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     decide on including Bharat used during public health reached the Northeastern Biotech’s Covaxin in the emer- emergencies. region of the country also with gency use list (EUL). Sources “There is a process to be Tripura, for the first time, The UP Law Commission said once the decision is taken, followed for EUL and pre- reporting 138 cases. chairman said the new Bill has it will boost the export status of qualification of vaccines under At least 90 per cent of provisions to debar people who the Hyderabad-based pharma which a company has to com- samples in Tripura that were have more than two children maker and make it eligible for plete phase 3 trials and submit sent for genome sequencing from benefitting Government “green passport.” the whole data to the regulatory have been found to be con- schemes. WHO chief scientist department of WHO which is taining Delta Plus variant, offi- “If somebody doesn’t fol- Soumya Swaminathan has said examined by an expert advi- cial said. low this policy, they won’t be the global body is reviewing sory group,” Swaminathan and Environment (CSE) However, hours after the eligible for such schemes. Their Covaxin as the manufacturer said at a webinar organised here recently. announcement confusion pre- ration card will be restricted to Bharat Biotech is uploading its by the Centre for Science Currently, six vaccines have vailed over the variant with the      four units. They will not be able been granted EUL and have Centre claiming that it was the ()*" to apply for Government jobs recommendations from Delta variant that was found in and if they are already Strategic Advisory Group of these samples. head of the Assembly elec- Government employees, then Experts (SAGE). Detailed report on P5 Ations, the Uttar Pradesh they won’t get a promotion,” Government is all set to bring Mittal stated. a population control Bill that However, the Law provides for debarring those Commission chairman added with more than two children 1 2 #     ( 3       4(3 5# that adherence to the policy $   from contesting in local polls,                will be a voluntary exercise. “If as well as preventing them  .  67 a person voluntarily keeps the      from applying for or getting number of his family members 1 2            /     -" -+,  -+/(0/,,1/ promotion in Government    '              limited, they will be eligible for jobs, and even receiving      9         Government schemes. We are Government subsidies.      planning to present the Bill to new study of antibodies n order to prevent crowding The provisions are part of the Government by the second Aproduced in saliva after the Iby visitors at tourist destina- the draft Bill, titled The Uttar week of August,” he Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vac- tions and check the resulting Pradesh Population (Control, The Bill is expected to — the World population Day. added. cine shows both the impor- Covid-19 threat, the State Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill, kick-off a political storm before Under the proposed pop- Meanwhile listing out ben- tance of the second vaccine Government is expected to 2021, highlighting the concept Assembly elections of 2022 as ulation control Bill, any couple efits for public servants who dose and updating vaccines to ask hoteliers to put a cap on the “Bacche Do He Acche”. it may be objected by a partic- who follows the two-child pol- adopt the two-child policy, the combat new variants of con- protection against Alpha and booking in hotels in Nainital The Bill, ular community which has icy will receive perks from the draft Bill said, “Public ser- cern. Beta variants. and districts. drafted by the higher birth rate than Hindus. Government, said State’s Law vants who adopt the two-child The study showed that the While there was no reduc- The authorities in Uttar Pradesh Moreover, under the shad- Commission chairman Aditya norm will get two additional number of antibodies pro- tion in neutralising antibodies Dehradun and Nainital strict- State Law ow of this Bill, Nath Mittal on Saturday. “We increments during the entire duced and protection offered against the Alpha variant, there ly enforced Covid guidelines Commission Chief Minister have proposed that any couple service, maternity or as the case by vaccination increased sub- was a substantial reduction in and other measures to prevent earlier and with prior hotel (UPSLC), is Yogithat follows the two-child pol- may be, paternity leave of 12 stantially after the second vac- neutralising antibodies against crowding in popular tourist bookings are being allowed to uploaded on its Adityanath icy will be given all government months, with full salary and cine dose was given. the Beta variant, indicated the destinations like enter Mussoorie, while similar website and is will unveil a benefits. They will be able to allowances and three per cent The team, including Nicole study, presented at the and Nainital. In Dehradun dis- measures have been adopted open for public new popula- avail all government welfare increase in the employer’s con- Schneiderhan-Marra, at the European Congress of trict, only those tourists with along with a changed traffic suggestions till tion policy on schemes,” said Mittal to a select tribution fund under national University of Tubingen, also Clinical Microbiology & RT-PCR negative test con- management plan in July 19. Sunday, July 11 group of journalists. pension scheme.” examined whether it offered Infectious Diseases. ducted not more than 72 hours Nainital., the Nainital district.      %        &&#'()     O P      *  *  ##  -" -+,  ./( he Delhi Government on racking its whip against the TSaturday issued orders that CGovernment employees, people violating noise pollution including policemen harbour- norms will have to pay 10,000 ing terrorists, the Union to 1 lakh fine. Those using Territory administration in loudspeakers without permis- Jammu & Kashmir has termi- sion or diesel generator sets will nated the services of at least 11 be penalised as the Delhi employees with immediate Pollution Control Committee effect. Among the sacked (DPCC) has asked authorities employees are two sons of to strictly implement the Hizbul Mujahideen founder revised rules. Syed Salahuddin. According to the Central A senior bureaucrat of the Pollution Control Board’s Jammu and Kashmir General (CPCB) revised penalties, one             Administration Department In October 2017, will have to pay 10,000 fine in           confirmed the news to Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid case of noise violation by a  ##  -" -+, The Pioneer. Yusuf was arrested in the same loudspeaker or a public address and Gurjot Singh, both resi- south Delhi’s Ghitorni area. Syed Shahid Yusuf and case for allegedly receiving system at a public place with- ith the arrest of four peo- dents of Jalandhar in Punjab “Following the inputs, a Shakeel Yusuf, both sons of money from his father, who is out permission or during night, Wple, including an Afghan and Hazrat Ali, a native of trap was laid and the accused Syed Salahuddin, came on the currently based in Pakistan. and the equipment will also be national, the Special Cell of Kandhar in Afghanistan. was arrested when he was radar of the National Shahid Yusuf was working in confiscated. “A fine of 1 lakh decibel during day time and 55 organiser and the owner of the Delhi Police on Saturday Police said recently it came going to deliver a packet of one Investigation Agency when the Agriculture has been set for diesel genera- decibel during night. In sensi- premises will have to pay claimed to have busted a syn- to notice that Kashmiri was kilogram of heroin. On inter- they started a probe in the ter- department. tor (DG) sets of over 1,000 tive areas it is 50 decibel during 20,000 for the first dicate involved in smuggling involved in drug peddling in rogation, Kashmiri revealed ror funding cases. Official sources claimed KVA, 25,000 for DG sets the day and 40 decibel at night. violation. drugs in the country. Police Delhi and other States like that he works under the com- Salahuddin’s eldest son some of these employees, between 62.5 KVA to 1,000 Other than this, there are “For the second violation, have recovered a record quan- Punjab, Madhya Pradesh mand of an Afghan national Shakeel Yusuf was arrested by including two policemen, were KVA and 10,000 for DG sets silent zones that includeareas the organiser and the owner tity of 354-kilogram Afghan and Haryana. Isha Khan who recently left the NIA in connection with a working as overground work- upto 62.5 KVA,” the DPCC which lie within 100 metres of will have to pay 40,000. For heroin worth over 2,500 crore According to Pramod for Afghanistan. Khan 2011 terror funding case for ers for terrorist organisations. order said. premises of schools, colleges, more than two violations with- in international markets. Singh Kushwah, the Deputy directed him to contact allegedly receiving money from These employees were involved In Delhi, the permissible hospitals and courts. in a fixed premises or at a mar- The accused have been Commissioner of Police Gurpreet and Gurjot who were his father in August 2018. At the in arranging logistics, provid- noise level in residential areas is According to the order, in riage function, the organiser identified as Rizwan Kashmiri, (DCP), Special Cell, on currently operating a drug time of the arrest. Shakeel was ing shelter, transporting 55 decibel during day time and case of bursting of firecrackers and the owner will have to pay a resident of Ghitorni and Monday, information was racket from Faridabad Sector- working as a laboratory assistant arms consignment and spread- 45 decibel during night. beyond the prescribed limit a fine of 1 lakh. The premis- native of Anantnag in Jammu received that Kashmiri was 65 in Haryana,” said the at a prestigious Government ing propaganda on social Similarly, in commercial areas, within premises of any RWA or es will also be sealed,” the and Kashmir, Gurpreet Singh going to deliver contraband in DCP. hospital in Srinagar. media platforms. the permissible sound limit is 65 at a marriage function, the DPCC order stated.      )*+, anniversary. Political, social and cultural His wife Madhavikutty Kerala expressed sorrow and sad-   -$ egendary Ayurvedic physician Warassyar, a poetess of repute, had ness over the demise of Dr    )* ,- LDr Panniampilli Krishnankutty predeceased him. He is survived Warrier.    ! Warrier, popularly known as Dr by his son K Balachandran President Ram Nath Kovind (. *, * "# $ !       PK Warrier, is no more. He Warrier and daughter Subhadra and Prime Minister Narendra /-(" (, #      breathed his last on Saturday Ramachandran. Modi expressed condolences over %    $*+ -$ noon at his residence in Kottakkal. Kottakkal, a remote and under the passing away of Dr Warrier.     (,-)0P     Dr Warrier took Ayurveda developed rural area in “Saddened by the passing    system of medicine to the global Malappuram district of Kerala away of Dr PK Warrier. His con-    -( *1**,    arena. He was the managing has become a hub of Ayurveda tributions to popularise Ayurveda   trustee of Kottakkal Aryavaidya and arts thanks to the initiatives will always be remembered. $(,()             Sala, a position he was holding for of Dr Warrier, one of the founder Condolences to his family and ''#  + $) the last six decades. patrons of the Communist Party friends. Om Shanti,” the Prime   %        ,  +      ! The All India Ayurvedic of India. Minister said in his message.   ' Conference, the apex body of the Though engineering and “In the demise of P K Warrier, /$$, *,  #        country’s Ayurvedic physicians, mathematics were his passions, Dr Ayurveda has lost one of its great- 222 , 344  !"  had honoured him with the title Warrier ended up as a student of est modern proponents. ('   Ayurveda Maharshi. The President Ayurveda. Vaidya Rathnam PS Honoured with Padma Shri and )-*10  "  of India bestowed him with the Warrier, his maternal uncle was his Padma Bhushan, he exemplified )*+          #   country’s top civilian honours “guru” and guardian. He joined P the efficacy of Ayurveda through +*,*-) Padma Shree and Padma Bhushan S Warrier Ayurvcda College as a his active life spanning 100 years.         % ,), )                in 1999 and 2010 respectively. student and since then the branch Condolences to his family, admir-   $%$L "$ On June 8, the great Ayurvedic of medicine was his life and mis- ers and associates,”the President +( *    &'  ! scholar celebrated his 100th birth sion. said in his message.     " ++, -.-+ ' 5  43  " #   . #  / # +        )   )O   / !! Ends on ,+.,-',. ,6,77,+.-,+ 6)+     B     owever mindless animation maybe but there is something rather   #         ! + cute about watching such movies. And if these happen to be the   B    ! +  Hmonster kind, the better. Why? 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CM’s radio Need to cap what private talk Lokvani Chhattisgarh to sow today fruit trees, seed hospitals charge: Trehan balls in forest areas STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n here is a need to control the medical RAIPUR Tbills charged by private hospitals, Naresh Trehan, Chairman and Managing hhattisgarh's Forest Director of Medanta, said on Saturday. CDepartment has The Central and state governments need planned extensive sowing of to keep an eye on what the private hospi- fruit seeds and seed balls in tals charge. If not, rates must be fixed for forests and nearby areas on treatment and this should be widely pub- STAFF REPORTER n July 11. licized so that people know the charges, RAIPUR A total of 50,000 kg of he said. seeds of fruit bearing trees “Yes, there is a section of private hos- hhattisgarh Chief and 25 lakh seed balls are to pitals which charged hefty bills from the CMinister Bhupesh be sown in different forest patients leading to profiteering during Baghel's monthly radio talk divisions. the pandemic. This has to be condemned ‘Lokvani’ will be broadcast on Forest Minister as people were battling for life,” he told a July 11 at 10.30 am. Mohammed Akbar webinar on ‘Health of India’ series. He In the 19th episode, Baghel announced this on Saturday said money is needed to run the hospi- He said after intervention by the areas should be strengthened by taking will speak on the era of devel- at a meeting with officials karaunda (gooseberry) and Conservator of Forests tals but this should not lead to profiteer- Centre during Covid-19, the central and the help of technologies and putting opment in the state. here to review the event. munga (drumsticks) and Rakesh Chaturvedi said ing. Governments should step in and fix state governments fixed rates for each them to optimum use, he added.This will It will be broadcast by all cen- Under the programme, others will be planted or every forest division has to the rates for each treatment based on the service rendered in private hospitals help reduce the pressure in urban hospi- tres of All India Radio, FM ber (jujube), jamun (jam- sprayed or sown through sow 1,000-3,000 kg of fruit category of hospitals to help patients get across the country. In many cases, this tals. Only critical cases can be referred to and regional news channels bul), bel (wood apple), seed ball spreading. bearing trees and one lakh treated based on their financial status. was violated.Health services in rural the major hospitals, he said. of the state. sitaphal (custard apple), Principal Chief seed balls. Ex gratia to family of CM pays tributes to Virbhadra Singh Monsoon likely to MNREGS employee fixed n STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR lash C;garh again hhattisgarh Chief Minister CBhupesh Baghel on Saturday paid tributes to veteran Congress leader and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minsiter Virbhadra Singh. Virbhadra Singh was cremated with state honours at Rampur Bushahr village in Shimla district on Saturday afternoon. Baghel, who attended the event, met Virbhadra Singh's fami- ly and expressed condolences, an official communication said. Baghel said that as a Union Minister and six-time Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR issued by the state MNRES office Virbhadra Singh made a significant to all district Collectors and pro- contribution in the development of f a contractual employee of the gramme coordinators on Saturday. the country and the state. IMahatma Gandhi National State MNREGS Commissioner His death is an irreparable loss STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR scientist Dr H.P. Chandra said Rural Employment Scheme dies, Mohammad Kaisar Abdul Haq to the Congress and Himachal a single cyclic cyclonic circle an ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh will be said in the circular that the ex gra- Pradesh, he said. “We have lost one he Southwest Monsoon, was situated at coastal Odisha provided to his or her family. tia would be provided after com- of our senior leaders forever." Singh passed away after a pro- Gandhi Medical College on Twhich has been sluggish at a height of 2.1-3.6 km. A circular in this regard was pletion of two years of service. The 87-year-old Virbhadra longed illness at Shimla’s Indira Thursday. for several days, is expected to That and other favourable become active again over conditions will revive the Chhattisgarh from Sunday, the monsoon in the state, he said. UBI launches retain India Meteorological Most places in Woman who lost money Department (IMD) said on Chhattisgarh will get rains on Saturday. Sunday. There is a possibility loan campaign The department has fore- of heavy rains in the districts in shares held for looting cast good rainfall in the com- of Bastar division on July 11 ing days in the state. Weather and 12, he said. STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR ¿UàÃË‚ª…∏U ‡ÊÊ‚Ÿ ¡‹ ‚¢‚ÊœŸ Áfl÷ʪ hhattisgarh Police have ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿ ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿ¢ÃÊ Carrested a young woman who looted cash and valuables ¡‹ ‚¢‚ÊœŸ ‚¢÷ʪ ’‹⁄UÊ◊¬È⁄U Á¡‹Ê ’‹⁄UÊ◊¬È⁄U-⁄UÊ◊ÊŸÈ¡ª¢¡ (¿U.ª.) here worth Rs 1 lakh from a woman whose husband she (‡ÊÈÁh ¬òÊ) blamed for her heavy loss in the stock market. ÁŸÁflºÊ Á‚S≈U◊ ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§ |}wy{ ““ªÊª⁄U »§Ë«U⁄U ¡‹Ê‡Êÿ Ayesha Aghadi (36) was ÿÙ¡ŸÊ ∑§ •ãê¸Ã Á‚œ◊Ê ÁflÃ⁄U∑§ Ÿ„U⁄U ∞fl¢ ◊ÈÅÿ Ÿ„U⁄U ∑§ taken into custody along with ŸflËŸË∑§⁄UáÊ ∞fl¢ ¬Ä∑§ ∑§Êÿ¸ ”” „UÃÈ ¬˝∑§ÊÁ‡Êà ÁŸÁflºÊ ‚ÍøŸÊ her fiance Irshad (21) for rob- bing the woman and her son ÁflôÊʬŸ ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§ G-61382 ∞fl¢ G-61708 ◊¥ ¬˝∑§ÊÁ‡Êà after posing as health surveyors ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿËŸ ÁŸflºÊ ‚ÍøŸÊ ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§ Á‹Á¬∑§Ëÿ òÊÈ≈UË ∑§ for Covid-19 vaccine last week, the police said on Saturday. ∑§Ê⁄UáÊ wx/ fl.‹.Á‹. / wÆwÆ-wv ÁºŸÊ¢∑§ wv.Æ{.wÆwv While Aghadi belongs to ¬˝∑§ÊÁ‡Êà „ÈU•Ê „Ò¥U ©U‚∑§ SÕÊŸ ¬⁄U ÁŸÁflºÊ ‚ÍøŸÊ ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§ Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, Irshad is from Uttar Pradesh, / Æv/ fl.‹.Á‹./ wÆwv-ww ÁºŸÊ¢∑§ wv.Æ{.wÆwv Raipur Senior Superintendent ¬…∏UÊ ¡Êfl– of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav had used a rented Scooty in the husband Sanjeev Kumar. After told The Pioneer. crime. Police detained the vehi- suffering heavy losses in the ÁŸÁflºÊ ∑§Ë •ãÿ ‡Êø ÿÕÊflà ⁄U„¥UªË– On July 2, they entered a cle owner with whose help the share market, she asked Kumar ÁflôÊʬŸ ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§ / / ÁºŸÊ¢∑§ v~.Æ{.wÆwv STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Saturday launched a retail loan campaign flat of the victim and took away couple was caught. to return her money but he did G-61382 under which loans over Rs 4 crores were gold and silver ornaments, Aghadi told the police that not. ÁflôÊʬŸ ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§ G-61708 / ÁºŸÊ¢∑§ Æv.Æ|.wÆwv oop Lal Meena, Circle Head and Area sanctioned. He was on a three-day visit to cash, an I-pad and a mobile she is a Chartered Accountant So she decided to take ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿ¢ÃÊ RGeneral Manager, Union Bank of India Raipur during which he inspected the from the woman and her 16- and she invested in the share revenge and roped in her fiancé (UBI), Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, on major branches of UBI. year-old son, Yadav said. They market through the woman’s in the crime. ¡‹ ‚¢‚ÊœŸ ‚¢÷ʪ ’‹⁄UÊ◊¬È⁄U Á¡‹Ê-’‹⁄UÊ◊¬È⁄U-⁄UÊ◊ÊŸÈ¡ª¢¡ 88 kg cannabis G- 61966/5 Ryp/Dtd 09.07.21 Six held with leopard, tiger skins smuggled via Jonk ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿ ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿ¢ÃÊ, ‹Ù∑§ ÁŸ◊ʸáÊ Áfl÷ʪ river seized (÷flŸ/‚«∏U∑§) ©UàÃ⁄U ’SÃ⁄U ‚¢÷ʪ ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§ v ¡ªº‹¬È⁄U •À¬ ÁŸÁflºÊ •Ê◊¢òÊáÊ ‚ÍøŸÊ STAFF REPORTER n ¬˝Õ◊ •Ê◊¢òÊáÊ MAHASAMUND ÁŸÁflºÊ ÁflôÊÁåà ∑˝§◊Ê¢∑§ / xyxx/ Æ}/ fl‹Á‹/ wÆwv-ww ¡ªº‹¬È⁄U ÁºŸÊ¢∑§ Æ}.Æ|.wÆwv olice have seized 88 kg ∞∑§Ë∑Χà ¬¢¡ËÿŸ ¬˝áÊÊ‹Ë •¢Ãª¸Ã ‚ˇÊ◊ üÊáÊË ◊¥ ¬¢¡Ë∑Χà ΔU∑§ºÊ⁄UÙ ‚ Pcannabis valued Rs 17.60 lakh ÁŸêŸÁ‹Áπà ◊ÒŸÈ•‹ ÁŸÁflºÊ •Ê◊¢ÁòÊà ∑§Ë ¡ÊÃË „ÒU– in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district that was smuggled across ∑˝§. ÁŸÁflºÊ ΔU∑§ ∑§Ë •ŸÈ◊ÊÁŸÃ ∑§Êÿ¸ ∑§Ê ŸÊ◊ the Jonk river close to the Odisha ∑˝§. ‹ÊªÃ (‹Êπ ◊¥) border, police said on Saturday. v w x y Those who brought the con- v T0044 y~.~~ •ÊÁ¡Áfl∑§Ê ‚¢flœ¸Ÿ ∞fl¢ ¬˝Á‡ÊˇÊáÊ ÷flŸ ¬⁄U¬Ê traband from Odisha escaped by é‹ÊÚ∑§ ¡ªº‹¬È⁄U ◊¥ •ÊÁ»§‚⁄U M§◊, •ÊÁ»§‚ diving into the river from their boat. S≈UÊ»§ M§◊, ¬˝Á‚«U≈U M§◊, ∞fl¢ ªÊ«¸U M§◊ ∑§Ê Mahasamund Additional ÁŸ◊ʸáÊ ∑§Êÿ¸ Superintendent of Police Megha ŸÙ≈U —- Tembhurkar told The Pioneer they were looking for Devlal Bariha ÁŸÁflºÊ ¬˝¬òÊ „UÃÈ •ÊflºŸ ¬˝SÃÈà ∑§⁄UŸ ∑§Ë •¢ÁÃ◊ ÁÃÁÕ vy.Æ|.wÆwv (35) of Lilesar Chowki village in ©U¬⁄UÙÄà ÁŸÁflºÊ ∑§Ë ¡ÊŸ∑§Ê⁄UË Áfl÷ʪËÿ fl’ ¬Ù≈¸U‹ the district. www.cg.nic.in/pwdraipur ◊¥ ÷Ë •fl‹Ù∑§Ÿ Á∑§ÿÊ ¡Ê ‚∑§ÃÊ „ÒU– On Friday night, he brought •ÊÚŸ‹Ê߸Ÿ ‚ «UÊ©UŸ‹Ù«U Á∑§ÿÊ ªÿÊ ÁŸÁflºÊ »§Ê◊¸ ∑§Ù ¬˝Á·Ã ∑§⁄UŸ ¬⁄U ◊Êãÿ the consignment on a boat without realizing that the police had laid a Ÿ„UË¥ Á∑§ÿÊ ¡ÊflªÊ, ß‚ ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿ ◊¥ ©U¬ÁSÕà „UÙ∑§⁄U ÁŸÁflºÊ »§Ê◊¸ „UÃÈ •ÊflºŸ trap on the bank of the river at ¬˝SÃÈà ∑§⁄UŸ ¬⁄U „UË ÁŸÁflºÊ »§Ê◊¸ ¬˝ºÊÿ Á∑§ÿÊ ¡ÊflªÊ– Lilesar Ghat. When he saw the •ãÿ Áflfl⁄UáÊ ∞fl¢ ‡ÊÃ¸ ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿËŸ Áºfl‚ ◊¥ ‹Ù∑§ ÁŸ◊ʸáÊ Áfl÷ʪ ©UàÃ⁄U ’SÃ⁄U police, he dumped the contraband ‚¢÷ʪ ∑˝§. v ¡ªº‹¬È⁄U ∑§ ∑§Êÿʸ‹ÿ ◊¥ ºπË ¡Ê ‚∑§ÃË „ÒU– STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Department busted an inter-state smuggling nails and 4 motorcycles were seized in Junagarh into the river and himself jumped racket with the arrest of six persons on the area in Odisha’s Kalahandi district during the into the water and swam away, the ∑§Êÿ¸¬Ê‹Ÿ •Á÷ÿ¢ÃÊ joint team of the Chhattisgarh Forest Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, it was announced operation, an official communication said. officer Police, however, recovered Department, Wildlife Crime Control on Saturday. The accused were handed over for judicial 88 kg of cannabis and some ‹Ù.ÁŸ.Áfl. (÷/‚) ©.’.‚¢÷ʪ ∑˝§. BureauA (WCCB) and Odisha Forest Four leopard skins, a tiger skin, 1 tooth, 2 proceedings. clothes. G- 61956/5 Ryp/Dtd 09.07.21 ¡ªº‹¬È⁄U     " ++, -.-+   46

( 5      P   ;  +,/  P  ormer Himachal Pradesh  ##  -" -+, Fchief minister Virbhadra   -" -+, rape, sexual assault, domestic Singh was on Saturday cre- violence, child abuse, harass- elhi Jal Board (DJB) vice mated with full state honours district police here has ment for dowry etc and to Dchairman Raghav Chadha at a royal crematorium in Jogni Adeployed female constables empower them to tackle the on Saturday accused the Bagh near Shimla's Rampur. in sensitive areas in order to unwanted situations,” Deputy Haryana Government of sup- His son and MLA curb crime against women and Commissioner of Police plying less water which affect- Vikramaditya Singh performed to ensure their safety and secu- (northwest) Usha Rangnani ed water production signifi- the last rites around 4.30 pm. rity, officials said on Saturday. said. cantly in the national Capital A police contingent gave the In the northwest district of They also organise aware- and resulting in a severe water guard of honour and gun salute Delhi police, one beat has been ness activities to sensitise the crisis. to the former chief minister. earmarked at every police society and obtain their feed- Chadha said the Thousands of his well-wishers staion for the deployment of back and suggestions, police Chandrawal treatment plant's gathered at the crematorium to women constables, they said. said. production capacity has bid adieu to the leader. These areas include JJ clus- They motivate young reduced to 55 mgd from its ear- Himachal Pradesh Chief ters of Jahangirpuri, Shakarpur women and girl children to lier 90 mgd, Wazirabad is pro- Minister Jai Ram Thakur, residential areas, EU and NU report the cases of violence ducing 80 mgd compared to Urban Development Minister blocks of Pitampura, Bhalaswa against them, they said. They 135 mgd before and the Okhla Suresh Bhardwaj and Forest village, H and F block of Ashok also sensitise women and stu- water treatment plant is sup- to provide water to Delhi as per major water treatment plants Minister Rakesh Pathania also Vihar, Netaji Subhash Place dents on social and contem- plying 15mgd instead of its ear- the Supreme Court orders but are producing less water per attended the last rites. said he contributed immense- hearts that we shall unitedly complex and Netaji Subhash porary issues, life skills, social lier 20 mgd. still it has stopped the share of day," he said. A delegation of Congress ly for the development of strive to fulfill his dream of Place metro station, Polytechnic skills and counsel them on “Since Haryana has Delhi’s water, he added. AAP’s chief spokesperson leaders represented party pres- Himachal Pradesh and welfare restoring old glory & progress GGS College, Club Road etc. issues related to violence and deprived Delhiites of their Addressing the media, the Saurabh Bhardwaj emphati- ident Sonia Gandhi at his cre- of its people during his long of #Himachal, by bringing back These constables provide sexual crime, they added. rights, the daily water produc- AAP MLA said Haryana has cally said that if the BJP-led mation on Saturday. The dele- political career spanning over #Congress Govt in the State. doorstep policing for identifi- “Not only these women tion in Delhi has come down been supplying about 100 mil- Haryana government does not gation comprised Chhattisgarh six decades. Virbhadra Singh Raja Sahab Amar Rahe." cation and redressal of griev- beat constables perform regu- from 245 MGD to 150 -145 lion gallons less water per day, release Delhi’s share of water in CM Bhupesh Baghel and will always be remembered by Earlier the body was kept at ances of women within the lar duties in beat along with MGD. He further informed which has led to water crisis in 24 hours, water supply will be Congress treasurer Pawan people of the state for his con- Rampur's Padam Palace from 8 community. Women police their male counterparts, they that the Upper Yamuna River NDMC areas, central, south, stopped to Delhi BJP’s Chief Kumar Bansal. tribution, he added. am to 2 pm before the funeral. officers build confidence also regularly perform intensive Board has directed Haryana to and west Delhi. Adesh Gupta’s house. Earlier before the crema- Meanwhile in a tweet, His body was taken to the cre- among women with regard to and visible patrolling on ERVs, provide an additional 150 cusecs "The Haryana government The AAP leader said that tion, his son Vikramaditya AICC secretary incharge for matorium at 2.45 pm. The 87- their own safety in the imme- QRTs, motorcycle, scooter and of water besides providing the has stopped the legal right of out of a total of 900 MGD of Singh's "coronation" as the Himachal Pradesh Sanjay Dutt year-old veteran Congress leader diate environment, police said. ensure safety and security of legally prescribed amount of the people of Delhi as directed water consumed by Delhi, "king" of Rampur Bushahr took said, "Final farewell to our vet- breathed his last after prolonged “The purpose is to sensitize area women and instill confi- water to Delhiites,” he said. by the Supreme Court. Because approximately 100 MGD of place in the morning. eran leader Resp illness at Shimla's Indira Gandhi the area women, girls and their dence among them and also It is the legal responsibili- they have reduced the water water was curtailed by the BJP Remembering Virbhadra #VirbhadraSingh Ji, with tears Medical College on guardians or parents about the respond promptly to crime ty of the Haryana Government supply in Yamuna, the three led Haryana. Singh, Chief Minister Thakur in our eyes & resolve in our Thursday. crimes against women such as against women,” the DCP said. 4        1 2# 3  4 7 4

#0      )     * 23 % / 1   4R     6       /! #  * % !   12,, , 49-*9,/5 business delegation. In India, 4  3*1/(3,- 4+/,1,5   "/ +,91*# spokesperson told PTI. conference, White House Press people need to know about “Regional consensus and Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters ndia and Georgia on Saturday Georgia, especially about their   "/ +,91* have set up a means of com- aiti's interim government he US has said that region- support for an Afghan-led and that the American intelligence Iagreed to work jointly to ele- high ranking in the ease of munications now, on a regu- Hhas asked the U.S. And Tal consensus and support Afghan-owned peace process is community has never said it was vate their "very excellent rela- doing business," he said. S President Joe Biden has lar basis, to be able to com- U.N. To deploy troops to pro- for an Afghan-led and Afghan- important for an enduring inevitable for the Taliban to take tionship" to a new level as He expressed hope that Uwarned Russia of conse- municate to one another tect key infrastructure as it tries owned peace process is impor- peace,” the spokesperson said over Afghanistan after the with- External Affairs Minister S his visit to Georgia, which is the quences for the ransomware when each of us thinks some- to stabilize the country and pre- tant for an enduring peace, in response to a question. drawal of US forces from Jaishankar held talks with first by an Indian foreign min- attacks emanating from the thing is happening in anoth- pare for elections in the after- stressing that Afghanistan's In reply to another ques- there. Georgian Vice Prime Minister ister to the country, will be the country, underscoring the er country that affects the math of President Jovenel neighbours and countries in tion, the spokesperson said that “We have trained over and Foreign Minister David opening of a new chapter in the need for Moscow to take action home country,” Biden Moïse's assassination. the region have a real stake in security assistance to Pakistan 300,000. We've provided USD Zalkaliani and discussed with relationship. against groups engaged in the said. Amid the confusion, hun- the war-torn nation's future. was suspended in 2018. 3.9 billion in humanitarian him bilateral economic coop- "I think our very excellent crime. During the call, the White dreds of Haitians gathered out- The comments came on “We continue to work with assistance. These are brave eration, trade and connectivity. relationship will even go to a Biden spoke with Russian House said, Biden under- side the U.S. Embassy in Port- Friday, hours after US Secretary the Pakistan military on fighters who have taken on Jaishankar is on a two-day higher level," he said, adding "It President Vladimir Putin on scored the need for Russia to au-Prince pleading for a way of State Antony Blinken had a numerous issues and value our casualties and fought off over visit to Georgia, a strategically was a very good discussion". Friday about the ongoing ran- take action to disrupt ran- out of the country. Women car- telephonic conversation with strong bilateral partnership,” the course of the last several important country situated at the Earlier, Jaishankar met the somware attacks by criminals somware groups operating in ried babies and young men his counterpart Shah the spokesperson said. years. We want to equip and intersection of Eastern Europe Indian community representa- based in Russia that have Russia and emphasised that he waved passports and ID cards Mahmood Qureshi, amidst a “We do not comment or empower them, and it is now and Western Asia. He also invit- tives in Georgia and appreci- impacted the US and other is committed to continued as they cried out, “Refuge!” and rapid withdrawal of American speculate on policies that may in their hands. But it is not ed his Georgian counterpart to ated their hard work in the countries around the world, the engagement on the broader “Help!” and NATO troops from or may not be under delibera- inevitable, nor has any intelli- India with a business delegation. agriculture sector. White House said in a readout threat posed by “We definitely need assis- Afghanistan. tion,” the official said when gence assessment predicted it "We discussed economic "As I begin the day, nice to of the call. ransomware. tance and we've asked our During the call, Blinken asked if President Joe Biden is was inevitable,” she said. cooperation, tourism, trade meet Indian Community repre- “Yes,” Biden told reporters During the call, Biden reit- international partners for help,” underscored the importance of reviewing the suspension of Biden on Thursday and connectivity. Our rela- sentatives from Tsnori, Khaketi. at the White House hours after erated that the United States Interim Prime Minister Claude continued bilateral cooperation security assistance to Pakistan. announced that America's tionship is doing well. There are Their hard work in the agricul- his call with Putin on this will take any necessary action Joseph told The Associated between the US and Pakistan. In May, Biden continued his nearly 20-year military mission some big Indian projects in ture sector has earned a good issue when asked if there would to defend its people and its crit- Press in a phone interview late The conversation took place in predecessor Donald Trump's in Afghanistan will conclude Georgia, power projects and name. Enterprising Indians are be consequences to the ran- ical infrastructure in the face of Friday. “We believe our partners the backdrop of reports that the policy on suspending security on August 31. The US military steel projects," he said. our global bridge," he said. somware attack. this continuing can assist the national police in Taliban has made huge terri- assistance to Pakistan without exit from Afghanistan before "A lot of Indian tourists There are many farmers “I made it very clear to him challenge. resolving the situation.” torial gains in Afghanistan. any clarity if the administration September 11 stems from the come, about 50,000 of them. from India who have invested that the United States expects, “The President has also The stunning request for Taliban militants are now will change its stance in the February 2020 agreement We have some 8,000 Indian in the agriculture sector in when a ransomware operation called on governments and U.S. Military support recalled thought to control about a future. Trump suspended all Washington signed with the students in Georgia. But in Georgia. is coming from his soil, even agencies to modernise their the tumult following Haiti's last third of the war-torn country. security assistance to Pakistan in Taliban in return for coun- every sector, we felt we can do "Also congratulated Pravasi though it's not sponsored by defences to meet this threat, presidential assassination, in “Afghanistan's neighbours January 2018, arguing that he terterrorism guarantees and more. We agreed today that we Bharatiya Samman awardee the state, we expect them to act building on the President's 1915, when an angry mob and countries in the region have was not satisfied with pledges the group would will work together to find ways Darpan Prasher," he said. if we give them enough infor- executive order on cybersecu- dragged President Vilbrun a real stake in Afghanistan's Islamabad's cooperation and negotiate a political settle- of raising it," Jaishankar said. Prasher is the Vice President at mation to act on who that is,” rity that was released in May,” Guillaume Sam out of the future and influence with the role in the fight against terrorism. ment to the war with the "I invited the Vice Prime the Indian Chamber of he said. a senior administration official French Embassy and beat him parties,” a State Department Earlier during her daily news Afghan government. Minister to visit India with a Commerce in Georgia. “And, secondly, that we told reporters. to death. 1 1      3   2-,.,9 of whom had previously Wang Yi said on Tuesday guage the Taliban use, China 2    3 @3   sought refuge in Afghanistan, addressing a meeting of the remains highly concerned he Taliban has said it sees to enter the country. 70th anniversary of diplo- about the security situation     TChina as a "friend" of The Taliban would also matic relations with there,” Andrew Small, a senior    -   @ Afghanistan and assured prevent al-Qaeda or any other Pakistan. transatlantic fellow with the * Beijing that it would not host terrorist group from operating While the American German Marshall Fund's Asia      (,1- /1,* said that India has been calling Uyghur Islamic militants from there, he said. troops' withdrawal and resur- Programme told the Post.  1-+/ for enhanced and effective the volatile Xinjiang province, “We have been to China gence of the Taliban should He said China's biggest  2-,.,9 xpressing concern over the humanitarian assistance to all which is a major worry for the many times and we have good strategically benefit China as concern in its dealings with ebsites of Iran's transport Einvolvement of external Syrians throughout the country Chinese Government, accord- relations with them,” Suhail the Taliban shares close ties the Taliban had always been hina's regulator ordered Wand urbanisation min- actors in Syria, India has said without discrimination, politi- ing to a media report. told Hong Kong-based South with Pakistan, both Islamabad whether it was sheltering Cthe removal from app istry Saturday went out of ser- it is committed to advancing a cisation and preconditions. The comments came as China Morning Post, recalling and Beijing are concerned as Uyghur separatists. stores of 25 apps owned by Didi vice after a “cyber disruption” Syrian-led and Syrian-owned He said that more than 13 the Taliban made territorial the few meetings hosted by they faced threats from the China's crackdown in Global Inc., the country's in computer systems of its UN-facilitated political process million people across Syria gains in the war-torn country China in the past for Taliban Islamic militant groups which Xinjiang, observers say, has largest ride-hailing service, cit- staff, the official IRNA news to bring long-term security need humanitarian assistance amid the withdrawal of the US delegations. were part of Al-Qaeda and exasperated the resentment ing severe violations of rules agency reported. and stability in the conflict-rid- in one form or another. forces. China has already “China is a friendly coun- Taliban. among native Uyghur against collecting personal The report did not elabo- den country. "Syrian women, children, evacuated 210 of its nationals try and we welcome it for China has been eying big Muslims in Xinjiang. The US, data. rate but said the case is under Explaining India's vote on elderly have severely impacted from Afghanistan by a char- reconstruction and developing scale investments in the EU and international The Cyberspace investigation. This is the second the Adoption of Syria in disproportionate ways. tered flight this week. Afghanistan,” he said adding Afghanistan as the country human rights organisations Administration of China had abnormality in computer sys- Humanitarian Resolution on Today's adoption, therefore, Beijing is concerned that that "If (the Chinese) have has the world's largest unex- have accused Beijing of com- already taken down the main tems related to the Friday, India's Permanent will reassure 3.4 million people under Taliban rule, investments, of course, we ploited reserves of copper, mitting genocide in the Didi app last Sunday, pending ministry. Representative to the United in the northwest of Syria," he Afghanistan will become a will ensure their safety," coal, iron, gas, cobalt, mer- province. a cybersecurity review, after it On Friday, Iran's railroad Nations Ambassador T.S. said. hub for the East Turkistan Shaheen said. cury, gold, lithium and thori- The 12th report of the debuted on the US stock mar- system came under cyberattack Tirumurti said that India firm- "We also need to reflect on Islamic Movement (ETIM), a Sharply critical of the US um, valued at over USD one Analytical Support and ket last week. with hackers posting fake mes- ly believes that long-term secu- the humanitarian situation separatist outfit aligned to move to pull out its troops trillion. Sanctions Monitoring Team of The 25 additional apps sages about alleged train delays rity and stability of this region not just in the northwest, but Al-Qaeda which is waging an without stabilising the peace In 2011, the China the UN last month confirmed include Didi Enterprises, as or cancellations on display can only be achieved by pre- also on the rest of the territo- insurgency in Xinjiang. process in Afghanistan, China National Petroleum the presence of ETIM mili- well as ones designed for Didi boards at stations across the serving the sovereignty and ter- ry of Syria. Both the UN The resource-rich this week has asked its close Corporation (CNPC) won a tants in Afghanistan. drivers. country. It came after the elec- ritorial integrity of Syria. Secretary General and Office Xinjiang shares about 80-km- ally Pakistan to step up coop- USD 400 million bid to drill “The Eastern Turkistan A spokesperson for Didi tronic tracking system on trains "We are deeply concerned for the Coordination of long border with Afghanistan. eration to contain the securi- three oil fields for 25 years, Islamic Movement (ETIM) did not immediately respond to across Iran failed. with the involvement of exter- Humanitarian Affairs Playing down China's ty risks in the war-torn coun- containing roughly 87 million consists of several hundred a request for comment. Also on Saturday, minister nal actors in Syria which is (OCHA) have repeatedly spo- concerns, the Taliban try following the withdrawal barrels of oil. members, located primarily in The move comes after of telecommunications, making the situation worse. ken about the worsening spokesman Suhail Shaheen of the foreign forces. Chinese firms have also Badakhshan and neighbour- Chinese authorities said earli- Mohammad Javad Azari "We also remain convinced humanitarian operations on said they see China as a "(China and Pakistan) gained rights to mine copper ing Afghan provinces," the er this week they would step up Jahromi warned about possible that there can be no military the ground," he said. “friend” to Afghanistan and is need to defend regional peace at Mes Aynak in Logar report submitted to the UN supervision of companies list- cyberattacks though ran- solution to the Syrian conflict Tirumurti said that there is hoping to talk to Beijing about together. Problems in province, according to the Security Council said. ed overseas. Under the new somwares. In 2018 Iran report- and reaffirm our commitment an urgent need for an active investing in reconstruction Afghanistan are practical chal- Post report. The report said that large measures, regulation of data ed similar attacks. to advancing a Syrian-led and engagement between interna- work “as soon as possible”. lenges that China and But observers say China numbers of Al-Qaeda fighters security and cross-border data In December that year, Syrian-owned UN facilitated tional donor community, Suhail also said the Pakistan both face," especial- will remain very cautious and and other foreign extremist flows, as well as the manage- Iran's telecommunications political process in line with the humanitarian agencies and Taliban would no longer allow ly the expansion of both inter- concerned about the Taliban elements aligned with the ment of confidential data, will ministry said the country had UN Security Council financial institutions with Syria, China's Uyghur separatist national and regional terror- delivering on its promises. Taliban are located in various be improved. defused a massive cyberattack Resolution 2254," he said. consistent with the sovereign- fighters from Xinjiang, some ism, Chinese Foreign Minister “Whatever benign lan- parts of Afghanistan.) Didi is the latest compa- on unspecified “electronic Noting that the decade- ty, independence and territor- ny facing the scrutiny from infrastructure” but provided long violence and terror has ial integrity of Syria to address the Chinese government. An no specifics on the purported caused devastating impact on the humanitarian situation and  (   3    investigation found “serious attack. the lives of Syrians, Tirumurti reconstruction needs.      * violations” in how Didi col- No group has so far taken lected and used personal responsibility of the either inci-     *  information, the internet reg- dents. ulator said earlier in the week. In 2019, an error in the rail- B=C*    +*9 )*9 members had decided to step A statement said the compa- way company's computer servers down in the face of “growing ny was told to “rectify prob- caused multiple delays in train ne of Hong Kong's most political and legal lems” but gave no services. @(      Oestablished pro-democra- risks.” details. cy civic organisations said Of the seven members The internet regulator also  ** come forward as soon as they Saturday it is letting go its paid remaining, three are currently said Didi was barred from are eligible,” she said. staff and halving the size of its in jail facing national security accepting new customers until K health officials said the “A s w e a p p r o a c h t h e steering committee amid charges — chairman Lee the investigations were com- UDelta variant of Covid-19 planned end of restrictions, we Beijing's crackdown on oppo- Cheuk-yan as well as vice pleted. continues as the dominant must remain cautious and care- sition activity in the semi- chairmen Albert Ho Chun-yan strain of coronavirus and ful. Cases are rising across the autonomous Chinese and Chow Hang-tung. marked a sharp increase in the country, and whilst the vac- city. Letting go of staff was to UK with 54,268 more cases cines offer excellent protection, The Hong Kong Alliance in “ensure their safety" and would logged on Friday, which marks they do not offer 100 per cent Support of Patriotic take effect at the end of the a 32 per cent increase over the protection,” she added. Democratic Movements of month, the statement previous week. The weekly PHE data China is best known for organ- said. Public Health England found the Delta AY.1 sub lin- ising an annual rally and can- While the 32-year-old (PHE) said its weekly analysis eage, so-called Delta plus dlelight vigil remembering group said the changes would shows the continued rise in mutation for its feared vaccine those killed in the bloody 1989 affect its operations, it vowed infections is not followed by a resistance, remains low at 44 crackdown on pro-democracy that “regardless of whatever similar increase in hospitalisa- cases. Overall, the Delta vari- protests in Beijing's Tiananmen difficulties or challenges we tions and deaths, which reflects ant – first identified in India – Square. face, the alliance will contin- a high protection offered by currently accounts for approx- The group said in a state- ue to grit our teeth and move both doses of a coronavirus imately 99 per cent of cases ment that seven of its 14 onwards one step at a vaccine. that are sequenced across the remaining steering committee time." In a separate study, PHE UK, followed by the local also found that all the vaccines Alpha variant of concern. ` In being administered are as effec- a variant technical briefing, tive at preventing symptomatic PHE revealed that “secondary disease in the majority of peo- attack rates” – the likelihood of ple with underlying health an infection occurring in a conditions as the rest of the given context – amongst population. household contacts of cases “The data continues to with Delta has continued to show that the sharp increase in fall. Despite this continued cases that we are seeing is not fall, secondary attack rates for being followed by a similar both household and non- increase in hospitalisation and household contacts of cases death,” said Dr Jenny Harries, with Delta remain higher than Chief Executive of the UK for Alpha. Health Security Agency. In its separate vaccine “This is because two doses study, PHE found overall vac- of the available vaccines offer cine effectiveness against symp- a high level of protection tomatic disease in risk groups against the Delta variant. at approximately 60 per cent Getting both jabs is the best after one dose of either Oxford way to ensure you and the peo- AstraZeneca [Covishield] or ple you love remain safe, so we Pfizer/BioNTech, with little once again urge everyone to variation by age. '  4?     " ++, -.-+

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Fuel demand showed signs  -" -+, of resurgence in June after restrictions began to be eased 5 inance Minister Nirmala and the economy gathered FSitharaman has said that pace.With Covid case addition integrating technology with continuing to decline and vac- inclusive service delivery would cination pace picking up, state hold the key to accelerate the governments have continued to pace of economic recovery reopen, though some during the time of pandemic. exceptions such as Maharashtra Speaking virtually in the exist.  -" -+, session on policies for eco- The then Oil Minister nomic recovery at the second Dharmendra Pradhan had last uto pent-up demand has day of the ongoing G20 Finance month stated that India’s fuel Abeen impacted from Ministers & Central Bank demand would recover to pre- high fuel cost as well as price Governors Meeting,   -" -+, cent from May sales of 1.99 pandemic levels by the end of hikes taken by OEMs in the Sitharaman also cited digitisa- million tonnes. 2021. “We are confident by the current unlock phase vis-a- tion, climate action and sus- ndia’s fuel demand rebound- Diesel - the most used fuel end of this calendar year we vis last year.Accordingly, tainable infrastructure as the Ied in June after slumping to in the country - rose 12 per will be in a position to restore ‘2W’ demand has been tepid rural segment has not been as three catalysts of economic a nine-month low in the pre- cent from May to 6.2 million our original (pre-COVID) con- while that of ‘PVs’ is more resilient as that in the previ- recovery. vious month as restrictions to tonnes, but was down 1.5 per sumption behaviour,” Pradhan resilient, given the relatively ous year, with 2W OEMs In this regard, she also curb the spread of the pan- cent from June 2020 and 18.8 said. Consumption of LPG, better income profiles of car reporting flattish sales in shared India’s successful expe- demic were eased, helping eco- per cent from June 2019. the only fuel which showed customers. Jun-21. However, demand rience in integrating technolo- nomic activity and mobility to This is the first monthly growth even during the first “In the current unlock for PVs is holding up (as the gy with inclusive service deliv- pick up. increase since March. lockdown because of free sup- phase, the pent-up demand is higher income consumers ery during the pandemic. As an Fuel consumption rose Fuel demand had recov- plies by the government to the lukewarm (unlike last year) have been relatively less example, the finance minster 1.5 per cent to 16.33 million ered to near-normal levels in poor, rose 9.7 per cent year on as customer sentiment has impacted by Covid).” also shared how CoWIN appli- tonnes in June from a year ear- March before the onset of the year to 2.26 million tonnes. It been partially impacted by The progress of the cation used by the country to lier and by 8 per cent over May second wave of Covid-19 infec- was up 26.3 per cent over June higher fuel prices - petrol south-west monsoon will be register and vaccinate millions 5  4           =   2021, data from the Petroleum tions led to the re-imposition 2019. With airlines yet to prices are more than INR 100 a key variable to determine of its population has efficient-  )=>5  4' 2 *)  4)=> Planning and Analysis Cell of lockdowns in different states, resume full-scale operations in several states, which has the extent of recovery, the ly supported scale and scope of   (PPAC) of Ministry of stalling mobility and muting because of travel restrictions resulted in high running brokerage firm said. country’s massive vaccination Petroleum and Natural Gas economic activity. around the globe, jet fuel sales costs and price hikes taken by Besides, firm pointed out programme. humanitarian needs outweigh July 9 and 10, 2021, under the showed. Consumption in May at 2,58,000 tonneswas up 16.2 the OEMs to offset rising that commodity prices have Sitharaman said that India commercial benefits. Italian G20 presidency. This is Petrol sales rose 5.6 per slumped to its lowest since per cent year on year but 61.7 commodity prices,” said remained firm, with OEMs has made this platform freely The third meeting of G20 the first in-person Finance cent year-on-year to 2.4 million August last year amid lock- per cent lower than June of HDFC Securities. raising prices to partially off- available to all countries given finance ministers and central Track meeting since February tonnes in June. It was up 21 per downs and restrictions in sev- 2019. “Further, demand in the set the above. the country’s firm belief that bank governors is scheduled on 2020. -E =2  2,   !'     *./- .+   "*,  '              =, #  2=       Kolkata:To ensure social dis-       -" -+, these smaller players has been rural areas and the stress on the tancing in Metro premises and   -" -+, regulatory filing. impacted with an estimated 50 borrowers’ cash flows due to trains, Metro will run 104 (52   -" -+, Hence, the bank had he impact of the second per cent of players (having a loss of income as well as high UP & 52 DN) Maintenance quitas Holdings, the pro- requested RBI if a scheme of TCovid wave has raised con- loan portfolio of more than 500 medical expenses,” said Suman Special Services instead of 90 inance Minister Nirmala Emoter of Equitas Small amalgamation of the company cerns over the recovery of the crore) having received ade- Chowdhury, Chief Analytical Maintenance Special Services FSitharaman on Saturday Finance Bank (SFB), on with the bank, resulting in exit microfinance (MFIs) and the quate funds.” Officer, Acuite Ratings & from 12.07.2021 (Monday) . offered to share CoWIN plat- Saturday said the bank has of the promoter, can be sub- small NBFC sector, which was “Relief measures provided Research. In the morning, the first form with other nations for received Reserve Bank of mitted to RBI for approval, already battling the elevated by the government and RBI “Given the intermittent service will leave from free, saying that humanitarian India’s (RBI) nod to apply for prior to the expiry of the said credit stress and declining recently is expected to support nature of economic activities in Dakshineswar and Kavi needs outweigh commercial amalgamation of the promot- five years, to take effect after the AUM in FY21. the continuity of credit flow to the wake of Covid spread in Subhash at 08:00 hrs (instead of benefits.Participating on the er into itself. As per the SFB initial promoter lock-in expires, Accordingly, out of thirteen microfinance and MSME bor- Q1FY22, the borrower income 08.30 hrs.) and the last service second day of the ongoing that humanitarian needs out- licensing guidelines of RBI, a it said. “RBI vide its commu- issuer downgrades by credit rowers while also enhance liq- streams, particularly of those will leave from Dakshineswar G20 Finance Ministers and weigh commercial benefits,” a promoter of SFB can exit or to nication dated July 9, 2021, to rating agencies during Q1FY22 uidity relief to the smaller serviced by smaller NBFCs or and Kavi Subhash at 11:30 hrs Central Bank Governors tweet said.During the meeting, cease to be a promoter after the the bank has permitted the in the financial sector, ten lenders.” MFIs have been severely (no change in timing). Meeting, Sitharaman shared discussions of finance ministers mandatory initial lock-in peri- bank to apply to RBI seeking issuers are smaller MFI and Furthermore, it said that impacted, thereby exacerbating In the evening, the first ser- India’s successful experience in were focused on policies for od of five years (initial pro- approval for scheme of amal- NBFCs engaged in providing impact of second wave of the asset quality stress for these vice will leave from integrating technology with economic recovery, sustain- moter lock-in) depending on gamation,” Equitas Holdings unsecured MSME loans, per- Covid has been more pro- lenders.” Dakshineswar and Kavi inclusive service delivery dur- able finance and International RBI’s regulatory and supervi- said. RBI has also conveyed that sonal and vehicle loans. nounced on collections in the However, the report Subhash at 15:30 hrs (instead of ing the pandemic, the Finance Taxation. “In policies for recov- sory comfort and SEBI regula- any ‘no objection’, if and when A report by Acuite Ratings asset classes of microfinance added that absence of mora- 15.45 hrs.) and the last service Ministry said in a series of ery session, FM discussed 3 cat- tions at that time. given on the scheme of amal- said that collection efficiencies and two-wheeler loans as com- torium has made the bor- will leave from Dakshineswar tweets. alysts of economic recovery- “In case of Equitas Small gamation, would be without which were seen recovering pared to the first cycle. rower stress more visible in and Kavi Subhash at 19.15 hrs “FM Smt. @nsitharaman #Digitalization #ClimateAction Finance Bank (the bank), our prejudice to the powers of RBI above 90 per cent in Mar-21 “Even as two-wheeler as an this cycle and along with lack (instead of 19.00 hrs). shared how #CoWIN applica- & #SustainableInfrastructure; subsidiary for which the com- to initiate action, if any, for vio- have dropped to between 65- asset class fared better during of adequate funding, the dete- These services will ply at an tion has efficiently supported shared India’s successful expe- pany is the promoter, the said lation of any licensing guide- 85 per cent levels during the first wave of lockdowns, the rioration in liquidity and interval of 8 minutes during scale and scope of our vacci- rience in integrating technolo- initial promoter lock-in for lines or any terms and condi- Q1FY22. impact has been greater during therefore credit quality for peak hours from Monday to nation & #India has made this gy with inclusive service deliv- the company expires on tions of license, or any other “Besides the lower collec- the second cycle on account of smaller NBFCs and MFIs was Saturday. There will be no ser- platform freely available to all ery during the pandemic,” September 4, 2021,” it said in a applicable instruction, it added tions, the debt raising ability of the spread of the pandemic in almost inevitable. vices on Sunday. countries given our firm belief another tweet said.        * ! 34  <         -" -+, fall in the last week of April.” “Ind-Ra expects a gradual 6.78   ndia’s highway toll collections relaxation in the lockdown Iare expected to bounce back measures with a drop in Covid   after a subdued April-May sea- cases and ramp-up in toll col- son this year. lections 2QFY22 onwards.”  -*( Accordingly, toll collec- In addition, the report say tions are expected to reach FY21 witnessed a robust traf- sangYong Motor, a debt- 4QFY21 revenues in 2QFY22 fic recovery, erasing the traffic Sridden automaker, has and record 15 per cent growth losses during the peak COVID- decided to sell the site of its beginning 3QFY22 over FY20 19 lockdown period. plant in Pyeongtaek as part of sans a third wave. “This was led by the faster self-rescue efforts, the local “These expectations are adoption of private trans- government said on Saturday. driven by the recovery in June portation and a swift com- The company has been 2021, stronger than the earlier mercial traffic recovery pro- under court receivership since seen in 2QFY21 during the first viding stability to toll rev- April, as its Indian parent, wave,” India Ratings and enues.” Mahindra & Mahindra, failed Research (Ind-Ra) said in a “The commercial traffic to secure a buyer for its 75 per- research report. tions in June 2021 saw an stress cases, reflecting ample mobility impacting toll collec- saw a quick recovery, given the cent stake in the automaker. In April and May 2021, upward trajectory, reaching 90 cushion for timely debt ser- tions. movement of essential com-  (2/, not seem to be as severe as in The city government of average toll revenue fell by 10 per cent of 4QFY21 levels in vicing in potential downside “Ind-Ra’s sample study on modities and was in line with last year. Also states were well Pyeongtaek, 70 kms south of per cent and 34 per cent respec- the last week of June 2021. scenarios.” 36 toll projects spread across 10 E-Way bills generation and ovid’s second wave along prepared this time to deal with Seoul, said it has signed a tively, compared to 4QFY21 “In the backdrop of ade- Besides, the report said states indicates the average fuel consumption trajectory Cwith regional lockdowns the situation,” said Deepak memorandum of understand- owing to the localised lock- quate liquidity and a recovery that implementation of a full or daily toll collections on a week- while the Covid-19 spread con- are expected to dampen the Jasani- Head of Retail Research ing with the court-appointed downs during second Covid in traffic, the cash flows of the partial lockdown during April- ly basis reached a peak of 38 tinued to saddle the public Q1FY22 earnings result season, at HDFC Securities. manager of SsangYong and its wave. projects rated above ‘A’ show June 2021 in several parts of the per cent in the third week of transportation (buses) recov- thereby, unleashing volatility. “Trends in shift from infor- labor union, regarding the sale However, the toll collec- considerable resilience to country had hit the people May 2021, after a 17 per cent ery.” Notably, the trend might mal to formal sectors, impact of the site, which measures lead to value correction, this in of raw material price increase 850,000 square meters and is theory, can trigger another and inventory gains or losses valued at 900 billion won ($786 bull run. due to China intervention in million). 5 2 *    3  2 However, the scale of this commodity markets will be The plant was constructed expected trend might only be interesting to watch out for. In in 1979.The company will build known via the impact on rev- the BFS space, asset quality or a new factory in Pyeongtaek,       4'A/ enue that different sectors sus- slippages trends in the books of and the city will provide tained in respect to lockdown’s lenders will be monitored administrative support in the   )*+, defined last year to be the cor- securities among others. effect on operations and sales. closely.” process of construction and nerstones of our strategic focus The AGM’s approval was Other factors such as high Additionally, Jasani said relocation, the city said. ederal Bank shareholders for FY 2020-21, and a stepping also sought for revision of New Delhi:The Central Board technology the overall average commodity and fuel prices that several high-frequency “We will actively support FhaveApproved the resolu- stone in our journey to become tenure of one of the Joint of indirect Taxes and Customs facilitation levels have already along with impact of rural macro indicators have SsangYong Motor to grow into tion to re-appoint Shyam the bank of FIRST CHOICE for Statutory Central Auditors, the (CBIC) has taken further steps exceeded these levels with the Covid spread on the FMCG improved lately including a global company that con- Srinivasan as the Managing Indians,” he said. appointment and fixation of to streamline the faceless All-India average facilitation demand will exert pressure on power consumption, auto fuel tributes to the development of Director and Chief Executive Srinvasan’s reappointment remuneration of branch audi- assessment mechanism put in level across all Customs stations Q1 revenues. demand, e-way bills, exports the local economy,” Jung Jang- Officer for a period of three will come into effect from tors in consultation with the place in the customs clearance being 77 per cent for May In contrast, pharma com- amongst others. seon, mayor of Pyeongtaek, years. September 23 this year to Statutory processes and has decided that 2021.“Board also notes that panies could benefit due to the “Rising commodity costs, said.Chung Yong-won, court- The decision was taken in September 22, 2024. Central Auditors and other up to 90 per cent of non-risky the use of machine learning and second Covid wave, besides, higher inflation, and a likely appointed administrator of the 90th Annual General He took over as the CEO of necessary appointments. import consignments would be the other state of art technolo- metals, BFSI and IT are expect- rate increase are key concern SsangYong, said the new plant Meeting of shareholders of the bank on 23 September The meeting was presided cleared within hours without gies now enables RMS (risk ed to drive earnings’ growth in areas.” will focus on green and self-dri- Federal Bank which was con- 2010. over by Bank’s Chairperson any physical interface. management systems) to more Q1FY22. According to Gaurav Garg, ving cars as a base for the com- ducted through video confer- A release issued by the Grace Elizabeth Koshie and The new mechanism would precisely target the risky con- Furthermore, in Q1FY22, Haed of Research at CapitalVia pany’s long-term survival, encing on Friday. bank said the approval of share- joined by other Directors, become functional from July 15 signments thereby enabling Indian corporates have the Global Research: “The opening reports Yonhap news agency. The bank streamed it live holders was sought for adopt- shareholders, senior execu- an aid faster clearance of import more focussed attention on benefit of a low base, while dur- of the season was good by TCS, SsangYong opened an auc- on four social media platforms ing audited financial state- tives, representatives of consignments as the systems lesser number of Bills of Entry ing Q1FY21 the aggregate net it posted a net profit growth of tion for its majority stake on - Facebook, YouTube, Twitter ments of FY 2020-21. Statutory Auditors and would clear such consignments for assessment by the (faceless sales of most companies had 28.5 per cent, it also posted a June 28.Half of SsangYong and Clubhouse. The meeting also passed Secretarial Auditors of the without any physical interface. assessment groups) FAGs. fallen sharply and their net growth of 18.5 per cent in con- Motor Company’s workers will Addressing the AGM, other resolutions including bank. At present, the facilitation (does Thus, Board has decided that profits had plunged. solidated revenue.” go on unpaid leave for two Srinivasan said the bank’s dig- declaration of dividend of 35 In her address, Koshie not require assessment or w.e.f. 15.07.2021 the facilitation “In Q1FY22, though there “However, this earnings years beginning next month as ital innovations of today are on per cent to the shareholders, remarked that the Bank led by examination) levels in imports level across all Customs stations was disruption or partial lock- season may have few surpris- part of self-help measures as the cusp of redefining the approval of issuance of equity its twin focus on digital enable- is up to 80 per cent for Aircargo would be increased to 90 per down in several states in April es as it coincided with the sec- the debt-ridden automaker is banking paradigm of tomor- shares on preferential basis ment and people empower- Complexes, 70 per cent for cent relating to RMD (risk or May due to the second ond wave of the pandemic and striving to speed up its sales row.”Simple, Digital, and raising of Tier I Capital of ment, supported by opera- Seaports and 60 per cent for management division),” CBIC Covid wave, the impact of this therefore there might be mixed process, the company said last Contactless this is what I had the Bank through Issuance of tional ICDs. 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Wimbledon, it’s just crazy to more heartbreak as the Djokovic will move level think about it,” said Berrettini. former world number with Roger Federer and Rafael A shock victory on Sunday one fell at the final hur- Nadal on career majors with could be the first part of a dle in three sets in the victory and also go three-quar- sporting double for Italy in 2016 US Open final. ters of the way to the first cal- London with the country’s At one point with endar Slam in more than half football team taking on Hollywood superstar Tom a century. England in the Euro 2020 final. Cruise looking on it looked The 34-year-old is in his “Obviously for Italian peo- feasible, though, that she could seventh Wimbledon final and ple in general, but it’s going to pull off mission impossible in 30th at the Slams. be tough Sunday,” he said. winning the title. Only Federer, with 31, has Berrettini is likely to have However, her previously appeared in more champi- the majority of the 15,000 fans superb weapon — her serve that onship matches at the majors inside Centre Court behind had only been broken four times but the fading Swiss star is position. Anything is possible him. prior to the final — deserted her more than five years older. in the finals. Obviously expe- Djokovic has become when she most needed it. “It would mean everything. rience is on my side.” familiar with such scenarios. So did her emotions as That’s why I’m here. That’s Berrettini, the 25-year-old “People also like to see Pliskova — the fourth Czech why I’m playing,” said Djokovic world number nine, is the first someone win who is an under- woman to appear in a who has already captured a Italian ever to make a singles dog or is not maybe expected Wimbledon singles final in the ninth Australian Open and final at Wimbledon. to win, is not the favourite to Open era — spoke after receiv- second French Open in 2021. Victory will make him win,” admitted Djokovic. !  %!2       %  .     E      ! ing the runner-up trophy. The victory in Paris made Italy’s first male Slam champi- “But hopefully people can “I never cry, never, and him just the third man to win on since Adriano Panatta at the also recognise also the impor- #  ** now,” said Pliskova stepping all four majors more than once. 1976 French Open. tance of this match for me, the back a bit. “I want to say Ash “I imagined myself being in He has lost both his previ- history that is on the line. shleigh Barty won her IN LONDON played an incredible tourna- a position to fight for another ous encounters with Djokovic, “I’m prepared for anything first Wimbledon title on BARTY PARTY ment, I fought to make it diffi- Grand Slam trophy prior to including the quarter-finals at really that is going to happen in Athe 50th anniversary of cult for her but she played very coming to London. Roland Garros last month. terms of the crowd support on fellow indigenous Australian well so congrats to her. “I put myself in a very good But he is on a run of 11-0 Sunday.” Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s "   6 /    3   L@# LS# maiden crown, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 in the %    ' ' final on Saturday. L@        /      passes The 25-year-old Australian —who wore a specially-  - 9   67;'    "'  'A  PERRY OUT OF THE HUNDRED designed dress in tribute to    /     -   Cawley’s iconic scallop one she #  ** 3          sported in 1971 — adds the      / -      +      ! 1 Wimbledon crown to her 2019 arija Cicak will make history on Sunday @'         2  French Open title. sets since 2012 when Serena points. or two wobbles she got herself Mwhen she becomes the first woman to 3   6''    “It took me a long time to Williams beat Poland’s However, 29-year-old over the line sinking to her umpire a Wimbledon men’s singles final.     .  6! verbalise, to dare to dream it and Agnieszka Radwanska. Pliskova steadied herself while knees, her hands over her face The All England Club confirmed that the say it,” said Barty, who was also Barty is also the first top Barty faltered when she served in disbelief. 43-year-old from Croatia will oversee POPE DOUBTFUL FOR 1ST TEST fulfilling a childhood dream. seed to win the women’s title for the match at 6-5 in the sec- She wiped a couple of tears Sunday’s clash between five-time champion  -    *  3  “I didn’t sleep a lot last since Williams in 2016. ond set. away before climbing up to the Novak Djokovic and Matteo Barrettini.         night, I was thinking of all the Barty had looked like cruis- The Czech broke and then player’s box, just like her com- She is a gold badge chair umpire and a women’s doubles final.   1    ,   what-ifs. I hope I made Evonne ing to victory after soaring into swept the tiebreaker to take the patriot Pat Cash did when he member of the WTA Elite Team since 2012. The Zagreb native has worked at 15 suc-     %     proud.” a 4-0 lead over her opponent — final into a decider. won the Wimbledon men’s title Cicak officiated at the 2014 Wimbledon cessive Wimbledons as well as the Olympics    O  2  ! It was the first women’s the Australian’s start so blister- Barty got the break for 2-0 in 1987. women’s final between Petra Kvitova and in Athens, London, and Rio in 2016 where Wimbledon final to go to three ing that she won the first 14 in the final set and despite one Victory would taste sweet- Eugenie Bouchard as well as the 2017 she umpired the women’s singles final. WAHAB TO GO ENG NEXT WEEK    3  B     # " #          -      1 +! "  Q     ( )   9:.1/         ! Takudzwanashe Kaitano, who contributed just two runs. He struck 16 fours, plenty of them in the range between cover to right   *1+/31* Earlier, veteran pacer Shikha Pandey DAVIES OUT OF GOLD CUP behind the bowler, with a few struck (3/22) snared three wickets while spinners   /       through the legside. ngland all-rounder Nat Sciver smashed Poonam Yadav (1/32) and Radha Yadav    *//= 9    = Bangladesh had set up the target after Ea record-equalling half century before the (1/33) took a scalp each in what was an ordi-        %  # Shadman Islam and Nazmul Islam Shanto bowlers put the struggling Indian batters nary bowling effort.       ! added 196 runs, Bangladesh's highest sec- under pressure to ensure an 18 run-win for It was a good day for the visitors in the ond-wicket stand against Zimbabwe break- the hosts via DLS method in the rain-cur- field as skipper Harmanpreet and Harleen FORMER PACER PANKAJ RETIRES ing the 121 between Javed Omar and tailed first T20I. pulled off splendid catches.  3 3 % #  Habibul Bashar from 2001. Put in to bat, England rode on Sciver’s While skipper Harmanpreet, fielding at   % B  % 1 Shanto made 117 off 118 with five fours 27-ball 55, that included eight fours and a long on, put an end to Sciver’s brilliant         ,#  and six sixes while Shadman struck nine hit over the fence, and wicketkeeper Amy innings by diving to pouch the ball inches        fours in his 115 off 196 balls. Shanto hit the Jones’ 43 off 27 balls to reach 177 for seven over the ground.    ! most sixes in an innings in Zimbabwe. in 20 overs. Harleen put an end to Jones’ innings, as Sciver’s sensational fifty was England’s she jumped to take a superb reverse- HOKKAIDO REGION BANS FANS MAHMUDULLAH TO RETIRE joint fastest in the format. cupped catch at the boundary above her  .B  +   Senior Bangladesh all-rounder In reply, India failed to keep up with the head before losing her balance.        Mahmudullah has made a sudden decision required run-rate despite vice-captain Smriti She threw the ball in the air as she *         ! to stop playing Test cricket, a day after Mandhana’s quickfire 29 off 17 balls before stepped out of the boundary rope only to recording a career-best 150 in the ongoing rain gods had the last laugh with the visi- jump back in, diving forward to complete VVS TO REMAIN CONSULTANT one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare. tors at 54 for three in 8.4 overs, 18 runs the catch.    =  ,   OO According to a report in Cricbuzz, behind England via the DLS method. Harman said the team’s fielding has        #  +//- Mahmudullah informed his colleagues England now lead the three-match improved considerably under the guidance     2 #      that he is not willing to continue his Test series 1-0 and 8-4 in the multi-format points of coach Abhay Sharma but the bowling      (@ # angladesh scented victory in their Test career anymore, leaving the team manage- system having lifted the ODI trophy. over of the chase, while Harleen played sec- could have been better.            ! Bagainst Zimbabwe, having got rid of a ment shocked. Chasing 178, India was off to the worst ond fiddle. “We knew there’d be rain after 8:30 PM. rampant Brendan Taylor late on the fourth “Yes, he (Mahmudullah) had informed possible start as pacer Katherine Brunt bam- But Sciver struck soon, getting rid of the We couldn’t make it due to back-to-back CHENNAIYIN APPOINT BOZIDAR day, to take command of the game. The that he does not want to prolong his Test boozled the big-hitting Shafali Verma for a dangerous Mandhana in the sixth over. wickets. We fielded really well, there’s a lot  1    = Zimbabwe captain smacked a 73-ball 92, career after this game. But he did not duck, leaving India nought for one. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s (1) pro- of improvement in our fielding.     2 2  keeping the visiting side on the back foot inform us anything officially and we have However, Mandhana and Harleen Deol longed lean patch continued as the senior “Shikha did really well in the bowling     '6   , ! for much of the evening session. Eventually, to see whether it’s an emotional outburst (17 not out) got the tourists back on track batter became all-rounder Sarah Glenn’s first department. We need to think of the the home side went to stumps at 140 for 3, or not,” the website quoted a top Bangladesh after the initial upset. victim in the very next over. boundaries we’re are giving in between overs. ANAND BEATS KASPAROV still 337 runs adrift of the 477-run target Cricket Board (BCB) as saying. With rain on the cards, the duo quick- The loss of the skipper’s wicket in quick If we can work on that, we can stop any team. @ O  /   Bangladesh had set them. Mahmudullah has played 49 Tests with ly stitched a 44-run partnership with succession cost the Indians dear, ensuring Every game is important for us, today was       9 )   Taylor ridiculously dominated the 95- 2764 runs at an average of 31 plus and four Mandhana hitting six boundaries, includ- that they were well behind in the DLS unfortunate because of rain,” she said at the        run second wicket stand with half-centuries. ing successive fours off Brunt in the third method. post match presentation. 9  1  ! !  / Hasan five-for restricts Poms to 247 . &3>  /  

#  ** #  9* , -1 Match award. “I’m really enjoy- 0 ing my bowling and I am glad I   -" -+, followed by the T20Is, starting akistan’s Hasan Ali took five bed McCoy and Hayden can just make a contribution to on July 25. The last two T20Is are Pwickets but England recov- OWalsh combined for seven this team.” he Indian team’s six-match set to be played on July 27 and ered to 247 all out in the second wickets to trigger a stunning While McCoy was the out- Tlimited-overs series in Sri 29 at the same venue. ODI at Lord’s on Saturday. Australian collapse as the West standing bowler for the West Lanka will now start from July “We understand that cir- England were set for a com- Indies pulled off an 18-run vic- Indies in the South Africa series, 18, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said cumstances are extraordinary, manding total in a match tory in the opening fixture of the Walsh was not selected for any on Saturday, a day after a Covid- but the BCCI would like to reduced by rain to 47 overs per five-match T20I series at the of those five matches but had an 19 outbreak in the home team extend its full support to Sri side with Phil Salt (60) and Darren Sammy Stadium in St immediate impact when called camp forced the postponement. Lanka Cricket (SLC) during James Vince (56) sharing a Lucia on Friday. into service at the start of this The series, which was orig- these tough times for the smooth third-wicket stand of 97 after Seamer McCoy (four for 26) duel with the Australians. inally scheduled to start with the conduct of the upcoming series,” both Dawid Malan and Zak and leg-spinner Walsh (three for He triggered the slide by three ODIs on July 13, had to be Shah said in a statement, issued Crawley had fallen for ducks. 23) turned the match on its head bowling Ben McDermott with a rescheduled after Sri Lanka’s by the BCCI. From 118-2, however, as the tourists, replying to the googly in the 11th over and then batting coach Grant Flower and Sri Lanka Cricket secretary England lost five wickets for 42 home side’s total of 145 for six, claimed the all-important wick- data analyst G T Niroshan test- Ashley De Silva expressed his runs to be 160-7 in what was the lost their last six wickets for 19 et of Marsh caught-and-bowled ed positive for the dreaded virus gratitude towards BCCI for first ODI at Lord’s since runs to be dismissed for 127 off two overs later. on their return from the UK. standing by them during hour of England’s dramatic 2019 World 16 overs. standing figures of three for 12 For Australian captain It also meant an extended crisis. “We are grateful to the Cup final win over New Zealand  * %  !   * A % 74   Mitchell Marsh’s 51 off 31 off four overs and it required Aaron Finch, who was the first quarantine period for the squad BCCI for understanding the and the first in the UK where a  /  E %E      ! balls with two sixes and five Russell’s power-hitting which wicket to fall at the start of the members. While the tentative situation and agreeing to coop- capacity crowd had been fours appeared to have tilted the brought him five sixes and three chase when drove left-arm spin- date that was originally being erate with us at this moment of allowed since the start of the (40) and Brydon Carse (31), work to do in difficult batting match decidedly in his team’s fours to give the innings late ner Fabian Allen to extra-cover, discussed was July 17, but Shah time, as it has done on numer- coronavirus pandemic. both playing their maiden ODI conditions if they were to level favour until he fell to Walsh at impetus after the home side’s the batting performance was confirmed that it will start from ous occasions, during our long- Fast bowler Ali, a star of innings, had frustrated Pakistan this three-match series at 1-1. 117 for six in the 13th over. top-order batting struggled after completely unacceptable. July 18. “India-Sri Lanka ODI standing relationship.” Pakistan’s 2017 Champions with an eighth-wicket stand of Both sides were unchanged West Indies were indebted they were put in. “We’ve got no excuses for series to start on July 18 due to Earlier in the day, a Sri Trophy triumph in England, fin- 69. after England, forced into select- to Andre Russell’s explosive 51 “I felt we always had a what happened out there Covid-19 outbreak in home Lankan player in one of the two ished with 5-51 in 9.2 overs — And with the floodlights ing a wholly new squad after a off 28 balls — his first T20I fifty chance if we could pick up a cou- tonight,” was his curt assessment. team camp,” Shah said. bio-bubbles had tested positive his fourth five-wicket haul in 56 switched on at a gloomy home Covid outbreak within their — in reaching a total of some ple wickets and when it started “In fact the pitch got better for The three ODI matches will for Covid-19 as the virus out- matches at this level — when of cricket, a Pakistan side camp, had thrashed Pakistan by respectability. going for us we were able to pull batting as the match wore on. now be held on July 18, 20 and break continued to rock the Saqib Mahmood holed out. bowled out for just 141 in the nine wickets at Cardiff’s Sophia Opening bowler Josh it off,” said a delighted McCoy We just didn’t focus on the job 23 at the Premadasa Stadium home team. But by then Lewis Gregory first ODI on Thursday had Gardens. Hazlewood produced the out- after receiving the Man of the properly and paid the price.”