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The board said examinations. “two to four weeks” if the pan- performance in the unit, mid- schemes themselves for those that consultation process was The board said that each demic-appropriate norms were term and pre-board tests of students who may be dissatis- held with principals of affiliat- school shall form a result com- not followed by the people. Class 12. The Supreme Court fied with the marks awarded in ed schools, feedback was mittee comprising five mem- A day after the State Covid- accepted the formula of CBSE the Class 12 board results. obtained from 229 Sahodaya bers (principal of the school as 19 Task Force made a presen- and CISCE to evaluate the CBSE later announced that for School Complex comprising chairperson, two-senior most tation before Chief Minister                         Class 12 students, whose board such students exams will be 7,734 schools and 13-members teachers of the school, teaching Uddhav Thackeray about the examinations were cancelled conducted on physical mode committee of experts. class-XII and two teachers possible break out of “third due to the Covid pandemic. and the candidates will have to It said that theory paper from neighbouring senior sec- wave” in Maharashtra, the State refusal by the people to follow testing, strengthen infrastruc- bled during the third wave. The components adopted register accordingly. evaluation formula will be of 30 ondary school teaching class- administration began to Covid-19 norms, coupled with ture and increase vaccination. “The children would not by CISCE for arriving at the A special bench of Justices per cent weightage, to be given XII) and it may decide weigh- mobilise medicines and health the advent of Delta plus vari- Quantifying the impact of be majorly affected by the third evaluation formula is — marks AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh to Class X marks, 30 per cent tage to be given to each exam equipment to be sent across to ant might trigger a third wave the impact of the “third wave”, wave. The children make up for percentage in Class X board Maheshari said, “After perusing weightage to Class XI marks based on credibility and relia- both rural and urban areas. of pandemic in the State,” a the task force officials told the more than 3.5 per cent of the examinations, the project and the scheme presented by the and 40 per cent weightage to bility of the assessment. This followed a directive it senior official who briefed the CM that the State would have patient pool in the State,” a practical work in the subjects, concerned Boards, prima facie, Class XII marks obtained in It said that the marks of received from the Chief chief minister about a possible to contend with 8 lakh “active” senior official said. the performance of the candi- we have no hesitation in unit test/mid-term/pre-board Class XI and Class XII com- Minister himself. third wave said. cases, out of which 10 per cent The impending Covid-19 dates in the school examina- accepting the same and permit exams. The CBSE said that 20 ponent will be awarded at At Wednesday’s meeting, The task force told the would be children. There were “third wave” should seen in the tions in the subjects in Classes the Boards to proceed on that marks will be given for practi- school level; they will strictly the State Task Force warned the CM that the lower middle class as many as 19 lakh Covid context of the five-level relax- XI and XII, measured through basis”. cal in Class-XII and the result not be comparable across Chief Minister that the cases of people who were not affect- patients in the State during the ation plan announced by the their best marks obtained in the The CBSE said that for will be declared by July 31.The schools due to variations in the would double in the coming ed the first and second waves first wave, while the number of state government and its deci- two years (referred to as raw evaluating Class XII students, CBSE scheme further elabo- quality of question papers, the weeks after a possible advent of of Covid-19 would be hit by the patients jumped to 40 lakh dur- sion to relax restrictions in 18 marks) and the best perfor- after their board examinations rated that for Class X 30 per evaluation, standard and third wave in the State. third wave of the pandemic. It ing the second wave. The num- tom 36 districts of the mance of the school in the last were cancelled for the academic cent marks based on average processes, the mode of conduct “Uncontrolled crowds and the advised the Uddhav to increase ber of patients would be dou- State. six years. year 2020-21, it has entered theory component of best three of exams.      &$    "       P        #        !  #     '((       !'(     ))*+    0--. Temple Management         Committee Ashish Singh.     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The Commissioner Kshitij Singhal, for self-regulation in digital have to ensure that pro- advertisement of any channel is candida auris is looming large candidemia.   1-3(11(*,4 /0)(3.42 visits would be slot wise and will UDA CEO SS Rawat, Smart City media including Over-the-top grammes are not violative of not in conformity with the amidst Covid-19 pandemic. They warned that there be allowed on online booking. CEO Jitendra Singh Chauhan, (OTT) platforms and news the programme code or adver- advertising code, it may, after Health experts have sound- was enough evidence that sug- !P ! '*()4(..3 /0-()3.2 Entry in the temple premises Pradeep Guru, were present. websites to address issues of tising code. According to the giving an opportunity of hear- ed alarm that Covid-associat- gests that the ongoing Covid- will be allowed only after show- The process of visit for the sensitive video content and new amendment, the Centre ing to the cable operator, and ed fungus Candida auris cases 19 crisis may provide ideal con- !  '*(*.()11 /0,'(1+)2 ing the vaccination certificate devotees will be decided in fake news. may prohibit the transmission by an order in writing, prohibit are worsening in India even as ditions for outbreaks of C. (even after applying a dose) or coordination with temple man- The Ministry of or retransmission of any such the transmission or re-trans- it has spread across the globe- auris in hospital ICUs, thus  '.()*(3+1 /0)(,,32 the Covid report of 24 to 48 agement committee andpriests. Information and Broadcasting channel or programme if they mission of any such channel or from neonatal unit in leading to adverse outcomes hours before. All the temples in A large number of devotees (MIB) on Thursday issued a fail to act despite the complaint. programme in accordance with Venezuela to a hospital in and additional strain on health-  ,1(.,(3+3 /0,-32 the Shri Mahakaleshwar temple come here from outside the notification amending the “… Programme of any the provisions of section 20 of Spain and Brazil where cases of care resources. The death rate complex will be open for visit. state, so the temple will be Cable Television Network channel is not in conformity the Act,” it said. drug-resistant super fungus is quite high, they Visit counters will be opened in a systematic manner. Rules, 1994 providing a statu- with the programme code, it Any person aggrieved by were reported on Wednesday, said. gus. opened soon, but those who Apart from this, it has been tory mechanism for redressal of may, after giving an opportu- the content of a programme of leaving the exhausted author- The Covid-19 conditions In fact, before the SARS- visit early will also have to decided to unlock other teples grievances/complaints of citi- nity of hearing to the cable a channel as being not in con- ities a worried lot. in Brazil have opened the door CoV-2 spread its tentacles, C. show the vaccination certificate of Ujjain. zens relating to content broad- operator, and by an order in formity with the programme According to the for the emergence and spread auris was already considered a or the Covid test report. The cast by television channels in writing, prohibit the transmis- code or the advertising code researchers, death among can- of a relatively new fungus that major global health threat due above decisions were taken in accordance with the provi- sion or re-transmission of any may file his complaint in writ- didemia patients infected by C is quickly showing signs of to high rates of drug resistance the meeting of Shri       sions of the Cable Television such channel or programme in ing to the broadcaster. A broad- auris can reach 60 per cent. becoming a drug-resistant and ease of transmission in Mahakaleshwar Temple Network Act, 1995. accordance with the provi- caster shall establish a griev- This can happen for some “superfungus,” as reported by a hospital settings. 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Under He also performed the University organized a given to Dr. CP Mishra, Health Mission, Madhya place, cinema the series, 'Ghazal singing' by of Jyoti Azad, Nusrat COVID Vaccination Camp at Manmohan Soni and AISECT Pradesh and UNICEF. facility is now Ahmed Raza and group, Javra Mehndi, Bashir Badr. SCOPE Campus and Head Office Team HR for He was at the site for his being used as was streamed live on Madhya He was accompanied on Bhaironpur Government this initiative taken for the second dose of COVID19 vac- COVID19 Pradesh State Tribal Museum Tabla by Parvez Faridi, on School. betterment of the cine, and was happy as he got vaccination YouTube Channel. Keyboard by Kana Jamda, on In this vaccination camp society. vaccinated without getting site by the It is to be noted that the Guitar by Amir Raza and on organized as part of Corporate Regarding this initiative of down from his car, by a team State in the event was organised in associ- Octopod by Tahir Raza. Social Responsibility Activity, AISECT, Siddharth of vaccinators of the evening from ation with Sahitya Ahmed Raza got the inspi- CoVShield Vaccine doses were Chaturvedi, Director, AISECT Government of Madhya 5 pm to 8pm. Academy. ration for music from his father, given to the working employ- Group, said that the whole Pradesh. He was advised to For peo- In Sham-e-Ghazal by Allahiday Khan, in his child- ees of AISECT Group and world has been troubled by wait for around 40 minutes ple whose vaccination is due, 19 protocol as laid down are one day. They were given free Ahmed Raza along with his hood, he received music edu- other related institutes. Apart the Covid-19 disease. post vaccination, in which he they can register through Co- being fully adhered in the pick up and drop to go to vac- group performed lyrical com- cation from his father, after that from this, the villagers of Vaccination is the only avail- can watch informational films WIN app and can drive in their ‘drive in vaccination’ . Pick up cination site. positions of various writers. He he received formal education in Bhaironpur village also par- able remedy. For this reason, being played on screen of the cars in evening, get vaccinated and drop vehicle facility at On Thursday, second drive started off with the composi- music from Ustad Pyare Khan ticipated and got keeping in mind the health drive in cinema. COVID19 without getting out of car, and subsidized rate is being pro- in vaccination site by District tion by Masood Gulshan and Ustad Rafiq. Raza has vaccinated. and safety of the employees and vaccination protocols laid while they wait they can enjoy vided for vaccination by MP administration of Jhabua, ‘Tumhari Yaad Mein Palkien accompanied many great It is to be noted that a total working in the AISECT group, down by Government were films made by the government Tourism. UNICEF and MP Tourism was Bichaye Baithey Hain, Chale Ghazal singers in singing. He of 174 people were vaccinat- this Covid Vaccination Camp being followed at the vaccina- and UNICEF on COVID19, Recently, special drive was started at Jhabua, the tribal dis- Bhi Aao Ke Mehfil Sajaye has received the Lata ed during this camp. This has been specially organized. tion site. messages of celebrities on vac- launched by District adminis- trict of Madhya Pradesh which Baithey Hain, it was followed Mangeshkar Award in the year vaccination camp was main- Other people of the city The drive-in cinema is cination, which are being tration of Bhopal to vaccinate had low levels of immuniza- with Ranjish Hi Sahi, Dil Hi 2004 and Swarshree Award in ly organized under the coop- should also come forward located at Hotel Ashok played on the screen for them persons with disabilities and tion, and these drive will help dukhane Ke Liye Aa. the year 2008. He is an 'A' grade eration and supervision of and get the vaccination done Lakeview, property of Madhya to watch. The Government of around 15 persons with dis- to increase the rate of He then performed a ghaz- artist of All India Radio and Tehsildar Santosh Kumar so that the Kovid-19 epidem- Pradesh tourism in Bhopal, India guidelines and the Covid- abilities were vaccinated on COVID19 immunization. al by Javed Akhtar Tumo Doordarshan, New Delhi. Mudgal, Revenue Inspector ic can be prevented. O -)-8 P  *:,

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nder the 53rd series of its Uonline exhibition by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, today presented the Maw-Bu-Khar, Sacred groves of Meghalaya situated in the Sacred Groves open air exhibition of Manav Sangrahalaya has been pre- sented online with its basic information and photographs and videos. About this exhibition, Praveen Kumar Mishra, Director, IGRMS said that the Maw-Bu-Khar is the sacred grove of the Khasis of Maw Phlang area, and the sacred stone pillars represent Khasi Gods. Sacred groves have been groves. and the Mawsmai grove in a part of the life and culture of About the Maw-Bu-Khar Cherrapunji are some of the the people of Meghalaya. Many Dheer Singh, Assistant famous groves in the Northeast sacred groves are still well pro- Horticulture Officer told that – India. Traditionally, people tected, in spite of rapid decline A large number of groves are around these groves believe in the traditional value system. located in the Cherrapunji that removal of plants or plant The traditional religious belief region of the East Khasi Hill parts would offend the ruling is that the Gods and spirits of District. The Mawphlang deity, leading to local calami- )  0 +% % ' 1)0+'2%  %                 -     ()         ancestors live in these grove, close to Shillong town, ties. /    %   #            %  % %     # !        .2?/ pest management and cli- production. On this occasion, mainly mate resilient practices like Khandekar also said that five technical sessions were     "2 has cheated over a dozen peo- CAR-Indian Soybean BBF and Ridge & Furrow the farmers should get rid of organized for farmers, where-     ple whose cameras he had IResearch Institute, Indore planting methods especially old soybean varieties like J.S. in IISR scientists had in- angalwara police have taken and later he had not and Solidaridad, Bhopal on included in the training pro- 95-60 which can be replaced depth discussion with the     "2 which they provided money Mnabbed a fraudster who returned their cameras. Thursday jointly organized gramme. by new varieties such as JS. participating farmers and and to gain confidence they used to take video cameras Imran’s camera was not an online Collaborative In her brief inaugural 20-69, JS. 20-98, NRC 127 field staff. hahpura police have booked started a restaurant which was from his friends or acquain- returned by the accused and he Training Program "Climate address, Nita Khandekar, which are resistant to pest and This included lectures Sa couple who duped a Sagar closed within two months and tances and did not return. The went missing and victim was Smart Soybean Production Acting Director of the ICAR- diseases. Further, she delivered by Mrinal Kuchlan based person to the tune of Rs when the accused asked to police have recovered 13 cam- not able to contact the accused. Technologies for Increasing Indian Institute of Soybean expressed the hope that the on “Improved Soybean 30 lakh in the name of open- return money he was abused eras worth Rs 7.45 lakh from He was assured that he would Soybean Productivity" with Research, Indore, said that the institute would be able to Varieties, Seed Production ing restaurant in Bhopal; and threatened. his possession; accused had return camera but the victim the participation of more than productivity of soybean is meet the seed production tar- Technology and Germination accused went absconding after A complaint was filed provided cameras for selling to was not provided the camera. 250 farmers and field staff largely affected due to various gets of new varieties (NRC Testing”; R.K. Verma on operating restaurant for two regarding the fraud and after his friend. The accused, iden- The accused revealed that associated with Solidaridad, biotic factors like increased 130, NRC 138, NRC 142 etc.) “Weed Management in months. completion of the investigation tified as Kasif Khan, was arrest- he had taken video and pho- Bhopal from the states like pressure of pest and diseases recently notified by the Govt. Soybeans” which was fol- The police have booked the police have registered a case ed near Barkhedi after one on tographic cameras from dif- Madhya Pradesh, as well as adverse climatic of India. lowed by S.D. Billore who Jeetu alias Jitendra Rajput and under section 406 of the IPC. the victims Imran Hussain ferent victims and never Rajasthan and conditions like drought and Suresh Motwani, General spoke on “Climate Resilient his wife Lovely who duped the The police have started lodged a complaint with the returned them back. Karnataka. incessant rainfall at the time Manager, Solidaridad Agronomic Practices in the victim Sagar Jain of Sagar. further investigation and have police regarding non-returning Police have recovered cam- Initially, the Coordinator of maturity of soybean crop. informed that his organiza- Changing Climatic Scenario’. Police said that the victim claimed that there is a possi- of his camera by the accused. eras from Manohar who was of the training programme, B. She also highlighted the need tion is working with nearly The session also included lec- wanted to open a restaurant in bility of a nexus working Based on the complaint, provided the cameras by U. Dupare welcomed the dis- to increase the productivity of 60,000 farmers for dissemi- tures on management of Bhopal and met the couple who behind these kinds of frauds. police registered a case under accused and asked him to sell tinguishing guests, trainee oilseed crops including soy- nation of technologies and cli- insect-pests and diseases lured of partnership in devel- After the confirmation the section 406 of the IPC and those cameras. A total of 13 participants and also briefed bean which is greatly con- mate resilient practices devel- which were discussed by Dr. oping restaurant by the accused police have registered a case started to search for the cameras have been recovered about various technical ses- tributing toward oped and recommended by Lokesh Meena and Dr and told that Rs 30 lakh is and have started further inves- accused. and those which have been dis- sions like climate smart vari- achieving self-sufficiency in the ICAR-IISR, Laxman Singh required for the whole project tigation. The offenders are still During the investigation, posed would be investigated in eties, climate smart insect- vegetable oil Indore. Rajput. and the victim agreed after out of police reach. police found that the accused the further investigation.       )  $          P  # !  *+     Q     "2 complaint with the police.     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In the end of the ses- Ibhrahimganj; police have reg- and mobile numbers used in Beenish Rafat, Scientist –C sion, she said that it’s very istered case on Wednesday. the fraud were searched. and programme coordinator of unfortunate that human inter- The victim Amit Patel was Meanwhile, the museum gave detailed ference in different ways as, duped after he contacted by Teelajamalpura police booked information on the topic gradual development and accused posing as army officer a miscreant, who duped to the Wilderness in the Dark to the expansion of technology, spa- and offered to buy bicycle and Rs 38000 in the name of renew- participants in the second ses- tial disturbances and light pol- later he was duped of Rs 1.8 al of credit card at Congress sion of the program on lution is affecting negatively in lakh in parts. Nagar; victim lodged com- Thursday. the behavioral pattern of ani- A complaint was lodged plaint with the police. Nearly 50 participants from mals and also made an appeal with the Hanumanganj police A complaint was lodged all over the country joined in to stop light pollution to safe- by the victim and in his com- with the Teelajamalpura police this programme. guard our environment. plaint he stated that he posted by the victim Mubeen Khan During the programme, Along with the above lec- an advertisement over OLX and in his compliant, he stat- Beenish Rafat explained the ture museum also organised an website for selling a bicycle of ed that he received call regard- participants in detail about the online lecture on the occasion his son. After the deal was ing expiry of credit card and nocturnal animals, plants, their of World Day to Combat struck accused sent a bar code provided OTP for renewal. adaptations, their highly devel- Desertification by Dr. Sudesh and on scanning Rs 1.8 lakh Based on the complaint after oped senses and enlightened Waghmare on the topic ‘Land were deducted in parts from the preliminary investigation, them with the most different restoration can contribute the victim’s account. The victim the police registered a case but captivating night life of for- greatly to post COVID 19 eco- contacted accused but failed to under section 419, 420 of the est. Rafat also briefed that nomic recovery’. contact him and later lodged a IPC and 66 D of the IT act. 3    3 3 4       %        %  /3*5-%% ()     6   

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She will be given an honorari- make sure to get vaccinated for cases of Corona have come in he artists of Saghan Society called Lakshmibai (or CChouhan has said that those um of Rs 1000 per month. The hief Minister Shivraj Singh protection from Covid. only 6 districts of the state. Tof Art and Welfare are all Laxmibai) in honour of the who commit crimes against Death penalty upheld in decision to change the name of CChouhan has said that Chouhan was reviewing There have been 42 new cases set to woo the Bhopal theatre Hindu goddess Lakshmi and women and children in the 18 cases the Women's Crime Branch of Madhya Pradesh has come the situation and arrangements of Corona in Bhopal, 34 in lovers. according to the state should get strict punish- It was informed that in 18 the police to Women's Security down in terms of Corona infec- of Corona in Mantralaya today. Indore, 9 in Jabalpur, 6 in The artists are rehearsing Maharashtrian tradition of ment, for this, the government's cases of crimes against women Wing was taken in the meeting. tion among 28 states in the Medical Education Minister Vidisha, 5 in Rajgarh and 5 in for the play. The play will be women being given a new side should be kept firmly in the in the state, the death sen- country. As many as 145 new Vishwas Sarang, Chief Ujjain. presented on the official name after marriage. In courts in such cases. tences given by the courts have Women's desk in 700 cases of Corona have been Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, No new cases of Corona YouTube channel of Saghan September 1851, she gave birth Chouhan said that 5205 been kept unchanged by the police stations reported in the state and pos- Additional Chief Secretary have been reported in 22 dis- Society..The play is based on to a boy, later named Damodar girls who were abducted in the High Court. Now the matter is Urja Mahila Help Desk is itivity rate has come down to Health Mohammad Suleman tricts of the state which the legendary story about Rani Rao, who died four months state in the last 6 months have in the Supreme Court. Chief being operated in 700 police sta- 0.2%. At the same time, the etc. were present in the meet- includes Agar-Malwa, Laxmi Bai. The play was after birth. The Maharaja been brought back to their Minister Chouhan directed that tions of the state to help women. recovery rate has increased to ing. Alirajpur, Anuppur, Bhind, directed by Anand Mishr. adopted a child called Anand homes, which is 60.8% of the the government's side should be Through these, relief and assis- 98.5%. The number of active cases Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, The play focused on how, Rao, the son of Gangadhar total 8566 girls abducted. He kept firmly in the cases in the tance is being provided to Chouhan said that now of Corona in the state has Dewas, Dindori, Guna, after losing Gangadhar Rao, Rao's cousin, who was instructed that every girl child Supreme Court. women in cases of crimes the state is being unlocked come down to 2984. In the last Hoshangabad, Khandwa, Laxmi Bai took up the respon- renamed Damodar Rao, on should be found and brought to against women. Necessary and economic activities have 24 hours, 404 patients have Mandla, Narsinghpur, Panna, sibility of her kingdom Jhansi the day before the Maharaja her house safely. Chouhan was Mahila Police Volunteer counselling is also being done in started, therefore it is manda- recovered. The weekly positiv- Sagar, Satna, Shajapur, Sheopur, and became the Queen of the died. The adoption was in the reviewing the action taken in Scheme cases of domestic harassment. tory for every person to cent ity rate of the state has come Sidhi, Singrauli, Tikamgarh kingdom. The play won- presence of the British politi- the cases of crimes against Two districts of the state, Chouhan said that unem- percent follow Covid appro- down to 0.3 percent. The week- and Umaria. drously showcases how the cal officer who was given a let- women and children and Morena and Vidisha have been ployment is also one of the rea- priate behaviour and Corona ly positivity rate has come Bhind and Burhanpur dis- queen struggled for the victo- ter from the Maharaja domestic violence in the state selected by the Central sons for crimes. Every month guidelines. Even the slightest down to less than one percent tricts of the state have become ry and freedom of her coun- instructing that the child be today at Mantralaya. Home Government for the operation employment campaign should carelessness can cost a lot. in 51 districts of the state. totally Corona free. There is try. When she fearlessly fought treated with respect and that Minister Narottam Mishra, of Mahila Police Volunteer be conducted in every district in Everyone must wear masks, Only Bhopal district has a neither any new case of Corona against the British. the government of Jhansi Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Scheme. Under the scheme, a the state, through which maxi- maintain distance from each weekly positivity rate of 1.1 per- nor any active case Laxmi Bai was married to should be given to his widow Bains, Director General of woman police volunteer will be mum number of youth should other and avoid forming crowd cent. here. the Maharaja of Jhansi, for her lifetime. Police Shri Vivek Johri, appointed in every village, ward, be provided employment.    ; *P< 5  '  8       !"  O)        .2?/   -) 0P     ndore police arrested two Idrug peddlers and recov-     "2 protect them from other    (".?" meeting with ered 54.6 grams brown sugar adverse effects after infection, came at a time when the worth Rs 5 lakh in international he 7th International Yoga which has yielded fruitful wo weeks after his home- Congress high command is market. The Indore police are TDay will be organised on results. In this sequence, the Tcoming in the Congress struggling to defuse the pre- interrogating the accused to June 21 with the theme 'Be programme is being imple- party, the former Leader of the vailing crisis within the Punjab reach to main kingpin of drug with Yoga - Be at Home'. At mented continuously to con- Opposition in Punjab Vidhan party unit. racket. present, during the Covid-19 nect post covid and other Sabha and founder-president of The meeting came just DIG Indore Manish transition, yoga will be prac- patients with 'Yoga Se Nirog' the Punjab Ekta Party Sukhpal days before the interim presi- Kapuria has instructed the tised on World Yoga Day by programme. Singh Khaira on Thursday for- dent Soni Gandhi had invited police to curb the drug menace staying at home like last year. On Monday, as per the mally merged his two-year-old Punjab Chief Minister Capt in the Indore and adjoining dis- In order to increase the immu- protocol laid down by Morarji political outfit with the ruling Amarinder Singh, firebrand trict for which he has instruct- nity through yoga and to Desai National Institute of Congress. leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, ed S P west Indore Mahesh include yoga in the daily rou- Yoga, New Delhi, group yoga Elected legislator on the besides other senior leaders in Chandra Jain who formed a tine of the general public, will be practised by people in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tick- Delhi on June 20 to work out team under ASP Rajesh Vyas mass yoga practice will be their respective homes on et from Bholath, Khaira met a compromise and end the and DSP Vishesh Agrawal. The done by people from their World Yoga Day. According to the Congress’ former national factionalism. police team arrested the two- homes on World Yoga the Yoga Protocol issued by the president Rahul The meeting with Rahul                 %  /3*5-%% ()   drug peddler’s red handed Day. Department of AYUSH, Gandhi, along with AAP’s two Gandhi, who has been closely        when they were standing in Yoga has a special role in Government of India, officers other “rebel” MLAs — Jagdev monitoring the prevailing sit- Harsiddhi area of Indore near protecting against infection of and employees of all depart- Singh (Maur) and Pirmal Singh uation in Punjab party unit, has Narsingh mandir. Covid-19 and other diseases ments, members of Indian (Bhadaur) — at Gandhi’s Delhi put a final stamp of approval on The accused Sachin age 29 and in increasing immunity. Yoga Association, Patanjali residence. The state party the induction of three AAP years son of Ramsingh Meena Due to the lockdown, everyone Yogpeeth and Art of Living will affairs in-charge Harish Rawat, MLAs in the Congress. They resident of Ujjain and Sonu was confined in the homes and practise yoga from their and general secretary are yet to be formally induct- alias Jala son of Tulsiram physical activity decreased, homes. Randeep Singh Surjewala were ed into the party. Borode age 28 years resident of which had an adverse effect on It will be broadcast also present. While describing On June 3, a day before Moti Tabela near Urdu school. the physical and mental through Webex app, YouTube, his decision to join AAP as Capt Amarinder was to meet The police registered the case level. Twitter. An appeal has been “biggest mistake”, Khaira the three-member panel con- under IPC 8/21 NDPS act. T I Also, ‘Yoga se Nirog' pro- made to make World Yoga Day claimed that more legislators stituted to resolve the faction- Rawaji bazaar Savita gramme was started by the a success by doing proper pos- and leaders from the Aam alism, the Chief Minister had Choudhary and sub inspector Department of AYUSH for tures and pranayama from 7 Aadmi Party are expected to re-inducted Khaira even before Brajesh Sharma were the part home-isolated patients to cure am to 7.45 am on the day of join the Congress soon. a formal go-ahead from the of the trap team. those who got infected and to World Yoga Day. Khaira’s Delhi visit and central leadership. /  # +    

   (".?" There were 3430 active cases in Himachal. 585 people recov- hirty eight more fatalities ered in the last 24 hours and Twere reported due to the total recoveries were Covid-19 in Haryana as 232 recorded at 192841, the bulletin fresh cases surfaced on stated. Thursday. According to the health bulletin, the death toll  .'( &  ; reached 9147 while the total    .   case tally was 766838 in the Covid pandemic’s down- state. 546 people recovered ward trend continued in from the virus in the last 24 Chandigarh on Thursday as 32 hours taking the total recover- fresh cases were recorded, the ies to 754464. lowest in the past three and half In the last 24 hours, a months. However, there was no maximum of six deaths were respite in the number of fatal- reported in Panipat. No case ities in the city as three more was reported in Jhajjar. There people lost their lives to the were 3227 active cases in the contagion. Chandigarh has state, the bulletin stated. Over been registering a decline in 96 lakh samples have been ')'    According to the health bul- last 24 hours, a maximum of infections since May 9 as the tested in Haryana till date. Himachal on Thursday letin, the death toll has reached four fatalities were reported in city had registered the highest reported ten Covid-19 related 3408 while the Covid-19 case- Kangra, which also reported single-day spike of 895   ,4  ( fatalities and 292 fresh cases. load stands at 199699. In the the highest number of 84 cases. cases. ,&?O        &1 -&   

   (".?" Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday. unjab Congress wanted the Jakhar has also appealed to Pparty cadre to celebrate the the entire Congress leadership birthday of former party’s to distribute medical kits, national president, Rahul masks, sanitizers, and ration Gandhi, that falls on June 19, kits to celebrate Rahul’s birth- by undertaking social work day. The leaders could also initiatives across the State. visit affected families who have “In view of unbearable lost their loved ones to Covid pain and difficulties endured by to provide relief and a healing citizens during the second touch to them, he added. As a COVID wave, Rahul Gandhi, part of the same, Punjab Youth this year, has decided to not cel- Congress has announced to ebrate his birthday. He has give scholarships to the children also appealed to the partymen affected by corona to mark to avoid any ostentatious activ- Rahul Gandhi's 51st birthday. ity like cake-cutting, sloga- “Punjab Youth Congress neering, and putting up ban- would provide scholarships to ners or posters to instead uti- the children affected during the lize the resources to provide corona times across the State help and succour to those in for which a list has been pre- need and those who have lost pared,” said Punjab Youth their source of livelihoods to Congress president Brinder the COVID onslaught,” said Singh Dhillon.  !"#$% &'()*+,-.-*      !"   #  $    

observed. Bhat argued about ation. They are migrant labour- for the rehabilitation scheme      rehabilitation and said that the ers. There are children,” Bhat and they have failed to do so. State authority has not taken up said and also referred to the The bench said that clearance the issue of eligibility and iden- COVID-19 pandemic situa- of encroachment on forest land     tification process has not been tion. “That is for the state to do. would be done by following the done. The bench referred to its We are only concerned with due process of law. It said that =   D    April 5 order, passed in a mat- vacation of forest area. We larger issues related to the mat- ter related to the issue, and said have given enough time earli- ter are pending and it would the civic body will take steps in er,” the bench observed. take up the plea on July 27. accordance with law. “You have The apex court observed The Judges also rejected    ./+/" The bench of Justices A M to evict them in accordance that people there can produce Haryana Government’s argu- Khanwilkar and Dinesh with law. You have to give their documents for identifica- ments of violence, stone pelt- We want our forest land to Maheshwari asked the State benefit of scheme (of rehabili- tion and rehabilitation to the ing during demolition “be cleared,” the Supreme and the civic body to comply tation) to those who are eligi- corporation. When Bhat attempts. “You know what you Court made it clear on with its June 7 direction in this ble,” the bench told the coun- referred to global guidelines for have to do. We don’t want to say Thursday as it refused to stay regard, observing “land grab- sel appearing for the municipal non-eviction during pandemic, on this. We want our order to its direction asking the bers cannot take refuge of rule corporation. the bench said, “We are not con- be complied with,” the bench Haryana Government and the of law” and talk of “fairness”. The bench, while asking cerned with global guidelines. said. It had said that Faridabad Municipal The Bench had also sought in six weeks. During the hear- tures, said there are around adding, “We have given enough whether the petitioners have This issue is going on for long.” Superintendent of Police, Corporation to remove all the compliance report from the ing conducted through video- 10,000 families in the village. time. The notification was given additional documents to The bench said that no Faridabad, shall be personally encroachments, consisting State government officials after conferencing, advocate Aparna “Please don’t give us num- issued but you continued there the corporation for verification, indulgence can be shown at this responsible for ensuring ade- around 10,000 residential con- removing all encroachments Bhat, appearing for the peti- bers. It makes no difference. We at your own risk”. observed that enough time stage. It noted that petitioners quate logistical support and structions, in the Aravali forest from forest land near Khori vil- tioners who have sought a stay want out forest land to be “This is forest land. This is was already given earlier. “Look were obligated to produce doc- police protection to the officials area near Khori village. lage in Faridabad district with- on demolition of these struc- cleared,” the bench said, not ordinary land,” the bench at these people and their situ- uments before the corporation of corporation.  -   !=>  #             ./+/" )  #      !  !    t’s almost three months that ?=> % IRajeev Chaudhary (54) has    ./+/" and adolescents had antibod- been declared Covid-19 nega- ies against the COVID-19 tive. But he is still reeling # #  -#  ($   %  he possible third wave of virus, while in adults the sero- under the post-Covid syn- TCovid-19 is unlikely to prevalence was found to be drome, which the doctors call    ./+/" affect children much, accord- 63.5 per cent. ‘long Covid’.    ./+/" ing to a multi centric commu- “Hence, it is unlikely that “My sugar level has shot ussia’s Covid-19 vaccine — nity based serosurvey study any future third wave by a pre- up. I feel fatigued whole day as RSputnik V — is finding here was a 63 conducted by AIIMS, Delhi, vailing COVID-19 variant if there is no strength in my takers in the private sector Tper cent drop thus contradicting apprehen- would disproportionately body. At times, I feel very with hospitals like in domestic air sions that a future Covid-19 affect children two years or depressed while anxiety lingers Indraprastha Apollo, Fortis traffic in May wave may disproportionately older,” the report has said. on,” the Delhi government offi- Healthcare and Madhukar compared to April hit kids. Within the rural sites, cial shares the trauma he’s Rainbow Children’s Hospital as the Covid-19 The survey revealed that children had slightly lower going through daily. starting administering the jab second wave rav- infection rates among kids and sero-positivity compared to Chaudhary is not the only to people. aged the entire country. In Air India and AirAsia India adults in five cities in different adults. However, this differ- one who is grappling with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories numbers, around 21.15 lakh were 51.2 per cent, 40.9 per parts of the country, in both ential prevalence was not post-Covid health issues. has started inoculation with domestic passengers travelled cent, 63.3 per cent, 39.3 per rural and urban areas, were observed in the urban sites. According to a study, among all Sputnik V, as part of the soft by air in May compared to cent and 44.4 per cent respec- similar. The data also showed It was also seen that the patients infected with the coro- launch in India after it 57.25 lakh who travelled in tively, it added. India resumed that irrespective of the age prevalence in children was navirus disease, more than 23 obtained regulatory clearance tive tool in our battle against Covishield. We are the first to April. domestic passenger flights on groups, rural sites had lower slightly more among female percent continued to suffer from the Central Drugs Covid-19. provide a third vaccine option, According to the May 25 last year after a gap of sero-positivity compared to participants compared to male from one or more health issues Laboratory. In April, Sputnik Fortis Memorial Research at Fortis Memorial Research Directorate General of Civil two months due to the coro- the urban sites. (58.6 per cent versus 53.0 per even a month after being diag- V received an emergency use Institute, Gurugram and Fortis Institute and Fortis Hospital Aviation (DGCA), 78.22 lakh navirus pandemic. Citing the findings, the cent) but there was no statis- nosed with Covid-19. authorization in India. Hospital, Mohali have decid- Mohali, with the dual objective people travelled within the June and July, 2020, had researchers associated with tically significant difference in Patients with such post- Reddy’s administered the ed to launch it as part of a lim- of expanding and scaling up country by air in March. Air seen 19.8 lakh and just over 21 AIIMS in Bhubaneshwar and sero-positivity between male Covid conditions are various- first dose of the vaccine in ited pilot roll-out from June, the vaccination drive and low- India, GO FIRST (previously lakh domestic flyers, respec- Gorakhpur, apart from Delhi, and female. ly referred to as having long- India in Hyderabad under a 19 2021. The two-dose vac- ering the infection risks to known as GoAir), Vistara and tively, as per DGCA data. As JIPMER, Puducherry, The researchers found haul Covid, long Covid or limited pilot on May 14. The cine will be available at two future mutations of the virus.” AirAsia India carried 4.29 the second wave unleashed its Translational Health Science that children aged 2-4 years post-acute sequelae of Covid- vaccine is currently priced at hospitals -. In the coming Sputnik V has been devel- lakh, 1.38 lakh, 97,000 and ferocity, the numbers first and Technology Institute, and 5-9 years had almost 19 (PASC), said the study by an $12.9 (Rs948) plus tax for days, the vaccine will be avail- oped by Russia’s Gamaleya 64,000 passengers respective- dropped to 57 lakh in April Faridabad and Agartala gov- identical sero-positivity rate NGO FAIR Health which had one dose in India. This price able at more Fortis hospitals National Research Institute ly in May, the data showed. and then crashed to 21.1 lakh ernment medical college and (42.4 per cent and 43.8 per analysed private health care is expected to reduce after across 11 cities as part of the of Epidemiology and It was due to the second in May, 2021 — a figure seen WHO have ruled out the pos- cent) which was lower than claim records for nearly 2 mil- local supply commences. phase-wise pilot project. Microbiology. Hyderabad- wave of the Covid-19 pan- in the first two months after sibility that Covid-19 surges the rate observed for children lion people diagnosed with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Dr Ashutosh based Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories demic that had badly hit the domestic flights’ resumption ahead are likely to hit children aged 10-17 years (60.3 per Covid last year. The people in co-chairman and managing Raghuvanshi, MD and CEO, has partnered with Russian country and its aviation sector. on May 25, 2020. harder than before. cent) the study ranged in age from director G V Prasad said: Fortis Healthcare, said, “Till Direct Investment Fund While IndiGo carried 11.69 Indian airlines are allowed Blood samples were col- The higher seropositivity babies to the elderly; some 53 “With the rising cases in India, date, our units were only pro- (RDIF) for the roll out of the lakh passengers in May, a to operate a maximum of 50 lected from 4,509 individuals, rate in children aged 10-17 percent were female and 47 vaccination is our most effec- viding Covaxin and two-dose vaccine in India. 55.3-per cent share of the per cent of their pre-pan- 700 aged 2-17 years and 3,809 years may be reflective of percent were male. domestic market, SpiceJet flew demic domestic flights. The aged 18 and above between their higher mobility and The five most common 1.99 lakh passengers, account- DGCA data mentioned that March 15-June 10 to check for independence compared to post-Covid conditions across ing for a 9.4-per cent share of in May, IndiGo had the best the antibodies against SARS the younger children, the all ages were pain, breathing Covid-19 infection developed lowed by depression, adjust- highest odds of death 30 days the market, according to data on-time performance of 98.7 coV 2 for the study. study noted adding that as difficulties, hyperlipidemia, a post-Covid condition, while ment and tic disorders. or more after initial Covid-19 shared by the DGCA. per cent at four metro airports Of the participants tested reported in the literature, a malaise and fatigue, and hyper- among the symptomatic “The odds of death 30 diagnosis,” said the study. The occupancy rate or -- Bengaluru, Delhi, from Delhi, Faridabad, large proportion of children tension. Pain, breathing diffi- patients not hospitalised, 27.5 days or more after initial diag- Dr Pankaj Solanki from load factor of the six major Hyderabad and Mumbai. Bhubaneshwar, Agartala and (50.9%) had an asymptomatic culties and intestinal issues per cent developed long Covid. nosis with Covid-19 were 46 the Dharamveer Solanki Indian airlines was between Vistara and AirAsia India Gorakhpur, 55.7 per cent kids COVID-19 infection. were the top conditions among However, post-Covid symp- times higher for patients who Multispeciality Hospital in 39.3 per cent and 64 per cent were at the second and third the paediatric population (0- toms were also present among were hospitalised with Covid- Delhi said that these cases in May, it stated. The occu- positions at these four 18). More than 25 per cent 19 per cent patients who 19 and discharged than need to be addressed on urgent pancy rate at SpiceJet was 64 airports in May with 98.1 "     young individuals aged remained asymptomatic. patients who had not been hos- basis and the Government per cent in May, the DGCA percent and 97.4 per cent between 19 and 29 showed car- Further, anxiety was asso- pitalised. Among Covid-19 should also focus on working noted. on-time performance respec- diac inflammation post-Covid. ciated with the highest per- patients with preexisting con- on their rehabilitation through The occupancy rates for tively, the     As per the study, 50 per- centage of patients after Covid- ditions, intellectual disabili- multi-disciplinary post-Covid IndiGo, Vistara, GO FIRST, DGCA said. cent patients hospitalised with 19 in all age groups. It was fol- ties were associated with the clinics.   "  

   ./+/" touted by the Modi Govt, in 0)1    #   #   the respective areas of pro- he Left parties and their duction and services. There Ttrade unions on Thursday is absolutely no valid rationale seven days quarantine in case overall situation has improved. report or quarantine is condemned the corporatisa- for such drastic alteration of  ! !    ./+/" of negative test report and for However, due to caution, care required if an individual is tion plan of Ordnance the existing structure of the positive cases, action as per has been maintained in the vaccinated with both the doses Factories under the Defence Ordnance Factories network,” ith varying protocols existing guidelines. CRPF for consolidation of the of vaccine 28 days prior to Ministry. CPI general secre- said Sen in a detailed state- Wbeing adopted by differ- The move comes after the whole process of Covid-19 arrival in the State. tary D Raja and CITU gener- ment, supporting protest of ent States for management of status of Covid-19 was management. Likewise, in Delhi, no al secretary Tapan Sen said the factory staff on June 19. Covid-19 and allowing persons reviewed by the CRPF direc- The State governments are quarantine/restriction is in this is a clear move to sell the “A n d p r e s e n t m o v e f o r in their respective jurisdic- torate and it was observed that following different practices in plae for inter-State movement. factories under Company Law corporatisation of Ordnance tion, the CRPF has issued a the number of patients and respect of persons coming to In Haryana and Chandigarh, and later sell to private play- Factories, that too being detailed set of guidelines for its positivity rate has declined respective State jurisdiction. no institutional quarantine is ers. pushed through in the midst personnel entering or reporting considerably and the overall sit- In Jammu and Kashmir, required for asymptomatic “Some 44 Ordnance of 2nd wave of pandemic, is in from leave from minimum uation has improved and the there is a provision for manda- passengers. Factories operating under gross violation of the under- In view of the differing Ordnance Factories Board standing and assurances given Covid protocols in vogue under Ministry of Defence by the Government to the across the States, the CRPF will be split in seven pieces united platform of Defence issued the detailed instructions and seven corporations will be workers’ federations in the for strict compliance. formed under Companies Act. face of their decision to go in The CRPF has directed More than seventy five per- for indefinite strike from 12th that if the test report is nega- cent requirements of our October 2020,” said Sen. tory antigen test and no quar- negative RTPCR report of not tive or where the test is defence forces are being suc- CPI general secretary Raja antine is required if the test less than 72 hours is there or mandatory as per local admin- cessfully and timely produced termed the corporatization as report is negative. In Punjab, institutional quarantine for istration norms, the personnel and supplied by our Ordnance “ill-designed move.” five-day mandatory quaran- 15 days or till a negative test will undergo seven-day quar- Factories with incomparable “At least five ministers in tine is in place. In Rajasthan, report is received. In antine at respective unit/estab- efficiency and assured quali- the past including late no quarantine is required if a Rajasthan, no RTPCR test lishment locations. ty. Manohar Parrikar, former Country’s Ordnance defence minister of the BJP Factories network is an government had given written unquestionable example of assurances to the work force #      " “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, the that the Ordnance Factories      phrase being so much noisily would not be corporatised.

 "    driving licence (DL), registra- it has advised the enforcement tion certificate (RC) and per- authorities that the validity of  " "  mits till September 30, 2021, in fitness, permit (all types),     % ! view of the ongoing COVID-19 licence, registration or any    &  pandemic. Simultaneously, the other concerned document(s)  &"  Ministry of Road Transport may be treated to be valid till  and Highways (MoRTH) also September 30, 2021. notified to make the PUC “This covers all documents (Pollution Under Control) cer- whose validity has expired tificate for all vehicles uni- since Feb 1, 2020, or would    ./+/" form across the country and expire by September 30, 2021. also to link the PUC database This will help out citizens in  4   8 %  4    he Centre on Thursday with the National Register. availing transport related ser-    @ ( %          Textended the validity of Keeping the Covid proto- vices, while maintaining social    (              motor vehicle documents like cols in mind, the MoRTH said distancing,” it said.  '  !"#$% &'()*+,-.-*

>"(      *+  ,      .   /    &    &   &  >2>  reports on every district and Affairs...” Sources reporting on that had rendered thousands of and no compensation was sub-division where such vio- the “useful interactions” said people homeless and properties declared.” !&     >2(" amping in New Delhi for lence was taking place and the talks also featured on investi- worth cores looted and “I told the Chief Minister to Cthe past two days apparently places he recently visited to gations into the multi-crore destroyed. update me about the situation he Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition to seek a redress for the deteri- acquire a firsthand experience coal scam from Bengal --- Later before flying to Delhi but … there was no response on Tfiled by a local activist challenging the Lakshadweep orating law and order situation of the alleged torture being involving some of TMC’s top he wrote to Chief Minister how her part … it seems that the Administration’s reform measures including the move to intro- in Bengal, Governor Jagdeep perpetuated on the people, leadership. despite four Cabinet meetings police have forgotten its work … duce Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation 2021 Dhankhar on Thursday lodged requesting presidential Earlier complaining on the having taken place in the past the police and the Home which envisages development of towns on inhabited islands his first complaint with action. alleged “retributive post poll six weeks … not a single word Department must rise above and the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA). President Ram Nath Kovind Dhankhar who also met violence” Dhankhar said how was been spent on the post poll partisan politics … (or else) I A bench consisting of judges S V Bhatti and Murali drawing his attention towards Home Minister Amit Shah on the State Government was turn- violence … and no minister or shall not overlooked the matter,” Purushothaman ruled that the so called LDAR 2021 was a how human rights was being Thursday evening had on ing a blind eye to the incidents officer visited the affected areas the Governor said. mere draft of the administrative reform proposal and not a violated in the State, post polls. Wednesday called on National final order. The Governor who report- Human Rights Commission Discontentment was brewing in the archipelago in the edly met the President for about Chairman Justice Arun Mishra - N  O  1 Arabian Sea for the last two weeks over the move by the 45 minutes submitted a note seeking his intervention in the munal attacks being organized administrator of the Union Territory to bring in reforms in detailing his observations on the present state of affairs in the in these too places. Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister state of affairs in the BJP-ruled I don’t support violence and I the islands and make the atolls as developed as Maldives. The deteriorating law and order State. On whether Dhankhar had on Thursday chose to ignore States she said how the saffron have asked my police to take public interest litigation challenging the move by the admin- and human rights, State repres- Sources said that the suggested any “constitutional Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar’s party was not bothered about stern action against those who istrator was a reflection of the public ire towards the reforms. sion of opposition workers, Governor briefed the Home measures” was not clear but visit to Delhi saying “speech is the situations in UP, MP, will try to break law and order The judges observed that the observation of the legality persecution of them by the rul- Minister about the “retributive TMC leaders in Kolkata said silver and silence is golden.” Gujarat etc where “people are in the state.” of the draft regulation which was under the active consider- ing Trinamool Congress and violence” being perpetrated on that the party was prepared of Instead of directly attack- dying like animals and their In an apparent reference to ation of the administration was completely premature. what he called a “stunning the people in a planned manner any such step with a minister ing the Governor --- a usual bodies floating in the rivers.” the Governor’s visit to Delhi Because of the draft administrative reforms which were silence” of the powers that be with the State Government from North Kolkata adding tactic that she would adopt for Refuting charges of post- she said “whatever you are opposed by the inhabitants of the islands, the BJP unit is get- towards the ongling bloodshed turning a blind eye on the sit- “whole State will erupt if the the past couple of years --- poll violence Banerjee said, “as witnessing now is nothing but ting isolated. Every day hundreds of party workers are leav- and loot. uation. He is also known to have Centre dares impose Article Banerjee focused on the “polit- journalists you must have bet- their (BJP leaders) gimmick. It ing the Hindutwa brigade for good though there are hardly In the note the Governor raised issue of latest “sectarian” 356.” ical gimmicks” of the BJP to ter information about the so- is a part of their pre-planned 150 party activists in the islands. has raised the issue of a preju- attacks that took place at The Governor who was on create a “perspective” for some called violence … but have you move after facing a defeat in the Earlier in the day, Aisha Sultana, a struggling film artist, diced administrative system Chandannagore in Hooghly a 3-day trip to the national ulterior motive. seen violence anywhere? … poll which they cannot accept.” who had accused the Centre of using bio weapon against where the police and the admin- district and Tiljala area right in Capital earlier met Union She would not refer to the some incidents happened dur- She said instead of dis- the Lakshadweep population , was granted interim anticipatory istration allegedly worked to the heart of Capital Kolkata. Ministers Prahlad Singh Patel Governor but say “you can ing election, but at that time, the turbing Bengal “they (BJP) bail by a single judge bench of the Kerala High Court. Judge further the interests of the rul- Earlier Bengal Opposition and Prahlad Joshi before tweet- rebuke a child into silence but Election Commission was in should look at UP, MP band Ashok Menon while disposing of a petition filed by the artist ing political party. Leader Suvendu Adhikari too ing “… had useful interaction you cannot make a person charge …,” reminding how the Gujarat where the law and asked her to appear before the Kavaratti Police for interro- The Governor is also had complained about a with Union Minister of Coal with bad eyesight to see rea- BJP was “trying to create a per- order situation is deteriorating gation on June 20 in connection with a notice served on her reported to have given detailed Basirhat-Dhulagarh like com- and Mines and Parliamentary sons.” Pointing at the alarming spective… But it is not true… every day.” PNS under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure. ,   ( )3     &       $   %   "(AB(BBB% 565      & ?   (   %  &$' 1(;/    ./+/" sive attitude, we will respond,” &(     8   !     Singh said, adding the “new    ./+/" student’s marks in Class 10 s face-offs continue at the roads will help secure interna- board exams, project, practical ALine of Actual Control tional borders”.    ./+/"   #+   *:6% ollowing the Supreme work in subjects, best marks (LAC) in Ladakh, Defence The defence minister said,   &   ,0, FCourt’s acceptance of the obtained in school exams in Minister Rajnath Singh on “Last year in Galwan Valley, our he Army top brass on !&     >2(" CBSE and CISCE class 12 board Classes 11 and 12, and best per- Thursday cautioned China that soldiers displayed exemplary TThursday began a three- he Covid-19 deaths dropped results’ evaluation formula, the formance of the school itself in India is a peace loving nation courage and valour in line of day brainstorming session to rees, some of them are Tto 636 in Maharashtra on CBSE Controller of the last six years. The CISCE but will hit back strongly if pro- duty. I salute all brave soldiers review the situation on the Tknown as Royal Trees, Thursday, even as the infections Examinations Sanyam arrived at this after considering voked. He also paid tributes to who laid down their lives fight- Line of Actual Control worth 1,50,000 crore has came down to 9,830 in the State. Bharadwaj explained the data from 2015 to 2020. the 20 Indian army personnel ing for the nation.” (LAC)in Ladakh and the Line been looted from Kerala dur- A day after Maharashtra logged 30:30:40 formula for the mark- The CISCE's Class 12 ISC including the commanding Highlighting the signifi- of Control(LOC) and its oper- ing the last two years alone, 1,236 deaths and 10,107 fresh ing criteria for Class 12 exams, result formula was devised by a officer who were killed in a cance of the 12 roads including ational preparedness to meet according to leading environ- cases, the daily deaths came saying “40 per cent marks will committee of three experts who brawl with the Chinese troops 10 in Arunachal Pradesh and any challenge. mentalist John down by nearly half, while the be based on Class 12 pre- are statisticians and "six in- in the Galwan valley a one each in Ladakh and Jammu Incidentally, the Army Peruvanthanam who knows infections dropped marginally boards, midterm exams, and house members". The panel year ago. and Kashmir, he said they will Commanders’ Conference the forests of the State like the sand fold more than the by 277. unit test, 30 per cent marks will analysed data for one lakh stu- Dedicating 12 strategical- not only give a comes a year after the Galwan back of his hand. 1,50,000 crore that the exche- With 636 deaths reported be based on Class 11 final dents from across 1,200 schools ly important roads built by the boost in connectivity but would Valley clash in Eastern Sir, as he is known across quer lost by the illegal felling of on Thursday, the Covid-19 toll exams, and 30 per cent marks for the Class 12 ISC result and Border Roads facilitate faster movement of Ladakh. Kerala had toured the districts these trees. This is the biggest in the State jumped from will be based on based of best- 2.2 lakh students from 2,500 Organisation(BRO) to the troops along the international The face-offs began in from where he got information anti-national activity scene in 1,15,390 to 1,16,026. of-three Class 10 marks”. schools for the Class 10 ICSE nation in the north east, par- border. May last year from the about the illegal tree felling Kerala,” he said. With 9,830 fresh infections, Bharadwaj said, “CBSE is exam.The evaluation formula, ticularly Assam and Arunachal He made these observations Pangong Tso(lake)in Ladakh. braving his own life and what he Kerala’s Leader of the total infections in the state also developing a software on however, has evoked mixed Pradesh, on Thursday, Rajnath in an event organized in The Chinese stopped an saw was massive robbing of Opposition V D Satheeshan rose from 59,34,880 to the basis of which schools can reaction from experts with some said India is a priest of world Lakhimpur district of Assam. Indian patrol leading to a forests by the axis consisting of made a startling disclosure on 59,44,710. calculate marks for Class 12 hailing the criteria while others peace but any serious distur- The defence minister dedicated scuffle in which several sol- politicians-bureaucrats and Thursday that the bureaucrat- As 5,890 patients were dis- exams.” He mentioned that the terming it to be unfair move for bance to peace and tranquility the roads virtually in the pres- diers from both the sides timber mafia. politician-forest poachers cartel charged from the hospitals students who wish to take students who will step into in border areas would have ence of Assam and Arunachal received injuries. Soon, stand “Rose Wood, which is also has swindled the entire forest in across the state after full recov- exams can appear once the sit- their higher education system. adverse implications. Pradesh chief ministers offs erupted at some other known by the name the Royal the State. ery, the total number of people uation get normal. “The process “In my opinion, more “We seek world peace (but) Himanta Biswa Sarma and points including Hot Springs, Tree, costs more than two “They have cut down all discharged from the hospitals of exams for students who want weightage should have been if someone shows us an aggres- Pema Khandu respectively. Gogra and the Depsang valley. lakh per cubic feet. Thousands rare species of trees from areas since the second week of March to take will be initiated after included for internal exams of such trees have been chopped where there was semblance to last year increased from results,” he said adding the conducted in class 12 as stu- away by this cartel. Most of the green cover in the State. We 56,79,746 to 56,85,836. The Class 10 Board results will be dents become serious about trees cut down were taken away understand that forest land in recovery rate in the state declared by July 20. academics after joining class 12.      from the country in cargo air- eight districts were slaughtered dropped from 95.7 per cent to On its part, the CICSE They tend to take class 11 less craft and ships. These are used by the Pinaryi Vijayan 95.64 per cent. The total “active mentioned that performance seriously as it is not a Board in the construction of castles, Government that has been rul- cases” in the state climbed from of the candidates in the school class. Also including weightage   " &"  palaces and ranch houses in ing the State since 2016,” 1,36,661 to 1,39,960. The fatal- examinations in the subjects in for class 10 is not very wise as Europe and USA,’ said Satheeshan told reporters after ity rate in the state went up from Classes 9 and 10, measured it includes many subjects which    ./+/" defrauded money in online cheating cases can John Peruvananthanam, the leading a team of Opposition 1.94 per cent to 1.95 per cent. through their best marks students don't pursue at the be stopped by chasing the money trail and stop- unofficial forester of the party leaders to areas which Pune with 18,887 cases obtained in the two years senior secondary level and has nion Home Minister Amit Shah on ping its further flow before it is taken out of the State. were cleared off forests by the continued to be remain first in (referred to as raw marks) and no relevance at this stage,” said UThursday launched a national helpline digital ecosystem by the fraudster,” the MHA said He said that trees which timber mafia. the state in terms of maximum the best performance of the Meenu Kanwar, Principal of (155260) and reporting platform for preventing in statement. were more than 1000 years old The opposition party lead- number of “active cases” in the school in the last six years will the Amity International School financial loss due to cyber fraud. Currently, the helpline and its reporting plat- were cut down and taken away ers visited the entire forest state, while Mumbai with 18,417 be evaluated. “The first two fac- Mayur Vihar, New Delhi. The national helpline and reporting platform form has all the major public and private sec- by the mafia. The environmen- ranges in the State from trees stood second, followed by tors measure the subject profi- However, Vikas Ojha, provides a mechanism for persons cheated in tor banks onboard. The notable ones include – tal and ecological values pro- were cut down indiscriminate- Thane (14,088), Kolhapur ciency of the candidates, while Principal of Foundation School, cyber frauds State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank vided by these trees were thou- ly. “ (13,485), Sangli (11,490), the last is a measure of the gen- Buxar, appreciated the decision to report such cases to prevent loss of their hard of Baroda, Bank of India, Union Bank, IndusInd, Ratnagiri (7483) Satara (7298), eral quality of the schools the taken by the CBSE on the eval- earned money. HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis, Yes and Kotak Sindhudurg (5581), candidates are appearing from,” uation process given the odd “The facility empowers both the banks and Mahindra Bank. It also has all major wallets and Ahmednagar (4829) and Raigad CISCE official statement said. prevailing circumstances that the police, by leveraging new-age technologies merchants such as PayTM, PhonePe, Mobikwik,  (     (4810), Nagpur (4742) and The assessment scheme has affected the education sys- for sharing online fraud related information and Flipkart and Amazon linked to it, said Nashik (4355). released by the board includes tem equally. taking action in almost real time. The loss of MHA. F%&     )     ,  %  %%  .=8    <  :!6&      '   Jaipur: Notwithstanding the same state is placed third. Kumar Ola said that different ensuring that people do not difficult times brought about by As per the list released on teams under Anjali Rajoriya, migrate for employment and the Covid-19 pandemic, the Wednesday, Chhattisgarh's Chief Executive Officer, Zila have their own roofs over their %   tribal-dominated Dungarpur Rajnandgaon is placed fourth, Parishad, Dungarpur, worked heads before the monsoon set district in Rajasthan has script- followed by Kanker in the hard at the ground level to in. Keeping this in mind, they    ./+/" Santosh reportedly held a ed history by becoming the first same state. accomplish the feat. monitored the construction closed door one-to-one meet- place in the state and second in The list took many para- Rajoriya said that as many works across the district and n an urgent bid to avert a ing at Agartala with several BJP the country to build 93,128 meters into consideration and as 1,00,054 houses were ensured that the set goal was ITMC overreach in Tripura, leaders to understand the dif- houses under the Pradhan declared Dungarpur as the approved under the scheme in achieved. They also ensured the BJP rushed Party leaders ferences and address the griev- Mantri Awas Yojana. first district in Rajasthan to the district of which 93,128 generation of a significant including its General Secretary ances and differences. The Dakshin Dinajpur dis- build over 93,000 houses under were completed. number of man hours for the BL Santosh to Agartala who on BJP General Secretary had trict in West Bengal occupies the PM Awas Yojana in the last Officials said that besides jobs besides creating employ- Thursday held marathon meet- discussion with MPs Pratima the top position in the nation- one year, officials confirmed. fighting the Covid crisis, the ment opportunities under ings with party MLAs to work Bhowmik and Rebati Tripura, al list, while Hooghly in the District Collector Suresh district officials also focused on MNREGA. IANS out a reconciliation between Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu the Chief Minister Biplab Debbarman and dissident Kumar Deb and the Dissident MLAs. Tripura BJP in-charge groups in the State. Vinod Kumar Sonkar, who BJP State president Dr was also to arrive here, had to Manik Saha, accepted "differ- cancel his visit on account of a ences" saying "we are a family, family issue.Dissident MLAs   ,?A  and in a family it happens like Sudip Roy Barman, Ram sometime and has been sorted Prasad Paul, Ashish Das, ctive Covid cases dropped below the 70,000 mark to reach out." He, However, skirted Sushanta Choudhury and A69,831 on Thursday in Andhra Pradesh, even as 6,151 new answer to the query on TMC's Ashish Kumar Saha went to the Covid infections have been reported. attempt to poach BJP MLAs in party office to meet With the new cases, Andhra Pradesh's Covid tally crossed Tripura. Santhosh. 18.3 lakh. BJP is apprehending that Sources said he also met On a positive note, 7,728 more people recovered from the Mukul Roy back in the ruling Deputy Chief Minister, two disease in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of recov- TMC fold in West Bengal may MPs, four Ministers and the eries over 17.5 lakh. organise defections of MLAs MLAs who were called in six Bucking the daily trend of an average 10,000 recoveries, the from the faction-ridden BJP in separate groups. Dissidents southern state witnessed fewer recoveries on Thursday. the state. BJP's fears are not demanded replacement of state East Godavari district reported the highest number of cases unfounded as it was Roy in the president Dr Manik Saha, at 1,244, followed by Chittoor (937), West Godavari (647), BJP who had facilitated defec- expansion of Cabinet and cer- Prakasam (554), Kadapa (478), Krishna (424), Anantapur tions of six Congress MLAs to tain changes in the organisa- (359), Guntur (331), Nellore (274), Srikakulam (264), the BJP in 2016.BJP central tion. Visakhapatnam (237), Kurnool (203) and Vizianagaram (199). leadership rushed Santhosh BJP leaders here, however, Except for Krishna and Vizianagaram, all other districts in and its organisation secretary denied rebel activities in Andhra Pradesh have now reported more than 1 lakh Covid cases, for the Northeast, Tripura BJP saying senior however, Krishna district is also inching towards the 1 lakh mark, Ajay Jamwal,to Agartala a day leaders are in the state to dis- just shy of 3,000 cases. before and met with Chief cuss assembly poll preparations With 1.02 lakh more tests conducted in the past 24 hours, Minister and MLAs including which are though two-years the total number of tests carried out in Andhra Pradesh has 'rebels'. ago. 3    )  *        ".% ('%     * crossed the 2.08 crore-mark.  !"#$% &'()*+,-.-* (

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Common sense tells us that if some care- ;0?A/.(/           "  less revellers start prancing around when the boat ;@; /,;,0; =              2  has just left the rough sea, it can still capsize, putting everybody in danger. /;"?/./ Even as we steady the boat, when it sails out 2/ /(  of choppy waters, we must watch the charts and "//A/; study the signals to see when it might be rocked 2=(?(0 . again by a third wave. Considerable speculation A?. ; quate for 80-85 per cent of all symp- were mostly sheltered or even dur- The period of relative calm will has already commenced in the media about the . "/ tomatically infected cases. Primary ing the second wave when they also give us time to build partner- timing and contours of such a wave. Predictions /,/?/.(/2= health care teams must be trained were still partly guarded. Numbers ships between and among govern- have been made, by mathematical modellers and in providing supportive care and of susceptible adults may also ment services, local bodies, non- some epidemiologists, that we may be rocked by ./+=2?,;! monitoring. Symptoms, pulse decrease by that time as several of governmental organisations, school the third wave in November this year. While the (;// /( 2. oximetry readings, temperature them would have been vaccinated personnel, trade unions, industry accuracy of such predictions is uncertain, since +.// should be part of daily monitoring or infected by then. Nevertheless, representatives, community groups they are based on several assumptions, we do need 2/;/ of such home-managed persons. If adults will still be far more likely to and citizen volunteers. Capacity- to be well prepared to meet such a threat when- 2.2 " the person is a diabetic, blood sugar have severe infection than children building for concerted action                ( ever it arises. /; .. too should be monitored with a glu- where the vast majority will have among these groups will give us the      (         Several elements will determine the severity (.( cometer. 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Healthy diets and phys- =                 Our surveillance systems must be sharpened, it depends on the behaviour of the require careful planning of logistics, ical activity are vital for both                to detect the levels of circulating variants and virus and its different variants, as sensitive communication for confi- innate and adaptive immunity to                 #   emergence of new forms. Case detection will need well as the behaviour of people in dence building, support for over- fight the virus and also for preven- :     2           to be based on both testing and clinical features adhering to public health advisories coming technology barriers to reg- tion and control of non-communi-    #             ( gathered by healthcare teams visiting homes. False on masks, ventilation and avoidance istration and availability of close-to- cable diseases which are the pre- negative results from tests can be compensated of crowding. However, strengthen- home vaccination centres. The dominant co-morbidities that pre-                 2(( by adding clinical criteria (syndromic surveillance, ing of the healthcare infrastructure Delta variant poses challenges with dict poor outcomes in Covid infec-              *    as used for other infectious disease outbreaks). and health workforce at various lev- high infectivity and capacity for vac- tion. Promotion of healthy living :($             S Genomic analysis of 5-10 per cent of all positive els of care is long overdue.This is an cine evasion, at higher levels than habits using the Covid platform,   :              test samples would be needed, with higher lev- opportunity to reduce the existing the wild virus or the Alpha variant. will help foster future health and            #   ( els of scrutiny for virus samples recovered from disparities of healthcare provisions However, there is reassuring evi- well-being.  /* 3    :    G   international travellers. Since testing would pose between states and districts as well dence that the variant responds well We need to prepare well for a     :($      2S   ( more challenges in rural areas, symptom-based as between urban and rural areas. to two doses of all available vaccines. competent and concerted response surveillance and contact-based quarantine would There is speculation in the So, we need to provide both doses that can anticipate, avert or atten-       :        G/ have to be followed, along with the use of rapid The writer, a cardiologist media that children will be more of vaccines to vulnerable persons, uate future public health emergen-                 antigen tests for spot diagnosis and mobile lab- and epidemiologist, is affected in a third wave. It is pos- identified by age and co-morbidi- cies. By being forewarned and   :               president, Public Health oratories to carry samples for RT-PCR testing to Foundation of India. sible that more children will be ties. 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he period between ly on the rise. Several financial parents registered on CAR- There is a bias towards NGOs supposedly under the dren who pass through a wean- April 1 and June 5 support measures have been INGS portal managed by adoption of infants. Over 80 per oversight of the Social Welfare ing period prior to their place- found 30,071 children announced for orphaned chil- Central Adoption Resource cent of adoptions are of children Department. It is found that the ment in individual foster care or in need of care of pro- dren from the PM Cares Fund, Agency (CARA) can adopt below two years. Litigation and NGOs are interested in getting any other form of family-based tectionT as 26,176 of them lost Ministry of Women and Child children. CARA prefers challenges end up delaying the funding without properly pro- care. In the broader interest of either parent, 3,621 children lost Development and by States. orphans under kinship care, adoption process. In the last viding even basic facilities of these children, there is a case for both parents and 274 children ,- $ . /-0 However, the issue remains with shelter homes being the three years, 174 cases ended in food, hygiene and sanitation. evolving newer, more flexible were abandoned. Many of them that these orphans’ needs in last resort. A child under two disruption — termination of There have also been serious mechanisms that are less strin- are ‘Covid Orphans.’ Of them terms of permanent homes years is considered ‘legally free’ adoption proceeding before complaints of abuse of inmates gent than full-scale legal adop- 15,620 are boys, 14,447 girls and and settlement have to be taken to be adopted if no one finalisation — and five cases in some of NGO-run facilities. tion or a formal foster-care four transgenders; 11,815 are in care of as a priority. approaches the shelter home for ended in dissolution — termi- The 2015 law had ushered arrangement. One mechanism the 8-13 age group and 5,107 in Juvenile Justice (Care and for their adoption. However, in two months. The waiting peri- nation after finalisation. in the concept of foster care in is that of sponsorship charities the 4-7 age group. Nearly all of Protection of Children) Act, practice, it has been found that od is four months for older chil- Hundreds of adoption cases India in which the child is run by NGOs, which can be them are in the care of a 2015 is primary legislation for the courts are heavily clogged dren. As many as 5,693 children are still pending in courts. An placed with a caregiver running adopted by the Government to guardian, a family member or ensuring the safety, security, with arrears and the adoption were adopted in 2010 and 5,964 amendment to the concerned a residential child care facility connect a donor/sponsor with a surviving parent while the rest dignity and well-being of chil- proceedings take years. In 2015, in 2011. After the institution of Act to transfer powers vested in or in a private home of a foster a particular child. It allows for are in shelter homes, orphan- dren. The orphans need to be the Government instituted a CARA and CARINGS in 2015, courts to District Magistrates in parent. They receive financial financial and emotional support ages or with "special adoption The writer is former produced before Children centralised online system CAR- the pace of adoption has dis- order to speed up adoptions support from Government. without the legal implications agencies." Special Secretary, Welfare Committees (CWCs) INGS (Child Adoption tinctly slowed down to 1881 in process is awaiting Rajya Sabha The system provides per- on succession. Not only the The number of out-of- Ministry of Commerce which decide whether the child Resource Information and 2015-16, 3,210 in 2016-17and approval. The amendment also sonalized parental care in a childless seeking adoption but home care children in need of and Industry, can be kept with the extended Guidance System) to facilitate 2,160 in 2020-21. The pandem- seeks to give a prominent role family-like environment to a persons of means with children care and protection in India is Government of India. family, in foster care with sup- adoption primarily to check ic has slowed down the adop- to District Magistrates in super- group of unrelated children in can come forward under a The views expressed are estimated to be about 2.4 crore personal. port or at State-run centres. The abuse of adoption proceedings tion process further as it also intendence of Child Care a community setting. It is con- Government-managed system and the number is continuous- Act also lays down procedures by NGOs. Only prospective affected functioning of courts. Institutions, mostly run by sidered suitable for street chil- to support children.  !"#$% &'()*+,-.-* 3

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Biden said the U.S. And on Thursday defended his Thursday as demanded by the Bhandari, requesting her to The Supreme Court has They ticked through their Russian governments would Government’s controversial Constitutional Bench, Oli said appoint him the new prime started hearing on the case. respective lists so quickly and follow up on certain criminal decision to dissolve the House the court cannot appoint a minister as per Article 75 (6). Regular hearings on the case in such “excruciating detail,” cases, an apparent reference to of Representatives and told Prime Minister as it cannot As many as 29 members of the will resume from June 23. Biden says, that they looked at cybercriminals operating the Supreme Court that it is not undertake the legislative and Madhav Nepal faction of the Nepal plunged into a polit- each other and thought, “OK, with impunity from up to the judiciary to appoint the executive functions of the CPN-UML had provided their ical crisis on December 20 last what next?” Russian territory. a premier as it cannot under- state. signatures showing support to year after President Bhandari The most pressing issues Putin agreed there is take the legislative and the The apex court received Deuba. dissolved the House and the leaders discussed: mutual interest in the subject. executive functions of the state. Oli’s response via the Office of However, Oli too laid claim announced fresh elections on Biden also made an President Bidya Devi the Attorney General. this whole issue, saying Article to the government, saying he April 30 and May 10 at the rec- AMBASSADORS staff issues and the hope was an implicit threat against Russia, Bhandari, at the recommenda- “The Court’s duty is to 76 of the Constitution grants had support of 153 lawmakers ommendation of Prime Biden and Putin agreed to agreement could be reached in saying the U.S. tion of Prime Minister Oli, dis- interpret the Constitution and the sole right to appoint a including 32 Lawmakers Minister Oli, amidst a tussle for return their respective ambas- the next two months. Has “significant cyber solved the lower house for the the existing laws, it cannot Prime Minister to the President belonging to Janata Samajwadi power within the ruling Nepal sadors to Washington and Neither administration capability” it could use against second time in five months on play the role of the legislative only. Party. Communist Party (NCP). Moscow in a bid to improve official was authorized to com- Russia if it were to interfere May 22 and announced snap or the executive bodies,” 69- “Appointment of a Prime But President Bhandari In February, the apex court badly deteriorated diplomatic ment publicly by name and with U.S. Critical infrastruc- elections on November 12 and year-old Oli said in his Minister is absolutely a politi- said both claims by Oli and reinstated the dissolved House relations between their coun- both spoke on condition of ture. November 19. response. cal and an executive process,” Deuba were insufficient. Soon of Representatives, in a setback tries. anonymity. Prime Minister Oli is head- “Forming governments on he underlined. after the move, the Oli gov- to embattled Prime Minister Russia’s ambassador to the NUCLEAR WEAPONS ing a minority Government the basis of parties is the fun- “As per Article 76 (5), there ernment recommended the Oli who was preparing for United States, Anatoly CYBERSECURITY Biden and Putin instruct- after losing a trust vote in the damental characteristic of the is no such provision of a per- dissolution of the House and snap polls. Antonov, left Washington in No breakthroughs on this ed their diplomats to begin lay- House. parliamentary system and the son gaining or losing a vote of midterm elections for Oli repeatedly defended March amid a row after Biden issue were announced, but the ing the groundwork for a new On June 9, the apex court Constitution does not imagine confidence in the House being November. his move to dissolve the lower called Putin a killer in a tele- leaders agreed to at least talk phase of arms control. issued a show-cause notice to party-less practices,” he added. examined by the legislative or As many as 30 writ peti- house, saying some leaders of vision interview and imposed about what has become a major The “strategic stability the Office of the Prime Oli also defended the the judiciary,” he said. tions, including by the his party were attempting to new sanctions on Russia over source of conflict between the dialogue” would be a series of Minister and the President’s involvement of the President in On May 21, Nepali Opposition alliance, have been form a “parallel government”. its treatment of opposition fig- U.S. And Russia. discussions designed to set the ure Alexei Navalny. Biden said he and Putin table for a negotiation by sort- John Sullivan, the U.S. agreed to have their experts ing out what exactly should be 2   6 + " + Ambassador to Russia, flew out work out an understanding negotiated. More broadly, it &8      P 5    ! of Moscow in April after pub- about what types of critical would aim to reduce the risk of    lic suggestions from Russian infrastructure would be off- war between the world’s two OP          $ 5  officials that he should leave to limits to cyberattacks. He said largest nuclear powers. mirror Antonov’s departure. the U.S. Presented Russia with Biden said the goal is to   2.2. report, the committee calls   "2.>2. Both ambassadors were present 16 specific types of infrastruc- work with Russia on “a mech- upon the UK to take a more 0 # $    at Wednesday’s summit. ture, including energy, elec- anism that can lead to control here is evidence of China’s proactive role in combating the ong Kong police used a Putin also said the Russian tions, banking and water sys- of new and dangerous and Tincreasing use of “aggres- influence of countries who Hsweeping national securi- foreign ministry and the U.S. tems, and the defense industry. sophisticated weapons that are sive” means to “coerce” states to seek to manipulate and under- ty law Thursday to arrest five   0 be possible but it likely won’t State Department would begin The agreement comes coming on the scene now, that back their position or their mine multilateral organisa- editors and executives of a pro- lead to a further detente consultations on other vexing amid a flood of ransomware reduce the time for response, candidates towards a steady tions and mobilise the soft democracy newspaper on ran’s tattered nuclear deal between Iran and the West. diplomatic issues, including attacks against U.S. Businesses that raise the prospect of acci- acquisition of key official posi- power of the Foreign, charges of colluding with for- Iwith world powers hangs in “It’s certainly not as com- the closures of consulates in and government agencies, dental war.” He said this was tions in multiple multilateral Commonwealth and eign powers — the first time the the balance as the country pre- plex as drafting a deal from both countries and the employ- including one in May that dis- discussed in detail. organisations, a report by an Development Office (FCDO) legislation has been used against pares to vote on Friday for a scratch, which is what the sides ment status of Russian citizens rupted fuel supplies along the No date was announced for influential UK parliamentary to strengthen democracies. the press in yet another sign of new president and diplomats did that resulted in the 2015 working for U.S. Missions in East Coast for nearly a week. the start of talks. panel warned on Thursday. “The report found evi- an intensifying crackdown by press on with efforts to get both deal,” said Henry Rome, a Russia. The disruption was blamed The basic idea is to identi- The House of Commons dence of China’s increasing Chinese authorities in the city the US and Tehran to reenter senior analyst focusing on Iran A senior Biden adminis- on a criminal gang operating fy and sort out the many areas Foreign Affairs Committee use of aggressive means, long known for its freedoms. the accord. The deal represents at the Eurasia Group. tration official said Sullivan is out of Russia, which does not of disagreement over what a (FAC) said its evidence spoke including exploiting bilateral Police said they had evi- the signature accomplishment “But there’s still a lot of likely to return to Moscow extradite suspects to the U.S. future arms control treaty of an increasingly “bullying” economic leverage, to coerce dence that more than 30 arti- of the relatively moderate details that need to be worked next week. A different senior Other serious incidents should address. It also would stance of China in its dealing states to back their position or cles published by Apple Daily President Hassan Rouhani’s out.” He added: “I think there’s administration official said include the SolarWinds intru- address ways to avoid unin- with organisations such as the their candidates and then using played a “crucial part” in what eight years in office: suspend- a lot of domestic politics that go both governments had begun sion discovered last year in tended or accidental moves United Nations and World the organisations to shift poli- they called a conspiracy with ing crushing sanctions in into this and an interest from discussing consulate and local which hackers, believed by that could trigger war. Health Organisation (WHO). cies away from the cooperation foreign countries to impose exchange for the strict moni- hard-liners, including the In its ‘In the room: the UK’s the organisations were created sanctions against China and toring and limiting of Iran’s supreme leader, to ensure that role in multilateral diplomacy’ to promote,” the FAC notes. Hong Kong. uranium stockpile. their favoured candidate wins 0    # +        *   The deal’s collapse with without any significant dis- President Donald Trump’s deci- ruptions to that process.” %+     &  % -  sion to unilaterally withdraw The 2015 deal, which saw America from the agreement in Iranians flood into the streets Jerusalem: Israeli prosecutors on Thursday Jerusalem: The Palestinian health ministry 2018 spiralled into a series of in celebration, marked a major charged a border police officer with reckless said Thursday that a Palestinian teenager who attacks and confrontations turn after years of tensions manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an autis- was shot by Israeli troops in the West Bank a across the wider Middle East. It between Iran and the West over tic Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City last year. day earlier has died of his injuries. also prompted Tehran to enrich Iran’s nuclear programme. The indictment came just over a year after the The Israeli military said Wednesday that uranium to highest purity lev- Tehran has long insisted shooting of Eyad Hallaq. Hallaq’s family had pre- a soldier stationed near a wildcat settler out- els so far, just shy of weapons- that its programme is for peace- viously criticized Israeli authorities’ investigation post near the West Bank city of Nablus saw a grade levels. ful purposes. However, US into Eyad’s killing, and had called for much group of Palestinians approaching, and that With analysts and polling intelligence agencies and tougher charges. The officer, who remains uniden- one “hurled a suspicious object at him, which suggesting that a hard-line International Atomic Energy tified in the indictment submitted to the Jerusalem exploded adjacent to the soldier.” candidate already targeted by Agency say Iran pursued an District Court on Thursday, was charged with The army said that the soldier fired in the US sanctions will win Friday’s organised nuclear weapons reckless manslaughter, and if convicted could face air, then shot the Palestinian who threw the vote, a return to the deal may programme up until 2003. up to 12 years in prison. AP object. AP        #         !#  

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The 30-share BSE Sensex to pull back on the USD 120 to close below the 74-mark Nadella to the role of board immediately taking into effect ended 178.65 points or 0.34 per billion in monthly bond pur- against the US dollar on chair, and unanimously elect- pendent directors, setting agen- the reduced tax rate.   &  % &  & & cent lower at 52,323.33. The chase program,” said Vikas Thursday, tracking a strong ed John W Thompson as the das for executive sessions, and The move from the phar- A & ? N?;O   -    broader NSE Nifty declined Jain, Senior Research Analyst greenback overseas after the lead independent director, a leading performance evalua- ma pricing regulator is   ;    , !" 76.15 points or 0.48 per cent at Reliance Securities. US Federal Reserve surprised role he held previously from tions of the CEO, the technol- expected to ensure that the tax              to 15,691.40. Vinod Nair, Head of the market by signalling rate 2012 to 2014. ogy giant said. cuts benefits consumers by  &     !+   Banking and finance stocks Research at Geojit Financial hikes sooner than expected. “In this role, Nadella will Nadella, who has served as way of low cost of drugs and        ;    ,    accounted for most of the loss- Services, said a fast normalisa- At the interbank forex lead the work to set the agen- chief executive since 2014, has medications in the current dif-               es, while the IT pack saw brisk tion of the US economy and market, the domestic unit da for the board, leveraging his helped ntransform the compa- ficult period of the pandem-         !;    ))3 buying, fuelled by a weak strong job market can lead to opened weak at 73.65 against deep understanding of the ny into a leader in cloud com- ic. >-      ;     rupee. the Fed tapering its bond buy- the American currency, then business to elevate the right puting in recent years, result- The office memorandum    6%%%     &   IndusInd Bank was the top ing. lost further ground and final- strategic opportunities and ing in blockbuster earnings issued by NPPA said that the  ;          ! loser in the Sensex pack, shed- “This can lead to tighten- ly closed at 74.08, showing a identify key risks and mitiga- and a market cap of close to change in GST rate has an ding 2.91 per cent, followed by ing of bonds yields which will fall of 76 paise over its previ- tion approaches for the board’s USD 2 trillion, CNN reported. impact on fixation of MRP of      !( & (   Dr Reddy’s, NTPC, Maruti, impact the pricing of equity ous close. review,” the company said in a In addition to these role items attracting tax.     (       Bajaj Auto, Axis Bank, Bharti asset,” he added. statement. changes, the board declared a As the MRP of drugs and &               Airtel and HDFC. Sectorally, BSE power, Elsewhere in Asia, bours- Nadella, 53, succeeds quarterly dividend of USD 0.56 formulations is inclusive of             !;   On the other hand, metal, realty, industrials and es in Shanghai and Hong Kong Thompson, who as the lead per share. The dividend is tax, therefore, any downward         ))  UltraTech Cement, Asian utilities indices ended up to ended on a positive note, while independent director, will payable September 9, 2021, to change in tax/GST rates should      F  !L.        Paints, TCS, Infosys, Tech 2.38 per cent lower, while IT, Seoul and Tokyo were in the retain significant authority shareholders of record on be reflected in MRP and the              Mahindra and HCL Tech were teck and FMCG indices closed red. including providing input on August 19, 2021. befit of this reduction should be    M  ># among the major gainers, with gains. Broader BSE mid- Stock exchanges in Europe behalf of the independent Nadella succeeded Steve passed on to the consumers, it  ; ! spurting up to 1.86 per cent. cap and smallcap indices fell up were also trading with losses in directors on board agendas, Ballmer to become Microsoft’s said. “Domestic equities traded to 1.29 per cent. mid-session deals. calling meetings of the inde- CEO in 2014. = & * * % %    - $ $-        8   % '* %     ( A*%    0       "?% =(A!;@;" * %  (( .?(BBB #4 % -    %!B!B-!"#      1? %%      +    ./+/" 96,000 employees.      * #*, “The industry is upskilling   ./+/" culty always caused by the T industry body Nasscom on more than 250,000 employees ongoing pandemic, the MCA   ./+/" IThursday said the sector in digital skills and has hired oards of companies can has eliminated the list of mat- continues to be a net hirer of more than 40,000 fresh digi- Bnow approve annual finan- ters that could be conducted he Government’s produc- skilled talent, and that the top tally-trained talent, indicating cial statements and matters through audio-visual means. Ttion-linked incentive (PLI) 5 Indian IT companies are at its commitment and invest- related to mergers, among oth- “This step would go a long schemes for key raw materials planning to add over 96,000 ment towards rapid enhance- ers, at meetings held through way in ensuring that the hur- such as bulk drugs and formu- employees in 2021-22. ment of workforce capabili- video conferencing and other dles faced by companies are   ./+/" lations, with a total incentive The statement comes in the ties...With one of the strongest   ./+/" audio-visual means. reduced and business can be outlay of 210 billion will help backdrop of a report by Bank deal pipeline, and strong busi- Amid the coronavirus carried on smoothly with the hadi sales contracted by 16 the country become   ./+/" of America that said domestic ness outlook, the industry is on ebi has barred Shri Research pandemic resulting in the shift aid of technology,” he noted. Kper cent year-on-year to  Aatmanirbhar, ratings agency software firms are set to slash track to meet its vision of USD SServices and its proprietor from physical meetings to vir- Earlier, the rules specifi- 3,527.71 crore in 2020-21, as ICRA said. almart Incs Flipkart and 3 million jobs by 2022 as 300-350 billion revenues by Gourav Kumar Gour from the tual ones, the Ministry of cally mentioned a list of mat- spinning and weaving activi- As per a note by the WAmazon.com Inc have automation gains pace across 2025,” Nasscom said. securities markets for at least Corporate Affairs (MCA) has ters that cannot be dealt with ties across the country impact- agency, PLI scheme will filed legal challenges against the industries, especially in the It added that the industry two years and has asked them amended rules pertaining to by a company’s board through ed due to the Covid-19 pan- reduce import dependence resumption of an antitrust tech space. will continue to be a net creator to refund the money that was ‘meetings of board and its video conferencing or other demic, the MSME ministry and boost domestic produc- investigation into their business “With the evolution of of jobs and is “committed to collected by providing unau- powers’ under the Companies audio-visual means. Approval said on Thursday. The overall tion of high-value products; practices, a global news wire technology and increasing people-centric innovation, thorised investment tips to Act, 2013. of the annual financial state- production in the Khadi sector and increase the value addi- reported. automation, the nature of tra- relentless talent focus”, and investors. Nangia Andersen LLP ments, board’s report, prospec- also declined to 1,904.49 crore tion in exports. The Competition ditional IT jobs and roles will delivering a superior transfor- In addition, a penalty of  Partner Sandeep Jhunjhunwala tus, matters relating to amal- in 2020-21, as compared to High value-added phar- Commission of India (CCI) evolve overall leading to cre- mative customer experience. 5 lakh has been imposed on said the Companies Act always gamation, merger, demerger, 2,292.44 crore in 2019-20, it maceutical products are gen- launched an investigation in ation of newer jobs. The indus- Nasscom pointed out that them. They have to pay the fine permitted conducting meetings acquisition and takeover, and added. erally R&D intensive and dif- January last year after a com- try continues to be a net hirer the business process manage- within 45 days, Sebi said in its through video conferencing holding of the audit committee The production and sales ficult to manufacture and these plaint accused Flipkart and of skilled talent, adding ment (BPM) sector in India, order passed on Wednesday. but key matters such as approv- meetings for consideration of in the Khadi sector, however, include products such as com- Amazon of promoting select 1,38,000 people in FY2021,” which has been called out as Sebi noted that Shri ing the financial statements, accounts, were not permitted. slightly declined as spinning plex generics, patented prod- sellers on their e-commerce Nasscom said in a statement. the sector ripe for automation, Research Services and its sole board’s report and prospectus With the latest amend- and weaving activities across ucts, and biologics among oth- platforms and using deep dis- It asserted that players have employs over 1.4 million peo- proprietor Gour carried out required physical meetings. ment, the list has been done the country took a major hit ers. counts to stifle competition. robust hiring plans for 2021-22 ple (excluding domestic and in- investment advisory activities “Acknowledging the diffi- away with. during the pandemic, the min- Further, the GoI has also The companies have with the top 5 Indian IT com- house) and not 9 million as the without obtaining a certificate istry said. “The overall pro- announced the promotion of denied wrongdoing and near- panies planning to add over said report suggested. of registration from the regu- duction in the Khadi sector in the bulk drug parks scheme immediate legal challenges lator. This violated the provi- 2020-21 was recorded at with a financial outlay of Rs 30 from the pair stalled the inves- sions of Investment Advisers 1,904.49 crore as compared to billion for three select states, tigation for more than a year (IA) Regulations. 2,292.44 crore in 2019-20, which will provide infrastruc- until a court last week ruled it The regulator said that a while the overall Khadi sales ture assistance to the active could resume, having dis- total of 14.63 lakh was cred- stood at 3,527.71 crore as pharmaceutical ingredient missed arguments that the CCI ited in their accounts for the compared to Rs 4,211.26 crore (API) players. lacked evidence. January-July, 2018 period. in the previous year,” it added. 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Speaking of how he ving around in the lockdown down, vehicles such as the Verna IVT, eight steps which longer drives. The Verna is not came to paint his first portraits of these have found emptier roads than Nissan Magnite are also get- you can consider as ‘fixed’ a small car, it is well-equipped musicians, Khanna explains that once, usual, but exactly a ton of ting CVT boxes. In fact, it may ratios. This is best explained by and being summer, the air- while driving out of his Delhi studio, the places to visit. Then again, be only a matter of time before a diagram, and you can watch con was on all the time as was path was blocked by the marching band of some of us have driven around CVT gearboxes replace the an explainer I have out on the seat cooling. I did not a wedding procession. The image of these more than most, take me for slow Automated Manual YouTube under my Excuse deliberately drive economical- musicians dressed all in red with their big Using a palette dominated by red, yel- are all mixed up and improvise but example, finding myself in a Transmission (AMT) gear- The Beard series. ly, keeping the car at the brass instruments wrapped around them low and green, Khanna paints the it’s all a part of the game in the end.” situation where I had to make boxes. Hyundai-Kia have both speed limit of the express- still remains as powerful for the artist today bandwallah as a tragicomic “In this current atmosphere, a few long-distance journeys to However, truth be told, I’d been really aggressive in push- ways, albeit on cruise control as it was that day in Delhi. representative of the subaltern one can become very depressed, Kanpur from Delhi. never spent time with a CVT ing their Dual-Clutch and the IVT always kept the Khanna’s suite of works this time and a symbol of urban life in but fortunately, for me, there are At the start of the lock- vehicle for an extended peri- Transmissions (DCT) vehi- 1.5 litres naturally aspirated range from carefully created controlled modern India. Though the artist the bandwallas who are still down, I found myself with a od or made regular highway cles from the i20 to the Seltos. petrol engine is a very sweet compositions to gestural, spontaneous portrays these men in red — making noise. When I’m paint- Hyundai Verna IVT, the runs in such vehicles. But That is a totally different type spot. Delhi to Kanpur is near works created last year and this year. practicing, playing or at rest — as ing them, I have to concentrate ‘Intelligent Variable these last three months with of automatic technology where as makes no difference 500 Between a few monochromatic drawings cheery, their cheer is only part of fully on them. The bandwal- Transmission’ variant which is the Verna have been illuminat- there are two clutches, one for kilometres, and there are and coloured paintings, his deployment of their job. Their celebration is not las take prime position in my what Hyundai-Kia call their ing, to say the least. CVTs have odd gears and one for even some bad patches towards the colour and strokes that evoke the human spontaneous; it is just another mode life right now,” he adds. Continuously Variable their flaws, they are not (and the reverse) gears. end. 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Mancini’s men, looking to ing move ended with Locatelli he bid farewell on Thursday “The moment has come, sooner or later I will return to in 29 matches and having won top-two finish and last-16 berth. “They started well, it was not win Italy a second European driving a left-footed shot into after 16 years at the club. one of the most difficult in my Real Madrid.” their last 10 games without “We played well, we wanted to easy to win a second game in title after their sole success in the bottom corner from outside The defender played 671 life, because you are never Perez said it was “not an the box. games for Real Madrid and ready to leave Real Madrid,” easy day”, remembering how Immobile had wasted a will be remembered as one of Ramos said. he signed Ramos, aged 19,      couple of earlier chances but the club’s greatest ever players, “The fans supported me from Sevilla for 27 million &  ?- %     " &   did grab his second goal of the having won five La Liga titles in the good moments and the euros in 2005. tournament in the 89th minute, and four Champions Leagues. bad. I would have liked to say “He arrived wanting to    curling a low effort past Swiss The 35-year-old, who goodbye in the stadium. take on the world,” said Perez.   0("?/; goalkeeper Yann Sommer. struggled for fitness and form “A wonderful stage is clos- “You are undoubtedly one of Copenhagen: Danish star Switzerland will now like- last season, was unable to ing, one that has been unique legends of Real Madrid. You ndriy Yarmolenko scored Christian Eriksen, who suf- ly have to beat Turkey in Baku agree an extension to his con- in my life, but an exciting new have grown as a player here Aone goal and set up fered a cardiac arrest during his on Sunday to reach the next tract and will become a free chapter begins and I go into and been our iconic captain Roman Yaremchuk for anoth- country’s Euro 2020 opener last round. agent on July 1. it with a lot of desire to show for years.” er as Ukraine defeated North weekend, will have a heart Macedonia 2-1 to boost their defibrillator implanted, the last-16 hopes at Euro 2020 on Danish Football Union (DBU) Thursday. announced on Thursday. -       7  The West Ham forward “After Christian has been grabbed the opener on 29 through different heart exam- minutes in Bucharest and then inations it has been decided Turin: Goalkeeping legend played just one season in Serie titles with Juventus, as well as teed up Yaremchuk with a that he should have an ICD Gianluigi Buffon has returned B when Juventus were demoted five Italian Cups with the brilliant first-time pass to dou- (heart starter),” the Danish to Parma two decades after in 2006-2007 for the ‘Calciopoli’ club and second-tier Serie B in ble the lead five minutes later. &  G <  ( ( %    %    G     football body said in a state- leaving the Italian club who match-fixing scandal. 2007. Ezgjan Alioski pulled a ment on Twitter. were relegated last season. The former World Cup He also won Ligue 1 with goal back for North Macedonia will be eliminated if the Dutch ing mark of 48 Ukraine goals, The device, which is an “He is back where he winner announced last month PSG in 2018-2019 before just before the hour as he con- avoid defeat to Austria in striking for the third game in improved variant of a pace- belongs, he is back home. he was leaving Juventus, the returning to the Turin giants. verted the rebound from his Amsterdam, where victory for a row as he slotted in from maker, is “necessary after a car- Superman returns,” the club club he had played for since He won he UEFA Cup back in missed penalty, while Ukraine either side will secure a spot in point-blank range after diac attack due to rhythm dis- said on Twitter along with a moving from Parma in 2001, 1999 with Parma. midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi the knockout phase. Oleksandr Karavaev’s clever turbances,” it added. short video in which 43-year- apart from one season with However, he has never also saw a late spot-kick saved. Ukraine’s 3-2 loss to the flick at a corner. DBU provided no details old Buffon said: “OK Kyle Paris Saint-Germain in 2018- won the Champions League Andriy Shevchenko’s side Netherlands last weekend saw Yaremchuk had been on the potential consequences (Krause) I’m in. I’m back.” 2019. after losing finals with Juve in are now level on three points them match the longest losing guilty of wasting an excellent for the 29-year-old Inter Milan Club owner Kyle Krause Former Italy captain 2003, 2015 and 2017. with Austria and the run in tournament history, a early chance when clean player’s future career. replied: “Great news, welcome Buffon is an iconic figure in Buffon has reportedly Netherlands in Group C after record shared with Yugoslavia, through on goal, but the Gent Eriksen “has accepted the home.” Italian football, one of the signed a two-year deal with Ukraine ended a six-match los- but they reignited their last-16 striker made no mistake when solution” and it had also been Buffon holds the record for stars of the Azzurri’s 2006 the Emilia-Romagna side with ing run in the competition. bid with a deserved victory Yarmolenko’s brilliant pass put “confirmed by specialists Serie A matches played with World Cup triumph who a guarantee of being captain Major tournament new- over the Macedonians. him in the clear, squeezing the nationally and internationally 657, since his first with Parma racked up a record 176 caps and number one goalkeeper comers North Macedonia have Yarmolenko edged closer ball between Stole Dimitrievski who all recommend the same in 1995 as a 17-year-old. :  : ) for his country. and having a role in the club lost their first two games and to Shevchenko’s all-time lead- and his near post. treatment,” DBU said. 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For Kohli, India’s most successful around and the old ball talk. It was the highest-ever total 23) when she dropped the left- Test captain, a trophy-less cabinet  H F#36?   " +  )*F$#F5 Kyle Jamieson hasn’t played against scored by a team against India hander in her follow through. MILKHA ‘STABLE AND IMPROVING’ doesn’t do justice to the champion per- C*+'CC+&,+ England in Edgbaston but Williamson in Test cricket and the visitors This was after Indian          former that he has been for a decade. knows what kind of a nightmare he are still trailing by 333 runs with bowlers were made to put in , & ;   N     O  Kohli needs a global triumph. These are ‘Gentlemen Cricketers’ to lay their hands on. was with his steep back-of-length Verma (35 not out) and some hard yards for the second       Every captain needs it but perhaps the who have grown on the fans bit by bit Cheteshwar Pujara would be ready bounce generated from his 6 feet 9 inch Mandhana (27 not out) taking consecutive day.  ,/?    Indian captain wants it more. with their cricket and their conduct. It’s to take more bruises on his body if Neil frame. If that’s not enough, Wagner will India to 63 for no loss at tea on Debutant Sophia Dunkley ( #)*      ! It’s how history will remember him difficult not to love them, especially Wagner starts bowling short. Ajinkya pound it in with stuff aimed at rib-cage the second day. (74 not out) led the charge with just like it remembers Dhoni with a lot after their gut-wrenching World Cup Rahane has grown in stature after a enticing the batters to go for the hook Verma was at her usual a resolute unbeaten half-centu- DOCTORS ‘KILLED’ MARADONA of respect and utmost fondness for defeat at the Lord’s two summers back. series for the ages and he will squeeze and pull shots or take it on the body. aggressive self as she cut and ry and two crucial partnerships       those heroic World title wins. If Williamson happens to stand that extra ounce of energy to make it pulled in her own inimitable with tail-enders after England          Williamson stands in his way with the ICC Test Mace on the count. TEAMS style. The 17-year-old not only resumed at the overnight score  ,      &    with a bunch of fine cricketers and the Hampshire Bowl balcony, one might Ravichandran Ashwin is unlikely India: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, presented the straight bat for of 269 for six.    ! most amiable set of players that one just smile and think that perhaps “Nice to play a white ball World Cup again Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, defence with grace, she also hit Dunkley first added 56 would come across in International guys don’t always finish last”. and wouldn’t mind one bit if he can Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), a six off Nat Sciver with remark- runs for the eighth wicket with TOMORI COMPLETES MILAN MOVE cricket. But after two years and half a fool Williamson, Ross Taylor or the Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran able ease. It was only the second Sophie Ecclestone (17) and   (    = &    They are India’s rivals but when dozen series later, a battle-hardened dogged Henry Nicholls with a carrom Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed six hit by an Indian woman in then forged a 70-run stand   (,  Williamson hits those cover drives, Indian team will give its all in a match, ball or a slider. Shami, Jasprit Bumrah. Test cricket. with Anya Shrubsole, who pun-  #    ;  Devon Conway teases a Ravichandran from which the winning team will also Ishant Sharma has grown 14 years New Zealand: Kane Williamson (C), Mandhana was cautious yet ished the Indian bowlers in her  #  ! Ashwin or Ravindra Jadeja, Trent walk away with a $1.6 million wind- older since that epic WACA spell to Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Devon fluent. She got her first bound- career-best 47. Boult gets one banana inswinger fall. Ricky Ponting and India’s senior-most Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Matt ary when she punched one off England declared their WI RECALL BRAVO, GABRIEL aimed at Rohit Sharma’s bootlaces, the There are a number of cricketers, player deserves to win a World Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Sciver in the cover region. innings when Shrubsole was  & +   ;  crazy fans of a cricket-mad nation who wouldn’t practically have a shot Championship as much as anyone else. Henry Nicholls, Ajaz Patel, Tim When she got the opportunity, bowled by Sneh Rana, who        wouldn’t possibly be able to hate at any other global trophy and for them Man to man, there is very little to Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner BJ Mandhana did not hesitate to ended up as India’s best bowler      ;  ! % them. it’s their ‘World Cup’ which they want choose between the two teams even Watling and Will Young. pull. Her elegant drives were a with a four-wicket haul.