®®® Vol - 17 ®®® Issue-299 ®®® Bhubaneswar ®®® 13 June, 2021 ®®® Sunday ®®® Rs.2.00 OrissaPeople’s TVoiceoday email:[email protected], [email protected] ®®® Pages -8 RNI NO - ODIENG/2005/16409 For e paper : www.orissatodaynews. in [email protected] GST cut on medicines and equipment Dominica HC denies bail used in treatment of COVID-19 plea of Mehul Choksi New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI) The Generator, including personal Dominica HC denies bail plea a fixed address. The court also Goods and Services Tax (GST) imports thereof, Ventilators, of Mehul Choksi noted that his trial has not Council on Saturday reduced the Ventilator masks / canula / hel- New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI) The started yet. GST rate on an array of medi- met, BiPAP Machine, High flow Dominica High Court has de- On June 23, Choksi, who has an cine and equipment used in the nasal canula (HFNC) device, nied bail to fugitive diamantaire Interpol Red Notice against him, treatment of COVID-19. Covid Testing Kits, Specified In- Mehul Choksi in the case of il- had mysteriously gone missing Along with this, the GST on flammatory Diagnostic Kits, legal entry into the island coun- medicines useful in treatment of namely D-Dimer, IL-6, Ferritin from Antigua and Barbuda try on the grounds that he is a black fungus was cut to zero. and LDH, where he has been staying since "flight risk," according to local Roosevelt Skerrit recently The items on which rates were Pulse Oximeters, including per- 2018 as a citizen after fleeing media reports. termed Choksi an "Indian citi- brought down include medi- sonal imports thereof has been from India. Judge Wynante Adrien-Rob- zen". cines such as Remdesivir and reduced from 12 per cent to five In his plea, Choksi alleged that erts of Dominica high court also Skerrit had said that the courts Tocilizumab, medical oxygen, per cent. he was abducted in Antigua on observed that Choksi, wanted will decide what happens to oxygen generation equipment, She said the GST on Hand Sani- May 23 and brought to in India in Rs 13,500 crore Choksi and will allow the court and diagnostic and testing ma- tizer, Temperature checking Dominica, where he was de- were taken according to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) process to go through, local chine kits, masks, COVID test- ment of black fungus has been equipment, Gas/Electric/other tained. recommendations of the group. loan fraud case, has no ties with media reports said. ing kits, oximeters, hand reduced from less than five per furnaces for crematorium, in- On June 3, presiding Magistrate After the meeting, Sitharaman Dominica and did not offer any The reports also said that cur- sanitisers, cremation furnaces, cent to zero, she said. cluding their installation, etc has Candia Carrette-George had told reporters that most of the strong surety before the court rently, the 62-year-old fugitive ambulances, temperature check- She said that the GST on Anti- been reduced from 18 per cent sided with the Prosecutor and recommendations of the Group while denying his bail. has got interim relief from imme- ing devices. Coagulants like Heparin and to five per cent. stated that given the 'severity of Ministers had been ap- Choksi's legal team argued for diate repatriation to India by the The cuts are applicable till Sep- Remdesivir has been reduced Along with this, the GST on of the matter, she is not con- proved. bail citing medical grounds and Dominican high court. tember 30. from 12 per cent to five per cent. ambulances has been reduced vinced that Choksi will stay in 'Today's meeting was a single- not a flight risk. The HC also stated that Choksi The Council took the decisions The GST rate on medicines ap- from 28 per cent to 12 per cent. Dominica to attend his trial, agenda meeting on the Group Notably, the court order came proposed he will stay with his at its 44th meeting chaired by proved by the Ministry of Sitharaman however, said that 5 Dominica News Online reported. of Ministers which was consti- after Dominica Prime Minister brother in the hotel, which is not Union Finance and Corporate Health and Family Welfare and per cent GST on vaccines will tuted in last GST Council meet- Affairs Minister Nirmala the Department of Pharma for stay. ing to come up with recommen- Sitharaman. COVID treatment would now be The Centre will buy the 75 per dations on tax relief for COVID- Dharmendra Pradhan and MP CM inaugurate In the last meeting of the Coun- five per cent. cent vaccine as announced and 19 essentials,' she said. cil, a group of finance ministers The finance minister said that will pay its GST too. But 70 per The GST on Tocilizumab and the 200 oxygenated bed COVID Hospital at Bina of States was formed in this re- the GST on Medical Grade Oxy- cent of income from GST will be Amphotericin B used for treat- gard and Saturday's decisions gen, Oxygen Concentrator/ shared with states. Bhopal:Union Minister of Pe- troleum & Natural Gasand Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and MLA Pradeep Panigrahi China opposes Wuhan lab leak theory, US Chief Minister of Madhya Released On Bail Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Bhubaneswar: A day after the seeks transparency as Blinken-Yang talk Chouhan today inaugurated the temporary COVID Hospital Orissa High Court granted bail New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI) China and to shift blames." his successor Joe Biden asking at Bina in Sagar district of the to Gopalpur MLA Pradeep has voiced strong dissatisfac- "Some people in the United the intelligence community to state. The 200 Oxygenated bed Panigrahi, the legislator was tion to US over the theory that States have fabricated and "redouble" its efforts to inves- released from Jharpada jail in the novel coronavirus may peddled absurd stories claiming tigate the source of the virus. jumbo Covid-19 care facility has Bhubaneswar today after- have accidentally leaked from Wuhan lab leak, which China is The US State Department, how- come up near BPCL’s Bina re- noon. a laboratory in Wuhan, accord- gravely concerned about," ever, in a press statement said finery, for which Oxygen is pro- Yesterday, the HC granted ing to the country's state-run Xinhua quoted him as saying. Blinken emphasised the need for vided by Bharat Oman Refiner- conditional bail to the legisla- media. "China urges the United States transparency regarding the ori- ies Limited, a 100% subsidiary Ministers in the state of MP ister and his team for the Covid tor in connection with the Tata China's top diplomat, Yang to respect facts and science, re- gin of the virus. of Bharat Petroleum Corpora- Shri Gopal Bhargav, Shri management model of the state Motors job fraud case regis- Jiechi on Friday held a phone frain from politicizing COVID-19 "Addressing the COVID-19 pan- tion Limited (BPCL). Bhuppendra Singh, Shri Govind in controlling the pandemic, Shri tered at Golanthara police sta- conversation with US Secretary origin tracing and concentrate A Vaccination centre was also Singh Rajput, Dr Arvind Singh tion in Ganjam district. The demic, the Secretary stressed Pradhan said that in 50 districts of State Antony Blinken, and on international anti-pandemic the importance of cooperation inaugurated on this Bhadoria, MP from Sagar Shri of MP the positivity rate has court granted him bail in six said that Beijing has actively cooperation," Yang said. occasionwhich is being set up Rajbahadur Singh, Bina MLA cases registered against him. and transparency regarding the fallen below 1%..Calling the participated in and supported The Wuhan lab leak theory, pre- by BORL for providing vacci- Shri Mahesh Rai were among Covid-19 pandemic as once in a Three cases were lodged viously pushed by the adminis- origin of the virus, including the international anti-epidemic co- nation to all frontline workers those present on the occasion. century crisis, he said that the against the legislator at tration of former US President need for WHO Phase 2 expert- operation, and firmly opposed and their families without any Speaking on the occasion,Shri Government of India is taking Golanthara police station, two Donald Trump, has recently led studies in China," said the any acts that "use the epidemic cost. 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transgender in 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789 police services Bhubaneswar, Jun 12 (UNI) In a major decision the Odisha gov- Odisha registers 4,852 cases, 47 deaths ernment has decided to recruit transgender in the Police ser- vices Director General of Police Bhubaneswar, Jun 12 (UNI) Odisha on Saturday reported 4,852 Odisha which has, showing a remarkable dip in the daily covid Abhay said Odisha Police Re- more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hrs, while 47 more suc- cases registering less than five percent positivity rate. cruitment Board has decided to cumbed to the virus in the same duration. Mr.Patnaik also dedicated medical equipment worth Rs.25 crore recruit 477 Sub Inspectors of The state also reported a record 47 deaths in past 24 hours, purchased by the Western Odisha development Council ( Police and 244 Constables (Com- pushing the covid fatalities in the state to 3,257 while daily case WODC) for treatment of covid patients in eleven western munication) of Odisha Police load declined to less than 5000-mark after a gap of almost 42 odisha districts. Signal Service on contractual days. According to the CM’ s office sources ventilators, oxy basis. Health and family Welfare department sources said for the first metres,auto analysers,oxygen pipe lines and Blood count The DGP said the transgender time a record 47 covid deaths were reported in the state in a analysers have been purchased for the Western Odisha dis- candidates are eligible to apply single day on Friday, the last highest of 45 deaths being re- tricts to further strengthen the fight against the covid pan- ported on June 7 last. for both the categories of posts. demic. The fresh 47 deaths were reported from 17 districts with Khordha He said while a candidate ap- With the steady decline in the covid cases and the TPR plum- registering highest number of six followed by 5 in Cuttack and plying for the post of Sub In- meting to below 5 percent mostly in Western Odisha and four each in Angul and Bargarh districts. and Southern Odisha have witnessed total positivity rate below 5 Southern Odisha districts, the speculations are rife that the spector must have a minimum Three each succumbed to the virus in six districts and two each percent. the government might consider the unlock in these districts bachelor degree qualification in in three districts while one each died in four other districts in the While ten districts have the TPR between 5 to 10 percent, Seven any discipline , the candidates past 24 hours. districts have the TPR above 10 percent,the highest being 20.8 next week. applying for Constable post For the first time after a gap of nearly 42 days, the daily covid reported in Jajpur district followed by 13.9 in Cuttack distict. The lock down in the entire state has been extended till June must have passed the Plus two toll has come down to less than 5000 mark, the last being 4851 On the other hand Jharsuguda district has the lowest TPR of 1.3 17 along with the weekend shut down. examination . reported on April 20 last. percent and Nuapada district reported 1.4 percent. Incidentally The government is all likely to review the covid situation after The online application process Health and Family Welfare department sources said in the past both the districts are in Western Odisha. the famous Raja festival and decide whether the lock down for the recruitment will com- 24 hours 4852 new infection cases were reported from all the 30 Till midnight of June 11, as many as 1,25,23,241 tests have been will be lifted in some districts having less than 5 percent TPR mence on June 22 and the last districts in the state.They included 2765 from the quarantine conducted in the state and 8,47,241 of the found infected with the and extended in other districts where the TPR is above 10 date of online application is July centres and 2087 local contact cases. coronavirus of which already 7,81,488 have already been recov- percent. 15. Half of the 30 districts in the state registered less than 100 new ered from the virus. Keeping in view of the three day Raja festival in the state, the The recruitment process will covid positive cases in the past 24 hours. Khordha recorded the Since May 23 last the state has been witnessing more recoveries government has sealed all the exit and entry points in some highest number of 649 cases followed by Cuttack ( 505),Jajpur ( than the daily covid positive cases consist of three parts- com- major towns and cities, mostly in Coastal odisha and in some 382), Balasore ( 364) Kendrapara ( 287),Angul (275) an Puri (237). The active cases have further reduced to 62,515 in the last 24 puter-based multiple choice places the district administration is contemplating to clamp questions in the online mode, Sources said out of 65,635 tests conducted in the state on Fri- hours. day, 4852(7.39 percent) tested covid positive. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a fur- prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC to prevent the gath- physical standards measure- erings during the Raja festival. ment and physical efficiency Aa many as 13 districts in the state mostly from Western Odisha ther package of Rs.25 crore for covid management in Western test. Orissa Today WORLD Sunday 13 June 2021 Bhubaneswar 2

Putin dismisses reports of Russia Canada to supply up to 100mln COVID vaccine Maduro demands Biden admin unfreeze Venezuelan offering Iran advanced satellite doses as part of G7 1bln dose pledge - Envoy payments to COVAX for COVID-19 vaccines system as 'nonsense' Washington, Jun 12 Buenos Aires, Jun 12 actions of the United Maduro said in the (Sputnik) Venezuelan States against Venezuela. speech.Venezuela has been Washington, Jun 12 (Sputnik) Russian President (Sputnik) Canada will President Nicolas Maduro I demand that the Joe relying on a mix of Vladimir Putin dismissed as "nonsense" and "fake news" contribute up to 100 mil- demanded the US release Biden government stop international sources for its US media reports that Russia is preparing to offer Iran lion COVID-19 vaccine the funds the country paid blocking money for the COVID-19 vaccination an advanced satellite system. doses as part of a Group for vaccines through the purchase of vaccines,” campaign, mainly relying "We have cooperation plans with Iran, including the of Seven pledge to donate COVAX scheme. Maduro said at a public on Russia’s Sputnik V military and technical cooperation. It’s just fake news. 1 billion doses to develop- ing nations, Canada’s High address on Friday. vaccine as well as China’s At the very least, I don’t know anything about this A day prior, Venezuela’s Commissioner to the Sinopharm and kind of thing, those who are speaking about it prob- Foreign Minister Jorge At the same time, the United Kingdom Ralph AstraZeneca supplied ably will maybe know more about it. It’s just non- Arreaza made public a president stressed that the Goodale said. through the WHO-led sense, garbage," US broadcaster NBC quoted Putin as letter from COVAX COVAX facility has Pandemic recovery, in- [doses]," Goodale told re- be unveiled on Sunday. COVAX scheme. saying in an interview in response to a question about officials stating that four received enough cluding vaccine equity, is porters on Friday, when Canada’s envoy to the UK the purported Russia-Iran satellite deal. payments totaling some Venezuelan funds to begin The US imposed a series expected to be a central asked about Ottawa’s stressed that Canadians On Thursday, the Washington Post alleged that Russia $4.6 million had been vaccine shipments. of sanctions on Venezuela theme at the annual meet- contribution to the G7 should not be worried is in the midst of delivering to Iran an advanced Earth blocked. Altogether, since 2017 in an attempt ing of the heads of the goal. about domestic vaccine observation satellite Kanopus-V equipped with a high- Caracas has made 12 “The COVAX system has to force Maduro’s world’s largest developed Goodale elaborated that supply in light of the ex- resolution camera as it was agreed by Iranian and payments for a total sum already received resignation, who was economies. US President Canada’s contribution pected contribution and Russian companies in 2015. of over $100 million. sufficient funds to accused by the US of Joe Biden has already would be the cumulative the country’s troubles The publication speculated that the satellite will enable immediately start corruption, human rights committed to sharing 500 equivalent of 100 million with vaccine procure- Iran to track military targets, including remaining US “This is criminal theft, supplying vaccines. It has violations and million doses, while Prime doses based on a combi- ment. troops in Iraq. these are criminal no reason not to. We paid manipulation of his 2018 Minister Boris Johnson nation of physical doses The top-level G7 summit sanctions, the criminal more than $100 million,” re-election. Five people killed in attack has earmarked 100 million and comparative monetary is taking place in the Cor- shots on behalf of the UK. considerations. Goodale nish seaside resort town Ukraine to direct $150Mln of US military aid on wedding in Afghanistan's "Canada’s global number noted that the full break- of Carbis Bay from Friday is up to 100 million down of the pledge would to Sunday. to boosting combat capabilities : Ministry Kabul province : Reports Moscow, Jun 12 (Sput- the elements of electronic $2.5 billion in defence as- Moscow, Jun 12 (Sputnik) - French police dispersed US to suspend visa operations in nik) Ukraine will channel warfare," Taran said, as sistance from the US gov- a massive party held in Paris at the Esplanade des the $150 million approved quoted by the ministry. ernment. Additionally, the Invalides on Friday evening over COVID-19 sanitary Afghanistan as Corona cases rise by the US as the second The assistance package is Ukraine Security Partner- and curfew violations. part of its security assis- known as the Ukraine Se- ship Act of 2021, which "Esplanade des Invalides | Intervention underway by Kabul, Jun 12 (UNI) The soon as visa operations has provided more than tance package into secur- curity Assistance Initiative was passed by the US the police to put an end to a festive evening bringing US diplomatic mission in resume. $39 million to directly to ing the country's borders, (USAI) and will include House of Representatives together several hundred participants in defiance of Afghanistan will suspend "We acknowledge and re- help Afghanistan respond maintaining territorial in- training, equipment and and the US Senate and sanitary rules," the police tweeted. visa operations in Afghani- gret the inconvenience to to the COVID-19 out- tegrity and improving its advisory efforts, accord- signed by the US President According to BFMTV, people present at the party were stan from Sunday on- applicants as we seek to break, expedited $90 mil- interoperability with ing to the US Department Joe Biden, will increase not wearing masks or distancing. The party was wards as COVID-19 protect the health of our lion in other COVID-re- NATO, Minister of De- of Defense. Ukraine's annual military organised through social media sites. cases are rising across the staff and applicants to en- lated development assis- fence Anrii Taran said in a "The United States partners aid to $300 million. The police intervention was relatively peaceful, despite country. sure we can fully support tance through the World statement on Saturday. provide us with unprec- According to the US De- some participants throwing improvised items at the "In response to the cur- visa and other consular Bank, and reoriented other "This assistance package edented support in partment of Defense, the police, who responded with tear gas. rent outbreak, effective services going forward," U.S. assistance to support is aimed at increasing the strengthening our defence US will continue to assist Even though COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed June 13 the Embassy’s the diplomatic mission Afghan efforts to deal combat capabilities of the capabilities and national Ukraine in order to help it within the country, a curfew from 11 p.m. remains in Consular Section is sus- noted. with the pandemic’s con- defence forces of resilience," Taran added. advance its Euro-Atlantic place. Masks are still required both indoors and out- pending all visa opera- The US government, how- sequences," the statement Ukraine, improving the From 2014 to 2021, aspirations and democratic doors. tions," the US embassy ever, will continue to sup- read. management of units and Ukraine received around transition. said in a statement. port efforts to contain the Afghanistan has so far re- Austin shooting in US leaves The statement added that spread of COVID-19 in corded more than 87,000 those who have scheduled Afghanistan and globally, COVID-19 cases, over Implement the Brexit deal, EU 12 injured, 1 in critical con- appointments will be able said the embassy. 60,500 recoveries and dition : Emergency Services to reschedule them as "In the past year, USAID 3,412 related deaths. tells UK PM Boris Johnson London, Jun 12: UK PM Moscow, Jun 12 (Sputnik) At least 12 people have Lukashenko congratulates Russians on Boris Johnson was told by sustained injuries as a result of a shooting in Austin, the European Union to the capital city of the US State of Texas, the Austin- Russia day, hails Minsk-Moscow relations implement the Brexit deal Travis County Emergency Medical Services (ATCEMS) Minsk, Jun 12 (Sputnik) said in a statement. Russian Ambassador in he signed to ensure the said on Saturday. Belarusian President Meanwhile, another New Delhi Nikolay delicate peace in Northern "#ATCEMSMedics have transported 2 additional pa- Alexander Lukashenko on leader who congratulated Kudashev also joined the Ireland. The bloc told the tients to local trauma facilities- 1 w/ critical, life threat- Saturday congratulated Putin on Russia Day was celebrations. UK that all 27 EU mem- ening injuries, 1 w/ non life threatening injuries. Total Russian citizens on the North Korea's Kim Jong- "Today, we celebrate ber countries were unified patient count stands at 12," ATCEMS tweeted. Russia National Day and un. #RussiaDay ... #Russia is in that position. It added that four patients were transported by the expressed confidence in In his message, Kim truly beautiful country & ATCEM medics, six by the Austin police and two by the Minsk-Moscow ties. warmly congratulated the a land of vast opportuni- The US has expressed private vehicle. Lukashenko, on behalf of president, government ties. It is famous w/ its concern that dispute be- According to US media reports, there were said to be the Belarusian people and and people of "friendly glorious past, great tween the UK and the EU as many as 16 people who may have been shot. The himself, congratulated Russia," as well as present & its ability to over implementation of police did not confirm the information. Russian President wished Putin "health and transform fairy tales into 2020 Brexit deal could Vladimir Putin and all Rus- great success." reality. Just like #India. undermine 1998 Good what we agreed on." side resort of Carbis Bay, sians on the holiday. "I am confident that the This & many other fea- North Korea's Kim vows Friday peace deal that it was raised in meetings "The head of state ex- Korean-Russian relations tures brings our countries ended three decades of "There is complete EU between Johnson and EU pressed his conviction of friendship and coop- closer," Kudashev to boost military combat violence. unity on this," she said, leaders. that the Belarusian-Rus- eration, which entered a tweeted. adding that the deal had sian relations, strength- new phase of develop- Russia Day is one of the effectiveness: State Media After the United Kingdom been agreed, signed and French President ened in countering mod- ment after our first meet- country’s youngest and exited the bloc's orbit on ratified by both Johnson's Emmanuel Macron of- ern threats, will evolve ing in Vladivostok in Rus- most important holidays. Jan. 1, Johnson has uni- government and the EU. fered to reset relations sia [in 2019], will con- It is celebrated annually with new promising areas laterally delayed the imple- with Britain as long as of cooperation in the in- tinuously expand and since 1992 to commemo- mentation of some provi- The 1998 peace deal Johnson stands by the terests of both countries strengthen in all areas," rate June 12, 1990, when sions of the Northern Ire- largely brought an end to Brexit deal.. Johnson also the North Korean leader a declaration on Russia’s and peoples," the land Protocol of the deal the "Troubles" - three de- met German Chancellor said sovereignty was adopted. president's press service and his top negotiator has cades of conflict between Angela Merkel. Twenty Afghan said the protocol is unsus- Irish Catholic nationalist Chemical spill in China's Guizhou tainable. militants and pro-British Brexit has strained the soldiers killed in kills 8, injures 3: Reports "The Good Friday Agree- Protestant "loyalist" situation in Northern Ire- ment and peace on the is- land: The EU wants to clashes with Beijing, Jun 12 (UNI) At least eight people have been paramilitaries in which land of Ireland are para- protect its markets but an Moscow, Jun 12 (SPUTNIK) North Korean leader Kim Taliban : Reports killed and three others were injured as a result of a 3,600 people were killed. mount," Ursula von der Brexit effective border in the Jong-un has chaired the second expanded meeting of chemical spill in the Chinese province of Guizhou, Kabul, Jun 12 (UNI) At Leyen said after a meet- Irish Sea created by the the Central Military Commission of the Worker's Party the state-run CCTV broadcaster reported on Satur- least 20 soldiers were ing with Johnson and Eu- Though Brexit was not Northern Ireland Protocol of Korea (WPK), during which he discussed the en- day. hancement of the army’s fighting efficiency in light of killed and 20 others in- ropean Council President part of the formal agenda cuts off the British prov- the changing situation on the Korean Peninsula, the jured in clashes between Charles Michel. "Both for the Group of Seven ince from the rest of the At around 0012 hrs on Saturday, (16:12 GMT Fri- Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on the army and the Taliban sides must implement summit in the English sea- United Kingdom. day), the local public security department was re- Saturday.According to the news agency, the meeting militants at Ghor in cen- ported that people had fainted while unloading me- was attended by members of the Central Military Com- tral Afghanistan, local Cuba advises tourists to visit island mission of the WPK, executive members of the North media reported on Satur- thyl formate in the Guiyang Economic and Techno- Korean People's Army (KPA), as well as members of day. According to Tolo logical Development Zone in southern Guiyang, the without dollars in cash: Central Bank capital of Guizhou Province. the Central Committee of the WPK.The meeting over- News, apart from soldier Moscow, Jun 12 (Sputnik) Cuban authorities have advised tourists to visit the looked the further development of North Korea's armed casualties, at least 10 Caribbean country without bringing any cash in dollars, which will no longer be According to a preliminary investigation, the chemi- forces amid recent events linked to the situation in the more soldiers have been accepted as valid currency starting from June 21, the first vice president of the country and worldwide.KSNA reported that Kim had captured by the cals leaked when methyl formate was unloaded from island’s Central Bank, Francisco Mayobre Lence, said."People, who will be com- also analyzed the situation and the position of the KPA Taliban.Tolak district has a vehicle with a Hubei provincial license plate at the ing into the country during this time, will have to arrive with a currency other than before setting strategic objectives and highlighting ways reportedly fallen to the chemical facility. the dollar," the vice president said as quoted by Granma newspaper.Tourists, how- to strengthen and develop them.Kim added that the militants following the ever, will be able to safely use cards in dollars for payments and cash withdrawals People's Army must strongly defend "the sovereignty clashes on Friday night. All those injured were hospitalized. Experts have al- in other currencies.Due to the economic blockade by the United States, the Central and security of the country and protect the Party, revo- Taliban also claimed to ready conducted environmental monitoring at the Bank of Cuba announced on Thursday that it would temporarily stop accepting lutionary work, the interests of the state and people and have captured the Zare dis- site of the incident, which showed that the air qual- dollars.From June 21, individuals and legal entities from Cuba and abroad will be the socialist construction," as cited by the media outlet. trict on Saturday morning. ity is normal. The investigation is underway. unable to make any transactions in dollars. Orissa Today Sunday 13 June 2021 Bhubaneswar 3 Another drug 'Colchicine' gets DCGI approval Chances of third wave of Covid hitting for 2nd phase trail for Covid 19 patients us are quite strong: Kejriwal New Delhi, Jun12 (UNI) (IIIM), Jammu have also ther added that this drug ing to loss of many lives, New Delhi, Jun 12 (UNI) The Council of Scientific been roped in this clinical can be made available to and it is essential to look Chief Minister Arvind and Industrial Research trial process. large population of India for new or repurposed Kejriwal on Saturday said (CSIR) in collaboration based on the results of drugs. that chances of third with Hyderabad based This drug once go this trial and regulatory wave of Covid-19 are pharma company Laxai through the second trial approval. Both directors of the quite strong and affirmed Life Sciences Pvt Ltd has phase, will l be an impor- partner institutes CSIR- that the Delhi government been given the regulatory tant therapeutic interven- Expressing satisfaction IICT Hyderabad and is working on a war-foot- approval by DCGI to un- tion for Covid patients over the regulatory ap- CSIR-IIIM, Jammu) also ing to fight it. dertake a two-arm phase- with cardiac co-morbidi- proval, the CSIR Direc- said that they are looking He said, 'Indications are II clinical trial to assess ties and also for reducing tor General Dr Shekhar C forward to the outcome coming from the UK on the safety and efficacy of proinflammatory Mande said that Colchi- of this Phase II clinical fear of third Covid wave. the drug Colchicine in im- cytokines, leading to cine will be used for efficacy trial on Colchi- Cases are rising there and across Delhi to strengthen Jain said. ond wave with struggle provement of clinical out- faster recovery with spe- treating gout and related cine, which may lead to we cannot afford to sit the medical infrastructure, 'We pray that the third and discipline and suc- comes during the treat- cial care provided to them. inflammatory conditions life-saving intervention in idle.' he said. With these new wave of Covid doesn't hit ceeded in controlling it.' ment of COVID-19 pa- while the advisor to the the management of hos- Mr Kejriwal made the ob- additions, the total num- us, but if it happens, Delhi Expressing his gratitude to tients. Laxai CEO Dr Ram CSIR Dr Ram pitalized patients. servations at a press brief- ber of oxygen plants has has to again fight together,' the industry sector in the Upadhayay has informed, Vishwakarma said that a ing after inaugurating oxy- gone up to 27 in Delhi, the he added. fight against Covid, the The CSIR allied institute that the enrollment of pa- number of global studies “India is one of the larg- gen plants at nine hospi- CM added. Hailing the people for fac- CM said, 'People of Delhi -Indian Institute of tients has already begun have confirmed now that est producers of this key tals in the National Capi- The plants, with a capac- ing the second wave unit- have come shoulder-to- Chemical Technology at multiple sites across cardiac complications drug and if successful, it tal. ity of 17 tons, will be able edly and steadfastly, he shoulder in combating (IICT), Hyderabad and India and the trial is likely during course of COVID- will be made available to A total of 22 new PSA to provide oxygen to a said, 'We congratulate the second Covid wave, our CSIR-Indian Institute of to be completed in the 19 infections and post- the patients at an afford- oxygen plants will be op- thousand beds, Delhi people of Delhi who have gratitude to industry sec- Integrative Medicine next 8-10 weeks. He fur- covid syndrome are lead- able cost”, they added. erational at nine hospitals Health Minister Satyendar together faced Covid sec- tor too for joining fight.' UP reports 524 fresh Karnataka Minister warns pvt institutions Body of missing minor COVID-19 cases against charging fees for online classes child recovered from river Puri, Jun12 (UNI)The body take her son. She refused Bengaluru, Jun 12 (UNI) file complaints with him take advantage of various the mobile number of stu- of a minor child was recov- her inability as her husband Karnataka Minister for Pri- or concerned BEOs, ac- benefits, including schol- dents enrolled in the ered from Luna river near had passed away and she mary and Secondary Edu- tions will be initiated arships available from vari- department's database. Kanas block on Friday is now living in cation S Suresh Kumar on against such institutions ous departments, and en- morning by the police. Bhubaneswar and it is diffi- Saturday warned the pri- who stop the online class. rolling in further classes. After preparing the an- During preliminary investi- cult to maintain the boy. She informed that the boy vate institutions against swers to the assignment at gation it was found that the deceased was an inmate of had history of running stopping online classes to The Minister also clarified He said that the home, the students can child shelter home run by away from home.and re- the students across the that the Pre-University Department's circular for follow up with any form Nilachal seva pratisthan in fused to take her son in writ- state over non-payment of Education Department has tests for the first year PU of postal, whatsapp, email Kanas. ing, the child welfare officer fees. already canceled the ex- students is not necessary etc. A missing complaint was said. ams in the first year pre- to physically attend col- lodged by the shelter home After consulting with child protection officer and supe- Lucknow, Jun 12 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh reported 524 In a statement here, he university all students to lege. Assignments can be The lecturers have been in- the previous day with the fresh COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, rais- police. rior officers the boy was put said that Apex court order pass next year and has delivered to the student via structed to give minimum in child shelter home. ing the state's active caseload to 9,806. Police sent the body to Puri is very clear in this regard. made it clear that in the WhatsApp, email, and marks and to provide ap- head quarter hospital for First he was housed in iso- The state also registered 1,757 recoveries in the past If any complaints are re- coming years, he will seek mail. Sample question pa- propriate evaluation to the post mortem. lation as per covid-19 day, three times more than the fresh cases recorded in ceived for stopping the a formal process of as- pers are also available on students who submitted According to Mahavir norms before allowing him the same duration.Among the 9,806 active cases, 5,893 online class to students, sessing the continuity of the department's web site. the answer papers, which Rudranarayan Sahu the dis- to live along with others. people are in home isolation. the government will take his learning by ensuring Links to the question pa- is essential for the future trict child welfare officer the Kanas police station which registered a missing case in Additional chief secretary information Navneet Sehgal legal actions. Parents can that he does not have to per have also been sent to of the children. minor boy was recovered said here on Saturday that the recovery rate of Covid by railway protection force response to a complaint by the shelter home now con- patients was 98.1 per cent. on May 28 last from Mancheswer railway sta- verted it to a UD case. On Friday, he said that 2.74 lakh sample tests were No social gathering without per- tion and was handed over Senior police officers from done and till now the state has done 5.30 crore tests, to the Puri district child wel- district police headquarter highest in the country . fare officer as he hails from have visited the spot and More than 70,000 surveillance teams were working in mission, next few days crucial, LG Brahmagiri block of Puri dis- supervising the case. the state to detect COVID-19 patients by visiting house trict. Further action would be Srinagar, Jun 12 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Union cination drive on mission mode, the Lt Governor fixed to house, Mr Sehgal said. Mr. Sahu said the mother of taken after post-mortem re- Territory (UT) Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said that no June 30, 2021 as a deadline for the 100 per cent satu- port is received the investi- As many as 4,61,412 people were vaccinated yester- the boy was asked her to social gathering and community programme will be ration of the first dose of vaccination for 45 and above gating officer said. day in UP and now total number of vaccination in the allowed without prior permission as next few days are age group. He further directed the officials to ensure state has gone up to 2,24,68,959, he added. crucial in terms of making further improvements in all that 30 per cent of the targeted population falling un- Huge fake Favipiravir indicators of the Covid containment measures. der 18-44 age group is inoculated with the first dose SAD to ally with BSP Lauding the Front Line Workers (FLWs), citizens and by July 15th, 2021. drug seized,Odisha entire team of Jammu and Kashmir administration for While taking a district-wise appraisal of the Covid situ- in Punjab Assy polls working hard to save the lives and secure, Mr Sinha ation, the Lt Governor suggested a host of measures govt orders probe said positivity rate of COVID-19 cases is down to 2.2 to Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, Chandigarh, Jun 12 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal per cent. In order to review the effectiveness of con- SPs, Health Department needed to be implemented to Bhubaneswar,Jun 12 (UNI) spurious Favipiravir drug (SAD) on Saturday announced formation of an alli- tainment measures, Mr Sinha chaired a series of high- bring down the positivity rate across the UT. Odisha government has or- has been sent to testing ance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for the forth- level meetings, wherein members of Covid Task Force, Taking note of the decrease in positivity rate being reg- dered for a joint inquiry by laboratory, State Drugs Controller, Annada coming Assembly elections in Punjab. Deputy Commissioners (DCs), Superintendent of Po- istered in most of the districts, the Lt Governor ob- the state Drugs controller Sankar Das said. Announcing this at a joint press conference with the lice (SPs), and other senior officials participated here served that the collaborative efforts from all the stake- and the police into the sale and supply of fake As many as 170 boxes of the at Civil Secretariat during the day on Friday, an official BSP, here, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal said holders, coupled with comprehensive surveillance of Favipiravir drugs,used for consignment having the BSP will contest elections on 20 seats while SAD will press release issued last night. COVID-19, decentralization of healthcare system, ac- treatment of covid 19 pa- spurious Favipiravir were fight from the remaining seats. Ensure no social gatherings, marriages, and commu- celerated vaccination drive, rigorous testing for early tients. seized from a chemist shop "This is a new day in Punjab politics as Shiromani Akali nity programmes, takes place without prior permis- case detection, prompt contact tracing, effective Covid Additional Chief Secretary at Kanika Chhak in Cuttack Dal is forming an alliance with the BSP after 25 years sions. Constitute Joint teams of Police, District Ad- Clinical Management and continuous augmentation of Health P K Mohapatra or- during a raid on Friday. Preliminary investigation and will continue this alliance even in future," the SAD ministration and Health department for Special enforce- healthcare infrastructure, human resources and the dered the probe after the revealed that the Chemist chief said. ment drives and spreading continuous awareness committed efforts of our Doctors, Paramedics, and squad of State Drugs Con- trol, acting on a tip off from shop had sent the spurious BSP leader and Rajya Sabha Member Satish Mishra through announcements regarding adherence of Covid other corona warriors have yielded favourable results Maharashtra raided a Phar- Favipiravir drug to a termed it a 'historic' alliance. "Both the parties have appropriate behaviour, besides conducting door-to-door in controlling the spread of corona virus in the UT. macy shop in Cuttack and stockist in Gwalior. same ideologies and have been fighting for the rights vaccination and involving community elders to comple- Corona Warriors, Front-line workers, citizens and the seized about 17,000 fake an- The Odisha government of farmers, labourers and Dalits," he said.Both the lead- ment the Administration’s efforts, the Lt Governor di- entire team of J&K Administration worked hard to save tiviral drug Favipiravir. has already sounded the ers thanked BSP supremo Mayawati for the pact. rected the DCs. Emphasizing on conducting the vac- lives and secure our future, he added. The probe will find out the Madhya Pradesh govern- source and procurement of ment about it . the fake drug and its distri- TheDrugs Controller is in- Himachal Pradesh heading towards normalcy on COVID-19 front butions in the state by the vestigating whether the Chemist shop in Cuttack. fake Favipiravir drugs had Hamirpur (HP), Jun 12 (UNI) The state of Himachal and 372 deaths.The district of Lahaul and Spiti has ie, from 0900 hrs to 1700 hrs.The movement of the The sample of the seized been sent to any other dis- Pradesh that is among one of the smallest states of remained corona free for a long time with ten active transport will also start from Monday and it will once tricts in the state. India is fast returning to normalcy on the COVID-19 cases at present. The districts of Kullu and Kinnaur again resume the normal activities in the state. front if the latest figures of the positive cases are taken are also having fewer numbers of active cases. However, sources in the state government are still up- Two held, Ganja worth Rs 1 crore seized into consideration. However, Hamirpur, one of the smallest districts of set with the arrival of more cases in the state on a daily from truck transporting Oxygen cylinder The number of active cases in the state has come down the state that saw an upsurge in the coronavirus cases basis though the number of cured cases was more Bhubaneswar, Jun 12 (UNI) Police today arrested two to 5,879 and the total caseload as of Friday night was since February when it was declared corona free, has than the new cases. persons including the driver of a truck 1,97,943.As many as 3,351 people have lost their lives improved its situation and the number of active cases Sources say that the complacency in the adoption of after 1277 KG of ganja worth around Rs one crore was due to the dreaded virus and the number of cured cases has come down to 491 out of 14,071 total positive COVID-19 is still a matter of great concern in the state seized from the vehicle. stood at 1,88,691. cases. and the defaulters are the young people in the majority. Jeypore SDPO Arup Abhisekh Behera said two accused Kangra district which is the largest district of the state However, there is a sad aspect in respect of the dis- They say that if the people didn’t continue with wear- arrested belonged to Punjab. in population and area wise is also leading the table in trict and that is the number of deaths (241) that had ing the face masks and maintaining social distance, no The contraband was seized from the truck transporting terms of COVID-19 cases. There are 1,264 active taken place since the outbreak of the virus in the coun- one can stop the virus from continuing for more and oxygen cylinders that arrived from Vishalkhapatna and cases in the district out of 45,027 total cases. The try. create more problems at a time when reports of the district has seen deaths of 997 people so far and the The state government has decided to start the third arrival of the third wave were being discussed these was on its way to Delhi. number of cured cases stood at 42,762. phase of unlock in the state from June 14 (Monday) days.With the next phase of the unlocking starting from Sources said acting on a tip off ,the police intercepted the Shimla district comes at second with 701 active cases but with the curfew to remain still in force from 1700 Monday, all eyes are on the movement of the people truck near Koraput ghat, and 584 deaths.The district of Mandi, another big dis- hrs to 0500 hrs till further orders. and their behavior during the next one week as the arrested two persons and seized the truck, two mobile trict of the state comes at third with 859 active cases It has also extended the shop's timings by three hours, government has yet not lifted the curfew. phones and the contraband Orissa Today Sunday 13 June 2021 Bhubaneswar 4 Kashmir: A shrine New vista The need to embellish past grandeur with a new vision for India for many faiths Over the past few months, Lutyens’ Delhi has been in Africa — was appointed to partner Lutyens. the eye of a political storm over the building works in As the historian, David Johnson, wrote in the Central Vista project. The ongoing building his well-researched New Delhi: activities have been questioned by those opposed to The Last Imperial City, “Baker’s ability to the Narendra Modi government on two counts. First, adapt architectural style to a given location many Opposition politicians have described the would help silence critics who worried that public expenditure during the Covid-19 pandemic as Lutyens, if left to his own devices, would evidence of the government’s misplaced priorities. create an architectural style totally foreign Since the project aims at being completed by the time to India.” Judging by the ferocity with India celebrates the 75th anniversary of which Lutyens’ legacy is being upheld by Independence, it has been dubbed as Modi’s ‘vanity both sides in the Central Vista debate, the project’ and even challenged — unsuccessfully — in duo did something right. The British the courts. Critics have even gone to the extent of Empire barely endured the inauguration of comparing the new Central Vista scheme with Albert New Delhi, but the imperial grandeur Speer’s unfulfilled plans for a monumental Lutyens set in stone has become a part of the Germania in the heart of Berlin to celebrate Hitler’s Indian imagination. Finally, when New There are thousands of Sufi shrines dotted all over Third Reich. Delhi was inaugurated in 1931, it boasted Secondly, there have been questions raised on the aesthetic shift gear. As the secretary of state, Edwin Montagu, put only a few iconic state buildings — Government House, the Kashmir Valley. Kashmir is famously known it, the objective was to signal a break with the past and as ‘Pirwaer’ (garden of sufis and saints). Kashmir merits of the project. The likes of Sir Anish Kapoor have the two imposing secretariat buildings on both sides of its called Bimal Patel, the Berkeley-educated, Ahmedabad- create a new British-India where “the ascetism of the approach, the circular Council building, and the War is believed to have transformed into an Islamic Oriental, the simplicity of his code of life, and the space through the intervention of Sufi mystics — based, chief architect as “third rate” and the London- Memorial at the end of Kingsway. The rest of the city was based Daily Mail even went to the extent of describing the modesty of his bodily needs, are meeting the restless still work in progress. It was to remain that way by the in particular Kubravi Sufi Mir Saiyid Ali spirit of progress in material things, the love of realism, Hamadani and their disciples — says Chitralekha new buildings, particularly the new Parliament building time World War II intervened and was followed by Indian that will come up alongside Sir Herbert Baker’s famous the craving for the concrete and the striving towards Independence. Jawaharlal Nehru, the presiding deity of Zutshi, one of the most prominent historians on advancement which come from the West.” Montagu even Kashmir studies. These travelling Sufis also circular structure, as examples of “bad taste”. Kapoor, Indian aesthetics in the aftermath of Independence, was at whose connections with contemporary India have been cited, with considerable approval, Rabindranath Tagore’s heart partial to the Le Corbusier style of modernism. He imparted new crafts and skills. Many argue that hope of the meeting of the East and West at “the altar of Shah-i-Hamadan, the most celebrated Sufi of casual at best but whose fierce opposition to Modi dates tolerated Lutyens’ mark on the landscape, but without back to May 2014, even suggested that the project was humanity”— an exercise where New Delhi would enthusiasm. The consequences of this were profound. As Kashmir, came with a large retinue of immigrant resonate with symbolism. Secondly, in determining both artists, calligraphists, and architects. They inspired by the prime minister’s blind hatred of anything the scope of the government expanded, there was a rash of remotely Islamic. Whether either Sir Edwin Lutyens or the location — detached from the Civil Lines and away new buildings to accommodate the ministries. introduced the arts of wood-carving, papier- from the scenes of the fiercest battles of the 1857 uprising mâché, and shawl and carpet weaving. Besides Baker — the two main architects who designed the new Unfortunately, they were neither faithful to Lutyens’ style city a century ago — were inspired by Islamic — and the design, the underlying philosophy was the nor the philosophy behind it. In the spirit of the new influencing Kashmir’s society and culture, evolution of the British Empire from conquest to consent Sufism also blended well with the everyday lives architecture is, of course, undocumented. The storm over socialist but impoverished India, functional necessities the Central Vista project is not the first occasion on which and cooperation. Lutyens, the chief architect, had built were combined with either post-War ugliness or of the people. his reputation on building country houses for well-off The appeal of mysticism and its inclusive ethos has the urban landscape of New Delhi has been drawn into modernism as viewed through the prism of the Public controversy. A brief examination of some of these earlier Britons. They were built, noted a posthumous tribute in Works Department. The importance of stylistic harmony performed several crucial functions in conflict- Country Life, “for people who had no particular ridden Kashmir. Some of the valuable aspects of points of friction may be instructive for a more rounded was largely discarded. The unfortunate Indian penchant understanding of the present issues. First, the decision to discrimination in architecture but who were driven to for ad-hocism became the governing philosophy despite Sufism in the Kashmir Valley, therefore, merit a recognise in his buildings the perfect embodiment of the detailed scrutiny. In spite of the periodic political transfer the capital from Calcutta to Delhi, announced by the formation of specialist bodies to oversee aesthetics. the King-Emperor at the Coronation Durbar of 1911, was sentiments they both cherished. In his houses Lutyens Lutyens wasn’t entirely discarded: his legacy was contentions between Pandits and Muslims in spoke… for the inarticulate upper-class Englishman”. In Kashmir, the overall culture of religious tolerance fiercely contested. The Opposition, led in the main by the confined to the ceremonial avenue, now Rajpath, the former viceroy, Lord Curzon, contested the wisdom of India, the clients weren’t ‘inarticulate Englishmen’. In grand buildings on Raisina Hill, Parliament House and did not disappear. Its resilience stemmed from the India, Lutyens encountered men who were lucid, heterogeneous composition of society as well as moving from “the English city with which it has been the façade of white bungalows with majestic lawns. The associated for 150 years to the dead capital of fastidious, demanding, occasionally unbudging and who biggest casualty was a coherent philosophy. Perhaps this from the influence of mysticism. Sufi culture is knew what they wanted. “To express modern India in relatively more accommodating than ‘formal Mahomedan kings…” The European business was inevitable in an India that was uncertain and community of Calcutta was equally miffed and The stone, to represent her amazing sense of the supernatural, confused over its self-image. At the heart of New Delhi Islam’ wherein people of different religions share with its complement to profound fatalism and enduring a cultural commonality; this is evident in Sufi Statesman ran an editorial, “Hardinge Must Go”, that was a discarded imperial vision that hadn’t been replaced patience, is no easy task”, he despaired. The challenge shrine festivals such as urs (the death anniversary likened the viceroy to Siraj-ud-Daulah. What is by anything tangible. Honestly speaking, this didn’t was further complicated by Lutyens’ mental block on of a saint) that are celebrated by both Muslims and noteworthy is the fact that the shift of capital wasn’t matter to an India that was still caught between Indian architectural traditions, his own penchant for Hindus. Numerous shrines in Kashmir are revered occasioned by the rise of nationalist sentiment. Indeed, conflicting political and economic pulls, not to mention European classicism and the viceroy’s absolute insistence by Kashmiri Muslims and Pandits — the shrine of Bengali opinion having been placated by the annulment going beyond survival. In today’s India defined by that the new capital must have a definite feel of India. It the 14th-century saint, Sheikh Nooruddin Walli, of Curzon’s partition of the province was largely — and soaring ambition, relative institutional stability and was to negotiate these conflicting impulses that Baker — (Charar-e-Sharief) of the Reshi order (indigenous short-sightedly — indifferent to the issue. In moving the galloping self-confidence (which will outlive the relatively unknown in Britain but celebrated in South mystics) being one example. Other notable capital to Delhi, the raj was consciously attempting to pandemic), the ‘vision thing’ is deemed important. shrines venerated by both Muslims and Hindus are that of Baba Zain-ud Din at Aishmuqam or the shrine of Sheikh Hamza Makhdum at Srinagar. Private matter Kashmir’s Sufi ethos not only facilitates the building of a congenial culture within different communities but also addresses the lacunae of In spite of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to decriminalize same-sex relationships, discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community persists spatial availability for women in a male- The concept of privacy is overarchingly associated with ‘therapies’ exist — usually in the guise of ‘mental dominated public sphere in conflict. In Kashmir, concern for intrusion and surveillance. A more nuanced health practices’ — throws light on a shocking women offer nimaz (prayer) in all the major understanding with regard to its links with other anomaly. In spite of the apex court’s landmark mosques and shrines, including Dastegeer precepts, especially with the notion of autonomy, is decision to decriminalize same-sex relationships, Shahib, Makhdoom Sahib, Hazratbal among welcome. Unfortunately, in societies rife with discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community others. There are common sitting areas where men discrimination and conservatism — such as that in persists in myriad forms. The social and economic and women could interact with ease. To the extent India — not only is citizens’ right to privacy blatantly exclusion of sexual minorities is one aspect of this that some locals even accuse Sufi culture of disregarded by the State, but its association with problem; the shocking cultural endorsement of shame encouraging immorality. One of the most individual rights is considered undesirable by the and silence around alternative sexual identities is neglected yet significant aspects of Sufi powers that be. Unsurprisingly, the responsibility of another. The prevailing notion that members of this philosophy in conflict-ridden Kashmir lies in its upholding privacy and delineating its intricate link with community are somehow deviant reflects two things: healing power. In case of loss and injustice, other fundamental issues has often fallen upon the first, India remains trapped in ancient binaries that are religion offers a certain comfort: people can judiciary. This enlightened fraternity has risen to the unwilling to accommodate alternative sexual somehow believe that their loss is not for nothing. occasion several times, be it the Supreme Court’s identities and choice. Second — this is crucial — the A large number Kashmiris are coping with stress landmark judgment in 2017 on the right to privacy battle for rights and dignities of sexual minorities and trauma. Spirituality provides them with a being intrinsic to life and liberty or, most recently, the curricula, recommended awareness programmes for must be viewed as one that is embedded in the larger worldview that offers purpose and meaning to ruling by the Madras High Court that links sexual judicial officers, police and prison officials and, struggle against human rights violations. The high court suffering. As Maya Angelou writes, “people autonomy with an individual’s privacy. The court importantly, prohibited attempts to “medically cure” judgment should be taken forward so that policymakers whose history and future were threatened each established that sexual autonomy is an essential aspect of persons from the LGBTQIA+ community through are forced to review the loopholes in existing legislations day by extinction considered that it was only by the right to privacy, thereby setting a heartening precedent ‘conversion therapy’. Professionals involved in any form that seek to empower the community. This exercise should divine intervention that they be able to live at all.” of cementing sexual minorities’ right to choice. The of ‘conversion’ practices would face penalties, including not be left to bureaucrats: it must be participatory in nature, the revoking of their licences. Besides, the tombs of Sufis are often the only space element of reform cannot be ignored either. The court with adequate representation from the country’s besieged that offers sanctuary. expressed the need for changes in school and university The high court’s reminder that such cruel and regressive sexual minorities. We need to forge a new middle ground The new consensus must be grounded in a positive and self-confident nationalism. An abstract internationalism or post-nationalism is not the answer to shallow and shrill nationalism. The viable response to the dominant rashtrawaad is desh prem, which draws upon the best tradition of our freedom struggle.

India needs a new ideological equilibrium. desirable. The older consensus had real issue is religious and sectarian conflict. We need a As we go through one of the darkest degenerated. It sidestepped any serious state that practises sarvadharmasamabhav: equal respect periods in the history of independent engagement with issues of ecology, caste for, principal distance from and non-discrimination India, our Republic needs to discover a and gender inequalities and cultural and against all religious communities. At the same time, the new middle ground that can frame hope religious sensibilities of the people. State must be able to act in a non-partisan manner against for a better future. We need to forge a new Frankly, the older equilibrium was any oppression or injustice within any religious ideological consensus that can align the premised upon an elite consensus that community. Turning our back to religious traditions public mood with our constitutional shut the doors on the people. Those days won’t help us achieve a secular State. We must learn to values. This is neither easy nor exciting. are over for good. have deep and open-ended engagement with all our Imagining a new world, free from the We have no option except to forge a new religious traditions. constraints of here and now, is middle ground. There is no readymade Third, we need to work out some variant of market intellectually gratifying; forging a recipe for this. But we can anticipate socialism that stands firm on the end goal of last person consensus is messy. Chasing a utopia is seven ingredients that the new consensus first, while remaining flexible on the mechanisms for politically thrilling; discovering the must have. First, the new consensus must achieving this objective. Bureaucratic State socialism is middle ground is boring. Yet, democratic be grounded in a positive and self- no answer to the inequities and wastefulness of the outcomes hinge upon the middle ground. confident nationalism. An abstract capitalist order. Markets are here to stay, just as is State The fate of the democracy, indeed of our internationalism or post-nationalism is regulation. Our economics must become ‘eco-norm-ics’: young republic, depends upon the not the answer to the shallow and shrill an integration of economic rationality with ethical norms possibility of shifting the middle ground. nationalism that dominates the public and ecological sustainability. The focus of welfare This is the most pressing intellectual and mind today. We cannot look down upon policies needs to shift from basic needs like food and political challenge of our times. This nationalism the way European housing to employment, education and health. Fourth, challenge arises because the old intellectuals do. The only viable response we must foreground the issue of social justice while equilibrium has collapsed and the new wonder, the public stopped subscribing to it. The to the dominant rashtrawaad is desh prem, embracing a multi-dimensional approach to it. This one is unsustainable. It is common to refer to the earlier spectrum of public opinion has shifted away from this a positive nationalism that draws upon the best tradition avoids the pitfalls of identity denial and identity one as Left and the new one as Right. This European old consensus. The new mid-point comprises acceptance of our freedom struggle. This would mean taking pride in obsession that mark today’s politics. This would involve parallel is inaccurate and misleading. of soft authoritarianism, aggressive and parochial India and giving a substantive meaning to the idea of acknowledging and addressing caste inequalities in a For the first five decades, the ideological consensus in nationalism, market fetishism, brazen majoritarianism, India. Externally, this would involve securing for India, more serious way. It would involve recognising many India was defined by a mix of liberal democracy with perpetuation of caste hierarchy and obscurantism. Every along with our neighbours and other post-colonial states, cross-cutting dimensions of social inequalities that nationalism, socialism, secularism, social justice and Indian must worry about this because this deadly a rightful place at the global stage. Internally, this entails require state policy response: gender, sexual orientation, modernism. Over the years, this consensus degenerated. ideological mix is out of sync with our constitutional an investment in the Indian model of national unity that class, region, religious community and locality (rural- Liberal democracy was reduced to populism, values. This is also unsustainable, as it would mean the accepts deep diversities. Second, we need to evolve a urban). Responding to various forms of injustice invites nationalism faded into an empty slogan, socialism meant end of India as we have known it. This is not a stable secularism anchored in our cultural and religious ethos. us to expand the repertoire of instruments of social privatising profit and socialising risk, secularism turned equilibrium. Yet, we cannot go back to the earlier Communal bigotry cannot be defeated by deracinated justice. Caste-based reservations must be fine-tuned. to political opportunism or deracinated posturing, social ‘Nehruvian’consensus. The Left-Liberal-progressive secularism; defensive minoritariansim is no response to The issues of political representation and leadership of justice was limited to caste-based reservations and politics wants to go back to it. That's neither feasible nor aggressive majoritarianism. Disengage from western women and marginalised communities need special modernism became a cover for cultural slavery. No debates on secularism as State-church separation. Our attention. Orissa Today Sunday 13 June 2021 Bhubaneswar 5 Man held for setting ablaze patient at hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar NSG signs MoU aimed to enhance New Delhi. The police have arrested a person for setting a patient on fire at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district. The accused had earlier injured the man following which the latter had to be admitted to the hospital. The incident took place on Thursday and was proficiency as zero error force captured by a CCTV camera at the hospital. According to an NDTV report, the victim, New Delhi. With focus on a dual training, research, and distance impetus to “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”. Damodar Kori, is now being treated for mission, the National Security education in the field of security The “NSG Innovations Award”, burns at Bundelkhand Medical College in Guard (NSG) and the Rashtriya through the ‘Security and winners are selected from across Sagar district. His condition is stable. Raksha University (RRU) signed a Scientific-Technical Research the country and from all fields. The footage shows the accused, identified as Memorandum of Understanding Association’ (SASTRA) and This year the awards were given to Milan Rajak, moving around the hospital (MoU) for cooperation and RRU’s Integrated Space for e- individuals from IIT Roorkee, lobby carrying a lighter. He is then shown collaboration aimed at Education (RISE) platform and New Space Technologies Pvt Ltd, moving towards Kori and setting him ablaze. s t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e c o r e tie-ups with Indian start-ups DRDO (Pune), Army Engineer The patient, covered in flames runs towards competencies of the NSG, which dealing with security-related Regiment and Institute of IED the exit following the attacker who escapes are counter-terrorism, counter- products. management (CRPF). from the area. IEDs, and anti-hijacking. DG The MoU will cover major themes Professor Shailesh Ganpule from A case has been registered against Milan NSG M A Ganapathy and Prof to get the benefits to NSG. It will Mechanical and Industrial Rajak under Section 307 of the Indian Penal (Dr) Bimal N Patel, Vice- establish global standards through Engineering Department (MIED), Code at Gopalganj police station. Chancellor RRU signed the MoU collaboration in the field of Indian Institute of Technology at the Manesar campus of NSG. security, infrastructure, education, (IIT) Roorkee has been conferred The accused had used petrol to light the fire, The MoU also aims to contribute to knowledge and research as well as with the ‘NSG Counter-IED and Additional Superintendent of Police, Sagar capacity-building and providing facilitate the accreditation and Counter-Terrorism Innovator district, Vikram Kushwah told NDTV. The assistance to Indian start-ups certification of all courses run by Award 2021' for his contribution CCTV footage and the victim's statement focused on security by helping NSG. It will also give the much- and innovation in the design and confirm that Milan Mache Rajak set him statements through incubation research organisations towards the them to understand the specific needed impetus to National Bomb start-ups by SASTRA RRU. aspects of technological development of Blast-Resistant ablaze, the police officer added. requirements and the problem Data Centre by accreditation to its Helmet. The Blast- During 2019-20, NSG initiated innovations/improving/facilitatin statements formulated by NSG for activities and creating AIML g Counterterrorist and Counter Resistant.Helmet is an advanced design and research projects. based IED data management Counter IED and Counter- version of conventional helmets to Delhi Police arrests Terrorism Excellence Awards for Improvised Explosive Devices The aim of the MoU is to synergise software for NBDC and also (IED) Operations by the security protect military personnel from bridging equipment gaps by young minds/ entrepreneurs/ IED-induced blast waves with a the expertise of NSG & RRU to educational institutes/ government forces and to give the necessary man who posed as NIA embolden innovation, incubation, developing solutions to problem technology readiness of 4. official to extort money Planning a trip to Himachal Pradesh? See if Monsoon likely to reach New Delhi. In a joint operation by the Delhi Police and the National Delhi by June 15, ahead Investigation Agency (NIA), a man who you need a COVID-19 RT-PCR report or not of schedule: IMD posed as an NIA official to extort money was apprehended and subsequently COVID-19 cases during the second wave New Delhi: arrested. This comes after a woman of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The southwest monsoon is likely to reach Delhi by June 15, which is 12 days registered a complaint against him for The Himachal Pradesh government on having duped her. before its usual date of June 27, revealed Friday announced that the corona curfew officials at India Meteorological Department According to officials, the accused had in the state is being relaxed and now the several fake profiles on social media and (IMD) on Friday (June 11, 2021).The head of shop can open from 9 am-5 pm from June IMD's regional forecasting centre, Kuldeep matrimonial websites. He was allegedly 14. The authorities also added that the Srivastava, said that earlier in 2008, too, the in relationships with multiple women. shops will remain closed on weekends.Jai wind system had reached Delhi on June 15. He extorted money in the name of the NIA. Ram Thakur-led government on Friday "Conditions are favourable for an early onset. Additionally, he took money from said that the offices in the state will be It (monsoon) may reach Delhi by June 15 this common people to “help them using his allowed to function with 50 percent time," he said. influence as an NIA officer”.The capacity from Monday onwards. The night Normally, the monsoon reaches the national accused has been identified as Netik curfew will, however, remain in force capital by June 27 and covers the entire Rawat. He is from Almora in between 5 pm to 5 am.Meanwhile, Nine country by July 8. “Light to moderate rainfall Uttarakhand. His father was a sub- more people died from COVID-19 in is predicted in the capital over the next three inspector in the Intelligence Bureau. He Himachal Pradesh on Friday, taking the retired from service in 2016. death toll to 3,351, while 505 fresh cases Netik Rawat is in his mid-20s. He New Delhi: Relaxing the existing COVID- be no more requirement of RT-PCR tests pushed the state's infection count to completed his Master’s in Business 19 restrictions, the Himachal Pradesh for entering the state and allowed the 1,97,943, an official said.According to the Administration (MBA) from Delhi government on Friday (June 11, 2021) intrastate bus service to resume with 50 Health Department, the state currently has University in 2015. He has been living in decided to remove the rule which stated percent capacity. The government has now 5,879 active cases. The overall recoveries Delhi since 2009 and in Laxmi Nagar that people need to show RT-PCR tests for lifted section 144 in the state. has reached 1,88,691 with 957 patients area of the city since October 2019. entering the state. The state has closed its borders for tourists in recovering from the infection in the past 24 The state government decided that there will April citing the rise in the number of hours, the official said.

days,” he said. IMD revealed that a low-pressure area lies over Himachal Pradesh relaxes corona curfew, intrastate the northwest Bay of Bengal, adding that it is likely to move across Odisha, Jharkhand and north Chhattisgarh over the next 3-4 days.The IMD officials also revealed that a trough runs from south Punjab to the centre bus service to resume- Check guidelines here of this low pressure area and strong south- westerly winds are prevailing along the west coast and an offshore trough lies off the west New Delhi: coast. These conditions are likely to persist The Himachal Pradesh from June 28, the spokesperson said. over the next 5-6 days.Under these government on Friday (June 11, 2021) The authorities also added that only 20 people favourable meteorological conditions, the decided to relax the corona curfew in the will still be able to attend the wedding southwest monsoon is likely to advance over state and increase shop opening timings ceremony. The state government decided to the entire country outside south Rajasthan from 9 am-5 pm from June 14. The conduct the examination of final year authorities also added that the shops will and Kutch region of Gujarat during the next students in the degree colleges of the state in five-six days," the IMD said. remain closed on weekends. the month of July, however, all schools in Jai Ram Thakur-led government on Friday the state will remain closed till further The head of IMD's regional forecasting centre, said that the offices in the state will be orders. Meanwhile, Nine more people died Srivastava said largely, three factors are allowed to function with 50 percent from COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh on considered for declaring the arrival of the capacity from Monday onwards. Friday, taking the death toll to 3,351, while monsoon in an area (after it makes onset in The state government also decided that there 505 fresh cases pushed the state's infection Kerala)- widespread rainfall over a large area, will be no more requirement of RT-PCR count to 1,97,943, an official said. prediction of more precipitation over the next tests for entering the state and intrastate bus According to the Health Department, the state three to four days and easterly winds.Last service will resume with 50 percent capacity. currently has 5,879 active cases. The overall year, the wind system had covered the entire All the medical colleges, ayurvedic colleges recoveries has reached 1,88,691 with 957 country by June 29, seven days before the and dental colleges will open from June 23. patients recovering from the infection in the usual date of July 8. Pharmacy and nursing schools will open past 24 hours, the official said. Srivastava also said this is the first time since 2014 that Delhi has not recorded a heatwave Four men arrested in UP for gang- raping man they met on dating app SC questions delay in creating men were already present there. They unorganised workers’ database allegedly thrashed and raped him and filmed the incident. Additional DCP (Greater Noida) said that New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Friday beneficiaries are recognised and it is will be provided to those who did not the four accused used the 2nd Line questioned the delay in getting the ensured that the benefits go to them have a ration card. SG Mehta said the mobile app to call and blackmail the national database of unorganised directly.The government said the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna has survivor. "They later thrashed him and workers up and running as it reserved its National Informatics Centre (NIC) had been extended to November and that the forced him to transfer ? 5,000 through judgement in a suo motu matter taken over the project and it will be done numbers have also been identified. PhonePe app to them," an official regarding assistance to be provided to in three to four months.However, the Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave, spokesperson said. migrant workers in the wake of the bench sought to know why so much time appearing for some activists, said many The report also revealed that the four second wave of Covid-19. was needed as only a module was of these workers did not have ration accused are related to each other, while The court also asked the West Bengal required, and no consultation with states cards, adding that the scheme will only Gautam and Gaurav (23) are reportedly government to immediately implement is needed at this stage. benefit card holders. siblings, Sachin (26) and Mohit (25) are the one nation one ration card scheme, Agreeing with the bench, the SG said, ASG Bhati contested this and explained New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh police arrested four their cousins. which allows migrant labourers to get “Your concern is right. The portal cannot how the scheme is being extended to men for allegedly gang-raping, filming, and The police seized the mobile phone used for filming ration benefits from any part of the take so much time to be made. We will even those without cards. She said that 8 blackmailing another man. The incident took the incident. Further investigation revealed that country irrespective of the place where speak to NIC.”The bench responded that lakh metric tonnes of additional food place in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida area. there are at least 10-12 similar videos. The their ration card is registered. it will issue a direction and that the grains are being given and migrants and The four men are accused of gang-raping another investigation also revealed that the accused A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M matter cannot be left entirely to the stranded migrants are both covered man, after befriending him on the dating app Sachin was a repeat offender and had tried to trap R Shah noted that money for the national bureaucracy. under it, adding that the scheme covers a Grindr. The four accused also filmed the entire an Assistant Engineer of the Municipal database had already been released but Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves termed total of 80 crore people.The court then incident and attempted to extort Rs 2 lakh from the Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in a similar manner even the module has not been created. it an “excuse” and said the states had set asked under what scheme it will be survivor while threatening to leak the clips. The and had demanded Rs 1.80 crore from his family “How long will you take?” the bench up their own portals but had not been distributed to those who don’t have PTI report revealed that the survivor is a three years ago. sought to know.Solicitor General Tushar able to link into the national portal as the ration cards. That latitude has been left polytechnic diploma holder, who befriended by A case has been registered in this regard under Mehta told the bench that there were same was not ready yet. He also referred to states, replied the ASG.The bench 20-year-old Gautam from Sikandarabad and Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 342 some problems with the software. to an earlier assurance from the Union pointed out that some states had said that called him for a meet-up. When the survivor (wrongful confinement), 377 (unnatural offences) Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Secretary that the database was ready. they don’t have any schemes for reached the location of the meet-up three other and 384 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code. Bhati said the database is not only a The SC also sought to know how ration migrants yet. software but is also a mechanism where Orissa Today Sunday 13 June 2021 BUSINESS 6

Starbucks Stadium? Coffee chain applies for naming rights Diesel follows petrol’s footsteps, breaches New Delhi: Starbucks Corp has applied with the U.S. trademark office for the right to use its name on a sports stadium or training facility. In a June 2 application, the coffee Rs 100 mark, check rates in your city chain sought approval to use its name in "providing stadium and training facilities for sports and entertainment activities" and "promoting business, sports and Fuel prices were increased for the second consecutive day on Saturday (June 12), making entertainment events of others." Approval could enable Seattle-based diesel and petrol more expensive than ever across India. Starbucks to join companies such as AT&T, Bank of America, Canadian Tire, FedEx, New Delhi: Fuel prices were increased petrol has already breached the Rs Oracle, PPG Paints, Target, Toyota and for the second consecutive day on 100 mark, the fuel’s price increased United Airlines whose names already Saturday (June 12), making diesel to Rs 102.30. Diesel is retailing at Rs adorn professional stadiums and arenas. and petrol more expensive than ever 94.39 per litre in the financial capital. "Either it is actively looking to make a deal across India. Surprisingly, in Petrol price in Mumbai had crossed to sponsor a venue, or it wants to protect its Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district, the Rs 100 mark on May 29, 2021. right to potentially use its name in that diesel prices crossed the Rs 100 mark Also Read: Congress holds manner," said Ashley Dobbs, a law for the first time, and is selling at Rs nationwide protests against rising professor at the University of Richmond in 100.05. In the district near the India- fuel prices, demands rollback of Virginia who specializes in intellectual Pakistan border, petrol is already excise duty hike on petrol, diesel property. selling at over Rs 107 a litre. Besides Mumbai (Maharashtra), Starbucks declined to comment. Notably, Sri Ganganagar was also the petrol is selling at above the Rs 100 Naming rights agreements often run for first district in India to see per litre mark in five other states and union decades and can cost several or tens of petrol price breaching the Rs 100 territories, including Rajasthan, millions of dollars annually. Amazon.com mark in February early this year. In Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Inc took a different path from most Delhi, petrol prices have been Telangana and Ladakh. corporate sponsors when it named an arena increased by 27 paise per litre while Taking note of the rising prices of in downtown Seattle the Climate Pledge diesel rates jumped by 23 paise per petrol and diesel, India’s finance Arena. That building will house the Seattle litre. With the latest price revision, ministry was reportedly considering Kraken expansion team in the National petrol is selling at Rs 96.12 a litre and cutting excise duties to minimise the Hockey League, and the Seattle Storm of diesel is retailing at Rs 86.98 a litre in impact of record-high domestic the Women`s National Basketball the capital city. In Mumbai, where prices of fuel. Association. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office plans by early September to assign a lawyer to review Starbucks` application. Gold Price : Gold retailing at Rs LIC Alert! Never do THIS or get Post reports of 47,900 in Delhi, check prices in CoWin leak, IT Min your city ready to face strict legal action asks CERT-In to New Delhi: On Multi Commodity Exchange probe (MCX), gold prices dipped by Rs 318 to LIC said that website, publishing house and digital entities must not publish the logo close at Rs 48,880 per 10 gm levels on New Delhi. A day after reports of an Friday (June 11). The correction in the without seeking prior permission from India’s largest insurer. alleged leak of CoWin database prices is actually good news for the being put up for sale on dark-web investors of the yellow metal, as they’re legal action against people COVID-19 pandemic. emerged, the Empowered Group on having a great chance to buy gold at cheaper Vaccine Administration and the prices. Market experts suggest that gold found making unauthorised Also Read: Invest little every use of its logo. month in THIS LIC policy to get Ministry of Electronics and prices could rise in the coming times, which Information Technology (MeitY) makes the yellow metal an interesting Taking it Twitter, the company Rs 70 lakh on maturity LIC’s said, “LIC Public Alerts – market share in the insurance have asked Indian Computer investment opportunity. Emergency Response Team As far as the prices in major cities are Unauthorized use of LIC’s segment stood at 81.04 in March Logo. LIC logos can not be 2021 in terms of the number of (CERT-In) to investigate the concerned, the yellow metal is retailing at matter. Rs 47,900 per 10 gram of 22-carat gold in u s e d i n a n y w e b s i t e , policies while it was 74.58% for publishing material and digital the full last financial year. In the “We have taken all steps and continue Delhi. The 24-carat gold is selling at Rs to take all steps to ensure the 52,200 per 10 grams in the capital city. Also post. Strict legal action – civil financial year 2020-21, LIC security of our database and our Read: Planning to take gold loans? Check and criminal – will be taken noted an 11% year-on-year system. We are aware of all kinds of the interest rate by banks and documents against such person,” LIC growth in first-year premium threats and attacks which are being required In the financial capital of India, added. LIC offers a slew of income of Rs 56,406 crore under tried on the system to penetrate the Mumbai, the 22 carat gold per 10 gram is insurance schemes and individual assurance business. database and we shall continue to selling at Rs 47,740 while the 24-carat gold investment opportunities in Of which, The company’s thwart them,” said National Health is retailing at Rs 48,740 per 10 gram. New Delhi: Life Insurance displaying its continuance. LIC India. According to India.com, pension and group schemes Authority CEO Dr RS Sharma, Meanwhile, in Chennai, the 22-carat gold is Corporation of India (LIC) has said that website, publishing the company had collected the vertical is also performing with. who has been in charge of the selling at Rs 46,050 while the 24-carat gold issued a public alert regarding house and digital entities must highest ever new business The segment clocked its highest CoWin platform. Sources at the IT is retailing at Rs 50,230 per 10 gram, the unauthorised use of its logo, not publish the logo without premium of Rs 1.84 lakh crore in ever new business premium Ministry said though the issue had respectively. Read more: Zee Exclusive: which is made up of a flame seeking prior permission from the financial year 2020-21, income of Rs 1.27 lakh crore in been handled for now, CERT-In, Benefits of buying hallmark gold jewellery, signalling that there’s a renewed the last financial year that ended with help of other domestic and look for these components Coming to West signifying life and protective India’s largest insurer. The IPO- hands of life insurance bound firm has warned strict interest in insurance amid the on March 31, 2020. global cybersecurity experts, was Bengal’s capital city, Kolkata, the per 10 checking the entire CoWin gram 22-carat gold and the 24-carat-gold platform once again to ensure there are selling at Rs 48,500 and Rs 51,200, were no vulnerabilities. “Over the respectively. PPF or NPS? Invest THIS much monthly to earn Rs 1 crore on maturity past several months ever since CoWin went live, there have been Tech policy, civil groups ask offering an interest rate of repeated attempts by several state 7.1% compounded on an and non-state parties. Sometimes, it govt to ‘withdraw’ new IT rules annual basis. One can is in the form of SQL (structured invest in PPF for 15 years query language) injection attack ? PF and NPS investment schemes are and after maturity, you can while others we observed repeated run by the Indian government and either exit the scheme or DDOS (distributed denial-of- come with a slew of benefits. opt for an extension. In service) attack. We are alert to comparison, you can invest them,” an IT Ministry official said. ? PPF is offering an interest rate of in the NPS scheme till A SQL injection attack consists of 7.1% compounded on an annual basis. superannuation or 60 years insertion of a query into the of age, whichever is earlier. database to modify and exploit ? Your investment will be around Rs If you’re planning to make sensitive data. It allows the attacker to tamper with existing data, or 73 lakh if you keep investing in PPF Rs 1 crore from PPF steal someone’s identity or become for straight 20 years. investments, you’ll have to the overall administrator of the said New Delhi: Fourteen tech policy and civil keep investing for at least database. On the other hand, a groups — such as Access Now, US-based 25 years at the current rate DDOS attack in an attempt to Center for Democracy and Technology, of 7.1% interest rate disrupt the normal working of a OpenNet, and Reporters Without Borders compounded annually. website or an application’s server Savings Institute in 1968. In comparison, You’ll have to invest Rs 12,500 per month for by abnormally increasing the — have released a joint statement asking New Delhi: In India, Public Provident Fund the NPS was initially launched for only the central government to “immediately 25 years to grow your investment to over Rs 1 internet traffic on that website or (PPF) and National Pension System (NPS) government employees in 2004, and was crore. According to the calculations, your Rs application’s network. On withdraw” the new Information are two of the most popular investment later extended to all in 2009. Also Read: LIC Technology Rules. “The Government of 12,500 per month investment in PPF will turn Thursday, reports claimed that the schemes offering decent returns to investors. Alert! Never do THIS or get ready to face over Rs 43 lakh in 15 years. Likewise, your entire database of CoWin, the India is seeking to seize control of online Both the investment schemes are run by the strict legal action spaces. There is a complete lack of investment will be around Rs 73 lakh if you platform being used by the central Indian government and come with a slew of If you invest in these schemes wisely, you can transparency surrounding existing keep investing in the scheme for straight 20 government to register people for benefits. PPF was launched by the National grow your money easily. At present, PPF is government censorship and surveillance years. vaccination against. demands. The new rules issued by the executive branch are being used to bully social media platforms and online news services into compliance,” said Raman Jit Singh India’s industrial growth shoots up 134.4% in April Chima, senior international counsel and Asia Pacific policy director at Access Now. On February 25, the IT Ministry The nationwide lockdown and other measures implemented to restrict the spread of COVID-19 from March-end led notified new guidelines for social media to most establishments not operating in April 2020 and consequently, there were many units that reported `Nil` intermediaries as a part of which they were classified into two groups of production, affecting comparison of the indices for April 2020 and April 2021, the ministry said. significant social media intermediaries New Delhi: and non-significant social media India`s index of industrial 126.7; 82.4 for capital goods; 137.9 the indices for April 2020 and April production (IIP) rose a whopping for intermediate goods; and 134.8 for 2021, the ministry said. Along with intermediaries. 134.44 per cent year-on-year to infrastructure/construction goods. the quick estimates of IIP for April Any platform with over 50 lakh users in 126.6 in April due to a very low base The indices for consumer durables 2021, the indices for March 2021 India was placed under the category of in the same month last year, as per the and consumer non-durables stood at have also undergone the first significant intermediary. As part of the data released by the Ministry of 112.4 and 142.3, respectively, for revision and those for January 2021 new norms, significant social media S t a t i s t i c s a n d P r o g r a m m e April 2021. Also Read: PM Modi to have undergone the final revision in intermediaries had to, within 90 days, Implementation (MoSPI) on Friday. attend outreach session of G7 the light of the updated data received designate executives in the roles of "For April 2021, the quick estimates of summit today The nationwide from the source agencies. resident grievance officer, a chief IIP, with base 2011-12, stands at lockdown and other measures "The Quick Estimates for April 2021, compliance officer, and a nodal contact 126.6," the ministry said.IIP for the implemented to restrict the spread of the first revision for March 2021 and person for India. “The rules also impose mining, manufacturing and COVID-19 from March-end led to the final revision for January 2021 data retention and ‘traceability’ electricity sectors for April stood at most establishments not operating in have been compiled at weighted requirements which will undermine end- 108, 125.1 and 174, respectively. As April 2020 and consequently, there response rates of 85 per cent, 92 per to-end encryption,” a joint statement by per Use-based classification, the were many units that reported `Nil` cent and 95 per cent, respectively," it the 14 groups said. indices for primary goods stood at production, affecting comparison of added. Orissa Today Sunday 13 June 2021 SPORTS 7

Hardik Pandya looking to bowl Keep thinking about it: Ruturaj Gaikwad recalls MS in all matches at T20 World Cup: My bowling depends on my fitness Dhoni's words after maiden India call-up for Sri Lanka tour New Delhi. Ruturaj Gaikwad has had some 'Mahi bhai' from before his CSK days. His New Delhi. Hardik Pandya has revealed that fine mentors right from the time he picked up Ranji Trophy debut came against Jharkhand he will be looking to bowl in all the games a cricket bat and started hitting balls. From in 2016 wherein Dhoni was the mentor in the of the T20 World Cup this year. Pandya has his childhood coaches at the Vengsarkar opposition camp. Dhoni, in fact, signed on been bowling sporadically since his return academy to supportive teammates, the 24- Ruturaj's plaster after the youngster from a back injury in 2019. year-old has had the right people around fractured his finger during the game.Ruturaj Pandya said that getting back to full fitness him, telling the right things.For many recovered from Covid-19 in the UAE before has been a gradual process and he hopes it youngsters, working with 'mentor' Rahul he made his IPL debut for CSK. After a will culminate in him getting back to Dravid and a couple of Indian Premier shaky start to his CSK stint, the youngster bowling full tilt at the World Cup, which is League seasons under MS Dhoni's captaincy turned it around with 3 successive fifties, scheduled to be held in October and remains only a dream. But Ruturaj has had showcasing he can be the next big thing for November this year. the privilege of sharing the dressing room the franchise. He followed it up with some "For me, I want to make sure, and I will be with two of the most celebrated cricketing fine performances earlier this year before able to, that I bowl in all the games of the minds. IPL 2021 was suspended in May. (T20) World Cup. I am just trying to be Speaking to indiatoday.in, Ruturaj Gaikwad Shedding light on a 'simple and short' advice smart and make sure that I don’t miss that. said he wasn't expecting an India call-up at from MS Dhoni that helped him reverse his My full focus is on the World Cup," Pandya 24 but the youngster has been showing he is fortunes last year, Ruturaj said: "He said 'you said on TOI Sportscast. ready for the big leap.Two years after have already been through a lot due to The 27-year-old has put up a few dazzling making India A debut, Ruturaj Gaikwad has Covid-19. As a captain, I am not expecting displays with the bat, notably winning the got his maiden India call-up. The too much from you. We have given you the Man of the Series award in India's T20I Maharashtra batsman is one of the six productive summer with India A after will get 1 or 2 bowlers against whom you can opportunity not to show who you are at this series win over Australia away from home uncapped players who have been picked in beginning his stint with a nought in 2019. cash in but in IPL, the standard of bowling point but to play for CSK, a great franchise, in December. He said that his bowling the 20-man squad for limited-overs series in Runs in domestic List A cricket has been a and batting is always high. You'll always and enjoy your time' because you'll never depends on how fit he is. the island nation in July."No, not really to be constant for the Maharashtra batsman. have 5 good bowling options, even the 6th know what will happen next. "Yes, on the bowling front, what matters is honest (expect the call-up this early) but Ruturaj acknowledges the importance of one might be a good option."So you really "'Make sure you enjoy the opportunities. If how fit I am. Even after my surgery, I didn't obviously very, very happy, very very proud. grinding it through at the domestic level but need to have a good plan and good approach you're putting pressure on yourself, you are drop my pace. My bowling is related to my I am looking forward to it, eagerly waiting to he pin points out that the IPL experience is for tackling them. So playing there, it helps," adding it to yourself. We, as management, fitness. The fitter I get, the better it comes be there and don the Indian jersey," Ruturaj valuable, considering the intensity and the he said.Keep thinking about it: When Dhoni aren't expecting anything, we just want you out. Whenever I play, I don't want to play at said.Ruturaj Gaikwad scored plenty of runs quality of cricket on display. saw the spark in RuturajGaikwad recalled to go out there and enjoy for now and gain 50 per cent. (When) I play, I will play at 100 in the domestic circuit and on A tours before "Obviously, the IPL gives a different the conversations he had with MS Dhoni experience.I think it helped me a lot, it per cent," he said. that breakthrough IPL season in 2020. He perspective to be able to play such high- over the last few years while playing for helped me relax a little bit and made me feel pressure games. In domestic cricket, you Chennai Super Kings. Ruturaj has known Indian cricket stars react to scored 677 runs at an average of 112.83 in a calmer. Djokovic vs Nadal French Open classic: Bench marking of the WTC Final: 'Resilient' Cheteshwar Pujara should make best Plot against Shakib to portray highest order him as villain: Bangladesh use of scoring opportunities in England - WV Raman cricketer's wife reacts after New Delhi. Former India Women opportunities. Assuming this will play him out then he can do that controversial on-field action coach WV Raman has said that again be a typical English quite easily and he does that Cheteshwar Pujara will have to summer, you will get very few quite often. But if he just tries to New Delhi. Ummey Al Hasan has come to the rescue of her husband make the best use of the scoring scoring opportunities anyway. score some runs even against the and Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib opportunities in the difficult Cheteshwar likes to grind for long best bowler then that will keep after he 'lashed out at the stumps' in English conditions. The statement hours and then score. In that the bowler on his toes. He anger in the ongoing Dhaka from Raman comes a week ahead period, he might miss out on some suddenly has to think about Premier League (DPL) on Friday. of India's World Test scoring opportunities. saving runs too, it’s not only The match between Mohammedan Championship (WTC) final about bowling over after over to You can get away with that in India, of 'mental domination' Sporting Club and Abahani New Delhi. Afew of India's cricket stars took versus New Zealand. Australia, where there is not much Pujara and testing his resilience. Further, the 56-year-old, cited Limited saw some unusual scenes to social media to pay tribute to Novak WV Raman, also a former India swing and seam. But both happen The equation then changes Australia great Shane Warne's as Shakib Al Hasan lost his cool Djokovic and Rafael Nadal as the tennis cricketer, pointed out that Pujara's a lot in England. In Australia, you slightly."That was perhaps one of example to mark the importance twice within a span of two overs greats played out a thrilling semi-final in technique of grinding the bowlers will have bounce, you might have the biggest differences between of 'mental domination'. He said and kicked, uprooted and threw the French Open on Friday. Djokovic was first and then scoring can work in a bit of seam but in England, you the Indian batters and others when that Warne could not enjoy a lot of stumps to express his resentment to on the winning side, handing Nadal only his India and Australia, but in English will have to cope with all three at they played Shane Warne. The success against India as batsmen the decisions of the on-field third defeat at Rolland Garros in the 16 conditions, where conditions are times. It is important not to let the moment he dropped it slightly punished him on loose deliveries. umpires.The star cricketer's appeal years that the Spaniard has played at the capable of changing every scoring opportunities go. This not short or got his line wrong, our Likewise, Pujara should create for an LBW dismissal against clay court Grand Slam.Djokovic lost the session, Pujara "can look and play only gives him runs and builds his players were ready to punish him. more problems for bowlers by Abahani's Mushfiqur Rahim was first five games of the match and eventually a few more shots". confidence but it also puts the That’s why he perhaps did not trying to score runs against denied as Shakib kicked off all the lost the first set 3-6. But he rallied to win the bowler under pressure. It makes have as much success against 3 stumps. Moments later, Shakib "I think Cheteshwar perhaps can them.I’m not trying to say that he next three sets, including a tie-breaker in him think," WV Raman told India as he did against South uprooted the stumps and threw look at playing a few more shots. has to play against his character. the third, to end Nadal's reign at Rolland Hundustan Times. Africa in England. He did not have them in anger after umpire called In England, you’ve got to make He keeps it very simple. If he picks Garros. Nadal had won the last four French the best use of the scoring WV Raman talks about importance mental domination over India," for the covers to save the pitch and Open titles on the trot and was looking to a bowler and decides that he has to WV Raman added. the ground from rain. win a record-extending 14th win in Later, the match ended with Paris.Djokovic now faces Greek fifth seed Mohammedan Sporting Club Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final on Sunday. winning the match, however, the The Serbian is chasing his 19th Grand Slam Euro 2020: Kevin De Bruyne to miss Belgium's opening video clips and pictures of Shakib's title, bringing him to within one of Nadal startling on-field behaviour soon and Roger Federer's record 20 titles. went viral. The senior cricketer, who was in news recently for an match against Russia, to join squad after 1st game alleged breach of bio-bubble De Kock's 141 puts South Africa protocol during the same on top against West Indies the Premier League's player tournament, issued apology but the of the season for the second damage was done until then. Gros Islet (St. Lucia). The West Indies' straight year. But his wife thinks otherwise and she batting faltered for the second time in as De Bruyne only linked up with has appealed to the "cricket lovers" De Bruyne will miss Belgium's to "beware" of their actions. many days, keeping South Africa in a the squad on Monday after commanding position at stumps on the opening match against Russia Ummey in a post on Facebook has having a minor operation stated that "a plot againt" Shakib Al second day of the first cricket test. on Saturday following the injuries Hasan to "portray him as a villain". After being dismissed for 97 on the first day, > sustained during City’s loss She also raised suspicion on the the West Indies slumped to 51-4 as it began De Bruyne only linked up to Chelsea in the Champions decisions of the umpires.”I’m its second innings 225 runs behind South with the squad on Monday League final on May enjoying this incident as much as Africa.Quinton de Kock's unbeaten 141 29.Belgium's second game in the media is, finally some news on guided South Africa to 322 in its first after having a minor Group B is against Denmark tv! It is great to see the support of innings and the tourist's bowlers again in Copenhagen on Thursday, the people who can see the clear quickly ran through the West Indies' top operation injuries when Martinez expects De picture of today’s incident at least order. >He is expected to play a part Bruyne to play a part.Another someone has the guts to stand A stubborn 31-run partnership for the fifth socket, an injury he picked up playing for key Belgium player missing against Russia against all odds. However it is sad wicket between Roston Chase and in Belgium's second game Manchester City in the final of the Champions will be defensive midfielder Axel Witsel, who to see the main issue getting buried Jermaine Blackwood halted the slide and League against Chelsea.Martinez said Friday was surprisingly included in the Euro 2020 by the media highlighting only the lifted the West Indies to 82-4 at stumps against Denmark that he expects De Bruyne to join the squad squad despite missing the final four months of anger that he showed. The main when the players return to their training camp issue is the ongoing eye catching when the deficit was 143. Chase was 21 the club season with Borussia Dortmund decisions of the umpires! The and Blackwood 10 at stumps and their in Tubize, near Brussels, after the game against because of a torn Achilles tendon injury. Russia in St. Petersburg. headlines are really saddening. To partnership occupied the last 13 overs of New Delhi. Belgium's star midfielder Kevin De Martinez said Witsel, who didn’t play in me it is a plot against him that has the day. Bruyne will not play in Saturday's opening "The next two days will be really important, just Belgium's warmup games ahead of the to get him back to really being able to move been going on for awhile to portray Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje shared the group game against Russia at the Euros, said tournament, was "progressing well" and had him as the villain in all four wickets that fell in the last session. coach Roberto Martinez.De Bruyne is still freely and start getting the exercise needed been training with the full squad. circumstances! If you are a cricket Rabada trapped Kraigg Brathwaite lbw for 7 following an individual training program after before he can come to the group," Martinez "I don't expect Axel will need a lot more work lover beware of your actions!" she in the fifth over, then removed Kieran an operation on his fractured nose and eye said of De Bruyne, who was recently voted as with the group," Martinez said. said in a statement. Powell for 14 in a similar manner in the 11th over.Nortje dismissed Shai Hope (12) and Kyle Mayers (12) in consecutive overs. Mayers fell to a superb catch at third slip by Wiaan Mulder.Earlier, de Kock Dinesh Karthik reveals his 'ultimate goal': Playing in breezed to his sixth century and his highest test score to give South Africa a formidable first innings lead.Released of the pressure of captaincy, de Kock batted with fluency next 2 T20 World Cups for India, winning at least one to achieve his first century against the West Indies before South Africa's first innings New Delhi. Dinesh Karthik is all set for his the next two T20 World Cups for mean being consistent with strike ended at tea.I just wanted to get out there commentary duties during India's upcoming India. He also wants to help India rates. What's most important is the and bat time, de Kock said."The runs I World Test Championship (WTC) final win at least one of them. impact your innings create. You thought were going to come at some against New Zealand from June 18. The 36- "You keep evolving. You are not the can't look at the scores per se point.Just to be able to stay out there and year-old is an active cricketer but last same person you were at 21 or 22. because the amount of balls you face get the team into a strong position represented India in the semi-final of 2019 You look at things differently - the is very few. If you take the scores obviously was quite satisfying. World Cup against the Kiwis. way you play the sport changes, the you will see they will be around 18, However, Karthik hasn't given up on hopes of way the sport is played changes. It is 22 not out, one game will be 4, one De Kock was playing his first test since a comeback. This year, he guided Tamil just beautiful to have been part of game will be 8, and then you make a giving up the captaincy and taking a break Nadu to win the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy. the journey," Karthik told 14 not out from four balls," Karthik from cricket for mental health reasons. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vice- ESPNCricinfo. said.”So, if your team is doing well, He entered the fray with South Africa 119-4 captain could be seen leading the franchise Right now, my ambition is to be part that means you are playing fewer late on day one and with the ball still in the remaining fixtures of IPL 2021, which of the next two World Cups and try balls a lot of the time, because the moving about. De Kock anchored the is set to resume from the third week of and help India win at least one, if bulk of the batting is done by the top Proteas from there, clubbing 12 fours and September. The T20 World is scheduled to not both. That's the ultimate goal for order. Then you create an impact as seven sixes and single-handedly taking the start in October and Karthik will look to me and I am doing everything I possibly can seasoned batsman reckoned that looking at much as possible at the back end with as attack to the West Indian bowlers at times. make his bid for a spot in the team by to be part of that team," he added. the scores and judging a player can't be a many balls as you get. Not every time that The ball was still moving around so I just performing distinctively for KKR. Karthik talks about dynamics of batting suitable parameter as the balls faced are low. you walk in you are going to score runs, wanted to put myself in strong positions Karthik has also revealed his "ultimate goal" in lower down the order The impact of the innings is what matters especially when you bat at the back end and put the bad balls away, de Kock the twilight phase of his career. The For Karthik, consistency of a batsman batting according to Karthik. where you are expected to play the high-risk said.That was the mindset this morning. swashbuckling right-hander aims to play in at 6 and 7 is about his strike rates. The "See, at Nos. 6 and 7, to be consistent would shots right at the outset," Karthik concluded. Orissa Today STATE Sunday 13 June 2021 Bhubaneswar P-8

Sundargarh prioritises Rooftop Rainwater Har- Dalmia Cement donates oxygen concen- vesting projects for sustainable water solution trator to Sundargarh administration

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The 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678Rainwater Harvesting projects across all 17 blocks Ganesh W Jirkuntwar said, 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678 Rajgangpur: Further ex- same will be distributed 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678651 projects completed, 385 in progress “It is our priority to make among 4,000 Anganwadi 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678 tending a hand of coopera- 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678Providing livelihood to the rural poor our area as well as the en- workers in the district. 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678 tion to the Sundargaeh dis- 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678 trict Dalmia Cement handed tire district Covid free. If we There are various other ini- Sundargarh Jun 12 (TNB) : To help recharge the depleted over 8 oxygen concentra- want to win the fight tiatives including sanitiza- groundwater level, the govt of Odisha has been promot- tors to the administration. against Corona then we tion of various wards of ing Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting projects. The Deputy Executive Director need to follow all the rules Rajgangpur city, Kutra and Sundargarh district administration has prioritised the of the company, Mr. Saroj prescribed by the govern- nearby villages. A 24 hours programme and taken up various projects across all 17 Kumar Rout and Corporate ment and also adopt good free ambulance service has blocks. Affairs Department (CA) behavioural habits.” also been extended to By end of May 2021, 651 projects have been made opera- Mr. Sanjib Sahu handed Reiterating its commitment Rajgangpur Government tional across the district, while the rest 385 more projects over the above machines to Mr. Rout said that Dalmia to assist the State Govern- Hospital for shifting critical will be operational before the rainy season. The District Collector Mr. Nikhil Pawan ment in its fight against patients to Covid hospitals. Mineral Foundation (DMF), Sundargarh has been pro- management stands with Kalyan. Project Director, the state government in Corona, Dalmia Cement Recently the company had viding financial support to fulfil the initiative. future," said Collector and DM, Nikhil Pavan Kalyan. Rajgangpur, few days ago provided bed and equip- "Earlier, rainwater was going waste as runoff. With the District Rural Development this hour of crisis and is Rainwater harvesting projects are being implemented at Agency, Mr. B.S Patel was handed over kits consist- ment to the newly setup government's new initiative, the ground water will be re- committed to extend all govt office buildings and residential quarters, schools, also present. ing of hand gloves, face Covid Care Center at charged. This will thus help the people of our Panchayat possible assistance. colleges and hostels and other public utility buildings. Representing the company, shields and sanitizers to the Bagichapara. Through this project, the runoff water during rainy sea- by elevating the groundwater level", said The newly appointed Se- son will be collected in the harvesting pits through pipes Barangakachhar Sarpanch, Rajeswari Kalo. and it will gradually recharge groundwater levels. Barangakachhar in Bargaon block is one among the many ZOOM HEALTH TIPS MEET The water reaching the ground also helps to replenish locations in Sundargarh district where Rainwater Har- Seva Bharati Distributes dry nearby ponds, streams, tube wells and agricultural fields. vesting project is ready to catch the rain, this season. HELD FOR PPT OPA MEMBERS Thus, the project aims at mitigating water crisis during Voluntary organisations have been entrusted by the dis- food to the temple priest the summer season in addition to being a progressive trict administration to implement this project with a focus Laxmi Naraya Sahoo Umasankar Padhi and eco friendly solution. on people's participation. The project helps rural poor as Paradip/ Kujang: A zoom meeting was arrange on Satur- "Everywhere around us, the groundwater level has been well as migrant returnees earn a living during an uncer- day, with the cooperation of Dr.Biswa Bikash Mohanty depleting day by day due to extensive use of water. We tain time of COVID19. ,Utakl Hospital, Bhubaneswar on the topic of 'how to shouldn't indulge in wasting water rather we need to use "I migrated outside the state in search of work but lost maintain healthy life after age of 60'.This zoom meeting water judiciously. On the other hand, the water runoff my job due to the pandemic. I was compelled to return was held for the members of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) flowing in to the rivers needs to be checked. Hence we home. The rooftop rainwater harvesting project launched Officer Pensioners Association (OPA). Mr.Jitu Rath aim to initiate rooftop rainwater harvesting projects at all in our Panchayat has provided people like me with a sr.Business manager have extended their cooperation for the govt offices, public institutions and govt. quarters source of livelihood" says Hemant Pradhan, a daily wage successful of the said programme,informed by Shesadev earner engaged in the project at Barangakachhar village. as a long term and viable solution to save water for the Sahoo,Gen,Secretary,PPT Officer Pensioners Association.

Raygada, Jun 12 :Dry food distribution has been done Odisha to announce financial package for by Sewa Bharti branch of RSS Rayagada unit.All the temples in Raygada city have been closed by the tourism sector soon: Minister of Tourism administration due to pandemic situation. Consequently, due to the paucity of devotees, the priests of the temple Govt of Odisha as its Na- BHUBANESHWAR/ NEW all aspects of tourism and ing infrastructure in a very shrines are living in misery. Dry food has been distributed tional Industry Partner for DELHI, 12 June 2021: Mr hospitality to make it so- planned and integrated to the priests of 21 temples in the city in favor of Seva various programmes like Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, cially and economically manner. We are also look- Bharati. In view of the paucity of funds provided by the Make in Odisha, Krushi Minister of Tourism, Odia sustainable,” said Mr ing at destinations in a ho- temple committee, Rayagada District Seva Bharti branch Odisha, & Odisha 50 and Language, Literature and Panigrahi. listic manner and a prepar- has extended a helping hand. Under the guidance of Yogi organizing virtual Culture, Government of Mr Vishal Kumar Dev, Prin- ing master plan for each Sri Chaitanya, pockets of dry food ten kg of rice, one kg roundtable on various sec- Odisha today said that cipal Secretary, Sports and destination. A priority des- of pulses, one kg of churda, sugar, oil and salt, potatoes tors in association with state while in the government Youth Services and Tour- tination list has been iden- have been given to the priests who have been in trouble government. “We (FICCI) scheme of things tourism ism, Government of Odisha tified consisting of 70 cir- since last year.In this occasion Vishwa Hindu Parishad are also a part of the state may rank a little lower than said that the government is cuits and the government district president Rajendra Sahu, West Odisha service government’s task force in other priority sectors like aware of the concerns faced will invest in a big way. Our chief Shri Deepak Raut, BJP city president Shyam Kumar vaccination drives and pro- health, education, it is an by the tourism and hospi- infrastructure development Das, BJP city secretary Jagdish Sunari, BJP’s chief worker curing medical oxygen sup- important sector that must tality sector. “We are work- budget for this year has Pedina Murali and other social workers were present in ply,” she said. be supported. ing on a detailed support been doubled,” he added. the ceremony. Such efforts have been praised by Addressing the virtual package to be offered to the We will also be investing Mr JK Mohanty, Co-Chair, intellectuals and local religious figures. roundtable on ‘COVID-19: industry, which would in- in new products, especially FICCI Tourism National Impact on the State Tour- clude hotels, restaurants, cruises and houseboats. Committee and CMD, BJP Youth front’s mass ism Sector’, organized by tour operators, and self- We have selected India’s Swosti Group said that the FICCI, Mr Panigrahi said employed people including largest river cruise opera- state has always put up a movement for Arjun Bridge that the budget allotted for photographers, guides, tor to start catamarans. By passionate and resolute the tourism sector this year etc., among others,” he early next year we will have fight towards natural ca- has seen an unprecedented Odisha on the luxury river lamities like cyclones and added. Ever Green Forum has started it's innovative Campaign increase. The Chief Minis- Highlighting the measures cruise map of the country, more recently, COVID. “The for the Front Line Covid Warrier by distributing Soft Drinks ter wants to take Odisha to promote Odisha tourism, Mr Dev said. Odisha government has al- tourism to global standards. he said that we are looking He further said that the ways swung into action. in this Sunny days.(.Photo-OT) We all must understand at roadshows, road trips FICCI Odisha State Coun- Most of our (the industry’s) that the sector needs help from the neighbouring cil has not only been high- demands have been consid- Bangladeshi infiltrators are to bounce back. “The Chief lighting the issues faced by states, and scaling up of ered and taken up at the Minister is expected to the industry and various eco-retreats to cover more highest level,” he said. setup camp at Borigumma: soon announce financial sectors but has been destinations. We have se- Mr SK Dash, Director, Trip packages for the tourism lected a partner that will partnering with the govern- BHP demands police action sector. The need is to work ment on various issues in- Process Pvt Ltd; Mr Vishal help us in curating various Kamat, CEO, Kamat Group K. Sakil Dora towards sustainable tour- itineraries and immersive cluding the supply of oxy- ism, and we cannot have a gen. of Hotels; Mr Sanjib Kumar manded that the district ad- experience packages to pro- Rout, FICCI Member and Rakesh Das ministration ,honorable situation where risk man- mote these packages, Mr Ms Monica Nayyar Founder President, CV Bhadrak , Jun 12: Under the MLA , MP and the honor- agement is not taken care Dev noted. Patnaik, Chair, FICCI Raman Global University, leadership of Bhadrak able Chief Minister Naveen of,” he added. “For the long term, there has Odisha State Council and “Let us collectively reaffirm MD, Sambad Group noted among others also put forth BJYM District Youth Front Patnaik resolve the issue . been a change in our ap- President Bikash Shrestha, In the coming days , the our commitment to pre- proach to infrastructure de- that the FICCI Odisha State their views and sugges- serve power and promote Council has partnered the tions. a mass movement has been youth front will go to 30 velopment. We are develop- launched to rebuild the wards to collect public opin- Arjun Bridge in Ward No. ion and lunch a signature 15 . The main issue of the campaign and upload it on Boundary wall of Baba Talab col- movement is that it is un- social media . All the rules fortunate that the bridge of the youth movement will be demolished prema- were obeyed by corona . lapsed for low level construction works turely without alternative Teacher Bhagaban Mishra , arrangements in the name former councilor Prabhat Borigumma : The number of Rajesh Dahima Another important aspect of this occasion is that the a Hindu girl living in of improving the Arjun Mohanty , constituency infiltrators is increasing day Rajgangpur road to the banks of Baba Talab is very busy. The fa- Borigumma a few years ago. Bridge at Kuansh in president Prabhakar Samal , The boundary wall was built in view of the security on mous Hanuman temple and pagoda are situated on the by day in Borigumma town Vishwa Hindu Parishad later Bhadrak municipality . Now Youth leaders Brishbhanu the centuries old famous Baba Talab located in the city. In side of the road. Nearby is Indira Gandhi Park. On the of Koraput district. For the alleged that the girl's prop- that the COVID 19 crisis is Sahu , Abinash Patnaik , September last, suddenly some part of the boundary wall other hand, people use the route of Baba Talab to visit past few years, some erty was being sold and over and the rainy season Himanshu Gupta , Tapesh collapsed on its own. Some debris of the deep boundary Nirmala School, Gandhi High School, Bhattapada, Kumhar Bangladeshi infiltrators sent to her family.Not only is approaching , people are Das , Mahesh Pradhan and many other youths sup- wall has fallen into the pond, while some debris is still Pada, and other places in the city along with OCL. Dur- have set up camp in Mohd Sohag but many in- facing the problem of not ing this, the movement of hundreds of small and big ve- having one . On one side ported the movement . clearly visible lying near the water under the sinking Borigumma. Vishva Hindu filtrators are living without hicles is also engaged. The place where the boundary boundary wall. Parishad members have ac- visa in Borigumma block. of the bridge are exisce , The most important aspect of this episode is that at the wall of the pond is sunken, there is a triangular road ppc , vetenary offices cused the Hindu girl of first Biswa Hindu Parisada time when some part of the boundary wall was sunken, nearby. In which one road leads to Indira Chowk, the getting married on the pre- and on the other side are other to Khada Gali and the third to Talkipada, members demands Police then on getting information, the EO and JE of the munici- text of selling toys and other all necessary offices pality reached the spot and after inspecting, the part of Kumahapada. Due to the busy triangular turn, the move- administration to identified items on a bicycle and then such as police station , the temporarily sunken boundary wall was pierced and ment of people is always there. At the same time, the them and take appropriate hospitals along with marrying off her daughter did their own thing. relieved of responsibility. possibility of an accident cannot be ruled out due to the action. During the presen- daily necessities . As While this boundary wall built by spending lakhs of ru- collapse of some part of the boundary wall nearby. to her family. The tation of the memorandum , many wards are depen- pees, a few days after the construction work, some part of The general public is troubled due to the neglect and Borigumma police station Vishwa Hindu Parishad dent on the road , a new it got submerged and exposed the low level construction negligence of the departmental officers to get this bound- has handed over a demand Koraput District Secretary bridge will be built and a work, but the departmental officers did not investigate it ary wall repaired, while they have become frightened by letter to IIC Vishwajit Kamalakant Biswal, G. temporary bridge will be the fear of an untoward accident. The apathy of the and kept silence only by temporarily skewing the sub- Mohanty. Mohan Dora, Raj Singh, made of wood and bam- municipal officials towards the repair of the boundary merged part. . There is also news that many small acci- According to the demand Keshav Rao, Manoj boo . Second , the nam- dents have happened at this place. Despite that, the de- wall has raised a question mark on their working style, ing of the Arjun Bridge letter, Mohammad Sohag Gantayat, Manoj Raut, partmental officers of the municipality deliberately which has become a subject of serious investigation in Shaikh, a resident of Banka should be renamed the the present times. The district administration should in- Tulsiram Panigrahi, Prafulla Not getting the construction work done nor taking action Shahi of Borigumma, old one , not politics . against the contractor. vestigate the matter and try to take action, say the digni- Dandasena, Sujit Kumar The BJYM has de- taries of the city. Bangladesh, was married to Panda were present.

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