'&& 2 !"#$%& '()#"#$%&$ !"# ,"3",34 7,68 5,6. 1 '%3# 55 0 333 ; 05 65 4 4405 5 5 5 65 5803 56 053 53 5 650 5 9:9:3 5 547 ( ( *+, *-. /01)(&& $%& '(' )*+* , - #. & 1R 0 % .R rime Minister Narendra PModi on Thursday out- mid a row between the lined the dos and don’ts for the ACentral Government and new inductees in his Council of Twitter, newly sworn-in Union Ministers even as he empha- he first meeting of the new Information Technology (IT) sised that the exit of the 12 TModi Cabinet on Thursday Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Ministers was not linked to approved the 1 lakh crore on Thursday said all those performance but was based fund for disbursement among who live and work in India will on the “need of the hour”. The farmers through Agriculture have to abide by the rules of the PM made it clear that corrup- Produce Marketing Committee country. tion will not be tolerated and (APMCs) to provide a medium ! He was responding on Ministers should not speak to long term debt financing Twitter’s stand-off with the out of turn to the media. facility for investment in viable "# Government over the new IT According to sources, the projects for post-harvest man- rules while talking to reporters Prime Minister also asked the agement infrastructure and Amid the ongoing farmers’ after meeting BJP general sec- Ministers not to leave the community farming assets protest, the Government also ! retary (Organisation) BL national Capital until August through interest subvention asserted that the procurement Santhosh at the party office. 15 and understand, interact lowing the reshuffle, is also and financial support. system on the minimum sup- and attend the Monsoon ses- understood to have stressed the The scheme, 1 lakh crore port price (MSP) and APMC "#$ %& sion of Parliament with full need to recover ground lost in fund, will be provided by banks market yards will stay and seriousness. the wake of Covid-19. and financial institutions as rather be strengthened. The PM first chaired a As many as 43 leaders took loans to primary agricultural The decision has come . , meeting of the Union Cabinet oath on Wednesday in the first credit societies (PACS), mar- amid decision of farmer unions earing up for the impend- beds, medicines, among other and followed it up with the reshuffle and expansion after keting cooperative societies, to intensify their strike during Ging third Covid-19 wave, medical supplies. Council of Ministers. Prime Minister Modi took up farmer producers organisa- the Monsoon Session of the Union Cabinet chaired by Various theories about the # / $" Modi said there was no the reins of the Government at tions (FPOs), self-help groups Parliament. This is the first Prime Minister Narendra Modi third wave are doing the doubt on the capabilities of the the Centre for a second time in (SHGs), farmers, joint liability major decisions after mega on Thursday approved a new rounds with the majority point- dropped Ministers and asked May 2019. groups (JLG), multi-purpose reshuffling of the Modi Cabinet 23,123 crore package to ramp ing out that it may arrive (CCO) on July 6 and resident the new appointees to meet News agency ANI quoted cooperative societies, agri- to woo the protesting farmers. up the medical infrastructure between August and grievance officer (RGO) and their senior Ministerial col- the PM as saying that over the entrepreneurs, start-ups, aggre- The Government has once in the country. December. It is likely to be he Delhi High Court on interim nodal contact officer leagues to learn about the min- past few days there have been gation infrastructure providers again appealed to farmer Out of 23,123 crore health more virulent given that 51 TThursday said the will be appointed by July 11 and istries. pictures and videos of crowd- and Central/State agency or unions to end their protest and package, 8,000 crore will be Delta Plus cases have already Government is free to take within two weeks, respective- He also advised his new ed places and people roaming local body sponsored public- resume talks on provisions of given to the State Governments been reported from various action against Twitter Inc in ly. Twitter’s advocate Sajan team to take the Government’s about without masks or social private partnership projects. three new farm laws, but ruled in 9 months to ramp up the States amid apprehension that case of any breach of the new Poovayya told the court that welfare schemes to the ground distancing. “This is not a pleas- Loans will be disbursed in out repeal of these Acts. infrastructure as per need. it is likely to spread fast with IT Rules even as it directed o Twitter was “actively recruiting among the masses and use ant sight and it should instill a four years starting with the Addressing a Press confer- Addressing a press briefing people not following Covid Twitter Inc to file an affidavit, for permanent position”. social media for a better reach- sense of fear in us,” the PM said. sanction of 10,000 crore in the ence following the first Union after the meeting, new Union appropriate behaviour. notarised in United States, “This court has granted out. It is not unusual for the Modi added that in such a current year and 30,000 crore Cabinet meet after the rejig, Health Minister Mansukh Giving details, he said within two weeks on compli- time to Respondent No 2 Prime Minister to hold Cabinet time, there should be no space each in the next three years. Union Agriculture Minister Mandaviya said the package pediatric care centres will be set ance with the new Information (Twitter Inc) to file affidavit, and Council of Ministers for carelessness or complacen- The fund was announced Narendra Singh Tomar assured “India Covid-19 Emergency up in 736 districts and 20,000 Technology (IT) Rules. but no protection is granted,” a meetings to reset the goals cy. A single mistake would in the Union Budget, but it was that APMCs will continue to be Response & Health System ICU beds will be created under Twitter informed the court Bench of Justice Rekha Palli and set new targets just after a have far-reaching impacts and approved on Thursday with strengthened. Preparedness Package: Phase- the Covid relief fund. that they have appointed inter- said while listing the matter for reshuffle. weaken the fight to overcome some modifications. Continued on Page 11 II” will have provision for ICU Continued on Page 11 im chief compliance officer further hearing on July 28. Modi, in the first meet fol- Covid-19. ' ( $ & ! & R ** mid the Covid-19 pan- Ademic that has hit Kerala hard, the State has a new worry on hand. On Thursday, a con- firmed case of the deadly Zika virus was diagnosed in the State while tests reports of 19 others were awaited. However, unconfirmed $ % +# ', - reports said that as many as 13 cases of Zika infection have been detected in the State. The detection of Zika virus has come at a time when the State has not been able to con- tain the second wave of Covid- 19. On Thursday, the State reported 13, 772 new cases of Covid-19 and 142 deaths. State Health Minister Veena George said the Test Positivity Rate stood at 10.83 per cent, slight- ly higher than the 10.36 per cent registered on Wednesday. The Minister said as on Thursday 1.1 lakh persons were undergoing treatment for % % ' () Covid-19 in the State. ' $ + UP tops in ,&+% . +* vaccination group of terrorists had been hiding in the area since June 29. ans were banned from the fter remaining peaceful for Soon after their movement ttar Pradesh stands num- Fpandemic-postponed Tokyo Aabout four months, the was recorded in the forward Uber one in vaccination as Olympics which will open in Line of Control (LoC) between area the counter infiltration the state on Thursday overtook two weeks, following a state of India and Pakistan is once grid was activated and a mas- Maharashtra in terms of total emergency on Thursday, again hotting up. sive cordon and search opera- number of vaccines adminis- Olympic Minister Tamayo Two Indian Army jawans tions were launched in the tered against the novel coron- Marukawa told the Japanese were martyred, while two ter- thickly forested area to track avirus that causes COVID-19 news agency Kyodo. rorists were eliminated during down their footprints. disease. The ban was announced by a fierce gunfight near Dadal vil- The state’s cumulative inoc- the International Olympic lage of Sunderbani along the ulation coverage crossed 3.59 Committee and Japanese LoC in Rajouri district on /& && crore. Maharashtra lags behind organisers, reducing the games Thursday. Since February 25, with around 3.57 (3,57,54,968) to a made-for-TV event. 2021, the day India and % crore doses administered so far. Fans from aboard were Pakistan had decided to strict- In another landmark vic- banned months ago, and the ly adhere to the ceasefire agree- tory against the deadly novel new measures announced by ment no major incident of ter- coronavirus, UP has become Japanese Prime Minister rorist related violence was Srinagar: Four terrorists, the first state to administer the Yoshihide Suga will clear venues reported along the LoC. including three from Lashkar- first doses to as many as three around Tokyo — indoor and Even Army Chief General e-Tayyeba (LeT), were killed in crore people. outdoor — of any fans at all. MM Naravane on July 1 had two separate encounters with Uttar Pradesh has emerged The emergency declara- maintained that there had been security forces in South as the leader in the COVID-19 tion made for a rude arrival in a marked change since the Kashmir’s Pulwama and vaccination drive by adminis- Japan for IOC President ceasefire agreement as there Kulgam districts as some parts tering around 7.04 lakh vaccine Thomas Bach, who landed in had been no infiltration from of the valley observed a shut- doses in the last 24 hours.