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PAGE 03 PAGE 07 Raipur, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 I Pages 08 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF ‘India better prepared this India adds 3.23 lakh year to beat COVID-19’ „ Compared to 2020 year on their birthdays as it is a big help for humani- new COVID-19 cases New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): ty. „ Toll nears 2 lakh 23; 40 lakh on September 5 He said that in his opin- and 50 lakh on September India is better prepared ion, donating blood is New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) : 16. It went past 60 lakh on mentally and physically even more pious than vis- September 28; 70 lakh on this year with more expe- iting revered holy places, With 3,23,144 people test- October 11, crossed 80 lakh rience to beat the COVID- the statement said. ing positive for the coron- on October 29; 90 lakh on 19 pandemic as compared Vardhan said Prime avirus in a day, India's infec- November 20 and surpassed to 2020, Union Health Minister Narendra Modi tion tally has climbed to the one-crore mark on Minister Harsh Vardhan had launched the largest 1,76,36,307, while the nation- December 19. India crossed said on Tuesday. vaccination drive in the Workers prepare to return to al recovery rate further the grim milestone of 1.50 He made this remark Harsh Vardhan world in January,which is their native place, in New dropped to 82.54 per cent, ac- crore on April 19. while inaugurating a se- now being accelerated fur- Delhi, Tuesday. cording to the Union Health According to the Indian ries of blood donation blood banks in wake of ther as the vaccination of Ministry data updated on Council of Medical camps at 13 locations in fulfilling the blood requi- young people is about to Night curfew Tuesday. Research (ICMR), Chandigarh, Punjab, sition due to COVID-19 begin from May 1. The death toll mounted to A Covid-19 patient gets primary treatment inside a car as he waits 28,09,79,877 samples have Haryana and Himachal pandemic, it said. He also said that in 2021, Guwahati: The Assam gov- 1,97,894 with 2,771 new fatali- to be admited at a hospital, amid the ongoing surge in Coronavirus been tested up to April 26 Pradesh through a webi- Addressing the webi- the country is better pre- ernment on Tuesday ties, the data updated at 8 am cases, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday. with 16,58,700 samples being nar in the presence of nar, Vardhan appreciated pared mentally and physi- imposed night curfew showed. There has been a tested on Monday. Minister of State for the efforts of the founda- cally with more experi- across the state -- from 8 slight dip in the daily cases COVID-19 recovery rate has recuperated from the dis- The 2,771 new fatalities in- Finance and Corporate tion to organise blood do- ence to beat the pandemic pm to 5 am - with immedi- as compared to the number further dropped to 82.54 per ease surged to 1,45,56,209 clude 524 from Affairs Anurag Thakur, a nation camps with more as compared to last year, ate effect, as part of its of new infections reported cent, from 82.62 per cent re- while the case fatality rate Maharashtra, 380 from health ministry statement strength and expansion the statement stated. He efforts to control the surge in the past few days. The ac- ported on Monday. The na- has further dropped to 1.12 Delhi, 249 from Uttar said. The camps are being for fulfilling the blood re- appreciated the fact that in COVID-19 cases. The tive case count has increased tional COVID-19 recovery per cent, the data stated. Pradesh, 226 from organised by the quirement due to the pan- this blood donation camp state disaster management to 28,82,204 comprising 16.34 rate was recorded at 97.33 India's COVID-19 tally had Chhattisgarh, 201 from Competent Foundation demic. has been set up following authority, in its order, said per cent of the total infec- per cent on February 17. The crossed the 20-lakh mark on Karnataka, 158 from Gujarat with the help of various He exhorted people to at all COVID protocols, the curfew will be in place tions, while the national number of people who have August 7; 30 lakh on August and 124 from Jharkhand. associations, NGOs and least donate blood once a guidelines and SOPs. till May 1. "The COVID-19 situation in Assam has been Gen Bipin Rawat on COVID-19 Cheating case reviewed. It has been JSPL board okays divestment observed that there has been a rapid increase in the Solar scam accused number of active cases of in Jindal Power ‘Time for armed forces to rise to occasion’ COVID-19 across the state. „ To Worldone for filing. The equity value is New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): the second wave of the Saritha Nair gets 6 years RI an all-cash offer of Rs 3,015 pandemic raging across Watery grave Rs 3,015 crore crore, the company added. As India battles a devas- the country. Kozhikode(Ker), April 27 (PTI): Ballia: Two boys drowned JSPL said Worldone was tating wave of coron- "We can and we will. while bathing in the New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): selected by way of an elab- avirus infection, Chief of Well done and carry on, A court here on Tuesday Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's orate bidding process run Defence Staff Gen Bipin we still have long dis- sentenced con woman Ballia district on Tuesday, Jindal Power and Steel by an independent third- Rawat on Tuesday called tances to travel, Gen Saritha S Nair to six years police said. The incident (JSPL) on Tuesday said its party merchant banker, upon the armed forces to Rawat said. rigorous imprisonment in a took place in Vijaipuri board has approved divest- Grant Thornton Advisory, rise to the occasion and The three services as cheating case related to the when Jai Ram Verma (16) ing its entire equity inter- wherein the acquirer sub- support the civil adminis- well as other wings of the solar panel scam that rocked and Sujit Verma (17) est in Jindal Power to mitted the highest binding trations across the coun- defence ministry have Kerala during the previous were taking bath and Worldone, a promoter bid on acceptable terms try in dealing the pandem- been extending support to Congress-led UDF rule. slipped into deep water, group company, for Rs and conditions. ic as well as creating miti- tant," he said. "Our men various state governments Saritha Nair was the sec- prisonment in four different they said. The bodies 3,015 crore. The proposed sale is gation facilities in a time- and women in uniform and union territories in ond accused in the case re- crimes including cheating. were fished out from the The board of directors subject to necessary ap- bound manner. have the will and dedica- dealing with massive lated to the infamous scam. A fine of Rs 10000 has been river with the help of of JSPL has approved the provals of shareholders of In a message, Gen Rawat tion to break barriers and spike in coronavirus Judicial First Class pronounced in four crimes, locals, police said. They divestment of its entire eq- the company, regulatory said timely support at this walk the extra mile, al- cases. Magistrate-III K Nimmi ac- totalling Rs 40,000. said the bodies were uity interest (representing clearances, go-ahead from juncture is important. ways and every time," Gen Since Friday, the Indian quitted the third accused B Acting on a warrant is- handed over to the family 96.42 per cent of the issued lenders of the company "This is the time for the Rawat said. Air Force airlifted empty Manimon, while the verdict sued by the court, Saritha and paid up capital) in and Jindal Power, contrac- armed forces to rise to the The message by the oxygen tankers and con- of Biju Radhakrishnan, the was arrested from her resi- members after autopsy. Jindal Power by way of tual approvals and such occasion and support the Chief of Defence Staff tainers to various filling first accused in this case, dence in sale of shares, to Worldone other consents, permis- civil administration in cre- came a day after he briefed stations across the coun- was put on hold for pro- Thiruvananthapuram by NIA charge sheet Pvt Ltd, a promoter group sions and sanctions as ating Covid mitigation fa- Prime Minister Narendra try to speed up the distri- nouncement later as he the investigating officer last Mohali: The NIA on company and a related may be necessary in line cilities in a time-bound Modi about various meas- bution of the much-need- hadapplied for leave for week and remanded to judi- Tuesday filed a charge party to the company, with extant relevant manner. Timely support at ures undertaken by the ed medical oxygen in treat- being under quarantine. cial custody after being sheet against eight terror- JSPL said in a regulatory guidelines. this juncture is impor- armed forces to deal with ing COVID-19 patients. The court awarded the im- brought to Kozhikode. ists of the outlawed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) for their alleged LAST SHAHI SNAN involvement in killing Covid a national crisis, Shaurya Chakra awardee Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu at the direction of can’t be mute spectator: SC their Pakistan-based han- dlers, an official said. New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): SC allows Vedanta's Sandhu, who fought ter- rorism in Punjab, was Terming the massive oxygen plant at shot dead in October last resurgence of COVID-19 Tuticorin to operate year in Tarn Taran district. cases a "national crisis", the Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Tuesday Tuesday said it cannot re- allowed Vedanta to operate its Godown gutted main a mute spectator and closed oxygen plant at Tuticorin Thane: A fire gutted a made clear that its suo in Tamil Nadu, saying the order chemical godown in motu proceeding on devis- has been passed in view of "national need" for oxygen and Bhiwandi in Thane dis- ing national policy for trict on Tuesday, though there should be no political COVID-19 management is bickering over the generation of there were no reports of not meant to supplant matters which transcend the gas by the company as the injury to anyone, said high court hearings. the regional boundaries. country is facing a "national cri- officials. The blaze start- A bench headed by There is a need for top sis".The apex court made it ed at 1pm in Purna vil- Justice D Y Chandrachud court's intervention on clear that Vedanta shall not be lage and two fire -tending said the high courts are in certain national issues as allowed to enter and operate its copper smelting plant under the vehicles of Bhiwandi a better position to moni- there might be matters re- Nizampura Municipal garb of this order and that per- tor the pandemic situation lated to coordination be- mission to operate oxygen plant Corporation brought it within their territorial tween states, it said. would not create any equity in under control after a cou- boundaries and the apex "We are playing comple- the company's favour. ple of hours, they added. court was playing a com- mentary role. If High plementary role and its in- Courts have any difficulty Symbolic tervention must be under- in dealing with issues due bench, also comprising Last Shahi Snan of Kumbh 2021 by devotees of Juna Akhada, in Haridwar, Tuesday. Rishikesh: The last 'shahi stood in the correct per- to territorial limitations, Justices L Nageswara Rao snan' at the Kumbh Mela spective as there are some we will help, said the and S Ravindra Bhat. in Haridwar on Tuesday was a subdued affair with Couple ties knot in PPE kits; infected groom ‘No request made for COVID facilities seers keeping the ritual ‘Indian strain’ of symbolic in view of a may face action for violating curbs in five star hotel for judges’ nationwide surge in Ratlam (MP), Apr 27 (PTI): and the groom are seen New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): COVID-19 cases. Till the coronavirus spreads faster participating in the cere- conclusion of the royal While most people mony, while a priest, also New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): acute shortage of medical The Delhi High Court on bath, nearly 2,000 seers „ Little evidence of it spend lakhs on their wed- in the PPE kit, is chanting oxygen and are scrambling Tuesday said it has not made of 13 'akhadas' (sects) ding attire, a couple in mantras. The 'Indian strain' being more lethal to save the lives of pa- any request for creating had taken a dip in the Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam The marriage was OPINE EXPERTS of the coronavirus tients. Anurag Agrawal, COVID-19 facilities for its Ganga at Har Ki Pairi district tied the knot wear- solemnised at a function carries higher trans- the B.1.617 variant was the Director of the judges, staff and their families ghat which was reserved ing PPE kits after the hall in the presence of missibility similar to the found in more than 50 per Institute of Genomics and in a five star hotel. exclusively for them, offi- groom tested positive for eight people at Indira UK variant, but there is lit- cent of samples on which Integrative Biology (IGIB), Taking suo motu cognisance of cials said. coronavirus. Nagar of Ratlam, an offi- tle evidence so far of it genome sequencing was told PTI, "As far as we the news reports which said In an order issued by the sub- According to the district cial said. being more lethal than the conducted, while the pro- know, neither the UK vari- that 100 rooms of Ashoka divisional magistrate of Weather authorities, the 28-year-old The administration had original virus, experts portion of the UK variant ant nor this one (B.1.617) is Hotel in national capital have Chanakyapuri on April 25, it groom may now face ac- got information about the have said. was 28 per cent in the sec- associated with increased been converted into a COVID was stated that the COVID High 41Low 25 tion for allegedly violating wedding of a coronavirus The B.1.617 variant of ond week of March, Sujeet severity of illness or death. health facility for judges of facility at Ashoka Hotel will be the government order by infected person on SARS-CoV2, also being Singh, the Director of the The UK strain is proven to Delhi High Court on its associated with Primus stepping out of the con- Monday, Naib Tehsildar called a 'double mutant' or National Centre for have higher transmissibili- request, a bench of Justices Hospital. The order also said MARKET tainment zone. Naveen Garg said. the 'Indian strain', has Disease Control, had said ty and B.1.617 may have in- Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli that the facility was being set NIFTY 14,653.05  A video of the couple When a team from the been found prevalent in a webinar on genome se- creased transmissibility." said,"No communication has up on the request of the Delhi SENSEX  taking their 'saat pheras' administration reached largely in Maharashtra quencing last week. "But this (that the been made to anyone in this High Court. Terming the order 48,944.14 in the protective gear has the spot, the family mem- and Delhi that have been The number of coron- B.1.617 variant has more regard". as "wrong", the bench said the gone viral on social media bers sought permission severely hit by a devastat- avirus cases has exploded transmissibility) has not "We have not made any such image being projected as a BULLION at time when the second pleading that an elderly ing second wave of the in Delhi and Maharashtra been proven and there are request for taking over facili- result of it was that the Delhi GOLD 47,424 wave of the COVID-19 pan- member of the family,who pandemic. over the last few weeks and several characterises to ties of a five star hotel," the High Court judges have taken demic has engulfed the was unwell, wanted to see In many cities in crippled the healthcare prove it and the studies SILVER bench said and directed the it for their benefit or that the 68,884 country. In the purported the groom getting mar- Maharashtra -- the worst- sector. Several hospitals in have not been completed," Delhi government to "take cor- Delhi government has done it video, the 25-year-old bride ried, he said. hit state in the country -- Delhi have reported an he said. rective steps immediately". to appease the court. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 Caution sign being painted TUs express support to workers at houses of Covid patients facing disciplinary action Bhilai, Apr 27:

Joint Trade Union in- cluding AITUC, HMS, CITU, AICCTU, Ispat Shramik Manch, Steel Workers Union and Loktantrik Ispat evan Engineering Mazdoor Union have condemned the Bhilai Steel Plant management for taking suppressive action against the employees who were staging tool down strike for their genuine de- mands. tatives said that all the em- ers said that the manage- The management should Leaders of the foresaid ployees are united to op- ment’s action is display- look into the matter con- Trade Unions conducted a pose any kind of anti- ing annoyance and haste, sidering the ground reali- meeting at the office of labour policies of the BSP which is not favourable ty. Bhilai Steel Mazdoor management. for long-term relationship Vinod Kumar Soni from Sabha (AITUC) on Union representatives between employees and Bhilai Steel Mazdoor Monday and protested wrote a letter to the man- management in any estab- Sabha AITUC, Rajesh Bhilai, Apr 27: could be cautioned about signs, it will be easier for worth mentioning that against the suspension agement seeking revoca- lishment. Agrawal from Ispat the possible threat of Corona positive patients to along with the warning and serving show cause tion of suspension, show The union leaders said Shramik Manch, The missing caution virus spread. Covid posi- follow the guidelines of signs, posters have also notice and lodging FIR cause and other legal pro- that one of the reasons Venugopal from stickers pasted at the hous- tive patients are being pro- isolation. No one will visit been pasted in the houses against employees agitat- ceedings that have been that led to agitation is the Hindustan Steel es of Covid patients has re- vided with stickers as well their house after spotting with detailed information. ing for wage revision and initiated against the em- management’s stubborn Employees Union CITU, mained a subject of con- as warning signs are being such signs. It has been ob- It is noteworthy that for compassionate appoint- ployees. Union members stance on wage settle- Kunj Bihari Mishra, Nand cern for the administra- painted with the help of served that Corona-posi- positive patients who have ment of employees who said that suppressive step ment. As the pendency ex- Kumar Gupta from Steel tion. Right from the begin- stencils in front of the tive patients remove stick- been allowed home isola- died due to Corona epi- on the part of manage- ceeds 52 months, the em- Workers Union, Hariram ning, the administration houses. It is not possible to ers which are pasted in tion, there is a strict provi- demic. They strongly criti- ment is not in keeping ployees are losing their Yadav from Bhilai had been putting informa- remove the painted sign. front of the house. Now sion of remaining inside cized this dictatorial and with the work culture of patience. The debt ridden Shramik Sabha HMS, tion / caution stickers at Further the duration of the painted sign will make the home. The measures repressive action of the Bhilai. Such steps will employees are still work- Brijendra Tiwari, Shyam the houses of Covid pa- home isolation also be- it easier for the people of taken by the administra- management and assured only worsen the work at- ing hard to maintain pro- Lal Sahu from AICCTU tients so that the neigh- comes clear. With the in- neighbourhood to take tion will help in better the employees of all possi- mosphere in the time to duction even in adverse and other leaders were bours and other people troduction of painted precautions as well. It is monitoring. ble help. Union represen- come. Senior union lead- condition of epidemic. present. AAP demands status of martyr for teachers who CITU submits protest letter; files Industrial Dispute Bhilai, Apr 27: employees. He asserted agement’s indifferent atti- deceased employee with to make arrangement of arrears from 1-1-2017. (iii) succumbed to Covid 19 that four employees of tude towards the sensitive immediate effect makes shift rosters ensuring Curtailment of gratuity Bhilai, Apr 27: who died due to Covid infection in Following the discipli- Bhilai Steel Plant includ- issues like large number the situation more painful minimum man-power at benefits etc, which were the state so far, the number the nary action against the ing Sunil Kumar, Brijesh of death of employees due for the family of the de- work place. all rejected by the workers Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Durg teachers is almost half of the total striking workers, Kumar, Umesh Kumar das to spread of COVID-19 ceased employee. On the issue of long and the unions. District President Meharban figure. They are engaged in coro- Hindustan Steel and Nishant Suryavanshi pandemic, long pending Management has not pending wage agreement Management has also not Singh has demanded from the na control operations and got Employees Union (CITU) have been victimised in a wage revision and related taken any serious initia- workers feel that all their responded to our demand state government to grant the sta- infected in lines of duty. According has filed a protest letter to fabricated case. In the let- matters. There are several tive to recruit Doctors, efforts to keep the per- to call a marathon meet- tus of Martyr to the teachers to sources, about 370 teachers the BSP management on ter addressed to BSP man- reasons which led to the Nurses and other Para- formance of SAIL high ing and settle all the is- those who lost their lives due to have died in the state after getting Monday. The union fur- agement, the union has outburst of the employ- medical and supporting during odd times has not sues in sa single meeting. Covid infection. He said that the infected during Covid control duty. ther approached the demanded revocation of ees. staff in BSP hospital been honoured by the All the above issues were teachers deployed on the Covid AAP leader Jyoti said that it is very Deputy Chief Labour the suspension orders and More than 150 employ- which is facing acute management with serious also not addressed sensi- combat operations should be con- unfortunate that neither they have Commissioner (Central) show cause notices served ees have lost their lives to shortage of Doctors and approach for a respectable tively by SAIL chairper- sidered as Corona Warriors. been provided with the means of seeking his intervention to the employees. COVID pandemic till date, other staffs for a long offer for wage increase for son in the meeting with Further, the teachers those who protection from corona infection, to stop mass victimization In the letter sent to but the management has time. There is a general the both regular and con- senior NJCS leaders con- died in lines of duty should be nor they have been insured. honoured as Martyrs and Rs One Moreover, there are deprived of of Bhilai Steel Plant em- DCLC (C) Raipur, the not yet taken any decision feeling that most of the tract workers; rather the vened on April 23, 2021, Crore compensation must be pro- adequate facilities of medical ployees. CITU General union stated that a dis- towards our demand to employees lost their lives management in the com- due to which workers of vided to their bereaved family treatment. The government has Secretary SP Dey further pute aroused due to mass provide compassionate only due to non-availabili- mencement of discussion various departments re- members. Furthermore, one of dragged the teachers as well as informed that they have victimization initiated by employment to one of the ty of Doctors and trained started with imposing sorted to partial work the dependents of the deceased employees of other departments filed a representation at Bhilai Steel Plant man- dependent of the de- Medical Staff. negative “preconditions” stoppage after waiting pa- teachers should be provided into hazardous situations without Bhatti Police Station also agement to suppress the ceased employee. The Management has also not viz., (i) Enhancement of tiently for a long period employment on compassionate providing proper safety arrange- seeking free and fair dissent expressed by the withdrawal of the med- complied with various di- the periodicity of agree- with the hope that all the grounds. Singh further said that ments and with no guarantee of probe before taking any employees of several de- ical facilities of the de- rectives issued by ment from existing five above issues will settled out of the government personnel future. action against the BSP partments against man- pendent children of the Government authorities years to ten years, (ii) No with all sensitiveness. Bhilai Steel Plant’s Blast Furnace 8 crosses 7 MT Milestone Critical Care Facilities Bhilai, Apr 27: journey from 6 to 7 MT has graph of daily production ED (Materials Mgt), AK been accomplished in min- from modern furnace with Bhatta, ED (Projects), SK Blast Furnace 8 of SAIL- imum time of 141 days, advanced automation & Dubey, ED (P&A), S being enhanced by BSP at JLN Bhilai Steel Plant, a Modex with an average daily rate control systems had risen Rangani, CGM I/c unit, has once again creat- of 7093 Tonnes. Director In- steadily since then. The cu- Finance, SN Abidi, GM I/c Hospital & RC to save lives ed history by achieving the charge, SAIL-Bhilai Steel mulative production from Services, SR Suryavanshi, 7 MT cumulative hot metal Plant, Anirban Dasgupta BF 8 crossed the 1 MT CGM I/c (Iron), Arvind production in record 1179 congratulated Team BF mark on October 18, 2018. Kumar, CGM I/c M & U, days, thereby becoming the and all associated depart- milestone in 1038 days, The 2 MT milestone was Tapas Dasgupta, CGM fastest among SAIL’s other ments including upstream Bhilai’s BF 8 had become crossed on April 01, 2019. (Blast Furnaces) have all large furnaces of similar and downstream shops for the fastest among furnaces The 3 MT milestone was congratulated members of capacity in sister units. BF 8 achieving 7 MT pro- of similar capacity in SAIL crossed on September 09, BF 8 team and supporting The 7MT milestone was duction of hot metal in to do so. It is worth men- 2019, 4 MT milestone on departments for the mile- achieved by BF 8 in B shift record time. Rajeev Sehgal, tioning that earlier, BF 8 Feb 11, 2020 and 5 MT mile- stone achievement. In his of April 26, 2021. BF 8, ED (Works) also congratu- had earlier become the stone on July 09, 2020. message to Team BF 8, christened Mahamaya lated members of Team BF fastest in SAIL to have Congratulatory messages Tapas Dasgupta, CGM achieved this milestone 5 for the milestone achieve- crossed the 1 MT, 2 MT, 3 have poured in for mem- (Blast Furnaces) said the months & 13 days before ment. It may be recalled MT and 4 MT cumulative bers of BF 8 Team and all BF 8 Team’s performance similar furnace in that on December 06, 2020, production milestones. supporting shops & depart- is indeed praiseworthy. Bhilai, Apr 27: Rourkela Steel Plant and 9 members of BF 8 and sup- After the blowing in of BF ments, for becoming the Our journey towards excel- months & 15 days before porting depts had gathered 8 on February 02, 2018, the fastest among the other lence continues, he stated With the exponential rise similar capacity furnace in to celebrate crossing the 6 first hot metal flowed out two blast furnaces in SAIL thanking all supporting in Covid 19 patients coming IISCO Steel Plant, million tonnes mark in cu- from the from the 2.8 of similar capacity to cross shops and departments to JLN Hospital & RC, Burnpur. It is worth men- mulative production mile- MTPA Blast Furnace 8 on the 7 MT milestone. Dr SK who have been a part of BF SAIL-Bhilai Steel Plant has tioning that for BF 8, the stone. By crossing the 6 MT February 04, 2018. The Issar,ED (M & HS), Rakesh, 8’s journey. speeded up the process of enhancing it’s critical care Obituary services. More than 2000 pa- tients have been admitted clock. As many as 2000 pa- vision of Dr SK Issar, ED Rajesh Upadhyaya St Thomas College wraps up the in the Hospital since April tients have so far been ad- (M & HS), Dr Pramod 01, 2021. As against an aver- mitted in the month of Binayeke, Dr Bhilai: Vaishali Nagar resident age of 3000 patients coming April 2021, many of whom Ravindranath, both CMOs, Rajesh Upadhyaya five day Virtual Workshop successfully to Casualty in a month in needed critical care and Dr AD Bannerji, Dr left for heavenly pre-Covid times, more than treatment. There are still Trinath Das, Dr Sonali abode at the age of Bhilai, Apr 27: St Thomas College, one else or blindly following oth- 7800 patients have turned many patients undergoing Trivedi. The Plant’s ED 52 years on Monday. Bhilai’s Department of Economics ers. He also said that one’s body up in Casualty in 25 days of critical care treatment. To Materials Management, Last rites of the mortal remains had organized a Five-Day virtual language is very important as it is this month of April 2021. cope up with this rising in- Rakesh and ED Personnel were performed at local muktid- workshop for student develop- based on it that people often Dr Meenakshi Dave, in- flux of patients needing & Admin, SK Dubey have ham. He was the nephew of Gajraj ment on “Entrepreneurial Ability, form the first impression about Upadhyaya and brother of Vinod charge of Casualty and her critical care, the manage- played crucial role in ar- Upadhyaya, Ajay Upadhyaya, Amit Opportunity and Personality one’s personality and character. team are patiently attend- ment of BSP has greatly en- ranging for resources & fa- Upadhyaya and Sanjay Upadhyaya. Development” from April 23, He stated that one should be “S- ing to the increased num- hanced critical care facili- cilities. Praising the M & 2021 to April 27, 2021. Dr Aruna L-I-M”, not “F-A-T”, using these as ber of patients. More than ties such as increasing the HS team, Director I/c SAIL- Raghavendra Palta, Vice Chancellor of abbreviations of “Self- 7700 patients have turned number of beds with oxy- BSP Anirban Dasgupta Hemchand Yadav University, Confidence, Love, Initiative, up at the hospital’s Flu gen, increasing the number stated that he saluted them Narayan Pal Durg was the Chief Guest of this Moderation” and “Fear Anger Clinic for treatment in of ICU beds as well, and in- for their dedication in ren- Bhilai: B-5, Central event. The guest speaker for the Tension”, respectively. He also April 2021 till the 25th of creasing number of venti- dering untiring round the Avenue, Smriti 4th day was Kaustubh highlighted that having a positive April. Both the figures add lators for critical Covid pa- clock services, and for put- Nagar resident Dharmadhikary, Director and attitude is beneficial. Throughout up to 15,500 patients turn- tients. New facilities such ting their own lives at risk. Raghavendra owner of KAPS Ice-cream, neurship as a career”. He said Fulbright Visiting Professor the discourse, he used the help of ing up at JLN Hospital so as C-pap and bi-pap ma- Come, let us all together do Narayan Pal left for Raipur, and the special guest for that an entrepreneur is a risk- (2009). He had also been nomi- stories to convey his points. After far in the month of April, chines with HDU beds have our best during these criti- heavenly abode at the final day was Dr Prashant taker and that entrepreneurship nated by the Chhattisgarh the guest speaker’s presentation, which is five times the been provided for serious cal times. I have firm belief the age of 83 years. Last rites of the Shrivastava, Dean Student Dr Mariam Jacob delivered a number of patients in nor- Covid patients. Oxygen fa- that we can control the situ- mortal remains will be performed should be seen as a career. He Government as a mentor for the Welfare at Hemchand Yadav short speech about the success on April 28. He had joined BSP in expressed his views on the sub- NAAC. Dr Srivastava began his mal times. To tackle this in- cilities have in the mean- ation with the combined the year 1959. He was the founder University. jects of idea, risk, career, money speech by congratulating the of the workshop and also deliv- creased surge of patients, time been enhanced as help & cooperation, dedica- member of Ispat Karmachari The event was headed by Dr making, time, identity, etc. He institution for organising such a ered a Vote of Thanks to all the the Management of BSP well. On April 26, 2021, bi- tion and by practicing re- Cooperative Society, Bhilai Nagrik Aparna Ghosh, Assistant also shared his life experiences fruitful event. After that, he went participants of the event. With has been steadily enhanc- pap machines were pro- straint. Let us all support Sahkari Bank, Smriti Grih Nirman Professor of the Department of and work in KAPS Ice-cream. On on to speak about ways to devel- this the Five-day workshop ended ing facilities at the hospital. cured and immediately in- our doctors and medical Society and Kshatriya Kalyan Economics, under the guidance the final day, Dr Shrivastava, the op one’s personality. He said successfully. The workshop had The Medical & Health stalled. Enhanced facilities staff at the forefront of the Sabha. He was the father of of Principal, Dr MG Roymon and special guest spoke on the topic every individual has his/her own different speakers for each day. Services team has handled for better care of Covid pa- fight against Covid by Sanjeev Kumar Pal (Vice President, Dr Mariam Jacob, HOD of The guest speaker for Day-1 was JSPL, Raigarh); Dr Rajiv Pal (Joint “Personality Development”. He personality. So, one should take the stress and stood up to tients are being made avail- wearing masks, washing Director, JLN Hospital); Sandeep Department of Economics. On has received various awards such well thought decisions based on Dr PK Nimonkar, Day-2, the challenge bravely, put- able under the directions of hands regularly and main- Kumar Pal (AGM, CFCL, New Delhi) Day 4 Dharmadhikary spoke on as the Young Scientist Award, his/her own strengths and quali- Chandrahas Behar, and Day-3 ting their own lives at stake Director I/c Anirban taining social distance, he and CA Pradeep Pal. the topic “Pursuing entrepre- and he was also the USA-India ties, rather than copying some- Vivek Joglekar. to treat patients round the Dasgupta and under super- stated. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021

Vajpayee’s niece Karuna Shukla dies COVID medicine kits made available in rural of coronavirus Raipur: Congress leader and former MP Karuna Shukla died areas to prevent spread of COVID infection of coronavirus in Raipur, her family members said on  CM calls upon media so far in the health sector. At Tuesday. The niece of former the same time, there is a prime minister Atal Bihari to boost morale of deposit of Rs 53 crore 88 lakh Vajpayee died at a private hos- people by dispelling in the Chief Minister’s pital on Monday night, they Assistance Fund. According to said. fear and misconcep- Baghel press and media are Shukla (70) was a member tions about COVID the frontline workers of of the 14th Lok Sabha and rep-  Describes role of democracy as they are honest- resented the Janjgir-Champa ly discharging their responsi- Lok Sabha constituency in press and media bilities amid COVID crisis. Chhattisgarh. She quit the BJP crucial in current According to him several in 2013 claiming the party was confusing news over death, under a grip of power politics. global crisis of funeral, drugs, oxygen etc. in After having ended her 32- COVID pandemic relation to corona infection year-long association with the were going viral leaving nega- BJP, she joined the Congress in Raipur, Apr 27: Baghel said that health 1242 to 7042. Earlier there was being made available in every oped and resource-rich states ‘We have resolved not to tive impact on the public. In 2014 and contested the Lok facilities were enhanced for not even a single HDU bed, but household in the rural areas, in the country in the matter of allow shortage of funds in this such a situation, he appealed Sabha election that year from Chief Minister Bhupesh better treatment of the now there are 477 HDU beds, he said, adding that availabili- COVID vaccination. More than battle against Corona’ , Baghel to the media for news to dispel the Bilaspur constituency but Baghel said that there would patients on several initiatives he said and added that there ty of COVID medicine kits is 53 lakh dose vaccines have said and added that a provi- the confusion and fear of the was defeated by BJP’s Lakhan be no shortage of fund to tack- taken by his government. All were 15001 general beds in the becoming helpful in prevent- been given so far and state sion of Rs 880 crore had been people and boost their morale. Lal Sahu. le situation arising out of necessary resources are being hospitals earlier but today ing infection. So far 6 lakh 39 stands second among the big in the health budget during He also said that the list of all She contested the 2018 COVID infection in arranged promptly, keeping a there are 29667 general beds. thousand 696 people have states of the country. last two years and Rs 50 crore journalists should be updated Assembly election from Chhattisgarh. Coronavirus has constant watch on the situa- There were 204 ventilators in been infected in the state and Moreover a new history is in the SDRF this year. in the local public relations Rajnandgaon and was defeated to be defeated in the state tion of COVID infection in the the state at the end of 2018, of them 5 lakh 9 thousand 622 going to be created in People have helped in the office, so that if a journalist by former chief minister soon with combined effort of state, he said, adding that but today the number people have recovered, he Chhattisgarh from May 1 with Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, gets infected with COVID can Raman Singh. press, media and all sections because of all such efforts ICU increased to 593, he said. In said. The number of active free COVID vaccination of peo- which is an indication of the be provided financial assis- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister of society, he said while talk- beds, HDU beds and oxygen this way, the state’s health COVID present stands at 1 lakh ple from 18 to 44 years of age, unwavering trust of the people tance and help. Bhupesh Baghel expressed ing to chiefs of media houses beds are sufficient in the state facilities have increased mani- 22 thousand 963, he said, he said and added that a com- on the government, he said. An Secretary Public Relations grief over the demise of in the capital through video at present. According to fold, he added. Baghel said adding that active patient ratio prehensive action plan had amount of Rs 73 crore 53 lakh DD Singh and Secretary to the Shukla. “My aunt Karuna conferencing today. According Baghel there were 279 beds in that all necessary arrange- is around 19.22 percent, while been chalked out towards this had been released so far from Chief Minister, Siddharth Shukla is no more. The ruthless to him press and media can the state in the year 2018 but ments were being made to the recovery rate is 79.67 per- end. He said that order of 50 this fund to districts for the Komal Singh Pardeshi, CM’s coronavirus snatched her play a crucial role in ongoing now the number of beds prevent and control cent.\ The Chief Minister also lakh vaccine doses had been fight against COVID-19. In this Advisers Rajesh Tiwari and away. I continued to get her global crisis emerging out of increased to 729 while Oxygen Coronavirus infection. To this informed that Chhattisgarh placed before Serum Institute way, an amount of Rs 1003 Ruchir Garg were present on blessings,” Baghel tweeted in COVID pandemic. beds have been increased from end COVID medicine kits are has left behind many devel- and Bharat Biotech. crore 53 lakh has been spent the occasion. Hindi. Defence Minister inquires about situation CM expresses profound grief on sad demise of MLAs fund: BJP questions decision Dr Chhedilal Tiwari of COVID infection in Chhattisgarh Raipur: Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel has expressed to transfer to CM Relief Fund Raipur, Apr 27:  From Governor phone. While informing profound grief on sad demise  Bhupesh welcomes him about suggestions Dharmlal Kaushik claims opposition MLAs not taken into confidence Defense Minister of and instructions of the of Dr. Chhedilal Tiwari, suggestion to seek Assistant Director of Public India, Rajnath Singh, took services of Ex army doctors Defense Minister she said Central Chronicle News process but state govern- various works including stock of the situation of that in order to get sup- Relations Department. Chief ment has taken the above essential arrangements COVID infection and vac- and ex-servicemen to port of ex-servicemen it Minister has expressed condo- Raipur, Apr 27: decision without taking like additional bed for the cination in the state after tackle COVID crisis would be essential to hold lences to the grief-stricken Bharatiya Janata Party the MLAs into confidence. Covid 19 patients as well discussing with Governor virtual meeting with their family members of Dr. Tiwari (BJP) on Tuesday ques- Citing the contribution as to the District Collector Ms Anusuiya Uikey over the suggestions and coop- chiefs and seek their sug- and has prayed for the depart- tioned the unilateral deci- of MLAs from the MLAs to make essential arrange- telephone. eration can be obtained by gestions so as to get sup- ed soul to rest in peace. sion of the state govern- Fund to the CM Relief ments to check further According to him in having a virtual meeting port in tackling crisis aris- Baghel expresses deep ment to transfer the Fund last year in the first spread of Covid 19 in their view of the situation of with the concerned per- ing out of Coronavirus in- Members of Legislative wave of Covid 19, he said respective constituencies. Covid infection in the sons, he said fection in the state. condolences on sad demise Assembly (MLAs) Fund to that they had donated 30% Similarly, the senior state, services of ex-ser- The Defense Minister The Chief Minister wel- of Ex-MP Mrs Karuna Shukla the Chief Minister Relief state government to face of the basic salary of the BJP Legislator and vicemen, nurses, lab tech- said the issue should be coming the suggestion to Raipur: Chief Minister Mr. Fund without taking the the Covid 19 crisis but MLAs to the CM Relief Spokesperson of party nicians and ex-service- discussed with Chief seek help of ex-service- Bhupesh Baghel has expressed opposition MLAs into con- what would be the fate of Fund whereas the remain- Ajay Chandrakar too men of the army can be Minister of the state and men in COVID crisis. deep condolences on sad demise fidence. In a letter written the work being already ing amount of the Fund questioned the approach taken to deal with this cri- he should be made aware Governor Ms Uikey of Ex-MP Mrs. Karuna Shukla. to the Chief Minister sanctioned under MLA should be spend on the of state government over sis. of this suggestion. asked the Chief Minister Chief Minister Mr. Baghel has Bhupesh Baghel, the Fund. Kaushik has measures to check Covid the transfer of MLAs Apart from this, servic- The Governor Ms Baghel to chalk out an ef- said in his condolence message Leader of Opposition in termed the decision to 19 in the respective Fund to CM Relief Fund es of Scouts-Guides, NSS Anusuiya Uikey subse- fective action plan by or- that he has had affectionate fam- Chhattisgarh Legislative transfer the MLAs fund Legislative Assembly seg- stating that opposition volunteers, NCC cadets quently discussed the ganizing a virtual meeting ily connection with Mrs. Karuna Assembly Dharmlal into CM Relief Fund to be ment as being done previ- MLAs have not been can also be sought in this issue with the Chief with ex-servicemen and Shukla. Her demise is an irrepara- Kaushik said that the BJP inappropriate and added ously. Kaushik said that sought their permission effort to tackle COVID cri- Minister of the state ex-doctors in the military ble loss. He has prayed for the is ready to provide all pos- that consensus from the the BJP MLAs have al- for the donations to CM sis, he said. To this end, Bhupesh Baghel on the services at the earliest. departed soul to rest in peace. sible assistance to the MLAs is essential on the ready given sanctions for Relief Fund. Governor Ms Do not distribute Remdesivir CM Baghel discusses with officials of Chambers of Commerce Anusuiya Uikey mourns demise of injection without bringing to Cooperation given by  former MP Mrs the business and social notice of drug administration Karuna Shukla organizations of the Instructions to all wholesale drug dealers Raipur: Governor Ms. state in Covid period is Anusuiya Uikey has paid commendable: Baghel deep condolences on sad demise of former  Representatives Chhattisgarh MP Mrs. of the Chamber of Karuna Shukla. She has prayed for the departed Commerce demanded soul to rest in peace and to promote locally run has empathized with her Raipur, Apr 27: In the event of been said that grief-stricken family. The Controller non-compliance due to the in- business activities Governor said in her con- Food and Drug of the directive, creasing demand dolence message that Mrs. Administration the license can- for drug Raipur, Apr 27: video conferencing re- the conduct of business the business and social Saransh Mittar, Mr. Karuna Shukla was a has directed all cellation action Remdesivir injec- garding the business ac- activities in Chhattisgarh organizations of the state Amar Parwani of high-profile social worker, the licensed bulk will be taken tion, complaints Chief Minister Mr. tivities in the state dur- through e-commerce in the Corona epidemic Chhattisgarh Chamber of a public representative drug dealers of under Section 18 of hoarding and Bhupesh Baghel held dis- ing the lockdown. companies Flipkart / as extremely important. Commerce, Mr. Ram and a sensitive woman the state not to (b), 66 (1) of the black marketing cussions with the office Representatives of the Amazon etc. Chamber Additional Chief Mandhan, Mr. Vikram who understood the pain distribute the Drugs and of this drug are bearers of the Chamber Chamber of Commerce representatives said that Secretary Mr. Subrat Singh Deo, Mr. Navdeep and suffering of the poor. drug Remdesivir Administration also being re- of Commerce and in Chhattisgarh have de- locally run business ac- Sahoo, Raipur Collector Arora , Mr. Anil Due to her sad demise be- Injection without Materials Act, ceived continu- Industries of Raipur, manded from the Chief tivities should be encour- Dr. S. Bharatidasan, Durg Wadhwani, Mr. Ajay cause of COVID infection, bringing it to the 1940. In a direc- ously. Therefore, Durg and Bilaspur dis- Minister Mr. Bhupesh aged. Chief Minister Mr. Collector Dr. Sarveshwar Vesin, Mr. Puran Jain the state has incurred an notice of the tive issued to all in the present sit- tricts in his residence of- Baghel that there should Baghel described the co- Narendra Bhure, and Mr. Rishabh irreparable loss of a good Drugwholesale drug uation, rational fice this evening through be a continuous ban on operation being done by Bilaspur Collector Mr. Deshalare were present. public representative. Administration. dealers, it has distribution of IIT Bhilai offers ambulance service Full vaccination will take Shree Cement revs up oxygen bulance services and about one and a half months public transport person- nel often do not want to in state: TS Singhdeo supply for Covid hospitals in India go near them. We have Raipur, Apr 27: well-being of people above started helping such pa-  Provided we get business, has pledged to tients with covid symp- Shree Cement, one of maintain a steady supply of toms. enough vaccine India’s top cement manufac- oxygen from all its units. We visit their homes, turers, is running its oxygen Last year, the company take them to the hospi- Raipur, Apr 27: plants at 100 percent capacity constructed a dedicated ward tal, complete all the med- to cater to the shortage of for Covid patients in the ical formalities, and From May 1, all people oxygen in the country. Shree Government Hospital of Pali drop them back home,” over the age of 18 will be Cement is continuing a steady district in Rajasthan. This cen- the authorities said. To vaccinated. The state supply of oxygen cylinders to tre is now operating as a criti- facilitate any medical government is preparing hospitals across India from its cal care unit. emergencies at the insti- for this. Health Minister production units in Rajasthan, The Corporate Social tute one of the institute TS Singhdeo spoke to the Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha and Responsibility (CSR) team of cabs has been modified media about the vaccina- state government has an- Chhattisgarh. The plants are Shree Cement has been work- as a makeshift ambu- tion. The minister said nounced to apply vaccine also providing free oxygen oxygen in the hospitals. ing with women in the villages Raipur, Apr 27: age of transportation, lance. that the state govern- to people for free. On the refills at all its units. Covid-19 in its advanced to get masks stitched, thereby IIT Bhilai is providing IIT Bhilai hopes that ment is preparing for other hand, there is lack While India’s massive vac- stages leads to inflammation providing them with a source As the country battles ambulance services in this initiative will help vaccination. The capaci- of vaccine in the state. cination program against of lungs followed by Acute of income in these hard times the devastating second collaboration with in saving the lives of ty to apply the vaccine is The central and state Covid-19 to restore normalcy Respiratory Distress and also addressing the need wave of COVID-19, IIT Sumit Foundation, COVID-19 patients by 3-4 lakhs per day. In this governments have also is currently on, the country Syndrome, making it tough to for Covid safety protocols. Bhilai has come forward Raipur. Loaded with all providing them with situation, pre-vaccina- accused each other. At has been hit by a second wave breathe. These patients need The CSR team has also to lend a helping hand to essential equipment, the speedy access to medical tion will take one and a present, the state govern- of more transmissible mutant oxygen support which is in been creating awareness the society and make a ambulance will ferry pa- facilities. For those in half months. Provided ment is preparing for variants of the Covid virus short supply. about Covid and provided difference to the lives of tients in need in and urgent need of ambu- we receive enough vac- vaccination on war foot causing a sudden spike in the The Shree Cement medical support, ambulance Raipur’s citizens. To around Raipur. “Patients lance services in Raipur cine. It is notable that the level. numbers of those affected. Management team, which has etc., in remote villages adjoin- help cope with the short- are unable to afford am- may contact 7804050607. This has led to a shortage of always put the safety and ing the plants’ locations. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021

ZAPATISTA DELEGATION ✍ LETTERS CENTRAL TO THE EDITOR Crisis of migrant Chronicle labourers Established 1974 Volume 46 No. 204 As the second wave of covid-19 is surging across India with great ferocity and velocity, the Police reforms long overdue migrant labour issue has come to the fore once again. A sud- he well-known protagonist of police reforms, den announcement of national T Prakash Singh, in a recent write-up diagnosed the lockdown in the country in the problem behind an apparent lack of progress in this di- wake of the first wave of Covid- rection by identifying five points of challenge that had 19 by the PM had caused not been tackled so far – the unholy nexus between immense hardships to hapless politicians, bureaucrats, police and criminals had to be migrant labourers. We haven’t broken, a bar had to be put on persons of criminal back- learnt any lessons from the con- ground entering the Assemblies and Parliament, re- sequences of such sudden structuring of police had to be done to give it ‘function- announcements affecting the al autonomy’, a robust criminal justice system had to be livelihood and health of migrant put in place and there had to be emphasis on bringing workers who are the backbone about systemic changes that had universal application. of the Indian economy. This Four of these postulations depend on a collective will time, however, the Central gov- power of the political executive, legislatures and the ernment has directed the States to impose lockdown. higher judiciary to get into the act – this has not hap- Consequently, migrant labour, pened so far for reasons that can be gone into but are most of whom had returned to not difficult to imagine. It is far more important, how- work after the first wave ,have ever, for people who have had a lifelong experience of begun to leave for their homes managing the police system from positions of leader- again, fearing a repetition of the ship, to start spelling out how the restructuring of po- dreadful hardships they faced lice should be done to provide it functional autonomy. last year. There are over 40 mil- For this, it is necessary to be upfront about accepting lion interstate migrants in India. that whatever little course correction could be done Members of a delegation of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) leaving for Europe to meet with anti-capitalist groups They come from poorer, less from within the police machinery by its leadership, had in 30 different countries, in Caracol de Morelia, Altamirano, Chiapas State, Mexico. educated and socially disadvan- not been attempted or achieved. It needs to be men- taged communities. In spite of tioned at this point that in no other major democratic the fact that they contribute country an equivalent of IPS (and IAS) exists where a 10% of India’s GDP, they are a bright young person on the basis of a national examina- World needs food movement based on agroecology and equity neglected lot. The Labour minis- tion gets launched on merit, in a career in the govern- ter had said in Parliament in ment that literally starts with a leadership position – in Food Security that has brought all damages. Despite these expendi- March 2021 that the government was creating a database of unor- just about five years of service he becomes as the SP the PAT MOONEY states, relevant multilateral agen- tures, at least 2.5 billion people are ganized workers as part of social commander-in-chief of the large armed and civil police cies, civil society and the private inadequately nourished and/or security and other measures. force of the district serving a large territory and a large sector into active negotiations on don’t have sufficient access to safe Recently Prime Minister segment of the population just as his IAS colleague be- an annual basis. Everyone partici- water. Narendra Modi had told chief came the Collector described in the British times as the pates an governments decide, but The industrial food chain is the minsters to persuade migrant ‘king’ of the district. To be fair to them, young IAS and unhappy that civil society is so largest single contributor to green- workers of the need for staying IPS officers showed a lot of moral strength and deci- prominent in this committee, the house gas emissions and a major on. Many states including MP, siveness before, with the passage of time, they climbed biggest corporations and govern- cause of deforestation and biodi- Delhi and Punjab have down on these inevitably because of the ‘messaging’ ments wanted something a little versity loss. announced restrictions on move- they perceived they were getting from the above. It is cozier. Fast forward to 2021, the So neither the Glasgow climate ment. Considering that we have generally seen that officers lose their direction and organizers of the Food Systems conference nor the Kunming biodi- had enough experience in deal- strength as they move up the hierarchy – there were Summit are acutely aware that versity conference can hope to suc- ing successfully with disastrous many honourable exceptions – and the first step in the many government negotiators and ceed without fundamental changes situations, it shouldn’t be diffi- cult to devise a plan to deal direction of reform, therefore, is to examine how the f the inequities made worse by the ‘Long Food Movement’. But civil society organizations are to our food systems. But if the prob- DGP of the state should become the pillar of strength grinding their teeth over the Davos lem is agreed, Davos and the Long with large-scale movement of I the COVID-19 pandemic weren’t while the need for a Summit was migrant workers. The govern- for officers under him or her in the exercise of their proposals. So they’ve opted for Food Movement part ways on the already grotesque reminders of widely appreciated, the unorthodox ment had announced a Rs ‘functional autonomy’. It would be theoretical and humanity’s failings, then the proposal by Davos to the United what can only be described as a remedy. Industry’s solutions Utopian to expect that all facets of democratic gover- 50,000 crore Garib Kalyan Rojgar assault on our planetary bound- Nations set alarm bells ringing. kind of Disney World Food Systems depend on theoretical or untested Abhiyan to create infrastructure nance would simultaneously upgrade themselves to aries is downright dangerous. It’s The term agroecology first Summit. technological platforms that suck create an ideal environ for the citizens but the logic of and boost employment in 116 2021, and four out of nine of these appeared in 1928 under the pen of More and more researchers, up trillions in state subsidies, and districts of six states for work- why the beginning should be made with the police is boundaries have been crossed. A American agronomist Basil Bensin. activists and agronomists are advo- surrender the world’s food supply ers returning home. In fact, both easily established. In a democracy,the police is the only viable response by governments His understanding of agroecology cating for a redefinition of the agri- to a handful of extraordinarily pow- short-term and long-term policies coercive arm of the state and it is crucial, therefore, and industry isn’t in sight. So as then referred exclusively to the cultural principles of our society in erful corporations. are required to deal with that it is even-handed about giving a sense of protec- fate would have it, COVID-19 has application of methods of ecology order to produce a more responsi- The Long Food Movement migrant labour. Although the tion to law-abiding citizens and creating an image of amplified the urgency of three to the processes of agronomic ble and resilient farming system. rejects this “agribusiness as usual” government has announced ini- deterrence for the law breakers. Sometimes a correc- “game-changing” UN meetings research. Agroecology tries to meet this need future and opts – cautiously – for a tiatives like one nation, one tive action by way of a warning and caution may be later this year – gatherings that This idea grew progressively because it aims to produce a more “civil society as unusual” scenario: ration card, a lot of things sufficient for a citizen who happened to violate a traffic may, or may not, tip the balance in during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. sustainable and ecological farming where those in food, health, human remain to be done. Enumeration rule for instance – exercise of this discretion honestly, of migrant labourers is of para- our favor. Glasgow’s COP26 climate By then, the notion of agro-ecosys- system. Everybody is welcome. rights, trade, and local and national however, is a leadership function that only an officer Individuals and organizations can food systems collaborate like never mount importance as initiatives conference (November) will deter- tem started to transform into the won’t be successful without and not a constable would be able to perform. On the be self-declared “champions” or before. Over the next quarter cen- mine how governments, the econo- idea of an ecosystem modified by knowing the size of migrant other hand, the lawless elements also sensed that be- “heroes” and governments, indus- tury, this means. Expanding agroe- my, and human civilization confront human activity for exploitation pur- labourers. The government friending lower-level police personnel was easier and, try and civil society are all invited cology in local and territorial mar- hence, here again the handling of such elements had to this existential threat. In October in poses. must prioritise migrant labourers Kunming, the UN’s Biodiversity In the 1990s and 2000s, agro- to join one of five theme groups: kets; restructuring national, region- in Covid vaccination. Similarly, be closely overseen by the officers. Policing in India Adventureland, Never Never Land, al and global governance mecha- must, therefore, become officer-oriented which is not Convention will decide a 10-year ecology became much more global. importance must be given to the Fantasyland, etc. Farmers, diplo- nisms; shifting more than $4 trillion what obtains at the police station, the focal point of plan to arrest the collapse of Agro-ecosystems are now used to health and education of migrant mats and the food insecure can get in annual financial flows from its law-and-order management. Importance of the police species – every bit as perilous as understand and define the entire labourers’ children. A provision on board, enjoy a fun ride and get current agribusiness focus to should be made for cash trans- station was highlighted in the British law that India in- the climate crisis. And in October in system of production, distribution, off exactly where they started. decentralized initiatives, and new fer to workers returning home. herited, clearly laying down that all senior police offi- New York, a lesser known – but and consumption of food resources, When it’s over, the organizers arrangements among organizations Apart from this, there must be cers exercised the power of the Station House Officer equally critical – summit will deter- in all its components (agricultural, will applaud the spectacle, admire and funders that strengthen civil special quotas and reservations in respect of all police stations in their jurisdiction. A mine future food security. agronomic, economic, environmen- the participation, and cherry-pick society’s preparedness for the for migrant labourers. There is police station symbolizes the sovereign power of tak- The climate and biodiversity con- tal and social). their conclusions. There will be no political and environmental chal- no point in launching initiatives ing cognizance of a serious offence and starting its ferences follow a predictable In calling for a summit focusing final negotiated text of substance. lenges of the next 25 years. for migrant workers without an investigation and yet this is the establishment that crescendo. But the call for a food on food systems, Davos is expand- For our part, the Long Food Not only can $4 trillion a year be effective migrant labour policy. It was allowed to be degraded mainly because the IPS summit popped out of nowhere: in ing “stakeholder capitalism” to is of paramount importance to Movement team found that there’s moved from the negative to the leadership did not get focused on improving its per- a deal struck between the World encompass the United Nations. The develop a comprehensive legal broad agreement on the problems positive column, but greenhouse formance and apparently kept itself above the affairs Economic Forum and the UN organizers seek a mandate for framework for the welfare of of that ground level face of police. The opposite of Secretary-General’s Office only in some configuration of G20 states, food systems face. Between a third gas emissions can be cut by at least migrants. As migrant workers this should have been happening with the officers mid-2019. the private sector (agribusiness and a half of the $8 trillion in global 75% and humanity may be healthy are essential for the revival of spending a significant part of their time and energy When the announcement was and big data platform companies, food retail expenditure is lost or and food secure. These are food flagging economy, they must be at the police stations. made, a Food Systems Summit felt to be precise), and a handful of wasted somewhere along the food systems that confront the climate given their due. They must never timely. My colleagues and I had just philanthro-capitalist funders (to chain. Between fertilizer runoff at crisis, defend biodiversity, and be marginalised or ill- treated. begun assessing food systems pre- guide a “climate-smart” agricultur- one end of the food chain and plas- ensure the primacy of people and Welfare of migrant labourers is a paredness for the climate and bio- al strategy). The problem is that tics pollution at the other end, the their governments. Not the dream collective responsibility of the Quad is organic grouping diversity crises. Taking the long their solution plainly ignores the $8 trillion food chain comes with stuff of a Disneyland theme park, Central and State governments. VENU G. 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While most of the writing has focused on the novel- ty of the concept on the one hand or the newfound strate- gic importance on the other, few have focused on the fact WHAT THEY TWEET! that the Indo-Pacific is not a new concept but an unbroken reality for more than 1700 years of India’s civilizational Ravneet Kaur@ history.More specifically,the Quad is an organic outcome Chandra Kumar Ravneet85005514 Bose@Chandrakbose of India’s evolving foreign policy centred on maritime re- In the Sikh tradition, a India is today the largest lations with South East Asia, which in itself harks back to true religious person is democracy in the world! our long civilizational legacy of being the net security one who cultivates the However, it has been provider in the Indian Ocean Region in particular and the spiritual self while also observed that democracy serving the communities IndoPacific in general. India needs to go back to the begin- at times elect the worst around them – or a saint- ning and rediscover its historical role in the centre of the possible leaders, who due soldier. The saint-soldier Indo-Pacific, in order to shed its inhibitions in taking up a to their ignorance, ineffi- ideal applies to women pivotal role in shaping the regional security and economic ciency & egocentric atti- and men alike. But no tude- lead the nation to architecture of the IndoPacific and in turn the world. Khalistani can be found complete ruination! Colonial-era history would have us believe that protect- with these qualities. ed by vast mountains and seas, the Indian subcontinent was a nearly complete and self-contained world with its Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah RCB@Virat_4ever_ religions, philosophies and social systems till the advent Anand@anandavardhanan (Veteran)@zoomshah Happy #HanumanJayanti To All...Stay Safe Stay healthy I don’t know how many of you of the British. 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No. 26172/74/RNI CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 , 2021 ‘Idol of naxal cadre Somji reminds of Police rescue youth from suicide local cadres trapped by outside Maoists’ Kondagaon, Apr 27: Konta/Bhanupratappur, Apr 27: and Ramadher of Uttar Bastar Division in 2004. At "The statue of Somji The alertness on the On February 18, 2021, a tender age, he was alias Maniram installed part of Farasgaon police IED was planted by Somji forcibly admitted to the in village Alandand will saved the life of a youth alias Sahadev Vedra, Maoist organization and not be demolished and who was trying to commit Committee Member of was handed a gun. the place will be promot- suicide. The police con- North Bastar Division of Maniram Vedra, trapped ed as a school for learn- vinced him not to commit CPI Maoist, with the inten- in the conspiracy of out- ing against violence and suicide and spend his life tion of damaging the secu- side Maoist cadre of negative thoughts." happily with family mem- rity force near Chukkalpal Andhra Pradesh, Sundararaj P. bers. Later he was handed under Amabeda police sta- Telangana and IGP, Bastar Range over to his family mem- tion area of district Maharashtra, taking the bers. Kanker. Maoist cadre form of Somji, being the With increasing cases of Somji himself came to the eater of his own tribal so- himself a victim of vio- corona infection spot and died tragically in ciety for the past 17 years, lence. Kondagaon district is in the spot. killing many innocent The statue of Somji in- lockdown and police are After this, the local po- tribal villagers, involved stalled by the family and on toes to ensure that no lice were approached by in arson, sabotage and villagers in village person is moving outside the villagers in connection other destructive activi- Alandand will always re- without any proper rea- with the installation of ties Stayed. mind the people of the son. The police personnel, Police counselling youth who moved out house to commit suicide. Somji alias Sahadev Despite repeated pleas area about the conspiracy revenue and forest depart- Vedra's idol in his native by the family and villagers being hatched by the local ment staff are posted at bike near the spot. The po- members. He has covered station. At the police sta- village, Alandand police to leave the violence and Maoist leadership against different squares of the lice asked the youth where 50 km from his house and tion police station in- station, small Bethia dis- return home, the external the local tribal youth and town to ensure success of he is roaming to which the now crossing Farasgaon. charge Vinod Sahu and trict Kanker. Families and Maoist continued to en- women. At the same time, this lockdown. As per in- youth replied that he is After listening to the staff counselled the youth villagers were made aware gage him in negative and the results of violent formation received, on from village Khajrawand youth, ASI Prahalad and later called his family that Somji's household children of the village and violent acts and trapped thoughts will continue to Sunday police staff while and he now on his way to Yadav of Farasgaon police members to the police sta- name is Maniram, his in the meantime he got in- Somji in their clutches. He give the message of on duty near Bajarpara commit suicide after quar- convinced the youth and tion and handed over the childhood is spent playing fluenced by CPI Maoist eventually died a painful painful and tragic to the Chowk one youth came on relling with his family brought him to the police youth to them. and studying like other cadres Sujatha, Lalitha death on 18 February 2021, society. NTPC shouldering responsibility Lockdown reduces cases Health department team attacked to fight COVID-19 pandemic of corona infection Community Care (CSR- CD) . This amount will be utilize to create infrastruc- ture for better health care facility of COVID affected persons in Korba district. NTPC is the largest power utility of country having pan India presence with in- stalled capacity of 65810 mega watt, fulfilling coun- Bhanupratappur, Apr 27: in village DabKatta, when formed the police and the try's power need. Korba Housewife getting vaccinated. the girl's father got angry employees of all the three unit at state Chhattisgarh In Bhanupratappur, a on the team and alleged health departments were is generayting 2600 Takhatpur, Apr 27: town only 11 cases were re- case has been reported of that you guys took out the brought to megawatt electricity and ported. As compared to pop- attacking 3 members of kidneys. The medical Bhanupratappur. fulfilling the energy need The affect of lockdown is ulation in Takhatpur area the team who arrived to team members left the Ramakrishna Mandavi of western and central now visible as number of pace of vaccination is slow collect a sample of Corona place to save their lives. who fell down while run- Korba, Apr 27: Chhattisgarh, NTPC Korba Indian states. Besides gen- corona infection cases are and administration is wor- infected person. While running back, the ning also suffered minor unit has provided financial eration of electricity, decreasing. It can now be ried about this fact. The According to the infor- accused ran after them, injuries. This incident has In an effort to augment assistance of Rs 20, 96, NTPC Korba is contribut- said that lockdown has led publicity is being done to mation received from one of the member caused a panic among the the health care facilities 760.00 to District COVID-19 ing for community devel- to reduction in cases. On create an awareness for vac- Tehsildar Anandaram Ramkrishna Mandavi fell health workers in the area. and other works for pre- Relief fund on 27th April opment under its CSR-CD Monday 56 new cases under cination but still people are Netam, the team reached down. A team has been sent to ar- vention of Covid 19 pan- 2021 under Corporate activities from last 40 Takhatpur VS area was re- not coming in that number to collect the corona sam- Tehsildar Anand Ram rest the accused Santram demic in district Korba in Social Responsibility and years. ported and in Takhatpur for vaccination. ple of the infected woman Netam immediately in- Koreti. Naxalites set fire to seven vehicles on NH 30 BSF DIG visits Kamteda Camp „ Camp fell prey to „ More than 100 Naxalites Maoist firing created havoc Konta, Apr 27: Bhanupratappur, Apr 27:

Naxalites announced BSF DIG Umed Singh the Bharat Bandh on 26 visited the Kamteda Camp April. A day before that, of BSF 4th Battalion in the late evening, 7 vehi- under Koylibeda police cles were burnt in a ra- station area of Kanker dis- dius of 400 meters. At the trict which fell prey to same time, leaflets and Naxalites firing on got to the spot. He also vis- During this time, the banners were also put on Saturday night. He along ited the soldiers present UBGLs which were found the occasion in which with other BSF officials and instructed them to be outside the camp were also Bharat Bandh was men- ers to get down and took Narrow escape for bus told that when we reached Maoists stop India : and district police officers vigilant in the future. destroyed. tioned. The Naxalites their mobiles, then broke passengers : When there there, the Naxalites had On the National Highway, continued to rage on NH the diesel tank and set the was a fire near Errabor, stopped two vehicles. the banner posters were 30 for about an hour. The vehicles on fire. the driver of the passen- Trees were cut on the blocked by the Naxalites Police seize vehicle transporting 1000 litre illegal diesel fire was confirmed by SP's Similarly, all the vehicles ger bus coming from road, blocking the way. this morning near L. Dhruv. coming there were Konta noticed that the After this, he took the Chikwar Guda mountain, Ramanujnagar, Apr 27: More than 100 stopped one by one and Naxalites were burning keys of his mobile and ve- adjacent to Konta cement Naxalites arrived in uni- set fire to seven vehicles. fire in the vehicle there. hicle and was told to go poles lying on the side of On Sunday at about 6:30 am, form and rural costumes The naxalites drove the So immediately the bus away. The diesel tank was the road were poured on Ramanujangar police while con- around 2 km from drivers away from there. driver brought the bus in then burst and sprayed on the road. ducting patrolling stopped a Errabor police station on The Naxalites kept on reverse for about half a the diesel vehicles and set Maoists wrote slogans pick-up near Piwri Chowk and NH 30 late Sunday raging for about an hour. kilometer and reached on fire. After that the ve- with white paint on the asked the driver about the evening. Trees were cut On receiving the informa- Konta. Due to the under- hicles came and the road. 26 April Slogans whereabouts of this vehicle. The down on NH 30 and vehi- tion, the soldiers left for standing of the bus driv- Naxalites opened fire. were written to make driver failing to give satisfactory cles coming from Sukma the spot. The news has er, the passenger bus nar- There were about 100 Bharat Band successful. reply when asked about the when checked it was found that Sensing fraud vehicle was seized were stopped. The been confirmed by SP's L. rowly escaped. Naxalites in uniform and Poles were removed by se- transportation of diesel pro- vehicle has only 1000 litre diesel. and the driver was arrested. Naxalites forced the driv- Dhruv. The eyewitness driver rural costumes. curity forces. duced a bill of 1600 litres but Youth leader and social worker Ravish ‘Modi Govt busy in business Massive corruption in PMGSY, villagers passes away even in disaster’ question quality of construction Konta, Apr 27: „ Officers bow " The road is being The pricing policy of before contractor constructed under the vaccine has come under watchful eyes of engi- fire and as per the instruc- Marwahi, Apr 27: neer, if any irregulari- tions of Mrs Maheshwari ties come to fore would Baghel, DCC president The villagers are raising be investigated. The Sukma and minister objection over the quality road construction will Kawasi Lakhma, Sukma of construction under meet all standards of Ramanujnagar, Apr 27: Civic Body President Raju PMGSY. This scheme is an quality." Jagannath Sahu met attempt to build the net- Sharad Shrivastav Youth leader and social Manoj Dev of BJP to work of roads which con- In-charge Officer worker Ravish Gupta protest the dual vaccine nect the villages as per the PMGSY breathed his last. He was not pricing. dreams of late Prime keeping well for some days On this occasion, Raju Minister Atal Behari after testing corona positive Sahu said that due to the Vajpayee. PWD was doing tarring of 10 days back. He was in different prices for the The rural population of only 3 m. When the vil- home isolation and suddenly vaccines by the Modi gov- this pandemic. It is a government wants to di- GPM district was waiting lagers raised the matter, on Monday night his condi- ernment of the Center, wake-up proof that Modi's rectly benefit the compa- for long to get roads under PWD stopped the work tion worsened as was rushed there is a tremendous re- priority is business and ny and it is also taxing the PMGSY but now the roads peel off on another side constructed by PWD but and handed over the road to Surajpur district hospital sentment in the common not to fight the epidemic. common people. District that has been built has fall- whereas the tarring work later handed over to to PMGSY. where the doctors declared people. Sahu said that such an ab- Vice President of en prey to corruption. The has been done some time PMGSY. Even then PWD Youth Congress leader him brought dead. He was Vaccines are priced at surd policy has been made Chhindgarh, Nazim road in discussion is from back. The officers respon- again started its construc- Nawal Lahare demanded younger brother of DCC Rs 400, 600, 1200 rupees. He for the first time when a Khan, met BJP former Pendra Patgawa to sible for keeping an eye on tion to benefit contractors. high level probe into cor- media in-charge Rakesh said that there is a great vaccine price is some- President and senior BJP Barimrao(8 km), con- its quality has allegedly When the villagers came ruption and threatened Gupta and news of Ravish's evidence that the Modi thing else for private hos- leader and senior BJP structed by Shriram surrendered themselves to know about it, they that if such below stan- death spread like wildfire government's vaccination pital and state govern- leader Peeluram Yadav in Construction Company. before the contractor. raised the issue before re- dard construction is done and the whole town policy has found an oppor- ment. this connection and hand- The road being construct- It needs to be mentioned sponsible officials. The villagers would jointly mourned his death. tunity of business even in It is clear that the Modi ed him a memorandum. ed on one side is getting here, said road was earlier road which was 3.75 m, raise protest. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021

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We know horrific nature of what’s happening outside Morgan, bowlers help KKR In-form CSK starts favourite bio-bubble: Morgan to get past Punjab Kings Ahmedabad, Apr 26 (PTI): against inconsistent SRH Skipper Eoin Morgan brought in a sense of calm New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): get the combination right if after early jitters as they have to move out of the Kolkata Knight Riders did- Operating like a well- last spot on the points table n't let a brilliant bowling oiled unit, Chennai Super which they currently occu- performance go in vain Kings will start as over- py. Ahmedabad, Apr 26 (PTI): during their easy five- whelming favourites when Warner needs to shrug off wicket victory over they clash with struggling his poor run and for that he Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Punjab Kings in an IPL en- Sunrisers Hyderabad in an needs to negotiate CSK Eoin Morgan, one of the most counter on Monday. Indian Premier League pacer Deepak Chahar, who respected voices in interna- After the bowlers put up (IPL) match, here on has impressive ability to tional cricket, on Monday a splendid show to restrict Wednesday. strike upfront, well. acknowledged that the players Punjab Kings to 123 for 9, The MS Dhoni-led CSK Apart from Chahar, spin are more than aware of the KKR scored the runs in have bounced back in style all-rounder Jadeja and vet- horrific nature of the COVID- 16.4 overs with skipper after losing the opening eran Imran Tahir along 19 pandemic which is claiming Morgan remaining un- match. They are on a roll with Sam Curran form a hundreds of lives outside the beaten on 47 off 40 balls. Pat Cummins of Kolkata Knight Riders celebrates after takes a with four straight wins and strong CSK bowling unit. bio-bubble. For KKR, it was a collec- wicket of Ravi Bishnoi of Punjab Kings. will hope that the new SRH will need one of With the second wave of the tive bowling performance venue -- Feroze Shah Kotla Warner, Bairstow and pandemic wreaking havoc, IPL with Prasidh Krishna KKR found themselves in back. He along with ground -- also favours them. Williamson to go big and is witnessing player pull-outs (3/30), Pat Cummins (2/31) familiar territory as they Tripathi used their feet The three-time champi- the wickets with his accu- on their foreign recruits, led hope that the middle-order due to fear of bubble fatigue and Sunil Narine (2/22) lost top-three for 17 runs and kept charging the ons had an underwhelming rate left-arm spin apart by skipper David Warner, can make a meaningful con- at one end and a generous choked Punjab after the inside three overs. Punjab bowlers as they 2020 season but the team, from effecting stunning opener Jonny Bairstow, tribution to thwart CSK. donation of USD 50,000 to buy young Shivam Mavi (1/13) But Morgan (4x4, 2x6) just needed 48 runs in the packed with seasoned play- run-outs. Openers -- Faf du Kiwi great Kane The Hyderabad bowling Oxygen cylinders from Pat bowled an astounding 15 showed perfect intent to final-10. Tripathi could not ers, is now displaying the ef- Plessis and Ruturaj Williamson and Rashid, has been patchy with the ex- Cummins. dot balls in his four over seize control with Rahul finish it after an impres- ficiency it is known for. Gaikwad -- have found form which is a cause for con- perienced Bhuvneshwar "It's challenging and things spell. KKR has now ended Tripathi in a 66-run part- sive 32-ball 41 as there was All-rounder Ravindra while Suresh Raina and cern. Their biggest weak- Kumar lacking consistency have to be managed for the their four-match losing nership off 48 balls as a bit of a blip with Andre Jadeja has been the driving Ambati Rayudu are due for ness is a fragile batting while the absence of yorker players and staff, and we streak and are placed fifth KKR sealed the issue in Russell departing in addi- force behind CSK's impres- big knocks. The CSK batters order and over-reliance on specialist T Natarajan due know the horrific nature of with four points from six 16.4 overs to return to win- tion of 15 runs but Morgan sive run so far. are aware of the Rashid the top order. The inability to injury is a huge blow. what's happening outside the games. Punjab Kings ning ways. and Dinesh Karthik en- His blistering assault on Khan threat but the rest of of the team's Indian middle- It's an onerous task for bubble," Morgan said after slipped a notch behind and Morgan pulled Shami sured that there's no fur- Harshal Patel in the final the SRH attack doesn't in- order to step up has cost SRH to revive their fortunes playing a match-winning are now at sixth place. over square to get off the ther damage to cruise over shut out RCB on spire much confidence. SRH more often than not with the limited resources knock against Punjab Kings on Chasing the paltry tar- mark with a maximum home with 20 balls to Sunday. He has been among Hyderabad rely heavily and the think-tank needs to they have at their disposal. Monday. get on a dew-laden Motera, and there was no looking spare. Iheanacho winner pushes Leicester World Athletics rejects Leeper’s Lazio beats Milan 3-0 to reignite closer to Champions League bid to compete in Tokyo Champions League race Leicester, Apr 27 (AP): Crystal Palace's Monaco, Apr 27 (AP): Dutch defender Milan, Apr 27 (AP): this way, it was a clear and Kelechi Iheanacho ex- Patrick van Aanholt American runner Blake Leeper overwhelming victory." tended his career-best scor- (L) vies with has been prevented from compet- Joaqu n Correa Third-placed Napoli, which ing form with a blistering Leicester City's ing at the Tokyo Olympics scored twice as earlier beat relegation- winning goal as Leicester Nigerian striker because his two prosthetic legs Lazio beat AC Milan threatened Torino 2-0, has rallied to beat Crystal Kelechi Iheanacho (R) have been ruled as giving him an 3-0 in Serie A to boost its the same amount of points Palace 2-1 in the English during the English unfair advantage. chances of qualifying for as Juventus and Milan, Premier League and estab- Premier League Leeper is "running unnaturally the Champions League. which dropped to fifth. lish a seven-point cushion football match tall" with his prosthetic legs, the Correa scored his first Second-placed Atalanta has in the top four. between Leicester World Athletics mechanical aids after just 77 seconds and two points more. Head-to- City and Crystal The Nigeria striker review panel determined on doubled his tally in the head record is the first de- Palace at King Power Monday. Last October, the Court made it 14 goals in his last Stadium in Leicester, 51st minute. Ciro ciding factor in Serie A, fol- 14 games in all competi- of Arbitration for Sport upheld a Immobile completed lowed by goal difference. central England. previous decision by World tions and brought the scoring three min- Athletics that ruled Leeper gets a Champions League qualifi- competitive advantage against utes from time. Lazio's Montenegrin midfield- cation one step closer for 80th minute. Iheanacho a revelation in the second able-bodied runners because of mately 184 centimeters, which is Lazio closed to within er Adam Marusic (L) vies with Leicester when he brought had earlier set up Timothy half of the season after the added height his prostheses approximately 5 centimeters less five points of fourth place great, it was a final for us," AC Milan's Turkish midfielder down a long ball forward Castagne for the 50th- coming into the team in give him. "The difference in this than the standing height of 189.2 and the final Champions Lazio coach Simone Hakan Calhanoglu during the from Jonny Evans, cut in- minute equalizer, which February because of in- new application by Mr Leeper is centimeters for the (prostheses) League berth, having Inzaghi said. "It was our Italian Serie A football match side and smashed a rising canceled out Wilfried juries to teammates that he now seeks approval to use that were the subject of the appli- played a match less than last hope to stay in touch Lazio vs Ac Milan at Olympic shot with little back-lift in- Zaha's opening goal for Harvey Barnes and James (prostheses) that are set so that cation ruled upon by the CAS," the teams above it. with the top four. stadium in Rome. side the near post in the Palace, and is proving to be Maddison. his standing height is approxi- World Athletics said. "The lads were really "We usually play finals in Sensex rallies 558 pts, Nifty ends above 14,650 Rupee up 7 paise at Indian biz leaders batting for 74.66 against USD, Mumbai, Apr 27 (PTI): gold gains Rs 69 Mumbai, Apr 27 (PTI): Equity benchmark wireless networking tech The rupee appreciated by 7 Sensex rallied 558 points New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): that next-generation wire- and Wi-Fi 6, will be critical on Tuesday, driven by paise to close at 74.66 (provi- less technologies, such as to business success over gains in index heavy- sional) against the US dollar The COVID-19 pandemic 5G and Wi-Fi 6, would im- the next three years," it ex- weights Reliance on Tuesday on the back of pos- has pushed Indian enter- prove service levels such plained. The survey Industries, HDFC Bank itive domestic equities. prises to raise investments as security,scalability,reli- stressed that data speed and L&T. At the interbank forex market, in advanced wireless tech- ability, and resilience, in has emerged as the top pri- The 30-share BSE index the local unit opened at 74.65 nologies, with India rank- turn leading to business ority area (80 per cent) for ended 557.63 points or 1.15 against the greenback and ing second only to Japan success. the Indian enterprises sur- per cent higher at witnessed an intra-day high of among nations surveyed The survey underscored veyed for performance ef- 48,944.14. on Indian stocks, with dip he added. 74.51 and a low of 74.73. in terms of spends that India ranks second ficiencies, substantially Similarly, the broader in treasury yields ahead of With 3,23,144 people test- It finally ended at 74.66 planned on wireless net- only to Japan among the outperforming the global NSE Nifty surged 168.05 FOMC decision also help- ing positive for coron- against the American curren- working, according to a nations surveyed in terms average (67 per cent). points or 1.16 per cent to ing the overall risk ap- avirus infection in a day, cy, registering a rise of 7 paise Deloitte survey. of the investment planned "Adopting next-generation 14,653.05. petite, said Anand James, India's total tally of over its previous closing. On It revealed that about 71 tion, remote monitoring of on wireless networking. wireless technologies, L&T was the top gainer Chief Market Strategist at COVID-19 cases has Monday, the rupee had settled per cent of Indian execu- machines, and enhanced The increased invest- such as 5G and Wi-Fi 6, are in the Sensex pack, rising Geojit Financial Services. climbed to 1,76,36,307, at 74.73 against the American tives, the highest among customer experience as ment is going towards cus- essential parts of the net- over 3 per cent, followed by Banks have been quite while the national recov- currency. the countries surveyed, be- the most important 5G use tomer engagement work that links machines Bajaj Finance, Reliance upbeat lately and extended ery rate has further "Indian rupee continues the lieve their organisations cases for their businesses, through digital platforms and people. Innovative so- Industries, IndusInd gains by over 1 per cent dropped to 82.54 per cent, upward momentum started on will invest in more wire- the survey said. (57 per cent), improved lutions, such as these are Bank, SBI and HDFC post noon, but it was met- according to the Union Monday on upbeat risk senti- less networking due to the "The ongoing pandemic bandwidth requirements the reason why leaders Bank. als that shone with over 2.5 Health Ministry data up- ments," said Dilip Parmar, pandemic. has urged Indian enter- for remote workers (61 per across industries see ad- On the other hand, per cent gains. dated on Tuesday. Research Analyst, HDFC Business leaders in prises to increase invest- cent), and enhanced re- vanced wireless networks Maruti, NTPC, Kotak However, with April de- Elsewhere in Asia, Securities. India are batting for wire- ments in next-generation mote monitoring of ma- essential for their trans- Bank, Nestle India and Dr rivative expiry approach- bourses in Hong Kong, Meanwhile, the dollar index, less networking technolo- wireless technologies," it chines (50 per cent). formation strategies, Reddy's were among the ing, and with Nifty option Tokyo and Seoul ended on which gauges the greenback's gies, and executives here said. Deloitte's 'Global "Indian leaders believe Sagar Darbari, Partner, laggards. premiums not pricing a negative note, while strength against a basket of consider improvement in Advanced Wireless Survey that next-gen wireless Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Persistent strength in much above 14,700 for now, Shanghai finished with six currencies, rose 0.20 per workplace communica- India edition' observed technologies, such as 5G India LLP said. US markets has rubbed off caution is recommended, gains. cent to 90.98. RBI issues guidelines for appointment Close contest between Jio, Airtel, Institutional investments of statutory auditors of banks, NBFCs unanimous tariff hike unlikely Mumbai, Apr 27 (PTI): cates that the industry is in realty up 21% in Jan-Mar Mumbai, Apr 27 (PTI): 2021-22, "they shall have the unlikely to see unanimous tar- flexibility to adopt these Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio iff hikes at least in the near New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): vestors in REITs. The Reserve Bank of guidelines from the second are neck and neck in terms of term, limiting a large upside in Institutional investments India on Tuesday issued half of FY 2021-22, in order active mobile subscriptions, average revenue per user Institutional investments continued the momentum guidelines for appointment to ensure that there is no and hence the industry is (ARPU) in fiscal year 2022, it in real estate rose 21 per during the first quarter of statutory auditors of disruption". Banks and unlikely to see any unanimous added. The report said there is cent in January -March pe- (January-March) of 2021, banks and non-banking fi- UCBs will be required to tariff hikes in 2021-22, a report an universe of 250-300 million riod of this year at USD 922 registering 21 per cent nance companies (NBFCs), take prior approval of said on Tuesday. active non-4G subscriber base, million but inflow of funds growth in volumes at USD including housing finance Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Domestic credit rating agency which will be on the radar of may be impacted in this 922 million, indicating sus- companies. tinue with their extant pro- for appointment/reappoint- Crisil's research wing pointed the telcos for conversion to 4G quarter due to spurt in tained investor interest in 'Guidelines for cedure. The guidelines pro- ment of SCAs/SAs, on an out that there is a close con- users in order to increase rev- cases of COVID-19 infec- India's real estate market," Appointment of Statutory vide necessary instructions annual basis, the guidelines test between the top two tel- enues. While competition to tions, according to JLL. JLL said in a statement. Central Auditors (SCAs)/ for appointment of said. For entities with an cos, when one goes by active attract this user base did exist Recently, Knight Frank The consultant attributed Statutory Auditors (SAs) of SCAs/SAs, the number of asset size of Rs 15,000 crore subscriber base with Jio's before, inadequate spectrum India came out with a re- tutional flow of funds in- the rise in institutional in- Commercial Banks (exclud- auditors, their eligibility cri- and above as at the end of share at 33.7 per cent and and 4G coverage made opera- port mentioning that pri- cludes investments by fami- vestments to increased ac- ing RRBs), UCBs and teria, tenure and rotation, previous year, statutory Airtel's at 33.6 per cent. tors err on the side of caution, vate equity investment in ly offices, foreign corporate tivity from funds and closed NBFCs (including HFCs)' etc. while ensuring the inde- audit should be conducted The active subscriber market it said, adding that with the real estate jumped over 16- groups, foreign banks, pro- development stage deals. will be applicable for finan- pendence of auditors, the under joint audit of a mini- share data indicates the top recent spectrum acquisition, fold in January-March 2021 prietary books, pension "However, the pandemic cial year 2021-22 and on- Reserve Bank said. As the mum of two audit firms. All two players are neck and telcos are well-positioned to to USD 3.24 billion as sever- funds, private equity, real surge during the second wards. However, non-de- guidelines are being imple- other entities should ap- neck, with neither ready to handle any surge in data traf- al deals spilled over from estate fund-cum-developers, half of March 2021 is ex- posit taking NBFCs with mented for the first time for point a minimum of one bite the bullet and raise tar- fic, leading to increased the last year. foreign funded NBFCs and pected to delay the invest- asset size below Rs 1,000 Urban Co-operative Banks audit firm for conducting iffs, it said. The build-up in aggression by the players to According to property sovereign wealth funds. It ment pipeline in the second crore have the option to con- (UCBs) and NBFCs from statutory audit. competitive intensity also indi- gain market share. consultant JLL India, insti- also includes anchor in- quarter," it cautioned. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 Time to have rethink PROTESTING PRICE HIKE on multi-phase polls

Bengaluru, Apr 27 (PTI): amine if multi- phase elec- tions served their purpose. Former Chief Election "It (multi-phase elections) Commissioner TS does not produce results in Krishnamurthy has pitched a country of so much diver- for single-phase elections sity and so much of con- and substantially curtailing flicts in social conditions", public campaigning time in Krishnamurthy felt. future polls. He said public "We must think of some and road rallies during elec- method of reducing the tions cannot be banned but number of phases -- prefer- the Election Commission of ably single phase of elec- India (ECI) can seriously tions. But, it would require consider substantially cur- extraordinary deployment tailing the time and the of paramilitary forces and number of days for holding so on. If necessary, we have such meetings as there are to send them in", he said. now alternative methods of Asked to comment on EC campaigning such as digital drawing flak in some quar- and social media. ters over political parties According to him, hold- TS Krishnamurthy failing to ensure COVID-19 ing of multi-phase elections protocol during Assembly had been justified on the tred and personal attacks" may not be possible in some election campaign in some ground that there would be Krishnamurthy told PTI on places but at least they have States, he said its role is lim- less violence and it's easy to Tuesday. to be brought down to 2-3 ited to conduct of polls. control law and order situa- "We have been talking phases. Krishnamurthy said if tion. about (debate) simultane- He recalled that the 2004 there is any action to be "(But) the (West) Bengal ous elections (in the coun- General elections were con- taken, it's the state govern- experience -- the ongoing try", he said. "I would rather ducted -- when he was the ment which has to file an Assembly elections in the prefer simultaneous elec- CEC -- within four phases, FIR against those who did State are spread over eight tions on one day in each except in Jammu and not wear masks and those phases -- has taught us that State". Kashmir, where it was five- who did not observe social Members of All Assam Students' Union stage a protest march against a hike in the price of essential even multi-phase elections But Krishnamurthy also phased one. But, time has distancing during cam- commodities, in Guwahati, Tuesday. do not prevent violence, ha- said single-phase elections now come to seriously ex- paign rallies. Param Singh finds Over 14,400 ha area in A&N SC panel against rail Akshay Kumar’s fitness double-tracking project in Goa regime inspiring becomes territory to get organic cert Panaji, Apr 27 (PTI): New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): annual basis through veri- The Supreme Court-ap- Mumbai, Apr 27: fication by a process of pointed Central About 14,491 hectare (ha) peer appraisals as per the Empowered Committee While actors work on constant- area in Andaman and process of PGS-India. In a has said it does not find ly working their acting tech- Nicobar has been certified statement, the ministry any justification for under- niques, they surely have to as organic, the first large said it is working to identi- taking the rail double- simultaneously work on their contiguous territory to be fy traditional organic tracking project in Goa, fitness regime to look and feel done under a government areas to transform them which is being opposed by their best as they essay a vari- scheme, Agriculture into certified production environmental experts. ety of characters on screen. Ministry said on Tuesday. hubs. "The Government of The panel, in its report sensitive and bio-diversity Popular actor Param Singh After Andaman and India has certified 14,491 on April 23, said a project rich tiger reserve, two who essays the lead role of Nicobar (A&N) Islands, ha of such area under Car of this nature will de- wildlife sanctuaries and a ‘Ahaan Malhotra’ in Sony Lakshadweep and Ladakh Nicobar and Nancowry stroythe fragile eco-system national park," the com- Entertainment Television’s new are proactively taking group of islands in A&N of the Western Ghats, mittee said in its 110page age love drama ‘Ishk Par Zor steps for the transforma- An organic farm in Andaman and Nicobar. Islands," it said. An expert which is an international- report. "In these circum- Nahi’ has garnered a massive Param Singh said, “For me tion of their traditional or- committee has verified ly recognised biodiversity stances it is recommended fan following over the years, being fit means being flexible, ganic areas to certified or- transformed to certified sidered as one their organic status and hotspot and also one of the for the consideration of thanks to his brooding looks being strong, and having the ganic, it said. organic, it said. The organ- cluster/group. All farmers recommended for declara- most important wildlife this Honble Court to re- and effortless charm. Even in strength and stamina, so that I There are traditional ic certification has been with their farmland and tion of the area as certified corridors of the country. voke the permission grant- this show as Ahaan, he’s look- can give my 100% throughout areas in Himachal given under the Large livestock need to adhere to organic under the PGS- "Moreover, this doubling ed by the standing commit- ing super fit and fab. the day. One such actor who Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Area Certification (LAC) the standard requirements India certification pro- project will only be mar- tee of the National Board Interestingly, Param Singh is has always inspired everyone north-eastern states and Scheme of the PGS-India and on being verified get gramme, it said, adding ginally enhancing the ca- for Wildlife (NBWL) for inspired by Bollywood actor with his sheer discipline and tribal belts of Jharkhand (Participatory Guarantee certified enmass without that this area becomes the pacity of the most ineffi- doubling of the railway ‘Akshay Kumar’s fitness regime dedication when it comes to and Chhattisgarh and System) certification pro- the need to go under con- first large contiguous terri- cient section of the rail- track passing through the and ultra-healthy lifestyle. living his best life in terms of desert districts of gramme. Under LAC, each version period. tory to be conferred with way network passing ecologically sensitive Sharing more on the same, health is Akshay Kumar. Rajasthan which can be village in the area is con- Certification is renewed on organic certification. through the ecologically Western Ghats...," it said. Explosive-laden ‘drone’ boat Plant to recycle 1-ltr milk targets Saudi port of Yanbu cartons set up at army base Dubai, Apr 27 (AP): saying the port was targeted Jammu, Apr 27 (PTI): by Cosmo Foundation, the tions," the spokesperson tiatives," Jaipuria said. by the drone boat. The booby- social arm of Cosmo Film said. Yamini Jaipuria, General Officer A remotely piloted boat trapped boat was dealt and To increase recycling of Limited, as part of its managing trustee, Cosmo Commanding, Ace of packed with explosives target- destroyed according to the empty one-litre milk car- green initiative to support Foundation, said such car- Spades Division, Major ed the Saudi port of Yanbu in rules of engagement, the tons, a specialised com- the army and offset the tons cannot be recycled at General Rajeev Puri, who the Red Sea on Tuesday, the report quoted al-Maliki as say- pacting plant has been set carbon footprint of in- normal paper waste plants inaugurated the plant, ex- kingdom said, with the blast ing, without providing evi- up for the army in Jammu creasing non-biodegrad- and hence, special com- pressed gratitude to the sending black smoke into the between Tehran and world dence to support his claim. and Kashmir's Poonch dis- able materials generated pacting plants are needed. foundation for its contri- sky off the coast. Saudi Arabia powers over Iran's tattered The United Kingdom Maritime trict, and according to offi- by locally stationed troops, "If left unrecycled, these bution to the armed forces claimed to have intercepted nuclear deal. The incident also Trade Operations, run by the cials, this will help tackle a spokesperson of the com- cartons can rapidly accu- in an effort to conserve the and destroyed the attack boat. comes amid the kingdom's British navy, simply said it was an annual waste of 12 lakh pany said. mulate, posing a high risk environment and boost the However, private security yearslong war against Yemen's aware of reports of an incident packs. The cartons cannot "The induction of the to local water bodies and ecology. firms suggested commercial Houthi rebels. The Houthis and that investigations were be recycled at normal specialised compacting can also pollute the soil in The spokesperson said traffic near the port may have have in the past used bomb- ongoing. Private maritime paper waste plants and plant is an effort to reduce the long run," the trustee the compacting plant in been hit in the assault. Details laden drones and explosive- security firm Dryad Global said hence, specialised com- the non-biodegradable an- said. "The addition of the Poonch would compact remained scarce, but the inci- packed boats in attacks target- it had reports that a ship had pacting plants are needed. nual waste of 12 lakh compacting plant in the empty cartons into dent comes after a series of ing the kingdom. However, the been attacked," without elabo- If not recycled, these can empty cartons of one-litre Poonch will aid in creating small pellets which will attacks on shipping in the rebels did not immediately rating. Maritime security firm rapidly accumulate, posing milk Tetra Paks - con- a sustainable recycling be cost-effectively trans- wider Mideast region amid a claim any assaults on Tuesday. Neptune P2P Group reported a high risk to water bodies sumed by the army due to chain in the Valley and ported to a recycling shadow war between Iran and The state-run Saudi Press that black smoke was seen bil- and soil in the long run, rarity of fresh produce in will be another step for- plant at Khatima, near Israel and against the backdrop Agency quoted Saudi military lowing near the south entrance they said. The plant was in- the often-inhospitable ter- ward under the founda- Dehradun in of ongoing negotiations spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki of the Yanbu port. stalled at Khanetar Nallah rains as a part of daily ra- tion's green and clean ini- Uttarakhand. KYRGYZ-INDIAN DRILLS Myanmar guerrillas capture Govt base, airstrikes follow staged airstrikes several hours later on villages in territory controlled by the Karen forces, said a guerrilla spokesman, a senior Thai official and a relief worker. A spokesman for the Karen National Union, the minority’s main po- litical group seeking greater autonomy from Myanmar’s central gov- ernment, said its armed wing attacked the base Smoke rising from a Myanmar military base along at 5 a.m. and burned it the bank of the Salween river, as seen from Mae Sam down just after dawn. Laep town in Thailand's Mae Hong Son province. Casualty figures were not yet known, the Bangkok, Apr 27 (AP): senting a morale-boost- KNU’s head of foreign ing action for those op- affairs, Padoh Saw Taw Ethnic Karen guerril- posing the military’s Nee, said in a text mes- las said they captured a takeover of the country’s sage. There was no im- Troops take part in joint Kyrgyz-Indian drills at the Tatyr Gorge 20 km (12,5 miles) south of Bishkek, near Myanmar army base civilian government in mediate comment from Arashan village, Kyrgyzstan. Tuesday near the border February. 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PAGE 03 PAGE 07 Bilaspur, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 I Pages 08 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF ‘India better prepared this India adds 3.23 lakh year to beat COVID-19’ „ Compared to 2020 year on their birthdays as it is a big help for humani- new COVID-19 cases New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): ty. „ Toll nears 2 lakh 23; 40 lakh on September 5 He said that in his opin- and 50 lakh on September India is better prepared ion, donating blood is New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) : 16. It went past 60 lakh on mentally and physically even more pious than vis- September 28; 70 lakh on this year with more expe- iting revered holy places, With 3,23,144 people test- October 11, crossed 80 lakh rience to beat the COVID- the statement said. ing positive for the coron- on October 29; 90 lakh on 19 pandemic as compared Vardhan said Prime avirus in a day, India's infec- November 20 and surpassed to 2020, Union Health Minister Narendra Modi tion tally has climbed to the one-crore mark on Minister Harsh Vardhan had launched the largest 1,76,36,307, while the nation- December 19. India crossed said on Tuesday. vaccination drive in the Workers prepare to return to al recovery rate further the grim milestone of 1.50 He made this remark Harsh Vardhan world in January,which is their native place, in New dropped to 82.54 per cent, ac- crore on April 19. while inaugurating a se- now being accelerated fur- Delhi, Tuesday. cording to the Union Health According to the Indian ries of blood donation blood banks in wake of ther as the vaccination of Ministry data updated on Council of Medical camps at 13 locations in fulfilling the blood requi- young people is about to Night curfew Tuesday. Research (ICMR), Chandigarh, Punjab, sition due to COVID-19 begin from May 1. The death toll mounted to A Covid-19 patient gets primary treatment inside a car as he waits 28,09,79,877 samples have Haryana and Himachal pandemic, it said. He also said that in 2021, Guwahati: The Assam gov- 1,97,894 with 2,771 new fatali- to be admited at a hospital, amid the ongoing surge in Coronavirus been tested up to April 26 Pradesh through a webi- Addressing the webi- the country is better pre- ernment on Tuesday ties, the data updated at 8 am cases, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday. with 16,58,700 samples being nar in the presence of nar, Vardhan appreciated pared mentally and physi- imposed night curfew showed. There has been a tested on Monday. Minister of State for the efforts of the founda- cally with more experi- across the state -- from 8 slight dip in the daily cases COVID-19 recovery rate has recuperated from the dis- The 2,771 new fatalities in- Finance and Corporate tion to organise blood do- ence to beat the pandemic pm to 5 am - with immedi- as compared to the number further dropped to 82.54 per ease surged to 1,45,56,209 clude 524 from Affairs Anurag Thakur, a nation camps with more as compared to last year, ate effect, as part of its of new infections reported cent, from 82.62 per cent re- while the case fatality rate Maharashtra, 380 from health ministry statement strength and expansion the statement stated. He efforts to control the surge in the past few days. The ac- ported on Monday. The na- has further dropped to 1.12 Delhi, 249 from Uttar said. The camps are being for fulfilling the blood re- appreciated the fact that in COVID-19 cases. The tive case count has increased tional COVID-19 recovery per cent, the data stated. Pradesh, 226 from organised by the quirement due to the pan- this blood donation camp state disaster management to 28,82,204 comprising 16.34 rate was recorded at 97.33 India's COVID-19 tally had Chhattisgarh, 201 from Competent Foundation demic. has been set up following authority, in its order, said per cent of the total infec- per cent on February 17. The crossed the 20-lakh mark on Karnataka, 158 from Gujarat with the help of various He exhorted people to at all COVID protocols, the curfew will be in place tions, while the national number of people who have August 7; 30 lakh on August and 124 from Jharkhand. associations, NGOs and least donate blood once a guidelines and SOPs. till May 1. "The COVID-19 situation in Assam has been Gen Bipin Rawat on COVID-19 Cheating case reviewed. It has been JSPL board okays divestment observed that there has been a rapid increase in the Solar scam accused number of active cases of in Jindal Power ‘Time for armed forces to rise to occasion’ COVID-19 across the state. „ To Worldone for filing. The equity value is New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): the second wave of the Saritha Nair gets 6 years RI an all-cash offer of Rs 3,015 pandemic raging across Watery grave Rs 3,015 crore crore, the company added. As India battles a devas- the country. Kozhikode(Ker), April 27 (PTI): Ballia: Two boys drowned JSPL said Worldone was tating wave of coron- "We can and we will. while bathing in the New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): selected by way of an elab- avirus infection, Chief of Well done and carry on, A court here on Tuesday Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's orate bidding process run Defence Staff Gen Bipin we still have long dis- sentenced con woman Ballia district on Tuesday, Jindal Power and Steel by an independent third- Rawat on Tuesday called tances to travel, Gen Saritha S Nair to six years police said. The incident (JSPL) on Tuesday said its party merchant banker, upon the armed forces to Rawat said. rigorous imprisonment in a took place in Vijaipuri board has approved divest- Grant Thornton Advisory, rise to the occasion and The three services as cheating case related to the when Jai Ram Verma (16) ing its entire equity inter- wherein the acquirer sub- support the civil adminis- well as other wings of the solar panel scam that rocked and Sujit Verma (17) est in Jindal Power to mitted the highest binding trations across the coun- defence ministry have Kerala during the previous were taking bath and Worldone, a promoter bid on acceptable terms try in dealing the pandem- been extending support to Congress-led UDF rule. slipped into deep water, group company, for Rs and conditions. ic as well as creating miti- tant," he said. "Our men various state governments Saritha Nair was the sec- prisonment in four different they said. The bodies 3,015 crore. The proposed sale is gation facilities in a time- and women in uniform and union territories in ond accused in the case re- crimes including cheating. were fished out from the The board of directors subject to necessary ap- bound manner. have the will and dedica- dealing with massive lated to the infamous scam. A fine of Rs 10000 has been river with the help of of JSPL has approved the provals of shareholders of In a message, Gen Rawat tion to break barriers and spike in coronavirus Judicial First Class pronounced in four crimes, locals, police said. They divestment of its entire eq- the company, regulatory said timely support at this walk the extra mile, al- cases. Magistrate-III K Nimmi ac- totalling Rs 40,000. said the bodies were uity interest (representing clearances, go-ahead from juncture is important. ways and every time," Gen Since Friday, the Indian quitted the third accused B Acting on a warrant is- handed over to the family 96.42 per cent of the issued lenders of the company "This is the time for the Rawat said. Air Force airlifted empty Manimon, while the verdict sued by the court, Saritha and paid up capital) in and Jindal Power, contrac- armed forces to rise to the The message by the oxygen tankers and con- of Biju Radhakrishnan, the was arrested from her resi- members after autopsy. Jindal Power by way of tual approvals and such occasion and support the Chief of Defence Staff tainers to various filling first accused in this case, dence in sale of shares, to Worldone other consents, permis- civil administration in cre- came a day after he briefed stations across the coun- was put on hold for pro- Thiruvananthapuram by NIA charge sheet Pvt Ltd, a promoter group sions and sanctions as ating Covid mitigation fa- Prime Minister Narendra try to speed up the distri- nouncement later as he the investigating officer last Mohali: The NIA on company and a related may be necessary in line cilities in a time-bound Modi about various meas- bution of the much-need- hadapplied for leave for week and remanded to judi- Tuesday filed a charge party to the company, with extant relevant manner. Timely support at ures undertaken by the ed medical oxygen in treat- being under quarantine. cial custody after being sheet against eight terror- JSPL said in a regulatory guidelines. this juncture is impor- armed forces to deal with ing COVID-19 patients. The court awarded the im- brought to Kozhikode. ists of the outlawed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) for their alleged LAST SHAHI SNAN involvement in killing Covid a national crisis, Shaurya Chakra awardee Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu at the direction of can’t be mute spectator: SC their Pakistan-based han- dlers, an official said. New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): SC allows Vedanta's Sandhu, who fought ter- rorism in Punjab, was Terming the massive oxygen plant at shot dead in October last resurgence of COVID-19 Tuticorin to operate year in Tarn Taran district. cases a "national crisis", the Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Tuesday Tuesday said it cannot re- allowed Vedanta to operate its Godown gutted main a mute spectator and closed oxygen plant at Tuticorin Thane: A fire gutted a made clear that its suo in Tamil Nadu, saying the order chemical godown in motu proceeding on devis- has been passed in view of "national need" for oxygen and Bhiwandi in Thane dis- ing national policy for trict on Tuesday, though there should be no political COVID-19 management is bickering over the generation of there were no reports of not meant to supplant matters which transcend the gas by the company as the injury to anyone, said high court hearings. the regional boundaries. country is facing a "national cri- officials. The blaze start- A bench headed by There is a need for top sis".The apex court made it ed at 1pm in Purna vil- Justice D Y Chandrachud court's intervention on clear that Vedanta shall not be lage and two fire -tending said the high courts are in certain national issues as allowed to enter and operate its copper smelting plant under the vehicles of Bhiwandi a better position to moni- there might be matters re- Nizampura Municipal garb of this order and that per- tor the pandemic situation lated to coordination be- mission to operate oxygen plant Corporation brought it within their territorial tween states, it said. would not create any equity in under control after a cou- boundaries and the apex "We are playing comple- the company's favour. ple of hours, they added. court was playing a com- mentary role. If High plementary role and its in- Courts have any difficulty Symbolic tervention must be under- in dealing with issues due bench, also comprising Last Shahi Snan of Kumbh 2021 by devotees of Juna Akhada, in Haridwar, Tuesday. Rishikesh: The last 'shahi stood in the correct per- to territorial limitations, Justices L Nageswara Rao snan' at the Kumbh Mela spective as there are some we will help, said the and S Ravindra Bhat. in Haridwar on Tuesday was a subdued affair with Couple ties knot in PPE kits; infected groom ‘No request made for COVID facilities seers keeping the ritual ‘Indian strain’ of symbolic in view of a may face action for violating curbs in five star hotel for judges’ nationwide surge in Ratlam (MP), Apr 27 (PTI): and the groom are seen New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): COVID-19 cases. Till the coronavirus spreads faster participating in the cere- conclusion of the royal While most people mony, while a priest, also New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): acute shortage of medical The Delhi High Court on bath, nearly 2,000 seers „ Little evidence of it spend lakhs on their wed- in the PPE kit, is chanting oxygen and are scrambling Tuesday said it has not made of 13 'akhadas' (sects) ding attire, a couple in mantras. The 'Indian strain' being more lethal to save the lives of pa- any request for creating had taken a dip in the Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam The marriage was OPINE EXPERTS of the coronavirus tients. Anurag Agrawal, COVID-19 facilities for its Ganga at Har Ki Pairi district tied the knot wear- solemnised at a function carries higher trans- the B.1.617 variant was the Director of the judges, staff and their families ghat which was reserved ing PPE kits after the hall in the presence of missibility similar to the found in more than 50 per Institute of Genomics and in a five star hotel. exclusively for them, offi- groom tested positive for eight people at Indira UK variant, but there is lit- cent of samples on which Integrative Biology (IGIB), Taking suo motu cognisance of cials said. coronavirus. Nagar of Ratlam, an offi- tle evidence so far of it genome sequencing was told PTI, "As far as we the news reports which said In an order issued by the sub- According to the district cial said. being more lethal than the conducted, while the pro- know, neither the UK vari- that 100 rooms of Ashoka divisional magistrate of Weather authorities, the 28-year-old The administration had original virus, experts portion of the UK variant ant nor this one (B.1.617) is Hotel in national capital have Chanakyapuri on April 25, it groom may now face ac- got information about the have said. was 28 per cent in the sec- associated with increased been converted into a COVID was stated that the COVID High 41Low 25 tion for allegedly violating wedding of a coronavirus The B.1.617 variant of ond week of March, Sujeet severity of illness or death. health facility for judges of facility at Ashoka Hotel will be the government order by infected person on SARS-CoV2, also being Singh, the Director of the The UK strain is proven to Delhi High Court on its associated with Primus stepping out of the con- Monday, Naib Tehsildar called a 'double mutant' or National Centre for have higher transmissibili- request, a bench of Justices Hospital. The order also said MARKET tainment zone. Naveen Garg said. the 'Indian strain', has Disease Control, had said ty and B.1.617 may have in- Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli that the facility was being set NIFTY 14,653.05  A video of the couple When a team from the been found prevalent in a webinar on genome se- creased transmissibility." said,"No communication has up on the request of the Delhi SENSEX  taking their 'saat pheras' administration reached largely in Maharashtra quencing last week. "But this (that the been made to anyone in this High Court. Terming the order 48,944.14 in the protective gear has the spot, the family mem- and Delhi that have been The number of coron- B.1.617 variant has more regard". as "wrong", the bench said the gone viral on social media bers sought permission severely hit by a devastat- avirus cases has exploded transmissibility) has not "We have not made any such image being projected as a BULLION at time when the second pleading that an elderly ing second wave of the in Delhi and Maharashtra been proven and there are request for taking over facili- result of it was that the Delhi GOLD 47,424 wave of the COVID-19 pan- member of the family,who pandemic. over the last few weeks and several characterises to ties of a five star hotel," the High Court judges have taken demic has engulfed the was unwell, wanted to see In many cities in crippled the healthcare prove it and the studies SILVER bench said and directed the it for their benefit or that the 68,884 country. In the purported the groom getting mar- Maharashtra -- the worst- sector. Several hospitals in have not been completed," Delhi government to "take cor- Delhi government has done it video, the 25-year-old bride ried, he said. hit state in the country -- Delhi have reported an he said. rective steps immediately". to appease the court. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, BILASPUR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021

ZAPATISTA DELEGATION ✍ LETTERS CENTRAL TO THE EDITOR Crisis of migrant Chronicle labourers Since 1974 Volume 9 No. 28 As the second wave of covid-19 is surging across India with great ferocity and velocity, the Police reforms long overdue migrant labour issue has come to the fore once again. A sud- he well-known protagonist of police reforms, den announcement of national T Prakash Singh, in a recent write-up diagnosed the lockdown in the country in the problem behind an apparent lack of progress in this di- wake of the first wave of Covid- rection by identifying five points of challenge that had 19 by the PM had caused not been tackled so far – the unholy nexus between immense hardships to hapless politicians, bureaucrats, police and criminals had to be migrant labourers. We haven’t broken, a bar had to be put on persons of criminal back- learnt any lessons from the con- ground entering the Assemblies and Parliament, re- sequences of such sudden structuring of police had to be done to give it ‘function- announcements affecting the al autonomy’, a robust criminal justice system had to be livelihood and health of migrant put in place and there had to be emphasis on bringing workers who are the backbone about systemic changes that had universal application. of the Indian economy. This Four of these postulations depend on a collective will time, however, the Central gov- power of the political executive, legislatures and the ernment has directed the States to impose lockdown. higher judiciary to get into the act – this has not hap- Consequently, migrant labour, pened so far for reasons that can be gone into but are most of whom had returned to not difficult to imagine. It is far more important, how- work after the first wave ,have ever, for people who have had a lifelong experience of begun to leave for their homes managing the police system from positions of leader- again, fearing a repetition of the ship, to start spelling out how the restructuring of po- dreadful hardships they faced lice should be done to provide it functional autonomy. last year. There are over 40 mil- For this, it is necessary to be upfront about accepting lion interstate migrants in India. that whatever little course correction could be done Members of a delegation of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) leaving for Europe to meet with anti-capitalist groups They come from poorer, less from within the police machinery by its leadership, had in 30 different countries, in Caracol de Morelia, Altamirano, Chiapas State, Mexico. educated and socially disadvan- not been attempted or achieved. It needs to be men- taged communities. In spite of tioned at this point that in no other major democratic the fact that they contribute country an equivalent of IPS (and IAS) exists where a 10% of India’s GDP, they are a bright young person on the basis of a national examina- World needs food movement based on agroecology and equity neglected lot. The Labour minis- tion gets launched on merit, in a career in the govern- ter had said in Parliament in ment that literally starts with a leadership position – in Food Security that has brought all damages. Despite these expendi- March 2021 that the government was creating a database of unor- just about five years of service he becomes as the SP the PAT MOONEY states, relevant multilateral agen- tures, at least 2.5 billion people are ganized workers as part of social commander-in-chief of the large armed and civil police cies, civil society and the private inadequately nourished and/or security and other measures. force of the district serving a large territory and a large sector into active negotiations on don’t have sufficient access to safe Recently Prime Minister segment of the population just as his IAS colleague be- an annual basis. Everyone partici- water. Narendra Modi had told chief came the Collector described in the British times as the pates an governments decide, but The industrial food chain is the minsters to persuade migrant ‘king’ of the district. To be fair to them, young IAS and unhappy that civil society is so largest single contributor to green- workers of the need for staying IPS officers showed a lot of moral strength and deci- prominent in this committee, the house gas emissions and a major on. Many states including MP, siveness before, with the passage of time, they climbed biggest corporations and govern- cause of deforestation and biodi- Delhi and Punjab have down on these inevitably because of the ‘messaging’ ments wanted something a little versity loss. announced restrictions on move- they perceived they were getting from the above. It is cozier. Fast forward to 2021, the So neither the Glasgow climate ment. Considering that we have generally seen that officers lose their direction and organizers of the Food Systems conference nor the Kunming biodi- had enough experience in deal- strength as they move up the hierarchy – there were Summit are acutely aware that versity conference can hope to suc- ing successfully with disastrous many honourable exceptions – and the first step in the many government negotiators and ceed without fundamental changes situations, it shouldn’t be diffi- cult to devise a plan to deal direction of reform, therefore, is to examine how the f the inequities made worse by the ‘Long Food Movement’. But civil society organizations are to our food systems. But if the prob- DGP of the state should become the pillar of strength grinding their teeth over the Davos lem is agreed, Davos and the Long with large-scale movement of I the COVID-19 pandemic weren’t while the need for a Summit was migrant workers. The govern- for officers under him or her in the exercise of their proposals. So they’ve opted for Food Movement part ways on the already grotesque reminders of widely appreciated, the unorthodox ment had announced a Rs ‘functional autonomy’. It would be theoretical and humanity’s failings, then the proposal by Davos to the United what can only be described as a remedy. Industry’s solutions Utopian to expect that all facets of democratic gover- 50,000 crore Garib Kalyan Rojgar assault on our planetary bound- Nations set alarm bells ringing. kind of Disney World Food Systems depend on theoretical or untested Abhiyan to create infrastructure nance would simultaneously upgrade themselves to aries is downright dangerous. It’s The term agroecology first Summit. technological platforms that suck create an ideal environ for the citizens but the logic of and boost employment in 116 2021, and four out of nine of these appeared in 1928 under the pen of More and more researchers, up trillions in state subsidies, and districts of six states for work- why the beginning should be made with the police is boundaries have been crossed. A American agronomist Basil Bensin. activists and agronomists are advo- surrender the world’s food supply ers returning home. In fact, both easily established. In a democracy,the police is the only viable response by governments His understanding of agroecology cating for a redefinition of the agri- to a handful of extraordinarily pow- short-term and long-term policies coercive arm of the state and it is crucial, therefore, and industry isn’t in sight. So as then referred exclusively to the cultural principles of our society in erful corporations. are required to deal with that it is even-handed about giving a sense of protec- fate would have it, COVID-19 has application of methods of ecology order to produce a more responsi- The Long Food Movement migrant labour. Although the tion to law-abiding citizens and creating an image of amplified the urgency of three to the processes of agronomic ble and resilient farming system. rejects this “agribusiness as usual” government has announced ini- deterrence for the law breakers. Sometimes a correc- “game-changing” UN meetings research. Agroecology tries to meet this need future and opts – cautiously – for a tiatives like one nation, one tive action by way of a warning and caution may be later this year – gatherings that This idea grew progressively because it aims to produce a more “civil society as unusual” scenario: ration card, a lot of things sufficient for a citizen who happened to violate a traffic may, or may not, tip the balance in during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. sustainable and ecological farming where those in food, health, human remain to be done. Enumeration rule for instance – exercise of this discretion honestly, of migrant labourers is of para- our favor. Glasgow’s COP26 climate By then, the notion of agro-ecosys- system. Everybody is welcome. rights, trade, and local and national however, is a leadership function that only an officer Individuals and organizations can food systems collaborate like never mount importance as initiatives conference (November) will deter- tem started to transform into the won’t be successful without and not a constable would be able to perform. On the be self-declared “champions” or before. Over the next quarter cen- mine how governments, the econo- idea of an ecosystem modified by knowing the size of migrant other hand, the lawless elements also sensed that be- “heroes” and governments, indus- tury, this means. Expanding agroe- my, and human civilization confront human activity for exploitation pur- labourers. The government friending lower-level police personnel was easier and, try and civil society are all invited cology in local and territorial mar- hence, here again the handling of such elements had to this existential threat. In October in poses. must prioritise migrant labourers Kunming, the UN’s Biodiversity In the 1990s and 2000s, agro- to join one of five theme groups: kets; restructuring national, region- in Covid vaccination. Similarly, be closely overseen by the officers. Policing in India Adventureland, Never Never Land, al and global governance mecha- must, therefore, become officer-oriented which is not Convention will decide a 10-year ecology became much more global. importance must be given to the Fantasyland, etc. Farmers, diplo- nisms; shifting more than $4 trillion what obtains at the police station, the focal point of plan to arrest the collapse of Agro-ecosystems are now used to health and education of migrant mats and the food insecure can get in annual financial flows from its law-and-order management. Importance of the police species – every bit as perilous as understand and define the entire labourers’ children. A provision on board, enjoy a fun ride and get current agribusiness focus to should be made for cash trans- station was highlighted in the British law that India in- the climate crisis. And in October in system of production, distribution, off exactly where they started. decentralized initiatives, and new fer to workers returning home. herited, clearly laying down that all senior police offi- New York, a lesser known – but and consumption of food resources, When it’s over, the organizers arrangements among organizations Apart from this, there must be cers exercised the power of the Station House Officer equally critical – summit will deter- in all its components (agricultural, will applaud the spectacle, admire and funders that strengthen civil special quotas and reservations in respect of all police stations in their jurisdiction. A mine future food security. agronomic, economic, environmen- the participation, and cherry-pick society’s preparedness for the for migrant labourers. There is police station symbolizes the sovereign power of tak- The climate and biodiversity con- tal and social). their conclusions. There will be no political and environmental chal- no point in launching initiatives ing cognizance of a serious offence and starting its ferences follow a predictable In calling for a summit focusing final negotiated text of substance. lenges of the next 25 years. for migrant workers without an investigation and yet this is the establishment that crescendo. But the call for a food on food systems, Davos is expand- For our part, the Long Food Not only can $4 trillion a year be effective migrant labour policy. It was allowed to be degraded mainly because the IPS summit popped out of nowhere: in ing “stakeholder capitalism” to is of paramount importance to Movement team found that there’s moved from the negative to the leadership did not get focused on improving its per- a deal struck between the World encompass the United Nations. The develop a comprehensive legal broad agreement on the problems positive column, but greenhouse formance and apparently kept itself above the affairs Economic Forum and the UN organizers seek a mandate for framework for the welfare of of that ground level face of police. The opposite of Secretary-General’s Office only in some configuration of G20 states, food systems face. Between a third gas emissions can be cut by at least migrants. As migrant workers this should have been happening with the officers mid-2019. the private sector (agribusiness and a half of the $8 trillion in global 75% and humanity may be healthy are essential for the revival of spending a significant part of their time and energy When the announcement was and big data platform companies, food retail expenditure is lost or and food secure. These are food flagging economy, they must be at the police stations. made, a Food Systems Summit felt to be precise), and a handful of wasted somewhere along the food systems that confront the climate given their due. They must never timely. My colleagues and I had just philanthro-capitalist funders (to chain. Between fertilizer runoff at crisis, defend biodiversity, and be marginalised or ill- treated. begun assessing food systems pre- guide a “climate-smart” agricultur- one end of the food chain and plas- ensure the primacy of people and Welfare of migrant labourers is a paredness for the climate and bio- al strategy). The problem is that tics pollution at the other end, the their governments. Not the dream collective responsibility of the Quad is organic grouping diversity crises. Taking the long their solution plainly ignores the $8 trillion food chain comes with stuff of a Disneyland theme park, Central and State governments. VENU G. S., Kollam he concept of the Indo-Pacific and more specifically view to mid century, we called this existing UN Committee on World another $4 trillion in subsidized but the stuff that feeds us. T the “Quad” is the latest talking point in diplomatic circles and international relations think tanks across the world. While most of the writing has focused on the novel- ty of the concept on the one hand or the newfound strate- gic importance on the other, few have focused on the fact WHAT THEY TWEET! that the Indo-Pacific is not a new concept but an unbroken reality for more than 1700 years of India’s civilizational Ravneet Kaur@ history.More specifically,the Quad is an organic outcome Chandra Kumar Ravneet85005514 Bose@Chandrakbose of India’s evolving foreign policy centred on maritime re- In the Sikh tradition, a India is today the largest lations with South East Asia, which in itself harks back to true religious person is democracy in the world! our long civilizational legacy of being the net security one who cultivates the However, it has been provider in the Indian Ocean Region in particular and the spiritual self while also observed that democracy serving the communities IndoPacific in general. India needs to go back to the begin- at times elect the worst around them – or a saint- ning and rediscover its historical role in the centre of the possible leaders, who due soldier. The saint-soldier Indo-Pacific, in order to shed its inhibitions in taking up a to their ignorance, ineffi- ideal applies to women pivotal role in shaping the regional security and economic ciency & egocentric atti- and men alike. But no tude- lead the nation to architecture of the IndoPacific and in turn the world. Khalistani can be found complete ruination! Colonial-era history would have us believe that protect- with these qualities. ed by vast mountains and seas, the Indian subcontinent was a nearly complete and self-contained world with its Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah RCB@Virat_4ever_ religions, philosophies and social systems till the advent Anand@anandavardhanan (Veteran)@zoomshah Happy #HanumanJayanti To All...Stay Safe Stay healthy I don’t know how many of you of the British. 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No. CHHENG/2012/44065 CENTRAL CHRONICLE, BILASPUR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 , 2021 ‘Idol of naxal cadre Somji reminds of Police rescue youth from suicide local cadres trapped by outside Maoists’ Kondagaon, Apr 27: Konta/Bhanupratappur, Apr 27: and Ramadher of Uttar Bastar Division in 2004. At "The statue of Somji The alertness on the On February 18, 2021, a tender age, he was alias Maniram installed part of Farasgaon police IED was planted by Somji forcibly admitted to the in village Alandand will saved the life of a youth alias Sahadev Vedra, Maoist organization and not be demolished and who was trying to commit Committee Member of was handed a gun. the place will be promot- suicide. The police con- North Bastar Division of Maniram Vedra, trapped ed as a school for learn- vinced him not to commit CPI Maoist, with the inten- in the conspiracy of out- ing against violence and suicide and spend his life tion of damaging the secu- side Maoist cadre of negative thoughts." happily with family mem- rity force near Chukkalpal Andhra Pradesh, Sundararaj P. bers. Later he was handed under Amabeda police sta- Telangana and IGP, Bastar Range over to his family mem- tion area of district Maharashtra, taking the bers. Kanker. Maoist cadre form of Somji, being the With increasing cases of Somji himself came to the eater of his own tribal so- himself a victim of vio- corona infection spot and died tragically in ciety for the past 17 years, lence. Kondagaon district is in the spot. killing many innocent The statue of Somji in- lockdown and police are After this, the local po- tribal villagers, involved stalled by the family and on toes to ensure that no lice were approached by in arson, sabotage and villagers in village person is moving outside the villagers in connection other destructive activi- Alandand will always re- without any proper rea- with the installation of ties Stayed. mind the people of the son. The police personnel, Police counselling youth who moved out house to commit suicide. Somji alias Sahadev Despite repeated pleas area about the conspiracy revenue and forest depart- Vedra's idol in his native by the family and villagers being hatched by the local ment staff are posted at bike near the spot. The po- members. He has covered station. At the police sta- village, Alandand police to leave the violence and Maoist leadership against different squares of the lice asked the youth where 50 km from his house and tion police station in- station, small Bethia dis- return home, the external the local tribal youth and town to ensure success of he is roaming to which the now crossing Farasgaon. charge Vinod Sahu and trict Kanker. Families and Maoist continued to en- women. At the same time, this lockdown. As per in- youth replied that he is After listening to the staff counselled the youth villagers were made aware gage him in negative and the results of violent formation received, on from village Khajrawand youth, ASI Prahalad and later called his family that Somji's household children of the village and violent acts and trapped thoughts will continue to Sunday police staff while and he now on his way to Yadav of Farasgaon police members to the police sta- name is Maniram, his in the meantime he got in- Somji in their clutches. He give the message of on duty near Bajarpara commit suicide after quar- convinced the youth and tion and handed over the childhood is spent playing fluenced by CPI Maoist eventually died a painful painful and tragic to the Chowk one youth came on relling with his family brought him to the police youth to them. and studying like other cadres Sujatha, Lalitha death on 18 February 2021, society. NTPC shouldering responsibility Lockdown reduces cases Health department team attacked to fight COVID-19 pandemic of corona infection Community Care (CSR- CD) . This amount will be utilize to create infrastruc- ture for better health care facility of COVID affected persons in Korba district. NTPC is the largest power utility of country having pan India presence with in- stalled capacity of 65810 mega watt, fulfilling coun- Bhanupratappur, Apr 27: in village DabKatta, when formed the police and the try's power need. Korba Housewife getting vaccinated. the girl's father got angry employees of all the three unit at state Chhattisgarh In Bhanupratappur, a on the team and alleged health departments were is generayting 2600 Takhatpur, Apr 27: town only 11 cases were re- case has been reported of that you guys took out the brought to megawatt electricity and ported. As compared to pop- attacking 3 members of kidneys. The medical Bhanupratappur. fulfilling the energy need The affect of lockdown is ulation in Takhatpur area the team who arrived to team members left the Ramakrishna Mandavi of western and central now visible as number of pace of vaccination is slow collect a sample of Corona place to save their lives. who fell down while run- Korba, Apr 27: Chhattisgarh, NTPC Korba Indian states. Besides gen- corona infection cases are and administration is wor- infected person. While running back, the ning also suffered minor unit has provided financial eration of electricity, decreasing. It can now be ried about this fact. The According to the infor- accused ran after them, injuries. This incident has In an effort to augment assistance of Rs 20, 96, NTPC Korba is contribut- said that lockdown has led publicity is being done to mation received from one of the member caused a panic among the the health care facilities 760.00 to District COVID-19 ing for community devel- to reduction in cases. On create an awareness for vac- Tehsildar Anandaram Ramkrishna Mandavi fell health workers in the area. and other works for pre- Relief fund on 27th April opment under its CSR-CD Monday 56 new cases under cination but still people are Netam, the team reached down. A team has been sent to ar- vention of Covid 19 pan- 2021 under Corporate activities from last 40 Takhatpur VS area was re- not coming in that number to collect the corona sam- Tehsildar Anand Ram rest the accused Santram demic in district Korba in Social Responsibility and years. ported and in Takhatpur for vaccination. ple of the infected woman Netam immediately in- Koreti. Naxalites set fire to seven vehicles on NH 30 BSF DIG visits Kamteda Camp „ Camp fell prey to „ More than 100 Naxalites Maoist firing created havoc Konta, Apr 27: Bhanupratappur, Apr 27:

Naxalites announced BSF DIG Umed Singh the Bharat Bandh on 26 visited the Kamteda Camp April. A day before that, of BSF 4th Battalion in the late evening, 7 vehi- under Koylibeda police cles were burnt in a ra- station area of Kanker dis- dius of 400 meters. At the trict which fell prey to same time, leaflets and Naxalites firing on got to the spot. He also vis- During this time, the banners were also put on Saturday night. He along ited the soldiers present UBGLs which were found the occasion in which with other BSF officials and instructed them to be outside the camp were also Bharat Bandh was men- ers to get down and took Narrow escape for bus told that when we reached Maoists stop India : and district police officers vigilant in the future. destroyed. tioned. The Naxalites their mobiles, then broke passengers : When there there, the Naxalites had On the National Highway, continued to rage on NH the diesel tank and set the was a fire near Errabor, stopped two vehicles. the banner posters were 30 for about an hour. The vehicles on fire. the driver of the passen- Trees were cut on the blocked by the Naxalites Police seize vehicle transporting 1000 litre illegal diesel fire was confirmed by SP's Similarly, all the vehicles ger bus coming from road, blocking the way. this morning near L. Dhruv. coming there were Konta noticed that the After this, he took the Chikwar Guda mountain, Ramanujnagar, Apr 27: More than 100 stopped one by one and Naxalites were burning keys of his mobile and ve- adjacent to Konta cement Naxalites arrived in uni- set fire to seven vehicles. fire in the vehicle there. hicle and was told to go poles lying on the side of On Sunday at about 6:30 am, form and rural costumes The naxalites drove the So immediately the bus away. The diesel tank was the road were poured on Ramanujangar police while con- around 2 km from drivers away from there. driver brought the bus in then burst and sprayed on the road. ducting patrolling stopped a Errabor police station on The Naxalites kept on reverse for about half a the diesel vehicles and set Maoists wrote slogans pick-up near Piwri Chowk and NH 30 late Sunday raging for about an hour. kilometer and reached on fire. After that the ve- with white paint on the asked the driver about the evening. Trees were cut On receiving the informa- Konta. Due to the under- hicles came and the road. 26 April Slogans whereabouts of this vehicle. The down on NH 30 and vehi- tion, the soldiers left for standing of the bus driv- Naxalites opened fire. were written to make driver failing to give satisfactory cles coming from Sukma the spot. The news has er, the passenger bus nar- There were about 100 Bharat Band successful. reply when asked about the when checked it was found that Sensing fraud vehicle was seized were stopped. The been confirmed by SP's L. rowly escaped. Naxalites in uniform and Poles were removed by se- transportation of diesel pro- vehicle has only 1000 litre diesel. and the driver was arrested. Naxalites forced the driv- Dhruv. The eyewitness driver rural costumes. curity forces. duced a bill of 1600 litres but Youth leader and social worker Ravish ‘Modi Govt busy in business Massive corruption in PMGSY, villagers passes away even in disaster’ question quality of construction Konta, Apr 27: „ Officers bow " The road is being The pricing policy of before contractor constructed under the vaccine has come under watchful eyes of engi- fire and as per the instruc- Marwahi, Apr 27: neer, if any irregulari- tions of Mrs Maheshwari ties come to fore would Baghel, DCC president The villagers are raising be investigated. The Sukma and minister objection over the quality road construction will Kawasi Lakhma, Sukma of construction under meet all standards of Ramanujnagar, Apr 27: Civic Body President Raju PMGSY. This scheme is an quality." Jagannath Sahu met attempt to build the net- Sharad Shrivastav Youth leader and social Manoj Dev of BJP to work of roads which con- In-charge Officer worker Ravish Gupta protest the dual vaccine nect the villages as per the PMGSY breathed his last. He was not pricing. dreams of late Prime keeping well for some days On this occasion, Raju Minister Atal Behari after testing corona positive Sahu said that due to the Vajpayee. PWD was doing tarring of 10 days back. He was in different prices for the The rural population of only 3 m. When the vil- home isolation and suddenly vaccines by the Modi gov- this pandemic. It is a government wants to di- GPM district was waiting lagers raised the matter, on Monday night his condi- ernment of the Center, wake-up proof that Modi's rectly benefit the compa- for long to get roads under PWD stopped the work tion worsened as was rushed there is a tremendous re- priority is business and ny and it is also taxing the PMGSY but now the roads peel off on another side constructed by PWD but and handed over the road to Surajpur district hospital sentment in the common not to fight the epidemic. common people. District that has been built has fall- whereas the tarring work later handed over to to PMGSY. where the doctors declared people. Sahu said that such an ab- Vice President of en prey to corruption. The has been done some time PMGSY. Even then PWD Youth Congress leader him brought dead. He was Vaccines are priced at surd policy has been made Chhindgarh, Nazim road in discussion is from back. The officers respon- again started its construc- Nawal Lahare demanded younger brother of DCC Rs 400, 600, 1200 rupees. He for the first time when a Khan, met BJP former Pendra Patgawa to sible for keeping an eye on tion to benefit contractors. high level probe into cor- media in-charge Rakesh said that there is a great vaccine price is some- President and senior BJP Barimrao(8 km), con- its quality has allegedly When the villagers came ruption and threatened Gupta and news of Ravish's evidence that the Modi thing else for private hos- leader and senior BJP structed by Shriram surrendered themselves to know about it, they that if such below stan- death spread like wildfire government's vaccination pital and state govern- leader Peeluram Yadav in Construction Company. before the contractor. raised the issue before re- dard construction is done and the whole town policy has found an oppor- ment. this connection and hand- The road being construct- It needs to be mentioned sponsible officials. The villagers would jointly mourned his death. tunity of business even in It is clear that the Modi ed him a memorandum. ed on one side is getting here, said road was earlier road which was 3.75 m, raise protest. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, BILASPUR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 Time to have rethink PROTESTING PRICE HIKE on multi-phase polls

Bengaluru, Apr 27 (PTI): amine if multi- phase elec- tions served their purpose. Former Chief Election "It (multi-phase elections) Commissioner TS does not produce results in Krishnamurthy has pitched a country of so much diver- for single-phase elections sity and so much of con- and substantially curtailing flicts in social conditions", public campaigning time in Krishnamurthy felt. future polls. He said public "We must think of some and road rallies during elec- method of reducing the tions cannot be banned but number of phases -- prefer- the Election Commission of ably single phase of elec- India (ECI) can seriously tions. But, it would require consider substantially cur- extraordinary deployment tailing the time and the of paramilitary forces and number of days for holding so on. If necessary, we have such meetings as there are to send them in", he said. now alternative methods of Asked to comment on EC campaigning such as digital drawing flak in some quar- and social media. ters over political parties According to him, hold- TS Krishnamurthy failing to ensure COVID-19 ing of multi-phase elections protocol during Assembly had been justified on the tred and personal attacks" may not be possible in some election campaign in some ground that there would be Krishnamurthy told PTI on places but at least they have States, he said its role is lim- less violence and it's easy to Tuesday. to be brought down to 2-3 ited to conduct of polls. control law and order situa- "We have been talking phases. Krishnamurthy said if tion. about (debate) simultane- He recalled that the 2004 there is any action to be "(But) the (West) Bengal ous elections (in the coun- General elections were con- taken, it's the state govern- experience -- the ongoing try", he said. "I would rather ducted -- when he was the ment which has to file an Assembly elections in the prefer simultaneous elec- CEC -- within four phases, FIR against those who did State are spread over eight tions on one day in each except in Jammu and not wear masks and those phases -- has taught us that State". Kashmir, where it was five- who did not observe social Members of All Assam Students' Union stage a protest march against a hike in the price of essential even multi-phase elections But Krishnamurthy also phased one. But, time has distancing during cam- commodities, in Guwahati, Tuesday. do not prevent violence, ha- said single-phase elections now come to seriously ex- paign rallies. Param Singh finds Over 14,400 ha area in A&N SC panel against rail Akshay Kumar’s fitness double-tracking project in Goa regime inspiring becomes territory to get organic cert Panaji, Apr 27 (PTI): New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): annual basis through veri- The Supreme Court-ap- Mumbai, Apr 27: fication by a process of pointed Central About 14,491 hectare (ha) peer appraisals as per the Empowered Committee While actors work on constant- area in Andaman and process of PGS-India. In a has said it does not find ly working their acting tech- Nicobar has been certified statement, the ministry any justification for under- niques, they surely have to as organic, the first large said it is working to identi- taking the rail double- simultaneously work on their contiguous territory to be fy traditional organic tracking project in Goa, fitness regime to look and feel done under a government areas to transform them which is being opposed by their best as they essay a vari- scheme, Agriculture into certified production environmental experts. ety of characters on screen. Ministry said on Tuesday. hubs. "The Government of The panel, in its report sensitive and bio-diversity Popular actor Param Singh After Andaman and India has certified 14,491 on April 23, said a project rich tiger reserve, two who essays the lead role of Nicobar (A&N) Islands, ha of such area under Car of this nature will de- wildlife sanctuaries and a ‘Ahaan Malhotra’ in Sony Lakshadweep and Ladakh Nicobar and Nancowry stroythe fragile eco-system national park," the com- Entertainment Television’s new are proactively taking group of islands in A&N of the Western Ghats, mittee said in its 110page age love drama ‘Ishk Par Zor steps for the transforma- An organic farm in Andaman and Nicobar. Islands," it said. An expert which is an international- report. "In these circum- Nahi’ has garnered a massive Param Singh said, “For me tion of their traditional or- committee has verified ly recognised biodiversity stances it is recommended fan following over the years, being fit means being flexible, ganic areas to certified or- transformed to certified sidered as one their organic status and hotspot and also one of the for the consideration of thanks to his brooding looks being strong, and having the ganic, it said. organic, it said. The organ- cluster/group. All farmers recommended for declara- most important wildlife this Honble Court to re- and effortless charm. Even in strength and stamina, so that I There are traditional ic certification has been with their farmland and tion of the area as certified corridors of the country. voke the permission grant- this show as Ahaan, he’s look- can give my 100% throughout areas in Himachal given under the Large livestock need to adhere to organic under the PGS- "Moreover, this doubling ed by the standing commit- ing super fit and fab. the day. One such actor who Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Area Certification (LAC) the standard requirements India certification pro- project will only be mar- tee of the National Board Interestingly, Param Singh is has always inspired everyone north-eastern states and Scheme of the PGS-India and on being verified get gramme, it said, adding ginally enhancing the ca- for Wildlife (NBWL) for inspired by Bollywood actor with his sheer discipline and tribal belts of Jharkhand (Participatory Guarantee certified enmass without that this area becomes the pacity of the most ineffi- doubling of the railway ‘Akshay Kumar’s fitness regime dedication when it comes to and Chhattisgarh and System) certification pro- the need to go under con- first large contiguous terri- cient section of the rail- track passing through the and ultra-healthy lifestyle. living his best life in terms of desert districts of gramme. Under LAC, each version period. tory to be conferred with way network passing ecologically sensitive Sharing more on the same, health is Akshay Kumar. Rajasthan which can be village in the area is con- Certification is renewed on organic certification. through the ecologically Western Ghats...," it said. Explosive-laden ‘drone’ boat Plant to recycle 1-ltr milk targets Saudi port of Yanbu cartons set up at army base Dubai, Apr 27 (AP): saying the port was targeted Jammu, Apr 27 (PTI): by Cosmo Foundation, the tions," the spokesperson tiatives," Jaipuria said. by the drone boat. The booby- social arm of Cosmo Film said. Yamini Jaipuria, General Officer A remotely piloted boat trapped boat was dealt and To increase recycling of Limited, as part of its managing trustee, Cosmo Commanding, Ace of packed with explosives target- destroyed according to the empty one-litre milk car- green initiative to support Foundation, said such car- Spades Division, Major ed the Saudi port of Yanbu in rules of engagement, the tons, a specialised com- the army and offset the tons cannot be recycled at General Rajeev Puri, who the Red Sea on Tuesday, the report quoted al-Maliki as say- pacting plant has been set carbon footprint of in- normal paper waste plants inaugurated the plant, ex- kingdom said, with the blast ing, without providing evi- up for the army in Jammu creasing non-biodegrad- and hence, special com- pressed gratitude to the sending black smoke into the between Tehran and world dence to support his claim. and Kashmir's Poonch dis- able materials generated pacting plants are needed. foundation for its contri- sky off the coast. Saudi Arabia powers over Iran's tattered The United Kingdom Maritime trict, and according to offi- by locally stationed troops, "If left unrecycled, these bution to the armed forces claimed to have intercepted nuclear deal. The incident also Trade Operations, run by the cials, this will help tackle a spokesperson of the com- cartons can rapidly accu- in an effort to conserve the and destroyed the attack boat. comes amid the kingdom's British navy, simply said it was an annual waste of 12 lakh pany said. mulate, posing a high risk environment and boost the However, private security yearslong war against Yemen's aware of reports of an incident packs. The cartons cannot "The induction of the to local water bodies and ecology. firms suggested commercial Houthi rebels. The Houthis and that investigations were be recycled at normal specialised compacting can also pollute the soil in The spokesperson said traffic near the port may have have in the past used bomb- ongoing. Private maritime paper waste plants and plant is an effort to reduce the long run," the trustee the compacting plant in been hit in the assault. Details laden drones and explosive- security firm Dryad Global said hence, specialised com- the non-biodegradable an- said. "The addition of the Poonch would compact remained scarce, but the inci- packed boats in attacks target- it had reports that a ship had pacting plants are needed. nual waste of 12 lakh compacting plant in the empty cartons into dent comes after a series of ing the kingdom. However, the been attacked," without elabo- If not recycled, these can empty cartons of one-litre Poonch will aid in creating small pellets which will attacks on shipping in the rebels did not immediately rating. Maritime security firm rapidly accumulate, posing milk Tetra Paks - con- a sustainable recycling be cost-effectively trans- wider Mideast region amid a claim any assaults on Tuesday. Neptune P2P Group reported a high risk to water bodies sumed by the army due to chain in the Valley and ported to a recycling shadow war between Iran and The state-run Saudi Press that black smoke was seen bil- and soil in the long run, rarity of fresh produce in will be another step for- plant at Khatima, near Israel and against the backdrop Agency quoted Saudi military lowing near the south entrance they said. The plant was in- the often-inhospitable ter- ward under the founda- Dehradun in of ongoing negotiations spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki of the Yanbu port. stalled at Khanetar Nallah rains as a part of daily ra- tion's green and clean ini- Uttarakhand. KYRGYZ-INDIAN DRILLS Myanmar guerrillas capture Govt base, airstrikes follow staged airstrikes several hours later on villages in territory controlled by the Karen forces, said a guerrilla spokesman, a senior Thai official and a relief worker. A spokesman for the Karen National Union, the minority’s main po- litical group seeking greater autonomy from Myanmar’s central gov- ernment, said its armed wing attacked the base Smoke rising from a Myanmar military base along at 5 a.m. and burned it the bank of the Salween river, as seen from Mae Sam down just after dawn. Laep town in Thailand's Mae Hong Son province. Casualty figures were not yet known, the Bangkok, Apr 27 (AP): senting a morale-boost- KNU’s head of foreign ing action for those op- affairs, Padoh Saw Taw Ethnic Karen guerril- posing the military’s Nee, said in a text mes- las said they captured a takeover of the country’s sage. There was no im- Troops take part in joint Kyrgyz-Indian drills at the Tatyr Gorge 20 km (12,5 miles) south of Bishkek, near Myanmar army base civilian government in mediate comment from Arashan village, Kyrgyzstan. Tuesday near the border February. Myanmar’s military with Thailand, repre- Myanmar’s military government.