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-5.-,4 South Africa said that the case ed and shown to have variant- study is of a patient with like properties in terms of its (0 2 ( he Beta Covid variant in advanced HIV who, despite ability to escape antibodies. Tpatients with advanced having a mild Covid-19 infec- “Evolved mutations lead Human Immunodeficiency tion, tested SARS-CoV-2 pos- to escape from neutralisation, Virus (HIV) can create condi- itive for 216 days. which means antibodies made tions that can lead to the evo- Genomic sequencing as a result of previous natural lution of dangerous mutations revealed shifts in the patient’s infection or vaccination would in SARS-CoV-2, researchers SARS-CoV-2 viral population not work well to protect you have warned, underlining the a long time and results in over time, involving multiple from a new infection. SARS- need to make sure everyone liv- major damage to the immune mutations at key sites, includ- CoV-2 may mutate extensive- ing with HIV has appropriate system, the researchers ing the spike protein domain ly within one person if infec- -5.-,4 treatment. explained. which SARS-CoV-2 uses to tion persists,” said Alex Sigal, Control of HIV with anti- A team from the Africa enter human cells. from the institute. ith the situation worsen- retroviral therapy could be the Health Research Institute in The evolved virus was test- Continued on Page 10 Wing in Afghanistan and key to preventing the evolution the Taliban crushing all resis- of SARS-CoV-2 in immune- tance after the withdrawal of compromised patients with the US forces to take control of advanced HIV, since clearance the majority of the country, of the virus is compromised if India has brought out its diplo- HIV is allowed to replicate for matic staff from its consulate in Kandahar. At least 50 diplo- matic staff and security per- #% sonnel of the Indo-Tibetan 3 34 -5.-,4 best vaccination record, they Border Police (ITBP) were air- too are a long way from reach- lifted on Saturday by an Indian $3:;3<=3<:; ith populated States like ing the target of vaccinating all Air Force (IAF) plane. " # $ WBihar, Rajasthan and adults by December. Though The precautionary step was 0>$?3@@A2 West Bengal reporting a high the Government has taken in view of the deterio- the consulate continues to oper- “I want to emphasise that son said. inoculation target shortfall of announced that it would be rating security situation and the ate through the local staff mem- this is a purely temporary mea- India’s move to temporari- @3:;3
* ( 0 ( *+'!! ,- -5.-,489)69 ,.)/"+)-!)') () pen in a coalition Government. ' )0 . 1,.)/23 Congress has a three-fourth % fter Punjab and Rajasthan majority in Chhattisgarh”. .'--4 ,). Anow trouble is brewing for Baghel’s comments are sig- .'!',.6) + #) (,-* the Congress in another of its nificant in the wake of reports 1,.)/3),) ruling States, Chhattisgarh, that Health Minister TS Singh 6.'4"+ */!,). % ,673 5 where a demand for change in Deo wants the high command 77,, +' )', leadership has gained momen- to “honour” the rotation for- '/,!,)L n a big operation, the Anti tum. Chhattisgarh Chief mula of changing the CM after % % ITerror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Minister Bhupesh Baghel two-and-a-half years that was Pradesh police claimed to have rushed to the national Capital supposed to have been agreed cracked a terror module by on Sunday and called on party to in December 2018. such understanding or any for- major responsibility for the Chief Minister’s parliamentary arresting two terrorists of chief Sonia Gandhi to “discuss” Baghel also met AICC gen- mula. There is no point in such UP Assembly elections as well. advisor, Rajesh Tiwari, who Ansar-Ghazwa Tul-Hind % $ the issue. eral secretaries Pawan Bansal, a formula as Congress has a Speaking to the media, played a key role in Congress’ (AGH), a wing of Al Qaeda, in -. After holding a meeting KC Venugopal, PL Punia and three-fourth majority in Baghel also said that he was Assam campaign, was appoint- Lucknow on Sunday. * + $ , with the party high command, Priyanka Gandhi. Chhattisgarh. Such an agree- ready to take up responsibilities ed an All India Congress Both the terrorists are Bhupesh Baghel said, “The Clearing the air on the ment happens in coalition for the Assembly elections in Committee (AICC) secretary trained and were being handled Al Qaeda and radicalize them. ed areas, memorials and other high command instructed me controversy, AICC incharge of Governments,” said Punia. Uttar Pradesh. Baghel was for Uttar Pradesh. by a Pakistani national Omar He had formed a module of Al visiting places and also plan- to take the oath (as Chief Chhattisgarh PL Punia said Priyanka who was present made incharge of the Assembly During the recent pan- hul-Mandi who operated from Qaeda in Lucknow. ning to use human bombs in Minister), so I took the oath. there is no such formula of at Sonia’s residence during the elections in Assam and his chayat polls in the State, party the Pakistan/ Afghanistan The terrorist group was the State Capital during or When they say someone else changing Chief Minister after meeting also discussed next strategy was appreciated with- workers from Chhattisgarh had Border, police planning big explosions in before the Independence Day will be the Chief Minister, a few years. year’s Assembly elections in in the party though the party gone for booth management, claimed. Omar is assigned with Lucknow and other areas of the functions on August 15. then it will be so. Such (change “As Bhupesh Baghel ji also Uttar Pradesh. could not fare well. organising workers’ meetings the task to recruit members for State Capital especially crowd- Continued on Page 10 in leadership) agreements hap- cleared these things, there is no Baghel is likely to be given In April, Chhattisgarh among other things. ! 1 ( ( ' 71,2 0 . ,673 5
ttar Pradesh Chief ,673 5 M ! " " # $ % UMinister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched a mobile three-member team of " & ( & ! app named ‘Health Center in ACommunist Party of India )) % ( " % Uttar Pradesh’, developed by the (Marxist-Leninist), on Sunday, Health department and inau- visited the Barthara village in " "" %(* ! ( gurated 11 BSL 2 RT-PCR labs Chandauli district where a " ) ! !" ) ! * + $ in the state on the occasion of group of upper caste people had $ % % ) ! )% )% ! World Population Day. attacked a Dalit family and "" " % ! " " !" Through this mobile app infor- burnt their house on July 8. mation about the status of dis- The team met the members ! ( ! ! ! trict hospitals, community and of the family which was ! ! % ! ! N primary health centers in all the attacked. They told the CPI districts of the state can be (ML) leaders that the police obtained. Officials said here on reached the scene of crime on The CPI (ML) state secre- year-old girl of the family Sunday that information about being informed but remained tary said the delegation found filmed the incident in mobile available beds, number of doc- mute spectators even as their that the Dalit locality was close phone and when the attackers tors and medicines would also house was set on fire. to the fields of people of upper saw this they chased her but the be available in the app. The victims further told the caste and the dispute arose police reached the spot,” he The chief minister said, delegation that when they when the son of Indradev said. Yadav said when the video “We have to take health ATMs reached the police station, the Prasad went to ease himself in went viral on social media, it to the community and prima- attackers were talking to police- one of the field and one Rohit forced the police to register a ry health centres because men and were being served Singh, who was working in the case at around 2 am. “The vic- despite all the efforts, the snacks by the cops. field, started abusing him. tims were asked to take the FIR desired manpower is not avail- CPI (ML) state secretary He said later Rohit along copy the next day but they were able in community health cen- Sudhakar Yadav said the head with his supporters attacked the made to sit at the police station tres (CHCs) and primary of the victim's family, Indradev house of Indradev Prasad, and and were not taken to hospital health centres (PHCs). Not Prasad, told the delegation that even attacked the women for medical examination,” he only will the facility of medical & ' ( ) *+ $ police forced them to make a members of the family. said. The delegation comprised examination be available compromise with the attackers “They even did not spare Akhil Bhartiya Kisan through Health ATM, special- kits to two couples on the 2 RT-PCR labs in 11 districts of Auraiya, Bulandshahr, Kasganj, the state. and bullied them for refusing to 80 year-old bed ridden Ram Mahasabha district vice-presi- ist medical advice can also be occasion to encourage family the state. Mahoba, Sonbhadra and The chief minister said do so. “The attackers told the Sewak Ram who suffered paral- dent Krishna Rai, AICTU given through teleconsulta- planning. These districts include Deoria. So far, laboratories that action was on for setting Dalits to compromise on the ysis attack recently and cannot leader Ramesh Rai and Inqilabi tion.” On this occasion, the chief Kushinagar, Mau, Bijnor, have been set up for coron- up laboratories in the remain- issue or be ready to face anoth- walk. The attackers set on fire Naujawan Sabha leader Shashi He also distributed shagun minister also inaugurated BSL Siddharthnagar, Amethi, avirus testing in 44 districts of ing 30 districts of the state. er attack,” Yadav said. the shanty of the victim. A 10- Kant Singh. 2 0 ( ) $ ;#
,673 5 ,673 5 amajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav itting out at Samajwadi Party chief, Q!# R Slaunched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Hcabinet minister and government Janata Party government on Sunday, accus- spokesman Sidharth Nath Singh said ing it of rigging the panchayat elections. on Sunday that Akhilesh Yadav had not ,673 5 were proof of Yogi government's com- Akhilesh Yadav said that the people sup- been able to digest his defeat in the pan- mitment towards development. ported the Samajwadi Party in the panchay- chayat elections hence he was making erming the statement given by the “In the last four-and-a-half at elections but the BJP government insult- “weird” and “false” allegations. TSamajwadi Party chief regarding years, the Yogi government has run ed the mandate by misusing the official “Samajwadi Party has always been employment and development in the hundreds of welfare schemes like machinery and goons. a synonym of 'rowdyism' and 'violence' state as ridiculous, Bharatiya Janata Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana, Kanya “I am yet to come across a party indulging and it should first look at its own track Party state president Swatantra Dev Sumangala Yojana for girl child, in more hooliganism than BJP. Chief Minister record. Frustrated by the defeat in the Singh said that Akhilesh Yadav was Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Yojana for Yogi Adityanath experiments with hooligan- elections, Akhilesh Yadav is engaged in frustrated and was seeing defeat star- the poor, Chief Minister Awas Yojana ism in Gorakhpur and then implements it in making baseless and ridiculous allega- ing at his face so he was making irrel- etc,” he said and added that benefits of the entire state,” Akhilesh Yadav said here on tions against the state government and evant statements. all the schemes had reached all sections Sunday. the ruling party,” said Sidharth Nath “Samajwadi Party does not want to of society. The SP chief accused the UP government Singh. accept the truth otherwise it would The BJP state president said that of hiding the COVID-19 death figures and Lashing out at Akhilesh Yadav, the have congratulated the Yogi as far as panchayat elections were con- claimed the state government did not want minister said that the state government Adityanath government for cerned, muscle power and money to give the statistics as it did not want to help had effectively controlled the unscrupu- connecting the youth with jobs and power were used during the SP regime the people. He also highlighted the issue of lous SP elements trying to vitiate the self-employment through a transpar- when block development council teachers dying during panchayat poll duty in polling process. He said the elections ent system. Being in the opposition members and candidates were kid- the state. were held in a free and fair manner and does not mean that one should napped whereas in the BJP rule the "The government did not give the actu- the people of UP had full faith in the mislead the public by telling lies,” he elections were held in a transparent al data pertaining to the COVID-19 deaths, policies of the Yogi Adityanath govern- said. manner. nor was any help given to them. The UP gov- ment and that was why they gave a his- Singh said construction of four “Instead of respecting the man- ernment did not give the statistics of COVID- toric mandate to the BJP in the pan- expressways, construction of defense date, the Samajwadi Party chief is furi- 19 deaths, as they did not want to help the chayat polls. manufacturing corridor, six new ous over his defeat and that is why he people," he said. Singh further said that the AIIMS, and new medical colleges is spreading canard,” Singh said. "When the teachers went on panchayat L)B-7-)79##))9B .6,A A Samajwadi Party had already lost its poll duty, it was said that only three teachers support base. He said that stunned by fidence in the policies of the Yogi gov- number one in testing and vaccination died during poll duty due to COVID-19. 9-4,A) #4) 0 "74-* #-9BA his party’s crushing defeat, Akhilesh ernment,” he added. in the whole country,” he said. Later, when teacher’s organisations and we ).B) )4-D-9- #544,A) # Yadav was continuously making ridicu- “The development of villages and “To overcome the shortage of raised questions, the government had to admit lous statements. He said out of the 73 farmers is the priority of the govern- oxygen in the state, 536 plants are how many lives were actually lost," the SP A9)3469) .4- ,-- # 4-- 9- candidates backed by the BJP in the zila ment. The government increased the being set up. Out of this, 146 plants chief said. #)-M panchayat chairpersons’ elections, 66 budget to the village panchayats, due to have started whereas only 23 oxygen A teachers’ body had earlier claimed that candidates had won due to the Yogi gov- which the development plans of the vil- plants were functional under Akhilesh over 1,600 teachers and workers of the Basic ernment's policies. lages have gained momentum,” he Yadav's government. Due to better Education department have died in Uttar of government personnel who died on not considered. Hence, for the ex gratia, death “The day Akhilesh will come out of added. COVID-19 management of the Yogi Pradesh since the first week of April due to duty during the recently-held panchayat due to COVID-19 within 30 days from elec- comfort zone; he will be able to see the Singh said that Akhilesh Yadav government, the positivity rate in UP COVID-19, and said that 90 per cent of them elections, including those who succumbed to tion duty has been made the eligibility crite- real picture. The goons of the should come out of his comfort zone has declined to 0.04 per cent, the min- were on panchayat polls duty. COVID-19 within 30 days of poll duty. ria," a state government spokesperson had Samajwadi Party tried to disturb the and then only he would be able to see ister said. However, Satish Chandra Dwivedi, The cabinet had also approved increasing the said. elections at many places but their the successful management of COVID- He added that despite having the UP;s Minister of State (independent charge) ex gratia amount from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 30 On Sunday Bahujan Samaj Party’s former attempts were thwarted by the alert 19 by the Yogi government. highest population, there are 29 districts for Basic Education, had said that all lakh. MLA from Etmadpur in Agra, Dr Dharampal administration. BJP workers helped “From international organisations in UP where there is not a single these deaths could not be attributed to elec- "The duration of duty as defined by the Singh, and Kunwar Chand Vakil, BSP’s for- people during the pandemic times. The like World Health Organisation to case of coronavirus infection, while tion duty and according to government Election Commission of India was the mer Lok Sabha candidate from Agra, joined government's policies were carried Mumbai High Court and NITI Aayog, in 45 districts there are coronavirus data, only three teachers had died of COVID- basis on which the State Election Commission the SP. Yadav said that with the joining of from door to door. Samajwadi Party is everyone has praised the policies of the infection cases in single digit and the 19. On May 31, the UP cabinet had approved had formed the guidelines, in which the dura- these leaders, SP would be strengthened in unable to tolerate the victory of our can- state government in COVID-19 man- recovery rate in UP has reached 98.6 per a financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh for the kin tion of COVID-19 infection and death was Agra and adjoining districts. didate as the voters expressed their con- agement. The UP government stands cent. 77-3 74 ( 7C.+ E
,673 5 many medicine kits they had distrib- other pathological tests. Feedback is # #) The Cambridge section of City Montessori School, uted and informed the department also sought about free distribution Gomtinagar Extension campus, organised a virtual Open Day he CM Helpline of Uttar Pradesh concerned about it. of sweaters, uniforms and text- ) 4+% = on Saturday, offering parents a peek into the section’s unique Tgovernment has proved to be a The helpline spoke to around books given to children studying in curriculum and teaching methodology. The event was inau- boon for the needy during the 83,000 Anganwadi workers about government schools. Similarly, the gurated by principal Manjit Batra who highlighted the novel COVID-19 period. The helpline is distribution of medicines and ration. CM helpline also sensitised people ,673 5 4+% = features of the curriculum. The Open Day was attended with helping people by redressing their Apart from this, information is on availing Ayushman card under O N (() almost a 1,000 people in audience, who were given a virtual grievances, resolving problems and being sought from them about the Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri he Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) criticised the Yogi O tour of the infrastructure and facilities provided in the school. taking feedback. children who lost their parents to Jan Arogya Yojana etc. TAdityanath government for the violence dur- Parents saw what a different kind of education can do for their In the last two years, the helpline COVID-19. ing the block pramukh elections and said the rul- children. Sneha Dwivedi, Shan Ara Khan and Shilpi Agarwal has resolved complaints of more The helpline spoke to 48,914 CC ing Bharatiya Janata Party won these polls with the spoke about the strengths of the Cambridge Assessment than 54.5 lakh people while during gram pradhans about antigen tests With the novel coronavirus use of money and muscle power. ,(( /+)%% /-JJK+) International Education (CAIE) approach to teaching. Students the second wave of COVID-19, a of symptomatic people, Covid vac- scare easing, Chief Minister Yogi AAP chief spokesman Vaibhav Maheshwari //,**% < ( " .)FF FG of different age groups described their experience of educa- total of 26,96,832 infected people in cination etc. and appealed people to Adityanath has decided to revive the and AAP’s MLA Dilip Pandey in a joint tion at the CMS Cambridge Section, helping the audience home isolation or in hospital have follow the guideline to protect Janata Darshan programme where statement said the Yogi Adityanath government OO!"## $ % & '" understand the advantages of the international curriculum for been provided assistance by taking themselves from coronavirus infec- he will listen to the problems of the trampled democracy for winning the panchayat ( () O* + +"%, children. information about their health and tion. The helpline also took informa- masses. elections. -(!.-( /)+- .0-1 other problems. tion from 52,840 kotedars (ration The Janata Darshan programme Maheshwari said the BJP was boasting of its + +##OOL Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shop dealers) about the distribution will resume from Monday and will popularity among the people but a direct election - 3, 4 0- 3, 5%, Rishabh Agarwal, a started the Chief Minister Helpline of ration to the beneficiaries and be held at his 5, Kalidas Marg offi- by for the block pramukhs would “clear their 758, 958, Class VI student of City Call Centre two years ago. The their e-PoS machine, problems relat- cial residence in the state capital. doubts”. The AAP leaders said the violence dur- /- %58, : ;/ Montessori School, helpline receives 35,000 calls daily, ing battery failure and internet A government spokesman said ing the election clearly proved that there was a jun- - $%/) -(!.-- - Gomtinagar Campus I, mainly about departmental schemes, problem, if any. here on Sunday that under the gle raj in UP. +7/+/< brought laurels to the status of complaints. Around 5,000 About 60,000 to 70,000 surveil- Janata Darshan programme, the “A large number of videos are afloat on social ;/ +##OOL institution by securing complaints are registered daily and lance committees are being contact- chief minister would meet people media and in all these videos the highhandedness %< ;/, /5 % the title of State Topper in about 50,000 outgoing calls are ed daily by the CM Helpline centre from 9 am and listen to their prob- of police and district administration is clearly seen. ;/, / ;/, Mathematics Olympiad made by the helpline workers. to find out if they have called home lems and give necessary directions Not only this, in some of the videos it is seen that = %+ ;/, >% organised under the During the COVID-19 period, isolated COVID-19 patients or those to the officers concerned for their the police officials are being attacked by the BJP - + ($%/) -(!.- Indian Talent Olympiad. the helpline inquired about the in hospital. Feedback of people's sat- solution. leaders and workers. The attackers also did not - -+7/+/< 1 For this outstanding per- symptoms even from patients who isfaction and dissatisfaction is also It is to be known that due to the spare the women during the violence,” the AAP ? L - ++ (%/7/ formance, Rishabh was recovered and their RT-PCR or being taken after redressal on the novel coronavirus pandemic, the leaders said. - -++77/+/< rewarded with a cash antigen test report came negative. registered complaints. Janata Darshan programme was Dilip Pandey presented a compiled viral /) ## ; / % @ & %+ prize of Rs 1,000 and a Not only this, it also informed the Feedback about government postponed. In view of the continu- video of the violence before the newsmen and said 4 / 8 -% .+ 5 7 + % 1 certificate of achievement. district administration whether the schemes is also being taken. 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RT-PCR laboratories have come up in 44 districts of the state and work is underway to set up such laboratories in other 30 districts within three to four months. Uttar Pradesh has come a long way from get- ting the first Covid test con- & ' ( + $ ducted from the lab at National Institute of Virology, Pune in ,673 5 Additional Chief Secretary firmed across the state while positive people, the highest 2020 to crossing the milestone / + (Information) Navneet Sehgal 134 COVID-19 patients had among districts, were con- of 6-crore tests. n view of improvement in the said here on Sunday. recovered. firmed in Sultanpur and they Not a single new case of neutralising antibodies, there ed had tested positive two Inovel coronavirus situation, Earlier, the Covid curfew “There has been a steady all belong to the same family coronavirus infection was ,673 5 are several other cell-mediated months ago. All we need to do the Uttar Pradesh government was 9 pm to 7 am daily. decline in active cases since and had recently returned from found in 29 districts during the antibodies for which tests are is be vigilant and strengthen the has further relaxed the Covid- Sehgal said that the week- April 30 and at present the state Maharashtra. past 24 hours, while COVID- round 500 people who not carried out. So, one cannot surveillance,” he added. induced night curfew for two end curfew on Saturday and has 1,594 active cases. The UP has recorded a total 19 patients were in single digit Ahave been fully vaccinated say that a person who has Meanwhile, District hours and now the markets will Sunday would continue and all COVID-19 recovery rate in the Covid tests of 6,06,17,011 after in 45 districts. Only one district in will be made to undergo been vaccinated and does not Immunisation Officer Dr MK open an hour early and will the markets would remain state has further improved to 2,40,020 tests were done on reported new positive cases in antibody tests to have a clear have a high level of antibodies Singh said they have complet- remain open till 10 pm. closed and sanitisation work 98.6 per cent. So far, more than Saturday. double digits. So far more than picture regarding the immuni- is not protected because anyone ed almost 16 lakh vaccinations “The night Covid curfew would be carried out. 16.83 lakh people of the state “Testing is the backbone 3.71 crore vaccine doses have ty levels which these people who has been administered the in Lucknow so far. Regular vac- has been relaxed further for He said during the last 24 have been cured of coron- for containing the transmission been administered. Of these, have against the novel coron- vaccine, be it Covishield or cinations will take place in the two hours and now it will be in hours, 125 novel coronavirus avirus infection,” he said. of coronavirus infection as it more than 3,13,68,000 people avirus infection. Covaxin, is protected by anti- coming days and some increase force from 10 pm to 6 am,” positive cases had been con- Sehgal said 20 coronavirus helps in early detection of took the first dose. A senior official from the bodies which are not even may be expected soon. CMO office said: “We have col- tested,” he explained. Singh said that Lucknow lected around 300 samples till Elaborating further, he said continues to be number one in 1 ( now and the rest will be collect- that after every vaccination, Uttar Pradesh as far as vaccina- '+,'$ 0 ed in the next couple of days. there can be several types of tion is concerned while Uttar Blood samples are being col- antibodies, including spike pro- Pradesh continues to be num- 0 ( lected which will be tested at tein antibodies, neutralising ber one in the country. ,673 5 KGMU. The blood samples antibodies, surface antibodies He said that the number of Lucknow (PNS): A 30-year-old are being tested to determine etc. “Neutralising antibodies those who have to be admin- man ended his life at his house r Sharda Suman from Ram the presence of neutralising are those which act when there istered the second dose is in Mohanlalganj on Saturday DManohar Lohia Institute of antibodies in people who have is a challenge to the body and increasing in the district. “This night. Ram Kumar aka Ramu of Medical Sciences was on received both vaccine doses, neutralise the challenge. But is likely because some of the Mau village took the extreme Sunday airlifted to KIMS irrespective of whether it was tests are not carried out for the people who were administered step around 8:30 pm on Hospital in Hyderabad for a Covishield or Covaxin.” The other antibodies even though the first dose of Covishield are Saturday. Police said he was lung transplant surgery. senior official said that the anti- these antibodies are equally coming back for the second found hanging from a wooden RMLIMS spokesperson Dr body titre in a person is deter- useful in neutralising the virus dose after three months. There shaft with a dupatta tied around Shrikesh Singh said Dr Suman, mined through this exercise. challenge. Hence by just mea- were others who had tested his neck. He worked as a driver. who has been on the ECMO However, according to suring the neutralising antibod- positive for coronavirus infec- “His family rushed him to machine for the past 45 days, experts, even if such tests show ies, we cannot say whether a tion and could not get vaccinat- the Mohanlalganj CHC where was shifted to the Hyderabad no presence of antibodies, it person has high levels of ed, but now they are also com- he was pronounced brought hospital on Sunday morning. does not mean that a person immunity and another has low ing for the second dose. The dead. We were informed about She was 8-month preg- does have no antibodies. levels of immunity,” he added. number of beneficiaries will the incident by a hospital offi- nant when she caught the President of People’s Health Regarding two Kappa vari- increase in the coming days,” cials after which a team was sent infection while on duty and Organisation Dr Ishwar Gilada ant cases detected in Lucknow he said. to Ramu’s house to collect was admitted to RMLIMS said that the neutralising anti- recently, a senior official from Asked whether the gap details,” a police spokesman Covid facility and later put on body tests are those in which the CMO office said it was not between the two doses of said. The family said Ramu was the ventilator on May 1. dition continued to deterio- her off the ECMO machine Adityanath seeking the the presence of neutralising a matter of concern as they had Covishield vaccine would be under depression and took the “The moment she went on rate and she was put on the but as her lungs were in a very amount for her treatment and antibodies are seen which neu- tested positive months ago. reduced, he said the expert step under a severe bout. the ventilator, the team at the ECMO machine. In 48 hours, bad shape, it could not be pos- the CM readily agreed,” a tralise infections when they “Kappa is not a variant of committee at the Central gov- In a similar incident, a 50- RMLIMS operated her to take the oxygenation became nor- sible. Her husband wrote to senior doctor from the hospi- enter the body. concern but of interest. Besides, ernment level would have to year-old man was found hang- out the baby. Dr Suman’s con- mal. Efforts were made to get Chief Minister Yogi tal said. “However, apart from the those who were found infect- take a call on it. ing in the forest cover behind Vardani Hanuman Temple on Telibagh road under PGI police (4 R P#! station area on Sunday morn- 2 % 3 4 &,$0 ing. The deceased was identi- ( ' $(!'%-#. fied as Hasikullah of Gonda. 00 Police said the deceased was # ( !)# #--0%( rag-picker and stayed with his Lucknow (PNS): The proposed 12 34 friends in Qaiserbagh. gherao of the Health Directorate Earlier, some locals spotted ( by Chikitsa Swasthya ,673 5 '( 1 -0"-Q the man hanging from a tree Mahasangh on July 12 was and alerted the police. ,673 5 postponed in view of the talks he Central Institute for ,673 5 In another incident, a truck held by the representatives of TSubtropical Horticulture is driver was killed while anoth- accination for the third the organisation with Health assisting farmers in registration iming to devise and er suffered critical injuries after VCovid wave is the theme Minister JP Singh, ACS (Health) of 25 Malihabadi mango vari- Adeliberate upon possible their trucks had a collision decided by the Mahant Amit Mohan Prasad and DG of eties under the Protection of solutions for the incon- around 3 am on Sunday in Shatrughan Das Rath Yatra Medical and Health Services Dr Plant Varieties and Farmers' gruities and loopholes that Khujauli locality of Committee, which organises DS Negi on the transfer policy Rights Authority (PPV&FRA). exist with respect to ODR, a Mohanlalganj. The deceased Jagannath Yatra at Marwari of the medical staff on Sunday. CISH director Shailendra one-day workshop on ‘Online was identified as Deepal Pal of Gali of Aminabad. Nitin Secretary of the organisa- Rajan said that 37 farmer and dispute resolution’ (ODR) Kanpur Dehat while the injured Maheshwari from the organi- tion Ashok Kumar said that community varieties were doc- was held on Sunday. The as Bhupendra Singh. sation said though they would social causes,” he said. they were assured that the umented using a community which they are considered decade. On-site DUS testing event was hosted by the Meanwhile, two teenagers not be taking out the proces- Maheshwari said they policy of transfer of those in participatory approach, and breeders and have similar rights allows registration based on Faculty of Law, University of were arrested for snatching sion this year on July 12, the would place the idols on a the staff including doctors, registration information was as plant breeders. Several hun- data collected on mature trees Lucknow. mobile phones from people in theme was decided to spread throne outside the main nurses and technicians who submitted for registration of 25 dred varieties of Indian man- in the presence of the farmer or Speaking on the occa- Vikas Nagar. The accused were awareness about the impor- entrance of the temple like have spent 7, 10 and 15 years varieties. goes have spread throughout breeder. Farmers do not have to sion, dean of LU’s Faculty of identified as Sataksh Rai of tance of vaccination to prevent last year. “The devotees can in the city was stalled. He said “The authority approved the world, and in this era of pay a fee for on-site testing, but Law Prof CP Singh said, Gudamba and Praveen Kumar the third wave. “The only pre- have darshan while practising Amit Mohan Prasad also asked on-site DUS (Distinctiveness, intellectual property rights, it is breeders must pay an addition- “There is a trend of digitali- of Indiranagar. Both came on vention is vaccination and social distancing, and we will them to submit the list of Uniformity, and Stability) test- critical to establish our owner- al fee for this type of certifica- sation prevailing all over the police radar during the investi- there are reports of the third also organise a Suderkaand those who have not received ing of mango varieties, and the ship of these indigenous man- tion facility,” he said. world. The ODR in a country gation of a case in which Vijay wave which is expected in Paath at the venue,” he said the insurance money of Rs 50 institute collected data on these goes. Indian varieties devel- He added that CISH in like India where thousands of Kumar of Vikas Nagar was August and September, hence Anil Tewari from the man- lakh during the Covid period. varieties with farmers’ assis- oped by farmers or breeders Lucknow has been identified as cases are pending in court deprived of his mobile on July 3. the idea is to promote vaccina- agement of Aliganj Hanuman “The ACS (Health) also made tance. The certification process should be registered and doc- the National DUS testing cen- will not only prove to be The police were tipped off about tion,” he said. Mandir said there has been a a suggestion that the problems is likely to be completed short- umented, as this information tre for mangoes. The institute essential but also very help- two accused planning to sell of “We will be putting up Jagannath temple at of the retired employees should ly after which the Authority will may be useful in resolving IPR created mango DUS test guide- ful. ODR which is a great tool a looted mobile. A team laid a hoardings in and around the Kapoorthala under the Trust be shared with the authorities issue the certificates,” said issues related to variety owner- lines and assists the Authority these days and even for the trap and nabbed the accused. temples at Aminabad so that since 1929 and they have been so that they can be resolved,” Rajan. ship,” he said. with mango variety registra- future. It has been prevailing Meanwhile, thieves made devotees become aware of the regularly organising Rath he said. The representatives He said that the develop- He added that the tion. ICAR-CISH has facilitat- in America since early time. off with cash and ornaments importance of vaccination,” he Yatras, but this year like last also handed over the memo- ment of a new plant variety Protection of Plant Varieties ed the registration of NITI Aayog is also trying its from the house of a grocer, said. He added that it has been they would not be taking it out randum of five-point demands takes a lot of time and effort, so and Farmers' Rights Authority Malihabad mango varieties best to encourage ODR in the Mohammed Bachchhan of Jaiti a general trend in their celebra- due to the Covid pandemic. of the organisation, which that the breeder can seek (PPV&FRA) has started on-site such as Pan, August, Tukhmi Indian judicial system.” Khera locality in Mohanlalganj, tions to have a theme linked to “We will also not be hold- included insurance money of exclusive marketing rights for DUS testing which eliminates Heera, Safeda Amin, Safeda He further mentioned on the intervening night of social causes. ing the Jagannath Yatra as we Rs 50 lakh to the Covid war- the new variety to recoup the the need for farmers or breed- Taluqedar, Jamun, Matka Gola, how ODR enables the judicial Saturday and Sunday. “We have had themes for do each year, but we will have riors, government jobs for costs of research and develop- ers to send their varieties to Aamin, Munjjar Aamin, Deshi system to solve pending cases Mohammed Bachchhan said the past 7-8 years because regular puja. There will be their dependents, filling of all ment. “Farmers have played a DUS test centres. Ram Kela, Kacha Meetha, without going anywhere. He the thieves entered to the room Jagannath Yatra has always nothing special about the puja vacant posts and 14-25 percent key role in the evolution of new “This provision was made Dushiya Gola, Allahabadi also mentioned that the of his son Sabir Ali and witnessed the participation of because then it would attract incentive allowance to be mango varieties by selecting because fruit trees take a long Chausa, Deshi Gola, Shweta, University of Lucknow would decamped with ornaments and thousands of people, hence the crowds and social distanc- immediately announced by seedlings, resulting in thou- time to flower and fruit, so reg- Taimuria, Surkha Jhakarbagh. apply ODR with open hands cash. being a good platform for ing would go haywire,” he said. the state government. sands of mango varieties for istration may take up to a in the Faculty of Law. Prof Alok Verma from Amity School (Noida) said, “It is the need of the hour and 0' ODR in coming times will prove to be a fundamental tool for solving every pending 0 ' and upcoming disputes. In this pandemic where people can’t go outside due to various ,673 5 le the third wave of COVID- ed pulses, gram and jaggery in restrictions, the university 19’, which was organised on diet. She said people must found an option to reach the hildren and youth need to Sunday at Khwaja Moinuddin minimise the use of students. Similarly, Indian Cmake changes in their Chishti Language University junk food, processed and judicial system also needs a diet to safeguard themselves by the department of Home fried food. new robust system to bring from the third wave of Covid. Science under the chairman- Vice-Chancellor Prof the courtroom to our table at A balanced diet plays an ship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Shukla said that to increase home. And that is ODR.” important role in increasing Anil Kumar Shukla. immunity, people must take a He further pointed out immunity and the Indian food Dr Srivastava said that balanced diet and adopt a the origin of ODR from the system is full of nutrients, but there are some simple mea- healthy lifestyle. ancient times, when the King we have harmed our health by sures that can help people in The programme was used to solve all the disputes adopting western food habits. staying healthy during this coordinated by Dr Tatheer on the chess table and war This was stated by Dr pandemic, such as balanced Fatima, head of the depart- was never an option. Similarly Shalini Srivastava, senior diet, use of seasonal fruits and ment of Home Science. The the judges also want disputes dietician (KGMU), at a webi- vegetables, use of coarse cere- students and teachers of the to be solved outside prior call- nar on 'Nutrition, diet and als and pulses, intake of plen- university participated in the ing for a litigation,” he preventive measures to tack- ty of fluids and use of sprout- programme. + $ added. ! . &$#* + ) C ),,)4)0). few days got some relief as Sunday afternoon in Malak with her 15-year-old daughter there were rainfalls since Bela village of Soraon. There is Gorki Devi, had gone to plant t least five people were Sunday morning. The sky was information about the death of the paddy. Meanwhile, it start- 'P " Akilled in lightning strikes in covered with thick and dark a woman in Tilai Bazar ed raining heavily and a light- Prayagraj and its neighbouring clouds. Along with the rain, Chakbahar village due to it. ning struck in which Gorki districts including Kaushambi lightning coupled with thunder Similarly, a lightning strike died on the spot. The family of C C)9) )# and Pratapgarh here on also struck many places in the also took place during the rain the victim is saddened by the Sunday. Prayagraj and its district. A person died in on Sunday afternoon in incident. In Pratapgarh district, n view of the proposed visit neighbouring districts wit- Mahuli of Koraon police sta- Kaushambi police station area it was raining on Sunday after- Iof Prime Minister Narendra nessed a heavy downpour on tion area of Yamunapar due to of Kaushambi district. A 15- noon in Chhichhiliya Gram Modi to his parliamentary con- Sunday. Two people died due to lightning. Ram Murat Mishra, year-old girl, who had gone to Sabha of Chamrupur Shuklaan stituency, probably on July 15, lightning amid heavy rain in a resident of here, has died. He plant paddy in the field, died of Block Laxmanpur. In the vil- Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Secretary Prayagraj. While in Kaushambi was the uncle of former BJP after getting struck by light- lage, the people of a family were (CS) Rajendra Kumar Tiwari district, a teenager lost his life. city unit president Rajesh ning. Phool Chandra Saroj, a sitting in the verandah of the and DGP Mukul Goel inspect- In Pratapgarh district also, Mishra. resident of Mudiya Doli village house. Meanwhile, suddenly a ed the arrangements in the city there was a thunderstorm dur- In Soraon police station of Kaushambi Kotwali, ekes out lightning struck and Shamim's here on Sunday. They also ing the rain, due to which two area of Gangapar, one death has his living for the family by son Basir and Kurseed's son held meetings with the officers youths have died. been reported due to thunder- working as a laborer. On Waheed got charred and both to review the preparations. People who were facing the storm and lightning. A light- Sunday afternoon, his 45-year- died while on their way to the Both the CS and DGP visited heat and humidity for the last ning strike also struck on old wife Rajkali Devi, along hospital. Shri Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, public meeting place in the premises of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (SSU) and Rudraksh ! # Convention Centre and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) where it is expected that Modi would visit during his #) #( visit to the city. During inspection at differ- ent proposed venues, both the officers’ duo carefully inspect- &$" #*' '5 C ),,)4)0). that complaints of disorder He said that there were police station. Hundreds of ed the possible venues of the $ were being received from Beli more cows in the house than its officials including Vishwa PM’s visit, took necessary infor- embers of Hindu cow shelter house run by the capacity. One of these cows had Hindu Parishad and Bajrang mation and gave directions. arrangement of drinking water done. During the road tour of In the meeting, ADG MSangathan created a Municipal Corporation. On died . It is alleged that the cow Dal's Sarv Shri Amar Nath Divisional Commissioner should be made at the meeting VVIPs, the roads should not be (Zone) Brij Bhushan, IG ruckus in the Municipal this, when Lal Mani Tiwari, died due to hunger and thirst. Tiwari, Pawan Shukla, Shivam (DC) Deepak Agrawal apprised place. “Keep in mind that if it blocked for the public too long (Range) SK Bhagat, Corporation-run Beli cow shel- reached Bali cow shelter house Dozens of empty bottles of Dwivedi, Amit Singh, Naveen, the CS of the proposed pro- rains, then the water drainage in advance. Get the VVIP pass Commissioner of Police (CP) A ter house over the death of a on Sunday morning along with English liquor were also found Ankit, Sujit Sonkar, Rajendra grammes and information from the meeting place should by stopping the traffic for the Satish Ganesh, District cow on Sunday. The people of key office bearers and found in a house room. The veteri- Mishra were present at the about the arrival routes of be done immediately,” he told shortest possible time as Magistrate (DM) Kaushal Raj the Hindu Sangathan alleged the gate locked as there were no nary officer of the Municipal spot. entry of VVIPs and VIPs as the officers, directing them to required,” he told the officers, Sharma, Municipal that the cow had died due to employees present. He Corporation said that there Vishva Hindu Parishad well as guests at different repair the PM’s road route adding that for this the neces- Commissioner Gaurang Rathi, disorder prevailing here. On informed the DM, ADM City, are about 50-60 cows in the Gau Raksha Vibhag's provin- venues. Describing the arrange- properly. sary tuning should be kept Chief Development Officer getting the information, the City Magistrate and Municipal house. Six personnel have been cial secretary Lal Mani Tiwari ments as good, the CS said that He also instructed the offi- good. (CDO) Maghusudan Hulgi, Colonelganj police also reached Commissioner about the same deployed to monitor and look said that cruelty towards cows ‘Rudraksh ’would give a world- cers that electricity or other “Give alternate routes to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) the spot and pacified the irate on the phone call. In sometime after them. The exact cause of will not be tolerated at any cost. wide message of friendship wires should not be seen hang- the common man. Covid pro- of Shri Kashi Vishwanath tem- members. Empty liquor bottles veterinary officer Dr Neeraj death will be known only after If immediate action is not between India and Japan. ing on the poles on the side of tocol should be followed strict- ple Sunil Verma were also pre- were also found in the shelter Singh and shelter house the post-mortem report comes. taken against the accused, then After the on-site inspec- the roads. “Stray animals ly. Everyone must wear a mask sent along with the senior offi- house. Due to this incident, employee Mohammad Meanwhile, many people the workers of the cow protec- tion, the CS and the DGP held should not be allowed to roam and maintain social distance. cers of Public Works anger was brewing among Shahnawaz reached there. reached the cow shelter house tion department will be forced a meeting with the officials at the streets. Take the PM’s visit as a new Department, Electricity and Hindu Sangathan members. When the shelter house was looking for their cattle. They to agitate. the Circuit House and gave The barricading of each challenge. Rehearse in other departments. Meanwhile, Secretary of the Cow pro- unlocked, there was dirt strewn also complained about the He urged the District directions to complete the PM’s place should be strengthened. advance,” he said, adding that both the CS and DGP also tection Department of Kashi everywhere. The animals did chaos. Bajrang Dal's depart- Magistrate to improve the sys- tour programme without error Unauthorised people should the message of Kashi goes to offered prayers at Kashi province Vishva Hindu not even get fodder as there was ment coordinator Vijay Pandey tem in all the Gaushalas of the with grandeur and divinity. not enter the security circles. this world and it also has an Vishwanath temple and Parishad, Lalmani Tiwari said no fodder present in the store. lodged a case at Colonelganj district. The CS directed that proper Three-tier checking should be impact. inspected the ghat areas. ( . ' ): 1 C ),,)4)0). dards. For class X examination, class X examination, 40 per About 56 lakh students are 29.4 lakh students have cent of class XI home examina- ttar Pradesh Madhyamik eagerly awaiting their results. enrolled themselves with the tion and 10 per cent of pre- : * 4 UShiksha Parishad (UP The back benchers are happy Board while the number of board examination will be cal- Board of Secondary Education) over the decision of promoting class XII students is 26.1 lakh. culated to prepare the final is likely to declare High School students to higher classes with- The Supreme Court had result. For class Xth students C C)9) )# made by Chief Minister Yogi nent and temporary means of means will be provided to the and Intermediate Board exams out examination, but the mer- directed all the examination the formula is different. Fifty Adityanath, the CMO, along family planning. targeted couple in a safe man- results by July 15, and for this itorious ones are not happy. boards to prepare a formula to per cent marks of class IX public awareness rally was with ACMO Dr Rajesh Prasad, They added that in the sec- ner in view of Covid, motivat- efforts are underway on a war- They had been looking for top promote students without con- home examination and 50 per Ataken out on the occasion apprised ASHA and ANM ond phase (from July 11 to July ing them to use permanent and footing. ranks in the Board examina- ducting examinations in cent of class X pre-board exam- of World Population Day here workers of the importance of 31), the service delivery phase temporary contraceptives as The evaluation method tion, but the promotion formu- Corona period, and declare ination will be calculated for on Sunday under the leadership family planning and quality is being celebrated in which the per their wish. was already declared, and la came as a compromise for results by July end. their final result. Though noth- of Chief Medical Officer service and emphasised on services of family planning The ACMO informed that schools/colleges were asked to them. Results will be available The UP Board had pre- ing has been announced offi- (CMO) Dr VB Singh. population stabilisation. will be provided at the health at the district level, services of provide the marks scored by at the official website pared a formula for class XIIth cially, sources said that results The awareness march was Along with this, they also units of the district. both female and male sterilisa- the students in IX and XI stan- upmsp.edu.in. students 50 per cent marks of may be declared by July 15. attended by ASHA and ANM laid emphasis on reducing the According to the CMO, tion will be provided in District workers, officers and other maternal and infant mortality following the protocol of Women’s Hospital Kabir employees of the health depart- rate and sex ratio related to Covid-19 in the containment Chaura, LBS Hospital ment, along with the district family planning. They said areas and buffer zones, the pub- Ramnagar and Urban CHC representatives of allied organ- that during the recent couple lic will be made aware of the Durgakund while only male * < ( . isations including UPTSU, contact fortnight which con- family planning in villages by sterilisation services in SSPG FRHS India and PSI. cluded on Saturday, ASHA wearing masks and by the use Kabirchaura, Urban CHC Earlier, after listening to the workers went door-to-door of sanitizers. Chaukaghat and Urban CHC virtual address and guidelines creating awareness on perma- Temporary contraceptive Durgakund. ' 5 67# C ),,)4)0). Rishikul, Nityanand Singh He broke the letters of the word knowledge and tools necessary informed that Patanjali ‘ARISE’ and explained that the to approach life as a fully capa- ne may be confused and Rishikul has adopted the first letter A stands for accep- ble individual. Ofrustrated by the seeming- ‘Awakened Citizen Program’ tance which is the founda- Nurturing children with ! 8 2 ( - ly endless challenges of parent- developed and run by Ram tional step towards parenting. love and logic, they focussed on hood. To help the parents inter- Krishna Mission, New Delhi The other speakers unfold- making children explore and act positively and look after the for the students of classes 6 to ed the meaning of the other let- inquire rather than just being C C)9) )# crore budget for the dream pro- incurred, the meeting approved project and further discussed character building of their 8 where the emphasis is on ters to be as – R for Reflecting, successful. The webinar provid- ject of Prime Minister an estimated budget of 9.09 the appointment of a transac- wards, to foster wellness and opening the minds of the stu- I for Involving, S for Sharing ed a wealth of information for he Shree Kashi Vishwanath Narendra Modi in its fifth crore for it. tional advisor for the success- healthy development in chil- dents, giving them a framework and E for Encouraging the common parenting challenges TSpecial Area Development meeting held on Saturday There was a proposal of ful function of the project. dren; Patanjali Rishikul in asso- of decision making, enabling child to develop to his/her full in this period of crisis as well Board approved an estimated evening on Saturday under the 4.70 crore to be spent to satu- The meeting also discussed ciation with Ram Krishna the discovery and acceptance of potential. While discussing the as the various learning lessons budget of 42.09 crore for the chairmanship of the division- rate the project with the elec- constituting a joint committee Mission, Delhi organized a values and bringing about problems faced in parenting, that are simply part of growing year 2021-22 for Shree Kashi al commissioner Deepak tricity facilities and the Board of the board, Shree Kashi webinar on the topic - Arise to inner transformation– which is they encouraged the teachers up. Vishwanath Dham project. Out Agrawal. gave its nod to it. The meeting Vishwanath Trust and the dis- the Power of Parenting on being demanded in each one of and the parents to build a The Vice President, of the estimated budget, 5.47 The meeting discussed the also gave it’s consent for the trict administration to make an Sunday. us in this period of unprece- trustworthy and strong rela- Patanjali Rishikul, Dr Krishna crore is to be spent on the secu- approved detailed project beautification and constructing assessment of the possible Swamidented crisis and challenges. tionship with the children that Gupta and the Director, rity equipment of the project. report of the beautification boundary wall and for the expenditure to be incurred Shantatmanandji,Secretary, The event was streamed live will last a lifetime.They also Madam Rekha BaidGupta The Shree Kashi and expansion of the Shree acquisition of the additional under the project. Ram Krishna Mission, New through Zoom. talked about listening, caring, appreciated the effort of the Vishwanath Special Area Kashi Vishwanath Dham pro- land acquired for the project. The chief executive officer Delhi, along with resource per- Quoting Swami communicating, and providing school and Ram Krishna Development Board has sanc- ject and gave nod to it’s layout. The meeting decided to of the project Sunil Kumar sons Shri Dharmendra Pandey, Vivekanand’s words – Arise, for the needs of a child consis- Mission, New Delhi for tioned 5.47 crore for the secu- After discussing the expendi- make documentation of the Verma offered a formal vote of Shri Harish Dhyani and Smt. awake and stop not till the goal tently and unconditionally. holding such a valuable rity equipments out of 42.09 ture on the furniture to be properties acquired under the thanks at last. Jyoti Ranga addressed the par- is reached; Swami They added that warm, program for the benefit of par- ticipants. Welcoming Swamiji, Shantatmanandji said that par- loving and supportive parents ents and suggested to organise resource persons, teachers and enting is an opportunity to take feed a child’s inner spirit while more such programs in the 9 3 ( parents, Principal, Patanjali a spiritual and inward journey. empowering him/her with the future. C C)9) )# samadhi. According to deputy 5 '' Mahant Shankarpuri, a grand ne of the leading and Samadhi Sthal (mausoleum) Orespected spiritual leaders would be developed there and C ),,)4)0). Court. He got a call from a per- in his bank account. Gagnesh RETD DG (AFMS) FUL- of this holy city, Mahant of Shri Nirvan Diwas (death anniver- son named Suraj a month ago. Kumar, a resident of Stanley FILLING PROFESSIONAL Annapurna Temple sary) of Mahant yber criminals duped five He said that he has to take Road, was cheated by the cyber COMMITMENT: Dr Anup Rameshwarpuri was given bhu- Rameshwarpuri to be observed Cpeople, including an advo- money from someone, for criminals of Rs 23,000 three Banerji, former Director- samadhi (land burial) at Shri every year. Prime Minister cate of the Allahabad High which online transfer has to be times. Cyber criminals also Generalof the Armed Forces Annapurna Rishikul Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Court, and wife of a railway done. The lawyer trusted him duped Rs 45,000 from the Medical Services, has started Brahmacharya Ashram in Adityanath and many other employee. and gave him his nephew’s account of Sadhna Singh, wife fulfilling his professional com- Shivpur as per the traditions dignitaries expressed their con- The accused duped two Vimarhs' Paytm account, on of railway worker. A case has mitment to the community at here on Sunday morning. dolences over the death of people, including a lawyer, by which he first sent two rupees been registered in this matter Prayagraj. He has joined The Samadhi Yatra was Mahant Rameshwarpuri. posing as an army man and after which about Rs 40,000 at the Civil Lines police station. Heartline Cardiac Care Centre. taken out from the Bansphatak Tributes were also paid to him siphoned off money from their disappeared from his account. Similarly, Rs 25,000 were After completing his schooling area where his body was kept at Assi Ghat after Ganga-Aarti accounts. They also deprived The advocate, who was a vic- deducted from the account of from St Joseph’s College and in an open car. After passing on Saturday evening. many others of their money by tim of fraud, has filed a case MG Marg resident Ambreen thereafter at Government through Godowlia, Benia Bagh, THREE TEST POSITIVE: luring them with different types against Anand Chandra Jain Malik. Ambreen told the police Intermediate College, he was Lahurabir, Jagatganj, Teliabagh, %', 6 ' A total of three people tested of offers. The victims registered and Rahul, resident of Army that a few days ago she got a call selected for the MBBS course Nadesar, Kachehari and Sadar $ positive for the novel coron- a case at Civil Lines and Coaching Complex, Lucknow, from a number. The caller told at the prestigious Armed Forces Tehsil, this last journey proces- avirus infection during the last Shivkuti police station. Police at Shivkuti police station. her that she needed to recharge Medical College, Pune. sion reached Shivpur site where Adityanath reached the bhu- offer floral tributes. Earlier, it 24 hours, taking the tally of is collecting information about Sanjay Kumar, a resident of her number with Rs 10, else He further pursued his he was given bhu-samadhi samadhi site and offered floral was decided that as per tradi- confirmed cases to 82,313, as the criminals with the help of Sarojini Naidu Civil Lines, also her SIM might stop function- academic career and did MD in around 8 am. Uttar Pradesh’s tributes to Mahant tion, Rameshwarpuri would per the figures released by the a cyber cell. got a call by a person calling ing. But after recharging her General Medicine and DM in Minister of State (Independent Rameshwarpuri. MLA also be given jal-samadhi Health department on Sunday Ganesh Prasad Mishra, a himself an Army jawan who number, Rs 25,000 were with- Cardiology. He had earlier Charge) for Religious Affairs Saurabh Srivastava and many (immersion into the river) but evening. With no death from resident of Teliarganj in asked him for a room on rent, drawn twice from her account. been posted as a Physician Neelkanth Tiwari as a represen- senior leaders of other political later on, the religious leaders COVID-19 the death toll Shivkuti police station area, and cheated him for Rs 79,000 The victim lodged a complaint at Military Hospital at tative of the Chief Minister Yogi parties also reached there to concerned decided for bhu- remained at 773. practices in the Allahabad High on the name of depositing rent with the Civil Lines police. Prayagraj. ! / 4 * *'+ 89 8#=< ) 1( 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $( -+#. June 25 last year for the instal- three levels. RailTel has com- lation of CCTVs at stations. In pleted the work of setting up of ndian Railways and its pub- order to promote domestic centralised control rooms in 14 Ilic enterprise RailTel have at manufacturing, to address zonal railways and work is in C 3) 69 813 major railway stations national security concerns, for progress in the remaining C 3) 69 across the country installed IP- the audit of the entire system by zones. These centralised con- anpur Divisional based CCTV cameras. CERT-In empanelled govern- trol rooms are displaying video KCommissioner Dr Raj embers of Adhivakta Focussing more on the safety ment agencies and to prevent feed from CCTV installed by Shekhar, while carrying out the MKalyan Sangharsh Samiti and security of passengers, involvement of countries shar- RailTel at stations of respective inspection of the proposed have hailed the decision of especially women and chil- ing land borders with India, zones, for monitoring of cam- 1,000 litres per minute capac- Uttar Pradesh Adhivakta dren, work is in progress at 47 Indian Railways issued broad eras, servers, UPS and switch- ity oxygen plant at Ursula Kalyan Nidhi Nyasi Samiti, more stations and soon it will based and strong revised spec- es Network Management Horsman Memorial Hospital Lucknow, for disposing of the be completed. ifications and based on them System (NMS) is also provid- on Sunday, directed that as the death claims of 41 deceased Indian Railways and RailTel floated four tenders ed which can be accessed by oxygen plant be linked to the lawyers of the state, including RailTel have set a target of com- for CCTV at 456 stations in authorised personnel from any Ursula Hospital valve manifold Sanjiv Kumar Chaurasia of pleting 756 stations by March May this year. These CCTVs web browser. To ensure max- and proper power connections Kanpur. Speaking at a meeting next year, Chief Public are being networked on optical imum coverage inside the rail- be made immediately and they of Adhivakta Kalyan Sangharsh Relations Officer (CPRO) fibre cables (OFCs) and the way premises, four types of IP were to be managed by the hos- Samiti, it convener Pt Ravindra Pankaj Kumar Singh said. The video feeds of CCTV cameras cameras – Dome, Bullet, Pan pital and, He asked the district Sharma said after the remit- project is going to cover all A1, are being displayed not only at Tilt Zoom types and Ultra magistrate to release the bud- tance of Rs.5 lakh each to the A, B, C, D and E category rail- local RPF checkpoints but also HD-4K are being installed. get for the work as early as pos- kin of 50 deceased lawyers of way stations and coaches of at a centralised CCTV control This will provide additional sible under disaster manage- the state in May in settlement premium trains and suburban room at divisional and zonal support to RPF officers to ment head. of their long pending death EMUs of which RailTel will levels. To enhance security in improve security. The record- The divisional commis- claims, 41 more claims had install CCTVs in about 5,000 railway premises monitoring of ing of the video feed received sioner was informed by officials been disposed of by the Nyasi stations. Indian Railways had CCTV cameras and video feeds from the CCTV cameras will that the fund for setting up the Samiti on Saturday. A com- signed an MoU with RailTel on of stations is being done at be stored for 30 days. plant was being made by Bill pensation of Rs.5 lakh each to and Melinda Gates Foundation the kin of 41 deceased lawyers while the plant was being set up of the state, including Sanjiv by Path Organisation. " * & #* /$ # Kumar Chaurasia of Kanpur, ' 6 & He was also informed that ++0 7 had started arriving in the the oxygen plant was to be sup- bank accounts of their kin. He 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '()*+, plied by MVS Engineering Pvt The additional director to the common people. The family welfare) apprising him said still the death claims of Ltd, New Delhi and was tenta- health informed the division- divisional commissioner of the urgency for the fund. hundreds of deceased lawyers adhya Pradesh Minister of Mineral tively to arrive at the hospital al commissioner that the hos- advised the officials to ensure He then visited the site were pending with the Nyasi MResources and Labour and minister premises by July 17, 2021. The pital had an obsolete CT scan that it was taken up on priori- where the civil construction is Samiti which also needed early incharge, Singrauli district, Brijendra Pratap divisional commissioner direct- machine that too in a dilapi- ty and assured all possible help going on and took first hand settlement to provide financial Singh, visited the 500 MW unit of the stage V ed that all the work had to be dated condition and thus there in this direction. feedback. He was accompanied relief to their kin. The dispos- of NTPC Vindhyachal. He showed great inter- accomplished within the stip- was a need for a new CT scan He said an official letter by the UHM Hospital director al of death claims by the Nyasi est in the process of electricity generation and ulated time frame at every machine as the old machine would be sent to the addition- and chief medical superinten- Samiti started after repeated got information about boilers and turbines. He cost. was causing immense hardship al chief secretary (health and dent. representation of the Adhivakta praised the work efficiency of the young engi- Kalyan Sangharsh Samiti to neers of NTPC Vindhyachal and boosted their higher level authorities in the morale. On the occasion MP Sidhi Singrauli Riti recent past, according to Pathak, MLA Singrauli Ram Lallu Vaish, MLA Sharma. Ramasrey Tripathi, Devsar Subhash Ram Charitra, MLA Chitrangi > '0 Ved Uttam, Mohd Quadir Amar Singh, Collector Singrauli Rajiv Ranjan Khan, Srikant Mishra, Sanjiv Meena and Singrauli Superintendent of Police Kapoor, Mohit Shukla, Ankur Birender Kumar Singh along with NTPC honoured and welcomed Brijendra Pratap Singh Goel, Virendra Prajapati, Amit Vindhyachal’s General Manager (Operation in a traditional manner by presenting him Sharma, Pranvir Singh, Danish and Maintenance) Somes Bandopadhyay and ‘angvastra’ and ‘shriphal.’ The other guests were Qureshi, Sidharth and KK other General Managers were present. Earlier, also felicitated by being presented bouquets. Yadav were present in the at Surya Bhawan Guest House, General Manager Brijendra Pratap Singh also plantation in the meeting. (HR) Uttam Lal, and Additional General courtyard of Surya Bhawan Guest House as a C 3) 69 immediately after confinement technique and only a small and irreversible process and Manager (AGM-HR) Snehashish Bhattacharya, commitment to the environment. prefered tubectomy were given puncture was made to block thus for women once tubecto- dditional Director Medical Rs 2,200 and an additional the tubes that released sperms. my was performed it could not AHealth and Family Welfare, amount of Rs 300 for intrauter- He said another myth common be reversed. He said it was a & ( '#(! -(. ) - '(%3 !#& ) Dr GK Mishra, while address- ine contraceptive device among men was that vasecto- minor surgery and women ing a FP meeting on Sunday, (IUCD). my affected their marital life could return home the same ( 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /0 1#. Paswan directed the officials to make available said that due to COVID-19, the He said vasectomy was an but it was a misnomer. He said day. civic amenities on priority in those areas where family planning campaign had effective birth control method it did not impact a man’s inter- He said a special drive uring a National Lok Adalat organised in such population was residing on a large scale. suffered a major setback but the and majority of the men were est in coitus. He said this would be launched this month- Dthe district court on Saturday 18,778 cases On the occasion he directed the police to take UP government had worked under the wrong impression process was easily reversed end to create awareness of were disposed of, 2.59 crore was given to acci- all preventive measures to control any type of out a strategy to give boost and that it was quite a painful pro- and things went back to nor- family planning among the dent victims and 6.33 lakh was recovered as injustice with the persons of that category. speed up this drive. cedure but the fact was vasec- mal. He also allayed appre- couples and try to convince C 3) 69 fine. DJ Lal Chand Gupta disposed of 24 cases. SUICIDE CASE: A youth committed sui- He said the UP govern- tomies were less painful than hension that it caused prostate men to go in for vasectomy Principal Judge Family Court Diwakar cide in an area under Lalganj police station on ment, as an incentive , was giv- one might imagine. cancer. which was safer and reversible n elderly man fast asleep Chaturvedi succeeded in persuading nine cou- Saturday. According to a report received here, ing Rs 2.000 for vasectomy and He said with rapid He said under the drive it in case the couple decided to Aon a cot was mowed down ples to live together and the cases were disposed Deepak (18), son of Ram Kailash, a resident of Rs 1,400 for tubectomy. advancement in medical sci- was necessary to spread aware- have another child on genuine by a speeding dumper in the of. Presiding Officer Motor Accident Tribunal Gangahra village, hanged himself from the roof. He said those women who ence it was now a no-scalpel ness that vasectomy was a safe grounds. Sachendi police station area late Rampyare disposed of 53 cases and victims got His family members informed the police station Saturday night. Unaware of 2.5900244 crore as compensation. CJM Swati about the incident. Thereafter the police team the incident, the dumper dri- disposed of 1,254 cases and recovered 3.69 lakh of Lahangpur outpost reached the spot and took ver also slept in the cabin after as fine. Nine succession cases were disposed of the body of the victim into custody for com- parking his vehicle there. The and succession certificates worth 80.45 lakh pleting the necessary legal formalities. * ' ' incident came to light when vil- were issued. On the occasion District Magistrate ROAD ACCIDENTS: A 55-year-woman lagers saw the body of the Praveen Kumar Laxkar and Superintendent of who was hit by a motorcycle died during treat- elderly man on the cot. They Police (SP) Ajay Kumar Singh were also present. ment at a hospital. Reports received here said immediately caught the DIRECTIVE TO OFFICIALS: Vice- that Namita Yadav(55), a resident of Itwa vil- dumper driver and handed Chairman UP Scheduled Caste and Scheduled lage under Dehat Kotwali police station, was him over to the police. Tribe Commission Ram Naresh Paswan at a crossing the road in the evening when she was C 3) 69 World Population Day. He said - quality and quantity. in rural as well as urban areas. According to reports, Ram meeting held at Bansagar Guest House on suddenly knocked down by a speeding motor- in the pandemic times major Dr Agarwal said Indian He said in rural areas there was Dayal (55) of Bhimsen village Saturday directed the officials to ensure avail- cycle. She was admitted to the divisional hos- uly 11 is observed as World part of total infections and society was male dominated hidden unemployment thus was sleeping on a cot before his pital in a seriously injured condition and she died JPopulation Day and this day mortality had been attributed and there was a mad race for a efforts should be made to house on Saturday night. Late during treatment on Friday. In another incident, is highly essential for a coun- to metropolitan cities such as male child both in urban and migrate unemployed persons in the night a dumper laden Gulab Maurya (35), a resident of Bharuhawaan try like India. Despite increased Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, rural areas. He said this was the from rural side to urban side with stone ballast ran over the village under Madihan police station was on the GDP and PCI, the pace of Ahmedabad, Chennai, and major reason for the increasing which can check the popula- cot and crushed him on the way late on Thursday evening when his motor- increase is rather very slow on Kolkata while the infection population of India and said tion growth. spot. Brother of the deceased, cycle collided with another one near Lalpur vil- account of the massive popu- and death rates appeared to be because girls matured faster Dr Agarwal said the Ramkesh Gautam, and vil- lage on Mirzapur- Sonbhadra road. Thereafter lation of India. Thus there is a much lower in remote dis- and the parents married them prominent and effective steps lagers caught the driver sleep- sGulab was admitted to a hospital in Varanasi need for promoting awareness tricts. He said because of the earlier and thus resulted in rise to curb population in India was ing in the dumper on Sunday In injured condition but he died on Friday morn- among the people and to large population of the metro- in population. He said anoth- to empower women as with morning and handed him over ing. The Madihan police took his body into cus- ensure they adopt family plan- politan cities, the total infec- er potent reason was poverty access to reproductive health to police. Station House Officer tody for completing the legal formalities. In ning measures to keep the tions and mortality were nor- due to which the poor did not services they found easier to said the dumper driver was another case the driver of iron rods-laden trac- population growth under con- mally higher in those places. care about birth control. break out of poverty, while arrested and his vehicle was -& %$&$ & tor, Motilal (45), a resident of Banimilia, was on trol. He said population explo- He said barring the pan- those who work were more impounded. The body was $ the way when they slipped towards his seat at The theme for this year’s sion was the biggest obstacle in demic years there had been a likely to use birth control. sent for autopsy. Durga hillocks and he got stuck in them. World Population Day was the way of the country's eco- sharp decline in the mortality He said the government TREE PLANTATION ability of each facility to the SC and ST persons Chunar police brought the driver to a hospital ‘Rights and choices are the nomic development and added rate due to better health facil- need to promote family plan- DRIVE: Bharatiya Janata Party for which they were eligible. Reviewing the but he was declared as brought dead. The police answer: whether baby boom or that population explosion was ities. He said the main strate- ning in a well acceptable pat- legislator Surendra Maithani schemes run by the government for them took the body for legal formalities. bust, the solution to shifting itself an economic problem gy continued to be to persuade tern and focus more on elimi- inaugurated a sanitation and fertility rates lies in prioritising and the major reason for social people on an individual basis to nating illiteracy and added tree plantation drive at the all people's reproductive health problems in India. He said accept the small family norm that it was high time that the Mama Talab on Sunday. and rights’. population influenced umpteen by a wide range of hype and government gave incentives Activists of many other (-1(& #! 3% ' ) This was stated by Dr AC factors like social develop- educational efforts. He said and introduced the one child organisations, including the Agarwal, head of sociology ment, health, hygiene, educa- the first and foremost measure legislation. The vote of thanks Sanatan Mandir Chetna 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '()*+, department of DSN College, tion, national income etc. He to control population was to was proposed by acting prin- Society, also coordinated him while addressing a webinar on said it had two major factors - raise the employment avenues cipal Dr Pratibha Pandey. in the drive. The drive started hancellor of Rani Laxmi with the Jalabhishek of CBai Central Agricultural Jaleshwar Mahadeo. Speaking University, former Vice- on the occasion, Maithani Chancellor of Banaras Hindu praised the efforts of Sanatan University (BHU) and former 4 0' Mandir Chetna Society and Director General (DG) of assured the gathering to protect Indian Council of Agricultural the historical values of the Research (ICAR), New Delhi, Mama Talab. He said the spot Prof Panjab Singh inaugurated 0 would be developed as a picnic the newly-constructed poly- place. BJP leaders Ajay Kumar house of a farmer, Vidyapati, in KANPUR (PNS): Members of Chaudhary. He said the earn- shops. These retailers have suf- our members.†Mishra, Anil Pandey, Vinay Gaurhi village, Robertsganj Tambaku Cigarette Bidi Paan ings of these small traders and fered immensely due to lock- These retailers, on account Mishra, Anoop Awasthi, tehsil in Karma block of ers gave information about IIVR Dr TK Behera distributed Masala Vyapar Sangh, repre- shopkeepers had already been down and are struggling for of the Cigarettes and Other Pramod Shukla, Rajiv Sonbhadra district on Saturday. various methods of direct training certificates among senting the collective voice of impacted due to the COVID- survival. In such depressing Tobacco Products (Prohibition Agnihotri, Mukesh Dubey, HN Along with it a crop display and transplantation of paddy. farmers Vidyapati, Ramanand, more than 35,000 traders, small 19 pandemic and the proposed times, we are appalled to see of Advertisement and Tewari of Samagra Vikas training programme for farm- Besides training was provided Shivkumar, Durgawati, Urmila retailers and paanwalas selling law would further erode 60-70 that the Urban Development Regulation of Trade and Parishad and Vinod Kumar of ers was also launched under the to 30 farmers, in which five etc. A progressive farmer of tobacco products in the city, are per cent of their earnings. department of Uttar Pradesh Commerce, Production, Supply Arya Samaj along with their joint aegis of Foundation for women also participated Gaurhi village, Ramjit’s display alarmed and have raised objec- The Sangh has appealed to and the Municipal Corporation and Distribution) Act, 2003 senior members were present Advancement of Agriculture enthusiastically. Farmers were of turmeric and ‘suran’ under tions to the draft proposal Mayor Pramila Pandey and of Kanpur, instead of support- (COTPA) and the rules made on the occasion. and Rural Development — provided complete informa- the project was inspected. recently issued by the Uttar Municipal Commissioner ing the small retailers, has under it, are already being AROGYA BHARTI FAARD Foundation and tion about the preparation of Besides, another progressive Pradesh Urban Development Akshay Tripathi to withdraw come up with a draft proposal subjected to harassment at the INDUCTS 27 NEW VOLUN- International Rice Research the field along with training on farmer Gajendra Singh’s Department, mandating sepa- this proposal as it will impact that will deal a death blow to hands of enforcement officials, TEERS: A programme to Institute (IRRI) , Varanasi. The how to get good yield with demonstration of advanced rate licences for retailers selling over 35,000 micro-retailers marginal retailers by increasing who take advantage of their induct new volunteers was construction of this polyhouse direct sowing of paddy. For the paddy variety Swarna-Sub 1 tobacco products like paan, who earn the livelihood of their harassment manifold and poor educational background organised by Arogya Bharti’s is under the Biotech Kisan first 30 days after the direct and chilli (Kashi Anmol) too bidi, cigarette, etc. “If the licens- over two lakh people including increase the cost of their busi- and lack of awareness, to mis- Kanpur Prant at Imperial Project sponsored by the sowing of paddy farmers was inspected. In this pro- ing requirement for selling their families, in the city. He ness. This is the time to provide interpret the laws to extract Heights Apartment in Department of Biotechnology, should pay attention because gramme Dr Shivraj Singh and tobacco products is made said, “In Kanpur, like else- relief to small and marginal gratifications. And to make Kalyanpur here on Sunday. Government of India, New during this time weeds damage Dr Umesh Singh (BHU), Dr mandatory in the city, the where in the country, the retailers and we request the things worse, the UP Urban Arogya Bharti’s national organ- Delhi. On the occasion many the crop. The method for the Jagdish Singh and Dr Neeraj move will drive the families of tobacco retailing business has municipal corporation not to Development department has isation secretary Dr Ashok senior scientists and officials of controlled use of weed killer Singh (senior scientists, IIVR), small and micro-retailers to traditionally been in the hands implement this draft proposal now come up with a draft Kumar Varshney was the chief BHU and Indian Institute of was given to the farmers by the and professionals Adarsh starvation as it will impact of 35,000 small shopkeepers and instead come up with poli- notification, which is harsher guest while convener (Eastern Vegetable Research (IIVR) scientists. At the end of the Kumar, Tushar Kant, Madhukar their livelihoods”, said Sangh’s who represent the unorganised cies that support the creation of than the proposed COTPA Uttar Pradesh) Govind was were present. Scientist Pradeep programme, Dr Panjab Singh Patel, Kamlesh Singh Yadav general secretary Prabhat sector and operate from small livelihood opportunities for Amendment Bill, 2020. the special guest. Sagwal while training the farm- (chairperson) and Director of and others were present. " " 0 ! ?*. 0 4 < P * )6 3 acing criticism for singing in cho- Frus with the Jammu-based politi- C cal parties including the Bharatiya 3,3)) Janata Party in front of the 3,3)) party rank and file, Ghosh said “we the State.” Delimitation Commission, the did not invite these leaders to join Dutta went a step ahead, say- n a major breakthrough the National Conference president and for- he BJP is planning measures to the BJP … they came on their own ing the BJP should try to cooper- Ispecial task force of the mer Chief Minister Dr Farooq Ttackle dissenting voices in the … now if they feel that they do not ate with the Government — to win Kolkata Police on Sunday Abdullah on Sunday defended his Bengal unit. According to sources, want to stay in our party they may people’s trust — instead of attack- arrested three Jamat ul party's decision to submit two differ- the party leadership could take quit … we have no device to hold ing it. “Mamata Banerjee is a leader Mujahideen (Bangladesh) ter- ent memorandums before the panel. strong actions against some dis- them back.” of national stature and hence … she rorists from a middle-class On July 6, the National Conference senting leaders like former Minister On whether the party would has been performing well … which locality of the State Capital, STF had asked for delimitation only on the Rajib Banerjee, Salt Lake Mayor take actions against them he said is the reason she was elected by the chief N Solomon said. basis of population while appearing Sabyasachi Dutta and saffron MP “the leadership is considering mea- people in large numbers … the The threesome have been before the panel in Srinagar. from Bishnupur, Soumitra Khan sures and that will be implement- Opposition party must accept this living in a rented house in “Population has to be the only who have been attacking the lead- ed.” Ghosh is known to have spo- mandate and support her,” Dutta Behala area of south-eastern norm as has been the practice here in ership ever since the BJP lost to the ken to party national president JP said. Kolkata, the police officer said the past in J&K and elsewhere in the Trinamool Congress in the recent- Nadda about the recent trends in Khan has however given his adding “some firearms, mobile country”, the copy of the NC memo- ly conducted Assembly elections. the State. reactions only after he was not con- phones, a diary containing the randa mentioned it clearly. Both Banerjee and Dutta were Both Banerjee and Dutta had sidered for a ministerial berth in the names of some JMB leaders While Provincial President of the especially in Kashmir valley. sentiments prevailing in the valley”. former TMC leaders. While Dutta been attacking the BJP leadership Centre. A member of the scheduled and some other incriminating National Conference in Jammu and On Sunday when reporters As per the grapevine the National a close confidant of Mukul Roy including State Opposition Leader caste he has been winning the documents have also been former MLA Devender Sinha Rana, quizzed Dr Abdullah after he offered Conference is attempting to cozy up to joined the BJP little more than an Suvendu Adhikari for criticizing Bishnupur seat since 2014. Though recovered from them.” younger brother of MoS (PMO) Dr prayers at the mausoleum of his moth- the ruling dispensation in New Delhi year before the Bengal elections Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. he has not spoken a word against Three suspected JMB ter- Jitendra Singh, had batted for delim- er on the occasion of her 21st death and had also decided to attend the Banerjee switched sides just before “Instead of mounting unfair attack the national leadership he has vent- rorists have been identified as iting the constituencies as per the con- anniversary Dr Abdullah reacted meeting with the Delimitation com- the polls. Khan, also a former on her, try to ensure that people are ed his anger against Adhikari hold- Naziur Rehman, Shabbir and stitutional framework based on the sharply claiming the issues in the two mission while PDP and Awami TMC MP joined the BJP before the not affected further by the rise in ing him responsible for him being Rezaul, sources said. basic tenets of Delimitation – popu- regions of the union territory were dif- National Conference, two other con- 2019 general elections and won the the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG,” deprived of a ministerial berth in One of the arrested persons lation, geography, topography, area, ferent from each other. He said the dif- stituents of Peoples' Alliance for Bishnupur seat on a saffron Banerjee said. the Centre. was in contact with some ISIS physical features, contiguity, conve- ferent issues projected by the party”s Gupkar Declaration had stayed away ticket. No one had any right to criti- When asked as to whether the activists via facebook, sources nience of administrative units and Jammu unit should not worry the peo- from the meeting. “The party has its own disci- cize the Chief Minister who came BJP would take any action against said adding, police are investi- facilities of easy communication and ple. “Jammu has separate issues, while Commenting on the ground situ- plinary committee in place and will to power by a popular mandate he the Bishnupur MP, Ghosh said “he gating whether the approachability of public Kashmir has separate issues. Why are ation in Afghanistan and whether it take suitable actions as and when said. “The Opposition Leader is a member of parliament and group had planned any major convenience. you (referring to reporters) would have any effect on Kashmir, required,” Bengal BJP president should allow her to work for the hence has to be dealt with by the attack in Bengal or any other Several Jammu based parties worried?” Abdullah said he prays to God to bring Dilip Ghosh said when asked to people,” Banerjee said adding “there central leadership” adding “there are place. including BJP too were seeking fresh Political pundits observed, “it is a peace to that country. “Afghanistan is comment on the dissenting leaders. is no point venting the party’s forums in the party to express one’s “The Bangladesh adminis- delimitation on the basis of these para- major development as for the first time a separate country. May God bring When reminded that these former frustration on the Chief Minister views but no one has right to go tration has also been alerted meters to counter the agenda of the the National Conference leaders from peace there and do whatever is right TMC men had been constantly who has proved her mettle by win- public on issues … The central lead- and we are gathering informa- Kashmir based political parties. The Jammu region have attempted to pro- for the people there. I cannot say any- attacking the BJP leadership pro- ning the elections and establishing ership is watching things and will tion from them,” the top offi- top brass of the National Conference ject the demands of people of Jammu thing more than this because I have no ducing a demoralizing effect on the herself as the tallest mass leader of take a decision.” cer said. faced criticism from different quarters region which were in contrast to the relation with Afghanistan,” he said. % // 4 F O P ( Jammu/New Delhi: The “pressure A 'pressure fuse' is generally used drones, which may have come from fuse” used in the bombs that were in minefields, anti-tank mines and across the border. #G dropped on the Indian Air Force sta- those dropped by the air force in the The National Investigation tion in Jammu through drones in a fuselage between the explosive and Agency took over the investigation Gangtok: A major traffic jam was witnessed on first-of-its-kind attack indicates that main detonator of a shell or an IED. into what was the first instance of NH 10 on Sunday as several landslides blocked some elements of the Pakistan The explosive devices are acti- Pakistan-based terrorists deploying Sikkim's arterial highway that connects the army or the ISI helped terror group vated by the pressure of either falling drones to strike vital installations in Himalayan State with the rest of India, BRO Lashkar-e-Taiba in fabricating the on the ground with force or some India on June 29. sources said. IEDs, according to security sources. individual or vehicle passing over it. Two IAF personnel were injured However, many light vehicles were seen tak- The improvised explosive device However, in these sophisticated in the explosions that took place ing a detour via Darjeeling in West Bengal to (IED) that pierced the rooftop of one IEDs, the 'pressure fuse' had been within six minutes of each other. The reach their destinations, they said. of the IAF buildings at the Jammu deployed at the nose of the bombs first blast ripped off the roof of a sin- Heavy rain triggered a series of small land- airport carried less than one kg of so that they trigger with a force after gle-storey building at the technical slides since Saturday night and a major one on RDX and a cocktail of other chem- falling on the ground, the sources area of the airport manned by the Sunday morning in the 29th Mile area between icals whereas the one that was said. IAF in Satwari on the outskirts of Teesta and Rambi in West Bengal, completely dropped on the ground contained a Most of the artillery shells and Jammu. The second one was on the blocking the highway. little over one kg of the deadly explo- mortar bombs have this type of fuse ground. Serpentine queues of vehicles were witnessed sives along with some ball bearings, and that's why they don't explode in It is mentionable that Pakistan for more than 1 km on both sides of the land- they said. the air but on impact, they explained. has been procuring armed drones slide spot, the sources said. The sources said the IED used in Director General of Jammu & from China and Turkey of late. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers the June 27 attack on the IAF station Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh had The sources said drones can fly and officials were engaged in clearing the high- “definitely” used the technical exper- said earlier that Pakistan-based ter- up to three hours and can be mon- way and hope to open it for one-way traffic dur- tise of the Pakistani military. The rorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba were sus- itored and manoeuvred remotely ing the day but continuous rainfall is hindering 'pressure fuse' used is similar to the pected to be behind the bombing of through Global Positioning System the work, they said. The area had earlier witnessed ' $ , ones used by the Pakistani army. the IAF station in Jammu through technology. PTI frequent landslides during monsoon. PTI ) & ( = ! !( ; # 0 # > = # ; < ,! < 3 60) second week of March last year increased from 59,06,466 to 59,12,479. The recov- Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay scared of an 84-year-old phys- Swamy died in custody while * he daily Covid-19 deaths dropped ery rate in the State dropped from 96.05 Raut on Sunday said the death ically challenged man is dicta- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tfurther to 350 and the infections went per cent to 96.02 per cent. of Elgar Parishad-Maoist links torial in character, but weak in held talks with those who want Kolkata: Noted economist and senior ister of the state after the party returned up marginally to 8,535 in Maharashtra on The total “active cases” in the state case accused Jesuit priest Stan the mind,” said Raut, who is the autonomy for Kashmir and TMC Leader Amit Mitra is likely to to power for the third time in May this Sunday, even as 6,013 patients were dis- rose from 1,14,000 to 1,16,165. The fatal- Swamy in custody cannot be executive editor of 'Saamana'. are demanding restoration of step down as the West Bengal finance year,” a senior TMC leader told PTI on charged after full recovery from various ity rate in the state stood static at 2.04 per justified even if Maoists are The activities of the Elgar Article 370 there. minister and even retire from active condition of anonymity. hospitals in the State. cent. Mumbai recorded 15 deaths and “more dangerous than Parishad cannot be supported, “We may not agree with politics due to ill health, party sources After Mitra steps down, the chief A day after the State recorded 494 558 infections. As a result, the Covid-19 Kashmiri separatists”. but what happened later should the ideology of Maoists and said on Sunday. minister will keep the ministry with her deaths and 8,296 infections, the daily toll in the metropolis increased from In his weekly column be called a “conspiracy of Naxals. Swamy's death in cus- Seventy-three-year-old Mitra, who for some time before appointing the death tally came down by 144, while the 15,586 to 15,612, while the infected cases Rokhthok in the party mouth- cracking down on freedom”, tody cannot be justified even if has been the state finance minister since next finance minister, another TMC infections dropped by 239. in Mumbai went up from 7,27,136 to piece 'Saamana', Raut won- Raut said, referring to the Maoists and Naxals are more 2011 when the TMC came to power leader said, confirming the develop- Of the 350 deaths reported on 7,27,694. dered whether India's founda- arrest of activists like Varavara dangerous than Kashmiri sep- after ending the 34-year-long rule of the ment.Mitra was a two-time MLA from Sunday, 156 were current deaths, while Pune with 19,034 active cases tion was so weak that an 84- Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Gaurav aratists,” the Rajya Sabha mem- Left Front, had refrained from con- Khardah constituency in North 24 there were 194 “previous and unac- emerged as the first in the state in terms year-old man could can wage Navlakha and others in con- ber said. He expressed surprise testing this year's Assembly elections. Parganas since 2011. counted deaths” which have been added of maximum number of “active cases” in a war against it, and said being nection with the Elgar over Prime Minister Modi's “Amit Da will not continue as the Apart from finance, he had also to the total Covid-19 toll in the state, as the state, while Thane with 16,626 stood critical of an incumbent Parishad-Maoist links case. name figuring in the list of state finance minister as he will be com- held the industry portfolio from 2014- part of the ongoing reconciliation exer- second, followed by Kolhapur (13,157), Government doesn't mean Raut said all those arrest- global leaders who crack down pleting six months in the post without 2021. Due to ill health, Mitra was not cise. With 350 deaths, the total Covid-19 Mumbai (11,423), Sangli (11,717) and being against the country. ed (in the case), including on press freedom. being elected on November 4. He has present in the vote- on-account in deaths in the State climbed from 1,25,528 Satara (8505). Swamy, 84, possibly the (scholar-activist) Anand “The situation has not gone already informed the party leadership February and state budget last week. to 1,25,878. Similarly, with 8535 fresh Of the 4,40,10,550 samples sent to oldest person to be accused of Teltumbde, belong to a partic- out of hand in India even if it that he doesn't want to continue in pol- Although the budget was pre- infections, the total infections in the state various laboratories across the state so far, terrorism in India, died in a ular ideology who voice their is true that the government's itics and administration due to ill pared by him, the chief minister had climbed from 61,49,264 to 61,57,799. 61,57,799 have tested positive (13.99 per Mumbai hospital recently in rebellion through literature. critics are put in jail under sedi- health. presented the vote-on-account in As 6,013 patients were discharged cent) for Covid-19 until Sunday. the middle of his fight for bail “Can they overthrow the tion laws. The Indian press also “But, due to Chief Minister February and state Parliamentary from the hospitals across the State after Currently, 5,96,279 people are in on health grounds. government with this?” he raises its voice against such Mamata Banerjee's insistence, Mitra Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee had full recovery, the total number of people home quarantine while 4,672 people are “A Government that is asked. Raut said Stan incidents,” he said. PTI had taken charge as the finance min- tabled the state budget last week. PTI discharged from the hospitals since the in institutional quarantine. &( ) )( ! " ! 4 %5 ) ! " 1 # F ),A)94 being made by taking huge matter. amount of money. Certificates Taking this very serious- sensational case of fake of many districts including ly, the CMO immediately spoke Abirth and death certifi- Aligarh also came out. to the ACMO of Meerut and cates has come to light in the All the certificates were the nodal officer of the birth- Nagpur: Former Maharashtra debarred from contesting local Health Department. The latest found to be issued from death certificate work on the Chief Minister Devendra bodies polls, applying for gov- case is also related to Meerut. Baparsa sub center of Daurala phone. He explained the whole Fadnavis on Sunday welcomed ernment jobs or receiving any From the sub center of Daurala block of Meerut. In place of the matter to them. It is then the Uttar Pradesh Government's kind of subsidy. block here, but the birth cer- authority issuing the certificate, learned that Baparsa Center new population policy for 2021- It also prohibits promo- tificates of the entire State the seal of the sub center and comes under Daurala block. 2030 and said if needed, such a tions in government jobs for including Aligarh are being the signature of the medical How many certificates have law should be formulated for the such people, while offering made indiscriminately, that too officer is there. Surprisingly, the been issued with the seal and entire country. incentives to those limiting their within just 30 minutes. name of the district is missing signature of this sub center, it Talking to reporters here, children to two.The draft says it It is also being promoted. from the seal. will be revealed only after the BJP leader said such a law is necessary to control and sta- Manoj Kumar, e-District The ID of the portal of Sub investigation. should be there in States where bilise the population of the state Manager of NIC caught the Center Baparsa is being used to Dr. BPS Kalyani, CMO there is a huge “population for the promotion of sustainable matter and informed the CMO. generate birth and death cer- said that the e-district manag- explosion”. UP Chief Minister development with more equi- The CMO immediately called tificates of all the districts, er brought this matter to the Yogi Adityanath on Sunday table distribution. the ACMO of Meerut and which in itself is a big mess. fore. I have also seen certificates unveiled the Uttar Pradesh Replying to a query on it, informed about the matter. The Meerut Health made from sub centers, which Population Policy 2021-2030, Fadnavis said, “I feel that if need- Birth certificates of Aligarh Department itself is not even have the stamp of Sub Health saying increasing population ed, such a law should also be and other information have aware of making such certifi- Center, Baparsa. Birth certifi- was a “hurdle in development” framed for the entire country.” also been sent. cates. If sources are to be cates of all districts cannot be and more efforts are needed to “We don't want to do it like According to the informa- believed, the wires of this rack- made from one centre. control it. China, but at the same time we tion, on the internet media, a et, which are making fake cer- Quite a serious matter. The UP Government need to control our population. firm named Amrit Infratech is tificates, can be connected till Have informed the officials of recently put up a draft of its We live in a democracy and if we being promoted to make birth Lucknow. E-District Manager Meerut, they are getting the population control bill on the implement such a law through and death certificates of any Manoj Kumar reached the matter checked. If needed, state's law commission website, incentives, then we can certain- district in 30 minutes. It is pos- CMO office and apprised Dr. Lucknow will also be saying people having more than ly control our population,” he sible that these certificates are BPS Kalyani about the whole informed. two children in UP will be said. PTI ( / /' $ , ! " " 2 5 4 0 0 5'6 +> 6 # / -5.-,4 s the third-Covid-19 wave Alooms around, BJP party occasions in the recent weeks next year, was again discussed president JP Nadda on Sunday interacted with Prime Minister by Nadda, directing that held a meeting with party along with top party leaders, Covid19 behaviour must be general secretaries here and also attended the meeting. enforced in the BJP-ruled -5.-,4 study which was uploaded as a the study which is yet to be peer reviewed the progress of vac- In view of the second- states. pre-print on July 8, said, the reviewed. cination across states and wave fiasco, the Covid-19 pre- Uttarakhand Chief he first mutations of the wastewater-based genomic sur- The analysis showed a total organisational preparedness paredness has become a prime Minister Pushkar Singh TCovid-19 similar to the veillance can identify all the of 35 mutations in the spike to counter any potential surge focus of the Modi- Dhami on Saturday made now defined delta variant were variants shed by the infected protein across four samples in the pandemic. Government and party Covid-negative report must found in water samples as far individuals in the population, categorized into 23 types. Post-union cabinet over- Organisation has been tasked for the tourists and capped back as February this year, a as it does also include RNA “We noticed the presence haul and Prime Minister to pro-actively interact with hotel occupancy in the state to team of researchers have said as fragmented shredded by clin- of spike protein mutations Narendra Modi’s caution to the public and provide all 50 per cent. they called for looking into ically escaped asymptomatic linked to the VOC-21APR-02; not to get caught off-guard in hands-on assistance to Covid19 plan. The meeting at logistic assistance. Nadda who is expected to option of wastewater-based patients. B.1.617.2 lineage (Delta vari- the coming months, the BJP as Covid19 infected patients. the BJP headquarters lasted for According to sources, be on two-day visit to Goa genomic surveillance instead of They reached to this con- ant) with 57 per cent frequen- an organisation has sought to The BJP president has about an hour. Covid19 impact on the assem- from Monday, would be reg- just relying on conventional clusion after analysing four cy in wastewater samples of train and deploy its top lead- tasked all central ministers, BJP general secretary bly polls in six states, partic- ularly taking digital feedback genomic surveillance based on samples to detect key mutations February 2021. ers to create awareness about MPs, MLAs and state leaders (Organisation) B L Santosh ularly Uttar Pradesh from states on the Covid-19 clinical samples being done in the SARS-CoV-2 genome as “The key spike protein Vaccination and provide to adopt two villages each for who had in many previous Uttarakhand and Goa, early preparedness, sources said. presently. they tracked circulating vari- mutations were T19R, L452R, The researchers from the ants in Ahmedabad during the T478K, D614G, & P681R and Gujarat Biotechnology first wave (September/ deletions at 22029 (6 bp), 28248 ples of September and which started in early April The researchers found the before the first clinically con- authored by seven researchers Research Centre and Indian November 2020) and before (6 bp), & 28271 (1 bp). November last year but 2021 in India, that caused genetic traces of the B.1.617.2 firmed case of the same variant from the two institute, with Institute of Technology in the second wave (in February Interestingly, these mutations appeared before the devastating rapid transmission and deaths in samples of early February in March 2021 in Ahmedabad, Madhvi Joshi of GBRC as the Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn), in their 2021) of Covid-19 in India, said were not observed in the sam- second wave of Covid-19, all over India,” they said. 2021 i.e., more than a month Gujarat, said the study lead author. % #)&#!%#! 3 %4 ! !'! 3'( =' &% # ? ) " !3 % )#$ -#& '#(!5()- ating from various conflict zones along with ISIS cadres in India, by assuming pseudo- # online identities, have creat- ( ed a network wherein ISIS related propaganda material is -5.-,4 Pramanik, and the law minister disseminated for radicalizing Kiren Rijiju who had previous- and recruiting members to head of Tokyo Olympics ly held the Sports Ministry. the fold of ISIS.” The NIA said Awhich starts on July 23, A total of 126 athletes across in a statement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi 18 sports disciplines from India The agency further said, will interact with the Indian will be heading to Tokyo. “In this connection, an India- athletes’ contingent on Tuesday This is the biggest-ever con- Centric online propaganda via video conferencing. tingent India is sending to any magazine ‘the Voice of Hind’ The interaction by the Olympics. -5.-,4 groups on grounds of religion, ( VOH) is published on Prime Minister on July 13 is an The 69 cumulative events race, place of birth, residence monthly basis with an aim to endeavour to motivate the ath- across the 18 sport disciplines -5.-,4 he National Investigation and language, and imputa- incite and radicalize impres- letes before they leave for Tokyo that India will participate in is TAgency (NIA) on Sunday tions,/assertions prejudicial sionable youth by projecting Olympics which is being con- also the highest ever for the n an attempt to widen the tional work at the grassroots for maawards.gov.in,” he tweeted, conducted simultaneous to national-integration a skewed narrative of imag- ducted under the restrictive country. Ichoices for the top state hon- Padma awards. sharing the link of the searches in Srinagar and besides relevant provisions ined injustices in India to Covid-19 conditions. There are several notable ours, Prime Minister Narendra In a tweet, Modi said India website. Anantnag in Jammu and of the Unlawful Activities arouse a feeling of alienation Modi had recently reviewed firsts in terms of participation. Modi Modi on Sunday asked has many talented people doing The Padma awards, name- Kashmir at seven locations in (Prevention) Act in connec- and communal hatred.” the preparations for facilita- For the first time in its history, citizens to submit names of exceptional work at the grass- ly, Padma Vibhushan, Padma connection with a radicalisa- tion with the ISIS conspiracy The searches conducted tion of India’s contingent at a Fencer from India (Bhavani ‘inspiring’ people for ‘Padma roots but they are often not Bhushan and Padma Shri are tion module of the banned to radicalise and recruit in connection with the case Tokyo-2020. Devi) has qualified for the Awards’ . much known. amongst the highest civilian international terror group ISIS impressionable youth in India on Sunday led to recovery and Prime Minister had also Olympic Games. The Prime Minister’s call “India has many talented awards of the country. for waging war against India. to wage violent jihad against seizure of a large number of discussed the inspirational jour- Nethra Kumanan is the has come amidst a thinking people, who are doing excep- Instituted in 1954, these The case was registered by the Indian state. incriminating neys of some of the athletes on first ever female Sailor from that for over the last seventy tional work at the grassroots. awards are announced NIA on June 29, 2021 under “In order to execute its documents and digital devices Mann Ki Baat, besides urging India to qualify for an Olympic years coveted awards have Often, we don’t see or hear on the occasion of the Republic various sections of the Indian nefarious plan, an organized such as mobile phones, the nation to come forward and Games. Sajan Prakash and become Delhi-centric and much of them. Do you know Day every year. Penal Code (IPC) relating to campaign has been launched tablets, laptop , hard disks and wholeheartedly support them. Srihari Nataraj are the first often hogged by those with the such inspiring people? You can In the past Modi- incitement of disaffection over the cyber space which is T-Shirts having ISIS logo, it The event will be attended Swimmers from India to qual- ‘right connect’. nominate them for the Government has honoured towards the Union supplemented by on ground said, adding further investi- by the new sports Minister ify for an Olympic Games by Modi asked people to #PeoplesPadma. many little known people liv- Government. promotion of terror financing gation in the case is continu- Anurag Thakur, the Minister for achieving the ‘A’ Qualification nominate their choice of per- Nominations are open till ing in thr margins doing enmity between different activities. ISIS terrorists oper- ing. 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" ) them with alternative employ- are involved in corruption and UTechnology (IT) and ensure a safer and Wimprove social stream- ment, Dr Pathak set up a posts are being sold for money, Communications minister responsible social media lining, well known social & !"L% Vocational Training Centre the Congress on Sunday Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday ecosystem in India,” Vaishnaw reformer and mentor of Sulabh " "( named ‘Nai Disha’ in Alwar demanded the CM’s immediate debuted on Koo and his first said in a post on Twitter’s Sanitation and Social Reform and Tonk, where the formerly resignation and an indepen- post was on the recently Indian competitor Koo plat- Movement, Dr Bindeshwar human scavengers were given dent judicial probe under the introduced IT rules. Vaishnaw form. Pathak has devised a novel Now Brahmins: A Social basic education and trained in supervision of Chief Justice of State Pollution Control Board secure and remain in a presti- posted a message on Koo The new minister’s debut experiment, in which people Upgradation Programme to trades such as tailoring clothes, Karnataka High Court to (KSPCB)” gious public office. saying the new information on Koo is also significant as will have the freedom to choose Choose One’s own caste”. carpet-making, namada hand- uncover the entire matter and Gundu Rao alleged that the “In the bargain, he has technology rules are empow- Koo is a Twitter-like platform their own caste, as they have Several scholars and liberated icraft, making pickles and send the culprits behind bars. undue interference in day-to- been left high and dry after ering and protecting users. based out of India. the freedom to change their “Untouchable ladies “ papad, facials and beauty Addressing a press confer- day administration by his having sold away all his fixed The new IT rules will After assuming the charge religion. exchanged their experiences . enhancement, etc. ence at AICC, Dinesh Gundu younger son B.Y. Vijayendra assets and properties to mobi- ensure a safer and of the ministry, he While delivering an online Pathak said he conducted The women, who were Rao, (in-charge of Tamil Nadu, and other close relatives has lize the required amounts tot- more responsible social media said the law of the land should lecture, Pathak recounted his this experiment in the two earlier, treated worse than Puducherry, Goa) and Gourav been alleged in many cases. taling upto 9.75 crore to sat- ecosystem in India, the min- be abided by everyone, making pathbreaking initiatives towns of Rajasthan—Alwar dogs, discarded as ‘untouch- Vallabh, Spokesperson, AICC, The latest allegation in this isfy the greed of CM’s close rel- ister said. it clear that the change in the through which the age old and Tonk—with the women ables’, whose even shadows said, “while India is fighting series is by a qualified senior atives,” he said. “Reviewed the ministrypractice of casteism and who earlier worked as manu- were to be avoided, now suc- against COVID-19, Karnataka engineer, who has suffered at “We urge central agencies implementation and compli- does not indicate any inequality have been checked in al scavengers. He took these cessfully sell their eatables in CM is ‘fighting for Corruption’, the hands of relatives of CM like CBI, ED and IT authorities ance of Information change in its approach towards recent years. women out of the subhuman those houses where they ear- ‘Environmental Corruption’ in B.S. Yediyurappa, trying to ful- to carry out an exhaustive Technology Rules, 2021 along the social media The theme of webinar was work of cleaning human exc- lier worked as manual scav- Karnataka. Rs 16 crore deal for fill their insatiable demand for investigation and uncover the with my colleague Shri Rajeev platforms, operating in India. “Earlier Human Scavengers reta and provided them the engers. Chairmanship of Karnataka huge sums of money just to truth,” Rao said. 3 %) ) ! " " )% ( -5.-,4 The string of inaccurate weath- parts of north India. . But it is moist easterly winds in the delayed onset) in the morning er forecasts, being made by the yet to reach Delhi, Haryana, lower level from the Bay of itself. However, we are moni- ith yet another of its Met department, began from parts of west Uttar Pradesh and Bengal are likely to establish toring all the defined parame- Wmonsoon forecast having June 11, which was predicted as west Rajasthan and its predic- gradually over parts of eastern ters/ criteria for onset of mon- gone horribly wrong, the IMD the set date for the arrival of tions are yet to come true. This India from July 8, it had said. soon over Kerala. At present the has again ended up with egg on monsoons in Delhi. The mis- will be the most-delayed mon- On July 5, the IMD again criteria are not fully satisfied,” its face. Hot and humid weath- calculation is being attributed soon in Delhi in the last 20 said the monsoon is likely to IMD Director General er conditions persisted in many to wrong signals by models, dif- years. spread into northwest India Mrutunjay Mohapatra had said parts of the north and north- ficulty in predicting the out- In its forecast on June 13, covering Punjab and north on May 30. west India as monsoons con- comes of the interactions the IMD had predicted that the Haryana by July 10. However, M Rajeevan, Secretary, tinue to elude the region between the easterly and west- Southwest Monsoon will reach there were no signs of any relief Ministry of Earth Sciences, though the India erly winds, weather experts Delhi by June 15. However, a even on July 10. who has spent over 35 years Meteorological Department pointed out as the region wit- day later it said conditions are On forecasting the onset of studying the Southwest (IMD) had on Friday predict- nesses oppressive hot weather. not favourable for its further Southwest Monsoon over Monsoon, said the forecast ed that monsoon will hit Delhi, In a normal scenario, the advancement in this region. Kerala, the IMD said it would models gave wrong signals. Punjab and Haryana in the Southwest Monsoon covers Then began a long ‘break- hit the southern state by May “The models have picked next 24 hours. West Bengal and many parts of spell’ during which the 31. Till May 30, the IMD, in its up very well some of the broad- The IMD has given sever- central India by June 15, just 14 Southwest Monsoon was weak daily bulletin, said the onset of er events like a break in the al dates for the monsoon to days after it makes an onset over several parts of the coun- the monsoon over Kerala was monsoon and its revival a week reach the national capital, most over Kerala, making the official try. expected to be around May 31. ago. But when it comes to local recently July 10, Saturday, commencement of the four- On July 1, the IMD said However, by afternoon of that forecasts like its advancement which again went wrong as the month rainfall season over the conditions could be favourable day, it revised it saying the onset over Kerala or rain over parts winds carrying moisture con- country. It, however, takes for further advancement of is expected to be by June 3. of north, there is an issue,” tinue to give the city a miss. nearly three weeks to cover the monsoon by July 7. The “We could have told (the Rajeevan said. ! # 6) #-0#(! %6$(5 ("8 <. "8 8 **@: + * 73 # 7 52- # @ # # % %# 2(90,!:; 0 "" $ 0 ( " " > 0 ' > ( A :< B6CDD > - :=7D= / E;;6 0 ! nder the much-touted 6=;: " - logic of “perform or perish”, Sadhvi Niranjan $ Jyoti has apparently emergedU more efficient than, say, - O ? ! Ravi Shankar Prasad or Dr Harsh Vardhan. The MoS, Rural Development, has not merely + saved her own portfolio during Cabinet reshuffle but added one more charge, ie Consumer Affairs, ' ! Food and Public Distribution, to it. Several heavyweight Cabinet 0 ' , ministers were dropped like dead- wood from their Ministry. There is no deal in sight on the lines “Kamraj Plan” (1963), which sug- gested that senior Cabinet Ministers in the Nehru " ! Government should resign to work for revitalising the party. 0 - , ! Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsh Vardhan and Prakash Javadekar were educated and suave faces of 0 the Government. Each one of 0 , $ them came to occupy up to three 2 Union Ministries. Was the Prime now work in two shifts lasting cian in the form of Murli about “Sanskritic Rashtravaad’ Minister’s trust in them so mis- from 7 am to 12 am. The Manohar Joshi as the HRD (Cultural Nationalism) actu- . # . ! placed that these senior leaders extended hours do not consti- Minister. There was a sincere ally holds very little water. 2 , G - G had to be dropped for non-per- tute overtime, but indicate the attempt to revise the text- Babul Supriyo, once the . # formance without any honourable Minister’s efforts to juggle with books, which subsequently the blue-eyed boy of PM Modi, rehabilitation plan? Why there three Ministries. While UPA-I Government over- has also been dropped from - / 0 ' ! was no mid-course correction Vaishnaw might depend upon turned in the name of “de-tox- the Council of Ministers. Will " applied? Is the Prime Minister his razor sharp intelligence, the ification”. In the Sangh Parivar Nishit Pramanik, the TMC- " ! sure that he made the right choic- same might not be said about circle, one frequently hears turned-BJP-MP, be able to es now by inducting a large ele- Mansukh Laxmanbhai complaints about books writ- prove his mettle as MoS, ment of untested people? Does by Mandaviya, who has been in ten by “Leftist historians”. Home? Pramanik, who has " 0 " + / dropping senior Ministers, he news for his old tweets in out- 5)# ) However, the Modi several criminal cases pend- > =;D; :B; * : $ :D6=E , wishes to send a stern message to rageous English. Promoted to Government has done little to ing against him, might be an the inductees that in the long run A..-) - 0 " Cabinet rank, Mandaviya has redress the situation in the last expert turf dominator. no is indispensable? For better or been given charge of two 9-C-) seven years. One of their HRD However, when it comes to ! worse, these people will lead the Ministries, including Health. It Ministers proudly declared administration, it is a differ- Modi Government’s programmes was not a good idea to remove .79+69 -.+ that the Modi Government did ent ball game. " into the 2024 elections. a doctor-turned-senior politi- #- 9,7) not change even a chapter in Apart from the pandem- When one burdens a Cabinet cian from the helm of the history textbooks. ic, in the last two years, India , # Minister with three Ministries, Health Ministry in the middle *94-4-,* The Education portfolio is had seen anti-CAA protests, performance is at risk. It was only of the pandemic. While one 4-4-),4 now in the hands of Chinese incursion at Galwan under this Government that one should not be culturally prej- Dharmendra Pradhan, who river valley and the intense 4 sees that the Railway Minister udiced against under-profi- #9B 4- has been Petroleum and farmers’ agitation. The econ- might hold charge of two other ciency in English, it would Natural Gas Minister since omy was not managed well, Ministries. Previous Minister of become a handicap during the ..,-*4- the first day of Modi even before the COVID Railways who was additionally pandemic when a Minister ) .-7"54,- Government in 2014. A thor- struck. However, not only holding the charge of Commerce has to pursue research briefs on ough gentleman and hard- the FM Nirmala Sitharaman and Industry Ministry, also found COVID, mostly of foreign ori- -#46,. working Minister, he might survived the purge, but her the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, gin and invariably in English. 0-76,69),,B do his best for education. deputy Anurag Thakur got Food and Public Distribution Despite the BJP’s hype on However, it shows that the promotion to Cabinet status. falling in his lap as Ram Vilas cultural nationalism, education 9- 6.7-. Government is not inclined to If one were to fix responsibil- Paswan passed away in October and culture have remained )A) #6 .-9+ treat Education and Culture ities, several other heads 2020. Thereby Piyush Goyal had two non-priority sectors in any differently from say agri- should have rolled by the to negotiate with the agitating the Modi Government. It never 9*7- 7B culture, petroleum, textile or logic. But an eye-for-an-eye farmers alongside the Minister of had HRD and Culture - A,#4$56,. chemical industries. If the principle would leave the Agriculture, viz Narendra Singh Ministers who could instil PM can induct world blind. The stakes are Tomar. confidence. Many of the 0-7-) professionals/former bureau- high for Modi’s new team in The new Railway Minister, research organisations went 4) .7).69 A crats/diplomats to head other the remaining half of the Ashwini Vaishnaw, has also the headless for years, or like Ministries, why not any emi- Government’s tenure. charge of two more Ministries, Asiatic Society continued to be 4-) .-7 nent educationist/cultural (The writer is an author Communication and Electronics ruled by people averse to this personality was brought to and independent researcher and IT. The MR Cell — or the Government. The AB Vajpayee head Education/Culture based in New Delhi. The views Railway Minister’s Office — will Government had an academi- Ministries? All the tall talks expressed are personal.) & : ; 4 :& ( -% $ , Sir — The last few decades have seen a ! "# $ % ! meteoric rise of China from a war-torn, $( poverty-stricken, medieval-feudal society 3 $ =FF "5 to the world’s second largest economy, alter- ( " $ L -0A ( ) ing the balance of power and even challeng- ',*/.. -/ ing the US, likely to overtake the latter in ( JFF 6# $ 8 # # 2028. This unprecedented success can be ( A $ K9 A attributed to its massive strength and a cen- ( # # tury of CPC’s aggressive foreign and ( " expansionist policy in military, space, JFF$FFF ) 3 ! cyber, economy , infrastructure and tech- " )( $ 2#03/4! , 5 $ - nology. However, towering leaders like Mao + ( ) ( + + Tse Tung , Deng Xiaoping and now Xi ) O 3 $ JFF >=" " ' ! Jinping, one-party rule with expansive . ( ( ?( ( - $ )( - - designs, ruthless authoritarianism and ( ( " $ / $ ( $ 67 8 aggressive nationalism took China to even + 6( "7 + ' 2(90,!:; 0 greater heights. ( ( 6# " - :<<< The recent celebrations of 100 years rule ) + ) ( ) $ ( of the party should be viewed as an objec- ( $ $ ( + ./ /.-,) /. tive of selfish expansionist designs, with lit- ) A K 4 - $ tle or no contribution in maintaining world ?= ) ( " =7<< peace and must be visualised as a threat to " 5 ( + ) $ N" F =7<<< ' / > the world order. 5 ) + ( ( Vijay Singh Adhikari |Nainital $ ( K O ) :6 ( ( + ( # " + " (" G " ? ::<<< Sir — There is a dire need of a Uniform ( 3 ( % * , - ,| Civil Code in our country. It needs to be +)'/ implemented immediately without wasting K6 9 more time which has been stuck in politi- too without any controversy, then what is the (Kranti: 1981), Manoj Kumar (Aadmi: 1968, > " cal and vote bank affair for three decades. problem in implementing it in other parts Kranti: 1981), Sanjeev Kumar (Vidhaata: $ " ) - / Different sections of society, different laws of the nation? 1982). He played double role in Ram Aur A + of marriage, divorce, property division, Devanand Ray |New Delhi Sham (1967) and triple role in Bairaag $ adoption and succession among commu- (1976). With his wife Saira Banu, his major - - nities are taking a toll. There are more beliefs movies were Gopi, Sagina, Bairaag, Duniya. "5 $ $ / 5 ' 9!$ - ! and when these matters reach the courts, Sir — Acting legend Dilip Kumar belongs His last appearance was Qila. Although his ' it takes a lot of time to give justice to the to all generations. He acted with three of 1996 films (Aag ki Duniya and Kalinga) " never got released. , / # 2 * $ courts, due to the diversity and complexi- the Kapoor brothers: Raj Kapoor (Andaz: ty in their laws, due to this, the issue of Totally, he acted in 65 movies. So 1944 ,- '+(*' (7/ 1949), Shammi Kapoor (Vidhata: 1982, K9#/ ' Uniform Civil Code has been raised by Jwar Bhata: 1944) and Shashi kapoor to 1996 implies more than five decades of $ " many forums of the country. (Kranti: 1981). He acted with three gener- career in movies. No doubt Dada Saheb ' 8 $ It has also been mentioned in the elec- ations: Grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor Phalke (1994) and Padma Vibhushan awards (2015) were very late to him. He was - " ) tion manifesto of the BJP, the Constitution (Mughal-e-Azam: 1960), son Raj Kapoor also talks about making such laws. In the (Andaz: 1949) and grandson Rishi Kapoor the encyclopedia of acting skills. Yousuf Ali ! > Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 44 (Ghar ki Izzat: 1994). His first movie was Khan is known only as Dilip Kumar (his screen name). He is the greatest award to $S ( 2 0 $ instructs the State to make uniform civil code Jwar Bhata in 1944; he saw major success 2 / " for all religions, due to the personal laws of with his movie Jugnu with Noor Jehan. the Indian cinema industry. Madhu PV | Secunderabad " P Q some communities there women and chil- He acted with ease with many other dren are not getting their full rights. At pre- stars of next generation too such as )) // -. 1,.)/ $S ( 2 $S ( 2 *9 - ! $ = sent, Goa is the first State in the country to Amitabh Bachchan (Shakti: 1982), KB) ? , have a uniform civil code. It is applicable that Shatrughan Sinha and Shashi Kapoor ))/.)'7',/G*! 4+'! ! < 6) #-0#(! %6$(5 ("8 <. "8 8 Q5 ; # 7 4#%6@+7 *@@3+=4:@ : # ! & 4 - + $ ( # 5 %# ; # # # oney attracts flies. Power too has the same qualityof attract- &= ing 'borderless flying politi- '*0 H2 !:;I " H cians' ever on the lookout for an opportunityH to side with power. 6<6: The march of the BharatiyaJanata ' " Party across the states was stupendous 0J ! after the Modi era began in 2014. In 2015, 6B " ! it breached the high wall of Jammu and .' 3BC: 4 .- 3BEC Kashmir, coming to power in alliance with 4 0 37; 4 " H the Peoples' Democratic Party.By 2018, the H party ruledover 21 states and was looking 0 B< forward to bring the remaining states under its control when it started suffer- , + # - . ing electoral setbacks. D< " The territorial shrinkbegan in ) # . # * > ! December 2018 when the assembly elec- B7 tion results in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, " and Chattisgarhfavoured the Congress. 0 $,# Losing in three major Hindi-heartland states was quite a setback to the BJP. And " '*0 then it lost Maharashtra after forming a government. The steady rise of the BJPowes itself to the unwavering popularity of brand Modi, strengthening of the National There still are a few 'party hopper- The BJP is unsettled in its lone trained BJP and RSS workers to Democratic Alliance at state levels, and ),, s'who are not satisfied with the southern bastion because of the await their turn. engineering defections,andaccommodat- N6#.-9#O rewards they got for switching over newly acquired 'political asset' The simmering discontent ing 'borderless flying politicians' looking and want to stage a coup against becoming a liability. The Congress in the first-ever BJP government for greener pastures. As electoral returns 4-0 #-,-. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. and the JDS are waiting for an inTripuralast month has also shrank, the party managers increasingly .5 K Sudhakaris one of the 17 opportunity to use him and any much to do with the freshly used the third option of attracting -)7-*6,,B Congress and JD(S) legislators other turn-coats to rock the saffron recruited 'outsiders'.Reports of a wannabes from rival political camps. )*-9A- A who shifted their allegiance to the boat. group of 'dissident' BJP MLAs led The lowpolitical dividends on account 4-99-5)9.# BJP and helped Yediyurappa form Yogeeshwara, the actor-turned- by the former health minister of admitting those not rooted in BJP's 'ide- *94-)9B the government in 2019. He was politician, first entered politics in and MLA Sudip Roy Barman ology' was amply reflected in the recent ) .4- given the important portfolio of 1999 and won as an independent, planning to head over to a resur- upheavals in Karnataka, Tripura, and West health. He crossed over from the then joined the Congress and con- gent Trinamool Congress Party Bengal. AC-9 - " Congress and won the tested successfully in 2004 and caused ripples in Delhi. Party =C= 6<6: =67 The strategy of Narendra Modi and 7BA--#45)9)$ Chikkaballapurabypoll in 2019 on 2008. He quit the Congress in 2009 General Secretary (org) BL 0 Amit Shah to open party gates indiscrim- ) -D+ a BJP ticket. The youngest cabinet and contested the by-elections Santosh was rushed there to 5G6: inately to disgruntled opposition leaders 7 A9-##) minister in the Yeddyurappa gov- from Channapatna on the BJP tick- manage the turn-coats. boomeranged as the exercise began to 54,)B-.) ernment, Sudhakar is a rising et and lost. He won another by- Barman, who along with other 5 erode the party's basic ideological content. 3-B9,- 4- Vokkaliga leader in a government election in 2011 and went on to leaders left the Trinamool to join 0J $,# ! West Bengal is the latest example where *),,*4- led by a 'Lingayat' strongman. become a minister. the BJP in 2017, was dropped by the BJP candidates who joined the party The growing prominence of a However, in 2013, he quit the Chief Minister Biplab Deb from the =<D 5G6: =B: 5G6< " on the eve of the assembly elections are 7 A9-##+ .1#2 former Congressman in the BJP BJP and joined the Samajwadi ministry in 2019 with a caution that 0 now itching to go back to the Trinamool 7), highlights both the new 'realpoli- Party which he left in 2016 and leaders are but a product of the 6=C 5G6: :=B 5G6< nest. 3)9 ))3)) . tik' of the party and its pitfalls. came back to the Congress only to organisation and should not forget ' $,# Even Madhya Pradesh is resting on 5)#).- Not all 'outsiders' in the BJP join the BJP again ahead of the it. Barman and five former MLAs 2 !:; $,# unstable ground. The BJP wrested power 69# settled down peacefully after get- 2018 polls and settled for a cabinet met BJP President J P Nadda last 2 !:; from the Congress in early 2020 by #-9$# ting their rewards from the party post after the success of year to complain against Deb. + / - - " ) encouraging several legislators to defect, 55) A and the government. C P 'OperationKamal-2' that brought Interestingly, the roots of the including veteran Jyotiraditya Scindia. The Yogeeshwara, another ex- the BJP government to power in BJP's recent crisis in Tripura can be . newly 'saffronized' MLAs formerly with 4-9-C),* Congressman who played a key 2019.He was made a Minister even traced to the BJP's erstwhile 'trou- * > .# ( Congress are today controlling the levers 74-* #-9 role in the fall of the Congress- though he lost the MLA bye-elec- ble-shooter' and former party Vice- of power. They superseded the cadre- B-.B69)) JD(S) coalition in Karnataka and tion and was later inducted as an president Mukul Roy who himself ? / ! based leadership in the Gwalior-Chambal was made tourism minister in the MLC. returned to the TMC in West ! belt, triggering discontent among the lat- Yediyurappa government, is now Besides him, the 16 other JDS Bengal after Mamta Banerjee won / 0 ter. one of the prominent leaders want- and Congress legislators who her third election victory in the The party's 'go-for-it' philosophy is ing the removal of the Chief joined the BJP, got disqualified, and state. quite unlike that of its famed mentor Atal Minister. became MLAs again after contest- In its desire for an unbridled " Behari Vajpayee who preferred to quit as The state BJP leadership want- ing in the subsequent by-elections expansion across the country, the #/0 > BE: ' ! Prime Minister in May 1996 saying, "if ed to use Yogeeshwaraas the party's are also demanding portfolios of BJP is gradually losing its project- 0J $ , # 3$,#4 7C breaking up political parties is the only face in the Vokkaliga-dominated their choice and fuellingunrest ed character as the 'party with a dif- / :C way to form a coalition that stays in old Mysuru region against and disrupting governance in the ference' -- the tagline it used effec- $,# * ! power..I don't want to touch such a coali- Congress state president D K state. tively when in the opposition and !> tion with a barge pole". Shivakumar and former Chief The instability in the state BJP which found resonance with the In Karnataka, the BJP which demol- Minister and JDS leader H D units and the governments run by people. 0J ::! ! (The writer is with The ished the Congress bastion is currently Pioneer. The views Kumaraswamy.But he turned the party is linkedto the 'rising Asked about the BJP opening > ! witnessing relentless dissent also onac- expressed are personal. ) against Yediyurappaand the fight is aspirations' of the 'new Bhakts' who its doors to anyone without any ! count of demands made byturn-coats who in the open with the latter's loyal- are neither accustomed to the checks, a BJP General Secretary * ! were allotted plum portfolios at the ists accusing the minister of cor- party's stated dictum of 'seva hi said, "that we will see that in the expense of hard-working party leaders. ruption. sanghathan' nor are patient like long-run". ! 0 ! 6<6: " ! 0 ! C D$ % 8 =$ D:D= 0 C 3 % 0D:DA23 % P 4 4 L L% P C ) #) A - ! " #$ !%& &'$( %)**+%!# $, (# ! - %% $! . $!$)/- %% $) 0 "" ! !)) $,!$ #/- %% $ nusual weather phe- lation growth". fell from 3.4 million in 1990 to bracket(15-49 years), the num- ulation changes small while in fertility rates and demograph- nomena like extreme If we look back, the glob- one million in 2017, that is ber of births will be high, even the past, it was the high mor- ic shifts. Such a disturbing Uheatwaves in the USA al population doubled from from 1-in-4 to 1-in-20. when the fertility rate is low, tality that maintained the pop- trend also evokes apprehen- and Canada or the recurrent 0.25 billion to 0.5 billion with- Similarly, the global fertil- which is termed as 'population ulation under check. Yet, the sions that many countries may cyclonic onslaughts on the in 700 years from the early 9th ity rate also fell from 3.2 births momentum', and it explains population growth hasnot resort to coercive measures for Indian coasts are now causing century to the middle of the per woman in 1990 to 2.5 in why the number of children in stopped: every year 140 million fertility control, which are concerns. Scientists and mete- 16th century, and the same 2019 and is projected to the world will not decline as are born, and 58 million die, likely to make adverse impacts orologists attribute them to trend continued till the first decline further to 2.2 in 2050. rapidly as the fertility rate. UN adding 82 million people. on women's and girls' deci- overuse of non-renewable half of the 20th century. In the Nevertheless, there are a few projections show women in India is projected to overtake sion-making power, freedom energy, excessive rise in ocean latter half, the fastest doubling places where fertility remained the reproductive age group will China by 2027 when the latter's of movement, and access to water temperature, absorbing- occurred between 1950 and empowerment, their sexual above the global average. The increase from 1.8 billion in population is expected to health services. more greenhouse gas emis- 1987, as the population grew and reproductive health and Maternal Mortality Rate 2013 to two billion by 2025. As decrease by 31.4 million. As the world celebrates sions, widespread deforesta- from 2.5 billion to 5 billion in rights, mother and child health (MMR) also declined global- a result, the number of births As the world passes Population Day 2021, the tion, et al. Arenot they indica- just 37 years. care, family planning, eradica- ly by 38 per cent (2000-2017) is expected to peak at 143 mil- through a severe pandemic sit- UNFPA has urged upon the tive of over-exploitation of To counter the rising pop- tion of poverty, etc. although it was found unac- lion by the middle of this cen- uation, a WHO survey said nations to prioritise women's nature's bounties leading to a ulation, a concerted global These efforts yielded pos- ceptably high in sub-Saharan tury, and then taper down to that family planning services health, sexual, and reproduc- serious ecological imbalance? move originated in 1987, and itive gains, registering an Africa. 131 million by 2100, with the were the most extensively dis- tive rights to offset the pan- American biologist Paul the world began to observe almost 60 per cent reduction However, the declining global population touching at rupted. The UNFPA's esti- demic's damaging impacts and Ehrlich in his book 'Population July 11 as 'Population Day' in Child Mortality Rate from mortality and fertility rates are nearly 11 billion. mate in March 2021 was that to adopt holistic responses Bomb' rang the alarm bell under the auspices of the 93 deaths per 1000 live births not the only determining fac- Nevertheless, as per the about 12 million women suf- through family support and when he said in 1968 when the United Nations from 1990. It in 1990 to 38 in 2019. tors in raising the population latest UN data analysis, the fered because of such disrup- child-care systems, allowing (The writer is former Director- global population touched 3.5 General, Doordarshan and All aimed to curb unbridled pop- However, the rate is not uni- growth. The number of global population has already tions in 115 countries, result- women to exercise their choice billion that the earth's India Radio. The views ulation growth and issues that formly distributed across the women in the reproductive age reached its peak between 1961 ing in 1.4 million unintended and rights over their bodies as resources are "finite" and can- expressed are personal.) have a bearing on it such as globe. In India, the number of also matters. If there are more and 1963. It is now the low fer- pregnancies. All this could the solution to shifting fertil- not cope with "infinite popu- gender equality, women's deaths of children underfive women in the reproductive age tility rate that keeps the pop- lead to a situation of changing ity rates. ! " + 0 ' O # ?Q F" 06 ,- (( 0 63 -5.-,4 143(1) for AY 2019-20 and ear- be addressed in the new tax -5.-,4 Asked when private invest- lier years, and Form- 3 under portal,” Ganatra added. ments will pick up, Kumar -5.-,4 coming days. month after its launch and ‘Vivad se Vishwas Scheme’ is Dhruva Advisors LLP ith India’s story remain- said in some The commercial and Atwo weeks after the finance not visible on the portal. Partner Sandeep Bhalla said Wing “very strong”, the sectors like steel, cement ndia’s power consumption industrial power demand and minister reviewed its func- In response to queries on Form 15CA/CB utility (relating economy will register a double- and real estate, significant Igrew nearly 18 per cent in consumption got affected April tioning, technical glitches con- the glitches on I-T portal, to remittances) is still awaited. digit growth in the current fis- investment in capacity expan- first week of July to 30.33 bil- onwards this year due to lock- tinue to mar the functioning of Infosys said, “We’re in our While physical filing of the cal and the disinvestment cli- sion is happening already. lion units (BU) compared to a down restrictions imposed by the new income tax portal as silent period. Clarity on the same is permitted, it is a time- mate also looks better, said Niti In the consumer durable year ago and returned to pre- states. certain key utilities like e-pro- income tax matter was provid- consuming process. Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv sector, it might take longer pandemic level mainly due to Experts say since the num- ceedings and digital signature ed at our recently concluded This is a time when com- Kumar. because consumers might feel easing of lockdown curbs and ber of daily Covid-19 positive certificate are not yet func- AGM”. panies declare and pay divi- He also asserted that the a little hesitant due to uncer- delayed monsoon, according to cases has declined across the tional, say chartered accoun- An email sent to the dends and physically filing country is prepared in a far bet- tainty on account of the pan- Power Ministry data. country and states have eased tants. Finance Ministry for com- Form 15CA/ CB for remittance ter manner in case there is a demic, he said. “Full-fledged Power consumption dur- lockdown curbs, the commer- Also, some overseas firms ments remained unanswered. to each shareholder can be a Covid wave as states have also private investment recovery, ing July 1-7 last year was 25.72 cial and industrial demand of have been facing problems in BDO India Partner (Tax & task. their own lessons from the pre- we should expect by the third BU. power is bound to see an logging in to the portal, they Regulatory Services) Amit “Also, the DSC is now vious two waves. quarter of this (fiscal) year”. Power consumption was uptick from July. said. Ganatra said after the meeting required to be registered on the “We are now hopefully revise them upwards again. Responding to a query on recorded at 26.63 BU in first Peak power demand met The much-touted new of the Finance Minister with personal e-filing account of the getting past our (Covid-19) “Because, I expect India’s concerns over a possible third week of July in 2019. Thus, or the highest supply in a day income tax portal the Infosys team on June 22, it authorized signatory. In the pandemic... And the econom- GDP growth this (fiscal) year Covid wave, Kumar said the consumption of power has not touched an all-time high of ‘www.Incometax.Gov.In’ had appeared that all the pending case of foreign companies hav- ic activities will be strengthened would be in double digits,” he government is much better only grown year-on-year but 200.57 GW in the first week of a bumpy start from the day of issues would get resolved ing non-resident authorized as we get into the second half said. prepared in case such a situa- also returned to pre-pandem- July ( recorded on July 7, 2021). its launch on June 7 as it con- quickly. While there has been signatories not having a of this (fiscal) year given what The economy contracted tion comes up. ic level. Daily power consumption tinued to face tech glitches, improvement in the function- PAN in India, it is unclear I have seen for example various by 7.3 per cent in the financial “I think the government is In July 2020, power con- also touched an all-time high which prompted Finance ing of thesite thereafter, it as to how this procedure will indicators, including the mobil- year ended March 31, 2021. far better prepared now to face sumption recovered to 112.14 of 4,508 million units on July Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seems that the technology- work. In fact, for such foreign ity indicators,” Kumar told PTI Among rating agencies, the third Covid wave, if at all BU, but remained lower than 7, 2021. to call a meeting on June 22 related challenges still persist companies, an error is being in an interview. S&P Global Ratings has cut it does come up... I feel the 116.48 BU in the same month In the first week of July, with officials of Infosys which and it may take some more encountered even at the time of The Indian economy has India’s growth forecast for the impact of the third wave on the of 2019 (pre-pandemic level). peak power demand met wit- has developed the new website. time to get the site up and run- attempting to login onto the e- been adversely impacted by the current fiscal to 9.5 per cent economy will be much weak- Experts say recovery in nessed a growth of nearly 18 Infosys in 2019 was award- ning completely. filing portal,” Bhalla added. coronavirus pandemic and the from 11 per cent earlier, while er than it was during the sec- power demand and consump- per cent compared to 170.40 ed a contract to develop the “The e-proceedings tab is Industry chamber recovery has been relatively Fitch Ratings has slashed the ond wave and the beginning of tion in first week of July is GW (recorded on July 2). Peak next-generation income tax not fully functional, online PHDCCI’s Direct Taxes sluggish in the wake of the sec- projection to 10 per cent from the first wave,” he said. mainly due to delayed mon- power demand met for the filing system to reduce pro- rectification option is not avail- Committee Chairman ond Covid wave. 12.8 per cent estimated earlier. According to Kumar, the soon and improvement in eco- entire month of July 2020 was cessing time for returns from able, JSON utility for filing tax Mukul Bagla said the new Against this backdrop, the The downward revisions were government’s preparation is nomic activities due to easing also 170.40 GW. 63 days to one day and expe- returns in ITR 5, 6 and 7 is still income tax portal is expected Niti Aayog Vice Chairman mainly due to slowing recovery very significant and also the of lockdown restrictions by The peak power demand dite refunds. not available and unlike the to improve efficiency in tax exuded confidence that the post second Covid wave. states have learned their own states. met was recorded at 175.12 Even after two weeks of earlier website there is no tab return filing alongwith gener- economic recovery will be Indicating the possibility lessons. They said power demand GW in July 2019, showing the meeting and over a month for the VsV scheme for pro- al tax administration. “very strong” and those agen- of a strong rebound, the Recently, the government as well as consumption recovery to pre-pandemic level. of the portal launch, users still viding comprehensive infor- However, since the portal cies or organisations which Reserve Bank has pegged eco- announced an additional returned to pre-Covid levels in Last year, the Government continue to encounter multiple mation and no update of the has major glitches even till have revised their GDP esti- nomic growth at 9.5 per cent in 23,123 crore funding, mainly the first week of July, giving had imposed a lockdown on problems like unable to file I- pending actions tab, these are date, the income tax work of mates downwards the current fiscal that ends on aimed at ramping up health clear indication that there March 25 to contain the spread T returns for past years, down- some of the functionalities taxpayers and tax professionals for this fiscal may have to March 31, 2022. infrastructure. would be robust recovery in of coronavirus. load intimation notice u/s amongst others that remain to is seriously hampered. % 444 = nificantly protected against hos- 7! 0#$ 8 '"-#31'&'( : 9( ADG, Law and Order, pitalisation and severe infec- Prashant Kumar, told media tion, experts have said. 7# persons the terrorists arrested and replicated by other sec- (Control, Stabilization and "%(58-9$#!)# were identified as Minhaz ondary educational boards, MoE Welfare) Bill, 2021” and invited 444 Ahmed alias Miraj of Dubagga sources said. During a meeting suggestions by July 19. People The Beta Covid variant (also onwards via @flyspicejet,” he ) under Kakori police station area on Friday the new Education having more than two children known as B1351), first identified said. Scindia further said that and Masuriddin alias Mushir Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Uttar Pradesh will be debarred in South Africa, is leading to more the Ministry of Civil Aviation -5.-,4 described as “peanuts”. from Sitapur road under Madion and the three MoS, the officials from contesting local bodies severe disease in people living and the aviation industry are The plan proposes to pay police station area. He said a shared the formula and the polls, applying for Government with HIV. committed to take the region- t is not yet a happy ending for each workman of the corporate huge quantity of explosives, schedule of the publication of jobs or receiving any kind of sub- “Such findings underline the al connectivity service ‘UDAN’ Ithe Kalrock-Jalan consor- debtor 11,000 cash, 5,100 IEDs, pressure cooker bombs results. Pradhan, as per sources, sidy, according to the draft bill need to make sure everyone liv- to greater heights. tium and the insolvency reso- cash as medical expense reim- and firearms were recovered conveyed the officials that there State Medical Education ing with HIV has appropriate Maintaining and extending lution process of Jet Airways, as bursement for the parents of from both the places. should be no technical glitches Minister Suresh Khanna said treatment. If not, it is possible that -5.-,4 the success of the regional employees of the grounded the workmen,5,100 cash as Operation was led by ATS in this regard, and the results that in the proposed new law for potentially more potent variants connectivity programme would airline are unhappy with the school fee reimbursement for IG GK Goswami and his team, should be declared after due care population control, if more than the ones circulating now ays after taking over as be a major challenge for the relief they are being offered children of the staff, 1,100 who were tracking these terror- so that there is no resentments emphasis is placed on incentives could emerge from people whose DIndia’s new Civil Aviation newly-appointed minister. which is heavily slashed down would be paid for stationary for ists for a past one week. among the candidates, parents, rather than penal provisions, immune systems are severely Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia Scindia took charge of the from the actual claims. children of the staff and one- The ADG said both the ter- schools as all of them have suf- then it can prove to be more damaged,” Sigal said. The evolved on Sunday said that budget air- ministry headquartered at the The admitted claims of time mobile phone recharge of rorists assembled pressure cook- fered a lot amidst the pandem- effective. State Medical and virus was tested and shown to line SpiceJet will start eight new Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan here on employees stood at 1,265 500. This cash payment will er bombs with IED and a semi- ic. The Ministers also asked the Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh have variant-like properties in flights from Madhya Pradesh Friday. He succeeds Hardeep crore, while the consortium has be made out of the contingency manufactured one were recov- officials to ensure that the mark- said that Uttar Pradesh will terms of its ability to escape anti- starting July 16. Singh Puri who has now got the proposed 52 crore to settle fund (8 crores). Additional ered along with 6 to 7 kilograms sheets are quickly made available move towards population stabi- bodies, he added. The team will In a tweet, the minister said Ministry of Petroleum while their claims. amounts, if required, will be of explosives. He said that the on the Centre’s platform lization by the year 2052 if the present the case study at the ongo- that the new routes would be retaining the Urban Affairs According to employees, utilised out of the proceeds of ATS was conducting raids in Digilocker and other new population policy of the ing 2021 European Congress of Gwalior-Mumbai-Gwalior, Ministry. Besides, former Army the airline owes at least 3 lakh sale of assets received by the Kanpur and other places to nab Government run digital arms State is implemented properly. Clinical Microbiology and Gwalior-Pune-Gwalior, chief-turned-politician General to each employee which may corporate debtor. the other accomplices of the like CSC, etc. In the new policy, a target Infectious Diseases. Jabalpur-Surat-Jabalpur, and V.K. Singh (retd), the Minister well go up to 85 lakh, while Now, there is uncertainty arrested terrorists. Interestingly, For finalising the results, has been set to bring the birth Ahmedabad-Gwalior- of State in the Ministry of now each employee is being among the employees whether the people in the Dubagga local- each school had formed a result rate to 2.1 per thousand popu- % 444 Ahmedabad. “Good news for Road Transport and Highways, offered a total of around to vote in favour the plan or ity and the Thakurganj police committee as per the instructions lation by the year 2026 and to 1.9 On Tuesday, the Indian Madhya Pradesh! Starting 8 is also the new Minister of State 23,000, which one employee, vote against it and lose what- were not in the know of the sin- of CBSE and they have submit- by the year 2030. Apart from Embassy in Kabul said there was new flights from July 16 for Civil Aviation. who did not want to be named, ever relief that is being offered. ister activities of the terrorist until ted their reports, said a top better management of nutri- no plan to close the embassy before the ATS conducted the MoE official. The result com- tion, education and health of and the consulates in Kandahar raid. The teams got the IEDs dif- mittee consists of the principal adolescents in the age group of and Mazar-e-Sharif. Two days 3( fused by teams of Bomb Disposal and seven teachers. Among these 11 to 19 years, comprehensive ago, the MEA said India was 1 .( 00. (" and Detective Squad. seven teachers, five teachers are arrangements will also be made carefully monitoring the dete- An FIR has been registered from the respective schools from for the care of the elderly. The riorating security situation in at the ATS police station in Mathematics, Social Science, new policy also includes a pro- Afghanistan and its implications 'B 6 Lucknow and after producing Science and two languages. The posal to set up health clubs in on the safety and security of them before the court, they will other two teachers are from schools for population stabi- Indian nationals. “Our response 60) Covid-related ‘slowdown’, it ing of the US economy. This is seek their police custody remand neighbouring schools co-opted lization. Along with this, as per will be calibrated accordingly,” said.“It is all becoming rather a dramatic shift from the sharp for interrogation. Kumar said by the schools as external mem- the spirit of the Digital Health Bagchi had said. s inflation concerns gain hard to fathom. We can only increase in bond yields in the that both arrested were trained bers of the committee. Mission, there is a plan to con- Given the ground situation Amomentum and central hope to stay relevant until cen- early part of the year when the Al-Qaeda- terrorists and their As per the assessment poli- duct digital tracking of new- there, Afghanistan Ambassador banks may tighten loose mon- tral banks exit the centre stage. market priced in expectations New Delhi:The oil marketing handler was a Pakistani nation- cy for CBSE Class 10 Board borns, adolescents and elderly to India Farid Mamundzay on etary policies, the markets have “It seems the market is of strong economic growth companies kept the petrol al. During the raids nearby hous- Exam 2021 results, the internal people in the State. Tuesday last briefed Foreign now focused on ‘peak’ growth running a bit ahead of itself, not and higher inflation and thus, and diesel prices unchanged es were evacuated and ATS took assessment is for 20 marks and Secretary Harsh Vardhan and the eventual slowdown. only in terms of valuations but expected a normalisation of across the four metro cities on the house under its siege. the assessment of 80 marks is C 444 Shringla. Bond yields have gyrated to also, in terms of what to dis- monetary policy by the US Fed Sunday. The pause comes after ATS got clues of terrorists done by the schools. No doubt, vaccine shortage, The Indian Embassy last now factoring in the post- count and what not to discount. over time.Inflation expecta- petrol prices were raised by 35 hiding in Lucknow after a small This assessment is based as of now, is hampering the tar- week asked all Indians visiting, Covid boom slowdown and The market’s focus has now tions have come off in the past paise on Saturday.In the nation- blast recently in Jammu and on the marks scored by the stu- gets. Punjab has a vaccination staying and working in central banks continuing with moved on to ‘peak’ growth and two weeks but are still above 2 al Capital, petrol is selling at Kashmir. ATS has claimed some dents in different tests/exams shortfall of 26 per cent, Afghanistan to exercise the their ultra-loose monetary subsequent slowdown from per cent, it said.“Time will 100.91 per litre, unchanged more terrorists may also be hid- conducted by the schools during Karnataka 30 per cent and utmost caution with regard to stance from earlier factoring in the earlier euphoric mix of settle the debate over inflation from its previous levels.In ing on the spot. The terrorists the year. Moreover, the marks Gujarat 37 per cent. These three their security and avoid all the post-Covid boom and cen- strong growth and moderate (structural, transitory) and we Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, had burnt something before the should be in consonance with States along with Kerala and types of non-essential travel in tral banks exiting their ultra- inflation, suggesting a full cir- will have to wait another 6-9 the fuel was priced at 105.93, arrest, ATS said. Jammu Police the past performance of the Delhi are among the top five view of rising incidents of vio- loose monetary stance, said a cle in its thinking,” said the months for the final word on 101.67 and 101.01 per litre, officers of Kashmir are also in school in CBSE Class 10 Board where vaccination shortfall is not lence in various parts of the report by Kotak Institutional recent report. this. In the meanwhile, higher- respectively.Further, diesel touch with IG ATS GK Exams. For compiling the Class high as a percentage of their pop- country. Equities.In other words, it looks The sharp fall in US bond than-expected inflation prints prices also remained Goswami, who is leading the 10 results, the different categories ulation, according to reports. In an advisory, the embassy like markets have moved ‘for- yields in the past few days may still result in bond yields unchanged in tandem with raid. On the revelation of the ter- of the tests and exams include Uttar Pradesh (UP) has a vacci- said the security situation in ward’ to the post-Covid boom reflects the market’s worries spiking again while in-line petrol prices at 89.88, 97.46, rorists that their aides/ support- periodic test / unit test, half year- nation shortfall of 64 per cent fol- Afghanistan remains “danger- ‘slowdown’ while central banks about ‘peak’ growth being inflation data may not result in 94.39 and 92.97 per litre, ers had fled as they got a whiff ly/ mid-term exams and pre- lowed by Jharkhand at 62 per ous” and that terrorist groups are still focused on the current priced in with the full reopen- further decline in bond yields.” respectively. IANS of the ATS raid, the local police board exams. The maximum cent, making these two among have carried out a series of com- conducted a massive search marks allotted for these three cat- the five States that has the high- plex attacks including targeting operation in Thakurganj, Kakori, egories are 10, 30 and 40, respec- est vaccination shortfall. Last civilians, adding Indian nation- Malihabad and other surround- tively. ICSE class 10 Board assess- November, the Government had als additionally face a “serious & 0 $'&#"' %% $( % ing localities till late in the ment criteria has been worked said that the country will vacci- threat” of kidnapping. evening. The search operation out on average marks as obtained nate 30 crore people against Concerned over the plight was underway in Lucknow. by the students at school level in Covid-19 by July-August 2021. of the Indian citizens working class 9 and 10 tests/exams and Nearly a month away from the there in this backdrop, there 0(&'!) (#) (-- C 444 internal assessment (project deadline, the country needs to were demands to have a com- “Twitter can be contacted in work and practical examina- maintain a consistently high prehensive evacuation exercise India at the following address: tion). One of the distinct crite- pace of vaccinations if it wants to to extricate all the stranded -5.-,4 concerted efforts to vaccinate their employ- 10 per cent in the first half of the current 4th Floor, The Estate, 121 ria being applied by ICSE is also meet that aim.The pace of vac- Indians as soon as possible, ees.The poll results revealed that 55 per fiscal as compared to the same period in Dickenson Road, Bangalore 560 the performance of schools cination needs to be speeded up sources said here. On Friday, an op corporates in the country anticipate cent of employees of the polled firms have 2019-20.“The good news which got fur- 042,” the page further said. which means overall result of as more and more coronavirus AFP report from Moscow said Ta faster economic recovery from the been vaccinated with at least the first dose ther attestation from the poll results is that Prakash’s name appears along schools better 2015 to 2020. variants continue to be reported that the Taliban was in control impact of the second wave of Covid-19. of the vaccine. the external demand has remained sup- with Jeremy Kessel, who is the However, there is a condition from across the world, experts of 85 per cent of Afghanistan, A CII CEOs Poll of 119 corporate Assessing the consumer demand for portive, with 81 per cent of the respondents Global Legal Policy Director, and that at least 10 candidates should have said. The Delta variant is including a key border crossing heads showed that about 59 per cent of the their sectors, 49 per cent of the CEOs expecting that the second wave in India is based in the US. “In compli- have appeared for the ICSE among the highly infectious with Iran, following a sweeping CEOs polled expect the recovery in sales expect it to be better in the first half of will not have adverse impact on the ance with Rule 4(1)(d) of the exam in English and at least four strains that has raised an alarm offensive launched as US troops to be better than in the first wave for their 2021-22 when compared to the same peri- exports for their sector in the first half of Information Technology other subjects from school. The across nations amid an impend- pulled out of the war-torn companies, while 46 per cent of them od in 2019-20. Similarly, 72 per cent of the the current year than the comparable peri- (Intermediary Guidelines and schools can choose the year ing third wave in India. The nation. Hours after President Joe expressed a similar trend for their respec- CEOs expect private investments to be bet- od in 2019-20,” Banerjee said. Digital Media Ethics Code) when they achieved the best Ministry on Sunday said that Biden issued a staunch defence tive industry sectors. ter in the first half of the current fiscal year The buoyant external demand is but- Rules, 2021, we have published average percentage in terms of more than 38.60 crore vaccine of the US withdrawal, the “The deadly second wave has not when compared to the same period in tressed by large-scale global stimulus and our inaugural report on July 11, the total score (out of 500). doses have been provided to Taliban said fighters had seized affected much of the economic activities 2019-20. the fast pace of vaccination coverage 2021 for the reporting period States and Union Territories the border town of Islam Qala as the lockdowns were largely designed to As many as 62 per cent of the corpo- across key global economies. from May 26, 2021 through to C 444 (UTs) so far and a further 11.25 -- completing an arc of territo- limit social gathering and this has helped rate leaders confirmed that their firm was In addition to a favourable external June 25, 2021,” Twitter said in its The UP Government’s law lakh doses are in transit. More ry from the Iranian border to limit the impact of the second wave on eco- compelled to scale back operations during environment, some encouraging news is transparency page. commission has also prepared a than 1.44 crore balance and the frontier with China. nomic growth when compared to the first the second wave. Due to the scaling back also forthcoming from the employment population control bill, which unutilised Covid vaccine doses In Moscow, a delegation of wave”, said Chandrajit Banerjee, Director of operations, the adverse impact on the scenario, the survey showed. % 444 promises perks and incentives to are still available with States/UTs Taliban officials said they con- General, CII. profitability parameters of the firms is Localised containment measures dur- The CBSE and ICSE Class Government employees and the and private hospitals to be trolled some 250 of As vaccination holds the key to miti- apparent too.The poll results show that 44 ing the second wave had a limited impact 10 Board Exam 2021 candidates general public who follow pop- administered, it said. While this Afghanistan’s 398 districts -- a gating the impact of the second wave on per cent and 39 per cent of the CEOs on stalling the economic activities fully, have been marked on the basis ulation control measures. The variant is more transmissible and claim impossible to indepen- economic activity and boosting consumer expect the dent on their revenue and net portending favourably for the employment of an assessment criteria for- commission has released the reduces the efficacy of vaccines, dently verify and disputed by sentiment, Indian businesses are making profit growth respectively to be more than situation. mulated by the CBSE and ICSE final draft of the “UP Population those fully vaccinated are sig- the Government. ! % ++ ( 0 + )' . = B 8 ( #,))0). 0- A akistan is well prepared to hina on Sunday said it will Pdeal with the spillover effect Ctake necessary measures to it may face in case of a civil war #-6, grapples with economic hard- respond to the US blacklisting in neighbouring Afghanistan, ship exacerbated by the coro- of Chinese companies over the country's Army spokesman he North Korean and navirus pandemic and crip- their alleged role in abuses of has said, insisting that TChinese leaders expressed pling US-led sanctions over its Uyghur people and other Islamabad is only a facilitator their desire on Sunday to fur- nuclear weapons programme. Muslim ethnic minorities. of the Afghan peace process, ther strengthen their ties as China, for its part, sees The Commerce Ministry not a guarantor. they exchanged messages preventing a North Korean said the US move constituted Major Gen Babar Iftikhar's marking the 60th anniversary collapse as crucial to its secu- an unreasonable suppression of comments came as Taliban of their countries' defence rity interests and would need to Chinese enterprises and a seri- officials said the group had treaty. boost ties with North Korea ous breach of international taken control of 85 per cent of In a message to Chinese and other traditional allies economic and trade rules. territory in Afghanistan. President Xi Jinping, North amid fierce rivalry with the China will take necessary “Pakistan is only a facilita- Korean leader Kim Jong Un United States, some experts measures to firmly safeguard tor of the Afghan peace process wave of Afghan refugees and ence to "damage Pakistan's said it is “the fixed stand" of his say. Chinese companies' legitimate – not a guarantor,” Maj Gen the interior ministry has already interests." Government to “ceaselessly Kim said in his message rights and interests, the min- Babar Iftikhar told ARY News put together a contingency plan On the withdrawal of US develop the friendly and coop- that the bilateral treaty “is dis- istry's statement said. on Saturday night. to deal with the situation. troops from Afghanistan, he erative relations" between the playing its stronger vitality in No details were given, but “Pakistan has no favourites He also took a swipe at the said all stakeholders favoured a countries, the official Korean defending and propelling the China has denied allegations of Americans from selling equip- The US Commerce among the Afghan stakehold- Afghan forces which have been responsible withdrawal of for- Central News Agency socialist cause of the two coun- arbitrary detention and forced ment or other goods to the Department said 14 companies ers. The Afghans have to trained by the Americans at the eign forces which should have said. tries ... Now that the hostile labour in the far western region firms. The United States has were added to its Entity List choose their leadership,” he expense of a lot of money but happened after a complete polit- Xi said in his message that forces become more desperate of Xinjiang and increasingly stepped up financial and trade over their dealings in Xinjiang, said. so far failed to put up any resis- ical transition in the country. “he is willing to provide greater in their challenge and obstruc- responded to sanctions against penalties over China's treat- and another five for aiding He said Pakistan was well tance against the Taliban. US President Joe Biden on happiness to the two countries tive moves.” companies and officials with its ment of Uyghurs and other China's armed forces. aware of the spillover effect it “In the past 20 years, the Thursday announced that ... By strengthening the strate- Under the 1961 treaty, own bans on visas and finan- Muslim minorities, along with The Department of may face in case of a civil war US military has trained the America's nearly 20-year mil- gic communication with (Kim) North Korea and China are cial links. its crackdown on democracy in Commerce remains firmly in Afghanistan and measures Afghan National Army...,” itary mission in Afghanistan to properly control the direc- committed to offering one The U.S. Commerce the semi-autonomous city of committed to taking strong, had been taken to deal with it. Babar said. will conclude on August 31. tion of the advance of the another immediate military Department said in a state- Hong Kong. decisive action to target enti- He said the security on the “Trillions of dollars have The US military exit from China-(North Korea) relations and other aid in the event of an ment Friday that the elec- The Chinese government ties that are enabling human border was tight. More than 90 been spent on them. And as a Afghanistan before September and by steadily leading the attack. tronics and technology firms since 2017 has detained a mil- rights abuses in Xinjiang or per cent of the 2,611 kilometre- professional soldier, I believe 11 stems from the February relations of friendship and North Korea-China ties go and other businesses helped lion or more people in Xinjiang. that use U.S. technology to fuel long border has been fenced. they should be able to fight this 2020 agreement Washington cooperation between the two back to the 1930s, when Kim Il enable Beijing's campaign of Critics accuse China of operat- China's destabilizing military Pakistan is "very well pre- Taliban onslaught as a profes- signed with the Taliban in countries to a new stage,” Sung, the grandfather of Kim repression, mass detention ing forced labor camps and car- modernisation efforts," pared" and the current border sional force.” return for counterterrorism KCNA said. Jong Un, led Korean guerrillas and high-technology surveil- rying out torture and coerced Commerce Secretary Gina security mechanism was "much Talking about India's role guarantees and pledges the North Korea has been as they fought alongside lance against Muslim minori- sterilisation as it allegedly seeks Raimondo said in a statement better", he said. in Afghanistan, he alleged that group would negotiate a polit- expected to seek greater sup- Chinese soldiers against ties in Xinjiang. to assimilate Muslim ethnic posted on the department's The spokesperson also said its investment in the country ical settlement to the war with port from China, its major Japanese colonizers in north- The penalties prohibit minority groups. website. that there was fear of a fresh was aimed at establishing influ- the Afghan government. ally and aid benefactor, as it eastern China. B ;! ) , * ( # # N G( E$ 63 , . -96#),- he Government will issue 3)4) .6 writ petitions on July 5. A srael's Supreme Court on Tguidance stating that peo- four-member amicus curiae ISunday cleared the way for ple will still be "expected to epal's Supreme Court is also presented its opinion on same-sex couples to have chil- wear masks in indoor, enclosed Nlikely to deliver its verdict the House dissolution case. dren through surrogate moth- places" even after all legal lock- on Monday on a slew of writ The amicus curiae com- ers, a move hailed by lawmak- down restrictions are lifted petitions challenging the dis- prises senior advocates ers and activists as a victory for from July 19, UK Vaccines solution of the House of Raghavlal Baidya and Usha LGBTQ rights. Minister Nadhim Zahawi said Representatives by President Malla Pathak from Nepal Bar The court ruled in 2020 on Sunday. Bidya Bhandari, a judgement Association and Komal that a surrogacy law, which had The senior Cabinet which is expected to end the Prakash Ghimire and Prakash expanded access to single Minister also expressed confi- months-long political dead- Bahadur KC from the Supreme women but excluded gay cou- dence that the British Prime lock in the Himalayan nation. Court Bar Association. ples, “disproportionately Minister Boris Johnson will be At the recommendation of The court is most likely to harmed the right to equality able to confirm the July 19 embattled Prime Minister K P issue its verdict on the petition and the right to parenthood” timeline for the last stage of his "Given Sajid Javid now restrictions in one go would be Sharma Oli, President Bhandari on Monday, said senior advo- and was unlawful. Ultra-Orthodox lawmaker al.” lockdown easing roadmap on considers it irresponsible to not "reckless". dissolved the lower house for cate Dinesh Tripathi, who is It gave the Government a Aryeh Deri, formerly the coun- Under the existing regula- Monday despite a surge in wear masks then it would be Wales has already deviated the second time in five months also one of the petitioners. year to draw up a new law, but try's interior minister, wrote on tions, Israeli same-sex couples infections, as hospitalisations equally irresponsible for his from the UK government's on May 22 and announced The Supreme Court will parliament failed to meet the Twitter that the court's decision looking to become parents remain low amid the mass government to carry on with position on mask wearing, snap elections on November 12 take into consideration the deadline. was another serious blow to cannot engage a surrogate, and vaccination drive. the plan to lift mask require- announcing that face masks and November 19. precedence and provisions of The court said Sunday that Israel's Jewish identity and that are often deterred by the addi- "I think it is important that ments while infections are will remain mandatory there in As many as 30 petitions the Constitution while giving “since for more than a year the “most of the nation desires safe- tional costs of finding one we remain cautious and care- heading to 100,000 a day," said some public places until were filed at the Supreme Court its verdict and it will be an his- state has done nothing to guarding the tradition of Israel, abroad. ful and the guidelines that we Opposition Labour's shadow COVID-19 is no longer a pub- against the move. Prime toric one, Tripathi told PTI. advance an appropriate amend- preserving Jewish family val- The state had argued that will set out tomorrow will health secretary Jonathan lic health threat. Masks must Minister Oli is currently head- The Election Commission ment to the law, the court ues." the law was intended to protect demonstrate that, including Ashworth. still be worn in taxis, on trains ing a minority government last week announced the sched- ruled that it cannot abide the Deputy Foreign Minister surrogate mothers but the court guidelines that people are A final decision on and buses, as well as health and after losing a trust vote in the ule for the upcoming midterm continued serious damage to Idan Roll, an openly gay mem- ruled that it would be possible expected to wear masks in England's path out of restric- social care settings when coro- 275-member House. polls with the election process human rights caused by the ber of the Knesset, retorted: “I to strike a balance that would indoor, enclosed spaces," tions is expected to be taken on navirus restrictions are eased, A petition was also filed by starting from July 15. existing surrogacy arrange- am sure that most of the nation not discriminate. Zahawi told ‘Sky News'. Monday and Boris Johnson is the Welsh government said the Opposition parties' alliance Nepal plunged into a polit- ment." loves and respects my Jewish In contrast with much of "We're moving from 'you suffering a backlash over his under its devolved powers. with the signature of 146 law- ical crisis on December 20 last The change in the law is to family that was created through the conservative Middle East, must' to 'you are expected' to plans to ditch all the rules on On Saturday, the UK record- makers demanding reinstate- year after President Bhandari take effect in six months to surrogacy.” Israel is generally tolerant wear a mask in indoor spaces," wearing face masks. Doctors, ed 32,367 new coronavirus cases ment of the Lower House of dissolved the House and allow the formation of profes- Etai and Yoav Pinkas Arad, toward its LGBTQ communi- he told the BBC. regional mayors, trade unions and 34 deaths. It is the fourth day Parliament and appointment of announced fresh elections on sional guidelines, it said. the gay couple who appealed to ty. Gays serve openly in Israel's It comes after UK Health and health charities are among in a row case numbers have been Nepali Congress president Sher April 30 and May 10 at the rec- The Aguda, an Israeli the court against the surroga- military and parliament, and Secretary Sajid Javid told ‘The those who have expressed fears above 30,000, with the Delta Bahadur Deuba as the prime ommendation of Prime LGBTQ activist group, cy law in 2010, said the ruling many popular artists and enter- Sunday Telegraph' that anyone over the relaxed measures amid variant – first identified in India minister. The Constitutional Minister Oli, amidst a tussle for applauded the decision as a “is a big step for equality not tainers, as well as the country's who would not wear a mask in continuing rise in infections. – continuing to be the dominant Bench of the apex court con- power within the ruling Nepal “historic landmark in our just for LGBTQ in Israel, but current health minister, are an enclosed space was "just Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer strain in the country followed by cluded the hearings on the Communist Party (NCP). struggle for equality.” for equality in Israel in gener- openly gay. being irresponsible". has also warned that lifting all the local Alpha variant. 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The new center-left alliance LIFF 2021 last week. first time, with Ajitesh Sharma's appearance since surgery last poised to blast off aboard his summer. But he assigned him- the rule of law and media free- “Our goal is to see a gov- Stand Up! Mafia Out!, which The festival, backed by the ‘W.O.M.B' (Women Of My week, greeting well-wishers as own rocket ship on Sunday in self to an earlier flight after dom. The anti-corruption cam- ernment that is ambitious, that emerged after last year's anti- Bagri Foundation and British Billion), which attracted stand- he stood on a hospital balcony. his boldest, grandest adventure Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos paign of Borissov's opponents really has the guts, frankly government protests, is pro- Film Institute (BFI), was staged ing ovations from audiences. Francis, 84, has been yet. The thrill-seeking billion- announced plans to ride his was additionally boosted by the speaking, to do the necessary jected to pass the 4 per cent hur- in a hybrid form this year The film, focussing on the steadily on the mend, accord- aire joined five company own rocket into space from sanctions the US Treasury reforms, because removing dle to enter parliament. amid the ongoing coronavirus social and political issues faced ing to the Vatican, following his employees also assigned to the West Texas on July 20. imposed last month against Boyko Borissov from power is According to political ana- lockdown restrictions. by women in different parts of July 4 scheduled surgery to test flight to the edge of space Virgin Galactic doesn't several Bulgarian public offi- just the beginning, not the end, lyst Dimitar Ganev, there are lit- "It's a testament to a strong India, also went on to win the remove a portion of his large high above the southern desert expect to start flying cus- cials and business leaders for of dismantling the corruption tle chances for Borissov to team that we have been able to Audience Award of the year in intestine. of New Mexico. tomers before next year. Blue corruption. system,” Ivanov said after cast- return to office for a fourth term pull off a dynamic festival London and Birmingham. On Sunday, his voice Ever the showman, Origin has yet to open ticket President Rumen Radev, a ing his ballot. regardless of whether the GERB online and back in cinemas "Our aim is to share this sounded a bit weak as he greet- Branson dramatically counted sales or even announce prices, vocal critic of Borissov, urged Despite the serious set- finishes first in the election against considerable challenges bold, unusual and compelling ed a small crowd outside down the days to liftoff via but late last week boasted via Bulgarians to vote massively in backs that Borissov's GERB because most political groups and we especially thank the film with the widest audiences Gemelli Polyclinic at noon. Twitter. Twitter that it would take the election to bring “irre- party suffered, the reputation of have rejected the idea of coop- cinemas that have helped us possible and hope that we can That is the hour when tradi- He viewed the brief up- clients higher and offer bigger versible changes for the better”. the 62-year-old political mav- erating with the ex-ruling party. find innovative marketing increase awareness on this tionally he would have and-down trip as a confidence windows. “I voted for a Bulgaria erick remains high among his The 12,000 polling stations strategies to attract audiences heartbreaking and very real appeared from a window at the builder — not only for the 600- Unlike Blue Origin and where its citizens live with loyal supporters who are relying close at 8 pm. 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To reduce waste and according to the United Nations instead reuse and recycle what we can, Environment Programme (UNEP). and through this, reduce GHG emissions These emissions are one of the primary associated with the lifecycle of a build- The six-part show shares some unseen reasons for climate change, having ing. footage of American journalist Ronan Farrow’s caused temperatures to rise sharply with intimate and revealing interviews with whistle- a global average of 1.1°C over the last few % blowers, journalists, private investigators and decades. This, in turn, has altered ecosys- Buildings, however, do not exist in other sources for his book Catch & Kill. It releas- tems and natural habitats, leading to isolation. They are part of a much larg- es on July 13 on HBO. everything from crop failures and wild- er ecosystem and the idea of sustainabil- fires to shrinking water supplies, sea-level ity must be integrated into how we design rise, and extreme weather events. and plan our cities too — what powers A significant contributor to such our cities, how resources and public ser- emissions happens to be buildings and vices are distributed, and how we man- cities. A 2006 UNEP study reported that age waste. As we build for the future, we buildings accounted for up to 30 per cent should strive for resiliency and self-suf- of all energy-related GHG emissions ficiency in our built environment. globally. Imagine a neighbourhood where you With increasing urbanisation — 2.5 could access everything you need with- billion people are predicted to move to in a 500-metre radius from your doorstep urban areas by 2050 — and improving — a self-sustaining unit with all public living standards, as well as the resultant sive solar’ design, this involves designing facilities and amenities available locally, increase in consumption of energy and the building in a way that it captures, redi- from schools and hospitals to gardens resources per capita, can we design, or rects, and/or stores the optimal amount and weekly farmer markets; a unit that redesign, our cities and buildings to of heat, light and wind for a certain region could be administered with ease and reduce our carbon footprint and create and climate type. The passive solar where inhabitants would be able to a safer and healthier world for all? Enter design employs several architectural walk or cycle to work, to learn, to shop, sustainability. choices, tools and strategies depending and to play. on factors such as the building’s orien- Such smart-neighbourhoods can %H tation in response to the Sun, the thick- reduce travel times and the need for reg- ‘Sustainability’ has often been tout- ness and mass of walls, the size and place- ular inter-neighbourhood journeys, ed as a magic pill when it comes to active ment of windows and doors, insulation. thereby, reducing the high levels of car- responses to the threats posed by climate Other strategies that are often used bon emissions and pollution associated This film is a sequel to the 1996 Space Jam change. But what does it mean and can in conjunction with passive solar design with cities. They can also ensure optimi- and is also a mix of live action and it solve one of the biggest challenges of to enhance the performance of a build- sation of resources and services, effective animation, as Looney Tunes characters play our times? ing are active solar ones such as installing costing, and reduce wastage. Paris is basketball in a virtual world. It releases on In the broader sense, sustainability photovoltaic panels, which are based on already testing this idea and working on July 16 on HBO Max. is about meeting the diverse needs of the tainable buildings have to be construct- growth and sustenance of plants and capturing solar energy and storing it for becoming a ‘15-minute city.’ So are present while ensuring the availability of ed with mud and brick? Are glass and trees. So it’s always a good idea to save use through mechanical or electrical Melbourne and Milan. resources for future generations to meet concrete buildings inherently unsus- the trees on the site and to design the means or using other renewable energy The building sector, undoubtedly, their needs. It recognises that natural tainable? building around them, or to plant native systems such as wind or geothermal. holds massive potential for reducing resources are exhaustible and promotes vegetation if the land is barren, which Systems can also be installed to harvest GHG emissions – and at a relatively low conservative and rational consumption % attracts local biodiversity and gets nat- rainwater for use, as well as for the treat- cost. But while architects and designers to ensure that these resources sustain Sustainable design is a complex ural processes going again. Architects and ment and/or reuse of all wastewater and work on singular ‘sustainable’ buildings overtime, to maintain the health of our concept and must be viewed through a landscape designers also maintain site waste generated from the building. or developments for conscious clients, the planet as well as the health of the social wider lens. It involves designing and ecosystems by reducing the amount of It is also important to evaluate every impact of their efforts will be limited. and economic human systems dependent building structures that minimise the use non-porous paving or creating shallow material or product that’s used in a build- There is an urgent need to scale up. We on it. of natural and human resources and swales (water channels) or ponds on the ing through the perspective of ‘embod- need sweeping policy reforms in the con- In architecture and design, howev- energy while reducing environmental site to allow rainwater to percolate into ied energy/carbon,’ which refers to the struction industry that incentivise sus- er, sustainability has been reduced to a impact and offering their inhabitants a the soil to recharge groundwater aquifers. total energy consumed, or the total GHG tainable development and disincentivise buzzword in the last few years and is often high quality of life. Such strategies can improve soil health, emissions generated by all processes bad practices so sustainability can get confused today with terms like green, Sustainability is as much about the reduce irrigation needs, as well as create required for the production and delivery integrated into mainstream practise – and energy-efficient, net-zero and more. process as it is about the product and its a comfortable microclimate. For exam- of a material or product. So natural and at the neighbourhood and city levels. We Also, with the emergence of several rat- principles must follow through the entire ple, houses that are shaded by trees or locally available materials have lower must remember that the buildings and ing mechanisms and agencies such as the lifecycle of the building – from its initial look out onto small water bodies remain embodied energy and carbon when cities we design today will shape energy IGBC, GRIHA and LEED, and rising design and construction, and use and significantly cooler during India’s hot compared to heavily processed materi- consumption and emission patterns for environmental consciousness in the maintenance, to its demolition and the summer months. als that have to be transported from afar, years to come. So let’s start now. The cli- urban middle class, sustainability is reuse of its building materials The next step is to maximise natur- and hence, their use and reuse should be mate clock is ticking. A remake of 1994 malayalam film increasingly being employed as a mar- The process starts with strategically al light and ventilation in the interiors to prioritised. (The author is a partner and the Minnaram, and a spiritual successor to the keting gimmick. So is a building with placing the building on the selected site reduce artificial lighting and mechanical All buildings will have some impact principal architect at IMK Architects, Hungama (2003), this film marks the solar panels on the roof sustainable? How in a way that integrates it with the local heating or cooling loads, thus reducing on the environment. They will consume an architecture and urban design prac- comebacks of Priyadarshan and Shilpa Shetty about a LEED 5-star-rated building? On ecosystem instead of disrupting natural operational costs and saving energy. some energy and generate some waste tice founded in 1957, with bases in to Bollywood. It releases on July 23 on the other end of the spectrum, do all sus- processes like the flow of water and the Usually achieved via what is called ‘pas- and carbon emissions. The idea is to Mumbai and Bengaluru.) Disney+ Hotstar. 0 2 This Honey Trehan directorial was "% produced by Abhishek Chaubey and Ronnie Screwvala. Written by Smita Singh, " the film immediately plunges us into the heart of a divided family where dark secrets 0-) CC) Juice (co-written by Ghaywan, Ranjan based cruelties that take place every day. lurk just under the surface and murder is Chandel and Suraj Majhi) or a queer, Dalit The film despite its flaws at least initiates just a trigger away. The film touches upon ormulaic storytelling is becoming blue-collar worker, Bharti’s triumph over a conversation that commercial Hindi cin- the obsession with skin colour that afflicts Fincreasingly obsolete with the prolifer- a rigged system in Geeli Pucchi (part of ema has steered clear of except for a few the ‘marriage market,’ the abuse that takes ation of OTT platforms and the arrival of Dharma Production’s anthology, Ajeeb exceptions like JP Dutta’s Ghulami. This place within families but is never addressed a new generation of filmmakers and writ- Daastaans), he has repeatedly created nar- film that came after Mulk is part of and how patriarchy creates unequal mar- ers who are confronting issues like ratives to make invisible discrimination, Anubhav’s self-discovery as a maker with riages. In the guise of a whodunit, Smita casteism, racism, inequality and gender visible to us, making it hard to pretend that purpose. He also sought out well-known layers the narrative with multiple conver- suppression with their work. Here are some we live in a world without casteism, writer Gaurav Solanki to co-write Article sations about corruption, violence and gen- filmmakers who are touching upon issues patriarchy and social inequalities. His sto- der bias through characters that are both that remain largely unaddressed in main- ries do not have sloganeering or long dia- victims and perpetrators of crimes and stream films. logues but clarity and conviction to help prejudices. Smita once said that the film’s us recognise similar characters and situ- script was an example of ‘termite art’, a 0 2 ations around us. term coined by artist and film critic With Masaan, Juice (a short-film) and Manny Farber to describe projects that Geeli Pucchi, writer-director Neeraj 0 2 exist. He also ends the story on an uplift- C 02 “quietly chew on the boundaries of what Ghaywan has become the teller of truths Nicholas Kharkongor tells a story in ing note because perhaps he wants to con- Produced by Anushka Sharma’s Clean is acceptable and not.” the Yoodlee production Axone, that has vey that change is possible if enough peo- Slate Filmz, this Anvita Dutt tour de force never made it to the cinematic mainstream. ple want it. strips the romance away from child mar- The story of a Northeastern boy who is riages that cinema has celebrated in films beaten up by a mob in Delhi for his blonde % C C like Balika Badhu and shows us what hap- hair. Of a young woman who is slapped 0 2 pens to vulnerable young girls when they when she calls out an eve-teaser. Of ten- The Hathras case and countless are just treated as commodities to be used ants who cannot cook what they want instances of atrocities against Dalit women and destroyed. In Bulbbul, the script is because their food emits unfamiliar smells. make it to the headlines occasionally but tweaked and a story about oppression The judgemental, curious gaze of the do not occupy media spaces long enough becomes a celebration of unapologetic nation’s capital follows the largely to spark grassroots change. Despite the feminine power. The film spares no Northeastern cast of Axone and makes us criticism it has garnered over what many punches as it shows us the suffering of the aware of what our fellow citizens go critics called a ‘saviour complex’, Anubhav protagonist where violence is unleashed that remain buried under layers of glitzy through daily. This is a story that does not Sinha’s directorial, Article 15, is an impor- against both her body and spirit. As a entertainment in cinema. Be it the inter- judge the people who judge and discrim- tant attempt to show us what the headlines supernatural twist turns the whole story caste love story or the brutal moral polic- inate. It just shows them a mirror. Nicholas cannot. Inspired by the now forgotten 15 with him and together they reminded on its head, we are forced to ask ourselves, ing in Masaan (written by Varun Grover), reminds us that just because some stories Badaun rape case, the film unsparingly us that the constitutional right to equali- why must women always be looked at the silent rebellion of a home-maker in are never told, doesn’t mean they do not depicts systemic discrimination and caste- ty is not available to everyone. either as victims or witches? &3 >?& : P 1! #!%' )! %"#!%' N7 $ $ $ ( ; Q ) % ( / "7 ( ) / $ ( $ ( O ( ( $ + 4 " " "( # L " ( N O $ ( ( "( " "0 R + + $ + $(( ( $L# $ " / ( $( O " ( " "O ( F$ ( / $M " $( "M ! +- &%% ).// /%/ ).469) .6) $#5)9 )749)3)9 ) 749)3)9$ $ + amoni Chitrakar was born in a Muslim community of tradi- Mtional Patachitra artists in a vil- lage called Naya in Paschim Medinipur. Patachitra is a folk form of storytelling through painted scrolls which the artists unfurl as they sing the narratives. ' P Despite being a unique oral tradition, there were a few markets for it even 20 years ago. Mamoni’s family experi- 4$ enced a severe economic crisis as income from their art form was incon- $ sistent. Mamoni’s mother, Swarna Chitrakar, was a strong woman who ( AO $ continuously fought the odds by mak- ing clay dolls and painting Patachitras, 9) BA 09)4)36)9 36 and selling them through agents when- ever the opportunity arose. However, ff late there has been a lot of buzz around the word poverty is a vicious cycle, leading to O“right-hand man” in the media. One gets to read exploitation by the markets, increasing a lot of headlines or breaking news wherein the right- marginalisation. hand man is exclusively profiled. So what is it all about Mamoni was interested in paint- that makes these people so important? To start with, ing from early childhood and used to ‘right-hand man’ is the term used to describe someone help her mother in making colours. who is a close and dependable person, someone who Her early years were spent in school, is called khaas in Hindi. He or she is not like an assis- learning painting from her mother, tant, but more like a second in command. In ancient and listening to Patachitra songs from times, a person with high or highest rank stood to the her grandfather through which she King’s right side, who was called vazir or maha mantri. learned folk tales, local myths and leg- Even today, a person may be called someone’s ‘right-hand ends. She would collect discarded man’ or ‘wingman’ when he or she serves as the clos- paper, tickets, pamphlets and would est person to another leader. However, one wonders as paint on those to practise. to why only the ‘right hand’ person is important? However, being the eldest of five sis- First of all, we need to understand that hands are ters, she was forced to leave school and the instruments that put our get married at the age of 14. At 16, she thoughts into action. Hence, had her first child, who was born with without them, we cannot give health problems. At night, she would practical shape to what we dream of being educated and an achiev- think or say. However, no mat- er but had to suppress her pain of feel- ter how noble or brilliant our ing defeated. Though her in-laws had Mamoni’s economic independence thoughts and words are, they assured her that they would let her con- and fame led to her liberation from become effective only if we tinue her art, these promises could not socially prescribed duties. A renowned translate them into action. In be kept owing to destitution. Her hus- artist today, at 32, she runs her family, today’s world, without practi- band worked as a daily wage labourer supports her husband, and provides for cality, even great ideas fail to for a meagre income, not enough to the education of her two children, a son make an impact. That is why provide full meals. As she was married and a daughter. Her journey represents people say, “we have heard a in her own village, her fallback was her a beautiful mother-daughter relation- lot, we want to see it for real now.” mother, who, being a strong woman ship, both holding on to their tradition- The right hand is valued because it is used to per- herself, supported Mamoni’s household al cultural form of Patachitra to escape form all auspicious and good deeds. Be it making offer- somehow. Mamoni started spending their distress. Mamoni’s mother, ings at temples or to the sacrificial fire during prayers most of her free time at her mother’s Swarna, not only pulled herself out of or just for eating food; it is the right hand that is most- home, sharpening her painting skills hardship but instilled the same progres- ly used. Also, this very hand is raised benevolently by and learning associated songs. This was sive attitude in her daughter. seers, saints and priests as a sign of blessing someone. not acceptable to her in-laws, but she Swarna says, “When I got recogni- The hand is a symbol of cooperation, which is of did not give up. tion as an artist, I realised how impor- many kinds. A person who cooperates only now and Meanwhile, intervention by tant success and getting acknowl- then, or only when he feels like it, is not called a right- Banglanatak.com, a national NGO edged for one’s work is, especially for hand person. Remember, one who cooperates only using culture for sustainable and women. I was determined that I am because he is required to do so, will not help others inclusive community development, going to help my daughter achieve her heartily because the feelings that accompany the brought opportunities for training dreams; I will not let her talent go to cooperation matter a lot. On the other hand, a person and direct market linkages for the waste. I encouraged her to pursue her who cooperates out of love or concern for others will Patachitra folk artists. Swarna, along love for Patachitra painting even when do his utmost, even going out of the way to ensure that with a few other painters from this vil- her in-laws were discouraging and the task is accomplished. Such a person would lend lage, found her way out of poverty and helped her financially as well. I feel it cooperation from the core of his/her heart, thereby, marginalisation through the NGO’s is very important for changemakers to helping create the right attitude and atmosphere with support. Eventually, Swarna estab- create the leaders of tomorrow, and I positive thoughts. lished herself as a world-renowned wanted that for my daughter. Today Similarly, the hand is also a symbol of love. That artist, showcasing her work national- Mamoni is an established Patachitra is why when two people meet, they shake hands — the ly and internationally, illustrating artist, she goes to fairs and festivals, right one. Lastly, the right hand symbolises strength. books, and collaborating with French travels abroad and amid all this lies my By his/her powerful thoughts, such people strengthen artist, Andre Cevera, to co-create a to inspire other women as a change- strength, gathered the courage to step achieving her dreams. In my case, my share of happiness and success.” others mentally, supporting them with their determi- shared narrative on canvas. She says maker. out as an artist at the age of 19. Her lack of higher education, poverty, Both women, from different gen- nation and faith. So he, who walks the path of right- that it wasn’t easy, and her society did As Mamoni was an excellent and journey started with Kolkata and soon societal as well family pressure did not erations, are powerful examples of how eousness, and helps God in transforming this vicious not support her travels and indepen- passionate artist, Swarna encouraged she was invited to showcase her art in matter once I had made up my mind adversity can lead to an innate desire world into a viceless one, earns the honour of becom- dent lifestyle. But she overcame the her to become independent by pursu- Italy and the USA. Mamoni says, “I to become a professional artist. Today, for self-empowerment with art as ing his right hand. He earns the infinite blessing of God’s brunt of the condemnations by choos- ing her Patachitra skills. Mamoni, feel, once a woman realises what she I am an inspiration for many in my their strength and inspiration. love and support. ing to lead her life in her own way and having her mother as a model of is capable of, nothing can stop her from community.” L& 4 of balancing the body, mind, and soul, all Ushtrasana (camel pose): Start with floor. Bend your elbows and face the sky together, and helps in leading a healthy kneeling on your yoga mat with hands on with your palms facing up. Place your lifestyle. your hips. Arch your back and move your palms on the floor on either side of your : With the pandemic affecting our palms over your feet at the same time, head and rotate your arms at the shoul- physical as well as mental state, more and until your arms are straight. Maintain a ders. more people are taking up yoga to fight neutral position for your neck. And for their isolation and keeping their lungs in a few breaths, stay in this position. 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Batistuta’s brace gave them a 2- decisive entry off the bench @ & $ , It was playing into Argentina’s hands as 1 win over Mexico in the Copa against Colombia last time out. they looked to run down the clock and hold final in Ecuador. The final was the first match of the Maria tormenting couldn’t beat the wall. onto their slender lead. It was the first time in six editions play- tournament, which was originally due to Brazil’s left back Renan When the hosts did finally maintain Brazil managed to up the pressure again ing at home that Brazil had failed to lift the take place last year, to allow in fans as 7,800 Lodi, who probably some pressure late in the first half, Everton’s at the end of the half but they lacked a killer trophy. — a tenth of the Maracana capacity — took should have cut out De deflected strike bobbled though to goalkeep- touch against some full-blooded defending And while 34-year-old Messi’s odyssey their seats after authorities partially lifted Paul’s pass for the winger’s er Emiliano Martinez. — Montiel even finished the game with his has come to an end, Brazil’s Neymar, five pandemic restrictions. goal. white sock soaked in blood. years his junior, is still without a major title The first clear chance came on 13 min- Di Maria had a shot from FRACTIOUS, NIGGLY When Brazil substitute Gabriel Barbosa at international level having missed the utes as Richarlison headed down 20 yards blocked while Messi Tite was quick to act, bringing on for- fired a volley on target, Martinez was equal Selecao’s win on home soil two years ago Marquinhos’s long ball into the path of fired just wide following a 40 yard ward Roberto Firmino for defensive mid- to it. Messi slipped embarrassingly late on through injury. Neymar but the Brazilian star was crowd- run. fielder Fred at half-time. with a chance to clinch victory but it mat- Argentina edged a brutal and fractious ed out by a pair of defenders. Brazil struggled to create anything Richarlison had the ball in the net soon tered little as moments later his teammates affair thanks to Di Maria’s goal on 22 min- Argentina played with aggression and of note and even when they had a free- after but he was flagged offside. were tossing him in the air to celebrate their utes. commitment, but no lack of quality with Di kick from shooting range, Neymar And moments later Neymar teed up win. > 3$C A)7 4C- 50,-. ndian spinners worked won- ovak Djokovic tied Roger Federer and Iders during the final overs as NRafael Nadal by claiming his 20th Grand visitors edged out England by Slam title on Sunday, coming back to beat eight runs in the second Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the women’s T20 International to Wimbledon final. level the three-match series here The No 1 -ranked Djokovic earned a third on Sunday. consecutive championship at the All England Batting first, India lost way Club and sixth overall. after a good start provided by , @ # # # 9 *, He adds that to nine titles at the Australian opener Shafali Verma (48 off 38 , $ * $ Open, three at the US Open and two at the balls) to finish on 148 for 4. French Open to equal his two rivals for the most In reply, opener Tammy majors won by a man in tennis history. Beaumont's 59 off 50 balls put The 34-year-old from Serbia is now the only England in good position before man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win the first they were restricted to 140/8 in .60, ing behind to be caught by three major tournaments in a season. He can 20 overs. Aiden Markram, with the ball aim for a calendar-year Grand Slam — some- Poonam Yadav (2/17 ) and alf-centuries from William bouncing off wicketkeeper Kyle thing last accomplished by a man when Laver Deepti Sharma (1/17) brought HPorterfield and Andy Verreynne’s helmet. did it 52 years ago — at the US Open, which India back in the game during from the Indian, whose five the scoring rate. Balbirnie helped Ireland to 195 Porterfield’s dismissal did starts August 30. final five overs. boundaries including a slap past The India skipper finally got for four in 40.2 overs before rain not deter Balbirnie, with the This was Djokovic’s 30th major final — 6 */ 5 Earlier batting first, India the bowler and three in the cow a release with a heave over deep forced an early end to the hosts’ right-handed captain striking among men, only Federer has played more, 31 ' @ 5 could not capitalise on a blazing corner. midwicket off spinner Mady innings against South Africa in six fluid boundaries from 79 — and the first for Berrettini, a 25-year-old from ) $ start provided by Shafali Verma Ecclestone bounced back Villiers after coming down the the first ODI at the Malahide balls. Ireland had reached 145 Italy who was seeded No 7. and settled for 148 for four. strongly in her following over, track. Cricket Club on Sunday. for two after 35 overs before It was a big sporting day in London for to force a tiebreak which he clinched to draw A flurry of boundaries from bowling a maiden and dropping The innings had lost the Porterfield, who faced 87 rain brought a halt to proceed- Italians: Their national soccer team faced first blood. Shafali (48 off 38) helped India a tough return catch of Shafali. momentum created by the deliveries for his 63, his 18th ings. The match was then England at Wembley Stadium in the It was only the second set the Serbian had race to 47 for no loss in four The more experienced openers with India reaching half-century and first since 2019, reduced to 43 overs per side European Championship final at night. lost in this year’s championships. He overs. Smriti Mandhana (20 off 16) 102 for two in 15 overs. struck nine boundaries in a and with Ireland having just With Marija Cicak officiating, the reacted by racing to a 4-0 lead in the sec- The 17-year-old produced was happy being a spectator a Running out of time, watchful opening innings with eight overs in the tank, decid- first female chair umpire for a men’s ond set before going on to level the the kind of hitting she is known the other end. Harmanpreet deposited leggie Paul Stirling (13). Kagiso Rabada ed to up the ante. final at a tournament that began in match. for. She slog swept left-arm However, the game changed Sarah Glenn for a four and six (8.2-2-43-2) and Lungi Ngidi (8- Balbirnie chipped Rabada 1877, play began at Centre Court as A single break of serve in the third spinner Sophie Ecclestone for a after the fall of Shafali and in the 16th over before falling to 0-33-0) failed to strike within the straight to Shamsi at mid-wick- the sun made a rare appearance dur- and two more breaks in the fourth were four and six before smashing Mandhana in a space of three a brilliant running catch by first Power Play with Ireland et but Harry Tector (25) struck ing the fortnight, the sky visible in enough for Djokovic to close out the con- pacer Katherine Brunt for as balls. Brunt from long off. reaching 28 without loss. two fours and one juicy six from between the clouds. test in front of a raucous Centre Court crowd, many as five boundaries in a An out of form A few much needed bound- Captain Balbirnie (65) laid 28 balls in trying to lift the scor- The 34-year-old, who came into the title who kept on chanting the Italian underdog’s row. Harmanpreet (31 off 25), who aries from Deepti and Sneh a good foundation with a sec- ing rate, to try and put more clash having beaten Berrettini in both of their name. Djokovic sealed his place in the record Brunt, who had dismissed promoted herself to number Rana got India close to the ond-wicket stand of 87 off 106 DLS pressure on the visitors previous meetings, opened a 5-2 lead in the first books on his third match point when Berrettini's Shafali in the first T20, had no three, and Deepti Sharma (24 off 150-run mark. India collected 46 deliveries before Tabraiz Shamsi before edging Rabada to set with an early break but the Italian fought back backhand slice landed in the net. answer to the disdainful hitting 27) found it tough to maintain runs from the last five overs. (8-0-35-1) had Porterfield glov- Verreynne behind the stumps. $+ - 1#)& -&Q) &1#!#! <#5 &' Colombo: The entire Sri at the Khettarama (R 4)9)9- en career-best 150, his fifth Lankan first team, including Premadas Stadium), since the Test century, in the first senior players Kusal Perera, Indians are training at the ome resolute batting and innings. Dushmantha Chameera and Singhalese Sports Club ground Sdropped catches held up The visitors formed a Dhananjaya de Silva, have all (SSC). Bangladesh before they com- guard of honour for returned negative in their lat- Once the players get to pleted a crushing 220-run win Mahmudullah, playing his est RT-PCR tests ahead of the enter the bio-bubble, they can over Zimbabwe on the final 50th Test since making his limited overs series against at least meet each other in day of a one-off Test at Harare debut in 2009, and let him lead India. their rooms and also start Sports Club on Sunday. the team on to the pitch for the It is now expected that the using the gymnasium in a Needing a world record final day, which began with players would be allowed to staggered manner. 477 to win, the hosts were all Zimbabwe 140-3. enter the bio-bubble by The outdoor training and out for 256 after brave innings For the visitors, Mehidy Monday as they complete a skills session (net practice) is from nightwatchman Donald finished with 4-66 to give him week-long hard quarantine also expected to start in the Tiripano (52) and fast-medium nine wickets in the match. after their arrival from the next 48 hours. bowler Blessing Muzarabani The all-format tour by United Kingdom. The official is confident (30) delayed the tourists’ cele- Bangladesh resumes on Friday As far as revised training that there won’t be any more brations. with the first of three ODIs, @ ) itinerary is concerned, the Sri hiccups before the opening It was the fifth Test victo- country and a fitting send-off Riyad, who is retiring from the which will be followed by Lankan team will be practising ODI on July 18. PTI ry for Bangladesh outside the for all-rounder Mahmudullah longest format after an unbeat- three T20 Internationals. A9##,- eight deliveries to leave the Aussies with a much tougher himron Hetmyer led a for- task than in the first match a Smidable West Indies bat- day earlier when they had lim- )5#9) #) ting effort on the way to a ited their opponents to 145 for comfortable 56-run victory six. and a 2-0 lead over Australia Australia’s pursuit of that I J% with our favourite memories semi-final after losing a play- competition from Spain, host in Moscow and come to terms dence to do well in the August in the second T20 daunting target stuttered from resurfacing from the deepest off with Australia via the USSR and Poland in hockey. with it. 1 quarterfinal and get closer to International of their five- the start with the loss of he Olympic Games in recesses. I am not any different tiebreaker. Despite being a largely new- The situation has dynam- the elusive medal. As for the match series on Saturday Matthew Wade to the second TTokyo is around the corner to you and have my own set of Four years later, I was look squad, with only skipper ically changed now with so women’s team, I appreciate (Sunday morning IST). ball of their chase and despite and there is excitement build- remembrances from my days delighted to be picked to the V Baskaran and Bir Bahadur much Government support for how well it has done to quali- Hetmyer’s 61 off 36 balls a second consecutive half- ing up as it draws closer, with and expectations from the pre- team that competed in the Chhetri having the experience the hockey teams to train and fy and rise in the FIH rankings. with four sixes and two fours century from Mitchell Marsh, the uncertainty dissolving with sent set of Indian athletes Moscow Games. And I get of the Olympics — and of compete internationally. The It would be wonderful to see it paced the home side to 196/4 they fell well short in being each passing day. From long across different disciplines. goosebumps when I recall the playing on an AstroTurf pitch, men’s team inspires hope that get to the quarterfinals, too. after they were sent in to bat dismissed for 140. before my playing days, the Since I used to lead my surge of emotions that I felt we went on to win Gold and I it can do well in Tokyo2020. I That would heighten my again by visiting captain Leg-spinner Hayden Olympic Games have been a school team, I followed Indian through the stay in the USSR still cherish that feeling. believe the team has the abili- excitement when tracking the Aaron Finch. Walsh grabbed three wickets source of inspiration for many hockey’s fortunes from the capital. I was aware that the I am reminded of how in ty to show that it can be differ- Olympic Games, rekindling He received excellent sup- for the second night in a row people and Tokyo2020 will be early 70s. I used to hear radio Olympic Games was the pinna- our short preparatory camp in ent from some of its predeces- memories and adding some port from veteran all-rounder with the tourists’ lower-order special as it has the potential to commentary from the Munich cle of sport, but that did not Patiala we had trained on a sors which did well in the run wonderful new ones to cele- Dwayne Bravo, who con- crumbling in a heap yet again bring cheer to a world hit by Olympic Games in 1972 when prepare me for what I experi- ground that had been shorn of up to the Olympic Games but brate. tributed an unbeaten 47 to a to leave them in a must-win the pandemic. India won a Bronze medal. By enced there. Suffice to say, it all grass and the surface was faltered there. 103-run fourth-wicket part- situation going into the third Each time the Olympic 1976, I was more aware and was a whole new universe for arranged in a starkly different The men’s team will do well AB ,< # 9CDE nership while Andre Russell match on Monday at the same Games is upon us, we have lit- knew that despite the shift to me. fashion. In contrast, it was an to find consistency and victo- crashed 24 not out off only venue. tle clips playing in our minds AstroTurf, India went out of India faced some good utter revelation to see the pitch ries that will give it the confi- # 6 F