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Those arrested changed, they would not be say in selecting meritorious stu- commerce too is During a two-hour long were identified as Akash detected. dents who have scored better in not far as students meeting with engineers of Kumar Paswan, a resident of During the interrogation, his/her intermediate exam. The have understood Subernarekha Multipurpose team from Patna during mon- Subhas Colony (near Lakhisaray in Bihar and the cellphone thieves said application process has already the scope of the Project (a wing of the State soon so that paper work can be Shantinagar), Kapali (near Ayodhya Mahto of Sahebganj. that they had been stealing begun from last week. subject now. As Water Resources Department), completed and work com- Hargodam) and Sankosai Road The police seized 20 sets of cellphones from the market in Though previously colleges many students Mango Notified Area mence at the ground level after 1. mobile sets and a bag from Parsudih, Govindpur, Sakchi, used to announce cut off. Better want to pursue MBA after said a professor. Committee and drinking water monsoon. As of now, a budget “We are working on a strat- those arrested. Bistupur, Golmuri, Sonari ranked colleges had a higher graduation, commerce also is Expressing similar opin- and sanitation department at of 118-crore has been sanc- egy to coordinate in such a way East Singhbhum senior and Jugsalai. cut off for admission in hon- preferred by most of the stu- ions Minakshi Das, a student of Nirmal Guest House, Roy said tioned for river bank strength- that the there is no negative superintendent of police “With rising cases of ours courses. However, now the dents. Among Arts, English, Jamshedpur Women’s College, that the state water resources ening work along Kharkai and impact of rains in the city,” said Anoop T Mathew said a spe- thefts and burglaries becom- minimum criteria of seeking Political Science and said, “These are the times when department is awaiting a formal 124 crore for areas along an official. cial team, headed by Pawan ing a regular affair in the city, admission in honours is 45 per Economics remain the best. wrong planning can spoil your approval from Ganga Flood Subernarekha,” said Roy. The East Singhbhum Kumar, sub-inspector, was the administration must cent and colleges will have to Karim City College, another career. We should know the Control Commission (GFCC) Meanwhile, the special administration has also decid- formed. Acting on a tip off, appoint extra security per- adhere to whatever list is sent city-based premier college, has details and the scope of the to start a multi-crore river review committee of the State ed to open up a control room the special team raided Indra sonnel and nights guards as a by the Chancellor Portal number of professional cours- course we plan to join. I am of bank strengthening work along Government has also approved that will coordinate with dif- Colony at Pardih, where the part of preventive measures. authorities. es in store like Mass the opinion that traditional Subernarekha and Kharkai 1.24 crore for repair of the ferent agencies working to culprits were staying at a It is time for the police to "The process has changed Communication and Video courses like BA and MA do not rivers spanning from Jugsalai to four sluice gates in Mango. check the effects of incessant rented house. focus attention to curtail the now. The colleges cannot Production, Informational help in getting jobs while pro- Ghatshila to prevent flood. However, the tender process for rains. “This time we are not Talking to the newsmen, increasing cases of burglary in announce cut offs unlike ear- Technology, Computer fessional and technical courses “It is our ambitious project starting the repair work can going to take any chances but the senior SP said that the the city. lier because we aren't deciding Application etc. provide a lot of avenues”. and we are looking forward begin only after administra- steps are being taken to prepare members of gang admitted Thefts not only in resi- whom to take. We will have to “Yes we are receiving num- Jamshedpur Women’s towards to it. The state water tion’s sanction at the chief sec- an action plan to combat flood that they have committed dential areas but also in com- follow it," said an official of ber of queries from students College offers about 11 voca- resources department has retary level. situation. thefts. mercial establishments have Karim City College. who are keen to take admis- tional courses ranging includ- already sanctioned the river Incidentally, four sluice All the notified area com- The senior police offi- been reported. Usually cut offs in Karim sions in vocation courses. There ing BSC (IT), BCA, and sever- bank strengthening work along gates had been built by mittees will supervise the oper- cers said the gang would have Specially constituted City College ranged between 60 is a common perception among al add one course like Banking, Subernarekha and Kharkai Subernarekha Multipurpose ations in their jurisdictions leave the city and got IMEI patrolling squads should be per cent and 70 per cent in ear- students that conventional Web Designing, etc. The best between Jugsalai and Galudih Project (SMP), a unit of state while the control room will (international mobile equip- been deployed under the lim- lier years. The college have also courses cannot land them a job part of these courses is that stu- barrage in Ghatshila. Now we water resources department, at keep in touch with them,” said ment identity) number its police stations,” said a res- taken direct admission of stu- immediately. 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In both the basis of five broad categories ate a pool of trained manpow- Advocate Bokaro Court. cases, evaluation was done on of parameters, which include er with skills which are in On 24 November 2018, a holistic basis, on multiple infrastructure, quality of fac- high demand in the market. the body of a seven-year-old parameters, like Quality of ulty, academic reputation, Under the partnership,  *0* selling skills is essential for girl was found from an under Education, Research, academic excellence and AISECT aims to deliver skilling teachers to promote student’s construction house at Karkatta Publications and Campus industry exposure. not only through ICT-based areas across India. Telangana, Indore and Bhopal ome is the first school learning and well-being. villager under Bangaria The Placements etc. East Zone Expressing happiness and classroom sessions but also AISECT’s association with in Madhya Pradesh, Kanpur in Hand teacher is the second Teachers can play a key role outpost of Chandankiyari includes the Eastern States and congratulating all the stake assist students with live and Microfocus HPE will have two Uttar Pradesh, Jaipur in parent, whose role has always in resolving students’ issues police station in Bokaro dis- also North Eastern States. holders on this achievement, semi-live projects, virtual major streams - Retail and Rajasthan, along with North been instrumental in building and concerns. The classroom trict. She was raped before As per the Week-Hansa Prof O R S Rao, Vice- internships, on the job training Integrated B.Tech Programmes. Eastern states. an individual personality, the teacher spends more time being murdered, he said. Research Survey 2019 on Chancellor of ICFAI as well as placement support. Students will be provided spe- Talking about the partner- highly acclaimed changing who with students than any other Based on the complaint India’s Best Universities , University, Jharkhand said, Micro Focus International cialization courses across five ship, AISECT’s Executive Vice impact generations, said man- professional in the school received from the victim’s which was published in May “Credit for this achievement is a multinational software and skills, i.e. Artificial President Siddharth agement Guru Tejwant Singh and is thus most likely to mother, police lodged a com- 26, 2019 issue of the maga- goes to our hard working information technology busi- Intelligence/Machine Learning, Chaturvedi said, “With this Grewal from Melbourne influence students, he said. plaint and arrested one of his zine, the University secured students and committed fac- ness based in England. The DevOps & Dockers, Cyber partnership, we are hoping to University (Australia). I think one of the most relative Chhotu Karmakar (30) 9th Rank among the Private ulty members, who strive firm provides software and Security, Big Data and Quality bridge the skills gap that exists Grewal was addressing the important aspects of a teacher in this connection. The moth- Universities in East Zone. hard to provide quality edu- consultancy. Launched in 1985, Engineering. The training will in the IT industry due to the teachers, in a workshop— as a counsellor is the ability to er of the deceased lodged a The ICFAI University is cation , and groom our stu- AISECT works in semi-urban be provided in three phases rapidly changing industry ‘Teachers as Counsellors’, be self-aware and empathet- complaint alleging that Chhotu the only one from Jharkhand dents into competent profes- and rural parts of the country starting with AISECT Group of requirements. The two organi- organised by Ratna Sagar, a ic. Self-awareness reflects in killed her daughter, informed to figure in the top 10 private sionals, with good charac- to empower people through Universities across five cities, zations will work in tandem to publishing house. Over 140 our actions which make Jha. universities in East Zone. ter”. “We are committed to skill development, Higher including Bilaspur in create the courses. Combining teachers participated in the changes to improve ourselves The girl was playing in the Evaluation was done on mul- further improve the quality of Education, Financial Inclusion, Chhattisgarh, Bhopal and the subject expertise of workshop at DPS premises on to become better people and village in the evening, but she tiple parameters like infra- education so as to make our e-Governance and other ICT- Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, Microfocus with our experi- Thursday. better teachers while empathy did not return back home by structure, quality of faculty students ready to seize future based services avenue. Till Hazaribagh in Jharkhand and ence in the skilling sector and Grewal advocated that the is standing in the shoes of our night. We searched the locali- members, research, publica- opportunities and face the date, the organisation has suc- Vaishali in Bihar. The pro- knowledge of the market role of teachers in the contem- students and seeing our class ty and also asked others but we tions, industry exposure and challenges successfully,” cessfully trained over 20 lakh gramme will later spread to demand, we hope to create a porary period is very important through their eyes, he said. could not find her said a vil- campus placements. 60 per added Prof Rao. people at the small town, dis- other cities including Bangalore pool of trained manpower for the inclusive growth of a Speaking on the occasion lager. cent weightage was given to trict, block and panchayat level in Karnataka, Hyderabad in ready for future jobs.” child. He said, counselling is a AS Gangwar Principal, DPS Later we have started a these parame- learning-oriented process stressed “Complexities in search again and found her half ters and bal- which usually occurs in an society and ambition for high- necked body, smeared with ance 40 per interactive relationship where er achievements have made blood in a nearby under con- cent weightage . (
   
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From Page 1 assistance to farmers this year. Chief Minister “MET department’s pre- Raghubar Das recently diction says that Jharkhand directed the deputy commis- will receive 96 per cent of its sioners of all the 24 districts ideal quota of monsoon rains here to connect the 51 lakh this year. This means that odd farmers in the state with farmers will get sufficient Mukhyamantri Krishi rains,” Wadood said. Ashirwad Yojana. However, he expressed According to the scheme concern over possible devia- launched in 2019-2020 fiscal, tion in the weather trend, Jharkhand farmers who have which may harm crops. “The land holdings of up to five link between rains and crops acres will get an annual is complex. incentive of  5,000 per acre Too much rains or hail- for Kharif production. storm may also damage The Government plans crops,” he said. to disburse the amount before While the weather is in the advent of monsoon here. favour of farmers so far, the The scheme is likely to cause State government too is com- a burden of  2,500 crore on mitted to provide all possible the State exchequer.    !"# #!# &< /  45
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 hours before his appearance Defence Minister last week,    ((   "   " (  Rahul Gandhi, the ED has summoned by the agency for scheduled before the agency. Rajnath Singh was briefed (  /"        $-     requested its UK counterparts ( ((" "  questioning about his links  %+6+7-' The agency had summoned about issues, including Defence "           (    to share details of ownership "    with Vadra and absconding him earlier this month and acquisitions and procurements, ((   and related financial transac- ((   arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. ormer Civil Aviation asked him to appear before the Defence diplomacy and plan-  -    (    (  .   
  tions of over half-a-dozen assets But Thampi has sought more FMinister and NCP leader Investigating Officer of the ning activities of recently set up ?  ? )" J??) K        (  there that the agency claimed time to appear before the ED as Praful Patel did not appear case on Thursday. three integrated units, includ-     "    " .         were acquired using laundered alleged undisclosed transac- he claims he is unwell, the before the Enforcement Patel has also been named ing Cyber Agency, Armed "           ??) money and belonged to him. tions being made from Cyprus sources said. Some other peo- Directorate on Thursday and in a recent chargesheet filed by Forces Special Forces Division The Enforcement and Dubai for the purchase of ple linked to Vadra and requested the agency for anoth- the ED before a court as a per- and Space Agency. Directorate (ED) has also these assets by people linked to Bhandari have also been sum- er date to depose in connection son known to aviation lobby- The high-level review of ration. Two projects, including information technology and sought assistance from finan- Vadra, the sources said. moned by the agency. with a money-laundering ist Deepak Talwar. these issues was attended by manufacturing nearly 100 heli- space, the Government recent- cial intelligence units of some Questioning of Vadra on his Patel who is a NCP leader, Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra copters and six submarines, ly three tri-services units countries to unravel the flow of links to these assets has not got was in charge of the and other officials of the min- were given the go-ahead some including Special Forces, Cyber funds used to purchase these the agency much leads. It now Civil Aviation Ministry istry besides representation months back under the strate- and Space Agencies. assets, officials said. wants to put Vadra through sus-  !8 ++ between 2004 and 2011 during from the three Services. gic partnership programme. Headed by Major General The agency is planning to tained interrogation and has the United Progressive Alliance Since the focus is on to sus- He was also briefed regard- rank officer, these agencies have provisionally attach these moved court to cancel his antic- regime, has not been men- tain the momentum of mod- ing Defence co-operation activ- drawn personnel and resources immovable assets in London ipatory bail, they said. tioned as an accused in the ernisation to have operational ities with Friendly Foreign from three Services for fighting and nearby areas under In his defence, Vadra had 9   2 case till now. preparedness to meet the chal- Countries (FFCs), policy mat- any challenge in an integrated the Prevention of Money claimed that he was being “Due to my prior commit- lenge of a two-front war with ters pertaining to Defence diplo- manner. It will enable the mil- Laundering Act (PMLA), subjected to “sensation and  %+6+7-' The CBI had registered an ments, I have requested ED for Pakistan and China, the Minister macy, including bilateral and itary to achieve the military and they said. unnecessary drama” by the FIR against 17 persons, includ- another date,” Patel said in was apprised of Defence pro- multi-lateral exercises, capacity political objective in the short- The 50-year-old business- repeated exercise of sum- he CBI has arrested three ing ten employees of Sify Mumbai. curement procedures, budget building, training and material est possible time. Against this man, who is the husband of moning him by the ED. Tpersons in connection with Technologies Pvt Ltd, in con- The statement of Patel, a utilisation, present status of pro- assistance to FFCs, they said. backdrop, Singh reviewed plan- Congress leader Priyanka The ED has asked its UK the leak of question paper of nection with the question paper Rajya Sabha MP, will be record- curements and payments along With fast changing nature ning activities of these agencies, Vadra, has been grilled 13 counterparts to help them get Staff Selection Commission’s leak. ed under the Prevention of with implications of major deals of warfare with extensive use of officials said. times by the ED with regard to full details of the chain of Common Graduate Level The paper of the second Money Laundering with countries. a London-based property locat- ownership of these assets apart examination. tier of the Combined Graduate Act (PMLA). Singh directed officials to ed at 12, Bryanston Square from documents that legally The arrests came after Level (CGL) examination, After summoning by the seek indigenous solutions for &5 worth 1.9 million GBP (British establish their sale and pur- recent searches at four locations 2017, which took place on agency, Patel had reacted say- meeting the forces require- pounds), which is allegedly chase over a period of time. — one in the national capital February 21, 2018, and its ing he would be happy to ments to the extent possible. He owned by him. A main suspect for the and three in Ghaziabad, offi- answer key were allegedly cooperate with the ED for also noted the progress under     $ The agency has evidence Enforcement Directorate in cials said. leaked and became viral on their understanding of the the Strategic Partnership pro- that some more assets in the these dealings is NRI busi- Akshay Kumar Malik, the social media before the exam- complexities of the aviation gramme, the Defence Ministry    United Kingdom are “linked” nessman C C Thampi who has alleged masterminded of the ination began, according to industry. officials said later. to Vadra. These include two been charged by the agency in leak of examination paper, the FIR. The scam relates to The Strategic Partnership houses — one worth 5 million an alleged illegal hawala deal- besides two other accused per- The examination papers allocation of favourable programme initiated by the !!4 !78'%..+'!!9.8.+ GBP and the other valued at 4 ings and land purchase case in sons — Sandeep Mathur and were set in such a way that an airline routes to foreign oper- NDA-one Government aims at million GBP, besides six other the country in 2017. Dharmendra were arrested after examinee got the questions in ators to the detriment manufacturing warships, sub-  %+6+7-' Thursday also stationed an residential flats, sources said. It had issued a show-cause the searches at the four locations a certain sequence, officials of the national carrier marines, fighter jets and tanks unmanned aerial vehicle The ED has detected some notice to Thampi for alleged here and Ghaziabad, they said. added. Air India. in India with foreign collabo- s the massive search and (UAV), officials said here on Arescue operation entered Thursday. the fourth day on Thursday for The ill-fated AN-32 trans- the missing AN-32 aircraft port aircraft had taken off +   : #!  22/5 with 13 IAF personnel on from Jorhat in Assam at 12.25 board, Defence Minister pm for Mechuka advanced Rajnath Singh met family landing ground in Arunachal  %+6+7-' 26 and Pakistan carried out a members of some of them here Pradesh. counter-offensive the next day. and assured of all possible The plane lost radio con- 

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This is a have increased. 108 days of and 500 ‘severe’. humbly request for their rehabilitation and pen- a landslide vic- Speaking at an event to ticularly kids. tremendous success. The days moderate air quality in 2016 Minister of State for sion benefits. This will give a positive message tory of the BJP- mark World Environment Day, “Number of poor air qual- of poor quality air have have increased to 152 in 2017 Environment Babul Supriyo to the aggrieved Sikh community,” the SAD chief led NDA, is which was on June 5, Union ity days in Delhi in 2016 used reduced. It is a significant and now they have gone up to urged people to use car pool at added. currently stay- Environment Minister Prakash to be 246, and in 2014 they improvement,” he said. 159 days. This progress in least once in a week to con- The Akali Dal leader also said the central ing at 11 Akbar Road residence. 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economies. democratic and economic systems of ural constituencies of upwardly the left or on the right, eventually ed them. The Indian middle-class old elite are cleverly exploiting an Prior to this, many Western the West. However, the current mobile populist leaders who, ironi- converge at the Centre. This Centrist then had to sit through a rather dis- exhausted political system to stir the political scientists, and most famous- strain of populism in these regions cally, often come from well-to-do position makes them complacent and appointing experiment with the anti- emotions of the have-nots. But these ly, Samuel Phillips Huntington, in his raises concern and bewilderment. backgrounds. stagnant. In such situations, populists Indira Janata Party, while the populists are not quite as appealing 1996 book, The Clash of Civilisations A researcher, Sam Wilkins, tried The Dutch political scientist may emerge from outside or from Pakistani middle class had to compro- to the middle classes. So the Wilkins and the Remaking of World Order, to mould a unified explanation by Cas Mudde wrote in his book, within these parties with rhetoric mise by accepting the return of the model is relatable there. maintained that populist political fusing together the findings of vari- Populism in the 21st Century, that against the system. elite in the shape of an anti-populist But not so in today’s Pakistan episodes only emerged in rigid and ous recent studies on the emergence populists squarely concentrate on They are roundly denounced as and conservative dictatorship (Zia). and India, where the urban middle- inflexible political systems. of populist politics in Europe and the anti-elite and anti-system rhetoric to being pro-rich and anti-poor. However, the two massive elec- classes have agreed to a secret hand- + ; Huntington stated that the more US. In his book, History Repeating, stir the emotions and the anger of the Wilkins concludes that this fre- toral victories of India’s Hindu shake with state institutions, high flexible democratic and economic Wilkins presents the historical cur- have-nots. When in power, they try quently happens in developing coun- nationalist party, the BJP, in the coun- society and the economic elite to con- ccording to the Oxford systems of Europe and the US are rents of populism in countries such to retain this constituency with tries but has now returned to haunt try’s last two elections, and the com- struct its own form of populism — English Dictionary, pop- able to pragmatically accommodate as Thailand, Russia, Iran and equally populist economic policies Europe and the US as well. ing to power of Imran Khan’s pop- but one which does not include Aulism is “a political approach and then neutralise those segments Argentina. that initially benefit the poor but It would have been interesting ulist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in images of the ‘masses’ thronging that strives to appeal to ordinary of the society, the most prone are they Using these as case studies, eventually end up creating galloping had Wilkins also studied the histo- Pakistan, did not happen on the around empathetic messiahs. people who feel that their concerns to be attracted by populist ideas dur- Wilkins theorises that the emergence inflation and economic deficits. ry of populism in India and Pakistan behest of the have-nots as such. Yes, Indeed, both Modi and Imran, are disregarded by established elite ing a political or an economic crisis. of prominent populist parties and According to Wilkins, the urban because I believe a whole new model both Modi and Khan’s rhetoric too, have been branded as messiahs, groups.” Recently, this idea has A decade later, however, the leaders is almost always triggered by middle-classes react to this and are of populism is developing here which demonised the established political but by and for a class which, till the come under intense academic same political scientists have been left growing economic and political ten- often at the forefront of movements is different to the model construct- parties — the Congress, the PML-N late 1990s, abhorred populism scrutiny because of the sudden feeling boggled by the rise, in devel- sions between the ruling/economic against populist Governments. But ed by Wilkins. Indeed, in the 1970s, and the PPP. Yet, both hardly ever because it soiled its idea of decent pol- rise of populist political parties and oped countries, of the kind of volatile elites, the middle-classes and the even when these movements succeed populism in India and Pakistan was used the other portion of the populist itics, offended its morality and even leaders in various countries. populist politics which they once ‘underclasses.’ According to Wilkins, in removing the Government, the also derived by appealing to the sen- rhetoric which directly appeals to the threatened its economic position. Historically, populism has been believed only occurred in developing as the elite and a growing urban mid- removal is often replaced by the timents of the have-nots and by poor. Instead, the demonisation of The establishment and segments more dominant in countries with a countries with weak and authoritar- dle-class jostle for economic and return of the ruling elite which was demonising the economic and polit- opponents and their ‘corruption’ of the economic elite, weary of pop- large urban working class and poor ian political and economic systems. political dominance, friction is cre- sidelined by the hated populists. ical elite. The ZA Bhutto regime did was coupled by imagery of a coun- ulists stirring working-class senti- rural populations. But in the last The US and Europe have expe- ated which negatively affects the Ironically, the middle-classes, too, are in Pakistan what the Indira Gandhi try which mostly attracts the desires ments, eventually came together decade or so, populist politics has also rienced bouts of populism before. But economy. against the elite but eventually agree Government did in India. and imagination of India and with the frustrated urban middle- dramatically risen in developed as political scientists such as Those affected the most by this to accept it as a “lesser evil”. Also, both were, by and large, Pakistan’s urban middle-classes. classes to mould a new kind of pop- European countries and in the US Huntington point out, these were crisis — especially the working class- Wilkins suggests that all main- opposed by the urban middle-class- In most European countries and ulist — the middle-class demagogue. and/or in robust democracies and addressed and neutralised by the es and the rural poor — become nat- stream political parties, whether on es through movements which oust- in the US, renegade members of the (The Dawn)    !"# "# &C

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Sena leadership is more The Union Health and history of exposure. demiological investigation, team from Swami Vivekananda, Though he has not com- than confident that Prime Ministry has deployed a six- A designated control room from NIV Pune and Animal Vidya Sagar, Tagore, Rammohan mented publicly about his party Minister Narendra Modi will member team comprising an has been established at the dis- Husbandry are investigating bats Roy etal the Governor and the not getting its due in the Union agree to its demand — in light epidemiologist to conduct con- trict collector’s office and an iso- and other animals in the vicin- former BJP leader asked, “What Cabinet — despite having the of the fact that the BJP — in its tact tracing for early detection lation ward established at the ity of his (confirmed case) resi- is the link between these great largest number of 18 MPs after previous regime — had earlier of suspects and review of iso- Government Medical College dence during the possible time men and opposition to learning the BJP’s 303 in new Lok Sabha, deviated the tradition of giving lation facilities. Ernakulam, the Health Ministry of transmission of infection. Hindi?... who will explain to Shiv Sena President Uddhav the Deputy Speaker’s post to the Union Health Minister said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the WHO, them that the era of these stal- Thackeray is said to be “unhap- Opposition. The BJP had given Harsh Vardhan, reviewed the Isolation facilities have also Nipah virus is a newly emerg- warts is long gone, and the py” with the “raw deal” meted the post to the leader of its con- public health measures put in been ensured at medical col- ing disease that can be trans- greatness of Bengal is gone too. out to his party in the alloca- stituent AIADMK Munisamy place in Kerala. leges at Calicut, Thrissur and mitted from its reservoir (nat- Now from Haryana to Kerala, tion of ministerial berths. Thambidurai. “We have a strong During the review meeting, Kottayam, it said. ural wildlife host), the flying Bengali boys are sweeping the When the Narendra Modi- reason to believe that we will get the Centre also discussed SOPs All healthcare facilities foxes (fruit bats), to both ani- floors in homes and Bengali girls led the Government was sworn the Deputy Speaker’s post,” a for quarantine of symptomatic have been asked to ensure high mals and humans. are bar dancers in Mumbai into the office for its second senior Sena leader said. contacts, sample collection or index of suspicion in cases Symptoms range from which was unthinkable before.” term, Shiv Sena’s MP Arvind Reiterating the stand taken testing and dedicated isola- with similar symptoms and asymptomatic infection, acute Roy was a BJP leader and Sawant was administered oath by his stand taken by the Shiv tion facility with trained health also ensure availability of iso- respiratory infection and president of Bengal State unit as a Cabinet Minister and he Sena president over the party’s staff and epidemiological inves- lation and emergency man- encephalitis. Infected people before he was sent to the was allotted the heavy indus- claim for deputy speaker’s post, tigation by multi-disciplinary agement facilities before refer- initially develop influenza-like Tripura and subsequently to tries and public enterprises Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay central team to ascertain the ral, the Ministry said. symptoms of fever, headache, Meghalaya with his stately portfolio which is not at all a Raut told a regional television possible source of infection On the basis of the epi- vomiting and sore throat. assignment as a Governor. significant portfolio. channel: “This (deputy speak- While seeking play down er post) is not our demand, it the speculation about his party is our natural claim and it is a not getting its due in the Union right claim...the word natural is >:  Cabinet, Uddhav on Thursday important... this post must be confirmed that his party had given to us...Why should we :55>    staked a claim for the Deputy demand it since it is our right?”. Speaker’s post in Lok Sabha. The Shiv Sena’s claim for Talking to mediapersons deputy speaker’s post comes   after offering prayers at the amid speculation that Naveen Mahalaxmi temple at Kolhapur Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal     graduate and post graduate in western Maharashtra, Uddhav (BJD) could be given the posi- )-+%%' courses in medical schools in said, “We have aligned with the tion of the Deputy Speaker. the country. BJP on the Hindutva plank and The Sena’s claim for deputy tudents of Tamil Nadu have A total of 1,23,078 students not for power. We would like to speaker’s post should be seen in Sexposed the hollowness from Tamil Nadu wrote the have the post of Deputy Speaker the context of the fact senior behind the demand of NEET 2019. Out of this, 59,785 in Lok Sabha. We are demand- Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi Dravidian politicians to exempt students qualified for coun- ing the post as our right”. was Speaker of Lok Sabha the State from the National selling. This is almost 10 per Queried if he was unhap- 2002-2004, when the AB Eligibility-cum-Entrance cent more than the students py that his party had got only Vajpayee Government was in Examination, the qualifying who qualified in last year’s one ministerial berth in Union power at the Centre. test for admission to under examination. While only 39.56 per cent of the Tamil Nadu stu- dents who appeared in last year’s NEET qualified for counselling, this year it rose to 48.57 per cent, a commendable performance according to educationists. The reason for this year’s commendable performance by Tamil Nadu students is being attributed to the free NEET coaching centres opened by the Government of Tamil Nadu across the State. The syllabus of the Plus Two course in the State is not up to the national level and this was being seen as the cause for the poor show by the stu- dents from Tamil Nadu earlier. The demand for exempting the State from NEET reached a feverish pitch last year when a girl by name Anita allegedly committed suicide for failing to qualify in the NEET. Anita had scored 1176 out of 1200 marks in the State Board Examination while she man- aged 86 out of 720 in the NEET . Students appearing for Plus Two examinations in the State Board Examination in Tamil Nadu manage to score 99 percent marks but fail miser- ably when they try to crack entrance examination to National Defence Academy, Indian Institute of Technology or the Indian Institute of sci- ence Education and Research because of the poor standard of the syllabus taught in Government owned schools.

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There is a long Jasprit Bumrah-inspired India pleas to not retire last year. way to go and I believe the broke the back of South Africa's According to boys can still go all the way," top order before Yuzvendra 'ESPNCricinfo', de Villiers de Villiers wrote on his twit- Chahal ran through the innings made the offer to come back ter handle. with four wickets at the Rose Bowl in May, barely 24 hours before Zondi further said that on Wednesday. the final squad for the ongo- de Villiers dropped no hints Without much difficulty, ing showpiece in the UK was of wanting to come back in Rohit Sharma powered India to to be announced by CSA. the year gone by.. victory with six wickets in hand. The revelation came "We had players who put This was the Proteas' third straight amid a disastrous start to in the hard work, who put up loss in the showpiece. South Africa's campaign, their hands and deserved to "Away from South Africa I which has seen them lose be given the opportunity to thought India looked world-class three matches including one go to the World Cup. !# and real contenders. They've obvi- to Bangladesh. While "At no point in the year ously been waiting for their first Wednesday's six-wicket that he had retired did he game and I didn't know how that defeat to India turned the sit- make himself available for would work for them, whether uation from bad to worse, the selection. It was no option they'd be fresh or they'd be some '  " ) $)   $         loss of pace great Dale Steyn when I received the news on nerves. I think we got the answer, to a shoulder injury has also the day of the squad they were very impressive," Kallis table won't look so bad and they'll considerably weakened the announcement, our squad said in his column for the ICC. have some momentum back for team. was finalised and confirmed," Before the disappointing result what could be a huge game against CSA selection panel con- he said. against India, South Africa ❝ New Zealand. venor Linda Zondi con- The 35-year-old swash- crashed to a stunning defeat at the #-''' "This is a big moment for Faf firmed that de Villiers did buckler is considered a mod- hands of Bangladesh, days after a du Plessis but not everything can make the offer and that skip- ern-day great for his innov- loss to hosts England in the tour- *+%#?*0??4 be put on the captain's shoulders. per Faf du Plessis and coach ative shots and more impor- nament opener. 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And they have to be him to the World Cup fresh could not fulfil the selection ball and in the field. They really )%%*#+%C positive, they need to feed off each and in a good space," Zondi criteria, which included play- didn't win much after the toss I'm ?'% +0*'%#'% other's energy more than ever. said in the CSA release. ing domestic or internation- afraid. "I don't think it's any surprise "He turned down the al cricket in the intervening "That dressing room will be a #-+C-+#*-+ we lost to England and India, they offer and said he was at peace months. tough place to be, but they have to are the two best teams in the with his decision to retire," he The report stated that it all take responsibility and work %-*%+# world right now. The really wor- recalled. was recalling the dashing hard to correct the errors they are )*%+0#'*%6'#- rying thing is that defeat by "For Faf du Plessis and batsman at the last moment making." Bangladesh.

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The game looked over when Ross A New Zealand team always plays Taylor and Kane Williamson were bat- strong cricket, against any side they ting but this Bangladesh team never face. They always seem to play well, gives up, they never allow them- and in a big tournament like this, selves to give up. 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Shakib and Mushy were BHossain paid tribute to the World Cup. going pretty well for a while.” fanatical support his side received “I watched a lot of World Santner is expecting spin to all the way through their nail-biting had played here in the Champions against England, who they knocked Cups when I was growing up and play a significant part in the tour- two-wicket defeat by New Zealand Trophy in 2017 so we knew what to out of the last edition in Adelaide in watching the whole of New nament as it progressed. at the Oval. expect but it was still amazing." 2015. Zealand get around the lads in He added: “We’ve already The Black Caps' match-winner Bangladesh, who won their Mosaddek, who also took the 2015 was awesome. If we can seen that if it doesn’t swing early Ross Taylor — who was one of opening match against South Africa catch to dismiss New Zealand skip- replicate that and maybe go one and there are some used wickets, Mosaddek's two wickets in the last weekend, came agonisingly per Kane Williamson, admitted further this time, that would be spinners have done a pretty good match - had earlier said that it felt close to another major scalp but that his side's batting performance nice.” job. like the game was being played in Mossadek said his side were remain- has cost them the game. Santner made his ODI debut “It’s going to key to bowl Bangladesh such was the cacopho- ing upbeat. 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