on. To sum it up, nel carriers stormed into the disintegrative forces. 4 +)> the Hindu fear that his the Yellow Kingdom’s people streets leading to the Square to Therefore, the party has to +=)4+" dushkarma (bad deeds) will place a great deal of stress on shoot dead protestors who had own the Army. result in durbhagya (ill fate). the efficacy of force and vio- raised the voice against corrup- Internationally, China 2+33!=* To an extent, Indian Muslims lence. In his concluding advice tion, nepotism and inflation and will have to adjust with other =3 )  and Christians, at least some to the party, the late Mao demanded political reform. countries which have differ- of them, also believe in karma. Zedong asserted that “power In his autobiography, ent values and moral stan- =) ? ) This is perhaps a throwback to flows from the barrel of a gun”. Singapore’s architect Lee Kwan dards. The Chinese people the period when their forefa- (The writer is a well- Yew pointed out four great chal- have never been very reli- thers were Hindus. But when known columnist, an author lenges in China’s future; demand gious. As a wag told us in none of these factors operate, and a former member of the for more active participation in Hong Kong, “We are not like most individuals are likely to Rajya Sabha. The views the affairs of the State — you Indians. We are indulge in selfish actions with- expressed are personal.) =>        ,"" A 5   ) %% % "            %       Sir — The Rafale deal is once again in the  ! "#  #$%!!  - ( spotlight, thanks to the launch of a judi-      cial probe into the sale of the fighter jets    (( =?+A9I A     A to India. Much to the Modi Government’s       )         embarrassment, France has found the alle- = (   A            gation of corruption in the Rafale deal     B.$       worth investigating by a judge. The BJP          :.$R   = %   .    has reason to worry since it is still very           ( ;: 7<4 much an issue with the potential to blow     +  (  K ((  % .  . % %*%    up in its face. The willingness of France          5       13#     * #           for a probe is in striking contrast with 5     +          India’s unwillingness for the same.   ,5+ -    ./9IA./       (   %     45   56                       (         Disclosures made so far sustain a lin-    ( 0#!           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And the Government, if it is real- %           (            '<       13# " ly committed to ensure transparency and    (               (    1       2       accountability, cannot run away from dis-        + O      <3! |               '   pelling it by credible investigation.          If the Government has nothing to                  hide, it can readily agree for a JPC probe, homeless persons should be no exception. the cricket-starved younger generation. :4 A11465:            13#   ! for which renewed calls have been made The Government can and should take care The season will commence on September K  *  of the orphans who are physically and 21, 2021, with the senior women’s one-day             ! subsequent to the French probe. A JPC can conduct a thorough probe by virtue of the mentally challenged. People with sound league and will be followed by senior +            powers vested in it to obtain, peruse and health and physique can work. But the women’s one-day Challenger Trophy, to     ( "                  scrutinise all relevant documents and files. question is: Can the Government provide take place from October 27, 2021.    (                      The Government cannot turn down the employment? Food security has been The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will +   A given to people living below the poverty kickstart on October 20, 2021, with the     +O    "                   JPC probe demand saying that the defence deal information was classified. line. With or without ration cards, it is final to be played on November 12. The                   13#S        G David Milton |Tamil Nadu unfair to leave the beggars hungry. coveted Ranji Trophy, which was cancelled                     ( '  Beggary cannot be eliminated unless the last season due to the COVID-19 pandem- <75<1?

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he hard-hitting statements and speeches that marked the cente-  : ,78 nary celebrations of the Chinese        > !:B      Communist Party (CCP) were in syncT with Xi Jinping's domestic image. 'Xi            !       " Dada' or 'big uncle Xi' spoke about China's     "       F5A  !    history like it was never a hegemonand 59           F:8:      8989 about the repercussions if its sovereignty    were ever to be threatened. "  898:              For President Xi Jinping, July 1,  <  F868:     F:;B;   8989  F:A;: 2021, was an important milestone; one   89:B                that he hoped would be commemorated

  (                  for China becoming more powerful and less isolated. It is for this reason that he            !  ! had advanced the deadline for China   "            ! becoming a fully developed country               from 2050 -- set by Deng Xiaoping -- to !         2035. However, 18 months before the 0            !G E       2021 milestone, the coronavirus outbreak                  halted China's plans and ambitions as it exposed the country's faultlines the com-                 ! munist party had hitherto successfully exploited. The pandemic exposed the extent of the world's vulnerabilities and its 'China dependence'. China flexed its economic muscle against Australia by banning exports worth $3 billion after its legitimate China is a superpower in a Hambantota port in Sri Lanka in Beijing is also closing in militari- request for an inquiry into the origins of hurry. It wants to 'fundamentally the Indian Ocean providing it with ly. China is expected to surpass the the coronavirus. It was not the first time revise the world order', both on the ability to create maritime choke- US as the world's largest economy such a thing happened. In 2017, Seoul +!+!#"! land and on the sea, to serve points in times of conflict. possibly by 2028, ahead of earlier faced similar economic retribution for 3=!%2+4 'Beijing's authoritarian goals and Wishing China away is neither predictions. deploying the American missile defence )! 2+33 hegemonic ambitions'. It is in a possible nor desirable. What is Only multi-polar solidarity system. So did Norway when Chinese dis- "3>?+3 hurry to alter the global gover- needed is a clear plan of action to will counter the challenge that sident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the )=3 +!4 1+!% nance landscape by getting sweep- ensure China's imperialistic efforts China poses,economically, politi-        !   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Xi's strong- N !5)>= in global bodies to bend the rules. information and its global clout of China's 'century of humiliation'.       O      O     ! arm tactics were not just restricted to 45+3++=!O Beijing's strategy is not limited to which has turned even UN bod- President Joe Biden does not have       !         ! trade but manifested most in its aggres- planting its proxies in key UN ies into its proxies. the luxury of his predecessor sive military posturing against its tradi- ") + ! organizations. Instead, it wants its The start of Biden's term coin- Barack Obama to respond to                      tional rivals and historical adversaries. In #= *+ !=  own versions of human rights to cided with the historic Alaska China's unprecedented island- !  fact, China's belligerence grew as it faced !=4? 4 be normalized by these interna- meet which saw tough posturing building activity with mere public    !!           an unprecedented global backlash. 35F5)>=4+ tional agencies. It is also in a hurry by America to back the world's statements. Instead, Biden will  !          :9  ! " ! Beijing's response to this was intimida- ")   =) to get hold of as many natural Chinachallenge. However, the have to act fast and in tandem with      !      (          ! tion of and thinly-veiled threats to India, *)1=* resources as possible. United States' current economic India's Narendra Modi and Japan's                ! Australia, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. =) "=! The hunger for mineral and geopolitical stature is not suf- Yoshihide Suga.      ! 0            As China dropped its carefully craft- resources is one of the principal rea- ficient to continue with its hard- Xi Jinping has whipped up the ed image of being a benevolent savior via =4+!N sons for China's desire to be a mod- ened stance. In fact, the US is not domestic sentiment on an ancient  HI         its mask diplomacy in the early days of 5!")   !  ern-day colonial power. In the as powerful as it was at the peak and vague concept of Tianxia, (              the pandemic, its naked ambition to grab +3!A*5+3+!% process, China pushed small, of the Cold War to handle the geo- translated as 'all under the heav-                  sovereign territory became clear. The +?+>2+4 resource-rich, and strategically strategic and geo-economic chal- en'. In Ancient China, this meant                   façade of a 'superpower willing to step up  ) "5*3+ located nations into huge debt lenges that a rising China presents the world was divinely bestowed      "              during a global crisis' fell. And with it fell   ! traps. China's acts to undermine the to the world. This means it is the upon the emperor, who as the 'son                  all the romantic American assumptions world order pose a greater global collective response of the liberal of heaven' had 'heaven's decree'               J   ! that had, for decades, promoted closer ties threat than the former USSR world --the US and its allies -- and was at the epicentre of the with Beijing on the premise that prosper- because due to its economic might, which will decide the fate of the world. The rest of the world was       (              ity will usher in political and social military capabilities, and vast influ- post-pandemic world order. divided into tributaries and vassal                   ! reforms in China. ence across Asia, , and Besides having an exhaustive mil- states. The CCP is trying to create               ! After allowing China to successfully Africa. China has amplified its itary and strategic infrastructure, the same imagery, with the BRI                subvert the rules-based world order for clout also through the Belt and Beijing is also economically much expected to create vassal states all $       !             at least two decades, the world is now in Road Initiative (BRI) in terms of bigger than Moscow ever was. over the globe, and Jinping as the                  a precarious phase. The geopolitical expanding the market for its tangi- China's GDP is over 65 percent of 'legitimate sovereign in the world'. headwinds - which became more pro- (The writer is a senior the US GDP; in comparison,the The world map would be just one        (      ! ble infrastructure and area of influ- nounced post-pandemic - have manifest- journalist and Visiting ence of intangible political influ- USSR at its peak had 40 percent of of the casualties for such a vision                 ! Fellow at the United ed themselves in all aspects of the glob- Services Institution of ence. China's maritime infrastruc- the US GDP. Not only is the eco- to be fulfilled.                alized world, namely, trade, military, India. The views ture today spans from its military nomic gap between the United The next decade will decide E                    cyberspace, and new-age technology like expressed are personal.) base in Djibouti in Africa to its civil- States and China lesser than the how far Xi Jinping will go to ful-       !              ! outer space. ian ports near Israel's Haifa and the gap between the US and the USSR, fill this imagery. J  "      !       "                  !                        !                           P      !                    2   !    ! !  !        K        !   2     2 !  2          !     L !        L8                         8  @      AB  .  !"#$% &#!'!'!'()&#!'(&%'#*+,#!#-!)) +,' + .' ,/,$#-!#*!$ !'(&%-&/ $", !)!" $&' / ' &)!" $

he roller coaster Indian Iran is a critical example of 20-21 from 7.7 per cent in the The revival may not be It is an indirect criticism of The CII prescription is economic journey is how years of good work and second quarter, after econom- that easy, perhaps. The the post-demonetisation fad not easy. It is proven by Oberoi Tlikely to continue. It was relations could be lost under ic activity resumed a bit. The Confederation of Indian for the electronic transaction group CEO Vikram Vohra recovering at 11.5 per cent in western sanctions to China. household debt-to-GDP ratio Industry (CII) finds 79 per that keeps most money locked who says that he has been the April-June quarter, says Iran was critical for India in has been increasing since the cent of the respondents of a in banks and increases hunger approached by hotel owners National Council for Applied terms of petroleum imports at end-March 2019. survey expect production, sup- for cash flow. The CII view is who want to sell their proper- Economic Research (NCAER)  58 rupee-rial terms. That has This could hold back ply, and sales to be adversely contrary to its previous opin- ties in the post-Covid-19 sce- but the State Bank of India says come down to zero. India also expenditure on consumption affected and consumption ion that supporting the poor nario. The combined debt in the second wave has hit the lost the initiative in the as the economy reopens demands depressed in the with doles increases the crowd- the hotel sector is estimated at economy. Chabahar port project and a because of the concern of coming period. It is concerned ing of cities and raises costs of Rs 50,000 crore and most The result, however, is trade corridor deal involving households to rebuild their about people losing jobs and the industry and creates "irre- owners and investors are in mixed because while the SBI India, Iran, and Afghanistan. of higher crude oil import savings in a country where livelihood, impacting demand sponsible" governance through severe stress. knows the reality from up Disagreements with Russia costs leading to a severe infla- social security is at its lowest and growth. It says GDP severe deficits. Its support for The NCAER says though close, NCAER has taken a neg- are rising and it begins to lean tionary situation. and job losses continuous. growth depends on fresh stim- printing money is to keep the there could be some modera- ative base of 2020-21 to mea- more towards China as the In the midst of all this S&P The second phase lockdown ulus, new reforms, and the lending rates low as the gov- tion in inflation for a month or sure activities. In this debate, Russia-US confrontation Global says that India's eco- reduced mobility by 60 per state of the global economy. It ernment's extra borrowing so it will rebound beyond people have overlooked the grows. This has an impact on nomic recovery is expected to cent and disrupted the services has asked the government to from the market would August with a rise in farm fact that amid clashes with relations in and around the be "less steep" than the bounce- the most (though manufactur- inject Rs 3 lakh crore spend- increase competition between wages, crude oil prices, and China, the country is ceding its sub-continent. Increasing back in 2020 and early 2021. ing and exports were hit less). ing through printing of curren- the government and the pri- other factors adding to the rise economic interests in exports to Bangladesh may be The reason is households are The problem is manifested in cy notes and direct cash trans- vate sector will drive up inter- in prices. Like the CII, it also Afghanistan, a long-time a silver lining, but much of it having a tough time with the reduced consumption. S&P fers, rural job schemes and est rates. The flip side is that calls for an expansionary pol- friend, to China which is try- (The writer is a senior journal- is "re-exported" to the North- erosion of their savings. The says a gradual revival is under- reducing GST rates. In other more money circulation would icy. The situation remains dif- ist. The views expressed are ing to make ingress into personal.) East. India's $500-billion forex rate of household bank way and the economy may words, CII has suggested high- further increase prices and ficult despite the government Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, kitty overflow is linked to it. deposits declined to three per grow at 9.5 per cent which the er money circulation and cash hit the poor more. Interest spending Rs 67,000 crore on and the Indian Ocean region. India is also facing the impact cent in the third quarter of FY RBI also predicts. flow to speed up the economy. rates would also rise. free food policy.  !   #$  %$ &' ()( 10

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%    ! 2 34+ > the Act in case of certain %)  %$) : exchanges and clearing corpo- n a major move towards ease rations. It has been stated that matures and proceeds are Iof doing business, new guide- sometime in these transac-   5*+ years. unpaid, the amount left lines direct that businesses tions there is no one to one Further, the IL&FS arm unclaimed with the bank shall buying shares or commodities :: contract between the buyers he Securities and would also undertake a com- attract rate of interest as applic- traded through recognised and the sellers. TExchange Board of India prehensive overhaul of all its able to savings account or the exchanges will not be required “In order to remove such (SEBI) has fined IL&FS procedures and policies, espe- contracted rate of interest on to deduct TDS on the transac- : difficulties, it is provided that Securities Services Ltd and cially its Risk Management the matured TD, whichever is tion. : the provisions of section 194Q Allied Financial Services Pvt Policy and implement neces- lower,” the RBI said in a circu- The Central Board of  of the Act shall not be applic- Ltd (AFSPL) over involve- sary corrective measures to lar. Direct Taxes (CBDT) has able in relation to, transactions ment in fraudulent transfer of ensure that the violations There will be a similar brought into effect a provision in securities and commodities mutual fund units from client’s observed are not repeated, the norm in terms of term deposits relating to tax deducted at time of payment, whichever is which are traded through rec- accounts. regulator said. in co-operative banks. source (TDS) applicable to earlier, is required to deduct an ognized stock exchanges or The SEBI has imposed a It, however said that the The central bank has sent businesses with turnover of amount equal to 0.1 per cent of cleared and settled by the rec- total penalty of 26 crore on order shall be subject to any out a circular to all scheduled over 10 crore. such sum exceeding 50 lakh ognized clearing corporation IL&FS Securities Services Ltd. order passed by the Supreme commercial banks, small The Finance Act, 2021 as income tax. Buyer is defined including recognized stock In a separate order, the Court, while enforcement of finance banks, local area banks, inserted a new section 194Q in to be a person whose turnover exchanges or recognized clear- capital market regulator has the liability and the order primary (urban) co-operative the Income-tax Act 1961 which from the business exceeded Rs ing corporation located in imposed penalties of 3 crore shall also be subject to the   ! 2 34+ whichever is lower. banks, district central co-oper- takes effect from July 1, 2021. 10 crore during the financial International Financial Service on AFSPL and another 3 orders of the National As per the current rules, if ative banks, and state co-oper- It applies to any buyer who is year immediately preceding Centre,” the circular said. crore on its MD, Awanish Company Law Tribunal and he Reserve Bank of India a term deposit matures and ative banks, in this regard. responsible for paying any sum the financial year in which the Further, the provisions Kumar Mishra. It has also National Company Law T(RBI) has amended the proceeds are unpaid, the Term deposit refers to an to any resident seller for pur- purchase of goods is carried would also not be applicable to imposed fines of 14 lakh Appellate Tribunal. norms as per which unclaimed amount left unclaimed with the interest-bearing deposit chase of any goods of the value out. transactions in electricity, and 7 lakh on its directors In 2019, Finsec Law maturity proceeds of term bank shall attract rate of inter- received by the bank for a or aggregate of value exceeding The CBDT circular said renewable energy certificates Himanshu Arora and Jitendra Advisor on behalf of clients deposits (TDs) with banks will est as applicable to savings fixed period and shall also 50 lakh rupees in any previ- that it has been represented that and energy saving certificates Kumar Tiwari. Dalmia Cement East Limited attract the rate of interest as deposits. include deposits such as recur- ous year. there are practical difficulties in traded through power The capital market regu- and OCL India Limited applicable to savings accounts “On a review of these ring, cumulative, annuity, rein- The buyer, at the time of implementing the provisions of exchanges registered in accor- lator has also restrained IL&FS alleged fraudulent transfer of or the contracted rate of inter- instructions, it has been decid- vestment deposits, and cash credit of such sum to the Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) dance with Regulation 21 of the Securities from acquiring any mutual fund units worth est on the matured TD, ed that if a Term Deposit (TD) certificates. account of the seller or at the contained in section 194-Q of CERC. new clients till a period of two 344.07 crore by AFSPL. ! %P  30R  *    %+3     % *.B R!                  (  %  9 of the Indian sovereign,” Fitch $ %+   said in a statement. Jaipur:The salary or remuner-   Fitch had assessed ation for the period of ONGC’s Standalone Credit statewide lockdown imple- Profile (SCP) at ‘bbb+’, reflect- mented in April 2021 will be   ! 2 34+ As per the report, macro ing its scale as the largest oil paid to the contractual employ- stress tests indicate that the and gas (O&G) producer in ees working in various depart- he Reserve Bank of India gross non-performing asset India, significant reserves and ments, state undertakings etc. T(RBI) has said that expo- (GNPA) ratio of scheduled production and a diversified in the state, employees appoint- sure of banks to better-rated commercial banks (SCB) may business model comparable ed through contingency large borrowers is declining, increase from 7.48 per cent in with that of peers rated in the sources etc. Chief Minister Shri while signs of stress are being March 2021 to 9.80 per cent by ‘A’ category by Fitch, counter- Ashok Gehlot has taken this witnessed in the MSME and March 2022 under the baseline balanced by a moderate finan- sensitive decision to provide retail sectors. scenario. cial profile. financial support to the con- Within the domestic finan- In case of a severe stress It said that ONGC’s status,  ! 2 34+ per cent of all gas shipped in tract workers in view of the cial system, credit flow from scenario, the GNPA may rise to ownership and control by the the country through its net- adverse circumstances arising banks and capital expenditure 11.22 per cent, although SCBs sovereign is “strong” due to the tate-owned GAIL India Ltd work of 13,340-km network of out of the Corona pandemic of corporates remains muted, have sufficient capital, both at state’s majority ownership and Sis eyeing expansion in petro- natural gas trunk pipelines. It and the lockdown. said a report by the central the aggregate and individual board appointments. chemicals, specialty chemicals sells 55 per cent of all natural Shri Gehlot has approved bank. level, even under stress. ONGC has not received and renewables as it pivots a gas in the country and has the proposal of the Finance “While banks’ exposures to Further, the capital to risk- any tangible financial support new strategy to expand the petrochemical plants at Pata in Department in this regard. better rated large borrowers are weighted assets ratio (CRAR) recently given its strong business beyond natural gas, its Uttar Pradesh and Lepatkata in According to the proposal, due declining, there are incipient of scheduled commercial banks   ! 2 34+ and on the foreign-currency Standalone Credit Profile chairman Manoj Jain said. Assam that gives it a 17.5 per to the large number of contract signs of stress in the micro, (SCBs) increased to 16.03 per guaranteed notes issued by (SCP), the ratings agency The nation’s largest gas cent market share. The firm workers unable to attend the small and medium enterprises cent and the provisioning cov- tate-run Oil and Natural ONGC Videsh, ONGC Videsh noted. marketer and shipper has will convert an existing LPG workplaces due to lockdown (MSMEs) and retail segments,” erage ratio (PCR) stood at SGas Corporation Ltd Vankorneft Pte Ltd, along with “However, we expect it to adopted a revised future blue- Plant at Usar in Raigad district and other restrictions, their said the recently released 68.86 per cent in March 2021. (ONGC) and its subsidiary the medium-term note pro- receive support, if needed, due print, called ‘Strategy 2030’ to of Maharashtra into 500,000 salary or remuneration etc. are Financial Stability Report for In his foreword for the ONGC Videsh have witnessed gramme co-issued by the three to its importance for India’s define its journey through the tonnes per annum polypropy- not being paid for this period. July 2021. report, RBI Governor a ratings downgrade with a entities. energy security as the largest next decade. “This strategic lene complex with an estimat- Now the Chief Minister has Further, the demand for Shaktikanta Das said that the negative outlook, courtesy a “ONGC’s ratings are con- national upstream company plan will help us to address our ed investment of 8,800 crore given consent to pay the salary consumer credit across banks sustained policy support along similar Indian sovereign rating. strained by the ratings of the and third-largest refiner and challenges in changing indus- by 2023-24, he said adding the to the said personnel.With this and non-banking financial with further strengthening of Fitch Ratings has assigned state of India (BBB-/Negative), marketer of petroleum prod- try scenarios and provide new company will explore oppor- decision, a large number of companies (NBFCs) has damp- capital buffers by banks and ‘BBB-’ rating on ONGC’s Long- its majority owner, according to ucts. It has also received indi- areas for growth with geo- tunities in the petrochemicals contract workers, casual and ened, with some deterioration other financial institutions Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Fitch’s Government-Related rect state support for its over- graphic expansion,” he told segment to meet high future other employees appointed by in the risk profile of retail bor- remain vital amid the Covid-19 Default Rating (IDR) and US Entities Rating Criteria, and the seas upstream acquisitions,” it PTI in an interview. demand of polyethylene and other sources will get the ben- rowers becoming evident. pandemic. dollar senior unsecured notes Negative Outlook reflects that said. GAIL transports over 70 polypropylene. efit of remuneration.    ,  *"3O )O (  ;/      +"   "+       +   (        9B .DI    ;  ./  P$/   ! 2 34+ +   Chennai:A motor third party  5*+ New Delhi:In reversal of a death accident compensation -commerce major Amazon two-month selling trend, for- claim settled in 10 days in tate-owned Bharat Eon Sunday announced the eign portfolio investors (FPIs) India! Well, it is not a joke. But SPetroleum Corporation Ltd launch of its Intellectual in June turned out to be net it actually happened in the (BPCL) has bagged as many as Property Accelerator (IP buyers by investing a net nation’s Capital in May this 80 national and international Accelerator) programme in 13,269 crore in Indian mar- year. Thanks to the pilot pro- patents in the past two decades, India to provide sellers, who are kets. ject called Fast Track Dar and approvals for 53 more fil- also brand owners, with access This could be attributed to Scheme that began on May 1, ings are pending, for various to services from IP experts and improvement in investor sen- 2021.The family of a Delhi innovations including the law firms. timents on the back of consis- Police constable received a world’s cheapest and the fastest These sellers, including said the IP Accelerator pro- ence for everyone,” tently falling coronavirus cases sum of 32 lakhs as compen- crude oil assaying tool BP small and medium-sized sell- gramme is already available in Westmoreland added. in the country and hopes of an sation in 10 days after he was Marrk. ers, can choose to engage with the US, Europe and Canada. IP Accelerator was early opening of the economy, killed in a road accident, said Its research and develop- decades, we have won as many patented innovations of the these IP law firms to help “...We are excited to offer launched in the US in 2019, said Morningstar India participants in a webinar ment (R&D) centre, located at as 80 patents, and 53 more are centre is BPMarrk, which is an secure trademarks, protect the advantages of this pro- and has since then expanded to Associate Director (Manager organised by the General a 68-acre sprawling campus at pending for approvals. Between intelligent tool for advanced their brands and tackle gramme to our Indian busi- Europe, Japan, Canada, Research) Himanshu Insurance Council of India Greater Noida in Uttar July last year and now, we assaying of crude oil that char- infringement, on Amazon.In nesses... Our Intellectual Mexico, and now India. Srivastava.This, coupled with and Bajaj Allianz General Pradesh, has won 18 patents in have secured 18 patents,” Arun acterises and evaluates the and Amazon websites globally, Property Accelerator Program The programme was pilot- good quarterly results and a Insurance Company Ltd under the past 12 months alone. Kumar Singh, director (refiner- crude at a fraction of the time according to a statement. enables businesses to protect launched in India last year positive earnings growth out- the aegis of Delhi State Legal BPCL has an annual bud- ies and marketing) at BPCL, taken by traditional assaying Mary Beth Westmoreland, their intellectual property, and has received positive feed- look over the long term, refu- Services Authority (DSLSA) get of Rs 80-100 crore for told PTI on Sunday. methods that take a month at vice-president, technology, which in turn helps to ensure back from businesses, the state- elled FPI interest in Indian on Saturday. R&D. “Over the past two One of the most notable least. brand protection at Amazon, an authentic shopping experi- ment said. equities, he added. PTI +     OP <   88%   .*.. +(%.   ! 2 34+ The use of flexible fuel with a nationwide roll out by vehicles (FFVs) is being active- 2025. The urgency for policy of uto companies may soon ly looked at by the government vehicle is keeping these goals in   ! 2 34+ figure mark and on Sunday it now hovering around $75 a Abe asked to manufacture to ensure increased use of bio- mind. was sold for  99.45 a litre. barrel. It was over $80 a barrel passenger and commercial fuels for running vehicles, For auto companies, intro- uel prices continued an In tandem with petrol in October 2018 but even then, vehicles that run on multiple Petroleum Secretary Tarun duction of FFVs will pose Fupward march on Sunday prices, diesel prices also were the petrol prices hovered fuel configuration aimed at Kapoor had told IANS earlier. another challenge that they and the petrol was priced at raised on Sunday. Price of around 80 a litre across the reducing the use of polluting An FFV is a modified ver- are already facing with the fast 99.51 per litre in the nation- diesel in Mumbai, Chennai county. So, even with lower oil fossil fuels and cutting down sion of vehicles that could run adoption of electric vehicles. If al capital.In Delhi, the price of and Kolkata was 96.91, 93.91 prices now, petrol prices have harmful emissions. both on gasoline and doped standards on FFVs are made the fuel increased by 35 paise. and 92.27 per litre, respec- hit a century and crossed it by New guidelines for use of petrol with different levels of mandatory, it would require Oil marketing companies tively. a wider margin now in sever- flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) ethanol blends. additional investment in pro- raised fuel prices on Sunday Officials in oil companies al parts of the country. using flex engines is expected These are currently being duction lines and technology after keeping them unchanged attribute the consistent increase The only way retail prices to be issued by the third quar- used successfully in Brazil, transfers to change the charac- for a day. The price of diesel in in fuel prices to development in could be brought down in this ter of current year (FY22) that giving people the option to ter of the vehicles. Delhi also increased to  89.36 the global oil markets where period is by way of tax cuts by would specify engine configu- switch fuel (gasoline and Already the use of 10 per from the Saturday price of both product and crude price both the Centre and States, sug- ration and other changes ethanol) depending on price allow for mixing up to 10 per Introduction of FFVs will cent ethanol blended petrol and 89.18 per litre. have been firming up for the gests experts as crude oil prices required in vehicles to conform and convenience. In fact, a cent ethanol in petrol. require adoption of vehicle introduction of BS VI fuel In the other key cities too past couple of months on are seen rising from here on. to stipulated changes in fuel majority of vehicles sold in However, due to short supplies standards, technologies and have added to the cost of mak- petrol prices continued to demand rise amidst the slow- Fuel prices are already mix. Brazil are FFVs. and transportation challenges, retrofitting configurations that ing a vehicle. climb to new highs. In ing of pandemic. However, a touching new highs every other The Government is also For India, FFVs will pre- 10 per cent blended petrol is will have to be looked at by the Taking blending to 20 per Mumbai, it was priced at closer look at the fuel retail day. With global crude prices working on an incentive sent a different advantage as available only in 15 states while Ministry of Heavy Industries. cent require few minor changes 105.58 per litre, while in prices in India gives a picture also rising on a pick up demand scheme to promote manufac- they will allow vehicles to use bio-fuel in other states varies The country is moving in vehicle configuration, but Chennai also it has surpassed that it is the high level of taxes and depleting inventories of ture and use of flex engines in different blends of ethanol between 0 to 5 per cent. quickly in the direction of E-20 adoption of FFVs will future the 100-mark and is current- that is keeping fuel rates high- world’s largest fuel guzzler -- vehicles. The details would be mixed petrol available in dif- FFVs will allow vehicles to or 20 per cent ethanol blend- proof the design to adopt to any ly at 100.44 a litre. er even in times when global oil the US, retail prices of fuel in specified when policy in this ferent parts of the country. use all the blends and also run ed petrol fuel that could be more changes in blending Price of petrol in Kolkata is prices are firm. India are expected to firm up regard is unveiled. The current regulations on unblended fuel. introduced as early as 2023 options and configuration. also inching closer to the three- Global crude oil price is further in coming days.  !   #$  %$ &' ()( 11

(!%% $     ?;@       "R %       !    %,1 9<       1=31 ! ! 1=31 sought time from the hon- he West Bengal ourable President and he has TGovernment has Rejected day before a "high-level" given us time on Monday. We  %524+ as "bogus" almost 50 per cent Ateam of the Trinamool will meet him to press for the of the applications that were Congress was to meet President demand for the ouster of the ssam Chief Minister filed seeking compensation for Ram Nath Kovind on the SG,” the senior Trinamool AHimanta Biswa Sarma on the damage caused by cyclone Tushar Mehta issue party Rajya leader said. Sunday met over 150 leading Yaas, following spot verification Sabha MP Derek O Brien once O'Brien, Roy and TMC indigenous Muslim personali- by district authorities, a senior again raised the issue of judi- Lok Sabha TMC Mahua Maitra ties from diverse fields and said official said on Sunday. cial “impropriety” of a Solicitor had on Friday written a letter they had all have agreed that The Government had last General advising an to Prime Minister Narendra population growth in some month received at least accused. Modi demanding the removal parts of the State is a threat to 3,81,774 applications at the Citing once again the doc- of Mehta, alleging he had met development. camps set up under its Duare trine of “conflict of interest” O Trinamool’s letter to the Prime Adhikari at his official resi- Addressing a Press confer- Tran (relief at doorstep) pro- Brien on Sunday said, “Even a Minister seeking his dence. The meeting “reeks of ence after the meeting here, the indigenous Muslim com- gramme, he said. Public Prosecutor (leave alone removal. impropriety” given the fact Sarma said a total of eight sub munity and these will submit "After due verification of all high office of SG) cannot rep- Arguing “conflict of inter- that Adhikari was an accused groups will be formed with reports on development of the applications, done between Chief Minister Mamata horticulture have been resent or advise the est” O’Brien iterated and in cases that was being members from the indigenous community within the next June 18 and 30, at least 1,86,815 Banerjee, while launching the destroyed in Bengal by cyclone accused.” “ is an counseled by the Solicitor Muslim community to suggest three months. were rejected —mainly by programme in May, had asked Yaas. The Trinamool Congress accused in the Narada and General. various developmental mea- "After compilation of the block development officers or those affected by Yaas to per- She also said that the state will on Monday meet the Sarada cases,” adding “the Meanwhile, in an unrelat- sures. reports, a roadmap will be cre- heads of urban local bodies — sonally apply in writing and not has incurred a total loss of President and seek the removal Solicitor General was advising ed development the Trinamool "Today I met over 150 ated to uplift people from the as they were found to be fake," in bulk as she sought to avoid more than Rs 20,000 crore due of the Solicitor General for his and represented the CBI in Congress has approached the intellectuals, writers, doctors, minority community. We will the official said. any controversy similar to the to the calamity. alleged “meeting” on Thursday these cases.” National Human Rights artistes, historians and profes- work in the next five years Cyclone Yaas, which struck one that had erupted during According to a state gov- with Bengal Opposition leader The meeting between the Commission seeking redress sors among others. We dis- according to that roadmap," the state and neighbouring distribution of relief after ernment notification, some- Suvendu Adhikari an “accused” and prosecution against attacks mounted by cussed various issues con- Sarma said. Odisha in May, had left behind cyclone Amphan. one whose agricultural land has “accused” in the Narada pay off counsel amounted to the “vio- the BJP cadres in areas of fronting the Assamese minor- The Chief Minister also a trail of destruction, especial- According to the officer, suffered damaged by Yaas case in which Mehta is repre- lation of Rule 8(1)(b) of the Bhagwanpur in East ity people," he added. told reporters that the next ly in the coastal regions. the government realised that it would get anything between Rs senting the Prosecution, Law officers (Condition of Midnapore known to be a All present in the meeting round of meetings will be held Of the 1,62,586 applica- should have thoroughly cross- 1,000 and Rs 25,000. Central Bureau of Service) Rules 1987 …” He stronghold of TMC-turned- agreed that "population explo- with politicians and student tions filed in South 24 Parganas checked the applications after Any affected farmer culti- Investigation. reminded that the Solicitor BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari sion" in some parts of Assam bodies representing the minor- district, 75,773 were rejected. cyclone Amphan instead of vating betel leaf and a person Though Mehta later clar- General was appointed to the and his father and MP Sisir pose a threat to the develop- ity community. In Purba Midnapore, as "treating them all as authentic". who lost his cattle in the ified that the alleged meeting post by the President and Adhikari. ment of the state, he added. "In the next few days, I will many as 1,17,654 submissions "This time, the adminis- calamity are entitled to a com- did not materialise as the “has to maintain the integri- Until now it was the BJP "If Assam wants to become sit with representatives of the were made, 72,878 of which tration verified every claim pensation of Rs 5,000 and Rs Bengal BJP Leader was polite- ty of the post all the that had been crying hoarse one of the top five states in migrant Muslims or Muslim were binned. before giving its approval," he 30,000 respectively. ly denied imprompt,u times.” against Trinamool attacks India, then we have to manage people who originated from "We found out that 12,000 said, adding that the genuine The notification further appointment O’ Brien dis- Earlier another TMC Rajya drawing the attention of our population explosion. This East Bengal... There are distinct of the 14,000 applications filed claimants have started receiv- said that the state would pay a missed his clarification as Sabha MP, Sukhendu Sekhar Calcutta High Court which was agreed by all," Sarma said. cultural differences between from Nandigram-I block were ing compensation from July 1. compensation of Rs 5,000 for “post facto clarification only Roy, said that a high-level party ordered NHRC to inquire into He also added the govern- the two Muslim communities bogus. In Egra II, only 52 of Banerjee earlier said that partially damaged mudhouses given after the meeting was delegation would meet the the alleged reports of post-poll ment will be forming eight sub (indigenous and East Bengal) 6,874 submissions were found around 2.21 lakh hectare of and Rs 20,000 for fully dam- highlighted” by the President on Monday. “We had violence in Bengal. groups with members from and we respect that," he added. to be genuine," he added. crops and 71,560 hectare of aged ones.. 0   9)    *          , * +  )+!%) militants. Such attacks have wit-  P     ecurity forces in Kashmir are nessed a spike over the last few Sfacing a new challenge on weeks. On June 23, militants    the militancy front — the pres- shot dead a 25-year-old shop- ence of “hybrid” militants who keeper, Umar Ahmed, outside   1=4+ are not listed as ultras but per- his shop at Habbakadal local- sons radicalised enough to ity in the interior areas of the espite pleas by friends and carry out a terror strike and city. Dwell-wishers, Sabu M then slip back into the routine The CCTV footage of the Jacob, leading entrepreneur is life. attack clearly showed that two bent upon quitting Kerala for Over the past few weeks men came from behind and good. There are invitations the attacks on “soft targets” in fired at him with a pistol. from Governments of Tamil the Valley, including in the On June 17, militants struck Nadu, Telangana and even Srinagar city, have witnessed a in Saidpora area of Eidgah in the Maharashtra to the Kitex spike and most of the incidents old city here and killed a police- Group owned by Jacob to set have been carried out by the ISI. planned. man from close range. The up units in those States. “The pistol-borne youth who are “The desperate nexus is “It is never random. It policeman was off-duty. uniqueness of these invitations not listed as militants with the modifying methods. Their des- involves watching movement Outside Srinagar, militants is that they have come with security agencies, officials said. peration is showing. Now, it is patterns and finding a weak shot dead a special police offi- offers of free land and sub- The new trend has sent the preference for pistol-based part of the routine. The spot- cer, his wife and daughter in sidised power and water,” said security agencies into a tizzy as targeting of soft targets. Targets ter could be an OGW or even Pulwama district of Jammu Stanley Sebastian, long time these “hybrid” militants, or which are unarmed and unlike- a hybrid terrorist who is not on and Kashmir on June 27. friend of Jacob. “part-time” militants are very ly to retaliate like businessmen the police list, but has a pistol Inspector General of Police The day he moves out of the difficult to track and pose a (including from the minority and intent to kill – just like a (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar State with his Kitex Group, challenge to the security forces. community), activists, political mercenary shooter – paid to said there are some sleeper livelihood of thousands of peo- The officials in the security leaders without protection and kill a target. cells, hybrid militants, in the ple in Kizhakkambalam would establishment said the “hybrid” off-duty policemen,” they said. “It is an ecosystem where city, but asserted the police will end up in smoke , says indus- militant is a boy next door who The officials said the aim is only numbers matter – hence neutralise the module soon. trialists and bankers in the State. has been radicalised and kept on to spread fear and stop busi- the victim may have no par- “We will soon neutralise “Sabu is a victim of selec- standby mode by the handlers nesses and social activity that ticular trait to get killed – just the module active in Srinagar. tive targeting and attacks by a for carrying out a terror incident. “targets terrorists and their a convenient soft target. For the There are some sleeper cells mafia of politicians, brokers “He carries out a task that ecosystem”. killer, who it (the target) is, does that we call part-time or hybrid and wheeler dealers. He is given to him and then waits “They target and silence not matter,” they added. terrorists. We are tracking full- deserved a much better treat- for the next assignment from voices that are speaking against Police had in the first week time terrorists but there is dif- ment by the Government of his masters. In between, he separatism and against the per- of September last year declared ficulty in tracking the part-time Kerala,” said C C Suresh goes back to his normal work,” petrators and instigators of Srinagar city as “terrorist-free”. or hybrid terrorists as they go Kumar, a leading entrepreneur they said. violence, that is the aim,” the However, there have been back to their normal work based in Thrissur. Suresh The officials said the new officials said. attacks on civilians and police- after carrying out an incident. Kumar said that the chances of trend is happening in the val- The security agencies men after that as well and the But, we are keeping full sur- $  %-     % ,     %      +     entrepreneurs setting up shops ley on the directions of believe this type of targeting is officials believe the attacks are veillance and we will get them           % ,  %  ,   in the State look remote Pakistan and its spy agency, the not random, but properly the handiwork of the “hybrid” soon,” he said.  now. =  9     $3)       #  $9>             %%     #!.   +    

 "5!   5+"5) High-Level Dialogue on       large number of Maratha Desertification, Land Aquota activists held a protest hadi and Village Industries Degradation and Drought on ! 5*+6 islative tools like question hour march without the police per- KCommission (KVIC) has June 14, Prime Minister Modi or move calling attention mission in Solapur city in initiated a unique scientific gave a clarion call of restoring head of a brief Monsoon motions to raise issues of pub- Maharashtra on Sunday exercise serving the combined 26 million hectares of degrad- Asession of the Maharashtra lic importance. These legislative demanding restoration of the national objectives of reducing ed land by 2030. This assumes Legislature, former Chief tools have been given to us (leg- reservation in Government jobs desertification and providing great significance as nearly 30 Minister Leader of the islators) by the Constitution of and education struck down by livelihood and multi-discipli- percent of land in India is Opposition in the State India and we have been the Supreme Court in May this nary rural industry support. undergoing desertification at a Assembly deprived to use them. That year, on the eve of the Monsoon The project named rapid pace. on Sunday slammed the MVA being the case, what is the pur- session of the State legislature. “Bamboo Oasis on Lands in KVIC chairman VK Government for curtailing the pose of having a legislature ses- At least 3,000 people par- demands to the district collec- I had toured all tehsils in the Drought” (BOLD) is the first of Saxena said the green patches session to just two days and sion at all?”. ticipated in the 'Maratha tor. district and met members of its kind exercise in India which of bamboo on these 3 places said that the Uddhav Thackeray “The state government has Akrosh Morcha' led by former Solapur Police the Maratha community and was launched on Sunday from will help in reducing the land dispensation had “locked” restricted the session for just MLC Narendra Patil, a senior Commissioner Ankush Shinde various outfits. I received a the tribal village Nichla degradation percentage of the democracy in an effort to gag two days to prevent the police officer said and added told reporters that at least huge response from them for Mandwa in Udaipur, Rajasthan country, while on the other the Opposition from speaking Opposition from raising the cases will be registered against 3,000 people participated in the the morcha. There will be a by KVIC Chairman Vinai hand, they will be havens of against “corruption” in various issue of corruption in various the organisers for violating the protest march. backlash if police try to stop Kumar Saxena in the presence *5     5*      sustainable development and Government departments. government departments. We Covid-19 norms. "We would register cases members of the Maratha out- of local MP Arjun Lal Meena          )   food security “Bamboo plan- Talking to media persons wanted to raise the issue of Heavy security was against the organizers for vio- fits," he said. and over 2000 villagers. Strict    '     tation drive on such a large on the eve of the two-day extortion indulged in by the deployed and several key roads lating the COVID-19 rules Patil said Maratha outfits social distancing and Covid-19 scale will create additional monsoon session beginning ruling MVA leaders, but the leading to Solapur were barri- and regulations," he told PTI. will take out similar morchas in norms were followed during degradation and preventing income for the local tribal on Monday, Fadnavis said: government does not want to caded by police to prevent In May this year, the other districts of the state, and the event. desertification in the country. population while it will also “The MVA has locked democ- expose them. We will not stop members of the pro-Maratha Supreme Court struck down if denied permission, they will Nearly 5000 saplings of The initiative has been support the local bamboo- racy in the state. It has curtailed from raising issues of corrup- outfits from reaching their the Maharashtra law granting use guerilla tactics and barge special bamboo species – launched as part of KVIC’s based industries and thus boost the Legislature session to two tion even if we are prevented protest venue near the statue of quota to Marathas in admis- into the collectorates. Bambusa Tulda and Bambusa “Khadi Bamboo Festival” to the rural economy. In three days to prevent the Opposition from doing so in the State Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj sions and government jobs. "The state government Polymorpha specially brought celebrate 75 years of indepen- years, these bamboo patches from speaking against corrup- Legislature. We will go to peo- in the city. However, despite the Talking to reporters at the should not test the patience of from Assam – were planted dence “Azadi ka Amrit will be able to meet the bam- tion in various government ple and raise the issues before heavy security, several protest- protest venue, Patil said the the Maratha youth over the over 25 bigha (16 acres approx) Mahotsav”. KVIC is set to repli- boo requirement of Agarbatti departments. The state gov- them”. ers managed to reach the venue. government should not under- quota as they can enter the of arid Gram Panchayat land. cate the Project at Village manufacturers in Rajasthan, ernment may create hurdles for Alluding to the issue of The march started from estimate the power of assembly during the session," KVIC has thus created a world Dholera in Ahmedabad district Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. raising the issues of the people, Maratha reservations, Fadnavis the statue of Chhatrapati Marathas. Patil said. record of planting the highest in Gujarat and Leh-Ladakh This way, the bamboo patches but nothing will come in our said that the Uddhav Sambhaji Maharaj and culmi- "The Maratha community The police commissioner number of bamboo saplings on region by August this year. will fulfil the larger UN sus- way in achieving our objective”. Thackeray government had nated at the statue of is known for fighting back said heavy security was a single day at one location. Total 15,000 bamboo saplings tainable development goals Charging that the MVA not referred the matter to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, a adversaries. Marathas are not deployed in Solapur to prevent Project BOLD, which seeks will be planted before August (SDGs),” Saxena said. government had deprived the State Backward Commission. distance of one km, followed by scared of police's high-hand- any untoward incident. to create bamboo-based green 21. Member of Parliament Opposition of its right to use “The state government can speeches made by leaders. edness and this was evident He said the protest march patches in arid and semi-arid India is a signatory to the Arjun Lal Meena said the bam- various legislative tools in the grant reservations to the A delegation of members during today's protest march in had not been given permission land zones, is aligned with UN Convention to Combat boo plantation program in Legislature to highlight issues Maratha community. But it of various Maratha outfits sub- Solapur," said Patil. due to the COVID-19 Prime Minister Narendra Desertification (UNCCD). In Udaipur will boost self-employ- of public importance, Fadnavis has to prove that Marathas are mitted a memorandum of their "Before the protest march, situation. Modi’s call for reducing land his keynote address at the UN ment in the region. said: “We cannot use the leg- a backward community”.  !   #$  %$ &' ()( 2

+-$#$!!$% *$#$3=!#% 6.2  ?%   !  %  . C ? &)- )8  8= )& .-  Johannesburg: South Africa's highest court has agreed    Manila: A Philippine air force C-130 to hear former president Jacob Zuma's challenge against aircraft carrying combat troops crashed his 15-month jail term for failing to attend an inquiry into in a southern province while landing alleged corruption during his tenure, giving him a reprieve Sunday, killing at least 29 army soldiers from turning himself over to the police on Sunday to serve on board and two civilians on the the sentence. 5&   ground, while at least 50 were rescued The Constitutional Court sentenced Zuma to 15 from the burning wreckage, officials months in jail on Tuesday after he repeatedly refused to said. appear at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.   3=!=! said. Some soldiers were seen jumping Zuma, 79, is accused of enabling the plunder of state When asked if the requirement to off the aircraft before it crashed and coffers during his nearly nine-year stay in office from 2009 he use of face masks as protection wear face masks in certain settings will exploded around noon in the periph- to 2018.The court had given him time till Sunday to turn Tagainst coronavirus will become a definitely go, he added: “I can't make that ery of the Jolo airport in Sulu province, himself over to the police to serve his jail term. matter of “personal choice” as the UK lifts commitment this morning because the military officials said. Two of six vil- The court said on Saturday that it will hear an appli- legal lockdown measures in place later Prime Minister will make an announce- lagers who were hit on the ground have cation filed by Zuma on July 12 to have the ruling rescind- this month, a Cabinet Minister said on ment in the coming days – it does look died. ed, effectively giving him a reprieve of one more week. Sunday. if the data is in the right place.” Defence Secretary Delfin Zuma asked the court to rescind its ruling, citing his Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick In an interview with ‘Sky News', the Lorenzana said rescue and recovery age, unspecified medical conditions and the upcoming said there will be a move towards greater Cabinet minister said that like many peo- efforts were ongoing. The aircraft had third wave of Covid-19 pandemic as a threat to his life, “personal responsibility” as the UK pre- ple, he wants to get away from the 96 people on board, including three     "  %>         B;  according to sources. “I am advised that before I walk pares to end lockdown restrictions from restrictions as quickly as possible. pilots and five crew and the rest were     %  , ,          through the prison doors to serve my sentence as the first July 19. He said: “We don't want them to stay army personnel, the military said, direct prisoner of the Constitutional Court under our con- His comments came as several UK in place for a day longer than is necessary. adding 17 soldiers remained unac- pital in Sulu or flown to nearby dashing to and from the smoke- stitutional democracy, it will not be futile to make one media reports on Sunday indicated that We are going to now move into a period counted for by nightfall. The pilots sur- Zamboanga city and troops were try- shrouded crash site. last attempt to invite the Constitutional Court to relook Prime Minister Boris Johnson is prepar- where there won't be legal restrictions – vived but were seriously injured, offi- ing to search for the rest. The plane was transporting its decision...,” Independent Online, a news website, quot- ing to declare an end to compulsory face the state won't be telling you what to do cials said. “Per eyewitnesses, a number of sol- troops, many of them new soldiers who ed Zuma's plea as saying. masks and other measures during the – but you will want to exercise a degree The Lockheed C-130 Hercules was diers were seen jumping out of the air- had just undergone basic tr The court's decision came amid rising tensions in the course of the next week. of personal responsibility and judgement. one of two ex-US Air Force aircraft craft before it hit the ground, sparing aining, from the southern Cagayan de country as scores of African National Congress (ANC) “It does look as if – thanks to the suc- “So different people will come to dif- handed over to the Philippines as part them from the explosion caused by the Oro city for deployment in Sulu, offi- military veterans and other supporters gathered outside cess of the vaccine programme – that we ferent conclusions on things like masks, of military assistance this year. It crash,” a military statement said. cials said. Zuma's homestead in rural Nkandla in the past three days, now have the scope to roll back those for example.” The comment come a day crashed while landing shortly before Initial pictures released by the mil- “They were supposed to join us in with some of them threatening violence if he is taken to restrictions and return to a normality as after the British Medical Association noon Sunday in Bangkal village in the itary showed the tail section of the our fight against terrorism,” Sulu mil- prison. far as possible,” Jenrick told the BBC. (BMA) had called on the Government to mountainous town of Patikul, military cargo plane relatively intact. The other itary commander Maj Gen William The ANC, which ousted Zuma three years ago amid “We now have to move into a different keep in place some lockdown measures, chief of staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana parts of the plane were burned or scat- Gonzales said. Government forces widespread public outcry following allegations of his period where we learn to live with the such as the compulsory use of face said. tered in pieces in a clearing sur- have been battling Abu Sayyaf militants involvement in alleged corrupt activities, sent some of its virus, we take precautions and we as indi- masks in enclosed spaces, in place beyond Military officials said at least 50 rounded by coconut trees. Soldiers and in the predominantly Muslim province most senior politicians to Zuma's home province of viduals take personal responsibility,” he the July 19 timeline. people on board were brought to a hos- other rescuers with stretchers were seen of Sulu for decades. AP KwaZulu-Natal in an attempt to ease the tensions. PTI "  A   A       (      !           

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In the last up only a half-hearted fight. Taliban fighter Ahmad Shah 1,000 soldiers, firefighters and history as two of the three astronauts Afghan forces, several hundred of out the country. But their most sig- three days, 10 districts fell to Taliban, The areas under Taliban control Massoud, killed by a suicide bomber police on Sunday waded stepped out of the orbiting space sta- whom fled across the border into nificant gains have been in the eight without a fight,” he said. in the north are increasingly strate- two days before the 9/11 attacks in through a giant mudslide that tion core module for seven hours and Tajikistan, officials said on Sunday. northern half of the country, a tra- Hundreds of Afghan army, police gic, running along Afghanistan's America. ripped through a resort town completed the designated tasks, More than 300 Afghan military ditional stronghold of the US-allied and intelligence troops surrendered border with central Asian states. Last The Interior Ministry issued a southwest of Tokyo, killing at China's space agency said. personnel crossed from Afghanistan’s warlords who helped defeat them in their military outposts and fled to the month the religious movement took statement Saturday saying the least two people and leaving China's first space walk was Badakhshan province as Taliban 2001. Badakhshan provincial capital of control of Imam Sahib, a town in defeats were temporary although it about 20 missing as it swept conducted during the Shenzhou 7 fighters advanced toward the border, The Taliban now control rough- Faizabad, said Rahman. Kunduz province opposite was not clear how they would away houses and cars. manned mission in 2008, state-run Tajikistan’s State Committee for ly a third of all 421 districts and dis- Even as a security meeting was Uzbekistan and gained control of a regain control. Prime Minister Yoshihide CGTN-TV reported. Sunday's mis- National Security said in a statement. trict centers in Afghanistan. being held early Sunday to plot the key trade route. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Suga told reporters 19 people sion was also China's first spacewalk The Afghan troops crossed over The gains in northeastern strengthening of the perimeter The inroads in Badakhshan are Mujahid confirmed the fall of the dis- had been rescued, and 130 outside the space station. at about 6:30 p.m. local time Saturday. Badakhshan province in recent days around the capital, some senior particularly significant as it is the tricts and said most were without a homes and other buildings China launched three male “Guided by the principles of have mostly come to the insurgent provincial officials were leaving home province of former President fight. The Taliban in previous sur- were damaged in Atami. astronauts — Nie Haisheng, Liu humanism and good neighborli- movement without a fight, said Faizabad for the capital Kabul, he Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was renders have shown video of Afghan Two people were dead, Boming, and Tang Hongbo—into ness, the Tajik authorities allowed the Mohib-ul Rahman, a provincial said. killed by a suicide bomber in 2011. soldiers taking transportation money but more were feared missing, space in June. Boming and Hongbo, retreating Afghan National Defence council member. He blamed Taliban In late June the Afghan govern- His son, Salahuddin Rabbani, is part and returning to their homes. he said speaking after an emer- stationed in the space station core gency Cabinet meeting. module Tianhe, ventured outside to Earlier, disaster officials said 20 conduct the first extravehicular were unaccounted for, but activities (EVAs) of their current mis- 5 &        warned the number may rise. sion with the support of a robotic Shizuoka prefecture officials arm, while Nie stayed in the cabin to said three people had been command and assist them to con-      %  . injured. AP duct the tasks. PTI  D       Moscow: Ukraine’s defense minister is under pressure from members of the gov-  (       Burlington (AP): In a normal, since the start of the pandem- ernment over the decision to pre-COVID-19 summer, scores ic. Canadians are able to fly into have female military cadets       of pleasure boats are anchored the United States with a nega- wear pumps with heels in an in Lake Champlain off the tive COVID-19 test and important parade.    Burlington waterfront by July Americans can visit Canada to The purpose of any mil- =  4, with most of them from see relatives or close friends as itary parade is to demon- Providence (US): As shock- Canada. But the anchorage is outlined by a strict set of guide- strate the military ability of Tokyo: Voters in Japan's capital are waves spread across the country nearly empty this year because lines. the army. electing the Tokyo city Assembly from the January 6 insurrection of the ongoing border closure. But to do that, people There should be no amid worries about health risks at the US Capitol, corporate People who rely on those entering Canada must quaran- room for stereotypes and during the Olympics, opening in America took a stand against the boaters directly and indirectly tine for two weeks on arrival sexism, said a joint state- three weeks, as coronavirus cases lies that powered the mob. Or so hope Canadians are back soon and the quarantine is enforced ment from three Cabinet continue to rise. it seemed. enough to avoid losing a sec- by the Royal Canadian members, including In Sunday's balloting, 271 can- Dozens of big companies, ond summer to the pandemic. Mounted Police. Minister of Veterans Affairs didates are vying for 127 seats. citing their commitment to We can’t wait to welcome The U.S. Travel Association Yulia Laputina. Eligible voters total 9.8 million peo- democracy, pledged to avoid our visitors from Canada so estimates that each month the The statement followed ple in the megacity with a popula- donating money to the 147 law- that they can really embrace border is closed costs 1.5 bil- last week’s announcement tion of nearly 14 million. makers who objected to our new location in Burlington lion. Canadian officials say about the footwear in the Public opinion surveys show Congress' certification of Joe because I know that they are Canada had about 22 million parade planned for Aug. 24, about 60% of respondents want the Biden's victory on the false going to like it as much as we foreign visitors in 2019 about the 30th anniversary of Games cancelled or postponed grounds that voting fraud stole do, said Elizabeth White, the 15 million of them from the Ukraine’s declaration of     %    '% &     ".,'%     again. 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Yuriko Koike's Six months later, many of operations to Burlington from ple from both countries trav- in heels, but with machine said he had instructed offi- reports could be worn by the explanation as to why Tomin First party and the ruling those companies have resumed upstate New York in 2020. eled to Derby Line, Vermont, guns. cials to look into whether female cadets instead of the female cadets were wearing Liberal Democrats, the party of funnelling cash to political But it’s unclear when the and Stanstead, Quebec, to hold Defence Minister experimental shoes ankle pumps with heels. a different type of shoe than Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. action committees that benefit border an easy sail about 40 impromptu family reunions Andriy Taran on Saturday boots, according to news The military offered no male cadets. 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It sits in an approxi- intriguing problem to the authorities cerned as the delta variant — first iden- Disease expert Kristen Marks told the Tery will soon have to contend abundant off the East Coast, but detailed plans to fully reopen mately 5-square-mile (8- amid varying immunisation timelines tified in India — continues to spread. Washington Post that if more people con- with new rules designed to pro- they were decimated by hunting the border. square-kilometer) slice of the and the spread of the highly transmissi- Last week, the World Health tinue to skip the second dose the rate of tect an endangered species of during the commercial whaling Canada is easing its restric- United States on the tip of a ble delta variant, according to media Organization cautioned that the Delta new infections will increase. whale, and that could necessitate era. They've been listed as endan- tions. Starting Monday, fully peninsula south of Vancouver, reports on Sunday. variant is continuing to evolve and “Most of the covid cases we've seen major changes for people in the gered since 1970, but the popu- vaccinated Canadians or per- British Columbia, that juts into As of June 16, nearly 11 per cent of mutate placing the world in a very “dan- in vaccinated people that have landed in industry. lation remains small, and in manent legal residents may US territory. vaccine recipients in the US have not gerous period” of the pandemic. the hospital have been people who The federal Government is jeopardy. Recent years have also return to Canada without In far northern Michigan, taken their second dose, The Washington Compounded by more transmissible haven’t yet gotten the second dose. I think working on new rules designed brought high mortality and poor quarantining. But among the a bridge connects Sault Ste. 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It releases on July 9 on Disney+ Hotstar. idea of dating, while others may have easily packed such as toasts, fruits or tional bond. watching a nice movie on the big less lonely to shop through your gro- brightened up at the idea of flirting cheese. Curate a list of topics or ques- Bike rides can boost your happy screen, while digging into a bag of cery list with another person. As you virtually, exhausting all their data on tions that you would like to ask each hormones and our surveys indicate popcorn and enjoying great compa- make your way through the aisles, video calls. other or take some nice board game that 41.7 per cent of the users think ny. However, it would be in your best don’t hesitate to point out that sug- Rest assured, you don’t need to along with you. Apart from this, if that going on long drives or bike interest to avoid film theatres. 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We’ve got to ers as Argentina beat Ecuador was the hero for Colombia in Gareth Southgate’s men lost rest, recover and have another big 3-0 in Goiania on Saturday to penalty shootout win over their semi-final in Russia 2-1 after one.” reach the Copa America semi- Uruguay in Brasilia. extra time to Croatia and Maguire England will return to Wembley finals. Ospina saved two spot- believes they will learn from their on Wednesday, where they played Messi teed up goals for kicks in the shoot-out on the mistakes in that game. their opening four games of the Rodrigo De Paul and Lautaro day he earned his 112th “It’s a great feeling, back-to-back tournament, with 60,000 fans Martinez before firing home Colombian cap, moving clear semi-finals at a major tournament allowed to attend the match against an injury time free-kick to cap of the previous national is a great achievement but we don’t the Danes. AFP a stunning individual perfor- record he shared with the mance. iconic Carlos Valderrama. The scoreline was harsh There was little to report claiming a first major international level European club competition in the on Ecuador, who ended the in a drab 0-0 draw over the title since 1966. past three years as a reason they can game with 10 men after Pedro regulation 90 minutes before The draw here was kind for them, end a 55-year wait to win a major Hicapie’s dismissal but had the quarter-final tie went with Ukraine surely as weak an oppo- tournament ahead of a last-four clash been competitive throughout. straight to penalties. nent as they could hope to face in a with Denmark at Wembley on “The truth is it was a Ospina saved from Jose quarter-final, a stage at which they Wednesday. very tough match. We knew Gimenez and Matias Vina have lost to the likes of Italy and “We’ve been playing for our clubs the difficulty of playing while Colombia scored all Portugal in recent European in the biggest of games. Champions Ecuador, who work hard with four of their penalties. Championships. League finals, Premier League title players who are fast, physical- It was a huge disappoint- However the statistics are impres- races. The job isn’t done yet but we’re ly strong, young,” said Messi. ment for Uruguay’s star for- sive, with England having come on the right track,” said Kane. “It was a battle until we ward pair Edinson Cavani through five games at this tournament “We set out with a vision before managed the (second) goal.” and Luis Suarez, who both all without conceding a goal. the World Cup of where we want to In Tuesday’s last four converted their spot-kicks but Some of their play in wide areas be as a team. match, the 14-time winners almost certainly have played was outstanding, with Raheem “The World Cup was great but we will play Colombia, who ear- in their last Copa. 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When ting. =            round match in the mixed Barty — who has never detractors, saying “I don’t you’re chasing a target you “The way things have #   !   #I doubles event at Wimbledon been beyond the last 16 at seek validation from people” pick your bowlers, you pick gone it wasn’t an easy journey.          on Saturday with two impres- Wimbledon — is bidding to after playing for so long. your length, you pick the It had its trials and challenges. sive sets of tennis. win her first Wimbledon sin- Mithali on Saturday areas. I always believed that trials D’AVERSA IS SAMPS COACH The all-Indian pair, who gles title on the 50th anniver- became the highest run-get- “Because I’m in good have a purpose,” she said  "  ( )(  defeated compatriots Ankita sary of fellow indigenous ter in women’s cricket flow, I need to make the best about her journey that start- N  (     Raina and Ramkumar Australian Evonne Goolagong across formats while guid- use of me in the middle and ed in Milton Keynes against     (  ./    Ramanathan in the opening Cawley’s maiden crown. ing India to a four-wick- the entire batting unit Ireland on June 26, 1999. round, defeated England’s et win over England in revolves around me,” “There were times when SERBIAN TESTS POSITIVE Emily Webley-Smith and MEDVEDEV IN 4TH RD the third and final ODI said Mithali. I wanted to give up for vari-   ( ( =      - !            A Aidan McHugh 6-3, 6-1 to   .   6  G> % In the men’s section, sec- here. The ODI ous reasons but something reach the round of 16. ond seed Daniil Medvedev of As the discussion skipper said kept me going and here I am 9I     #    Mirza and Bopanna will On Saturday, Ashleigh Russia staged a stunning come- turned to the criti- she only — 22 years of International =   now face the Slovenian-Dutch Barty set up a clash of French back to beat 2017 runner-up cism around her follows cricket — but the hunger for pair of Andreja Klepac and Open winners in the last 16 Marin Cilic and reach the strike rate at the the runs have never sort of dried DARIDA ENDS INT’L CAREER Jean-Julien Rojer in their after the world numer one Wimbledon fourth round for post-match press instruc- up. !   ?       next match. beat Katerina Siniakova the first time. conference, she tions of “I am still very passion-           But Divij Sharan 6-3, 7-5. Medvedev triumphed 6-7 responded strong- the team ate to go out there, be there  )( (  ././ was out of mixed dou- The 25-year-od (3/7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 and will ly. manage- in the middle and win games bles events. The 35- Australian won the face Polish 14th seed Hubert “I do read ment. for India. I know there is still SUBRAMANIAN, TANYA WIN year-old, who was part- 2019 French Open and Hurkacz for a place in the that the criticism is Mithali room for improvements in !  +     nering his wife Samantha meets the current champi- quarter-finals. about my strike rate, but as surpassed for- terms of my batting and that     (      Murray Sharan, lost to Darija on of Paris Barbora Krejcikova It was the first time in his I have said earlier also, I don’t mer England is something I am working 4    N  N Jurak and Raven Klaasen 6-3, for a place in the last eight. career that Medvedev had won seek validation from people. batter Charlotte on... 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Sunday to consolidate his Defending a total of 168 with no result before England Sri Lanka’s top order have world championship lead over for four, thanks to half-cen- could reply to Sri Lanka’s struggled during the past fort- Lewis Hamilton who came in turies from Aiden Markram uncompetitive 166 all out in 41.1 night, repeatedly losing wickets fourth. (70) and Quinton de Kock overs. to the new ball. And it was an Hamilton’s Mercedes (60), all the Proteas’ main England had already all-too familiar story at the teammate Valtteri Bottas took bowlers made significant clinched the series 2-0 with County Ground as they suffered second with McLaren’s Lando strikes to limit the defending       comfortable wins in the first two another collapse to 63-5 inside Norris in third. World T20 champions to 143 $     #  )      ODI games by five and eight " !        &     H  15 overs after losing the toss. Verstappen’s latest step for nine despite a typically % %  H<  $ wickets, respectively. towards ending Hamilton’s flamboyant 52 from opening Before the showers, Tom hold on the drivers’ title trig- batsman Evin Lewis. duced by Tabraiz Shamsi, the Curran followed in brother 6 .  * = : gered a carnival atmosphere in Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi, left-arm wrist-spinner improv- Sam’s footsteps by leading Formula One’s first capacity -!  5    who endured a hammering ing on his previous record eco- England’s attack as Sri Lanka Melbourne: Star Australian in India, two in Pakistan and you physically, mentally and crowd since the coronavirus          through the first four match- nomical figures in the last two were dismissed for just 166 in batsman Steve Smith is look- two in Sri Lanka, besides 10 emotionally,” Smith told crick- pandemic struck with most of   $  >+   $ es, bounced back with three matches by conceding just 11 Bristol. ing forward to a “physical, Tests at home. et.com.au. the 100,000 in attendance wickets. runs through his four overs in The older of the two mental and emotional” battle “I’ve had a look at the “They’re great tours to be decked out in his Dutch drive. A great effort by the Fellow pacer Kagiso claiming the wicket of Chris Currans in the England XI, when his team tours the sub- Future Tours Programme and involved in and really test you orange colours. whole team. These two weeks Rabada, and seam bowling all- Gayle. Tom took 4-35 in his maximum continent for eight Tests, it’s pretty hectic, so there’s as a player. I’m certainly look- “Incredible to be honest, here have been incredible.” rounder Wiaan Mulder, play- He was the inevitable 10 overs. including four against India, as plenty to look forward to, ing forward to those. I think the car was unreal,” said the Verstappen moved on to ing in place of injured speed- choice as Man of the Series That followed Sam’s return part of the World Test obviously including the Ashes (the WTC) is a pretty cool con- 21-year-old, threat to 182 points in the standings, 32 ster Anrich Nortje, took two taking seven wickets across the of 5-48 during an eight-wicket Championship. and then tours to the subcon- cept — to have more relevance Hamilton’s bid for an unprece- clear of Hamilton ahead of the wickets each. five matches at the outstand- win at the Oval on Thursday. In the next cycle, they are tinent which, particularly in in every game you play, I dented eighth world crown. seven-time world champion’s However, the outstanding ing economy rate of four runs Tom’s wickets represented scheduled to play four games Test cricket, they challenge think is great. PTI “On every tyre set we put home British Grand Prix at bowling effort was again pro- per over. the right-arm paceman’s first for on, it was really enjoyable to Silverstone on July 18.