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               &   1R        /    % 0R                  rime Minister Narendra      PModi on Thursday out- mid a row between the lined the dos and don’ts for the     ACentral Government and new inductees in his Council of      Twitter, newly sworn-in Union Ministers even as he empha- he first meeting of the new Information Technology (IT) sised that the exit of the 12 TModi Cabinet on Thursday Minister Ministers was not linked to approved the 1 lakh crore on Thursday said all those performance but was based fund for disbursement among       who live and work in India will on the “need of the hour”. The farmers through Agriculture have to abide by the rules of the PM made it clear that corrup- Produce Marketing Committee        country. tion will not be tolerated and (APMCs) to provide a medium        !    He was responding on Ministers should not speak to long term debt financing       Twitter’s stand-off with the out of turn to the media. facility for investment in viable "#      Government over the new IT According to sources, the projects for post-harvest man-     rules while talking to reporters         Prime Minister also asked the agement infrastructure and ongoing farmers’ protest, the after meeting BJP general sec-   Ministers not to leave the community farming assets Government also asserted that    ! retary (Organisation) BL       national Capital until August through interest subvention the procurement system on the Santhosh at the party office.    15 and understand, interact lowing the reshuffle, is also and financial support. minimum support price (MSP) and attend the Monsoon ses- understood to have stressed the The scheme, 1 lakh crore and APMC market yards will "#$ %&  sion of Parliament with full need to recover ground lost in fund, will be provided by banks stay and rather be strength- seriousness. the wake of Covid-19. and financial institutions as ened.   The PM first chaired a As many as 43 leaders took loans to primary agricultural The decision has come .   ,   meeting of the Union Cabinet oath on Wednesday in the first credit societies (PACS), mar- amid decision of farmer unions earing up for the impend- provision for ICU beds, med- and followed it up with the reshuffle and expansion after keting cooperative societies, to intensify their strike during Ging third Covid-19 wave, icines, among other medical Council of Ministers. Prime Minister Modi took up farmer producers organisa- the Monsoon Session of the Union Cabinet chaired by supplies. Various theories #     / $" Modi said there was no the reins of the Government at tions (FPOs), self-help groups Parliament. This is the first Prime Minister Narendra about the third wave are doing doubt on the capabilities of the the Centre for a second time in (SHGs), farmers, joint liabili- major decisions after mega Modi on Thursday approved a the rounds with the majority dropped Ministers and asked May 2019. ty groups (JLG), multi-purpose reshuffling of the Modi new 23,123 crore package to pointing out that it may arrive    (CCO) on July 6 and resident the new appointees to meet News agency ANI quoted cooperative societies, agri- Cabinet to woo the protesting ramp up the medical infra- between August and grievance officer (RGO) and their senior Ministerial col- the PM as saying that over the entrepreneurs, start-ups, aggre- farmers. The Government structure in the country. December. It is likely to be he Delhi High Court on interim nodal contact officer leagues to learn about the min- past few days there have been gation infrastructure providers has once again appealed to Out of 23,123 crore more virulent given that 51 TThursday said the will be appointed by July 11 and istries. pictures and videos of crowd- and Central/State agency or farmer unions to end their health package, 8,000 crore Delta Plus cases have already Government is free to take within two weeks, respective- He also advised his new ed places and people roaming local body sponsored public- protest and resume talks on will be given to the State been reported from various action against Twitter Inc in ly. Twitter’s advocate Sajan team to take the Government’s about without masks or social private partnership projects. provisions of three new farm Governments in 9 months to States amid apprehension that case of any breach of the new Poovayya told the court that welfare schemes to the ground distancing. “This is not a pleas- Loans will be disbursed in laws, but ruled out repeal of ramp up the infrastructure as it is likely to spread fast with IT Rules even as it directed o Twitter was “actively recruiting among the masses and use ant sight and it should instill a four years starting with the these Acts. per need. Addressing a press people not following Covid Twitter Inc to file an affidavit, for permanent position”. social media for a better reach- sense of fear in us,” the PM said. sanction of 10,000 crore in Addressing a Press con- briefing after the meeting, appropriate behavior. notarised in United States, “This court has granted out. It is not unusual for the Modi added that in such a the current year and 30,000 ference following the first new Union Health Minister Giving details, he said within two weeks on compli- time to Respondent No 2 Prime Minister to hold Cabinet time, there should be no space crore each in the next three Union Cabinet meet after the Mansukh Mandaviya said the pediatric care centres will be ance with the new Information (Twitter Inc) to file affidavit, and Council of Ministers for carelessness or complacen- years.The fund was announced rejig, Union Agriculture package “India Covid-19 set up in 736 districts and Technology (IT) Rules. but no protection is granted,” a meetings to reset the goals cy. A single mistake would in the Union Budget, but it was Minister Narendra Singh Emergency Response & 20,000 ICU beds will be cre- Twitter informed the court Bench of Justice Rekha Palli and set new targets just after a have far-reaching impacts and approved on Thursday with Tomar assured that APMCs Health System Preparedness ated under the Covid relief that they have appointed inter- said while listing the matter for reshuffle. weaken the fight to overcome some modifications. Amid the will continue be strengthened. Package: Phase-II” will have fund. im chief compliance officer further hearing on July 28. Modi, in the first meet fol- Covid-19.

' (   +   ,  $  &  7  .,   &, ! & R  **       8  %%   fter remaining peaceful for Aabout four months, the Line       of Control (LoC) between India Q-  and Pakistan is once again hot- mid the Covid-19 pan- ting up. Two Indian Army Ademic that has hit Kerala jawans were martyred, while hard, the State has a new worry     two terrorists were eliminated on hand. On Thursday, a con- during a fierce gunfight near firmed case of the deadly Zika Dadal village of Sunderbani virus was diagnosed in the - .R along the LoC in Rajouri district State while tests reports of 19 on Thursday. Since February 25, others were awaited.    2021, the day India and Pakistan However, unconfirmed decided to strictly adhere to  $   %       +# ',  -   reports said that as many as 13 hile reviewing the final ceasefire agreement no major             cases of Zika infection have Wstages of preparations for incident of terrorist related vio- been detected in the State. the world-famous Rath Yatra in lence was reported along LoC. The detection of Zika virus Puri, Chief Minister Naveen has come at a time when the Patnik on Thursday thanked .& && State has not been able to con- everyone for the smooth con- %    tain the second wave of Covid- duct of the Car Festival last year festival staying in home in TV yatra in view of the pandemic. 19. On Thursday, the State and sought cooperation of and social media broadcasts, Law Minister Pratap Jena Srinagar: Four terrorists, reported 13, 772 new cases of everyone, including inhabi- the local people should also hoped the Rath Yatra would be including three from Lashkar- Covid-19 and 142 deaths. State tants of Puri town, temple have Darshan of the deities on conducted smoothly with all e-Tayyeba (LeT), were killed Health Minister Veena George servitors and Jagannath devo- TV. the rituals in place. in two separate encounters said the Test Positivity Rate tees for holding this year’s fes- “Although the impact and All necessary security with security forces in South stood at 10.83 per cent, slight- tival scheduled on July 12. spread of the second wave of arrangements have been made Kashmir’s Pulwama and ly higher than the 10.36 per Patnaik said that like the Covid have reduced, the dan- by the police administration, Kulgam districts as some cent registered on Wednesday. last year, this year’s Rath Yatra ger is not over yet,” Patnaik said DGP Abhay. Temple Chief parts of the valley observed a The Minister said as on is going to be celebrated in an said. Health Minister Naba Administrator Dr Krishan shutdown to mark the fifth Thursday 1.1 lakh persons extraordinary situation created Kishore Das said special Kumar informed about the death anniversary of Hizbul were undergoing treatment for by Covid-19. When people arrangements have been made detailed arrangements being Mujahideen commander  %  %           '      ()  Covid-19 in the State. and devotees would watch the for healthcare during the Rath undertaken for the festival. Burhan Wani on Thursday.     ! "  "#  Q6&     2&,      $ % & "'%     $      (  &&%& % 0           && R 4&,%        )&*+ allowed one more year consid- hubaneswar on Thursday    ering that many allottees stay- Bregistered 343 new Covid- of land have already been iden-    ing abroad have not been able 19 positive cases, with which aking a cue from a suc- tified at each of thesetwo spots. to construct houses due to the the total tally in the city Tcessful initiative of Tent Investment of around Rs6.25 he Covid and yet to register the increased to 92,688.Out of the City Narmada in Gujarat, the crore was estimated again- TDevelopment Authority lease deed. new cases, 264 were local con- Government has now steach destination.The Chief (BDA) has warned of land “This is the final warning tacts and 79 quarantine cases. started a process for setting up Secretary directed to design, allotment cancellation against to all the allottees who are not The local contacts includ- year-round eco-cottages at develop and maintain the those who are yet to construct constructing houses on the ed 24 cases in Khandagiri, 14 selected destinations. cottages on PPP mode with houses on the lands allotted by allotted plot despite multiple in Patrapada, 13 in Old Town, Feasibility of developing credible private partners, who it even after five years of allot- notice and reminders. Upon and 10 in Chandrasekharpur, such facilities at Hirakud, would be provided handhold- ment. noncompliance and defying    nine each in Saheed Nagar, Baliput-Satkoshia, Paradip, ing support for availing differ- In some cases, the BDA has the order, we will initiate strin- Rasulgarh, Patia and Laxmi Daringibadi, Pati Sonapur and ent statutory permissions. The got to know that the allottees gent action against them as per hief Minister Naveen Sagar and eight each in Koraput was discussed at private partners would be wait for land prices to soar and the provisions and act. They CPatnaik on Thursday spoke BHUBANESWAR: Doctors June 18 after she tested posi- Samantarapur, Dumduma and length in a meeting chaired by selected through an open bid- later they sell it at a much high- will be penalised and, if to Tokyo Olympics partici- at the SUM Covid Hospital tive for the disease. Her con- Pokhariput. Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra.. ding process. er price to builders.All allottees required, their allotment can be pants from the State and here have done it yet again. dition was serious as she had Currently, the active cases It was decided to pilot the The Tourism Department of different housing/ plotted revoked,” said BDA Secretary announced cash prize for win- They toiled to help 97-year-old high blood pressure and diffi- stood at 1,184 in intervention with two destina- was also directed to lease out schemes have been informed Kabindra Sahu. Action would ning medals in the grandest Chanchala Behera recover culty in breathing. She was city.Meanwhile, six more tions like Hirakud of various tourism properties like that they have to construct their be initiated against the plot sporting event. Patnaik from the infection even taken to an ICU and special patients succumbed to disease Sambalpur district and Baliput- Panthanivases and Road Side houses on the plots or complete owners under the Property announced Rs 6 crore for win- though she had co-morbidi- care was given to her as she in city, mounting total death Satkoshia of district. Amenity Centres and opera- the core houses by 31.03.2022, Management Allotment ning gold medal, Rs 4 crore for ties. Behera, who hailed from also had cardiac issues.The toll to 492.However, 322 per- Principal Secretary Tourism tionalise them through opera- failing which execution of lease Regulations, 2015 and BDA silver medal and Rs 2.5 crore Baleswar district, had been patient was discharged from sons recovered on day, increas- and Sports Vishal Dev tion and management (O and deed and issue of NOC would Land (Disposal and Allotment) for bronze medal. admitted to the hospital on the hospital after 20 days. ing total recoveries to 90,991. appraised that around six acres M) partners. not be allowed. The BDA has Regulations, 2015.  !"$"%&' ()' *+*  

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The police also best-in-class amenities to pas-    She had also quit the civil ser- 4.5 km above mean sea level ly to occur at one or two   issued a help desk number sengers and enhance the trav- vice to join the BJP earlier on said Regional Centre of India places over districts of (for Bhubaneswar) to report el experience. November 27, 2018. Vaishnaw Meteorological Department Malkangiri,Koraput, aking advantage of the tur- such incidents."In case you The station will be built on   outsmarted all, including BJP’s (IMD) on Thursday. Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Tmoil caused due to the have fallen prey to such a Design, Build, Finance, Bargarh MP from A low pressure area is Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Puri. pandemic, scamsters are scam, immediately contact our Operate, Transfer (DBFOT) ureaucrat-turned-entrepre- western Odisha, in getting likely to form over west-cen- Thunderstorm with light- increasingly targeting people Help desk no- 7440006709" model and the tentative cost of Bneur-turned politician Modi’s favour. tral and adjoining northwest ning is very likely to occur at who are now socialising and (only for BBSR UPD)," the the project (excluding the cost Ashwini Vaishnaw, a Rajya As five of the BJP’s eight Bay of Bengal off north one or two places over dis- spending more time online in tweet read further.Notably, in of redevelopment of station Sabha member from Odisha, Odisha members Andhra Pradesh-south tricts of Puri, Khordha, general as well as those who are May, the Cyber Crime Help estate) is estimated at Rs 82 has been inducted as a Cabinet are from the western region, it Odisha coasts around July Nayagarh, Ganjam, working from home. Desk of UPD Bhubaneswar crore.The scope of work Minister and given important had sprung surprise when he had been expected that Pujari, 11.Meanwhile, heavy rainfall Gajapati,Subarnapur, Boudh, In the State, cybercriminals recovered Rs 12.05 lakh from includes up-gradation and inte- portfolios of Railways, was elected to who started his political career is very likely to occur at one Nuapada, Balangir, are also coming up with dif- 34 people, who lost their grated redevelopment of the Communications and with the unexpected support of in the saffron camp since his or two places over districts of Kalahandi, Kandhamal, ferent fraudulent schemes to money to different cyber station spanning 28,574 sqm Electronics & Information the BJD in 2019. And after two student days, would get a Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, dupe people. In a new kind of crimes. and the development of the sur- Technology. years, he has pulled another chance. Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Koraput, Malkangiri,Cuttack, online fraud, the fraudsters rounding railway land. The Railways portfolio had surprise being inducted to the BJP sources said Vaishnaw, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, have developed a fake State The pre-bid meeting for never been given to any Odisha Ministry, that being a former District Baleswar, Nuapada, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Balasore, Bank of India (SBI) mobile this is scheduled for July 15 and leader in the Cabinet rank so too as a Cabinet Minister. Magistrate of the politically- Subarnapur and Balangir in Mayurbhanj. banking site and are trying to the deadline for the bid sub- far. Earlier, Bhakta Charan Das A suave and former sensitive Cuttack district, has next 24 hours. On Sunday (July11) dupe people. mission is August 17. “The and Kanhu Charan Lenka were Odisha-cadre IAS officer of the started strengthening his base On Saturday (July 10), Heavy rainfall is very likely to Following this, the redevelopment station will bol- Railways Minister in the 1994 batch, Vaishnaw had with an intention of contesting heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places Commissionerate police in a ster tourism prospects and Minister of State (MoS) rank entered into direct politics on from the Cuttack Lok Sabha occur at one or two places over districts of Malkangiri, tweet warned people and said position Puri among the lead- around 20 years ago. June 22, 2019 and got elected seat, which has been held by over districts of Nabarangpur, Koraput, Nabarangpur, "A site made by fraudsters ing destinations for religious Rajasthan’s Jodhpur-born 51- to the RS barely six days later BJD leader Bhartuhari Mahtab Nuapada, Sundargarh. Rayagada, Gajapati and which resembles Yono portal tourism,” said RLD Vice- year-old BJP leader Vaishnaw on June 28. His batch-mate since 1998. Thunderstorm with lightning Ganjam. (see the URL: http://please- Chairman Ved Parkash Dudeja.

 01 ++'   " %  2         $-%&-11 Q R              CUTTACK: Orissa High Court #% ( "  +    % from rich and well-to -do fam- came to know that her husband % Justice Biswanath Ratho has     ilies by flaunting his status. had conducted a ring ceremo- issued a notice to Bar Council After developing intimacy he ny with another girl recently. '#  . Governments towards their of India (BCI) and Utkal   .  . used to convince them for “My in-laws would also support plight. The Governments have University (UU) directing them marriage and later cheat them. Priyabrata and torture me. turned a blind eye to their gen- to speed up affiliation process of n oxygen concentrator   Sources said Priyabrat used to They used to give me some &&'0 uine demand of providing lock- five-year integrated course for Abank has been opened at torture the women after mar- medicines to terminate preg- down allowance, they alleged. LLB Honours at The Law the Red Cross Bhawan here apital police station per- riage and collected dowry from nancy and started beating me   Navnirman Krushak College here.Justice Ratho for effective preparation to Csonnel here on Thursday them by coercion and threats. for keeping contact with my Sanagthan central coordinator issued order while hearing a combat the second wave as arrested a man on the charge of His parents and other family parents,” she said, adding her eople from various profes- Akshay Kumar said that while petition filed by students of well as an upcoming third marrying multiple women by members are also in collusion parents had also given a Psional organisations, includ- people are suffering from the 2015-20 batch of college. Earlier, wave of Covid-19. representing himself as a with him, alleged one of the Mercedes car as dowry at the ing the Navnirman Krushak Covid-19 disease, the impact of the students had filed a writ The oxygen concentrator Minister praised the Red builder before cheating and victims. time of marriage. Sangathan, on Thursday the pandemic and lockdown petition in court as they did not bank was inaugurated by Cross for the humanitarian abandoning them. “I got married to Priyabrat Based on the complaint of demanded lockdown allowance and shutdown measurers have get their necessary registration Health Minister Naba Kishore work in the pandemic situa- The accused, identified as in July 2018. He started tor- the victim who is said to be his for all the professionals who critically affected the vulnera- number for enrolment for advo- Das in the presence of Indian tion. Priyabrat Mishra, allegedly turing me just after seven days second wife, the accused was have lost their regular liveli- ble communities. cate licence. “During admission, Red Cross Society Odisha He also praised the abandoned the women he had of marriage. He purchased the nabbed by Commissionerate hood sources. Members of The demonstration was the college claimed that they State Branch Honorary Honorary Secretary for the married after taking lakhs of dowry gold jewellery in his police. However, Priyabrat rub- these organisations staged a held by people working in proper affiliation. Later, we Secretary CTM Suguna. step taken by the Red Cross to rupees and other luxurious name before marriage and kept bished the allegations levelled demonstration at Lower PMG saloons, spas, parlours and found out that college does not Oxygen concentrators would open a blood bank in household articles as dowry.As those with him,” said the vic- against him. “I have not mar- Square here and expressed small traders, motor vehicle have proper affiliation, for be provided to the patients in Bhubaneswar to solve blood per reports, his modus operan- tim. The victim alleged that just ried multiple women. One their resentment over apathet- workers, farmers, artists and which we were not able to emergency cases. The requirement issues in the city. di was he would trap women 10 days after marriage she divorce case is still sub-judice. ic attitude of State and Central artisans. enrol for advocate licence. 11 .         .    %& P "  '  Q  () 7         University, Singapore pursuing while B Ankit Patro will be in   teachers of respective fields BHUBANESWAR: The Psychology and gender studies. the USA at Purdue University.  round-the-clock. The Minister Congress on Thursday tudents of the KiiT Bhaswati Basumatary, with 41 Ankita Naik has offers from  n view of the Covid-19 said, “For the time being, e-lec- announced that it would sup- SInternational School here points, is offered to study Warwick, UK, and the King’s Iinduced lockdown, the State ture on core papers of Physics, port the Odisha Bandh on July posted excellent results in the English Literature at the Trinity College of London. he Utkal Government on Thursday Chemistry, Zoology, Biology, 15 called by the Left parties International Baccalaureate College, Cambridge, England; Congratulating the successful TUniversity launched a web portal dedi- Political Science, Odia, History, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) Diploma Programme (IBDP) Joydeep Dash with 40 points students, KIIT and KISS Alumni Association cated for a virtual tutorial pro- English, Psychology and Liberation and Forward Bloc with 25% of them having will focus on Physics studies in founder Dr organisaed a pro- ject for undergraduate (UG) Business Economics for the against the spiraling prices of scored over 40 points and the Imperial College, London. said students of the KiiT gramme in the Utkal courses of the State universities first and second semesters have essential commodities, includ- school average being 36 points. Rajvardhan and Alonkrita have International School have University campus on under the Rashtriya Uchchatar been uploaded on the portal. ing petroleum products. PCC Saatwik Panigrahi, as the maximised their grades in the turned tide of looming uncer- Wednesday on the Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). More subjects will be included president Niranjan Patnaik said valedictorian of the year, scored score. tainty in the midst of the pan- occasion of Van Higher Education Minister soon.” that when the Covid pandem- 43 out of a maximum of 45 The school's scorecard is demic and achieved extraordi- Mahotsav and planted fruit-bearing trees. The programme was Arun Kumar Sahoo launched ic has seriously affected normal points with the highest score of dotted with the magic 7 points nary success as IBDP gradu- inaugurated by association general secretary and former Utkal portal: vtputkal.odisha.gov.in at life, the skyrocketing prices of 7 points in all six subjects, thus more than 20 times in a cohort ates. He thanked school chair- University Vice-Chancellor Prof Asoka Kumar Das along with the Krushi Bhawan here. petroleum products like petrol, qualifying to pursue higher of 16 diploma students. person Dr Mona Lisa Bal coordinator of the Alumni Connect Prof Kunjabihari Panda.The Videos containing lectures of diesel and LPG have left peo- studies in Economics at the Suryansh Bal and Swadhin Principal Dr Sanjay Suar and guests and alumni planted saplings of mango, sapeta, lemon, bael, different subjects of Arts, ple to uncertainty. Patnaik New York University, USA. Rout will pursue education in Upper Division Head, jamun, etc., in front of the Kuntala Kumari Sabat Ladies' Hostel, Science and Commerce appealed to Congress mem- Samiksha Samantray, as salu- the University of Toronto, International Curriculum, Rama Devi Ladies' Hostel and Malati Devi Ladies’ Hostel. Among streams have been uploaded on bers, including those of DCCs, tatorian, scored 42 and will be Canada. Unika Dash will study Nandita Mishra, faculty and the participants were Raghunath Prusty, Pradeep Rath, Gadadhar the portal. Students can down- MLAs and PRI members to in the elite campus of the Computer Science at the staffs of KiiT IS for their sus- Rath and Tanmay Swain. load the videos recorded by actively take part in bandh. Nanyang Technological University of Sheffield, UK tained efforts.   !   "P      "   "

+   . ..( #   accommodate the surplus traditional cottage industry and metallurgical products. hectares of land used for seri labour force from agriculture where as the approach to its But long ago, Odisha was a farming in the State mostly ditional skill workers which has the largest manufacturer and low cost production by use of by modernising both sectors. development is more welfare major exporter of textile prod- engages the ST population. not been systematically taped exporter of textile products. hi-tech machinery and quality Textile is labour intensive and beneficiary centric without ucts. The Ministry of Textile has to meet the worldwide export The other countries in the seg- raw materials along with labour can employ more people with addressing the main econom- The move of the State made special grants under the possibilities as well as increas- ment include Germany, policy and above all, an open its wider expansion. ic cause of its underdevelop- Government must be to do provision of the Scheduled ing demand of domestic con- Bangladesh, Vietnam, Italy, market approach to invest- The major advantage with ment. away with the traditional Caste sub plan and Scheduled sumers. Turkey, USA, Hong Kong, and ment. India is the availability of qual- There has been no sub- approach to strengthen a caste- Tribe sub plan for promotion of The major textile mills and Spain. China has about one The countries such as ity raw materials specially jute, stantial investment and macro based occupation to build a textile but unfortunately, the cotton producing States includ- third of Spain and Germany are more cotton, wool, and synthetic planning to change the pro- modern manufacturing sector Odisha Government has no ing Maharashtra, Gujarat, TN, the world’s export of textile engaged in manufacturing of fiber. The textile industries in duction process by use of tech- by inviting open investment, such scheme to engage these UP, Karnataka, MP, Rajasthan while in recent years textile machines such as spin- India are mostly facing the nology and application of mod- new technology and inducting communities. and WB have a rich scope of Bangladesh and Vietnam have ning, weaving and dyeing etc. issues of labour unrest and ern knowhow. There are about skill and exposure among the Similarly, the weavers and   )  employment and economic done better with increase in The USA is more into medical shutdowns for a number of 65,000 weaver households in workers of all social groups. cotton and jute farmers large- growth where the migrant manufacturing and export due textile, protective equipment political and economic rea- the State having traditional It must learn from other ly belong to the OBC who need he textile sector has huge workers from Odisha and other to the advantage of domestic and industrial fabrics and sons which need to be skill but the Government States to make best use of its to be supported to grow raw Tprospects in Odisha with backward States are employed. labour policy and current mostly non-woven or not knit- addressed by the Government approach must be changed to raw materials and manpower materials for textile industry adoption of modern technolo- The Department of change in international trade ted items such as carpets, home with a suitable policy. cope with new developments available and make a roadmap and effort should be made to gy, use of quality raw materi- Industrial and Policy practices. furnished fabrics, medical It is reported that around happening globally in all sec- in line with global trend in tex- set up manufacturing units in als and improved skill of the Promotion data shows that India is one of the largest products, electric conductive 600 textile mills were closed tors including textile. tile sector inviting FDI. Odisha the areas such as Kalahandi for workers to meet the demand of five top States including AP, producers of fiber that includes fabric and diapers. Italy has due to the strike by the trade The Directorate of Export has opportunity in produc- cotton and jute in eastern growing world fashion indus- Telangana, Haryana, Jharkhand cotton, silk, wool, jute and been focusing on e-textiles unions. The Government of Promotion and Manufacturing, tion of cotton, jute and silk. coastal part and silk in sched- try and emerging direct cus- and Gujarat are most suitable other man-made fibers. The such as electronic components Odisha, Handloom, Textile and Government of Odisha data India is second largest producer uled areas to engage the local tomers buying online. Odisha places for doing textile busi- textile industry in India is still woven with fabric. Handicraft Department has shows that the share of hand- of silk. The sericulture indus- people both in production and is included among 10 major ness. The places such as Vizag, unorganized and continues in In India textile sector is one not changed its traditional loom, handicraft and textile try in the State has all poten- processing. There is also a cotton producing States of Gurugram, Faridabad, Panipat, small scale operation. It is time the biggest employers after approach to the development of together is not even one per tialities to engage large num- need for building infrastructure India and more than 60 per Surat, Ahmadabad and Vapi to shift to modern machinery agriculture. The agriculture textile industry of the State in cent of the share of value of bers of people in activities and amenities centers and hubs cent of the textile industries are are emerging textile manufac- and techniques at a greater sector has been over burdened spite of the huge potentialities exports of the State. 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Leases of Ore Block, Chandiposhi Iron had purchased tender docu- launched Online Course the basic concepts and practi-   four other blocks have expired. Ore Block, Jumka Pathriposhi ment for a particular mineral Mobile App “MatsyaSetu”. The cal demonstrations on breed- The Directorate of Mines Iron Ore Block, Dholtapahar block, for which NIT was issued app was developed by the ing, seed production and grow- ith just three days away has issued Notice Inviting Tender Iron Ore Block, Netrabandha on October 18, 2019, can avail ICAR-Central Institute of out culture of commercially Wfor the annual Rath Yatra (NIT) for grant of mining lease Pahar (West) Iron Ore Block and tender document of that partic- Freshwater Aquaculture important fishes like carp, cat- of Lord Jagannath in Puri amid for seven iron ore blocks, two Gandhalpada Iron Ore Block. ular mineral block without pay- (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar, fish, scampi, murrel, orna- the pandemic, Covid-19 testing iron ore and manganese blocks, The Government has put ing the tender fee. with the funding support of the mental fish, pearl farming etc. of the temple servitors and oth- one iron ore and dolomite and only Karlapat bauxite mineral The six blocks for which National Fisheries Better management practices to ers who will be engaged in the one bauxite block. block, a virgin one, for auction NIT had been issued earlier are Development Board (NFDB), be followed in maintaining the festival began on Thursday. “In exercise of powers con- along with these iron and man- Purheibahal Iron Ore Block, Hyderabad. The app aims to soil and water quality, feeding As many as 8,000 persons, ferred by Section 10 (B) of ganese blocks. All these seven Chandiposhi Iron Ore Block, disseminate the latest freshwa- and health management in including 3,000 servitors of Mines and Minerals blocks are virgin areas. Bidders, JumkaPathiriposhiPahar Iron ter aquaculture technologies to aquaculture operations were the Lord, 3,000 police person- tres in the pilgrim town. As per started for the second time (Development and Regulation) who would bag these blocks, Ore Block, Dholtapahar Iron Ore the aqua farmers of the coun- also provided in the course nel, 1,000 servitors engaged for the guidelines by the SJTA for three days before the Rath Act, 1957 and in accordance with would have to develop blocks for Block, NetrabandhaPahar (West) try. Minister of State for platform. PNS chariots’ construction work conduct of the nine-day annu- Yatra. Meanwhile, the Bada the Mineral (Auction) Rules, mining, said official sources. Iron Ore Block and and Shree Jagannath Temple al sojourn of Lord Jagannath, Danda (Grand Road) of Puri 2015 as amended from time to Interested and eligible bid- Gandhalpada Iron Ore Block). Administration (SJTA) staffs the servitors and others, who will be transformed into a time notified thereunder, the ders will have to register them- Further, Sociedade De Fomento will undergo the test for a sec- will be taking part in various Green Zone for emergency Government of Odisha has iden- selves on the website of MSTC Industrial Private Ltd, Vishal ond time ahead of the Car rituals during the festival and services during the Rath Yatra. tified 11 mineral blocks as under LimitedLPG Industries and Tarama Festival scheduled on July 12. its related events, will undergo “The firefighting vehicles and for electronic auction and here- (https://www.mstcecom- Apartment Private Ltd are Beside, testing will be done for Covid tests for four times to ambulances can ply in the by invites tenders for the pur- merce.com/auctionhome/mlcl/i debarred from participating in 1,000 mediapersons and check spread of the infection. Green Zone. Security will be poses of grant of Mining Lease,” ndex.jsp).The interested bidder Nadidih Iron Ore Block (BICO), Government employees, who Accordingly, the servitors had tightened around the Gundicha the directorate said. The four can purchase tender documents Nadidih Iron Ore and will be on Rath Yatra duty in earlier undergone testing before Temple,” informed Puri blocks, whose lease has already till August 19, 2021 while August Manganese Block (FEEGRADE) Puri. The RT-PCR test will be Snan Yatra. On Thursday, the Superintendent of Police expired are Kasia Iron Ore & 24 is last date for submission and Teherai Iron Ore and conducted at seven testing cen- testing of servitors and others Kanwar Vishal Singh. Dolomite Block, Nadidih Iron ofbid. The tender fee for 11 Manganese Block, respectively. # 0'9 P'   " + ./0( 0  . 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The deceased Tina area under Binjharpur The couple distributed Samal, an employee of Union held in Jagatsinghpur town was identified as Susan block in Jajpur district creating masks and sanitisers to patients Bank of India, Sadeipur branch, where the departed leader had    Daonaha (72), a native of awareness on Covid-19. The and their attendants at the under Balikuda area in a   astrophic consequences of started his political career. Pahadtolli village under couple, Sangram Keshari Sahu Binjharpur Community Health money fraud case. Covid-19 pandemic. He cau- State Minister rare animal species was Hatibari police station. She and Truptimayee Das, also Centre (CHC). The newly- The CB police had picked ocial worker and founder of tioned people to stay indoors Raghunandan Das, MLAs Arescued on Thursday at had come out of her house dur- sensitised people in the local- weds are being praised by up the duo on Monday from SBrahmapur Baristha and change their behavioural Prashant Muduli, Devi Prasad Pahala village near the Paradip ing wee hours to attend nature's ity about the deadly Covid-19 locals for their noble initiative. their workplaces and after con- Nagarika Mancha Trinath pattern to counter pandemic. Mishra, Atanu Sabyasachi Oil Refinery. The species is said call. On her way she met two ducting marathon interroga- Maharana has been moving Maharana’s visits to various Nayak, Bijaya Shankar Das, to be generally found on the elephants. One of elephants tions forwarded them to court with an oximeter in his pock- markets in city once in a week besides the Jagatsinghpur Zilla African continent. attacked her following which on Tuesday. et to different parts of the city either by bicycle or on foot are Parishad president, block chair- The inhabitants of the vil- she was critically injured. She Reports said that an for last 11 days to test oxygen to create awareness on envi- man and a few senior BJD lead- lage trapped the wild animal to was rushed to Rourkela amount Rs 2.63 lakh had been level and pulse rate of the peo- ronment protection. ers among others were present. avoid damage to their crops by Government Hospital by locals reported missing from ple, more particularly of work- During his visit, some peo- In Biridi block, late Das it. The species had not been but she succumbed to her Balikuda block bank account ers. The endeavour of ple asked him to apply for some was remembered in a meeting seen by anyone in the locality injuries. "The family members operating in the Union Bank of Maharana has been praised by award for social work he has organised at Balia Gopinathpur, before. At last, the animal was of deceased woman will get due India, as an audit report had people across city. Speaking to initiated. In a smile response, where his MLA son Bijaya rescued by forest officials and compensation from revealed discrepancies in bank. our correspondent, Maharana Maharana replied that his work Shankar Das, BJD leaders Rabi released in a nearby forest. Government after completion The BDO Balikuda had lodged said that his sole objective is to for the public and affection and Jena, Pabitra Pasayat, Latamani Some people said that the ani- of necessary formalities," said an FIR and the case had been sensitise and create awareness love he received from them is Das, Pratap Behera and Pabitra mal is of the gibbon species DFO In-charge, Rourkela, Dilip transferred to CB for inquiry. among the public about the cat- more than any award. Bhuyan paid tributes. normally found in Africa. Sahoo. PNS   !     !P " ,P

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conspicuous that it has become an organised crime by the traf- traffickers target this group. rent. In India, traffickers use India. In , Indian and ing pandemic. Apart from this, pandemic to curb the human a threat to our existing socio- fickers where adults and chil- Traffickers target those who women and girls to conceive Nepali women work as “orches- investigation and prosecution trafficking. In India, the courts economic condition. In a larg- dren are used, exploited and cannot adapt to this changing babies and deliver for sale. In tra dancers” until they have trafficking cases are very mar- are accepting video testimony er canvas, the condition of the engaged in profit oriented socio economic conditions or a study it is revealed that out of repaid the debt taken by them ginal in India. As per the from victims as evidence vulnerable, marginal people labour activities or in com- those who show a little 335 survivors of human traf- or by their families. National Crime Record against traffickers during this including women, children, mercial sex. resilience against these condi- ficking, commercial sexual Human traffickers take Bureau-2019, there are 600 pandemic. Some advocates refugees, communities with Recently, a report titled tions instilled by the pandem- exploitation and sex workers Indian women to Gulf counties completed prosecution traf- suggest to amend the definition low income and people with Trafficking In Persons -2021 by ic. from West Bengal, to work as domestic workers ficking cases in India. of trafficking in section 370 food insecurity is deplorable. Department of State, USA has Traffickers offer job or Chhattisgarh and Andhra because of the cheap labour Out of these only in 160 IPC and to include labour traf- In a recent survey by the come out.On the basis of The loans against cheap labour or Pradesh account for 60%. value. It is further reported that cases and 306 traffickers are ficking in this. The human traf- UN, it is reported that as many Trafficking Victims Protection commercial sexual exploita- About 201 of them have taken Indian female sex trafficking is convicted. In rest 440 cases, ficking issue at global level as 70% survivors of human Act -2000 (TVPA), a US law on tion. It is reported that many loan at the time study in May common in Kenya. Rohingya 1,329 traffickers are only including India is not trafficking in 35 countries are human trafficking, countries children in India work along 2021. They are in debt due to refugees also are targeted by acquitted. Trafficking acquittal addressed properly because of affected by Covid 19 pandem- across the world are placed in with their parents to repay the financial breakdown induced human traffickers during this cases in India is 73% whereas Covid and its immediate mit- ic. The decline in financial three tiers such as Tier 1, Tier debts taken by their parents. by pandemic and lockdown. pandemic. conviction is very low. igation plans. $    wellbeing disrupts mental 2 and Tier-3. Ironically, the debts which have In last five years in India, Child trafficking in labour In a positive side, the iden- The Governments across health, increases domestic vio- India is placed in Tier – 2 been taken by their parents it is observed that both domes- market is rampant during this tification of trafficking victims the globe have changed their arav a 12-year-old boy was lence and exploitation. countries. The condition to be during pandemic are to repay tic and foreign trafficking vic- Covid pandemic. In India, chil- has increased in India to take priority now. In addition to Aforced to work in a bangles Informal economy is heav- placed in tier -2 is that India other debts which had taken by tims mainly females have been dren are used as labours in the number up to 8 million. It this, lack of financial and factory for 15 hours a day in ily affected by the pandemic. has not fully met the minimum them earlier. subjected to sexual exploita- agriculture, construction, flori- is because of many reasons human resources has forced hazardous conditions. His par- People with low wage and standard set by TVPA as of Closures of schools due to tion. The US report says that culture, food processing and such as establishment of new many CSOs and Government ents sold him for Rs 1,500 to marginal labour are in financial now. But it is continuously pandemic have dragged many Scheduled Caste women in domestic services. Anti-Human Trafficking Units schemes to halt their action the owner of the bangle facto- distress. Closures of work- putting its efforts to achieve the young girls to marry in their India are very prone to be a A report on 'Trafficking In along with women cells across plans temporarily for elimi- ry due to Covid-19-induced places and pandemic travel target for eliminating this prob- early ages. In India and Nepal, part of commercial sex. Persons' reveals that children India with Government fund- nating human trafficking. In extreme poverty. restrictions have made the sit- lem of human trafficking dur- it is reported that many girls Citing an example of are being used in Maoist activ- ing and involvement of many parts of India Covid Like Aarav, the factory uation even more precarious. ing this Covid 19 pandemic. have been forced to marry in Jogini System, the report says, ities as well as in militant activ- National Investigation Agency travel restrictions and lock- owner had bought many young These snowballing conditions Since 2014, India has been exchange of money and others it is a system where a SC ities in the some Indian States (NIA) for interstate and downs have become a threat to boys as workers. However, the are really favourable for human in Tier-2. It means that human have been forced to work with woman marries to local temple like Jammu and Kashmir, transnational trafficking cases. assist trafficking victims. A young workers including Aarav traffickers. trafficking is so deeply rooted their parents to clear their deity. But in real there is a hid- Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Of course CSOs and NGOs national plan on trafficking were rescued from the factory Human trafficking is an in India that it cannot be elim- debts. den agenda to make the SC The major concern for the US are relentlessly working to must be updated and imple- with the help of local police and umbrella term. It is inter- inated in near future. India’s In US, UK and Uruguay, women as sex slaves for high- report is the magnitude of eliminate the social problem. mented. an NGO. There are many sim- changeably used with other largest trafficking problem is landlords forced their female er castes. Nepali and bonded labour in India. The intervention of local police ilar incidents occurring now-a- terms such as modern slavery internal forced labour. During tenants to have sex with them Bangladeshi women are Identification of bonded labour with patrolling at transport (Dr Parida’s email address: days. The impact of Covid is so and trafficking in persons. It is the Covid 19 pandemic, human when tenants could not pay the brought for sex trafficking in victims is a real challenge dur- hubs has also increased in this [email protected])  !"$"%&' ()' +*    ' (   R    )    ( 

% 9   Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Textiles. Vaishnaw also replaced   , as Minister of Communications, ajya Sabha MP from and Minister of Electronics ROdisha, Ashwini and Information Technology. Vaishnaw, took charge as the The first time Minister has an new Railway Minister on MBA from Wharton School,   world with passenger traffic, airport will be another issue to was sworn in as the civil avia- Thursday. After taking charge, Pennysylvania University, and fuel prices, rising debt levels, be addressed in the coming tion minister. With TDP with- the new Minister said that MTech from IIT Kanpur. lmost 30 years ago, high taxation, and the uncer- days. “I thank Prime Minister drawing support to the gov- Railways is a major part of Taking the charge of AMadhav Rao Scindia han- tainty of when a recovery can Sh @narendramodi ji, ernment in March 2018, Suresh Prime Minister Narendra Communication and IT dled the Ministry of Civil be expected. This even as inter- @JPNadda ji & the party lead- Prabhu became the Minister Modi’s vision and he would Ministry, Vaishnaw held a Aviation during the PV national flights too have been ership for entrusting me with for Civil Aviation. Both these work to make the vision a real- meeting with telecom secre- Narasimha Rao regime from banned since March last year. the responsibility to serve as positions were in the Cabinet ity. A former IAS officer, work for that vision,” said High speed rail corridors tary Anshu Prakash and dis- 1991 to 1993. His son Bringing passengers traffic civil aviation minister,” Scindia Rank. Vaishnaw also took charge as Vaishnaw. including the pending Bullet cussed priority industry issues. Jyotiraditya Scindia on to pre-Covid era, privatisation said on Twitter. “Looking for- All along there were two Minister of Communications, He said excellent work Train project besides com- Some of the immediate Thursday took charge of the of debt-laden Air India, law- ward to working under the Ministers of States, first and Minister of Electronics has been done in the Railways plete modernization of the challenges for Vaishnaw same Ministry in the Narendra suits by Cairn Energy and guidance and vision of the PM Mahesh Sharma and later and Information Technology. over the past 67 years. On Indian railways. include holding fifth genera- Modi Government. Devas Multimedia, both seek- to build a strong aviation sec- Jayant Sinha. In 2019, in the “His (PM Modi’s) vision Twitter, the new Minister The Railway Ministry tion (5G) spectrum auctions, It could be a real test for ing to recover their dues from tor for Aatmanirbhar Bharat!” second tenure of the BJP-led for railways is to transform thanked Modi for giving the was earlier under Union bringing back industry’s con- Scindia as he steps into the the Indian Government, are he added. government - the Ministry of the lives of the people, that opportunity to serve the Minister Piyush fidence, and clearing some of shoes of his father. Amid pan- attempting to seize Air India’s When Modi was sworn in Civil Aviation saw Hardeep everyone — common man, nation and for that he will Goyal who has been given the regulator’s demic, airlines are still strug- overseas assets are major issue as the Prime Minister in 2014, Singh Puri lead it but as farmers, the poor — gets the “work relentlessly.” Vaishnaw charge of the Ministries of recommendations to improve gling to survive as flights have before the civil aviation minis- Ashok Gajapathi Raju from ally Minister of State with benefit of the railway. I will major challenge is excute the Commerce and Industry; sectoral health. drastically reduced all over the ter. 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The policy has Acharge as Minister of State stituency, Uttarakhand. He is responsibility. I belong to and western Uttar Pradesh, O&" " State in the ministry Kailash education portfolio in a reshuf- not only been welcomed in for Defence. After assuming the the member of Standing Northeast India bordering have been camping at Delhi’s Choudhary were also present fle-cum-expansion of the India but also foreign coun- new responsibility, he called on Committee on Defence; China, Myanmar and borders for more than seven   " when Karandlaje was taking Union Council of Ministers on tries.” Defence Minister Rajnath Consultative Committee, Bangladesh. We’ve to maintain months now in protest against  ' ' charge. She said she will make Wednesday. “We are committed to Singh at his office in South Ministry of Health and Family good relations with neigh- the three laws that they say will  "   efforts to convince farmers Along with Pradhan, making students and the Block. Welfare; Committee on bours as advised by the PM. I end state procurement of crops that the farm laws are aimed at Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, youth the primary stakehold- Defence Secretary Ajay Subordinate Legislation; Joint will try my best to serve the at minimum support price. "  doubling farmers’ income and Subhas Sekhar and Annapurna ers in propelling India towards Kumar and other senior offi- Committee on the Personal purpose.” “The Centre has passed ' P removing them from the Devi were appointed as an equitable knowledge soci- cials of the Ministry of Defence Data Protection Bill 2019 and The External Affairs three agriculture laws in the clutches of middlemen. Ministers of State for Education ety,” he said. received Bhatt and welcomed Committee on Estimates. Ministry got another Minister interest of the farming com- The 55-year-old Karnataka and they also took charge at All the new ministers also him into his office. In a tweet, He had earlier served as of State, Meenakshi Lekhi. A munity. However, these laws states and convince farmers,” BJP leader said: “I will respond Shastri Bhawan. participated in a meeting the new incumbent thanked Cabinet Minister in member of Parliament from are being opposed due to polit- Karandlaje told reporters after to all problems faced by farm- In his first meeting as presided over by Prime Prime Minister Narendra Modi Uttarakhand Government, Delhi she said, “I am really ical reasons. We have a big taking charge. ers, be it relieving farmers Education Minister, Pradhan Minister Narendra Modi on for giving him the responsibil- holding portfolios such as thankful to PM, HM & party responsibility to convince Minister of Agriculture from debt or drought, working said, “The Indian education discussion on centrally fund- ity, saying that he will strive to Parliamentary Affairs, Health president JP Nadda for show- farmers about the benefits of and Farmers Welfare Narendra alongside senior minister system has taken a giant leap ed technical institutions, build the ‘AatmaNirbhar and Disaster Management. He ing faith in my ability, that I these laws. I will travel to all Singh Tomar and Minister of Narendra Singh Tomar ji.” with the introduction of NEP, including IITs and IISc. Bharat’ of the 21st century. was also the Leader of can handle this portfolio.”    / 6(      ' )5!/)5)05 "  *'  $    3%*   8 )#6%" ,)   ,  6 "/0!*"   !+*'   &  oon after the new Health    *  <" SMinister Mansukh resident Ram Nath Kovind, Mandavia assumed the charge rime Minister Narendra   PPrime Minister Narendra on Thursday, the Congress PModi on Thursday inter- Modi, Vice President M sought to know whether there acted with directors of cen- ndia’s top drug regulator has , several Union will be any changes in the trally-funded technical insti- Igiven go ahead to Sanofi SA Ministers and Chief Ministers health system and will there be tutions and stressed on the and GlaxoSmithKline Plc for a were amongst the leaders who no shortage of Covid vaccines. need to adapt higher and tech- late-stage clinical trial of their paid rich tributes and fondly “Does this mean no more nical education to the chang- protein-based Covid-19 vac- remembered veteran Congress vaccine shortage,” asked former ing environment and emerging cine candidate, the drugmakers leader and former Himachal Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. challenges. said on Thursday. Pradesh Chief Minister Former Union Minister P According to a France’s Sanofi and Britain’s Virbhadra Singh who passed Chidambaram said the first Government press note, the GSK in May kicked off global away at his residence in Shimla. task of the new Health Minister PM noted that technological trials to include more than In his condolence mes- is to remove vaccine shortage and R&D institutions will play institutions towards meeting requires the institutions to 35,000 adults to test the shot. sage, President Kovind said legislative experience. He ment to serve the people was as some states are facing acute a major role in the upcoming the challenges posed by the reinvent and reevaluate They hope to get approvals by that his political career span- played a pivotal role in exemplary till the end. Former shortages. decade, and coined as “India’s COVID-19 pandemic and themselves, develop alterna- the end of 2021 after early-stage ning six decades in his roles as Himachal Pradesh and served party chief Rahul Gandhi said Congress has been criti- Techade”. Interacting with over appreciated the efforts of tive and innovative models in results showed the vaccine pro- chief minister and parliamen- the people of the state. the stalwart leader will be cising the government’s vacci- 100 heads of institutions via young innovators towards pro- accordance with the present duces a robust immune tarian was marked by his com- Saddened by his demise. missed. nation policy, alleging that it is video-conferencing, Modi viding quick technological and future needs of the coun- response. The Indian arm of the mitment to serve the people of Condolences to his family and Punjab Chief Minister moving at a slow pace and highlighted the need to focus solutions. try and society. studies will enroll roughly 3,000 Himachal Pradesh. supporters”. Amarinder Singh and needs to be accelerated. on developing futuristic solu- In a tweet, Modi later He stressed that the adults between the ages of 18 “Sad to know that Shri Himachal Pradesh Chief Rajasthan Chief Minister Congress also said that the tions in the fields of education, said, “Had an enriching country’s higher educational years and 55 years, according to Virbhadra Singh is no more. Minister Jairam Thakur also Ashok Gehlot also remem- dropping of former Health healthcare, agriculture, defense, interaction with Directors of and technical institutions India’s clinical trial registry. His political career spanning expressed grief over the death bered Virbhadra Singh and Minister Harsh Vardhan is an and cyber technologies. leading IITs and @iiscban- need to prepare the youth for The assessment is expected six decades in his roles as chief of Virbhadra Singh and said expressed their condolences to admission of the government’s The newly appointed galore during which we continuous disruptions and to run for a year and the first minister and parliamentarian that that this is an irreparable his family. failure in handling the pan- Union Education Minister exchanged thoughts on a changes, keeping in mind enrollment in India is shown to was marked by his commit- loss for the state, which will Former Haryana chief demic. Dharmendra Pradhan and the wide range of subjects the fourth industrial revolu- have been made on Tuesday. ment to serve the people of never be compensated. minister Bhupinder Singh Chidambaram said the Ministers of State for including making India a tion, the PMO said. “As the virus continues to Himachal Pradesh. The Himachal Pradesh Hooda said he was saddened new Health Minister’s first task Education Annapurna Devi hub for R&D, innovation He underlined the need evolve, we are anticipating what Condolences to family and fol- government decided to by the loss as he shared a per- is to ensure adequate and unin- and Dr Subhas Sarkar were and popularising science to progress towards educa- will be needed in the coming lowers,” a tweet from the observe three days of state sonal relationship with terrupted supply of vaccines. also present during the virtu- among the youth.” tion models that are flexible, months and years, and accord- Rashtrapati Bhavan said. mourning as a mark of respect Virbhadra. Congress leader He said vaccinations have been al interaction. Emphasising the need to seamless, and are able to ingly, have adapted our vaccine Taking to Twitter, Modi to Virbhadra Singh. and former union minister suspended at several centres in The Prime Minister also adapt to changing environ- provide learning opportuni- development program,” said, “Shri Virbhadra Singh Ji Congress President Sonia Anand Sharma said he was Tamil Nadu as vaccines have lauded the research and devel- ment and emerging chal- ties according to the Annapurna Das, Sanofi’s India had a long political career, Gandhi described Singh as a deeply saddened by the news run out of supply. opment work done by these lenges, Modi said this requirements of the learners. head, said in a statement. with rich administrative and stalwart, and said his commit- of Singh’s demise. )3     '    "   *  '     .   officers, operational plans/mat- Force has decided to deal with been instructed to avoid social pattern of the Force in various recently been exploited by ters, vital information relating such misconduct in a stern media platforms for sending or operational theatres are avail- Pakistan’s covert agency Inter- he CRPF has warned that to arms/.ammunition, move- manner,” a senior official said. receiving official messages and able in PDF formats and are Services Intelligence (ISI) that Tany violation of cyber secu- ment of troops/vehicles, com- All the formations have communication, and instead widely circulated amongst the had stepped up espionage rity protocols by its personnel ments of senior officers, reports been asked to ensure that all only bank on the internal com- personnel on messaging apps bids to seek information will attract strict action. The on any incident and important sensitive messages should only munication system of the CRPF like WhatsApp,” another offi- through spoofed calls on the move comes after a number of instructions were getting viral be communicated on a need to for sending such documents. cial said. Force’s deployment and sensitive documents were found on various messaging applica- know basis and should not “The growing indiscipline The official further said strength in Jammu and to be circulating on the social tions. reach anyone for whom such among the rank and file with that despite cyber security Kashmir in the run up to the media applications, compro- “Putting out any message messages are not meant, he said. regard to use of foreign mes- guidelines being in place, a drone strikes on the Jammu mising security. containing sensitive official Spreading official messages saging platforms compromis- few operational/intelligence air force station. The recent directive regard- information on social media on various messaging applica- es operational secrecy and meetings have been conduct- The footprinting of the ing violation of cyber security platforms is not a healthy prac- tions should be strictly avoid- gives a lever to hostile intelli- ed online via Skype VoIP- Force’s mobility or location instructions and guidelines after tice and amounts to breach of ed and violation of the instruc- gence agencies to extract sen- based videoconferencing can easily be tracked by inim- it was noticed by the Force that Official Secrets Act and viola- tions would entail actions as per sitive information. Even the application. ical agencies by sending mes- correspondences consisting of tion of various instructions on the laid down procedures with disposition statement (tele- The open availability of sages on various messaging classified/sensitive information the subject, including cyber zero tolerance. phone/email directory of the mobile phones numbers and apps of the security personnel, like programmes of VIPs/senior security guidelines. Hence, the All the formations have organization) and deployment email IDs of officials have officials added.   9  !"$"%&' ()' +* # '*+ $ %    '- .  >&       7"8  # #     ,+- ',         Italian town of Cassino. The *  $ .. memorial has been built to pay   quate representation in the assembly,” and their respective urges and aspi- ndia and Italy on Thursday homage to Indian soldiers who Raina said. rations of their identity and repre- Iheld bilateral talks on defence lost their lives during World War he Jammu & Kashmir unit of the The BJP delegation included for- sentation in the state legislature.    al limits. and strategic ties during a meet- II. The talks between the two TBharatiya Janta Party on Thursday mer deputy chief ministers Nirmal Former Congress MLC and chief The apex court said the ing between Army Chief army chiefs came after ways to demanded the unfreezing of the 24 Singh and Kavinder Gupta, BJP chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma said, he Supreme Court on option of not answering before General M M Naravane and his further intensify defence coop- Assembly seats falling in Pakistan- spokesperson Sunil Sethi and former "The restoration of statehood is para- TThursday dismissed a the committee cannot be dis- Italian counterpart Lt General eration had figured prominent- Occupied Kashmir to grant reserva- legislator R S Pathania mount for any meaningful delimita- plea filed by Facebook puted and representative of the Pietro Serino and Defence ly at a virtual summit between tion to people displaced from PoK, Meanwhile, the National tion and restoration of democracy". India vice president and petitioner can deny answering Minister Lorenzo Guerini in Prime Minister Narendra Modi Kashmir Pandits, SCs and STs during Conference delegation headed by for- He said we urged the Commission MD Ajit Mohan challeng- the question if it falls within Rome. and then Italian prime minister their meeting with the members of the mer MLA DS Rana from Jammu to adopt a fair and transparent exer- ing the summons issued the prohibited domains. Both the sides focused on Giuseppe Conte in November Delimitation Commission. region in their memoranda demand- cise and share the draft proposals in by the Delhi Assembly’s Peace and It said the Assembly does not have further strengthening defence last year. The two prime minis- The commission arrived here in ed that the delimitation exercise public domain for any meaningful Harmony committee for failing to the power to legislate on the issue of cooperation, including military- ters had underscored the need Jammu after meeting several delega- should be carried out as per the con- inputs by the political parties and pub- appear before it as witness in con- law and order which falls under the to-military engagement. to further expand defence tions and Deputy Commissioners of stitutional framework based on the lic. They also urged to keep the nection with the north-east Delhi riots Union List in the Constitution. It said Naravane arrived in Rome on engagement through greater three neighbouring districts in basic tenets of Delimitation – popu- administrative boundaries in mind, last year. the objective of peace and harmony Wednesday on a two-day visit two-way collaboration and tech- Kishtwar. lation, geography, topography, area, to avoid inconvenience to the A Bench headed by Justice Sanjay goes beyond law and order and police. on the second leg of his two- nology cooperation, including Led by J&K BJP president physical features, contiguity, conve- people Kishan Kaul termed Mohan’s plea as The Bench said in the judgement, it nation tour of the UK and Italy. co-development and co-pro- , the delegation also nience of administrative units and They urged the Commission to pre-mature saying nothing has hap- has divided the issues into three cat- About his meeting with duction of military hardware. sought adequate representation for facilities of easy communication and recognize and consider the respective pened against him before the egories - privilege, free speech and leg- Italian Defence Minister Naravane's visit to Italy Jammu in the Assembly. approachability of public demands of diverse sections of soci- Assembly panel. Pronouncing the islative competence. Guerini, officials said they comes days after Indian naval Once the delimitation exercise is convenience. ety in Jammu like SCs, STs, OBCs, verdict, Justice Kaul said technologi- The petitioners had challenged exchanged views on strength- ship INS Tabar and Italian completed, the number of assembly "We feel that decentralisation Paharies, Sikh Minority, POJK cal age has created digital platforms last year’s September 10 and 18 notices ening defence cooperation frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia seats in J&K will go up from 83 to 90. should form core of democracy, all refugees, KPs etc and give them their which can be uncontrollable at times. issued by the committee which sought between the two countries. carried out a two-day maritime Twenty-four seats of the Assembly regions or sub-regions crave for equal rights due to each one of them. The Bench, also comprising Mohan’s presence before the panel "General MM Naravane partnership exercise in the continue to remain vacant as they fall role in the governance where no one Several other parties including Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and probing the Delhi riots in February #COAS interacted with Tyrrhenian sea. under PoK. should nurture a feeling of sub- Panthers party, JKAPNI party, repre- Hrishikesh Roy, delivered its verdict and Facebook’s role in spread of Lieutenant General Pietro The exercise on July 4 and “We demanded political reserva- servience or discrimination" the NC sentatives of West Pak Refugees led by on the plea filed by Mohan, Facebook alleged hate speeches. Serino, Chief of Italian Army 5 covered a wide range of naval tion for POJK refugees by unfreezing leaders demanded. Labha Ram Gandhi, SC/ST's, a dele- India Online Services Pvt Ltd and The Delhi Assembly had earlier and discussed aspects of joint operations, including air defence the eight assembly seats from the The leaders of the J&K Congress gation of Chamber of Commerce Facebook Inc which contended that said no coercive action has been military cooperation," the Army procedures, replenishment at POJK quota, three seats for Kashmiri unit also submitted their memoranda and Industries also submitted their the committee lacked power to sum- taken against Mohan and he was only tweeted. sea, communication drills and Pandits, Scheduled Castes and in which they highlighted the vast memoradas seeking justice and ade- mon or hold petitioners in breach of summoned by its committee to appear The Army chief is also cross deck helo operations by Scheduled Tribes and other neglect- diversities of the population and area quate representation to the deprived privileges for failing to appear before as witness in connection with north- scheduled to inaugurate an day and night, an Indian Navy ed people. Jammu, too, must get ade- of Jammu Region and its various parts population of Jammu region. it and had exceeded its constitution- east Delhi riots. Indian Army memorial in the spokesperson said. *   * R =*..3 '!-,, , - - & # 8'.    '5 ,#   46    .      ' mid continued verbal attacks against  .  .    whether there was any phone call or “any match- Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate investi- AChief Minister B S Yediyurappa, his loy- ing congratulatory words from the Centre.” gating the multi-crore coal scam along with the alists are ready to head to the national Capital '. ?  n a development that could leave many a polit- The flurry of greetings started with the one Central Bureau of Investigation is known to have to meet central leadership, demanding expul- Iical pundit guessing, Bengal Chief Minister coming from his good friend and opening part- summoned at least seven IPS officers from Bengal. sion of the 'rebels'.        came to power in the 2014 Lok Mamata Banerjee on Thursday paid a sudden ner Sachin Tendulkar who wrote: “My beloved The issuance of summons comes amid ongoing Encouraged by the inclusion of four Sabha election treated Stan visit to legendary cricketer and BCCI president Dadi. Happy birthday. Wishing you a healthy bitter rivalry between the BJP-led Centre and Karnataka Ministers including Yediyurappa's he Catholic Church in Swamy as an eye sore. The Saurav Ganguly’s Behala residence to wish him and happy year ahead.” Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal government. close associate Shobha Karandlaje in the TKerala is upset over the Government got furious when in his 49th birthday. Another legendary cricketer of his times According to sources the officers who have Union Cabinet, the 'loyalist group' is planning untimely death of Stan Swamy, Swamy came to the help of This is the first time that the Chief Minister Virendra Sehwag wrote “Few could match been summoned by the ED are in the rank of to put dissidents on the mat by seeking disci- the Jesuit evangelist who suc- more than 3,000 tribal youths met Ganguly at his residence where she stayed Dada ka Junoon, Dada ka Iraada . May you be Additional Director general, Deputy Inspector plinary action against them. cumbed to Covid-19 early this who were falsely implicated as for about 45 minutes offering the former Team in good health and spirits always Dada,” while General and Superintendent of Police. According Yediyurappa supporters are planning to week in a super speciality hos- Maoists in criminal cases. The India captain a bouquet of flowers and meeting his cricketing peer Mohammad Kaif tweeted, to sources a top police officer from Asansol- meet the BJP top brass during the Parliament pital in Mumbai. Jesuit priest was the only source his wife, daughter and mother. “When Dada led you on to the field, you some- Durgapur Commissionerate to have been sum- session, beginning July 19. “Sathya Deepam”, the offi- of help for these innocent and Though the Chief Minister has always how felt taller. Happy Birthday to the captain moned along with the other officers --- some of According to Chief Minister's political sec- cial mouth piece of Catholic gullible youths,” said the edi- shared a good and cordial relationship with the who patted your back when you did well and whom have already been quizzed by the CBI in retary M P Renukacharya , BJP MLAs will Church in its July 8 issued torial. former southpaw batsman her visit gains impor- put a hand around your shoulder when you did- the coal and cow-smuggling cases. meet the top BJP leaders in Delhi and demand described Stan Swamy’s death The editorial blames the tance on account of the fact that he also shares n’t.” The coal and cattle smuggling rackets became for their expulsion. as “judicial murder” as well as supreme bodies like the an excellent chemistry with Banerjee’s arch polit- Former India opener Wasim Jaffer too tweet- a major electoral issue in the recently held He challenged Yediyurappa's detractors to an act of “State terrorism”. Catholic Bishops Conference of ical rival and Union Home Minister ed, “He took charge of Indian cricket in its dark- Bengal Assembly polls which saw TMC roaring resign and face the election fresh, as he cred- The judicial system in this India and Kerala Catholic the person who is understood to be the man est hour and led Indian cricket to a new dawn. back to power. The central agencies had earlier ited the CM for the party's growth and its com- country cannot wash off its Bishops Council for their fail- behind his becoming the BCCI top boss. Happy Birthday to the ultimate leader of men.” interrogated the wife of TMC general secretary ing to power in the state. hands from its role in this cus- ure in condemning the mar- While the ruling Trinamool Congress lead- The BCCI president had led India to the and MP Abhishek Banerjee leading Chief Minister "Is Yediyurappa a ready-made food? He todial murder, said a heart- tyrdom of the priest in the ership refused to read much into Banerjee- World Cup final in 2003, retired from interna- Mamata Banerjee to come down heavily on Prime has built and nurtured this party. Criticising rending editorial of the week- strongest of words and in not Ganguly parley a senior party leader and a min- tional cricket in 2008, finishing as the best left- Minister Narendra and Home Minister for their Yediyurappa is the same as criticising the BJP," ly. The Church is of the view taking up the issue with inter- ister said, “when Didi (elder sister) meets hand batsman and one of the most successful alleged “vendetta politics.” PNS Renukacharya said at Benguluru. that the martyrdom of Stan national human rights organ- Dada (elder brother) it must be and it should captains across Tests and ODIs for India. He had Swamy was caused by the lack- isations and the global media. be special,” adding, “both Mamata Banerjee and played 113 Tests and 311 ODIs for India, scor- adaisical and go slow approach It also blames the anti-ter- Trinamool Congress Government knows how ing more than 18,000 runs and scoring 39 hun- "*'* !0* '!*%'%* of the judiciary which inordi- rorism laws as a façade to to honour a star performer.” He also wondered dreds. nately delayed the verdict of the destroy the last vestiges of New Delhi: Seeking to reach out field,” Union Agriculture Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra bail plea filed on behalf of the human rights and civil rights to the farmers and increase Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Also, 84-year old frail and weak from the country. “With peo- coconut production, the Cabinet said after the cabinet meeting. Maharashtra, Odisha, West man, the editorial said. ple like Stan Swamy getting =* # :    on Thursday decided to amend “There is a large part of the Bengal, Gujarat, Puducherry The editorial said though imprisoned and murdered in the Coconut Board Act and country where coconut farming and Goa; and the island territo- he breathed his last in a private prisons, the country is losing its appoint a non-official person as is done. To increase coconut ries of Lakshadweep and hospital, it remained a custodial identity as a free and indepen- its president by roping in a sec- farming, we're amending the Andaman and Nicobar are other death. “The cold and frozen dent India. This is the new .    # tor-expert instead of a bureau- Coconut Board Act. Andhra areas of coconut production. body that was lying in St Peters story from new India. We are crat. Pradesh and Gujarat will be rep- About 54 million coconuts are Cathedral at Bandra in sure to lose more and more “The Coconut Board pres- resented in the board now,” he produced every year across the Mumbai was the dead body of Stan Swamy’s in days to come  .     ): .0(  ((. ident will be from the farmers' added. globe. In this calculation, India democratic India,” said Sathya as the rulers term activists as community, who knows and Traditional areas of coconut grabs the 3rd position in its con- Deepam editorial. anti socials, a definition used by day after his son-in-law Pune owned Maharashtra The ED had questioned understands the work of the cultivation are the states of tribution. PNS “The BJP Government that fascists,” says the editorial. AGirish Chaudhary was Industrial Development Khadse in January this year in arrested for alleged money Corporation (MIDC) in the connection with the question- laundering in the much-dis- name of his kin for Rs 3.75 able Bhosari land in Pune. cussed Pune land deal case, crore as against the market Khadse -- who was denied senior Nationalist Congress price of Rs 40 crore. The deal, a BJP ticket to contest the ' "+*'* Party leader Eknath Khadse according to ED, has caused a 2019 State Assembly polls from was grilled by the Enforcement loss of Rs 61.25 crore to the his home constituency of Directorate (ED) for nine-long public exchequer. Muktainagar in Jalgaon district hours in the same case on On his part, Khadse had of north Maharashtra and !)     +**+ Thursday. denied that he had indulged in whose daughter Rohini was Khadse reached the ED any wrong doing in the Pune defeated in the Assembly polls office at 11 am and was allowed land deal case. --- had for the past four years to go at 8 pm. Trouble had begun for made no secret of his frustra- #'(('+  Sixty-eight-year-old Khadse -- a former minister in tions within the BJP. Khadse boarded his SUV and the previous saffron alliance Khadse was in the isolation left for his home, without inter- government in the state, after within the BJP ever since June    /    3  *!0)"'*)(!)* acting with the waiting media he resigned from the BJP on 4, 2016, when he resigned ')(( !  !' * persons.

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Section 377 inter-alia criminalised homosexual  3   sex irrespective of consent amongst the 2 22 sexual partners. the dead and the alive, for being liberty reaffirm equality, sexual pri- judgment make it clear that the While holding the provision uncon- F victims of prosecution for their vacy, and autonomy, among oth- spirit of freedom, equality, and lib- stitutional, the Court also held that    homosexual acts. While the Alan ers. This is a welcome change in erty is upheld when two different Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 of the   Turing Law directly pardons the the 21st century. With the legisla- adults, eligible under the law to Constitution of India have been trans- 3  deceased on their convictions of tion of the United Kingdom express their choice, are not crim- gressed without any legitimate State   2 the crime, it makes a formal par- expanding their legislative mind- inalised by the same law. The ear-        .          rationale to uphold a provision that was  $ don for people who are alive by set and the Supreme Court enforc- lier heteronormative framework    .               enacted by the erstwhile colonial govern-  3 disregarding the offence against ing transformative constitutional- imposed itself upon the individu-      # ,   )   $   ment. them. Through an ex-post-facto ism, these laws are moving with als as part of “social norms” and While both, the Alan Turing Law  3 4 2 pardon to the prosecuted and the changing society. 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olitical leaders offering raises moral, ethical, and seri- encroachments. This contin- level playing fields between rampant. The governments Commission must read the freebies to lure voters to ous administrative and legal ued after the 1980 law came parties. The Commission continued to waive off farm provisions of the Constitution Pcapture power is quite issues. The revenue is collect- into being as well but at a wanted freebies to be brought loans further damaging the and rather than taking the common during election ed from taxpayers and set pro- reduced pace. Over 52 lakh under the ambit of the model economy. It took decades for concurrence of parties, time. The Aam Admi Party ceduresdo exist for using this hectares of land is back with code of conduct but none of it to recover, but never fully. shouldbring freebies like free (AAP) won a thumping money for the welfare of the the forest department under the parties,except Bahujan The elections are con- electricity under the purview majority in the last Delhi ,+6:;:  people. Is it not a corrupt the Forest Rights Act, of Samaj Party, agreed to it. ducted by the Election of the model code of conduct. Assembly elections promising practice and loot of treasury which encroached land con- If the freebie allurement is Commission of India and it is It should define what should free water and electricity. to garner votes promising stitutes a large portion. not stopped, people living in their responsibility to ensure be listed as freebies and what Now it promises to supply the something for free when it Before the Forest These days the sops are in poor economic conditions that free and fair elections are should be listed in mani- same to the people of Punjab requires money to procure? Conservation Act, 1980 came the form of cash subsidies at may be lured into a political held. The freebies are just not festos — like free schooling if voted to power in the Competitive politics may see into existence, forest areas the cost of the economy.The trap and that could ruin the available in today’s world as and free health which cannot assembly elections due there a party tomorrow promise were routinely encroached Election Commission’s model economy of a country like no country can sustain them. be listed as freebies. next year. free ration for all and there upon and forcibly occupied by code of conduct comes into Venezuela. The South The voters are also happy if Whenever the executive has In a democracy, political could come a time when the people with political support force after elections are American oil-rich country they get instant gratification failed to run the administra- parties announce their poli- government’s revenues would for agricultural and housing announced. However, as yet was quite prosperous till 1980 like free electricity rather tion effectively, the Indian cies and programmes in their be dedicated to only disburs- purposes months before elec- there is no embargo on polit- because of an oil price boom. than an honest promise of judiciary has intervened for manifestos which are guiding ing the freebies. This will tions. The incumbent Chief ical parties promising freebies. Successive governments then safe drinking water and course correction through documents for governance if have debilitating effects if Ministers would then promise The ECI at the behest of the began to offer everything free health or education. So, the the Public Interest Litigation they come to power. The political parties and the regularisation of such lands Supreme Court in August — from food to public trans- politicians, especially the route. The Commission must opposition parties and civil (The writer is Chairman, Election Commission of India and after elections, fulfill the 2013 held a meeting with six port free. The country, which regional satraps, who want to act decisively or otherwise, society use it to assess the per- Centre for Resource do not intervene. promise. A substantial chunk national parties and 24 region- imported 70 percent of its grab power through imprac- the Supreme Court should Management and formance of the ruling party. Environment. The views The freebie concept is of 4.5 million hectares of al parties to impress upon food, faced an economic cri- tical promises, lure people review its direction of 2013 However, promising free- expressed are personal.) already hitting the financial forests was bartered through them to stop announcing free- sis soon after oil prices start- into the freebie trap. and order total stoppage of bies from the state exchequer management of the country. regularisation of such bies as they do not respect the ed to fall. Corruption became The Election freebies.  >  !"$"%&' ()' +*

        . !  1   ; . $  (- ,    5#: &&& ;          / $  %   8     . '   )  A())'       !* )('!#'** Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia temporary leader to take over general election can be held   3 0"( *!0)'%))   plunged into a new political until the pandemic eases and a safely. AP *))')#* Islamabad: Pakistan The interior minister said online and the visas are issued crisis on Thursday after the ormer South African +%+!%% !0" * announced on Thursday that it recently some fraudsters were within 30 days. "Different secu- largest party in the ruling FPresident Jacob Zuma has 60* *))'0 )'$ was launching a system to reg- arrested for allegedly making rity agencies review the online alliance announced it will 8     handed himself over to author- ")*!!0 '* ister all foreigners entering the fake Afghan identity cards. applications and if they don't withdraw support for Prime ities to begin his 15-month !* " '*))6 country, in view of the evolv- Ahmed said all visa appli- respond within 30 days, we Minister Muhyiddin Yassin prison sentence, ending a tense ( ( +*'!# %* ing security situation in neigh- cations have been converted to issue the visas," he said. PTI and urged him to make way for @ B   ?   standoff between his armed " *G)%)((+ bouring Afghanistan. a new leader. supporters and the police. * 0'%'+* Speaking to the media, The announcement could Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's majority in Parliament and Zuma turned himself over ')'$ Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid potentially trigger the collapse attorney general said on UMNO was unhappy at play- to the authorities on    ( *''*) Ahmed said: "The interior min- )!  %)%)* *) of Muhyiddin's unelected gov- Thursday that Prime Minister ing second fiddle to Bersatu. Wednesday just minutes before <0 )'*  )0'  istry has decided to register all ernment and fresh elections, Muhyiddin Yassin remains in The announcement could the midnight deadline ended !* 60* *))'$ foreigners [in the country], * () * +)* although they are unlikely dur- power until it can be proven in trigger the collapse of for the police to arrest him. whosoever they may be." ing a raging coronavirus pan- Parliament that he has lost Muhyiddin's unelected gov- He had earlier been found     He said 40,000 to 50,000 London: Prime Minister Boris to NATO's mission in demic. Muhyiddin and his majority support. ernment and fresh elections, guilty of contempt of court by '  unidentified people had Johnson confirmed on Afghanistan are now returning allies did not comment imme- The country was in polit- although polls are unlikely the country's apex court after 22CDA (!* % entered the country in the last Thursday that most British home,” adding that “most of diately. Muhyiddin took power ical limbo after the United during the raging pandemic. he repeatedly refused to return ))! + 70 years and there was no troops have left Afghanistan, our personnel have already in March 2020 after initiating Malays National Organization, Attorney General Idrus to the Commission of Inquiry ')* 0!*')#+(*0( record of their whereabouts. almost 20 years after the U.K. left.” the downfall of the reformist the largest party in the gov- Harun said there is no clear into State Capture, where wit- *)* )* * #+*)* The Minister said foreign- And other Western countries “We must be realistic about government that won 2018 erning alliance, pulled its sup- evidence that Muhyiddin has nesses have implicated him in ( )2 '' ers residing in Pakistan would sent troops into the country to our ability alone to influence elections. His Bersatu party port for Muhyiddin. lost majority support in corruption. He is accused of )(+0(* '* be issued special 'alien cards' to engage in what they described the course of events. It will take joined with the United Malays The head of UMNO urged Parliament. He said this can enabling the plunder of state 3 +")** ((' help them open bank accounts, as a “war on terror.” combined efforts of many National Organization, or Muhyiddin to step aside for an only be decided by lawmakers coffers during his nearly nine- ! *!)0()'B' start businesses, obtain SIM Johnson stressed that the nations, including UMNO, which was ousted in interim leader to take over in the lower house, not based year stay in office from 2009 to '" *%*#$ cards and facilitate their trav- threat posed by al-Qaida to the Afghanistan's neighbors, to the 2018 polls, and others to until a general election can be on the statement of a political 2018. )G)')#'*H8 el and in other legal activities. U.K. Has substantially dimin- help the Afghan people to form a new government but the held safely during the coron- party. The Constitutional Court %(IJK#(L6"0**) Ahmed said the decision to ished, but he sidestepped ques- build their future," Johnson alliance is unstable with a avirus pandemic. “Therefore, legally, the had given Zuma until ' ((+* * ) * register all foreigners was vital tions about whether the hasty said. razor-thin majority in It marked the culmination prime minister and his Cabinet Wednesday to hand himself in  ))*%'*) in the wake of the developing military exodus by the country “But the threat that Parliament. of months of tensions since remain in power to exercise or face arrest by the police, but * 0+0*    security situation in and its NATO allies risks undo- brought us to Afghanistan in UMNO President Ahmad Muhyiddin took power in their federal executive power,” he was adamant that he had 0 )'6**0 ! Afghanistan. ing the work of nearly two the first place has been great- Zahid Hamidi said early March 2020 after initiating the he said in a brief statement. been unfairly treated. * )'*)*)*0('*$ The US and NATO troops decades or leaves Afghanistan ly diminished by the valor and Thursday that Muhyiddin's downfall of the reformist gov- There has been no reac- On Tuesday, Zuma's legal have nearly completed their vulnerable to the Taliban, by the sacrifice of the armed government has failed to rein ernment that won the 2018 tion from Muhyiddin, 78. team put in a last ditch attempt  (   withdrawal from the war-torn which has made rapid advances forces of Britain and many in the coronavirus pandemic. election. Parliament has been sus- to get the High Court to  ( A  country, raising the spectre of in many northern districts. other countries.” He said its inconsistent policies His Bersatu party joined pended under a coronavirus rescind the Constitutional 2;0C0;DA *( ! a strengthened Taliban and The prime minister He stressed that Britain and half-baked lockdown mea- up with UMNO, which was emergency decree since Court ruling. )'0 )'*** local militants. Authorities fear declined to give details about remains committed to helping sures have deepened econom- ousted in the 2018 polls, and January. The measure was crit- The High Court will rule (**!)0  * a heavy migration of people the troop withdrawal, citing achieve a peace settlement in ic hardships. others to form a new govern- icized by UMNO and others as on the matter on Friday, but law %+" ' ! ))+ from Afghanistan to Pakistan security reasons. But he said Afghanistan through Zahid urged Muhyiddin ment. But the alliance was a way for Muhyiddin to stay in experts concurred that * 0+!0%* ' in the coming years. that “all British troops assigned diplomacy. AP to resign and make way for a unstable with a razor-thin power. AP there was a slim chance of any !* ( *)  '" success, as the High Court *B+ %* could not overrule the apex )0 +*)0'  (),% court. L!*)* (!M!)E0!)  0%     *G) 0*0  +>   %) !)$ &#  ?; C  0! * * #)!   1' . " )+  %'   +%. Colombo: Basil Rajapaksa, the  3 ers as Baghdad and   )'* (   # youngest of the four Rajapaksa Washington negotiate a time- siblings, was sworn in as Sri ockets landed in and line for foreign troop with- Port-au-Prince (Haiti): An Lanka's Finance Minister on Raround the heavily fortified drawal from Iraq. already struggling and chaotic   3 I L the Sahara Desert where Thursday, marking the further Green Zone in the Iraqi Capital The US has blamed Iran- Haiti stumbled into an uncer- extremist groups are fighting consolidation of political power Baghdad, which houses the backed militias for attacks - tain future on Thursday, reel- uring a gruelling, weeks- for control. by the powerful clan in the US Embassy, causing material most of them rocket strikes - ing from the assassination of Dlong mission in northern In June, French President island nation.Basil, 70, became damage early Thursday, Iraqi that have targeted the President Jovenel Moïse fol- Mali, French soldiers were con- Emmanuel Macron announced the fourth Rajapaksa brother security forces said. American presence in Baghdad lowed by a reported gunbattle fronted by a familiar threat: the end of Operation Barkhane, after President Gotabaya, 72, Two Katuysha rockets fell and military bases across Iraq. in which authorities said police Extremists trying to impose the France's seven-year effort fight- Prime Minister Mahinda,75, near the national security More recently, the attacks have killed four suspects in the mur- same strict Islamic rule that ing extremists linked to al- and Agricultural Minister building, and in an open court- become more sophisticated, der, detained two others and preceded France's military Qaida and the Islamic State in Chamal, 78, to enter the Cabinet. yard inside the Green Zone. A with militants using drones. freed three officers being held intervention here more than Africa's Sahel region. France's He took the oath before third rocket fell in a nearby res- Late last month, US war- hostage. eight years ago. more than 5,000 troops will be President Gotabaya. With the idential area, damaging a civil- planes hit facilities used by Officials pledged to find all Traumatized residents reduced in the coming months, entry of Basil in the Cabinet, ian vehicle, the statement by the Iran-backed militia groups those responsible for the showed scars on their shoulders although no timeframe has there are as many as seven fam- Iraqi security media cell said. which the Pentagon said sup- predawn raid on Moïse's house and backs from whippings they been given. ily members in the top echelons The attack which came port drone strikes inside Iraq. early Wednesday that endured after failing to submit Instead, France will par- of the government. shortly before daybreak fol- Four Iraqi fighters were killed left the president shot to death to the jihadis' authority. ticipate in a special forces unit The Finance Ministry until lowed two separate attacks on in the June 27 airstrikes. and his wife, Martine Moïse, “We were witness to the with other European coun- Thursday morning was under bases housing US troops in A previously unknown critically wounded. She was presence of the enemy trying to tries and African countries Prime Minister Mahinda western Iraq and across the group claimed responsibility flown to Miami for impose Shariah law, banning will be responsible for Rajapaksa. Mahinda has now border in Syria, where US-led for the Wednesday attack on treatment. young children from playing patrolling the Sahel. been given a new portfolio of coalition forces are based. The Al-Assad Air Base, saying it “The pursuit of the mer- soccer and imposing a dress The move comes after economic policy and plan imple- drone attack Wednesday in was a message to US troops in cenaries continues,” Léon code,” said Col. Stephane years of criticism that France's mentation. eastern Syria was foiled while Iraq: “We will force you to leave Charles, director of Haiti's Gouvernet, battalion com- military operation is simply Namal, the elder son of 14 rockets landed in Al-Assad our lands defeated.” National Police, said mander for the recent French another reiteration of colonial Mahinda, is the Cabinet minis- Air Base in western Iraq, light- A drone attack on Tuesday Wednesday night in announc- mission dubbed Equinoxe. rule. But the shift also takes ter of sports, while Shasheendra ly wounding two personnel. was reported on Irbil airport in ing the arrests of suspects. France is preparing to place amid a worsening polit- the son of Chamal is a state min- The attacks come as ten- the northern Kurdish-run “Their fate is fixed: They will reduce its military presence ical and security crisis in the ister. Nipuna Ranawaka, a gov- sion is on the rise between US region, near where US forces fall in the fighting or will be here in West Africa's Sahel region. In May, Mali had its ernment backbencher is the troops and Iran-backed fight- are based. arrested.” AP region — the vast area south of second coup in nine months. nephew of the big four. PTI * )*E0)* )O  "0** *!%()

Beijing: China's Government tried “China's policy of opening-up on Thursday to quell investor fears and supporting the development of about tighter controls on internet internet platforms remains companies that caused share prices unchanged,” Wang told reporters. He to plunge, saying Beijing supports said Beijing “will continue to their growth. encourage relevant enterprises to Regulators are reviewing data develop global markets and strength- security “in accordance with the law, en international exchanges and with the aim of preventing nation- cooperation.” al security risks,” said a foreign Chinese leaders encourage inter- ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin. net use for business and education Chinese internet stocks tumbled but are tightening control as indus- in New York and Hong Kong after try giants including Alibaba and ride-hailing service Didi was ordered Tencent expand into finance, health to stop signing up new users while care and other sensitive areas. it overhauled its handling of cus- Alibaba Group shares in Hong tomer information. Kong fell 4.1 per cent and Tencent Others have been penalised for Holdings Ltd. Sank 3.7 per cent on anti-monopoly and other violations, Thursday. On Wednesday, Didi prompting concern the ruling Global Inc. Fell 4.6 per cent in New Communist Party is trying to rein in York, where the company made its companies that pervade Chinese life. stock market debut last month. AP ; ,8            %   London: The UK Government on Thursday removed the requirement of compulsory 10-day self-isolation for international travellers who are fully vaccinated and returning from a country classified as medium Covid-19 risk from July 19. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps effectively scrapped the middle cat- egory of England's traffic light system of low as green, medium as amber and high as red, which currently applies to India. Making a statement on international travel in the House of Commons, the minister said those who have received two jabs and those aged under 18 will no longer have to self-isolate for 10 days after their return to Britain but will still have to take a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on their second day back. "I can confirm today that from 19 July, UK residents who are fully vac- cinated through the UK vaccine rollout will no longer have to self-isolate when they return to England," said Shapps. “They will still be required to take a test three days before returning, the pre-departure test, demonstrating they're negative before they travel, and a PCR test on or before day two, but they will no longer be required to take a day eight test. In essence, this means that for fully vac- cinated travellers, the requirements for green and amber list countries are the same," he said. PTI  !"$"%&' ()' +*  ?

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Research at Geojit Financial action to address a worsening LIBOR (London Interbank from the cessation of LIBOR, and hawkish comments from “Pessimistic global cues Services. Binod Modi, Head- “two-track” recovery. Offered Rates) as the reference including preparation for the the US Federal Reserve dented the morale of Dalal Strategy at Reliance Securities, “The world is facing a rate for entering into new adoption of the ARR. spooked investors. Street with selling pressure said domestic equities wit- worsening two-track recovery, financial contracts. While certain US dollar The 30-share BSE index seen across the sectors amid nessed sharp correction amid driven by dramatic differences The Reserve Bank’s direc- LIBOR settings will continue to ended 485.82 points or 0.92 per high volatility. Global markets weak global cues. in vaccine availability, infection tive follows a decision of the be published till June 30, 2023, cent lower at 52,568.94, while were deep in the red, shadow- Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rates, and the ability to provide Financial Conduct Authority the extension of the timeline for the broader NSE Nifty dropped ing a weakness in the Asian index corrected by over 2.50 policy support,” IMF Managing (FCA), UK which on March 5, cessation is primarily aimed at 151.75 points or 0.96 per cent markets per cent as investors dumped Director Kristalina Georgieva 2021 had announced that all ensuring roll-off of USD to 15,727.90. following the widening Chinese tech giants led by wrote in a blog on Wednesday, LIBOR settings would either LIBOR-linked legacy contracts, Tata Steel was the top loser Chinese tech crackdown and mounting concerns about reg- noting that it is a “critical cease to be provided by any and not to encourage contin- in the Sensex pack, skidding concerns over the country’s ulatory risk, he noted. moment” that calls for urgent administrator or would no ued reliance on LIBOR. action by the G20 and policy- longer be representative. “It is, therefore, expected makers across the globe, In order to deal with the that contracts referencing B( %*)*  ))0'" "   Xinhua reported. emerging situation, the RBI has LIBOR may generally be According to IMF estima- asked banks and financial insti- undertaken after December 78,      tion, faster access to vaccina- that shrinking fiscal resources she said. “It would pose major tutions to “cease entering into 31, 2021, only for the purpose +"  ) B")'%( tions for high-risk populations will make it even harder for challenges especially to coun- new financial contracts that ref- of managing risks arising out of    could potentially save more poorer nations to boost vacci- tries with large external financ- erence LIBOR as a benchmark LIBOR contracts (e.G. Hedging " *)9"( *+ 0( %   , # than half a million lives in the nations and support their ing needs or elevated debt lev- and instead use any widely contracts, novation, market- next six months alone. economies, which will leave els.” accepted alternative reference making in support of client New Delhi: Indian Construction Low vaccination rates millions of people unprotected In order to address this rate (ARR), as soon as practi- activity, etc.), contracted on or   The seven-member group, Equipment Manufacturers mean that poorer nations are and exposed to rising poverty, worsening two-track recovery, cable and in any case by before December 31, 2021,” chaired by Partner, S&R Association (ICEMA) has set up more exposed to the virus and homelessness, and hunger. the IMF chief urged G20 pol- December 31, 2021.” the RBI said. n expert group constituted Associates Sandip Bhagat, has a office in New Delhi. its variants, Georgieva said. In Noting that inflation icymakers to step up interna- The financial institutions, It has also asked banks and Aby Sebi has recommended made several policy recom- “Strengthening the ICEMA sec- sub-Saharan Africa, for exam- expectations in the US have tional cooperation to end the it suggested, should incorporate financial institutions to incor- that non-permanent staffers mendations in its 141-page retariat by way of setting up of ple, less than one adult in a been stable so far, Georgieva pandemic, step up efforts to robust fallback clauses in all porate robust fallback clauses, should be considered eligible to report, including combining a new office is an integral step hundred is fully vaccinated, also warned that there is a risk secure the recovery, and step up financial contracts that refer- preferably well before the receive share-based employee both sweat equity and SBEB towards achieving the Industry’s compared to an average of of a more sustained rise in support to vulnerable ence LIBOR and the maturity respective cessation dates, in all benefits. (share based employee benefits) Vision Plan 2030: Building the over 30 per cent in more inflation or inflation expecta- economies. of which is after the announced financial contracts that refer- In addition, it has sug- regulations. Nation,” said ICEMA president advanced economies. tions, which could potentially IMF staff recently outlined cessation date of the LIBOR ence LIBOR and the maturity gested for relaxations with The objectives for which Sandeep Singh while inaugu- “Unvaccinated populations require an “earlier-than-expect- a $50 billion plan that could settings. of which is after the announced respect to the quantum of issuance of sweat equity shares rating the newly opened office. anywhere raise the risk of even ed tightening” of US monetary lead to trillions of dollars The RBI has also advised cessation date of the respective sweat equity shares that can be are permitted and the maxi- Industry Vision Plan 2030 is deadlier variants emerging, policy. “Higher interest rates in gained from faster vaccine roll- the financial institutions to LIBOR settings. issued by new-age companies mum limit on the quantum of an 8-point action-oriented undermining progress every- the US could lead to a sharp out and accelerated recovery. cease using the Mumbai The central bank also said listed on the Innovators such shares issued by a com- agenda to enable India become where and inflicting further tightening of global financial “This would be the best public Interbank Forward Outright it will continue to monitor the Growth Platform, according pany should be incorporated in the fastest growing CE market in harm on the global economy,” conditions and significant cap- investment of our lives and a Rate (MIFOR), a benchmark evolving global and domestic to a consultation paper issued the rules, the group recom- the world and a manufacturing she continued. ital outflows from emerging global game-changer,” which references the LIBOR, situation with regard to the by Sebi on Thursday. mended. and export hub for CE realising The IMF chief also noted and developing economies,” Georgieva said. latest by December 31, 2021. transition away from LIBOR. 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The development of analyti- director and showrunner. gold standard for series about man- cal skills is not just restricted to the As a producer, Ronnie’s work made disasters. He says, “We’ve been world of numbers, as the child etches a different league altogether looking at storytelling in many differ- .& &'/- -'"*&             grows, it will help them in real-life with offerings like The Lunchbox and ent ways. Against the backdrop of the situations. The Happening among others. rising popularity of OTT platforms, I   $       Teaming up with Mehta, who as a cre- think this isn’t limited to just Indian Spatial reasoning ator scaled great heights by winning audiences but also applies to viewers hildren possess an amazing- practise of abacus and visualisa- An abacus is a multi-sensory an International Emmy for Delhi around the globe. The mixture of great ly innate ability to learn. tion brings desired and impressive tool. It behaves in many different, Crime series, there are great expecta- storytelling with a true story has a lot CHowever, their expansive outcomes; the child becomes capa- yet controlled ways, and it demon- tions from the duo. more gravitas.” brain potential isn’t always nurtured ble of performing mathematical strates how children can equate Produced by Ronnie’s RSVP While no broadcasting partner has thoroughly. With technological calculations mentally. physical objects with abstract think- Movies and Ramesh Krishnamoorthy’s yet hopped on board, Ronnie shares, advancements, children are becom- ing. This helps build both their spa- Global One Studios, the series is “We’re quite happy to develop this ing increasingly hooked to smart Logical understanding tial reasoning and imagination. based on Dominique Lapierre and completely on our own, go with our devices and gadgets as they find After years of abacus training, In conclusion, it is evident Javier Moro’s 1997 book, Five Past own conviction and go to somebody them fascinating. This can result in children recall the image of the aba- from the long list of benefits of an Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of who buys in into our vision rather attention deficiency, a decline in cus to carry out mental calculations. abacus course that it contributes the World’s Deadliest Industrial than the story being a mishmash of learning capabilities and an overall With practise, a child learns to apply greatly to nurturing mathematical Disaster, detailing the disaster in everyone’s take. Because the minute deterioration in brain development. logic based on the movement of the skills in young children. 1984. you get into development funding then Parents have now recognised this els of concentration and a child’s major advantages that are brought beads. It not only helps in his/her Additionally, it also prepares kids “The authors have done such a it becomes just too many people in the problem and are turning to the performance in academics and life, on by abacus training. early years, but it also trains the for the bigger challenges and oppor- precise and fascinating job of mapping room.” ancient device, abacus, to enhance in general. brain to apply logic as and when tunities of life by fostering soft skills out the human story which creates a The series, which is likely to con- the cognition and brain-power of In light of these benefits, aba- Mathematical proficiency required later in day-to-day situa- in them. When children solve thread all through this disaster and is sist of six to eight hour-long episodes, their children. cus classes have emerged as a cru- It is a well-known fact that tions in everyday life. mathematical problems with the told in an impartial manner. As a sto- is in development and will com- Abacus is no longer merely a cial upskilling course and have children fear mathematics and help of an abacus, they are also hon- ryteller, this is very important for me mence production in early 2022. tool for mathematical calculations, become extremely popular. consider it to be a difficult subject. Sharpens memory ing their critical-thinking and ana- to step back and allow the viewer to RSVP’s Sanaya Irani Zohrabi, it has now become an essential Abacus training not just helps However, it is one of the most The abacus trains the mind in lytical skills. fill in that judgement,” shares Mehta. Krishnamoorthy and Mehta will serve instrument for a child’s mental in strengthening a child’s mathemat- interesting if one invests time such a way that it learns to avoid any (The author is the founder “I think since it happened in the as executive producers. Mehta’s broth- development, offering numerous ical capability but also aids in devel- and approaches it correctly. distraction while calculating or car- and chairperson of British Youth 1980s, it is starting to evaporate from er, Shaun Mehta will be co-writing. cognitive and logical thinking ben- oping the necessary skill set to take Abacus results in a better under- rying out mathematical operations. International College, an educa- the collective consciousness of young RSVP’s landscape of future pro- efits. Research has also indicated on the challenges posed by the standing of math when intro- Abacus courses have a positive tional institution that provides co- people. Many people don’t even know jects includes Pippa, Sitara, The that it helps improve memory, lev- world. Provided below are the duced from an early age. Regular impact on children, especially when curricular training programmes.) about it, so I feel it’s really important Immortal Ashwatthama and Tejas. 20==&0+2-= '     +     *#)"0* 4 6! $   R  '! %)*'(**  + F. #   . ast year on July 11, India lost LJyotsna Bhatt, one of its finest    ceramic artists and gurus. An artist who for nearly 60 years created pots, vases, .#   bowls, platters and cats, flowers and owls which spoke of a finely honed graphic skill and draughtsmanship that brought a human touch to works that might otherwise verge on the aus-  tere. She created a vocabulary of sparse- -*&' ly decorated tableware/pots/vases and objects of art that caught the attention s someone who likes small- of modernist interior collectors, across Aer cars and sedans, I have India. She hit her stride with the pitch- ity. She brought back the words of often failed to understand the perfect footed bowls, flared vases and Bernard Leach when he wrote that just rationale behind the growth of stoneware, applying glaze directly to the as “artists paint their bodies and souls the three-row SUV segment in genuinely felt that the smartly put two USB Alcazar. Yes, it isn’t new as unfired body and firing only once. She into their pictures”, so potters made pots India over the past few quarters. car was positioned charging points and Honda and Kia have displayed limited decoration to incised lines, sub- that reflected their character. This To be precise, extended wheel- at separate and air-con controls such mirror cameras on the cen- tle spirals and subtle mineral lips, lofty aspiration was always translated base three-row versions of SUVs. discrete seg- for this row as tral console, but this view in the allowing the beauty of her darkened into her practise. She sensitively inter- There was the MG Hector Plus ments, like well, and if it is instrument cluster feels more vessels to shine through. wove her finesse and artistic achieve- based on the Hector, then the senior executives bought by a natural because it eliminates the Likewise, Jyotsna behen described ment within the visions of her idioms. Tata Safari based on the Harrier who were being family where the blind spot without you needing the vessels that she created in bodily She loved to teach and spent at least and now Hyundai’s Alcazar, driven between children are put to lift your eyes off the road. language — lip, neck, shoulder, belly, 50 years teaching and encouraging based on the Creta. If you want- work and home. in this row, they There are other features I foot — and in terms of human quali- young potters. She admired originali- ed a three-row car I always felt Families that make can entertain liked in the Alcazar, but when it ties, with quietness or strength being ty of thought and expression which she that the Ertiga and XL6 did the frequent highway themselves. comes to things I wasn’t so fond favoured characteristics. It’s not hard to believed was gradually dying in the face job quite well at one end of the journeys and need the lug- Make no mistakes, in of, well, its looks come to mind draw parallels between her — an ani- of redundancy birthed by technology. market and then there is always gage space, with the third-row the top-end ‘Platinum’ trim, the right away. While the second- mated, dignified figure, throwing clay Heritage in Delhi when it had summer When asked about her process and the old, reliable Toyota Innova. folded down. And then there are Alcazar is a very nice car. Indeed generation Creta has grown on in a starched sari with her lustrous hair shows. Her love for adding little her preferences for firing she says, But after having driven the parents of school-going children even the two lower trims have me somewhat, the Alcazar just tied up in a bun, bending over her nuances was in the delicious details. “The firing and temperature range I Alcazar, I had a few conversations who could use three-row cars for features like the panoramic sun- doesn’t have a very aesthetic wheel in rapt attention — and the In a career characterised by wheel- used for this show are both oxidation with potential vehicle buyers, school runs and of course, the roof, but I’d rather have six appeal. However, I’ve always solemn propriety of her creations. thrown pots and hand moulded plat- and reduction atmospheres. I used people who drive themselves, hospitality segment. The last two airbags in all trims over a sun- maintained that you sit inside a Both as a guru and as a practition- ters, owls and lounging cats, her works wood and gas firing, ranging from who told me that they were seri- segments being non-existent roof, only the Platinum comes car, and interior comfort and fea- er, her notion of ‘truth to materials’ was conveyed an absence as well as the pres- 1260 °C to 1280 °C. I have always had ously considering the Alcazar as nowadays, although hotels are with that. The multi-colour tures are what matter. Hyundai the key. And she revealed this in the ence of aesthetic ambitions born of qui- a preference for matte and satin matte their next vehicle. Not that any of thankfully recovering. Instead, a ambient lighting, which I could- knows that, because the Santro, opacity and depth of wares. She val- etude and tranquil notes of perfection. glazes with mottled colour tones. them were ruling out the Hector few of the people considering the n’t really experience since we the ugly duckling of all cars made orised the humble surface of fired clay, Among her legion of cats, flowers Colours, for me, had always a softer Plus or Safari, but a couple of Alcazar drove themselves, they drove in the day is a nice addi- Hyundai India into a royal swan and often left her pots unglazed or pre- and buds, it was her relief indented owls natural tone. I reduce my firing using these folks owned the first-gen- were all mid-career professionals tion as well, but by far the feature of a company. I have already been ferred the natural or matte glaze. that had an intrinsic aura of Darwinian copper oxides and their carbonates, tin eration Creta and buying the sec- and felt that the Alcazar ticked all I appreciated the most was the proven wrong in assuming that Jyotsna behen loved nature, prakriti was charm and elegance of ecological oxide and titanium dioxide. As for oxi- ond-generation Creta did not, the boxes for them, even if they side-mirror cameras that activat- there will be a limited appeal to her elixir and her fulcrum. echoes. Her owls were both solid and dation firing or what I call normal fir- according to them, feel like an would never really enjoy the ed when you gave an indicator the Alcazar. And Hyundai’s suc- Anyone who has held her rough- rustic-looking, combining Westernised ing, I like the play of ash and flames upgrade. These people were comforts of the captain seats, signal and displayed on the req- cess in the SUV market — the hewn, earth-toned pieces of pottery is streamlined notes with stock Asian on the works, which enhance the clearly not Honda City owners. which are really nice. The third uisite dial on the digital instru- Creta continues to be India’s top- a proud stakeholder of Jyotsna Bhatt’s tints. forms, so I accordingly let them be an When I drove the Alcazar, row however is not a place for ment cluster. That is a really use- selling SUV — might mean that legacy. I have always, in the olden days, For her, making pots was an open body (without any glaze or and I drove the two-litre petrol adults in any situation but a ful feature in a car but particu- this Creta derivative could kick bought one pot a year from Art intensely disciplined yet spiritual activ- glossy surface).” with the six-speed manual, I pinch. That said, Hyundai has larly so in a long car like the some ass as well. &. 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The pandemic has certain- we work, socialise, interact or in other On an everyday basis though, a major ly triggered the rise of these words — the way we live our everyday life. concept that has really picked up is the idea kitchens. Along with savouring A massive part of this change has also been of meal planning and meal prepping. the delicacies from their ancient in the way we cook, consume and make Between morning virtual team huddles recipe box, I spoke to the food choices. For a lot of people, a major and zoom check-ins, it can get insanely founder and the owner of part of the last year and, unsurprisingly, hard for a working professional to balance Pracheen, Vidit Rawat, to find this year was spent in the kitchen. With everyday meals, eat healthily and on out more about the evolution of work from home being continued in most time. A very pragmatic workaround has cloud kitchens. 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The sum only does it reduce the time one ends up back, every tiffin system running The former consisted of paneer main course, I, first, opened the miss here — the quantity of oil total is that it’s safe to say that the pandem- spending in the kitchen, but also helps in in almost every metro city for chunks marinated with cream beautiful white porcelain jar in tipped towards an excess. ic changed the way people cooked and cutting down on wastage and trips to the years, has been nothing but a and fennel seeds, and the latter which Dal makhni was packed. However, the flavours were com- looked at food. grocery store. cloud/ghost kitchen. From being had crispy paneer cubes tossed It is said to have originated in pletely balanced with that of the The change has been more pro- Be it a batch of overnight oats, granola only five to seven per cent of the with red chilli, mustard seeds, Peshawar by chef and restaura- spices. These regional dishes nounced for millennials. Most of them or healthy snacks, frozen breakfast entire F&B industry sector in the and curry leaves. While both teur Kundan Lal Gujral, or make for great comfort food. Isn’t found themselves cooking for the very first smoothies, or parfaits — people are final- early 2000s, the cloud kitchen made an impression on my learned by him in the restaurant it? Think about it in fursat time and quickly graduated from Maggi ly getting the hang of planning in advance sector is now expected to tastebuds, Paneer 65 took the where he worked. From what I (leisure). and bread omelet to looking for ways to to make healthy food more accessible. become a USD 3 billion indus- cake, hands down. have experienced, this dal is usu- The culinary journey of put together dishes with a little more Another key trend is to explore and invest try by 2024 in India. There are Of late, I have been noticing ally expected to be creamy and Pracheen, India before 1947, is as finesse. The interesting part is how a lot in flavour bombs — curry pastes, salad endless opportunities in the that plant-based foods are on the buttery in its texture for it to pos- ancient as far we can think of. It’s of new business ventures came up as well dressings and pan Asian sauces to get trade and this is just the begin- rise; the pandemic has only sess that unique touch. This one, not just a journey, but a tale of as existing businesses pivoted to meet this flavoursome and well-rounded meals out ning.” accelerated its pace. Weight to be honest, lacked just that. I how original flavours and secret latent demand. Here are some cooking of the kitchen in no time. A similar yet “It is only now that the idea management, animal welfare, have had better Dal makhnis at recipes have been preserved trends that emerged among the millenni- more holistic idea is that of DIY meal kits is gaining traction because when and environmental concerns are various places in town. through generations to maintain als over the last year and a half. with detailed recipe cards. This solves most the entire F&B industry came to among the list of big motivators. I had three more white authenticity. “We, at Pracheen, E-cooking or the idea of cooking of the problems that millennials face with a standstill and suffered a huge To honour the idea, chef porcelain jars in front of me, have tried to pick up dishes from almost anything, thanks to the myriad cooking — transparency, exact propor- setback, cloud kitchens were Ghansiyal sent Hara kabab all which encapsulated Dal sultani, several states and emphasise on cooking videos, recipes, and blogs online, tions, convenience and wastage. still breathing. Suddenly there the way from Kangra, Himachal Bhagara baingan from the pre-Independence recipes, is less a trend and more a norm now. A DIY meal kit is essentially a box of was an utmost need of upscal- Pradesh, and Daal ki shammi Hydrabad, and Gatta curry from the dishes that originated in the Rarely would you ever find a millennial pre-portioned and semi-prepped ingredi- ing the quality of service being from the Awadhi kitchen. The Laurie Colwin, rightly said, “No Jodhpur. I tasted each one by one kitchens of the Indian princely stepping into the kitchen without a tablet ents along with a chef-designed recipe that provided some time back. former was made blending palak one who cooks, cooks alone. with Amritsari kulchas. I must states both royal kitchens and the or a smartphone. With increasing access allows you to cook a delicious meal on Hence, there was suddenly a and chana dal, whereas the lat- Even at the most solitary, a say that all three leveled up the locals,” shared Rawat. to gourmet food, cooking shows and trav- your own at home. This is a perfect way trend where even some five-star ter was made from black dal, cook in the kitchen is surround- graph for me. Dal sultani was As they say, desserts are the el, people are now more exposed to glob- to skip the inconvenience of shopping for brands started operating spices and kewra. Both of them ed by generations of cooks past, given the Nawabi treatment as it fairytales of the kitchen and the al cuisines and do not shy away from try- groceries or being left with extra ingredi- through ghost kitchens to reach whetted my appetite, the only the advice, and menus of cooks was from the Awadhi kitchen. It ‘happily ever after’ to supper, I ing out new dishes at home. Those who ents after a cook. Most of these recipes are out to their consumers,” added sore point being that they were present, the wisdom of cook- was cooked with light spices, tasted their two types of Phirnis enjoy cooking will always have a go-to one-pot dishes, which means minimal he. a bit shriveled. Quick tip: You book writers.” Remembering, mint, yogurt and was tempered — Paan and Gulab. The bal- YouTube channel or food blogger that they utensils to clean. While a lot of restaurants I started with two paneer need a beverage of your prefer- collecting, recording, and bring- with shahi jeera and chopped anced sweetness was enough to trust for food inspiration. started their own meal kits last year, a appetizers — Paneer saunfia ence as a good accompaniment. ing back the glory of recipes onions. Bhagara baingan, small sweep me off my feet because I Another direction that people are bunch of new players is also trying to ace kabab, inferred from the Muglai By the time India had a taste seem to be a wonderful way to eggplants cooked in coconut don’t like my desserts too sweet. increasingly taking today is to opt for more the space. kitchen, and Paneer 65 from of freedom, each state and each honour and immortalise the and peanut curry, gave tough Pracheen, translated from plant-based foods and diets and giving The pandemic has been behaviour colonial Madras. As I munched religion’s food was displaying heritage of Indian cuisine. competition to Bharwa baingans, the word ‘ancient’, brought back veganism a fair chance. Not only does it changing in more ways than one. It’s also, on them, I realised that the head British influence. In addition to Having dug into kitchens one of my favourites in the brin- the glory of the original flavours have its own health advantages, but it’s also hence, a great opportunity to introduce chef, Brajesh Ghansiyal, had this, British influence displayed from Kangra, Madras, Mughal jal category. Gatta curry, said to for me, seeking help from old easier now than before, thanks to some people to new ideas and concepts that will worked hard to put together the a significant change in the and Awadh, I travelled all the have been created by the royal cooks (khansamas), recipe innovative alternatives that are slowly gain- continue to stick once normalcy resumes. variants that were flavoursome, Indian kitchen as well. 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        London: Raheem Sterling said ITV. a foul on him that led to “It was a top performance +$2. 14 England’s winning goal in — we had to dig in deep after their 2-1 extra-time victory the first goal we conceded in over Denmark was a “clear the tournament, and we penalty”. regrouped well and showed a The Manchester City for- good team spirit to come back .5".. "06 ward went to ground follow- and win the game. ing a challenge by Joakim “It was difficult going  ! *) Mæhle after bursting into the behind but we knew we had to Denmark area in the first half stay patient — we knew with !*  ))(* of extra time. the legs we’ve got, the aggres- “I went into the box and siveness and the power we #!#* *% he stuck his right leg out, and have in the team, it would be it touched my leg so it was a a matter of time before we **#+' clear penalty,” Sterling told broke them down.” AFP -)* 0 ( “It’s the first time in our his- !%()(  tory as a nation, getting '# #  E  through to the European '    final at Wembley, and it’s one of the proudest moments in @   Q.  R my life, for sure.” ngland fed off the energy —HARRY KANE of a passionate Wembley '    task. But what a brilliant Ecrowd to beat Denmark 2- “It’s been a fantastic adven- moment for us. Let’s savour 1 in extra time in the Euro 2020 ture. I’m sorry that it’s now areth Southgate has urged tonight, then we can think semi-finals on Wednesday and finished.” GEngland to conquer one about that on the coach back to now stand just 90 minutes away —SIMON KJÆR last “massive hurdle” as they Burton.” Italy, undefeated in from ending their 55-year tro- aim to cap their historic Euro their last 33 games, have been phy drought. “I’m proud of the group and 2020 campaign with victory one of the most impressive Gareth Southgate’s men will those who took part in this against Italy in Sunday’s final. teams in the tournament. face Italy on Sunday — again on adventure. It was a pleasure.” For the first time since “Italy are a very good side. home turf — infused with belief —PIERRE-EMILE beating West Germany in the I’ve thought that the last cou- they can win a first major HØJBJERG 1966 World Cup final, England ple of years. They are in out- International tournament since will contest the title match of standing form and have defen- the 1966 World Cup. “It was a penalty that should- a major tournament. sive warriors who have been For Euro 92 champions n’t have been a penalty and It will be their first through everything. Denmark, defeat spells the end it’s something that annoys European Championship “It’s a great game to look of a fairytale run to the last four $ ;   #   7     P    % ?7(2=@=@ me. It is one thing is to lose showpiece, against an Italy forward to. Finals are there to after the trauma of witnessing a game, but losing this way is side who last won the be won. star man Christian Eriksen col- sands of British-based Danes Harry Kane’s penalty was we’ve given the fans and nation a disappointment.” tournament in 1968. England will also have lapse in their first match. celebrated wildly. saved by Kasper Schmeichel but a fantastic night and the journey —KASPER HJULMAND With history on the the vast majority of the 60,000 England emerged on a cool The crowd went flat but he converted the rebound to carries on for another four line, England boss Wembley crowd willing them evening at Wembley after the England were level within 10 give England the advantage and days. Southgate challenged his to victory — a factor that crowd of almost 65,000 had minutes when Denmark captain they held Denmark at bay to “We suffered in Moscow England have suffered players to finish the job in Southgate said was vital to whipped themselves into a fren- Simon Kjær could only bundle seal the win. (2018 World Cup semi-final) on semi-final heartbreak at major style. finally breaking down zy with rousing renditions of the ball into his own net after a The final whistle sparked a night like this and we’ve man- tournaments four times since “This group of players Denmark’s stubborn “Sweet Caroline” and “Football’s searching cross from Bukayo scenes of delirium in the stands aged to put that right.” becoming world champions in have been fantastic to work resistence. “The big advan- Coming Home”. Saka. Neither side could find a and on the pitch as the players The match was attended by 1966 and those agonising with, their togetherness, tage was having our fans But Denmark ripped up the goal in the second period partied with the crowd. British Prime Minister Boris defeats have been etched in the those not in the team sup- in those moments of the home script on the half-hour despite intense pressure from “When you’ve waited as Johnson and Prince William, psyche of English football. porting their team mates, game where we had to when Mikkel Damsgaard pun- the home side as normal time long as we have to get through who is president of the English But Southgate has over- they deserve what’s hap- dig in and towards the ished Luke Shaw for a foul on drew to a close. The volume in a semi-final, the players — con- Football Association. seen the emergence of a vibrant pening,” he said. end where we had a lit- Andreas Christensen, smashing the stadium increased in extra sidering the limited “Tonight @England played young team unconcerned by the “They’ve been a joy. tle wobble when all we a free-kick past the despairing time as England put Denmark International experience some their hearts out,” tweeted trials and tribulations of their We have one more step needed to do was to dive of Jordan Pickford. under intense pressure and they of them have — have done an Johnson. “What a fantastic per- failed predecessors in the against a fantastic team keep the ball,” he That was the first goal finally got their reward when incredible job,” Southgate told formance from Gareth national shirt and they are now who are unbeaten in howev- said. “I’ve not heard England had conceded in the Raheem Sterling was fouled in ITV. Southgate’s squad. 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