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He also $, ./0 day after Prime Minister pointed out that people have 56/768, & ANarendra Modi expressed been found violating the concern over massive crowds at Covid-19 norms in several ndia and China on +. hill stations and marketplaces, parts of the country, especial- IWednesday reaffirmed their $/0 the Ministry of Home Affairs ly in public transport and at hill commitment to resolve dis- &$1 . +()()$ (MHA) on Wednesday wrote stations. putes regarding the Line of to all States and Union “With the decline in the Actual Control (LAC) through "# Territories (UTs) asking them number of active cases, States sustained dialogue and hold the $% to take steps to control crowd- and UTs have started re-open- next round of military-level &'()*+( 2 ing and shed complacency. ing the activities in a gradual talks as soon as possible. Dushanbe indicated that the in a negative manner, he The Ministry has also asked manner …However, blatant that each infected individual is This resolve came from stalemate persisting on the said. &3 States to make officers per- violations of Covid norms have on average passing on the dis- &'( the highest diplomatic level of LAC in Eastern Ladakh may The two military com- sonally responsible for any lax- been observed in several parts ease to less than one !) !) ! the two countries when see some positive develop- manders met last in the first ity in strict enforcement of of the country, especially in person. External Affairs Minister S ments in the coming days. week of April to firm up ways Covid-appropriate behaviour. public transport and at hill sta- "You may be aware that any Jaishankar held nearly an hour- In fact, the next round of to disengage from three friction In a letter to all States and tions. Consequently, an increase in 'R' factor above 1.0 ,-.-/0-,0 long bilateral meeting with his parleys between the two mili- points including the Hot UTs, Union Home Secretary increase in the ‘R’ factor is an indicator of spread of 123-,4 Chinese counterpart Wang Yi tary commanders may be Springs, Gogra and the Ajay Bhalla said massive (Reproduction number) in Covid-19. Therefore, it is on the sidelines of the ongoing announced in the next few Depsang Valley. However, there $ crowds are thronging the mar- some of the States is a matter important that the authorities 3--125004 Shanghai Cooperation days, sources said here. was no forward movement of concern,” read the letter. concerned shall be made Organisation (SCO) meeting in Jaishankar told Yi that a pro- with more than one lakh sol- The 'R'-factor indicates the responsible for ensuring Covid $ ,--,5-03. Dushanbe, Tajikistan. longed confrontation and the diers from both sides now in an speed at which the infection is Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) 12,/-3554 Incidentally, this was the existing situation were not in the eyeball-to-eyeball confronta- spreading in the country. An in all crowded places, such as second one on one and face to interest of either side. It was vis- tion at these stand-off sites for $ 3-0-3, 'R'-factor below one indicates shops, malls, markets. face meeting between the two ibly impacting the relationship more than a year. Foreign Ministers since the #90-/-312/-04 stand-off began in May last year at the LAC in Ladakh. The ,-,-,125-0,4 first dialogue was in Moscow in $ September last year during the P /-0-5/12-..4 SCO meeting. 5-0-312-35/4 The latest communique Q-R 2 from the Government after the crucial meeting in $ 56/768, 3-,5-/124 56/768, he Supreme Court (SC) on TWednesday took suo motu Union Health Minister cognisance of the Uttar Pradesh Mansukh Mandaviya on (UP) Government's decision to Wednesday accused “politi- allow the Kanwar Yatra amid cians” of making “misleading” 56/768, Afghanistan situation and post- the Covid-19 pandemic, statements and creating panic Covid recovery. Addressing despite an appeal by the Prime among people by raising false n the backdrop of the wors- the conclave of Foreign Minister himself against any alarms about vaccine shortage Iening situation in Ministers of the SCO, large gatherings in the in the country. Afghanistan, India on Jaishankar said, “The world, country. that the citizens were per- In the first of a series of Wednesday proposed a three- region and the Afghan people A Bench headed by Justice plexed about the happenings in tweets posted in Hindi, June 19 itself, informed the point way forward to restore all want the same end Rohinton F Nariman issued a view of the fact that the UP Mandaviya said, “To ensure States how many vaccine doses peace. With the Taliban surg- state.” notice to the UP Government Government has allowed the vaccination in Government will be made available to each ing ahead in many parts of the He then outlined three and posted the case for hearing religious yatra from July 25. and private hospitals, the of them. country, External Affairs points for restoring peace. The on Friday, July 16. The Bench said that it was Centre provided 1,14.6 million "After this, on June 27 and Minister S Jaishankar said the first proposal is “an indepen- The Bench also comprising a “little disturbed” to read that doses to State Governments in July 13, the States were international community is dent, neutral, unified, peaceful, Justice BR Gavai referred to the UP has chosen to continue with June. For July, the availability of informed in advance about the against the “seizure of power by democratic and prosperous statement of Prime Minister the Kanwar Yatra, while doses has been increased to 135 number of doses available, in violence and force” and will not nation.” Narendra Modi that no com- Uttarakhand given its earlier million." batches, each day for the first “legitimise such actions.” In a series of tweets after promise can be made on experience, has decided In another tweet, he said and second fortnights of Presenting his country’s the meeting of the contact Covid-19 containment and said against it. that the Union Government, on July. views on the issue at the two- group of the SCO, he said the day Shanghai Cooperation second proposal is “ceasing Organisation (SCO) in violence and terrorist attacks Dushanbe, Tajikistan, against civilians and State rep- Jaishankar also said fighting resentatives, settle the conflict terrorism and curbing terror through political dialogue, and + , # % 0 # %+ finance are big challenges fac- respect interests of all ethnic # %+ ) # & 4 ing the region besides the groups. !" # $% 56/768, 28 per cent representing an increase of 11 per cent over the States and UTs to sensitise law n a big relief to the Central existing rate of 17 per cent of enforcement agencies for the IGovernment employees and the basic pay/pension. In view compliance of the order issued pensioners, Union Cabinet on of the unprecedented situation by the Supreme Court on :2:! Wednesday hiked the Dearness which arose due to the Covid- March 24, 2015. Allowance and Dearness Relief 19 pandemic, three additional The Ministry further said n a major supervisory action, from 17 per cent to 28 per cent. installments of Dearness 56/768, it has requested States to imme- Ithe Reserve Bank of India The DA hike was frozen due to Allowance (DA) to Central diately withdraw cases booked (RBI) on Wednesday indefi- the Covid pandemic for the Government employees and fter the Supreme Court under section 66A of the IT nitely barred the US-based past 18 months. Dearness Relief (DR) to pen- Aquestioned the legality of Act, 2000 in States and Mastercard from issuing new Briefing mediapersons, sioners, which were due from filing cases under a law which UTs. credit, debit and prepaid cards Information and Broadcasting 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and it has struck down, the Home ment the MHA said, "The Section 66A of the IT Act with effect from July 22 for its Minister Anurag Thakur said 01.01.2021, had been frozen," Ministry has written to States Union Ministry of Home was used to punish online failure to comply with data the new increased DA and DR said a Government statement. asking them to refrain from fil- Affairs (MHA) has requested communication which is con- storage norms. Mastercard, a will be with effect from July 1. The increase reflects the ing cases under Section 66A of States and Union Territories sidered "grossly offensive, men- major card issuing entity in the "The Cabinet Committee additional installments aris- ! " # % % the IT Act and also withdraw (UTs) to direct all police sta- acing or for sending commu- country, is the third company chaired by Prime Minister ing on January 1, 2020, July 1, #&'# () * +% " # such cases. tions under their jurisdiction nication which the sender to have been barred by RBI Narendra Modi has approved 2020 and January 1, 2021. The %, " . %& " In an advisory to the States not to register cases under the knows to be false to cause from acquiring new customers increase the Dearness rate of Dearness /% 0 " #0 % " and UTs, Union Home repealed Section 66A of the annoyance, inconvenience, after American Express Allowance to Central Allowance/Dearness Relief for # 1 %.

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