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EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH HAITI PRESIDENT JOVENEL GST COLLECTIONS KEEP alive ITALY BOOK SPOT IN FINAL Max 30°c Moïse killed in attack at hope of 6.8% fiscal deficit in after trumping Spain in Min 25°c home P 6 FY22 P 9 penalties P 10 Humidity 80% VOL XII, ISSUE 414 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR GUWAHATI KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `9 THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021 Modi reshuffles Cabinet; Sonowal, Major reforms in forest department soon: CM Scindia brought in; 12 ministers exit AGENCIES AGENCIES Charge) for Power and Union minister. GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Min- Minister of State for Commerce Earlier, four senior Union ister NEW DELHI: Effecting a big & Communications in the earlier ministers — Prasad, Javadekar, on Wednesday said major reshuffle, Prime Minister UPA government. Vardhan, Pokhriyal — were reforms will soon be initiated on Wednes- MP from among 12 ministers who in the forest department so day brought in Sarbananda Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh resigned on Wednesday ahead that incidents like elephants Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Virendra Kumar, of the cabinet reshuffle. death in Bamuni Hills in Jyotiraditya Scindia as Cab- MP from Ashwini Besides these four, Chemicals Nagaon, where rampant de- inet ministers while drop- Vaishnaw, Rajya Sabha MP and Fertilisers Minister D V forestation had taken place, ping as many as 12 ministers from Bihar and JD(U) leader R Sadananda Gowda, Labour do not reoccur. including Health Minister C P Singh, Lok Sabha MP from Minister , At an event to celebrate Harsh Vardhan, IT and Law Bihar’s Hajipur Pashupati Minister of State for Education the 72nd Van Mahotsav week Minister Ravi Shankar Pras- Kumar Paras, were also sworn- Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of organised by the environment ad and I&B Minister Prakash in as Cabinet ministers. State for Women and Child and forest department, Sarma takes oath as Cabinet minister on Wednesday. Javadekar. , R K Singh, Development Debasree said, accountability will be On the occasion of 72nd VanMahotsav week, Chief Minister Himanta As many as 15 Cabinet minis- minister, was the first to take Sports and Youth Affairs under , Mansukh Chaudhuri, Minister of State fixed and strict action will be Biswa Sarma took part in a mega plantation program organised by ters, including some new faces, oath. Prime Minister Modi. Mandaviya, , for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal taken against erring officials if Environment & Forest Dept at the AIIMS construction site at Changsari in were sworn-in at the swearing After Rane, Sonowal, former Congress-turned-BJP lead- G Kishan Reddy and Anurag Kataria and Minister of State forests are put at risk. Kamrup on Wednesday. in ceremony held in the Darbar Assam chief minister, took oath er Jyotiraditya Scindia, a Thakur were elevated to the for Environment Eighteen elephants, includ- Division in May. programmes carried out under Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. in English. The 58-year-old lead- Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Cabinet level. also resigned. ing five calves, died due to The chief minister said Compensatory Afforestation While 13 members took oath in er has earlier served as Union Pradesh, also took oath as a Bhupendra Yadav, who has Prasad and Javadekar had electrocution by lightning at that drone surveys will be Fund Management and Hindi, two took in English. Minister of State (Independent Cabinet minister. The 50-year- been serving in the BJP organ- also been the face of Cabinet the Kondoli Proposed Reserve conducted for verifying the Planning Authority (CAMPA) Rane, 69, a Rajya Sabha MP charge) for Skill Development old leader has been Union isation as a general secretary, briefings, announcing key Forest under Nagaon Forest authenticity of tree plantation and other... Pg 5 and a former Maharashtra chief and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State (Independent was also sworn-in as a Cabinet Cabinet decisions... Pg 5 COMPLETE LIST OF NEW Assam police Seven cadres of CABINET MINISTERS Former CM Sonowal’s roller-coaster Ranjan Singh sworn-in shoots 2 criminals newly formed 15 Cabinet ministers journey to 2nd time berth in Modi cabinet MNLF surrender have been inducted in escape bid as cabinet minister AGENCIES before police 1. Narayan Rane GUWAHATI: In yet another sim- AGENCIES 2. Sarbananda Sonowal GUWAHATI: Sarbananda Sonowal, who rose from lar incident, Hajo Police on GUWAHATI: At least seven cad- 3. Virendra Kumar the rough and tumble of student politics to as- Wednesday morning shot two IMPHAL: Lok Sabha res of the newly formed MNLF 4. Jyotiraditya Scindia sume the chief minister’s chair in Assam, is criminals and left them in- MP Dr RK Ranjan Singh was surrendered before the police 5. Ramchandra Prasad back for his second innings in the Modi Cabinet jured during an escape bid. inducted as a Minister of State on Wednesday following a Singh after a reshuffle on Wednesday. The two criminals have been (MoS) in the much-awaited joint operation carried out by 6. As a dynamic student leader who went on to join identified as Fazal Hoque and union cabinet expansion of police forces from Arunachal 7. Pashu Pati Kumar Paras the state’s most prominent regional party AGP, Zakir, and both are residents Prime Minister Narendra Pradesh and Assam. 8. Kiren Rijiju before switching to the saffron camp, Sonowal of Hajo. Modi-led central government. GP Singh, Special DGP, Assam 9. Raj Kumar Singh was Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s obvious The incident took place at President Ram Nath Kovind Police took to Twitter to say, “In 10. Hardeep Singh Puri choice for the job of Assam’s chief minister when sakamtoli area of Hajo when two administered the oath of office Manipur’s Dr RK Ranjan Singh pursuance to efforts made by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "I am proud 11. Mansukh Mandaviya he scripted BJP’s historic first electoral victory in at Shri Sarbananda Sonowal getting a berth in the Union criminals attempted to escape and secrecy to members of coun- member of the Parliamentary Tinsukia Police, seven misguid- 12. Bhupendra Yadav any northeastern state, five years ago. Cabinet. I recall with pride my long personal association police custody, and to stop the cils at the Darbar Hall in New Standing Committee on ed youngsters who had formed 13. Parshottam Rupala Before being entrusted with running Assam, with Sri Sonowal and great opportunities that we had to attemp the police fired, ehile Delhi. Environment and Forest, is Moran National Liberation 14. G Kishan Reddy Sonowal who started out life as president of stu- work together, for prosperity of Assam. I shall continue to injurinh both during the process. Ranjan Singh, 69, a gov- among the 43 leaders joining Front have returned to Assam. 15. Anurag Singh Thakur dents’ body AASU, was inducted... Pg 5 learn, and draw strength from him." Meanwhile, Pg 5 ernment retired officer and a the cabinet berth. Pg 5 Few of them are minors.” Pg 5

28 ministers of states have been inducted MP Pratima Bhowmik Lambda variant of Covid not Meenakshi Lekhi: From 1. Pankay Chaudhary 2. Anupriya Singh Patel inducted in Union cabinet media face to Union Minister 3. Satya Pal Singh Bhagel reported in so far: expert 4. CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE AGENCIES 5. Shobha Karandlaje AGENCIES in India, Dr Yadav said, "No, so 6. Bhanu Pratap Singh AGARTALA: Member of Par- far India has not reported any NEW DELHI: A popular face of Verma liament from West Tripura NEW DELHI: The lambda variant case of lambda variant." the BJP and a good orator, 7. Dardhana Vikram constituency Pratima Bhow- of COVID-19 has not been re- A new COVID-19 strain called Meenakshi Lekhi has for long Jardosh mik made space among the 43 ported in India so far, sources 'Lambda' is much more danger- articulated and advocated 8. Meenakshi Lekhi new MPs slated to be sworn said on Wednesday. ous than the Delta variant, said the party's policies and pro- 9. Annpurna Devi in as union ministers. Earlier, Speaking to a news agency, the UK Health Ministry adding grammes while taking on her 10. A Narayanaswamy Bhowmik and her colleague Dr Pragya Yadav, head of the that it has been detected in more political opponents before she 11. Kaushal Kishore MP Rebati Tripura from East National Institute of Virology's than 30 countries in the past four found a place in the Union 12. Ajay Bhatt Tripura seat left for Delhi to Maximum Containment weeks. On Monday, the UK Council of Ministers. 13. BL Verma participate in the crucial meet- hard for the party in the 2018 Facility, "Lambda variant has Health Ministry tweeted, "The Fifty-four-year-old Lekhi, who A law graduate of Delhi 14. Ajay Kumar ings pertaining to the central state assembly elections but been detected in 30 countries. to mRNA vaccine-elicited anti- Lambda strain was reported to took oath as a Union Minister University, she has taken up 15. Chauhan Devusinh cabinet expansion. However, failed to win from her home Lambda variant was first report- bodies and convalescent serum have originated from Peru, the of State on Wednesday on her various important issues such 16. Bhagwanth Khuba her name was approved and constituency Dhanpur against ed from Peru, in December 2020. was able to neutralize the lamb- country with the highest mor- second term as the MP from the as permanent commission for 17. Kapil Moreshwas Patil as per the issued list she is go- former Tripura Chief Minister The number of cases reported da variant." tality rate in the world." prestigious New Delhi constitu- women officers in the armed 18. Pratima Bhoumik ing to be sworn in later in the Manik Sarkar. Later, in 2019 from this variant is increasing Notably, the lambda variant Lambda accounts for nearly ency, has been at the forefront forces as a lawyer. 19. Subhas Sarkar evening. Bhowmik, a strong Lok Sabha polls, she secured a in different countries, indicating has been designated as a 'Variant 82 percent of the coronavirus of struggles on a host of issues It was her contempt petition 20. Bhagwat Kishanrao organizer, had been working ticket from West Tripura con- it to be highly transmissible. A of Interest' by the World Health case samples reported during ranging from those pertaining that forced Congress leader Karad for the Bharatiya stituency and bagged a thump- recent study revealed that the Organisation (WHO). Asked if May and June in Peru, Euro to women and environment to to tender an apol- 21. Rajkumar Ranjan since long. Bhowmik, worked ing majority. Pg 5 lambda variant is susceptible the variant has been reported News reported... Pg 5 law and development. ogy in 2019, Pg 5 Singh 22. Bharati Pravin Pawar 23. Best employee award, playing of Haiti President Jovenel 24. Shantanu Thakur India reports 43,733 new Covid 25. Munjapara Moise assassinated Mahendrabhai anthems: Cabinet makes key decisions at home 26. John Barla cases, 930 deaths in 24 hours 27. Dr L Murugan AGENCIES NEW DELHI: Haitian President 28. Nisith Pramanik THE CABINET DECIDED THAT FROM NOW ON, THE STATE Jovenel Moïse was assassi- AGENCIES 97.18 per cent, the data updated The number of people who GUWAHATI: The Assam Cabinet › ANTHEM "O MUR APUNAR DEKH" (O MY HOMELAND) nated in an attack on his pri- at 8 am showed. have recuperated from the dis- on Wednesday took some ma- WILL BE PLAYED AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL GOVERNMENT vate residence, the country’s NEW DELHI: India added 43,733 Also, 19,07,216 tests were con- ease surged to 2,97,99,534, while SPOTLIGHT jor decisions in the interests of interim prime new cases of coronavirus ducted on Tuesday taking the the case fatality rate stands at good governance and self-help PROGRAMMES AND MEETINGS WHILE THE NATIONAL minister said taking the total infection total cumulative tests conducted 1.32 per cent, the data stated groups, which include proto- ANTHEM "JANA GANA MANA" WILL BE PLAYED AT THE END, in a statement tally to 3,06,63,665, while the so far for detection of COVID-19 India's COVID-19 tally had 5.2 magnitude cols on playing of state and HAZARIKA TOLD REPORTERS AFTER THE MEETING. Wednesday, active cases further declined in the country to 42,33,32,097. crossed the 20-lakh mark on national anthems, serving tra- calling it a to 4,59,920, according to the The daily positivity rate was August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, earthquake ditional foods at government tainment was imposed and stay to look after various aspects of “hateful, inhu- Union Health Ministry data recorded at 2.29 per cent 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 programmes and the institu- there for three days to monitor the districts. mane and barbaric updated on Wednesday. It has been less than three per lakh on September 16. rocks Assam tion of best employee award, the prevailing COVID-19 situa- Total containment has been act.” The death toll climbed to cent for 16 consecutive days, the It went past 60 lakh on Chief Minister Himanta Bis- tion, minister and government imposed in Goalpara, Golaghat, First Lady Martine Moïse was 4,04,211 with 930 daily fatalities. ministry said, adding the weekly September 28, 70 lakh on October GUWAHATI: An earthquake wa Sarma said. spokesperson Pijush Hazarika Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, hospitalized following the over- The active cases have further positivity rate has declined to 11, crossed 80 lakh on October measuring 5.2 shook Gu- The Cabinet also decided said. Bishwanath and Morigaon dis- night attack, interim Premier declined to 4,59,920 and comprise 2.39 per cent. 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and wahati and several parts of that the guardian ministers The state government has tricts after they reported a high Claude Joseph said. The nation 1.50 per cent of the total infec- Recoveries continue to out- surpassed the one-crore mark the lower Assam region on and secretaries will visit the appointed several 'guardian min- rate of positivity. of more than 11 million people tions, while the national COVID- number daily new cases for the on December 19. Wednesday morning at 8.45 seven districts where total con- isters' and 'guardian secretaries' "We took some... Pg 5 had grown increasingly... Pg 5 19 recovery rate has improved to 55th consecutive day. India crossed the... Pg 5 am on Wednesday. According to the seismolo- gy center, the earthquake was recorded at a shallow depth Dilip Kumar passes away at 98, of 14 km with its epicenter in Home secretary reviews Covid Assam’s Goalpara district. People rushed outdoors in laid to rest with full state honours fear after the quake. Pg 5 situation in NE states, Uts AGENCIES has shown improvement in his effusion -- a build-up of excess health, his wife Saira Banu said fluid between the layers of the AGENCIES Rate (CFR), Case Positivity Rate Massive military MUMBAI: Legendary actor Dilip on Monday. pleura outside the lungs -- and (CPR) and vaccination status in Kumar passed away in Mum- The 98-year-old screen icon underwent a successful pleural NEW DELHI: Union Home respect of all the UTs and NE crackdown against bai on Wednesday. He was 98. was admitted in suburban aspiration procedure. Secretary Ajay Bhalla on states were discussed, it said. militants in The Padma Vibhushan recip- Khar-based Hinduja Hospital, a He was discharged after five Wednesday reviewed the It was also noted that out of ient had been facing multiple non-COVID-19 facility, last week days. Kumar's career spans COVID-19 situation in the 73 districts in the country with KOHIMA: Security Forces in health-issues for the past few to address age-related "medical over five decades with hits like Northeastern states and all CPR above 10 per cent, 45 are in a joint operation with State weeks, being hospitalised nu- issues" days after being dis- Mughal-e-Azam, Devdas, Union Territories (UTs) in the northeast, where strict con- Police apprehended two ac- merous times for breathless- charged from the same hospital. Dilip Kumar is considered the wake of spike in corona- tainment measures need to be tive cadres of National So- ness and being treated upon A tweet posted by Banu from Late Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar. among the greatest actors in the virus cases there. The review taken as per extant guidelines, cialist Council of Nagaland for bilateral pleural effusion. the official Twitter account of your prayers and duas so that Indian film industry. Starting came as 45 of the 73 districts Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla. the statement said. [NSCN(K)] and one cadre The news was confirmed by Kumar on Monday asked his Insha’Allah he is healthy and his career in 1944, he went on that reported over 10 per cent review the COVID-19 situation The home secretary empha- of Naga National Council Dr Jalil Parkar, the pulmo- fans to pray for the actor so discharged soon," the tweet read. to feature in iconic films likes COVID-19 positivity rate in in all the Northeastern (NE) sised to follow five-fold strategy [NNC(NPGN)] near gener- nologist treating the actor at that he is discharged from the The Hindi cinema veteran Mughal-e-Azaam, Devdas, Naya the country over the last one States and Union Territories of Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate al area Porba village, Phek Mumbai's PD Hinduja Hospi- hospital "soon." was admitted to the Hinduja Daur, and Ram Aur Shyam, week are from the Northeast- (UTs)," a home ministry state- and COVID appropriate behav- district, Nagaland on July 4 tal. "We are grateful for God's Hospital in June following epi- among others. His last big screen ern region. ment said. During the meeting, iour, as has been laid out in the 2021. Based on a specific in- Dilip Kumar had been admit- infinite mercy on Dilip Sahib sodes of breathlessness. appearance was in the 1998 film "The union home secretary the current status and trends on home ministry order dated put, Security Forces... Pg 5 ted to the intensive care unit that his health is improving. We At the time, Kumar was Qila. chaired a meeting here today to the active cases, Case Fatality June 29, 2021. Pg 5 (ICU) of a Mumbai hospital, are still in hospital and request diagnosed with bilateral pleural He has been... Pg 5