) ' 10$     '2      2   2 SIDI‚SrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9I‚V69P99I !%! %! ' +,-!+ ./0 *(+ +* , 1*2 3 -(*./0    :/(+0)&+2,-#0+" 0&/9+;$+0%#*8@/+0#/+$ /+%<8#<+/:: $+-#&39*:, )-:%)-&)%*+8,%/ /%*3-#/%#&/ 3-%*$#(%/- 0-#*9:N*:3:%/> %$#/%8:<+/(:<03/#0#3#8 #*3?&%/0+/8 $+-/%$&* -;$+/%)%$<#.%;,%$%  3  ()!*4 ++ 56 7% 8  +  %          /12 #                        ! "         #$ % evidence that these were deliv-   #    &)%# plaint of Dr Patil which has the Home Minister the HC bench    ered. letter of Param Bir addressed to observed, “Prima facie, the “The company (Dassault) he much-discussed “letter the Chief Minister, as an issues are such that the very    said the money was used to pay Tbomb” dropped by annexure”. faith of citizens in the func- for the manufacture of 50 large ’s former Police Alluding to a Press release tioning of the police depart-     replica models of Rafale jets, Commissioner Param Bir issued by Deshmukh suggest- ment is at stake. If there is any even though the inspectors Singh on the MVA ing that he is not averse to fac- amount of truth in such alle-    were given no proof that these Government claimed the tar- ing any enquiry, the HC bench gations, certainly it has a direct models were made,” Mediapart geted scalp on Monday as said, “Such preliminary enquiry effect on the citizens’ confi-   *+,$+-# reported. Home Minister shall be conducted in accor- dence in the police machinery signed a Government to The allegations were first Anil Deshmukh resigned from dance with law and concluded in the State”. fresh controversy has bro- Government deal worth over uncovered by the French anti- his post on “moral grounds” as early as possible but prefer- “Such allegations, there- Aken out regarding the 7.8 billion Euros in 2016 for 36 corruption agency Agence within hours of the Bombay ably within 15 (fifteen) days fore, cannot remain unattend- Rafale fighter jet deal with Rafale medium multi-role Francaise Anticorruption High Court ordering a from receipt of a copy of this ed and are required to be allegations of French manu- combat aircraft. (AFA) during their audit of “Preliminary Enquiry” (PE) order”. looked into in the manner facturer Dassault paying one About two years back, the Dassault, according to the by the CBI into the serious “Once the preliminary known to law when, prima million Euros as gift to an deal faced another storm when report. But the AFA “against all charges of corruption made enquiry is complete, the facie, they indicate commission Indian middleman. The mid- allegations came up of an apparent logic” decided not to against him by Singh. Director, CBI shall be at liber- of a cognisable offence,” the HC dleman is already facing Indian defence manufacturer refer the case to prosecutors, it In a day of swift develop- ty to decide on the future bench added. charges of money laundering in being favoured in the offsets. said. ments, a HC Division Bench course of action, also in accor- Shortly after the HC passed another defence deal in The Rafale jet deal has a 50 per “A s t h e y c o m b e d t h r o u g h ordered a PE by the CBI on the dance with law. Should the its order, Deshmukh submitted India. cent offset clause wherein the 2017 accounts, the AFA ground that “there can be no Minister and NCP chief Sharad CBI,” said a HC bench com- Director, CBI, see no reason to his resignation to Chief These allegations surfaced Dassault has to plough back inspectors raised an eyebrow fair, impartial, unbiased and Pawar’s confidant Dilip Walse- prising Chief Justice Dipankar proceed further, Dr Patil shall Minister Uddhav in Mediapart — a French inves- nearly 30,000 crore into the when they came across an item untainted probe, if the same Patil emerged as the frontrun- Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni. be duly informed of the same,” Thackeray. tigative website— over the Indian defence industry. of expenditure costing 5,08,925 were entrusted to the State ner to replace the outgoing The HC bench said that the Judges observed. “On a plea by Advocate weekend. The report said the In its report on Sunday, the Euros and entered under the police ”. State Home Minister. although it did not see an “It is needless to observe Jayshree Patil, the High Court information about Dassault French publication said the heading ‘gifts to clients’,” the This prompted Deshmukh “The police department is immediate reason to direct that the preliminary enquiry ordered a Preliminary Inquiry paying money to the middle- deal involved a 1.1 million AFA report said. to put in his papers. He said under his (Deshmukh’s) control registration of an FIR by the and further action, if at all by the CBI. That being the case, man came out during an inves- Euro payment made by “The sum was indeed huge that in the wake of the High and direction. There can be no CBI based on one of the peti- required, would proceed unin- it would not be morally pru- tigation by French anti-cor- Dassault to a middleman in for a gift. Though French law Court’s order, “it is not moral- fair, impartial, unbiased and tioners Jaishri L Patil’s com- fluenced by the fact that this dent on my part to continue as ruption agency. India. The French conglomer- does not set out precise limits, ly prudent on my part to con- untainted probe if the same plaint, “interest of justice, in our court has ordered such an Home Minister. Hence I have Incidentally, 12 Rafale jets ate has claimed the money legal precedents suggest that tinue in the post”. were entrusted to the State opinion, would be sufficiently action,” the HC bench added. voluntarily decided to quit the manufactured as per the Indian was used to pay for 50 replicas giving a watch or an expensive Given that the ruling NCP police force. As of necessity, the served if the Director, CBI is In its reasoning for taking post. Please relieve me from my specifications have already or models of Rafale jets. But the meal costing several hundred will keep the post vacated by probe has to be entrusted to an directed to initiate a prelimi- cognisance of the allegations of post,” he said in his resignation joined service at the Ambala report has not provided any Euros can be enough to con- Deshmukh, Maharashtra independent agency like the nary enquiry into the com- corruption against the State letter. airbase. India and France document or photograph as stitute corruption.”  / +   "  *    $%    jects, but contracted the virus Cine Employees (FWICE), said five days after starting the pro- a crew of nearly 100 was set to +"  duction on his action adventure begin filming in Madh Island    movie “Ram Setu” here. from April 5 but when the   #  Not just Kumar, as many as mandatory COVID-19 tests    &    45 members the film’s crew were done, 40 junior artistes nation between the agencies as have also tested positive. tested positive. &'(R  the Tactical Counter Offensive      &)%# In a statement on Monday, “They all have been quar- Campaign (TCOC) of the Kumar said he has been admit- antined after testing positive.  PLGA under the Central     he coronavirus pandemic ted to a city hospital as a pre- Out of those, 40 were junior Military Commission of the Tseems to have hit the Hindi cautionary measure. artistes while the rest were  " CPI(Maoist) is underway film industry hard with actors “Thank you everyone for Akshay’s make up team, their against the security forces in '%  )#.%&/  % % #  *+,$+-# Akshay Kumar, Vicky Kaushal all your warm wishes and assistants. Now the shooting their respective areas of dom-      and Bhumi Pednekar among prayers, they seem to be work- has been halted indefinitely,” inance, sources said. nion Home Minister Amit        the growing number of ing. I am doing fine, but as a Tiwari told PTI. nitial findings into the latest In a press statement issued UShah presided over a key       !"# celebrities to have precautionary measure under Hours after it was IChhattisgarh Naxal attack on Monday, the banned outfit meeting with Chhattisgarh $%&  & '( tested positive for Covid-19. medical advice, I have been announced that shooting on suggest CPI(Maoist) chief has claimed that as many as 28 Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Meanwhile, 95,344 new hospitalised. I hope to be back “Ram Setu” has been put on operational commander accused in the killing of 15 “comrades” have been killed by and top security officials on Covid-19 cases, 435 related home soon. Take care,” he hold, actor Bhumi Pednekar Nambala Keshava Rao planned commandos in Gadhchiroli on the security forces from Monday and revisited strategies Government must go in for a deaths were recorded in India tweeted. took to Instagram to share the attack and the ambush was May 2, 2019, and the murder of January 1 to April 3, which to eliminate armed Naxals who decisive operation against the in past 24 hours on Monday BN Tiwari, President, that she has also tested positive executed by People’s Liberation TDP Araku (Andhra Pradesh) include the highest toll of 17 in are orchestrating a series of Maoists who are attempting to night. Federation of Western India for the virus. Guerilla Army (PLGA) MLA K Sarveshwar Rao in Dandakaranya, Chhattisgarh, deadly attacks on troopers in run a de facto Government in With Maharashtra being Battalion No. 1 Commander September 2018 which is being seven in Jharkhand, one each jungles of tribal-dominated deep forests of Bastar division the most Covid-affected state at        Madvi Hidma. probed by the NIA, officials in Odisha and Telangana sprawling Bastar. since late 1980s. 4,52,445 cases, the Mumbai- Rao carries a reward of 1 said. besides two in Madhya Shah landed in Jagdalpur, Sources say that Shah and based entertainment industry,     ' ,   " crore on his head and is on the Estimates also suggest the Pradesh. headquarters of restive Bastar Baghel were of the view that which was trying to return to " #   ( !-  . most wanted list of the National killing of 23 security officials in It also claimed that as division, on Monday morning time has come to smoke Naxals normalcy post last year’s Investigation Agency (NIA) Bijapur on Saturday was a many as 100 security person- and then held security review out from their forested hide- nationwide lockdown, has suf- New : Chief Minister : Delhi is witnessing and the Chhattisgarh Police. reaction to the liquidation of nel have also been killed or scenario in wake of a deadly outs. “Now, we have decided to fered a major blow. Arvind Kejriwal on Monday a fourth wave of the coron- Rao is also known by aliases five Naxals, including two injured during the period. Maoist attack at a remote hilly set up more camps in their Kumar, who was one of the wrote to Prime Minister avirus pandemic and to tackle like Jaganna and Vasava Raju. women, in Gadhchiroli district The outfit said these patch on 1,000-plus security- (Maoists) bastions and launch first actors to resume film Narendra Modi, seeking it testing capacity has been He hails from Srikakulam dis- of Maharashtra on March 29 encounters between the Naxals men contingent in regular search and combing shootings, on Sunday relaxed norms for opening ramped up while micro-con- trict of Andhra Pradesh and is this year by the security forces, and the security forces have Bijapur. operations, now people will see announced that he had tested vaccination centres, and assert- tainment zones are being cre- wanted in several cases of they said. happened in West Singhbhum, The brutal killings of 22 the results soon, Maoists will be positive for the ed that all people here can be ated where two or more cases ambushes and encounters The security agencies could Bokaro, Lohardaga, Bijapur, jawans have created a wide- eliminated, their days are num- virus. vaccinated against the coron- are reported, Delhi Health against the security forces. not assess the impending reac- Narayanpur, Gadhchiroli, spread anger in the country and bered,’’ remarked a senior The 53-year-old actor has avirus within three months if Minister Satyendar Jain said on Apart from other cases, tion of the Gadhchiroli incident Malkangiri and Kanker, it clamour has grown in Chhattisgarh police officer who been filming back-to-back pro- requisite permission is granted. Monday. he is the mastermind and an which led to a lack of coordi- said. Chhattisgarh that Central was in the meeting.  )* * !& %  *  *         -                         

           %    .%& the custody of Maoists.       !"&  "& Referring to her last con-      eenu Manhas, wife of versation with her husband   $+-/%$&* would normalise soon. When MCRPF Cobra commando late Friday night, Meenu said,      asked about the tentative date Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, is “We spoke to each other late     ttarakhand is witnessing for opening of the primary clinging on to faint hope of Friday night. He was packing  !     Uan increase in the number classes in the schools, the CM soon meeting her husband. his food before leaving for an      of cases of novel coronavirus said that the decision on it After “unconfirmed” reports operational duty. He only      (Covid-19) and the situation of would be taken by the state cab- emerged that one of the miss- informed me, he was going out    " the pandemic is under control inet on April 9 after necessary ing CRPF commandos has on an operation. Said will call #    in the State but there is no plan deliberations. been taken hostage by the back after returning to the $      to impose lockdown in the On the former Chief Maoists in Chhattisgarh and base camp”. “Since then I have state. The Chief Minister Minister Trivendra Singh assurance has also been given not heard anything from him.   "# Teerath Singh Rawat said this Rawat’s declaration of a separate that he will not be harmed, his Whatever information is flow-   #  # P%  while interacting with The commissionerate of Gairsain, wife and five-year-old daugh- ing it is only through news  & #%     &&% *"  Pioneer on Monday. The CM CM said that he has already ter made a passionate appeal to %  $ '( channels. No one from the       who himself had become posi- declared that the decision would Prime Minister Narendra Modi government machinery or     &  ' " tive for Covid-19 on March 22 be reviewed by the state cabinet. and Home Minister Amit Shah CRPF has so far informed us      said that he has recovered from that the focus of his government He however opined that there is to ensure his safe return. )* *"  %  # spending sleepless nights. anything about the where-    the disease now and would is on testing, tracking, treatment no need of making Gairsain a “I want to appeal to the  !& %*   Sitting in the company of abouts of my husband. I am (     resume work from his office and vaccination to combat the separate commissionerate. Prime Minister to ‘safely’ bring    !       # her close relatives, holding her hoping to meet him soon and from Tuesday. Covid-19. Expressing grave concern on the back my husband the way $ & '( daughter in her lap, Meenu praying for his safe return,” she On the situation of the “We are vaccinating more forest fires, the CM said that Wing Commander Manhas said, “My husband is repeatedly told reporters. Covid-19 in the State, he said than 45000 persons in a day and forests are our wealth and every Abhinandan Varthaman was lage near Barnai on Jammu- fighting for the Nation for the Rakeshwar Singh Manhas that the State has a recovery rate this would be increased further. possible effort would be done to brought back after he was cap- Akhnoor road. last 10 years. Now it’s time for has been serving the CRPF in excess of 94 per cent which We have placed a demand of prevent damage to forests. tured during the India-Pak After the Naxalite Nation to fight for him”. Cobra since March 2011 and had is good and things are under additional five lakh doses of the “On Sunday I called the standoff in 2019,” Meenu ambushed CRPF jawans in commando’s daughter also joined the posting in control. “Yes we are concerned vaccine,’’ he said. Home Minister Amit Shah over Manhas told reporters at her Bijapur area of Chhattisgarh on appealed to the PM to ensure Chhattisgarh only three about the people coming from Rawat emphasised that phone and apprised him about home located in Netrakoti vil- Saturday, the family has been safe return of her father from months ago. outside the state. We have made imposing lockdown is not a the situation of forest fires in the the negative RT-PCR report solution and one should keep in state. I requested him to send mandatory for the people com- mind the economic conse- help to the state in the form of years will be present in these ing from the high Covid load quences of the lockdown. He helicopters and NDRF person- +, & ! ! &*   " courts during the said states’’. added that the State nel and he immediately agreed. period. The CM said that the Government is following the Today two helicopters, one each   *%#*#0% of the district and family courts be conducted virtually as per He has requested the dis- arrangements of testing of the policy of micro containment for Garhwal and Kumaon have of Dehradun and Haridwar the May 2020 notification. As trict judges of the two districts pilgrims visiting Haridwar for plan to combat the disease. arrived. The union government onsidering the fresh surge for two weeks in order to per the notification issued by to get the court staff aged 45 Kumbh have been made at the Rawat said that the tourism and has also assured every possible Cin Covid-19 cases, the enable sanitisation. the HC registrar general and above vaccinated against borders and the testing is being hotel industry is picking up now help to douse forest fires,’’ he Uttarakhand High Court has The official works in these Dhananjay Chaturvedi, one Covid through the Health increased in Kumbh. He said and one hopes that everything said. directed the temporary closure courts during this period will third staff below the age of 55 department soon.   !"!# 

* /,44 5  0  +       0-121       5          & *   3-%*$#(%/- Panchkula 124 cases,    6 -     $+-/%$&* Yamunanagar 123 cases and %9  aryana witnessed another Jind 111 cases, the bulletin stat-   $+-/%$&* He said that the administration he Municipal Hmajor spike in Covid-19 ed.There were 206 critical is also working towards mak-   TCorporation of '  cases on Monday with the COVID-19 patients in the state ithin three days of the ing the whole ticket booking Dehradun (MCD) detection of 2040 fresh infec- out of which 175 were on oxy- Wstart of the online book- procedure for heli services   $+-/%$&* is preparing to   tions. gen support while 31 were on ing process for helicopter ser- secure and transparent this impose penalties After the highest single-day ventilators. Till date, 283869 vice to Kedarnath over 1,600 year. Also, the administration he Vice Chancellor (VC) of on the defaulters spike this year on Monday, the patients (including 1501 in the tickets were booked till late plans to install hi-tech cameras THimalayan University, who failed to ( 8   total case tally in the state has last 24 hours) have recovered Monday evening. The in helipads to ensure proper Vijay Dhasmana inaugurated deposit the prop- crossed the 3 lakh mark. and been discharged from hos- Uttarakhand Civil Aviation services to pilgrims during the two beam radiation centre erty tax by March   $+-/%$&* Eight more people also pitals in the state.The fatality Development Authority their journey as many pilgrims at Cancer Research Institute 31. With the end of succumbed to the virus in the rate was recorded at 1.07 per- (UCADA) started the online had complained of being over- (CRI) of Himalayan hospital, the last financial year, the cor- is due for over two years. The n order to approve rebate in last 24 hours in the state. Two cent in Haryana. The COVID booking service from April 3 charged for the tickets for heli- Jollygrant on Monday. The poration received over Rs 35 properties with the maximum Ithe property tax of the resi- fatalities were reported in positive rate was 4.71 per cent which was earlier proposed to copter services during the Char hospital claims that the centre crore revenue in property tax. pending property tax in the city dents of the Gram Sabhas that Kurukshetra while one death and recovery rate was record- commence on April 1. The offi- Dham Yatra in the past, has the first two beam radio- As per the officials, the regis- include SIIDCUL with Rs 1.77 were merged into the each was reported in ed at 94.57 percent. cials informed that over 700 informed Chauhan. The offi- therapy machine of the state. tration of the properties actu- crore, Government Doon Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, Faridabad, Hisar, As many as 63.89 lakh tickets were booked online on cials further informed that the Speaking on the occasion, ally increased this year but it Medical College (GDMC) with Dehradun (MCD), Raipur Ambala, Fatehabad and samples have been tested till the first day of the online nine operators which were Dhasmana said that now the still could not help the corpo- about Rs 90 lakh and the sec- MLA Umesh Sharma ‘Kau’ Kaithal. date in Haryana, the bulletin booking process and according selected by the UCADA last patients of Uttarakhand would ration to achieve the set target retariat with Rs 68 lakh among met the urban development The death toll reached added. to them, the booking of the year through the tender pro- not have to travel outside the of Rs 50 crore. It is because others. The tax section of MCD minister on Monday. 3199 while the total infections 1.44 lakh vaccine doses tickets will increase with time. cedure will provide heli services state for two beam radiother- most of the newly registered has sent bills to such organisa- The MLA requested the jumped to 300173 in the state. administered They said that most of the pil- this year too at the same prices. apy. He said that the state of the buildings were residential and tions multiple times in the last urban development minister to “The active cases crossed Stepping up COVID-19 grims that book the heli ser- Two operators will be available art machine would also ensure many even converted their two years for the pending provide considerable rebate to 13000-mark in the state and vaccination roll out, Haryana vices during Char Dham Yatra for heli services in Guptkashi, reduction in the waiting list of commercial properties to the property tax which is about Rs the 72 erstwhile Gram Sabhas was recorded at 13105 till the Health Department adminis- belong to other States. As per four operators in Phata and the patients needing radio- residential buildings owing to 15 crore but failed to recover that are now a part of the MCD. evening. The highest number tered 1.44 lakh vaccine doses to the data provided by the offi- three operators in Sersi. The therapy. The radiation oncolo- the loss occurred due to Covid- even 50 per cent of the due He also met the municipal of active cases were in beneficiaries on the first “mega cials, over 1,600 tickets have fare for the round trip to gist of the CRI Dr Meenu 19 pandemic, informed the taxes. According to the munic- commissioner, Vinay Shankar Gurugram at 3167 followed by vaccination day” of the week on been booked online for over Kedarnath from Guptkashi, Gupta said that the two beam officials. The property tax col- ipal commissioner, Vinay Pandey and asked him to hold 1764 in Karnal and 1350 in Monday enhancing the con- 7,000 passengers in the just Phata and Sersi are Rs 7,750, Rs is an advanced radiotherapy lection is a major source of Shankar Pandey, the tax section any enquiries against the prop- Ambala district of the state,” solidated figures of the total three days for Kedarnath so far. 4,720 and Rs 4,680 respective- system which treats complex income for the municipal cor- of the corporation is currently erty taxpayers of these areas by according to the Haryana number of vaccine doses According to the chief execu- ly. Officials stated that inter- cancer. The machine is highly poration, especially the tax working on the compilation of the corporation till the urban Health Department’s evening administered till date to around tive officer (CEO) of UCADA, ested pilgrims and passengers specific and influences only the collection from the commercial the data related to the proper- home ministry gives a final bulletin. Out of 2040 fresh 20 lakh.Additional Chief Ashish Chauhan, 70 per cent of can check out the Garhwal cancer affected area. properties. However, many ty tax. The corporation would decision. Following this, cases reported, a maximum of Secretary, Health, Rajeev Arora the ticket booking of heli ser- Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) The director of CRI Dr commercial establishments soon start preparing the list of Pandey has directed the munic- 581 positive cases were report- said that Monday and Tuesday vices would be done through website heliservices.uk.gov.in Sunil Saini, Dean Dr Mushtaq have not deposited the property the defaulters and commence ipal tax superintendents to ed in Gurugram followed by being the ‘mega vaccination online mode while the booking for the necessary and updated Ahmed , registrar Dr Vineet tax including about 90 the process of imposing the hold any enquiries in these 200 cases in Karnal. Ambala days’ the administration of for 30 percent tickets would be details of the ticket booking for Mahrotra and others were pre- Government, non-government penalties after April 15, stated areas till the further recorded 185 new infections, vaccine is relatively higher on done through the offline mode. heli services to Kedarnath. sent on the occasion. and aided organisations which Pandey. orders. Kurukshetra 170 positive cases, these days. +    O  ! &P  *   *    & 

  $+-/%$&* to observe such a day on the education advisor of govern-   #     * *  &      " " first Monday of the month ment M M S Rawat and K D n a novel initiative aimed at was taken. Purohit also walked on foot   3-%*$#(%/- mer Prime Minister Atal Bihari Pointing out that 144 farm- Icreating awareness about The dean student welfare H inside the campus. The stu- Vajpayee, and subsequently of ers have died so far during their # #"$% environment conservation, a C Purohit said that on the day dents also participated enthu- eiterating his full support Dr Manmohan Singh, in all agitation, he said that Punjab ‘no vehicle day’ was observed the students, faculty members siastically to give a message of Rfor the farmers and the major policy decisions or devel- Government was giving Rs   3-%*$#(%/- Ordinances and how he had in Doon University here on and employees parked their protecting the arhtiyas, Punjab Chief Minister opment issues related to five lakhs and a job to a kin of earlier even amended the Monday. vehicles at a designated place environment. Capt Amarinder Singh on Punjab. the deceased farmer, while the hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) APMC Act to include the very The Vice Chancellor (VC) outside the main entrance of The VC Dangwal said that Monday flayed the Bharatiya Centre continued to be insen- Son Monday held protest provisions of the Agri Acts of the university Surekha the university and walked to the assessment of quality of any Janata Party (BJP)-led Central VIRTUALLY LAUNCHES sitive to their pain. dharnas in all constituencies against which the farmers were Dangwal had recently appealed their classes and university is done by such Government for encroaching TWO-DAY KISAN MELA AT across Punjab to protest against protesting now. They also high- that a no vehicle day should be offices. measures which are associated upon the rights of the states in PAU MINIMIZE USE OF PESTI- the “fixed match” being played lighted how the chief minister observed in the university once The VC herself walked to with social its bid to dominate them. At the Virtually launching the CIDES, INSECTICIDES, CM by Chief Minister Capt had sold off the interests of the a month after which a decision her office while the higher commitments. same time, he castigated the two-day Kisan Mela organized ASKS FARMERS Amarinder Singh with the farmers by agreeing to the BJP Government over its one- by the Punjab Agricultural The Chief Minister also urged Centre to the detriment of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) sided decision to forcibly University (PAU), Ludhiana, the farmers to make mini- farming community as well as scheme which aimed to bypass impose the farm laws and the the Chief Minister expressed mum use of pesticides and the “betrayal” committed by arhatiyas to the detriment of      Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) his total solidarity with the insecticides as per the recom- the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the farming community. on the state’s farming commu- farmers against the black farm mendations of PAU experts as by giving its assent to the They also highlighted the nity. laws imposed by the Centre, in their reckless overuse is not Essential Commodities double standards of AAP con-       “States never faced such violation of the 7th Schedule of only health hazardous but also Amendment Act in the vener and Delhi Chief Minister problems earlier,” he said, slam- the Constitution which clear- leads to mass scale rejection of Standing Committee on Food Arvind Kejriwal, who had ming the Central Government ly states that Agriculture is a food grains, especially basmati and Consumer Affairs. always worked against the for trying to destroy the exist- state subject. rice, thus financially hitting the Former Union Minister Kisan Andolan. Akali leaders (    ing relations and systems, that The Centre has deliberate- farmers. Harsimrat Kaur Badal led the lashed out at Kejriwal high- had worked well for more than ly impinged upon the state’s dharna at Bathinda and former lighting how he was the first to   3-%*$#(%/-      100 years, in the name of so- power, thus jeopardizing the STRESSES ON DEVELOP- minister Bikram Singh Majithia notify the three Agricultural      called reforms “which they are basic structure of democracy, ING VIABLE TECHNOLO- led a massive dharna at laws and how his Government o address the problems       trying to impose without tak- he said. GY FOR USING PADDY Majitha. Likewise, other senior had refused to support Sikh Tfaced by the students ing the stakeholders into con- Capt Amarinder Singh STRAW SAD leaders led dharnas across youth who were put in jail regarding admission in gov- fidence”. stressed that the Centre should Emphasizing the need to the State to expose both the under false charges in Delhi in ernment schools, Punjab      Punjab’s farmers and have taken the farmers into develop a viable technology for Congress and AAP. January. Education Department on    arhtiyas have age-old cordial confidence before enactment of making use of paddy straw for The protests highlighted They also highlighted the Monday issued new guidelines       ties, which the Centre was hell these contentious legislations. power generation. how the Chief Minister Capt manner in which Sangrur MP for the same besides directing       bent on damaging, he said, “Had the Centre been sincere The Chief Minister said Amarinder was “playing a fixed and AAP’s Punjab unit presi- the school heads not to refuse  " #""" terming the Central about finding a workable solu- that a beginning has already match with the Central dent Bhagwant Mann had admission to any student on Government’s “tough postur- tion to this problem, it would been made in the State with Government and only making backstabbed the farming com- the basis of documents.      ing” and “ill-conceived deci- have either consulted the production of briquettes for a show of being in support of munity by striking a deal with Following the directions of      sions” as being against the Punjab Government or the fuel purpose and establish- the farmers”.During dharnas, corporate houses to give his the Education Minister Vijay $    basic spirit of federalism. state’s farmers, as Punjab alone ment of small units for gener- the Akali leader highlighted assent to the Essential Inder Singla the Department %$&' ( He said that during his ear- contributes over 40 percent of ation of power from paddy how the Chief Minister was Commodities Amendment Act has issued these new guidelines lier tenure, he enjoyed the full foodgrains to the national straw but a lot still remains to part of the committee which in the Standing Committee on as many students were facing confidence and support of for- pool,” he asserted. be done. finalized the three Agricultural Food and Consumer Affairs. difficulties due to lack of doc- Similarly the restriction of uments, said a spokesperson of transfer certificate for admis- the School Education sion in government schools has )*  Department. been removed and school  & ! 0   % *  %  +   As per the guidelines, the heads have been asked to admit School heads have been students at their own   (+, !&! &012!! &  # % 0/,%3786 instructed to enroll the students level. of Classes I to VIII on the basis The school principals have   of age according to the Right to been directed to seek written   3-%*$#(%/- organizations,” said the cination centres are function- 2 (# Education (RTE) Act-2009. consent from the parents of the Minister. al as of dated April 5. At the same time, the stu- students who do not have the     ith the State continuing He said that a total of The Minister added that -9040/ dents, without Aadhaar card, transfer certificate. Wto witness a steady surge 6,51,363 persons vaccinated Police lines and Jails have also been asked to regis- At the same time, instruc-   3-%*$#(%/- in fresh cases and constantly with the first dose those are Department has been using ter and later produce their tions have been issued not to high number of deaths every above 45 years and about 6,536 their own Health Centres for   3-%*$#(%/- Aadhaar card. Apart from this, compel the students to produce mid surge in Covid-19 day, the Punjab Government vaccinated with the second vaccination where the vaccine school heads are directed not to birth certificates to take admis- Acases, UT Administrator has set “district-wise weekly dose. is being supplied by the District he Reserve Bank of India ask for the registration number sion in the government schools. and Governor of Punjab, VP targets” for the Civil Surgeons Giving details about Hospitals. T(RBI) on Monday cleared a issued by the Punjab School The school heads have been Singh Badnore on Monday to ensure Covid-19 vaccination healthcare workers (HCWs) He also asked the Civil sum of 21,658.73 crore Education Board (PSEB) from directed to admit these stu- ordered closures of schools, and sampling or testing. and frontline workers (FWs), Surgeons to pay special atten- towards the Cash Credit Limit the students taking admission dents on a provisional colleges and other education- The State Health and Sidhu said that about 4,12,160 tion to the high-risk areas (CCL) up to end April-2021 for in the Classes IX to XII. basis. al institutions till April 10. Family Welfare Minister Balbir have been vaccinated with first such as slums and jails with the the procurement of wheat in Chandigarh on Monday Singh Sidhu on Monday issued dose and 1,15,290 with the sec- aim to prevent the major out- Punjab during the ensuing rabi reported 285 fresh coronavirus directions to all the Civil ond dose. break among such popula- marketing season. cases, pushing the infection Surgeons of the state’s 22 dis- Pointing out the need to tions. With this, the bulk of the count to 28,479, according to a tricts to ensure Covid-19 vac- reduce turnaround time Expressing concern over CCL sought by the State medical bulletin. cination and sampling or test- between sampling and test the surging COVID-19 cases in Government for the purchase With one death, the infec- ing as per the set district-wise results, the Minister said that as State, he said that 2.9 percent of 105.60 lakh tonnes of wheat tion has so far killed 384 peo- weekly targets. time lag leads to spread of positivity rate has been record- for this season has been ple in the city. The number of “To further ramp up the infection within this window, ed from February 27 to March released by the central bank. active cases rose to 3062 vaccination drive among high- all districts to send samples at 5 whereas it is rapidly increased The release of the CCL according to the bulletin. A risk populations, the Punjab least three times a day to the to 7.9 percent from March 27 would facilitate the State total of 372 patients were dis- Government has set the dis- designated labs. to April 2. Government in making time- charged after they recovered trict-wise target of vaccina- He said that there is a dire He said that to control the ly payments to farmers against from the infection, taking the tion and tests as per high pos- need to review the status and Case Fatality Rate, the Health purchases of food grains in the number of cured persons to 25, itivity and low testing rate,” said performance of private labs Department is conducting an current season. 033, it said. As many as Sidhu. and COVID testing to be awareness campaign in rural Which would begin from 3,23,293 samples have been “Besides the vaccination increased so as to ensure the areas as a high rate of deaths April 10 and culminate on taken for testing so far, of centres at hospitals, the mobile compliance of guidelines. was recorded in villages. May 31, according to an official which 2,93,776 tested negative vaccination camps are also “Two shifts at District He appealed to the people spokesperson. while reports of 203 are await- being organised at pre-deter- Hospital and Medical Colleges to get them tested without any The Central Government ed, the bulletin added. mined locations for which cap- are being organized from 8 am delay if anyone feels the symp- has fixed the Minimum Meanwhile, the UT tive beneficiary data has been to 2 pm and 1 pm to 7 pm and toms of coronavirus so that Support Price (MSP) of wheat Administration sealed two made available by the man- the separate staff has been immediate treatment to be at 1,975 per quintal, hiking it clubs for violating Covid-19 agement of industries, resi- deployed for each shift,” he said provided at home isolation or by 50 from the previous year’s norms. dential societies, or concerned adding that a total of 2342 vac- COVID Care hospitals. 1,925 per quintal.

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Besides this, uation in Uttarakhand. est fires in the death of two patients of the dis- the administration also lifted the lockdown from The IAF chopper was used Adwani and ease on the day. In the state 1729 Mussorie's Galway Cottage area and St. George’s to extinguish forest fires in the Tamiyar areas patients have so far lost their lives due School, Barlow Ganj area which were declared Narendranagar forest division of the division. to the Covid-19. a containment zone on March 12. in Tehri district of Garhwal Earlier, the The authorities discharged 323 day. against the disease, 54386 people Under the Uttarakhand Epidemic Disease region on Monday. The second chopper land- patients from different hospitals of The health department reported were vaccinated in different parts of COVID-19 Regulation 2020 and the Disaster IAF helicopter had reached ed in the state following their recovery on the death of 63 year old Mahant the state on Monday which is the Management Act 2005, the administration Haldwani. It will be recalled on Dehradun air- Monday. A total of 96296 patients Indiresh hospital Dehradun on highest in a day. declared an area in Sahaspur village of the request of the CM, the Mi- port at 8:30 have recovered from the disease in Monday. Similarly a 54 old male died In the state 145289 people have Vikasnagar and the nearby area of Haryali 17 helicopters were provided to AM and after the state and the recovery percent- at Government Doon Medical been fully vaccinated so far as they Enclave in lower Natthanpur as the containment Uttarakhand on priority basis. completing age is now at 93.66 and the sample College (GDMC) hospital on the day. have received both the first and sec- zones on Monday. The district magistrate, The CM thanked the union preliminary positivity rate is 3.62 percent. The state now has 3201 active ond dose of the vaccine. Ashish Kumar Srivastava informed that the home minister Amit Shah and arrangements, The authorities reported 224 patients of the disease. Dehradun The Chief Operations Officer lockdown has been imposed in these contain- the central government for it began opera- new cases of the disease from continues to be at the top of the table (COO) of state Covid-19 control ment zones for a minimum 14 days. He direct- this. tions at 10 AM. Dehradun, 194 from Haridwar, 51 of active cases of the disease with room, Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that ed all the departments concerned including the The State’s forest and Initially, the from Udham Singh Nagar, 33 from 1251 patients, Haridwar has 897, 577 vaccine sessions were organised district supply office, dairy department and wildlife minister Harak Singh chopper flew Nainital, 21 from Pauri, 16 from Nainital 252, Udham Singh Nagar in different parts of the state on urban local bodies to provide all the required Rawat said that the forest above the affected areas twice above affected areas- dropping Tehri, two each from Almora, 231, Tehri 166, Pauri 149, Almora 70, Monday. items and services to the locals during this peri- department is actively tackling in order to get an idea of the sit- a total of 10,000 litres of water Chamoli and Rudraprayag and one Uttarkashi 58, Bageshwar 43, In Dehradun 119 vaccine ses- od. He also appealed to the people in contain- the forest fires, adding that the uation. The chopper then in forest fire affected areas. The each from Champawat and Rudraprayag 31, Champawat 22, sions were organised in which 11394 ment zones to contact the officials immediate- cooperation of the local public filled up 5,000 litres of water operation continued till 12:40 Bageshwar. No new cases of the dis- Pithoragarh 16 and Chamoli 15 persons above 45 years of age, 89 ly through the numbers 7534826066 and is also being taken for this pur- from the Tehri dam reservoir PM and will be resumed on ease were reported from Pithoragarh active cases of Covid-19. healthcare workers and 56 frontline 01352724506 if they experience fever, cough or pose. and conducted two sorties Tuesday. and Uttarkashi districts on the In the ongoing vaccination drive workers were vaccinated on Monday. cold to get immediate medical services on time.     $+"    $+-/%$&*

n what is Ibeing viewed as a move to counter the sympathy card played by the ruling BJP in the Salt assem- bly by election, the former Chief Minister and general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Harish Rawat has made a sen- timental appeal to the people of Salt from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi. The former CM and Congress stalwart is at present admit- ted in the AIIMS Delhi after being found positive for Covid-19. “While lying in the hospital bed of AIIMS, the challenge before me is not only to get healthy but to see the victory of two Gangas near my village. The victory of Congress which is like Ganga to me in the assembly election of 2022 is like Amritdhara and the victory of my daughter Ganga would be the victory of Mahila Shakti. I am sure that the dignity of Uttarakhand would be victorious over the money power of BJP,’’ said Rawat in a video mes- sage. The by election for the Salt assembly constituency would be held on April 17. The by-election is neces- sitated due to the death of the BJP MLA Surendra Singh Jeena.  ! !   !   &

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mid the attempts to make its presence felt in AUttarakhand as the third alternative in view of approaching assembly elections next year, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has declared that it will contest in the coming Panchayat elections in Haridwar dis- trict. This decision was taken in the recent execu- tive meeting of the party in Rishikesh in the pres- ence of the MLA from Jangpura assembly con- stituency of Delhi, Praveen Kumar, the state in-charge of the party, Dinesh Mohaniya and the state presi- dent of the party, S S Kaler. Talking about contesting Panchayat elections in Haridwar, Mohaniya said that this decision was taken on the basis of the immense support of locals and mass following of the party in Haridwar. He said that AAP will start its political journey in the State by con- testing the Panchayat elections in Haridwar and every party worker would work hard to make the Aam Aadmi Party as the best alternative in the Panchayat elections as well as in the assembly elections in the year 2022. Mohaniya said that he is quite confident that AAP will win both the forthcoming elections considering the rising support of the public to the party in the State in such a short time.   !"!# / R        

      *+,$+-#      he Congress on Monday Tsought a thorough probe   *+,$+-# into the Rafale defence deal and demanded answers from said that the Defence       gainst the backdrop of a Prime Minister Narendra Procurement Procedure Amassive resurgence of Modi, after a French media (DPP) as also the stated   *+,$+-# Covid-19 cases, Prime report claimed that 1.1 mil- Indian Government policy Minister Narendra Modi has lion was paid to a “middle- envisage there will be an he BJP on Monday termed convened a meeting with Chief man” by the aircraft manu- “Integrity Clause” in every Tthe allegations of corrup- Ministers on Thursday to facturer. defence purchase contract tion in the Rafale deal as “com- monitor the situation and the AICC chief spokesperson which clearly states that there pletely baseless” and asserted ongoing vaccination drive. The Randeep Surjewala said that a can be no middleman or pay- that the middleman whose meeting follows Modi’s meet- French news portal’s report ment of commission or bribe. name has cropped up in the ing on Sunday with high-level has proved that former Surjewala said that as per French report on the deal was officials to assess the situation. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s the DPP, any evidence of actually arrested in the For his part, Union Health oft-repeated allegations of middleman or commission AgustaWestland scam that Minister Harsh Vardhan will corruption in the deal were or bribery has serious penal happened during the hold a meeting on Tuesday correct. Addressing a Press consequences including the Congress-led UPA regime. with Health Ministers of 11 Conference Surjewala said as banning of the supplier, can- It also cited that Supreme States and Union Territories, per the French portal’s report, cellation of contract, regis- Court had rejected a demand which have been witnessing a In the high-level officials’ Chhattisgarh with 5,250 cases an investigation conducted tration of an FIR and impo- for a probe in the purchase of rejected the demand for a to “weaken” the security forces. surge in coronavirus cases. meet, Modi had said the five- and Karnataka with 4,553 fresh by the ‘French Anti- sition of heavy financial the fighter aircraft and the probe and the Comptroller The Indian Air Force These 11 States are fold strategy of testing, tracing, infections. Corruption Agency (AFA)’ penalties on the company. CAG also found nothing and Auditor General (CAG) received a fleet of fighter air- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, treatment, COVID-appropri- According to the Ministry’s has revealed that after signing “Has it not vitiated the wrong. also found nothing wrong in craft in Rafale after 30 years, he Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, ate behaviour and vaccina- latest data, India’s total active of the deal in 2016, Rafale’s Rafale deal entailing imposi- Responding to a question the fighter aircraft deal. said, adding that had it been Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, tion, if implemented with caseload has reached 7,41,830 manufacturer Dassault tion of heavy financial penal- about the Congress’ attack on “The Congress is raising there during the time of the Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, utmost seriousness and com- and comprises 5.89 per cent of allegedly paid 1.1 million to ties on Dassault, banning of the Modi Government over the the Rafale issue again. It lost in Balakot operation to target Punjab and Rajasthan. mitment, would be effective in the country’s total infections. a middleman —Defsys the company, registration of bribe allegations, senior BJP the Supreme Court. They cam- terrorists in Pakistan then The Prime Minister’s last curbing the spread of the pan- A net increase of 50,233 Solutions — which is an an FIR and other penal con- leader and Union minister paigned in the 2019 polls on Indian aircraft would not have interaction with Chief demic. active cases has been record- Indian company. sequences,” he asked. He Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a the Rafale issue, threw all kinds to cross the borders to carry Ministers was on March 17 According to the Health ed in a day. Maharashtra alone “Does it now not require asked whether the payment of press conference that the of abuses at the prime minis- out the strike. during which he had expressed Ministry, Maharashtra, accounts for nearly 58.23 per a full and independent inves- 1.1 million shown by Opposition party made it a big ter and still lost. How many To a question about concern over the rise in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar cent of the total active case- tigation into India’s biggest Dassault as ‘Gifts to Clients’ in issue in the 2019 Lok Sabha seats did it get,” Prasad said. Congress leader Rahul COVID-19 cases in parts of the Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, load, the ministry said. defence deal to find out as to reality a commission paid to polls but lost badly. He noted that Sushen Gandhi’s allegation that the country and called for “quick Madhya Pradesh and Punjab India’s cumulative recov- how much bribery and com- the middleman for the Rafale He said the allegations of Gupta, the middleman whose operation against Naxals in and decisive” steps to check the have shown a steep rise in daily eries stand at 1,16,82,136 with mission in reality, if any, was deal. corruption were “completely name has cropped up in the Chhattisgarh, in which 22 “emerging second peak”. COVID cases, accounting for 52,847 recoveries being regis- paid and to whom in the “How can ‘middleman’ baseless” and suggested that a French report on the Rafale security personnel were killed, Coronavirus cases in India 81.90 per cent of the over 1 tered in a span of 24 hours. Indian government,” he asked. and ‘Payment of Commission’ report in the French media deal, was arrested in the was “incompetently” executed hit a record daily high since the lakh infections reported in a Besides, 478 deaths were “Will Prime Minister be permitted in a ‘govern- about the alleged financial AgustaWestland case by the and “poorly designed”, Prasad outbreak of the pandemic with day. reported in a day. Eight states Narendra Modi answer to the ment-to-government Defence irregularity in the deal may be Enforcement Directorate in shot back that India is increas- 1,03,558 new infections push- Maharashtra has reported account for 84.52 per cent of nation now?” he asked. Contract’ or in any Defence due to “corporate rivalry” in 2019. ingly refusing to take him seri- ing the nationwide COVID-19 the highest daily new cases at the new deaths. Maharashtra Surjewala said this procurement in India in vio- that country. In this probe, the names of ously for the kind of “irre- tally to 1,25,89,067, according 57,074 which are 55.11 per cent saw a maximum of 222 casu- amount was shown as expen- lation of the mandatory Noting that the Congress many Congress leaders had sponsible” utterances he keeps to the Union Health Ministry of the new cases reported alties, followed by 51 in diture by Dassault as “gifts to Defence Procurement had raised the issue earlier too, surfaced, Prasad said and making with “alarming regu- data updated on Monday. nationwide. It is followed by Punjab. clients”. The Congress leader Procedure,” he asked. he said the Supreme Court accused the Congress of trying larity”.     0   1 2 (   P O " 

  *+,$+-# ing Deshmukh’s resignation as uous silence of Uddhav The National Investigating  !P  the state home minister. Thackeray is by itself raising a Agency, which is probing the    "  4 he BJP on Monday said So many major incidents lot of questions”. discovery of explosives outside  &   Tthat Maharashtra Chief have happened under his gov- Taking a dig at the chief industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s   *+,$+-# has been expanding coopera- Minister ernment, Prasad said, referring minister, he said Deshmukh met home and the suspected mur- tion with navies of the US, has forfeited the moral author- to the Sachin Vaze case and for- NCP president Sharad Pawar der of businessman Mansukh ndia along with the other Japan, Australia and France in ity to govern after the Bombay mer Mumbai Police commis- and sought his permission Hiren, has unravelled many Ithree Quadrilateral coun- the last few years. On March 28 High Court asked the CBI to sioner Param Bir Singh’s cor- before resignation while layers of the Sachin Vaze case, tries including the US, Japan and 29, India and the US probe the allegations of cor- ruption allegations against Thackeray has kept quiet. he noted. and Australia joined a France- navies carried out a two-day ruption against Anil Deshmukh. Deshmukh. Noting that the High Court The Union Minister won- led mega naval exercise on warfare, anti-air warfare and air naval exercise in the eastern Addressing a press confer- “He has forfeited moral has asked the CBI to do a pre- dered if Deshmukh was alleged- Monday in the eastern Indian defence exercises. He said it will Indian Ocean Region. ence here, senior BJP leader and authority to govern. Democracy liminary enquiry, Prasad said all ly extorting money through Ocean region. The three-day also feature weapon firing exer- The Indian Navy deployed Union minister Ravi Shankar is run by the standards of pro- facets and linkages of the mat- Vaze for himself, his party NCP exercise is a reflection of their cises, cross deck flying opera- its warship Shivalik and long   *+,$+-# Prasad asked if Thackeray has bity and propriety,” Prasad said, ter should be investigated and or the state government. growing strategic cooperation tions and tactical manoeuvres range maritime patrol aircraft no moral responsibility follow- adding the “consistent conspic- those involved brought to book. “Surely there may be many in the region. among others. P8I in the ‘PASSEX’ exercise ith the CBSE and other linkages. We expect all the link- Giving details here on “The exercise will show- while the US Navy was repre- WBoard examinations due ages of this shameful conduct of Monday, officials said the case high levels of synergy, sented by USS Theodore next month, Prime Minister     ! corruption to be investigated Indian warships Satpura and coordination and interoper- Rosevelt carrier strike group. Narendra Modi is scheduled to properly. We believe all this Kiltan along with P-8I long ability between the friendly A carrier battle group or interact with students in his chain points to a conspiracy of range maritime patrol aircraft navies,” he said. carrier strike group is a mega annual event ‘’Pariksha Pe loot in which Waze is a com- are participating in multilater- “Participation by the naval fleetcomprising an air- Charcha’’ to be held by the  "# ! $ mon factor. Who was giving al exercise ‘La Perouse’. Indian Navy in the exercise craft carrier, accompanied by a Education Ministry on patronage to whom, who was The Indian Navy ships and demonstrates the shared values large number of destroyers, Wednesday through a new vir- New Delhi: The Supreme mittee as it “wants to bypass” April 16. shielding whom? All aspects aircraft will exercise at sea with friendly navies ensuring frigates and other ships. The tual format. Modi took to the Court Monday asked the the present CJI S A Bobde On March 12, the top should be probed,” he said. with ships and aircraft of navies freedom of seas and commit- PASSEX exercise came over a social media platform to Centre to consider convening who is retiring on April 23. court had sought response Referring to Singh’s allega- of France, Australia, Japan and ment to an open, inclusive week after US Defence announce that his annual inter- before May 2 the meeting of a During the hearing, the from the Centre on the plea tion that Deshmukh had fixed the US during the exercise, they Indo-Pacific and a rules-based Secretary Austin flew into India action with students ‘’Pariksha high-powered committee con- bench orally observed that seeking direction for appoint- a target of 100 crore through said. international order,” Madhwal as part of his three-nation first Pe Charcha’’ will be held on sisting of the Prime Minister “in-charge arrangements” for ment of a regular CBI direc- Vaze, the BJP leader asked, “If Navy Spokesperson said. overseas tour that signalled the April 7. and others for appointment of CBI director cannot go on. tor. this was the target of one min- Commander Vivek Madhwal Besides host France, the Biden administration’s strong “A new format, several CBI director observing that “There is a point in what The petitioner has alleged ister in Mumbai, then what was said the exercise will witness four other participants are commitment to its relations interesting questions on a wide “in-charge arrangements” for Mr Bhushan says,” the bench that the government has failed the target of other ministers for complex and advanced naval members of the Quad or with its close allies and partners range of subjects and a memo- the post cannot go on. told Attorney General K K to appoint a regular CBI direc- the entire State”. operations including surface Quadrilateral coalition. India in the Indo-Pacific region. rable discussion with our brave A Bench of Justices L Venugopal, while referring to tor as per section 4A of the #ExamWarriors, parents and Nageswara Rao and Vineet the prayer seeking regular Delhi Special Police teachers. Watch ‘Pariksha Pe Saran was informed by the appointment of the CBI Establishment (DSPE) Act, +$  *  Charcha’ at 7 PM on 7th April,” Centre that meeting of the Director. on the expiry of term of Rishi the prime minister tweeted. committee —consisting of the Venugopal told the bench Kumar Shukla on February 2. 6   & *    Along with his tweet, the PM Prime Minister, leader of the that the senior most person It said the government B4CB also tagged a video on the event single largest Opposition party was appointed as CBI’s inter- has instead appointed Praveen  H3  in which highlights of this year’s and the Chief Justice of India im director. Sinha as an interim director of  ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ are elab- or any judge of the apex court Solicitor General Tushar the premier investigating **! &  &*   *+,$+-# orated upon. nominated by the CJI —will Mehta, who also appeared in agency.    “We have been living under be convened after May 2. the matter, termed the argu- The plea has also sought a he Centre has decided that the shadow of coronavirus for Advocate Prashant ments raised by the petition- direction to the Centre to ini-   *+,$+-# Tforeign training of bureau- the last one year and because of Bhushan, appearing for peti- er as “absurd” and alleged tiate and complete the process  "  crats will continue to be sus- that I have to forego the charm tioner NGO ‘Common Cause’ that “unscrupulous public of selection of the CBI direc- he Enforcement pended “until further orders”. of meeting you in person and which has sought direction for spirited citizens are making tor well in advance, at least TDirectorate (ED) has pro- The Department of Personnel have to be with you in a new for- appointment of a regular CBI accusations left, right and one to two months before the visionally attached immovable   *+,$+-# 0-+<:0+/8O#80 and Training (DoPT) Ministry mat -- the first virtual edition of director, claimed before the centre against individuals and date on which the vacancy to assets to the tune of 165.86 :0-+:#*( had in June last year said that ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’,” Modi bench that the Centre is delay- institutions”. The bench said it the post is about to occur. crore owned by Anup Majee in he Election Commission there won’t be any foreign said in the video. ing the meeting of the com- would hear the matter on PTI illegal Coal Mining/pilferage Thas suspended five offi- 80%0#:*-%$5@ training during 2020-21 due to He also urged students to case of . cials deputed at a polling the outbreak of COVID-19. look upon exams as an oppor- The attached assets include booth in Assam’s Hasao dis- *%+8")&0E The DoPT, cadre control- tunity and not as an end of life’s 83  land, factory premises, plant trict in Haflong constituency <:0+8,+/+3%80 ling authorities (ministries dreams. A voice-over in the      17 and machinery and other assets where 181 votes were cast in concerned) and central train- video says that the prime min- 9O ' of two companies Ispat a booth, even though only 90 #*0-+ ing institutes conduct foreign ister will speak with children as %   &%6++ !  P Damodar Private Limited and people were registered as vot- ++30/:*#3 training or have international a friend and also interact with 3    Sonic Thermal Private Limited. ers. The booth is in the components as part of the teachers and parents during Majee is the prime accused in Haflong constituency, which <:0#*(%3-#*+ overall training programme the virtual event. In the said     !   New Delhi: The Supreme the multi-crore coal pilferage went to the polls in the second for civil servants. video, Modi talked about the Court Monday stayed the scam. phase on April 1. Haflong wit- F+<G":#3#%8 Mentioning its June 2020 pressure of what people and Karnataka High Court order “The manufacturing plants nessed 74 per cent polling. 8%#$ order, the ministry said it was parents will say which some- New Delhi: The which directed a trial court to of both these companies are As the incident came to informed that due to the out- times becomes a burden and Supreme Court proceed against Karnataka situated in Purulia and light, the District Election break of COVID-19 pandem- also conveyed that this is Monday said it Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa Bankura, West Bengal and Officer suspended five poll Lhangum (Sector Officer), ic and keeping in view the con- ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ but is not would hear on April in a corruption case of alleged- beneficially owned by Anup officials of the booth, set up at Prahlad Ch Roy (Presiding sequent safety measures etc., confined to just a discussion on 16 the PIL challeng- ly denotifying some land to Majee,” the agency said in a 107(A) Khotlir LP School, Officer), Parameswar no foreign training shall be ‘Pariksha’ or exams. It was ear- ing retrospective benefit private parties. statement. and proposed a repoll. Charangsa (1st Polling conducted during the financial lier announced that Prime change in the 2018 A Bench headed by Chief The ED had initiated inves- However, the official order for Officer), Swaraj Kanti Das year 2020-21. “In this regard, Minister Modi’s annual inter- appointment order Justice S A Bobde, hearing the tigation on the basis of FIR reg- re-election at the booth, an (2nd Polling Officer) and all Cadre Controlling action with students will be held of Sanjay Kumar Chief Minister’s appeal against istered by CBI, . auxiliary polling station of Lalzamlo Thiek (3rd Polling Authorities (CCAs) and online this year in view of the Mishra as Director of the high court order rejecting Money laundering investi- the main voting centre at Officer) with immediate effect. Central Training Institutes COVID-19 pandemic. Enforcement his plea seeking quashing of the gation revealed that Majee had Mouldam LP School, is yet to The voters’ list of the (CTls) are informed that no Soon after the PM Directorate (ED) that criminal case, issued the notice transferred “Proceeds of be issued. polling station had 90 names, foreign training shall be con- announced his schedule, resulted in extending his tenure During brief and stayed the proceedings Crime” (POC) to the tune of Rs The suspension order by but 171 votes were cast in the ducted until further orders,” Ministry of Education shared from two to three years. hearing, Mehta apparently took against him. The high court 67.80 crore to both the said the Deputy Commissioner- Electronic Voting Machine the ministry said in its order that the fourth edition of A Bench comprising a dig at activist lawyer had directed the special trial companies in guise of share cum- District Election Officer (EVM), officials said. dated April 1. Pariksha Pe Charcha, the unique Justices L Nageswara Rao and Prashant Bhushan who was court to take cognisance of purchase of these companies of Dima Hasao was issued on “The head of that interior However, under excep- interactive programme of Prime Vineet Saran took note of the appearing for petitioner NGO offences against Yediyurappa for acquiring the plants/assets April 2, the next day of village refused to accept the tional circumstances, if it is felt Minister, with students, teach- submission of Solicitor ‘Common Cause”. and proceed further in the of these companies, it said. polling, but it came to light on voters’ list and brought a list of necessary to conduct any for- ers and parents is being held for General Tushar Mehta that the “Your majesty is being matter on the basis of a charge Additionally, POC to the Monday morning. his own. Then, the people of eign training, prior approval of the first time in virtual mode Centre’s reply was ready and taken for granted by such pub- sheet filed by the Lokayukta tune of 98.06 crore were also Stating “dereliction of the village voted according to the DoPT may be obtained, it while adhering to the COVID- will be filed. lic spirited people,” the law offi- Police in 2012. The private transferred to both of the said duty”, for allowing 181 electors that list,” an official said. It was said. Over 257 crore had 19 protocols. Almost 14 lakh In the proceedings con- cer said. complaint against Yediyurppa companies. The total proceeds to cast vote against 90 not immediately known why been allocated to the participants registered them- ducted through video confer- “Let them abuse me but we alleged that during his tenure of crime to the tune of 165.86 electors as per valid electoral the polling officials Personnel Ministry for 2021- selves in the contest for the 4th encing, the bench agreed to the will show how this association as the Chief Minister from crore transferred to these com- roll at polling station number accepted the village head’s 22 for domestic and foreign edition of PPC while 10.5 lakh plea of the Law officer for (NGO) had filed cases which 2008-12, he illegally de-notified panies by Majee had been lay- 107-A Khothlir LP School in demand and whether there training of bureaucrats and students, 2.6 lakh teachers and grant of some time and fixed led to so many orders,” 20 acres from land acquisition ered through the maze of shell Haflong Assembly con- was any security personnel augmenting necessary infra- 92 thousand parents partici- the case for hearing on April Bhushan said. PTI proceedings to give undue companies and generated from stituency the CEO Assam has present at the polling station structure, according to the pated in the creative writing 16. favours to private parties. PTI the illegal coal mining. suspended Seikhosiem or the role they played. Budget. contest.   !"!# * ,0444     Q!!R6 + .   #  #  ner … it is anything but politics,” from the BJP to divide the the be the same story of carried out by a TMC 3-%*$#0%%29:9%0% TMC MP Mahua Moitra earli- minority votes --- just like a Unnayan (development) being Government.”  6  er said referring to the Prime party from Hyderabad engal Chief Minister Minister. (AIMIM) did in Bihar ensuring BMamata Banerjee on Iterating once again that the defeat of secular forces     K     #  #  9:9%0% State police. stituency in Hooghly against Monday responded sharply to Bengal will not be ruled by there by dividing the Muslim Out of these 144 compa- TMC's Ramendu Singha Roy Prime Minister Narendra Gujarat, Banerjee said being a votes … But I am sure the   H.  )  ith the third phase of nies central forces will be and CPI(M)'s Surajit Ghosh. Modi’s Didi-o-Didi jibes saying Royal Bengal tigress “I promise minority people of Bengal will WBengal Assembly elec- deployed in Howrah where “his strategy to lampoon will to you that I will not allow any not fall into the trap of these Kolkata:Actor-turned- writer Ms Bachchan, is a tions barely a few hours away, elections will be held for 7 seats,   / boomerang on him” and “the one from Gujarat to dictate upstart leaders and they will not Samajwadi Party leader Jaya Bengali by birth, and a four- the Election Commission made 307 companies will be deployed BJP will end up into becoming terms in Bengal … Bengal will allow their vote to be Bachchan who commenced term Rajya Sabha MP from a massive security bandobast in for 16 seats in South 24  .  a tadpole,” after the elections. be ruled by the and divided.” her campaign in favour of the Uttar Pradesh. an apparent anticipation of vio- Parganas including the volatile   Hitting out at the Prime none else.” The Chief Minister also Trinamool Congress on In an apparent reference to lence in interior areas of South Diamond Harbour and Basanti Minister from a rally at Apparantly attacking Home raised the issue of holding elec- Monday hailed Chief Minister the alleged attempt of the BJP 24 Parganas, Howrah and seats which together will get Kolkata: The Trinamool Chinsurah the Chief Minister Minister Amit Shah for “failing tions in eight phases saying she Mamata Banerjee for showing leadership to polarize the elec- Hooghly district. With the cam- 197 companies of central Congress have threatened BJP said, “I am fighting single to ensure security of the central would have held it in three or the guts to fight alone against tions by painting Banerjee as paign, so far, having been excep- forces. Baruipur division would leaders like Suvendu Adhikari alone with a broken leg … still forces,” --- who are manning the four phases. In an obvious ref- the entire political fraternity a Muslim appeaser she said “I tionally vitriolic --- where the get 130 seats. In Hooghly the with criminal defamation case I will win the elections with one elections of Bengal --- Banerjee erence to the Election of the country. want to say... do not hijack my rival leaders hurled personal high-tension areas of Pursura, after audio tapes allegedly impli- leg today and then I will win said “they (central ministers) are Commission Banerjee said “was Warning the opponents religion from me and do not invectives on each others --- the Arambagh, Goghat and cating an arrested police officer Delhi with two legs … so it is sitting in Bengal instead of gov- it prudent to hold the elections not to hijack the religion and hijack my democratic rights Tuesday’s election for 31 seats Khanakul will get 11, 24, 21 and a second person who in the time for the BJP to watch out.” erning the country for which in eight phases during the pan- democratic rights of others from me. And when I say me... across three districts are likely to and 34 companies of central tape reportedly referred to the The Trinamool Congress they have been elected where- demic situation … Is it not (read the Chief Minister) the I mean the people. I represent be “highly action-packed,” ECI forces sources said. name of a top TMC leader and has been objecting to Prime as our central forces are being putting the voters and election veteran cine star said, “I have all the people.” Banerjee was officials say. Out of 205 candidates in the MP from South Kolkata. Minister’s repeated mention- massacred in Chhattisgarh.” workers at risk? … I would have the utmost love and respect for fighting to preserve the demo- No wonder in the third fray for the third round of “The BJP leaders have ing of the Chief Minister as Attacking Indian Secular preferred holding the elections Mamataji - a single woman cratic right of every Bengali round of the “Khela” (game) -- polling 13 candidates are referred to the names of our top “Didi o Didi” in various rallies Front leader and Muslim cler- 3-4 phases.” fighting against all atrocities... person she said. - a popular electoral slogan women. Among the notables leaders without any proof or provoking wide laughter. “I ic Abbas Siddique who has Reminding that no amount a single woman fighting Notably BJP leaders like coined by the TMC in which contestants in this round are substance … our party is con- have not heard a person sitting joined hands with the Left and of splurging of money could against everyone else. She has Suvendu Adhikari have of late many Opposition leaders see a BJP’s Padma Bhushan awardee templating criminal defama- on that high a constitutional the Congress to raise a third bring the BJP to power as “the a broken leg… but her heart is being addressing the Chief hidden intimidation --- the ECI candidate Swapan Dasgupta a tion against these leaders,” post to ridicule another person front in Bengal, Banerjee said people of Bengal are politically not broken, but nothing is Minister as “Begum” who has arranged for about 62,000 senior journalist. He is contest- Bengal minister also sitting on a constitutional “there are some new entrants conscious,” Banerjee said “After going to stop her.” donned “Hijab) to appease Central forces in addition to the ing from the Tarakeswar con- said. post in such a demeaning man- who are taking huge money May 2 it is once again going to Daughter of a Bengali the Muslims and Pakistanis. ).    <% $'  %$9"$9        0*

  #    &)%# February 7 and 8. to high-ranging IPS officers. On March 25, after the %     3-+**%# Palaniswamy on his part, claimed feels that the Edappadi Palaniswami Following her death, the However, the MVA government Supreme Court refused to enter- on Sunday that his party-led alliance government could complete the tenure early one and a half years Opposition BJP on Saturday had dismissed the report submitted by tain his similar plea, Param Bir wo claims stand out as the high would bag 200 seats and continue to only with the tacit support of the BJP. Nafter it lost power and upped the ante over the alleged Rashmi Shukla saying that she Singh on Thursday moved the Tdecibel campaign for Tuesday’s rule the State for five more years. He “The Centre helped them to overcome became the principal Opposition of a 22-year-old Tik-Tok star had exceeded her brief in con- Bombay High Court, seeking a election to Tamil Nadu Legislative said that his claim was based on pub- the corruption charges,” he said. party, the BJP scored second Pooja Chavan, by rooting for the ducting the probe. CBI investigation into the alleged Assembly came to a close on Sunday lic response to his campaign rallies. Down south, people in major goal against the - arrest of Rathod, who was report- Simultaneously, in a move corruption charges against the evening. A fortnight ago, M K Stalin, Pre-poll surveys held by media Kanyakumari district too are fed up of led MVA Government on edly in love with the deceased that was seen as the one orches- Maharashtra Home Minister. the DMK president, declared at Salem houses showed that the DMK was far the AIADMK-BJP alliance. “The BJP’s Monday, as Anil Deshmukh woman. trated by the BJP, Mumbai’s for- On its part, the BJP on (the home district of Chief Minister ahead of the AIADMK alliance and attitude towards our demands to set up resigned as the State Home BJP leaders Radhakrishna mer Police Commissioner Param Monday appeared to be taking Edappadi Palaniswamy) that his party would literally sweep the election. R an airport in Kanyakumari was not all Minister over the allegations of Vikhe-Patil, Kirit Somaiya and Bir Singh moved the Supreme credit for the resignation of led alliance would win in all 234 seats Vasudevan, a business baron in Vellore helpful. Former minister Pon corruption, close on the heels of party’s woman leader Chitra Court on Monday, demanding a Deshmukh as the State Home in the Assembly election and a is of the view that there is a strong anti- Radhakrishnan lost to Vasanth Kumar the resignation of Shiv Sena’s Wagh had said that the minister CBI probe against Maharashtra Minister over the charges of cor- Government would be formed with no incumbency factor against the of the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha Sanjay Rathod over the suspicious had no moral right to continue in home minister Anil Deshmukh ruption made by the former Opposition party in the Assembly. AIADMK government. election only because of the indifference death of a Tik Tok star. the office. “In fact, he should be over corruption charges. police commissioner. He repeated this twice and said that “The party’s disintegration started of the BJP towards our issues,” said Dr Just 37 days after Sena’s Forest booked abetting Pooja’s alleged the DMK-led alliance would win in all after the demise of Jayalalithaa. Y R Johnson, former director, Minister Sanjay Rathod over his suicide and arrested immediate- 234 constituencies. Stalin declared that Ministers and leaders are involved in Navodaya Vidyalaya who heads Kumari alleged links to the suicide by 22- ly,” Wagh said.     $ ,   his claim was based on the public competitive corruption because they Maha Sabha, a Christian organisation year-old Pooja Chavan, Former chief minister and response during the campaign. The were not sure how long they would in Kanyakumari. Dr Johnson said he Deshmukh of the NCP resigned senior BJP Devenra Fadnavis DMK chief was on an outreach pro- remain in office,” Vasudevan told The saw no reason why he or people like as the State Home Minister over had demanded that Pooja’s death     -O gramme and has covered all the assem- Pioneer. him should vote for the BJP or the the allegations of corruption be investigated in view of the fact bly constituencies in the State. An apolitical person, Vasudevan AIADMK. made against him by Mumbai’s that the telephonic conversa- Mumbai: Senior NCP leader He moved out of the Congress former Police Commissioner tions between her and the min- and Sharad Pawar’s close confi- along with Pawar and joined the Param Bir Singh. ister had gone viral on society dant Dilip Walse-Patil on NCP, when the latter walked out (+ % #3 &  With the back-to-back resig- media. Monday emerged as the fron- of the parent party and set up his !&& nations by two MVA Ministers, Similarly in the case of State trunner for the post of own party in 1999. He had + the Opposition BJP has scored a Home Minister, the BJP made an Maharashtra Home even worked as personal secre- & ! *  -" political point over the three issue over the allegations of cor- Minister in the wake of Anil tary of Pawar. " (*! party ruling alliance in the state. ruption made by the former Deshmukh’s resignation from In the erstwhile Democratic 4  It may be recalled on the eve Police Commissioner against the post. Front government, Walse-Patil   3  %#(%/-  *  # of the budget session of the State Deshmukh and a report submit- Walse-Patil is currently the was a minister and had looked Srinagar: In the aftermath of an upsurge in Legislature, Rathod had on ted by former State Intelligence Exciser and labour Minister in after portfolios like energy, high- DM Gabbhana Praveen Yadav has said   * & COVID-19 infections in Kashmir, the direc- February 28 resigned as the State Commissioner Rashmi Shukla on the Uddhav Thackeray govern- er and technical education. Sthat if any candidate breaks the model tor health services on Monday cancelled all Forest Minister over Poojka the alleged scam involving the ment. Walse-Patil also served as code of conduct(MCC) set by the    %#(%/- leaves granted to doctors and paramedics Chavan’s suspicious death. transfer and postings of officers. Walse-Patil, who was first the speaker of Maharashtra Election Commission, stern action will except maternity leave and the leave taken due On February 8, Pooja had Fadnavis had on March 23 elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. be taken against it. The SDM gave this he Aligarh administration to medical emergency. allegedly committed suicide by demanded a CBI inquiry into the Assembly from Ambegaon, has He is currently serving as warning in a meeting with villagers in the Thas taken to task a pan- In an order issued on Monday, director jumping off the Heaven Park alleged racket involving the trans- been a staunch supporter of the President of National susceptible villages Gokulpur and chayat election candidate for health services Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmad building in ’s Wanwadi local- fers and promotions of police Sharad Pawar ever since the time Federation of Cooperative Sugar Piplouth. He said that the model code of luring voters with frivolous Rather said because of the upsurge in ity on the intervening night of officers ranging from inspectors the latter was in the Congress. Factories Limited (NFCSF).PNS conduct in panchayat elections will be fol- promises in Khair area of the COVID-19 spread in the Valley, all leaves lowed with honesty. district. granted to medical superintendents, district For this, he urged the candidates to The police have filed case and block medical officers, other territorial know and follow the norms and rules set on contender who announced officers and paramedics are cancelled forth-  !    #&  !  &P %   &%  from the commission level. He made it the grant of free ration to the with. clear that strict action would be taken voters for five years in the lure All those except staff on maternity and  %    .%& SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ARCH against people for any violation of the of votes. medical emergency leave have been asked to OF THE ICONIC CHENAB BRIDGE code of conduct. He said that if a candi- An FIR has been registered report at their places of posting immediate- oming one more step closer to the date in the village gives liquor or any against him. Inspector Pravesh ly. CKashmir valley, the spirited team of  Indian Railways is constructing the inducement to the villagers for votes, then Kumar Singh said that, the It must be mentioned that during the last engineers of the Northern Railways on iconic Arch Bridge on River Chenab as a part immediately inform the police and con- raid was conducted in Tehra, one week there has been an alarming surge Monday touched a historic milestone with of the USBRL project to connect the Kashmir trol room of the police station. He clear- the village of the prime in new COVID cases in the Valley. the completion of the steel arch over Chenab valley to the rest of the nation. ly stated that if any candidate is found dis- claimant. The situation has become worrisome for bridge, the world's highest railway bridge, part  This bridge is 1315m long. tributing liquor in the villages or giving The police saw that a five- the authorities because almost after two of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link  This is the highest Railway Bridge in temptation, strict action will be taken year free ration was being years tourism related activities had started project (USBRL). “This completed the shape of the arch the world being 359m above the river bed against him. He appealed that three-tier announced to woo voters. A picking up in Kashmir this spring.Reports of Work on the main arch was launched in that will then loom over the treacherous level. panchayat elections should be conduct- police report has been filed more people reporting positive are feared to the first week of November 2017. This was Chenab, flowing some 359 metres below.  It will be 35 meters higher than the ed in a peaceful manner by cooperating against Sonu son of Ramnivas, dampen the interest of people who are oth- one of the most difficult part of the bridge After completion of the arch work, removal iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris (France). with the administration among the rural the prime candidate who erwise eager to come to Kashmir for holidays over mighty Chenab. of the stay cables, filling of the concrete in the  Construction of Bridge involved fab- villages. announced this thing. this summer and autumn. IANS This achievement is a major leap towards arch rib, erection of the steel trestle, launch- rication of 28,660 MT steel, 10 Lakh Cum the completion of the 111 km long winding ing of the viaduct and track laying work will Earthwork, 66,000 Cum Concrete and 26 Km stretch from Katra to Banihal . be taken up”, the statement read. motorable roads. It is arguably the biggest civil-engineer- The completion of the historic Arch work  Arch consists of steel boxes. Concrete %&" " (   ' <     > ing challenge faced by any railway project in was also seen by Piyush Goyal Minister for will be filled in boxes of the Arch to improve India in recent history . Railways and Commerce & Industry and stability. (#""# $ '      According to a statement issued by the Consumer Affairs, Food & Public  Overall weight of Arch is 10,619 MT. Chief Public Relations Officer, “The 5.6-metre Distribution , Suneet Sharma, CEO cum  Erection of the members of arch by ArrayVaranasi: A unique waste mugs etc. are purchased at Rs 10 per last piece of metal was fitted at the highest Chairman ,Railway Board, Ashutosh Gangal, overhead cable cranes done for first time on (*""(" bank has been opened in Uttar kg which are sold after saving Rs four point and joined the two arms of the arch General Manager Northern Railway through Indian Railways. Pradesh's Varanasi, which is also the to five. The bank also takes waste like that currently stretch towards each other from video conferencing.  The most sophisticated ‘Tekla’ software Shahjahanpur: Unable to bear the cost of Parliamentary constituency of Prime cardboard etc for recycling. The both the banks of the river”. used for structural detailing. treatment for failing vision, a 42-year-old Minister Narendra Modi, to keep the plastic waste collected in this bank is farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Faridabad village, environment clean. This bank deposited at the sewage treatment committed suicide by hanging himself involves transactions through plas- plant at Ashapur. The plastic waste 010# from a tree. tic waste. The plastic is collected by is pressured with the help of a pres-  * " The deceased identified as Ram Singh, the people of the city, volunteers of sure machine. had lost the vision in one eye and doctors the plastic waste bank as well as con- The plastic is separated im which + #0#  had advised him to get his both eyes oper- sumers and deposited here. the polyethylene terephthalate (PET)   ated as the disease was spreading to the other If the quantity of plastic is less, bottles are pressed with a hydraulic New Delhi: The India Meteorological eye as well.Singh was worried that he then an individual is given a cloth bag baling machine and collected in the Department (IMD) said on Monday that March would soon lose his eyesight and if he bor- or face mask in lieu of that plastic form of a bundle which is sent for 2021, was the third warmest in 121 years in terms rowed money for the surgery, he would not waste. On bringing a larger quanti- further processing. of monthly average temperature. Several parts of  "  be able to repay since he was a small farmer. ty of plastic, money is given to the Other plastic wastes are also sep- the country had recorded temperatures above 40 A relative said: “Singh had neither a people according to the weight of the arated and are sent for recycling. This degrees Celsius in March. medical card nor did have the money for his plastic waste. This bank is helping to waste is then sent to Kanpur and On March 29, Delhi reeled under a “severe  %0*% to disperse the crowd, as the area was com- surgery. He used to sit under a fig tree out- fill the pockets of people in exchange other places, where with the help of heatwave” on the day of Holi, as the maximum pletely choked leading to a massive traffic side the village for hours worrying about his for plastic waste. a machine, the plastic waste is used temperature shot up to 40.1 degrees Celsius, mak- he students of Bihar's Rohtas district jam. future without eyesight. On Sunday, he left This bank located at Maldahiya to make plastic pipes, polyester ing it the hottest day in March in 76 years. Twent on a rampage and resorted to Dharmendra Kumar, District home in the morning and was found hang- in Varanasi is called the 'Plastic threads, shoe laces and other mate- The IMD, in its review for the month, said arson following the state government's deci- Magistrate, said: “We have arrested nine stu- ing from the same tree a few hours later.” waste bank'. rial. In this initiative by the Municipal the observed monthly average maximum, min- sion to close all the educational institutions dents involved in the arson attack. They Singh is survived by five minor children, According to Municipal Corporation, this bank has been cre- imum and mean temperature for the country as till April 11 in the wake of the steady rise have been booked under relevant IPC sec- four sons and a daughter, and his wife Commissioner Gaurang Rathi, KGN ated for the disposal of plastic waste. a whole during March this year are 32.65 in the number of Covid-19 cases. tions for vandalising public and government Madhuri. and UNDP are working on the V.D. Tripathi, Chairman of the degrees Celsius, 19.95 degrees Celsius and 26.30 The decision was taken by the crisis properties.” Ajay Nagar, a member of the autopsy Public-Private Engagement (PPE) Mahamana Malviya Ganga Research degrees Celsius, respectively, against the normal management group of the state government “The state government has shut all the team, told media: “The victim was suffer- model. A ten metric ton capacity Centre, BHU, said the carbon mol- 31.24 degrees Celsius, 18.87 degrees Celsius and after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar consulted educational institutions till April 11 amid ing from a chronic eye disease and had lost plant has been set up at Ashapur in ecules are smaller and lighter on 25.06 degrees Celsius based on the climatology officials at a high-level meeting on Saturday surge in Covid-19 infections and it cannot vision in the left eye. His eyes were swollen. Varanasi. There is a ban on polythene burning polythene which penetrates period 1981-2010. to consider shutting down of the schools be rolled back. The move is in the public However, the reason for his death is hang- in the city. Tetra packs and water bot- inside the nose. “The all India average monthly maximum and colleges amid surge in Covid-19 infec- interest. The arson attack cannot be justi- ing.” tles are in circulation which are dis- This reduces a person's ability temperature during March 2021 with 32.65 tions. fied,” he said. Sehramau (South) police station SHO posed by recycling them. to breathe. The plastic can't be dis- degrees Celsius is the warmest in the last 11 years, The students set tyres ablaze on the Meanwhile, students and owners of Dhananjay Singh said, “Ram Singh was KGN Director Sabir Ali said the posed off easily. and third warmest in the last 121 years with 2010 road connecting the mini-secretariat and coaching institutions have said that the extremely disturbed for the past a few days city collects nearly two tons of poly- If the burnt plastic waste is and 2004 as the ever warmest and second the main post office in the district head- decision of the state government is against because of his failing eyesight and ended his thene waste every day. Apart from swallowed by living organisms, then warmest month with 33.09 degrees Celsius and quarter Sasaram. the interest of students. Such a decision will life by hanging himself from a tree by using this used drinking water bottles are it results in swollen stomach which 32.82 degrees Celsius, respectively,” the IMD said. They also resorted to stone pelting on hamper their syllabus. a piece of cloth. The revenue team will purchased for Rs 25 per kg. After ultimately causes death. If this plas- As per the forecast, the hilly areas of north police and even vandalised several prop- An association of coaching institutes ensure that compensation is provided to his processing this waste, it sells for near- tic is thrown on the roads and is eaten India and the plains are likely to receive wide- erties, shops and private vehicles. also held a meeting in Patna on Sunday to family under a relevant government ly Rs 32-Rs 38 per kg. by cows and other animals, then it is spread rainfall from April 5-9. 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On a world-wide there are no schools that guide lost to his employer. If he even- form of grant of a jagir. basis, only half the people a young person on how to set      "   4  5            ( tually feels frustrated, he would Warren Hastings, the first employed have jobs. The other up a shop, small or big.           #           possibly think of how he could Governor-General of the half are self-employed. This Self-employment is today                      3 dip his hands in the till. Company’s interests in India, includes professionals like crucial, more than ever before.     #           0          ( It is interesting that in the had many Indian friends who doctors, lawyers, chartered More and more women are history of British association plied him with presents. Both accountants and, at the other seeking jobs; more youth are                       with India, which clocked over these distinguished gentle- end, hawkers, shopkeepers, migrating to towns and cities    0S            ( 300 years till 1947, there were men ended up being tried by 0-++*0#/+ porters, and so on. The pro- from villages. This is because         0S       (     innumerable incidents of its the British Parliament. Yet, at 3:&*0/;*++$8 liferation of economic activi- landholdings have shrunk        0           white officials, of both the East no stage did it cross either’s ty in the liberalisation era has because of the rising popula-           +            ( India Company and later the mind to become either the 0:)++K:8+$ spawned a whole new world tion, and have become too Crown, privately accepting pre- nawab of Bengal or the sultan 0:0-+*%0#:*% of service providers ranging small to accommodate the       #           ( sents, big or small, from suppli- of Bengal, Bombay and from healthcare, tourism, edu- needs of a normal-sized fam-   0   (           ers as well as clients. The saga Madras. One ought to recall /:)+: cation, software services and ily. On the other hand, the can be said to have begun with that in those pre-steamship +:;+*0 even weddings, which have more sophisticated technolo- the man from Shropshire times, ships with sails would become full-fledged business- gy becomes, the lesser would "- (England), Robert Clive, a writer ordinarily take about three 0-+$%;8: es by themselves. be the number of people (the term used then in India for months to reach India from ,-#0+3:%/ What is therefore of more employed in establishments. an office clerk) for the East India England. The alternative was relevance in such a changing Yet politicians, especially at Company, who is the first daz- to write helpless letters to dis- %*$)&+3:%/ milieu is the establishment of election time, never tire of zling example of this practice. miss the usurper. That was .:)8%/+(:#*( schools that can expose young promising "jobs, jobs and more Clive went on to lay the footing British loyalty to Company men and women to the jobs" if elected. From where for the military and political and Crown. :&0",-#+ knowhow of starting small would they produce these jobs, supremacy of the Company by In all the years the British &*30#:*8 businesses, and the dos and no one knows. The entire ending the reign of Siraj-ud- traded in India, presents, don’ts of the same. Yes, there country needs to be exposed to Dowla, the nawab of Bengal, and whether legitimate or exagger- 0-%0$:*:0 are innumerable institutes of the national problem of the nawabi itself and laid his ated, were taken by their offi- -%<+0-+80%0&8 management in the country employment. The days of white hands on its treasury; in today’s cials. But never was an owner :%*;3:%/ — another business that has collar and blue collar jobs are terms, the sum that came into replaced by his executive. In seen huge proliferation — going out, while functions that Clive’s hands would be an esti- contrast, my businesses, based %/+(%#*#*( but they normally do not do not have the status of any mated £2.325 billion. Clive’s in Kolkata, Vadodara and 0/%30#:* produce future entrepreneurs. collar are gaining traction. rewards included another Mumbai, were nearly usurped Instead, they send out future (The writer is a well-known £30,000 (approximately £11 mil- by the very men who were the business managers. The insti- columnist and an author. The lion in 2020) in return for sup- founder chief executives with tutions that can produce views expressed are personal.) &&$ &4&&87"&4$ SOUNDBITE &*   '" *  *  " & ! #  "& '(         %   #    Sir —It is sad that many lives have been    !"      lost an encounter between the Central     paramilitary forces and Maoists in the  N   >% <     - R=> jungles of Chhattisgarh. We are dimin- 8 %  "    *(:"      ished by the casualties on both sides.         0  # % >     )  9     '"    $7 '  8 Standing on the side of humanity, we   '   mourn for all those who died in the fierce    <  9  % ' R   +   gun battle of which there are different ver- 8          & 9&+! sions. The loss of life of both the securi-           +   K/98)   ) S        %  S  !   ( ty personnel, who tasked with protecting     '  "            S     #   the interest of the State, and the Left-wing          0   #             ) S  ( rebels who have taken to the path of          3                 *      armed resistance, is tragic.    0 '     #   " <   9                      It is worth pointing out that the vic-      '    tims of violence and counter-violence, in % '      '  #           +    which uniform they are, are from impov- ,      '"     $    (     +     "  #            erished social backgrounds. 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Credit  ;  -  #  =   $  0 ;  to industry, however, contracted by 1.3 per cent -  )  3 4)35  #  )  4#3)5   in January 2021 as compared to 2.5 per cent 3 -            ->$ growth in January 2020. ?    #3)      )    @     A major bottleneck is the reluctance on the  3  6ABB          part of bank officials to sanction loans, out of                  ( fear that they might come under the scanner of the investigating or prosecuting agencies for tak-     ->$ 0   3        3 ing purely ‘commercial decisions’. During the last 0-+/+3%* #          S       three years (2018-20), the Central Bureau of )+*:0,:   /   *         Investigation (CBI) registered bank fraud cases :#*#:*80-%0        *"S       0 involving amounts worth over 1,00,000 crore :#3#%8 *  8  # ) ()$0435    ( (in 2020 alone, it registered 200 such cases involv- 8-:&$%30       3     3   ing total 70,000 crore). The Government wants +%/+88; to allay their fears by letting the CBI look only %*$/++ into some ‘extraordinary’ cases such as the IDBI /:%*; Bank-Kingfisher Airlines while the specialised +*3&)/%*3+ However, the fraud happens in brazen case involves defrauding thing happening under its nose is agencies such as the Serious Fraud Investigation #*3&$#*(0-+ a systematic manner and it is the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana unconscionable. By any stretch of Office (SFIO) in the Ministry of Corporate :88#)##0; clear from the four major financial (PMAY) by the directors of DHFL. imagination, it can’t be a case of Affairs (MCA) being asked to investigate most :3:#*( entities, viz; Yes Bank, Punjab Under the PMAY, loans are grant- sheer negligence or a legitimate other cases. &*$+/0-+ and Maharashtra Cooperative ed to people from economically commercial decision going wrong. The above move is also justified in terms of +*8: (PMC) Bank, Infrastructure weaker sections and low-and mid- That apart, there are innumerable what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at an %(+*3#+8 Leasing and Financial Services dle-income groups to buy land and cases of bank fraud — each run- event in December 2019 — that bank employ- (IL&FC) and Dewan Housing construct houses, or buy housing ning into several crores — tum- ees should not be penalised for “genuine busi- 0-#8#8% Finance Corporation Limited units, through ‘credit-linked inter- bling out of the cupboard almost ness decisions”— as also the exhortation by /+/+?#0+ (DHFL) having been pushed est subsidy’! The beneficiaries get every other day. These can’t be Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the :/)&#$#*( towards bankruptcy during the last interest subsidy of 3 per cent- 6.5 wished away as an one-off inci- same month: “Honest bankers need not to fear %/:)&80 three years solely because their top per cent payable upfront. The dent. The frauds are an outcome the three Cs — CBI, the Central Vigilance 3/+$#0 brass acted with mala fide intent subsidy amount is to be claimed by of a well orchestrated game plan in        /(3     Commission (CVC) and the Comptroller and 3&0&/+%*$ while sanctioning loans. the financial institutions (FIs), which bank/FI officials are active-     ->$ *  ->$     3    Auditor General of India (CAG)”. There can be +*8&/#*( Here are some harsh facts. which grant these loans, from the ly involved. Indeed, this is more    #         no two opinions that officials should act fear- 0-%03/+$#0 Between April and June 2018, Yes National Housing Bank (NHB) systemic in nature, having to do # <(       0 .  lessly and free from any encumbrance, includ- %<%#%)##0; Bank invested 3,700 crore in who, in turn, gets reimbursement with a sense of fearlessness    8  40.85     ->$S     ( ing the possibility of coming under the lens of #*3/+%8+8 short-term debentures of DHFL. from the Centre. amongst officials that even if they              ; agencies. This is a pre-requisite for building a #*8;*3 Almost at the same time, the The DHFL — an FI tasked do something horribly wrong, robust credit culture and ensuring that credit ,#0-0-+ chairman of the latter “paid a kick- with implementation of the they will go scot-free.         C6D        .$ availability increases in sync with the require- /+?&#/++*08 back of 600 crore” to former’s pro- scheme-created 260,000 “fake and This mindset can be dealt    CAE        #  0.8  ments. However, this gels only with situations, -:,+<+/"0-#8 moter and his family members in fictitious” home loan accounts in with only by wielding a stick. The        /(3      wherein the officials have conducted due dili- (+8:*;,#0- the garb of builder loan given to a non-existent Bandra branch involvement of the CBI and other     ->$         gence, carefully assessed the viability of the pro- 8#0&%0#:*8" DOIT Urban Ventures — a com- between 2007 and 2019 for a total agencies such as the Enforcement ) (          *   ject or venture for which loan is considered and ,-+/+#*" pany owned by the promoters’ loan of about 14,000 crore. Out Directorate (ED) has to be seen  ->$     )3 *  *    convinced themselves about the credibility of the 0-+:#3#%8 family. According to the CBI, of this, around 11,750 crore were from this perspective. In this back- borrower. despite being a short-term deben- deposited or routed to several fic- drop, a sweeping order that the )    / - *       ( -%<+ In such a situation, the chances of any fraud ture investment, DHFL has not titious firms. Several of these CBI will look only at frauds involv-     S       *     3   3:*$&30+$ are almost negligible. Even in an unlikely event 0-+#/$&0; redeemed Yes Bank’s investment to accounts were opened under the ing amount above a threshold, say,     of things going wrong and the loan becoming date. The DHFL is alleged to have Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 500 crore, will send out a wrong ,#0-$&+  /  #           a non-performing asset (NPA), the sheer fact that $##(+*3+ had siphoned off 31,000 crore out (PMAY) and interest subsidy of signal. 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Since would help keep them fed for independence from Britain in yanmar’s ruling junta the coming year. 1948, more than a dozen eth- Mstepped up its campaign But this year in the wake of nic groups have been seeking against celebrities who support February’s military coup, with greater autonomy, with some nationwide protests against its the rains not far off, the farm- maintaining their own inde- seizure of power, publishing ers rarely step out of their pendent armies. wanted lists in the state press and makeshift homes and don’t That has put them at odds warning against using their dare leave their camp. They say with Myanmar’s ultranationalist work. The move follows weeks it is simply too dangerous to generals, who have long seen any of escalating violence by securi- risk running into soldiers from ceding of territory — especially ty forces in breaking up street Myanmar’s army or their those in border areas that are protests against the February 1 aligned militias. often rich in natural resources — coup that ousted the elected gov- “We can’t go anywhere and as tantamount to treason and ernment of Aung San Suu Kyi.  0!  &%!  *  & && %  % can’t do anything since the have ruthlessly fought against the At least 564 protesters and    **   *   #;%#   &  coup,” Lu Lu Aung said. “Every rebel armies with only occasional bystanders have been killed night, we hear the sounds of jet periods of ceasefire. since the takeover, according to 505(A) of the Penal Code for army-controlled Myawaddy fighters flying so close above (  *  #8 % *        &     !     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May Toe Khine, who central cities such as Yangon and ment, and according to the country’s gradual return to A chart filling most of a describes herself in her Twitter Mandalay has received much of groups are facing increasing launched deadly airstrikes if the killing of civilians does- United Nations has displaced democracy after five decades of page lists 20 people, along with profile as “Full Time Burmese the attention since the coup that uncertainty and waning securi- against ethnic Karen guerrillas n’t stop, while a group made up some 239,000 people since military rule. The lists pub- photos, hometowns and Actress / Part Time Fashion toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s ty as longstanding conflicts in their homeland on the east- of members of the deposed 2011 alone. That doesn’t lished Sunday and Monday in Facebook pages of each. Designer Student,” tweeted elected government. But far between the military and minor- ern border, displacing thou- government has floated the include the more than 800,000 the Global New Light of Several actors and directors after the TV announcement away in Myanmar’s border- ity guerrilla armies flare anew. sands and sending civilians flee- idea of creating a new army minority Rohingya who fled to Myanmar newspaper include were also charged in February, that her arrest warrant was “for lands, Lu Lu Aung and millions It’s a situation that was ing into neighboring Thailand. that includes rebel groups. The Bangladesh to escape a military actors, actresses, musicians and but the campaign against simply doing my job as a civil- of others who hail from thrust to the forefront over the Several of the rebel armies U.N. Special envoy for campaign the UN has called social media influencers celebrity protest supporters ian: using my platform to speak Myanmar’s minority ethnic past week as the military have threatened to join forces Myanmar, meanwhile, has ethnic cleansing. charged with violating Section was stepped up last week when out the truth.” 64; &$4&&"6 0>  :    .5    /4            "  "  & #     " ,              #   Jerusalem: Israeli Prime nate. 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Putrajaya: A Malaysian court on ing was part of the first of sev- Moscow: Russian President reset Putin’s previous terms, Monday began hearing an appeal eral corruption trials against Vladimir Putin on Monday allowing him to run for presi- by ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak Najib that are linked to the signed a law allowing him to dent two more times. The to overturn his conviction and 12- 1MDB scandal, which sparked potentially hold onto power until change was rubber-stamped year jail sentence linked to the investigations in the US and 2036, a move that formalises con- by the Kremlin-controlled leg- massive looting of the 1MDB state several other countries. US stitutional changes endorsed in islature and the relevant law investment fund that brought Investigators alleged that over last year’s popular vote. signed by Putin was posted down his government in 2018. $4.5 billion was stolen from The July 1 constitutional Monday on an official portal of The appeal came more 1MDB and laundered by Najib’s vote included a provision that legal information. AP than eight months after a high associates. court found Najib guilty of Najib, 67, arrived at the abuse of power, criminal breach Court of Appeal early Monday & of trust and money laundering, but didn’t speak to reporters. making him the first Malaysian Najib, who set up 1MDB short- leader to be convicted. He has ly after taking office in 2009,  %  said he was misled by rogue has denied all wrongdoing and bankers and that the case his sentence was stayed pend- +   against him is political. The rul- ing the appeal. AP Islamabad: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will        arrive in Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day official visit during which he will hold talks with his     +  counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discuss ways to fur-  +)%0% shortly after midnight Sunday ther deepen bilateral coopera- on Adonara island in East tion in diverse fields, the Foreign escuers were hampered by Nusa Tenggara province. Office said on Monday. Rdamaged bridges and roads Rescuers recovered 38 bodies Lavrov will also call on and a lack of heavy equipment and at least five people were Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday after torrential rains injured, said Lenny Ola, who and interact with other top caused multiple disasters on heads the local disaster agency. dignitaries, it added. remote eastern Indonesian Flash floods killed at least “The two foreign ministers islands as well as in East Timor. 33 people elsewhere and at least will review the entire gamut of At least 73 people died and 70 are missing in the province, Pakistan-Russia relations and dozens are missing in according to the National discuss ways to further broad- Indonesia, and 27 deaths were Disaster Mitigation Agency. en and deepen bilateral coop- reported in East Timor. Severe flooding also has eration in diverse fields,” the FO A tropical cyclone causing been reported in Bima, a town said. They will also exchange the damage is expected to con- in the neighbouring province of views on regional and interna- tinue affecting the Southeast West Nusa Tenggara, killing tional issues, it added. Foreign Asian nations for days while two people and submerging Minister Lavrov’s visit is part of moving south toward Australia. nearly 10,000 houses. Relief the growing interaction and Mud tumbled down from efforts were hampered by power regular high-level exchanges surrounding hills onto dozens outages, blocked roads covered between Pakistan and Russia. of homes in Lamenele village in thick mud and debris. PTI   !"!#  ,

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WCovid-19 cases in 38/N8 O in the Indian economy and The report noted that “At this juncture of onset of Maharashtra, a bank union   %  termed the economic recovery India’s PMI Manufacturing the second wave, India is well "  & %/ has written to Bank of  "   as resilient citing improvement Index of 55.4 in March indi- prepared to combat the scourge Maharashtra, the State Level     ,  in high frequency indicators. cated some loss of momentum of the virus. It is well-equipped  *+,$+-# rate of input cost inflation was Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) %0  ) " The Monthly Economic compared to February. with adequate testing and among the strongest seen convenor of the state, request-   <  "  Review for March 2021 However, manufacturing sector health infrastructure and eco- oss of growth momen- over the past three years, the ing a special vaccination drive   ,$  # released by the Department of conditions continue to improve nomic activity has adapted to Ltum, due to a surge in report said. However, selling for all bank employees.   @  Economic Affairs (DEA) said sharply, outpacing the long-run the pandemic.”Concerns, how- Covid-19 cases as well as prices increased only moder- On Sunday, Maharashtra L    that the agricultural sector series average with firms scal- ever, have been growing with high input cost pressure, ately as companies limited reported the highest single-day  '   4@@        0  remains the bright spot of ing up production and wit- the surging number of decelerated pace of new their adjustments to retain a rise of 57,074 coronavirus pos- , %0     8 ')     Indian economy with food- nessing upturn in sales. cases.India registered over 1.03 orders and production for competitive edge and boost itive cases, while 222 patients grains production touching Further, strengthening in lakh new coronavirus cases in India’s manufacturing sector sales.Consequently, the head- succumbed to the infection, #  (  >  #    303.3 million tonnes in 2020- demand conditions could be the last 24 hours, the highest in March. line seasonally adjusted IHS according to the state health  ! #   8 &        21 beating record production clearly seen in auto sales and ever single-day spike since the The IHS Markit India Markit India Manufacturing department. “We request you % "(%#F# G          levels for the fifth consecutive power consumption. Monthly onset of the pandemic last Manufacturing PMI report Purchasing Managers’ Index to make special arrangements    8 &   N 'O year in a row. GST collections attained all- year, taking the total tally to said that firms scaled up pro- (PMI) fell from 57.5 in for vaccination of all bank (%#     / 8     #   Further, MGNREGS has time record levels in March, 1,25,89,067 on Monday. duction and input buying in February to a seven-month employees who are frontline  8 &   % "  acted as a strong pillar to insu- since its inception. Fears of local restrictions line with another upturn in low of 55.4 in March. warriors in fighting Covid,”        "  "  " late the rural economy by gen- The report highlighted the and lockdowns too have grown sales, but employment The PMI ranges between Maharashtra State Bank   "   ' "   "#0"   " erating all-time high employ- second wave of Covid-19 infec- which may impact business decreased due to the pan- 0 and 100, with a reading Employees Federation General     "   0  %   ment of 383.8 crore person tion in India with the rise in and economic activities. demic curbs and a lack of above 50 indicating an over- Secretary Devidas Tuljapurkar    (%#  (%#%*9-8  08 & days during 2020-21, 44.7 per daily new cases since mid of Maharashtra, already has pressure on capacity. all increase compared to the wrote in the letter addressed to      N   (%#     cent higher compared to pre- February.The department, announced night curfew and On the price front, the previous month. the general manager (SLBC), 'N(%#%*9-O (%#O H22  0 vious year. however, is of the view that weekend lockdown. Bank of Maharashtra. 8     /    6@"@ 6@"@  (      &- *$3" O  # : *  % ?>1"  %    &  &012<!     "         ;        "    !   &= -  3;#    ;  "% "%     6O0  6O50   *+,$+-# cane payment to growers on sugar.According to NFCSF ;@"     CP# : time, it said.With slump in President Jaiprakash    ;   BP 66E   &)%# navirus infections “The market witnessed a he National Federation of sugar demand, NFCSF urged Dandegaonkar, there has been 0  640 ;@?   in a day, pushing the huge sell-off today as India’s TCooperative Sugar the government to allocate reduced sugar sales by nearly 1    L8 60 0 ?O   quity benchmarks wilted nationwide COVID-19 tally to second wave of COVID-19 is Factories (NFCSF) on Monday lesser sugar quota for sale in the million tonne due to sluggish       CO0F6@PG O5F5PG Eunder widespread selling on 1,25,89,067, according getting bigger than anticipated demanded that the govern- next month. For April, the demand owing to the nation-   0)  3     Monday as a record single-day to the Union Health and is expected to ruin the pace ment give more time to clear government has fixed a record wide lockdown imposed in   B4B0 ;     O    jump in Covid-19 cases in the Ministry data updated on of economic recovery. High the unsold sugar quota as sales sugar sale quota of 22 lakh March last year. OO50     CP     country unnerved investors Monday. The single-day rise in valuation added further con- have been hit due to the pan- tonne. and fanned fears over the eco- cases surpassed the earlier peak cern due to a possible down- demic. Mills are also finding The government fixes nomic recovery. of 97,894 infections reported grade in Q1FY22 earnings,” it difficult to sell sugar at a gov- sugar sale quota every month A sharp plunge in the on September 17 last year, said Vinod Nair, Head of ernment-fixed rate of Rs 31 per based on production figures of rupee added to the concerns, making it the highest since the Research at Geojit Financial kg. They are facing fund mills across the country so that traders said. pandemic began. Services. crunch and not able to make all small and big mills can sell After plunging over 1,400 points earlier in the day, the 30- $" share BSE Sensex pared some (    /   losses to finish at 49,159.32, #?"  down 870.51 points or 1.74 per Q  cent. >@8@1  "  Similarly, the broader NSE  B Nifty sank 229.55 points or 1.54 New Delhi: Traditional busi- tations knowing that access to per cent to 14,637.80.    *+,$+-# nesses are now in what is a first level quality of medical Bajaj Finance was the top phase of “essential” digital busi- care is now not bound by any laggard in the Sensex pack,   &)%# old was marginally ness transformation. They now physical location. Traditional plunging 5.81 per cent, fol- Glower by 15 to  44,949 realise that native digital star- banks are in midst of an exis- lowed by IndusInd Bank, SBI, he rupee declined by 18 per 10 gram in the national tups are competing with them, tential crisis. They are trans- M&M, Axis Bank, Bajaj Auto Tpaise to close at 73.30 capital on Monday amid not just for their customers, but forming to compete with new- and ICICI Bank. against the US currency on muted trading and tepid the market share and their tal- age fintech companies and new IT stocks stood tall amid Monday on strong dollar in global trends, according to ent pool as well. banks,” said Ashwin the carnage, with HCL Tech global markets and risk HDFC Securities. In the “Colleges and schools with Shivakumar, Jugular Social leading the gainers’ chart with aversion in the domestic previous trade, the precious traditional learning approach- Group founder. a jump of 3.08 per cent. market amid concerns over metal had closed at 44,964 es are reinventing to stay rele- But it is important for TCS, Infosys, Bharti Airtel rising COVID-19 cases per 10 gram. Silver also vant through immersive digi- business owners to find digital and Tech Mahindra were the Losses in domestic equity dipped by 216 to 64,222 tal experiences. Hospitals are practitioners, consultants and other winners, gaining up to .markets also weighed on per kilogram from 64,438 now enabling improved zero partners during their initial 2.32 per cent. India recorded an investors’ sentiment. per kilogram in the previous wait online patient experiences years of journey to become dig- all-time high of 1,03,558 coro- trade. for first-level medical consul- ital-first businesses, he added.  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A case in point is Pulmonary Endarterectomy, a spe- A truly a healthy system is just not cialist surgical procedure for Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) dependent on one thing — Vitamin c, resulting from a condition called Chronic Thromboembolic Vitamin D, etc. but is a sum of balanced Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH). In the context of CTEPH, healthy diet over a period of time that untreated pulmonary hypertension of >40mmHg has a poor prog- includes carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vit- nosis with a five-year survival of 30% and if the pulmonary pres- amins, minerals and lastly water! sure is >50 mmHg, then the five-year survival is only 10%. ne of the many lessons and difficulty with speech or swal- permanent treatment. Also, multi- Vitamins and minerals that are essen- The following describes what CTEPH is, how it presents, how that COVID has taught lowing are some of the signs and ple interventions can help a person tial to improve one’s well being are: it is diagnosed and what treatment options are available. us is, of course, health is symptoms of the disease,” Kumar adapt to changes in his or her abil- Vitamin C: It helps prevent or short- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension wealth. While many of us explains. ities for a certain amount of time. en the infection’s stay. Studies prove that a (CTEPH) is a relatively rare, but potentially lethal and signifi- Ohave started prioritising our over- Cognitive disorders like diffi- Physiotherapy and talk therapy can regular intake of Vitamin C acts like a scav- cantly underdiagnosed condition. It is one of many conditions all wellbeing and has become more culty organising, prioritising or also help. But, treatments can’t pre- enger in one’s body. Vitamin C rich fruits that leads to PH and usually caused by blood clots or thrombi aware of the diseases that pose a focusing on tasks, lack of flexibili- vent the physical, mental and are the best to meet your daily intake but which narrow or block one or more arteries in the lung. An esti- threat on our health, there are still ty or the tendency to get stuck on behavioural decline associated with other good sources are: spinach, kale, bell mated 800 individuals per million population will have a PE of several diseases that failed to make a thought, behaviour or action the condition,” he says. peppers, guava, strawberries, papaya, etc. which 4% will develop CTEPH and up to a quarter of them will it into our priority lists. One such (perseveration), lack of impulse With no cure in place, creating Vitamin E: Vitamin E is a powerful benefit from a surgical procedure called Pulmonary disease, that is rare and dangerous control that can result in outbursts, awareness of such diseases become antioxidant which plays a critical role in the Endarterectomy (PEA). If these blood clots, which stick to the too is Huntington’s disease. acting without thinking and sexu- all the more important. Living in functioning of the immune system. It can internal walls of the pulmonary arteries, do not disappear on their It is an inherited disease that al promiscuity, lack of awareness of &   oblivion will only add to the diffi- be found easily in plant based oils, nuts, own or following treatment with blood thinning medication, then causes the progressive breakdown one’s own behaviours and abilities, culties, the patients will face. seeds, fruits and vegetables. the right ventricle struggles to pump blood into the lung circu- (degeneration) of nerve cells in the slowness in processing thoughts or     “The rare disease impacts func- Vitamin A: It not only improves vision lation so that less oxygen is available for normal activity. This brain. “finding” words and difficulty in     tional abilities and deteriorates the and adds shine on your skin but is also an triggers the onset of symptoms. “Huntington’s disease has a learning new information are some condition of living. And, currently infection- fighter. Its best absorbed from an &     In time, these unresolved blood broad impact on a person’s func- of the other symptoms to look out  < it has no cure — which is why rais- egg, fortified cereals, sweet potato, pump- &8  clots become organised into a tional abilities and usually results in for.   ing awareness is important. Such kin. chronic scar tissue and contin- movement, thinking (cognitive) “Behavioural changes including persons should be taken to a neu- Vitamin D: Also called as a sunshine     ue to restrict the normal flow and psychiatric disorders. The difficulty in paying attention and    rologist and psychologist so that the vitamin and the best source is sunlight. It      of blood within the pulmonary symptoms can develop at any time, rapid, significant drop in overall    diagnosis of the disease can happen. is a fat soluble vitamin which improves circulation. but they often first appear when school performance. Physical During the isolated times of intestinal absorption of calcium magnesium     The diagnosis of CTEPH is people are in their 30s or 40s. If the changes including tremors or slight   COVID-19, we have to show our and phosphate. It’s most important role is    confirmed once there is evi- condition develops before age 20, it’s involuntary movements, frequent solidarity towards these patients and to regulate hormones in our body. It is one dence of chronic clots within called juvenile Huntington’s disease. falls or clumsiness and seizures can  -   creating a sense of togetherness,” he of the powerful nutrients for supporting the     the pulmonary arteries despite The symptoms are different and the also be seen in patients,” Kumar tells    says. immune system.    three months of treatment with disease may progress faster,” Dr you.   =& However, Huntington’s disease Folate: Vitamin B9 and B12 play a cru-     blood-thinning anticoagulant Rajnish Kumar, Senior Consultant A preliminary diagnosis of itself does not necessarily put you cial role in healthy balance of the immune medication and the mean pul- & Unit Head, Neurology, Paras Huntington’s disease is based pri-   at a higher risk of getting COVID- system. To get more of folate in your diet  (   monary artery pressure is equal Hospital Gurugram, tells you. marily on your answers to ques- 19, but patients are required to fol- include beans, green leafy vegetables and   to or more than 25 mmHg on When Huntington’s develops tions, a general physical exam, a    low all the precautions and take lentils to your routine on a regular basis. a right heart catheter study with early, symptoms are somewhat dif- review of your family medical his- =& extra care of themselves at all times. Iron: It helps your body carry oxygen    normal left heart function. ferent and the disease may progress tory and neurological and psychi- “People who are symptomatic may to cells and different organs. Iron is essen- PEA, historically referred faster. Medications are available to atric examinations. “Your doctor     be in the high-risk category because tial for the activation and proliferation of to as Pulmonary help manage the symptoms of the may also ask you to go for brain-   of difficulties swallowing, clearing immune cells. Thromboendarterectmy, is a complex surgical procedure that is disease. “But treatments can’t pre- imaging tests for assessing the secretions from the lungs, and self- Zinc: It is needed for the production of a curative treatment for selected patients diagnosed with vent the physical, mental and structure or function of the brain.     understanding of limitations. There new immune cells in your body. It’s com- advanced CTEPH. Surgery involves general anaesthesia, a mid- behavioural decline associated with The imaging technologies may  . / may also be an increased risk of monly found in animal products like chick- line opening of the chest (sternotomy) as per most heart oper- the condition,” Kumar adds. include MRI or CT scans that developing pneumonia as a result of en, fish, and eggs. It is also found in good ations and the use of the heart-lung machine. As it is impossi- No disease can occur out of the show detailed images of the brain. being bedridden and undernour- quantities in curd, chickpeas and lentils. ble to see through blood, the procedure requires cooling the body blue. Your body, always, gives red These images may reveal changes in ished. In general, individuals over Selenium: Another nutrient which has to 20 degree Celsius (deep hypothermia) and periods of circu- flags when something is not right the brain in areas affected by age 60 are at the highest risk of a powerful impact as it helps lower oxida- latory arrest so that no blood is flowing. This technique of deep inside you. “Movement disorders Huntington’s disease. However, developing a severe case of COVID- tive stress in your body, which reduces hypothermic circulatory arrest is a very safe and well established like involuntary jerking or writhing these changes may not show up 19. It is highly recommend to fol- inflammation and enhances immunity. practice in cardiothoracic surgery. It permits excellent visuali- movements (chorea), rigidity or early in the course of the disease. low advice given by the Commonly found in nuts (brazil nuts), lean sation of the disease so that all of the obstructive material can muscle contracture (dystonia), slow “Medications can lessen some Government which includes wash- meats, broccoli and cottage cheese. be removed to re-establish adequate blood flow in the pulmonary or abnormal eye movements, symptoms of movement and psy- ing your hands regularly and main- '        # "  # arteries. Sometimes, a portion of the disease that is very distal impaired gait, posture and balance chiatric disorders, but there is no tain social distancing,” he says. !   " in the pulmonary arteries may not be amenable to PEA surgery. This results in some patients being left with a degree of resid- ual disease and associated PH which may necessitate a combi-    nation of medical and BPA treatment. 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e all know that there is a cor- relation between gender Wequality and the digital gen- der divide. However, until recently, the direction and quantum of that corre- lation has been unclear to me. A research published in the US National Academy of Sciences in 2018 studied Facebook data of over 1.3 bil- lion users from over 120 territories around the world to understand the impact of Facebook on gender equal- ity. The study found that in countries where there was a smaller gender gap on Facebook in 2015, gender equality in that country improved the following year. However, the reverse was not found to be true. The study conclud- ed that a lower gender gap on Facebook was more likely a contributor to gen- der equality than a product of it. Having said that, the digital gender gap in India stands at 50 per cent — which means that women are 50 per cent less likely to have access to the internet than men, depriving them of benefits of information, knowledge, access to jobs and markets, peer sup-  *  " port and more. Qualitative research from around the world shows that when you create ! !"- relevant ‘legit’ use cases for women on the internet, it reduces other barriers uma Qureshi says working in the forthcoming such as gatekeeping by men on grounds HAkshay Kumar-starrer spy thriller Bell Bottom was of safety and security. For example, we special for the entire unit because it was the film they shot asked nurses in Bihar about whether last year when the first unlock phase started. they use WhatsApp... they said they do “Bell Bottom is going to be a very special film for all because they have a nurses’ work of us, whether it is me or the whole cast and crew for that group where they get information, edu- matter, because it was the film we shot last year when the cation and share experiences. But first unlock phase started,” Huma said. when we asked them about other plat- “It was going back to the film set for all of us. For forms, they said they do not use them actors, normalcy means hearing those words, ‘roll cam- because they are not for work. It was era’, ‘action’, ‘cut’, and after that long and sudden phase clear evidence that their use of inter- lion farmers in her two groups — the proven model of self-help groups own businesses or grow their existing disruptions that are already happening of staying at home, Bell Bottom was our first step to nor- net platforms was based on perceived women farmers who access informa- — small physical groups of 10-15 business. Digital Beti, a partnership and how legit use cases are breaking malcy. It’s like a comeback for everyone. We are fortu- legitimacy of the use case. And when tion and capital, share best practices women who meet weekly. Self-help between Facebook and CSC academy down normative barriers for women’s nate that we finished the shoot peacefully on time. We women and their families find legit use and support each other in times of cri- groups are proven enablers for empow- has trained over 2,50,000 women vil- access to the internet. Savita does not cannot wait to share the film with the world,” she added. cases, the other normative barriers, sis — all through an online group. What erment and social change. But at the lage level entrepreneurs, 70 per cent of need to be an exception. While big Making her Bollywood debut in 2012, with Anurag such as gatekeeping by men on grounds Savita achieved with just a feature end of the day those 10-15 women are whom were first time digital users, in organisations imagine the disruptions Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur, Huma appeared in films of safety and security, start to break phone and zero funds is more than from the same village, same commu- basic digital skills. The programme led that will empower millions of women like D-Day, Dedh Ishqiya, Badlapur and Jolly LLB 2, down. what many NGOs achieve through nity and hold similar norms. The ref- to an average increase of 20 per cent in rapidly and exponentially each of us can besides Deepa Mehta’s web series Leila. Here is an example of how a ‘legit’ large funded programmes. This is a true erence group is small and static. The the annual income of these women. play our small part too. Introducing a She looks back fondly at her debut film. “I think once use case of social media can transform example of what technology can do for moment we bring millions of women Many of these outcomes are not pos- woman farmer, a house-help, a young Gangs Of Wasseypur ended, I realised what it takes to act lives. This is the story of Savita — an women’s empowerment. And how a from other villages, even other states, sible at this scale, cost and speed with- student or a village level entrepreneur in front of the camera. Since it was my debut, we all know uneducated middle-aged farmer from ‘legit’ use case can reduce women’s bar- to the same group -- it completely out technology. And Savita understood to relevant, legit use cases on the inter- that some of the finest actors of our country were part Maharashtra. A few years back she got riers to internet access. changes and dramatically expands the that. net can transform their lives. And with of the film. It was quite a wholesome experience,” she said. exposed to the internet and Facebook. So how did Savita do what many reference group. It allows new ideas to Technology is one of the greatest every woman who joins the world wide She has a special esteem for Leila Deepa Mehta. “She She was fascinated by its potential. She large, funded NGOs are unable to do? blossom, new norms to thrive. enablers of change. We all saw that dur- web, the world becomes a better place. is one of those people who pushed me to an end from wanted other farmers to learn what she Before we get to how, it’s important A Facebook group called Pune ing COVID-19. But we need to (The author, Siddharta Swarup, is where I rediscovered myself as an actress,” she said. had. So she started an online Facebook to understand what she did. She creat- Ladies (PULA) brought together aspir- approach it with confidence not fear, Lead, Social Impact and Communities Huma’s other releases coming up are the Tamil film community using a basic feature phone. ed a disruption. Traditional develop- ing women entrepreneurs and that has with vision not hindsight. Try to think at Facebook India.) Valimai, the web series Maharani and Zack Snyder’s OTT In under three years, she has one mil- ment experts would gravitate towards led to over 9,000 women to start their about where the future is headed, the L(  release, Army Of The Dead. "   @  

ctor Aadar Jain says he does said, “I had to learn how to be Anot feel the pressure to deliv- with a gorilla (Toto). I had to   -A&   er in the same way that his hang with it and chill with it. He maternal grandfather, the leg- had his handlers with him but I ctor Tahir Raj Bhasin is endary Raj Kapoor, did. He is was scared. I am an animal lover Athrilled to be shooting also upbeat about his forthcom- and have been to many safaris in in Ladakh for the first time. ing comedy Hello Charlie, adding 6   " my life but to see an animal far Tahir will be in the pic- that rumoured girlfriend Tara  -"   away and to work with it up close turesque terrain for about Sutaria says it is one of her and to be next to it is very scary.” two weeks to shoot for his favourites.      Aadar also opened up on digital series Yeh Kaali Kaali “I have a responsibility  " rumoured girlfriend Tara Ankhein. towards my work but I don’t feel Sutaria’s reaction after watching The actor reveals, any pressure that I have to    the film. He said, “She has seen “Ladakh has an exquisite achieve so much or I have to      the film and she has really, real- landscape and is a dream deliver in some way that my ly loved it. I think she spoke to destination to shoot in. grandfather probably did in his    Pankaj sir also and told him what There’s a vast surreal beau- films, the kinds of films that he   she felt. She loved all the charac- ty that the dessert moun- made or whatever. There is no ters, (the film’s heroine) Shlokka tains and altitude bring to pressure from my family or my     Pandit, the script and the fact that the frame that fits the scale parents’ side. The fact that I exist %  ' it is so unique and one of a kind. and vibe of the scenes. We’re in this industry and do what I She’s just saying already that it is aiming to shoot here over love, which is acting in Hindi cin-     one of her favourite movies!” the next few days for the ema, I think in itself is something   " P Qaidi Band and Hello Charlie series Yeh Kaali Kaali that my family takes a lot of pride are completely different kinds of Ankhein. I’ve grown up in,” Aadar said. - =;    films. What kind of genre would watching films like Lakshya, Aadar made his Bollywood he like to take up next? “I have Jab Tak Hain Jaan, and 3 debut with Habib Faisal’s 2017    always said that I am a big fan of Idiots that have all shot Tso lake and eating some ing to explore and revisit film Qaidi Band. The film failed   cinema as a whole and it includes iconic sequences in Ladakh amazing thukpa and different corners of our to leave a mark, and his next all genres. So for me it’s not pick and I’ve always wanted to momos with my younger country and its varied screen appearance is the forth- and choose. Both the films that shoot here in this unique brother. I remember it being scenic beauty.” coming digital film Hello Charlie, I have done, have chosen them terrain.” very windy and cold and so He adds, “When a trip slated to release on April 9. from my heart, what my gut has Tahir had visited this time around I’m taking combines nature and the Why this gap between the told me. Going forward I think Ladakh as a teenager and no chances and I’ve packed outdoors set against the two films? “My first film came out you knowing. So it is not real- I am only going to do films which has amazing memories two jackets just to be safe.” backdrop of a place as spe- out in 2017 and then in 2018, I ly in my hands that the film came I can connect to, whether it is the from this vacation. He says, Tahir has always secret- cial as Ladakh and all of this met (Hello Charlie producer) out late,” he said. same genre, different genre, “I was 16 years old during ly wished to return to is in addition to fulfilling Ritesh (Sidhwani) sir and (direc- In the film, Aadar plays something very hatke (offbeat) or my last visit to Ladakh, I Ladakh. He says, work, it truly is the com- tor) Pankaj (Saraswat) sir, and I Chirag Rastogi or Charlie, a something serious, I don’t know remember long walks and “Travelling is something plete package. I return to auditioned. We started shooting simpleton hailing from a small but it has to come from within,” visiting Buddhist temples I’m very passionate about Ladakh after fifteen years in 2019 but because of this pan- town of Gujarat. Sharing his he replied. with my parents. I also and the year gone by of and what better way to go demic I feel there is an even big- experience of shooting with a (The film is slated to drop on remember an extremely pic- being confined to the city back than to be shooting for ger gap. 2020 just went by with- gorilla in the film, the actor Amazon Prime Video.) turesque drive to Pangong has only increased my long- a new digital series.” &$7 ;>$   P7          , !"        *   ' 8-  9  "                   %   %            ;   #          N 8   #       '%   )  "             9 "< '9  "   ""  # #    "    >  "  / ' / K              '    # %        4      @" )           ' L/  '      *         8     "M      #    #   '           L   M 8           #   " #      L#             '    >  '     - "  " #       #    "  ' "!"       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In all, he hit 18 fours and ten sixes The X-rays conducted following in a 155-ball innings before being run the match revealed an “intra artic- out in the last over by a direct hit from ular communicated fracture” though long-off as he was trying for a second there is neither any displacement nor run. angulation, the PCB said. With wicketkeeper Quinton de “The injury will be treated con- Kock seemingly gesturing for Aiden servatively and Shadab will under-   &)%# 10pm,” wrote Srirang Gholap, Markram to throw to the bowler’s end, go a four-week rehab.” Under Secretary of the Disaster Fakhar slowed down and was surprised The PCB did not mention if he Maharashtra Management, Relief and when the ball hit the stumps at the bats- Shadab would return home or TGovernment on Monday Rehabilitation department, in a man’s end when he was a metre or remain with the touring squad. cleared the decks for the IPL to letter issued to the BCCI. more short, ending his bold counter- take place in the Covid-ravaged Mumbai is scheduled to attack. Mumbai, allowing teams to host 10 matches of the IPL at the “It was one of the best innings I "  % " C !! *   !  !& & % !&>+(& @( blamed de Kock for “deliberately dis- practice after 8pm and travel to Wankhede Stadium and nine of have seen in my life,” said Pakistan cap- tracting” Zaman, leading to his dis- their respective hotels during the them are scheduled to start at tain Babar Azam. IT’S UP TO UMPIRES TO DECIDE missal. night curfew that has been 7.30pm. The first game at the “It was an incredible innings, IF QDK WAS AT FAULT: MCC Former captain Waqar Younis and imposed to contain the pandem- Wankhede is due on April 10 probably the best I have come across,” Fakhar Zaman’s contentious run- "- <" &" fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar questioned ic. between Chennai Super Kings said South African captain Temba out in the second ODI has sparked a the South African’s act. Due to the massive surge of and Delhi Capitals. Bavuma. “Everything he tried came debate on spirit of the game with “What a master inning by Covid-19 cases in Mumbai and “...Permission has been off.” Marylebone Cricket Club saying it was @FakharZaman. Treat to watch. Single Maharashtra, the state requested for teams and the IPL Fakhar, who made a ODI double “up to the umpires to decide” if (<"("# #" handedly brought the game here. Sad Government on Sunday staff (to) be allowed to practice century against Zimbabwe in 2018, was Quinton de Kock had attempted to mis- end to the inning. Deserved a 200. Was announced ‘Break the Chain’, inside the grounds after 8pm named player of the match. lead the batsman. the spirit of the game compromised by under which section 144 and and they may be allowed free “I tried my level best,” he said. “Law 41.5.1 states: It is unfair for  .:-%**+8)&/( not a trick and that he was indicat- South Africa & @QuinnyDeKock69 in night-curfew from 8pm to 7am movement from the ground to “That’s my game. The wicket was real- any fielder wilfully to attempt, by word ing for the throw to go to the that run out?” Akhtar asked in a tweet. on weekdays has been imposed their respective hotels after the ly good, the boundaries were very short or action, to distract, deceive or obstruct outh African wicketkeeper bowler’s end. Waqar wrote on his Twitter handle, on entire Maharashtra, includ- said time. and the run rate was going up. I was either batsman after the striker has SQuinton de Kock is unlikely to South African fielder Tabraiz “Record breaking inning. Simply ing Mumbai. “Accordingly, permission is just hitting the ball.” received the ball,” the MCC, custodians face any sanction over the run out Shamsi tweeted on Monday that de Outstanding @FakharZamanLive. The guidelines are to be being hereby accorded for the Fakhar admitted he was taken by of the game, tweeted. of Fakhar Zaman during the Proteas’ Kock was calling for a fielder to back What about this cheeky giggle from implemented from this evening. said request subject to scrupu- surprise by his dismissal. “I was look- In another, the MCC wrote, “The 17-run win in the second ODI, up the throw at the non-striker’s end. Quinton tells you?” However, the state lous adherence to the bio-bub- ing at Haris Rauf because I thought the Law is clear, with the offence being an according to reports. “QDK was NOT speaking 2 or South African captain Temba Government has allowed the ble,” stated the letter. run-out would be at his end. It was my ATTEMPT to deceive, rather than the After reviewing footage of the pointing at the batsman, he was ask- Bavuma said de Kock’s act was “quite IPL teams to practice beyond own fault,” he said at the post-match batsman actually being deceived. It’s up incident, match officials are believed ing a fielder to back up at the non clever”. 8pm, provided there is “strict MOST GROUND-STAFF press conference. to the umpires to decide if there was to have come to the conclusion that strikers end,” tweeted Shamsi. “You’ve always got to look for ways adherence to bio-bubble”. The COVID -ve NOW “The fault was mine as I was too such an attempt. If so, then it’s Not out, de Kock was not in breach of the law “Not Quinnys fault the batman especially when things are not going event starts in Chennai on April In a related development busy looking out for Haris Rauf at the 5 Penalty runs + the 2 they ran, and on fielders deceiving batsmen. turned around 2 see instead of your way, got to find ways to turn 9. and a major relief to the Mumbai other end as I felt he’d started off a lit- batsmen choose who faces next ball.” Officials are understood to have completing the run safely which he momentum around. Quinny did that,” “Considering the match- Cricket Association, it is learnt tle late from his crease, so I thought he The debate around de Kock’s ges- deemed that de Kock’s actions were should have done.” Bavuma said. timings, teams practicing at the that most of the Wankhede’s 10 was in trouble. The rest is up to the ture was whether he was intentionally “I don’t think he broke the rules in CCI and MCA are scheduled to ground-staff members, who had match referee, but I don’t think it’s attempting to deceive Zaman into the other end, leading to the batsman the second run. any kind of way. It was a clever piece practice in 2 sessions — from earlier tested positive for the Quinton’s fault.” thinking that the throw was headed for slowing down his pace while going for Many in the Pakistan cricket circles of cricket.” 4pm to 6.30pm and 7.30pm to virus, have now tested negative. -+ =2;- HURKACZ WINS HIS BIGGEST TITLE   ! **   & *   "&1 *  " Miami: , ) 0     : "

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