Bhopal’S Edu- and General Administration Ed to Start School Operations in Cational, Research and Training Shri Inder Singh Parmar, a Phased Manner

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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-/-3 12/-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-/12 4 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 %. 2" % Secretary Ajay Bhalla has Information Technology Act, danger, obstruction, insult, Banking Corp and Diners Club Government employees and the period January 1, 2020, to " # 3 %.4 ! " pointed out this provision of 2000." injury, criminal intimidation, International over data storage Dearness Relief to pensioners March 30, 2021, shall remain at + + #&'#5 & 4 law is now invalid. In a state- The MHA has also asked enmity, hatred or ill will". issue. with effect from 01.07.2021 to 17 per cent. )! ! 4 % 0 &' () *)*( + ! + 3$4 , of five”, he said. but we are keeping an eye on “The results of the students the situation. But the schools who filled the form were did not open for a long time. $ 3 R declared today. I wish you a Online and virtual education ! bright future. You keep on cannot be a substitute for actu- ed as PS to the Ministers. progressing, keep moving for- al. After all, schools are schools. Normally, the Ministers prefer % ($*-*)*( ward, this is my prayer at the That is why we are starting the $% appointing IAS officers as their feet of God”, Chief Minister process of opening colleges PS, and this leads to large scale !,0 8 Chouhan said this in his mes- and schools. Its entire process ! lobbying among the bureau- sage to the students on the high is being decided. cracy. ongratulating nieces and school examination results for While congratulating the #! Now there will be mix of Cnephews of State, Chief the year 2021 released by the students, Chief Minister 56/768, services like IPS, IRS, Railway Minister Shivraj Singh Board of Secondary Chouhan said that it is neces- officers, CSS officials of the Chouhan said due to corona Education. sary to take care of one thing unking conventional prac- director level who will get a infection, regular examinations Chouhan said that the i.e. corona appropriate behav- Jtice, the Modi Government Ministers selecting their own chance to subordinate the were disrupted. “I was worried option is open for the students iour. We are watchful of the has decided that all appoint- PS will be completely done Minister. that you might lose a year. who want to bring even better # 5 % # 7 third wave of Corona, everyone ments of Private Secretaries away with. The decision will be Therefore, it has been decided results in the examination. The # ! ! is also preparing. But you keep (PS) to the Ministers will now Not just that, sources said, applied to the new change of that the results of the students examinations will be conduct- on behaving appropriately to be done by the Prime Minister's there will also be a change in guards in the recently-effected who have filled the form should ed from September 01 to can make preparations and fill Chouhan said that corona prevent corona infection. This Office (PMO). This means, the entire system and non-IAS reshuffle in the Council of be declared on the basis of best September 25, 2021. Students the form online. infection is now under control, is very necessary. the existing practice of officers could also be appoint- Ministers. ! " #$%&'&# "! " -). " /'0R ! !,0 8 Madhya Kshetra Bhopal’s edu- and General Administration ed to start school operations in cational, research and training Shri Inder Singh Parmar, a phased manner. hief Minister Shivraj Singh institute “Akshara”. He also Khajuraho MP V.D. Sharma Chouhan said that schools CChouhan has said that dedicated the school building were also present in the pro- would be started with 50 per- from July 26, classes of 11 and in the campus built in Arera gramme. The Mantri of Vidya cent capacity from July 26 for 12 standards will be started Colony E-4 and released Bharati Madhya Kshetra Vivek class 11 and 12. The schools with half capacity. There is a “Akshara” magazine. Chouhan Shendye informed about the will be held four days a week. possibility of a third wave of planted a sandalwood sapling activities of the institution. A batch of 50 percent capacity corona, but at present the sit- in Vidya Bharati campus. On The Chief Minister said will attend school for two days, uation in the State is under behalf of the organization, that studies and school activi- for next two days another batch control. Today there are only 20 Chouhan was presented a Yashodhara Raje Scindia, ties of children have been of remaining 50 percent stu- confirmed cases. shawl, shriphal and a memen- Farmer Welfare and affected due to corona infec- dents will come to the school. The number of active to. Agriculture Development tion. The studies are going on After seeing the situation for a patients is only 250. The State Sarkaryavah of Rashtriya Minister Kamal Patel, Medical through online and virtual week, a decision will be taken Government is constantly vig- Swayamsevak Sangh, Education and Bhopal Gas process, but its effectiveness is regarding starting coaching ilant about the situation of Dattatreya Hosabale, National Tragedy Relief and yet to be assessed. Children are institutes, colleges. If the situ- corona infection. The decision President of Vidya Bharati, Rehabilitation Minister getting frustrated by staying at ation remains normal and is being taken to open educa- Shri Ramakrishna Rao were Vishwas Sarang, Micro, Small home for a long time. The under control, then from tional institutions while staying specially present in the pro- and Medium Enterprises, school administrators have August 15, the decision to start alert. gramme. Sports and Youth Science and Technology their problems. In these cir- the operation of 9th, 10th and Chouhan was addressing Welfare and Technical Minister Omprakash Saklecha, cumstances, in view of the then middle and primary & ! 7 + ! ! the dedication programme of Education, Skill Development Minister of State (Independent corona infection under control schools will be taken by the " 40 # ) 2 the building of Vidya Bharti and Employment Minister Smt. Charge) for School Education in the state, it has been decid- state government. 98%888< ( ##( ! # ! ( 8 9O#! P Q " ! !,0 8 meet held today, the company announced an investment of #! niform Junction, India’s USD 1 million in internation- !,0 8 sent in the meeting. tem regarding power supply, Ufirst one stop integrated al partnerships and in further Chouhan said that power maintenance, regular supply supply chain platform for K-12 strengthening its positioning as hief Minister Shivraj Singh companies should provide from agricultural and domes- !,0 8 & show was Cultural Heritage of schools, a part of the Arvind the first and largest school CChouhan has said that the quality service and make full tic feeders, immediate redres- '( India. In this, Shobhika Vishnoi Mafatlal group, today tech solutions provider, from work of collection of electrici- recovery. Incidents like elec- sal of complaints and speedy he annual festival Spirit stood first, Shruti Parihar was announced its partnership with across the globe. ty bills should be entrusted to tricity theft, wire theft should maintenance work to rice mills T2021 was concluded in a in second place and Kiran Israel’s x10ed, a leading and Addressing media at the the local youths. Initially, be monitored and checked and and crushers. grand manner at Scope Patel was in third place. cutting edge learning analytics meet, Priyavrata Mafatlal, Co- groups of local youths should those found guilty should be The Chief Minister said College. In this corona era, fol- The theme of the short film solution provider. Founder & Director, be entrusted with the respon- punished. If immediate action that quality and regular power lowing the covid protocol, the was Green India. Chanchal The association will enable Uniform Junction and MD & sibility of collecting electricity is not taken against those who supply should be ensured in the initiation, operation and com- Thackeray stood first, Ishaan Uniform Junction bring x10ed’s CEO, Mafatlal Industries said, bills in some districts, as a do such activities, then the inci- entire state. The employees of pletion of such a massive pro- nized in the program. Students Manav and Rini Agarwal won best in class data science “The demand for K 12 educa- model. This responsibility can dents of theft will rise. Energy Department should gram was done completely participated enthusiastically in second and third prize respec- methodologies empowering tion technology is at an inflec- be assigned transformer wise. Chouhan said that inactiv- work with team spirit and online based on technology. all the programs and displayed tively. schools map the content to a set tion point. Arrangements can be ity in power supply, mainte- responsibility. Improvement in At the beginning of the their talent. In poetry recitation, of abstract learning outcomes At a time when educa- made to give a fixed amount to nance, tripping, replacement of work culture up to village level programme the convener Eminent personalities of Satyam Pandey won first prize, such as cognitive skills, social tional institutions are investing youth groups as an incentive on burnt transformers will not be is essential. Monika Singh welcomed the city were also present to test Shivam Sen was second place, skills, creativity and in deploying technology and the acquired bills. Chief tolerated. Employees who are Chouhan said that working everyone. Conducting the pro- the programme. Famous edu- Pooja Kumari took third place. more. digitization and are seeking Minister Shri Chouhan was not taking action will not be by connecting the people in the gramme in a very profession- cationist Sadhna Srivastava for Devendra Singh, Group The partnership with newer ways to engage young reviewing the activities of the spared. Chouhan said that we cases of electricity theft, main- al manner, he invited Shreya poetry, Pallavi Sinha and Director of SCOPE Group of x10ed marks the first in a and bright minds, the demand Energy Department at his res- have to provide electricity to tenance of transformers, wire Sharma, a famous anchor of Bhavna Mathur for short films Institutes congratulated all the series of collaborations that for futuristic and global learn- idence. Energy Minister houses and farms. theft and hooking is must. It is Bhopal city, who is an alumnus and fashion shows also shared participants and wished them Uniform Junction will enter ing solutions is on the rise. Pradyuman Singh Tomar, Chief Chouhan directed to bring necessary to make public aware of Scope College. Everyone their experiences. Everyone for their bright future. He said into, to bring to and customise Education today has truly no Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, immediate improvement in the about the arrangement of elec- was mesmerized by their per- expressed their enthusiasm on that this cultural programme is for India, solutions from some boundaries and students need Principal Secretary Energy power supply situation in the tricity supply, strict action formance. the poems of Sadhna Srivastava very important to take up the of the best edtech companies in to be groomed as global citi- Sanjay Dubey and other East region. Instructions have should be taken against those Poetry lessons, short films, in poetry. morale of the students along the world. At a virtual press zens.” departmental officers were pre- been given to improve the sys- who are guilty. and fashion shows were orga- The theme of the fashion with studies. !"##$!%

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Gupta informed that the inves- research deficiencies (in the July at 12:40 PM in the special & # 0# & ## ) # 4 7 +<& : tigating officers of all the dis- view of the defense) to be reflect- hospitality of Director General * 2 % # + tricts of the state would pared during the trial and of Police Vivek Johri. O P ! ! / $ : # + $# + +J.3(3 , 7 $, : 3**&*1$ # + & : $+ $, :8 .8" ? !,0 8 from Awadhpuri area. confessed to have burgled the 30000 cash on July 11 and ed.During the investigation goods easily.The number of $# + !8" wadhpuri police have According to the police, goods from Dileep Daandhre’s raised suspicion that his police found that the accused burglaries and stealing com- $ Anabbed a domestic help acting on a tip off regarding house on July 11. domestic help Rupesh Naagle was aware of the valuables at mitted by the accused is yet to from Betul and recovered gold suspect of stealing in Betul and The victim is his com- was behind the burglary.Based the house and was aware of the be investigated. The number of jewellery worth 7 lakh from based on the details police plaint stated that he found on the details police registered whereabouts of the victim, accomplices who have helped his possession on Monday; team was sent to Betul and that the almirah was targeted case under section 380 of the which suggested that the mis- the miscreants in disposing accused burgled goods on July where accused identified as and escaped with gold weigh- IPC and tracked the accused in creant was a close one and the stolen goods would be 1 who escaped with goods Rupesh Naagle was nabbed. He ing 140 gm worth 7 lakh and Betul and later he was arrest- which helped in stealing the investigated. # ". !,0 8 Archery Academy, Jabalpur since 2016, is learning the art :0:O A alented player Amit Kumar of archery game from the Tof Madhya Pradesh State instructor of the academy, !,0 8 Garvita Dongre started tak- Meera Vaishnav was fond of Archery Academy, Jabalpur Richpal Singh Salaria. stad Alauddin Khan Sangeet ing dance lessons from Guru singing since childhood, so she will represent the Indian Amit won gold medal for Uand Kala Akademi broad- Sanghamitra Taywade from the did BA in Singing and Archery Team in the Cadet Madhya Pradesh in the team casted the presentation of age of three, after that she took Instrumental, MA in Classical World Archery Competition to event of Senior National 'Kathak' by Garvita Dongre, and formal education of Kathak from Music. and did Diploma in be held at Rocklaw City, Poland Archery Competition held in classical music by Meera Guru Alpana Vajpayee. Garvita Sugam Music. Meera's entire from August 9 to 15, 2021. Pune Maharashtra in the year Vaishnav on YouTube channel of is receiving CCRT Scholarship education was completed from On the selection of Amit 2018. Madhya Pradesh State Tribal from the year 2014 under the Indira Kala Sangeet Kumar in the Indian archery In the same year, he won Museum here on Wednesday. Ministry of Culture, Mahavidyalaya, Khairagarh. team, the Sports and Youth gold in individual event of The presentation started Government of India. Presently you are working in this Welfare Minister of the state mini national archery compe- with Kathak dance by Garvita The second presentation university as Center President Yashodhara Raje Scindia tition held in Vijayawada, Dongre. Dongre started the was a classical 'Gayana' by Meera and Music Examiner. Meera is a expressed happiness and con- Andhra Pradesh and silver dance with Shiv Vandana, fol- Vaishnav, in which the delayed recipient of Nagar Gaurav gratulated Amit Kumar. She medal in mixed team event for lowed by some lyrics by Pandit khayal (Ektal) "Bundan Bhinje Samman, Akademi Shikhar wished Amit all the best while Madhya Pradesh. He won the Birju Maharaj on Bandishen, Mori Saari", Chhota Khayal Samman, Sangam Kala encouraging him to perform bronze medal in the individual Tarana "Na Ghir Dani Dhumtir Madhya Lay (Ektal) - Umd Samman, National Ramayana brilliantly in the World Archery event of junior national archery Dhani", Bhava Performance on Ghumad, Thunderstorm, Tarana Festival Kala Samman and Kala Competition and win medals competition held in Dehradun, "Jage Ho Kahin Raina", Gat (Tintaal), she performed the Sadhana Samman. Meera has for the country. Uttarakhand in March 2021 Niksha and Krishna Tarana hymn- "Udho Karman ki Gati given her performance on many It is noteworthy that Amit and silver medal in the mixed !! ! 0 + # ! "Kanha Re Nand Nandan". Nyari" in "Adere Tan Nana Ta Na prestigious forums of the coun- Kumar, who has been training team event for Madhya ! Kathak dance performance Dim" and Kaharwa Taal. try. at Madhya Pradesh State Pradesh.

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!4 56$ $ !,0 8 years ago and around three years ago she met accused who he Ayodhya Nagar police used to live in the neighbor. He : 57 2? Governor of Madhya Pradesh services to the public, and on Thave booked a man for sex- used to help in works of victim was handed over Nayab the contrary, the government is ually exploiting a 38-year-old and developed relationship. attered by inflated electric- Tehsildar. making recovery in the name divorcee for the past three year Victim was sexually assaulted Bity bills after Covid 2nd District Congress President of electricity bills by making the ; victim lodged complaint and assured her to marry and wave, City Block Congress Patil said that the government disaster an opportunity of against accused. later started to live with her. burnt electricity bills at Gandhi did not spare even the elec- loot. Police said that the accused The accused continued to square as lodging protest tricity bills of the Corona peri- Expressing anger against identified as Rajkumar Sen was sexually exploit her and later against it. Electricity bills have od. the huge electricity bills, he booked after the victim lodged when she asked for marriage the been given to the citizens which Along with collecting the demanded to withdraw them. complaint against the accused of accused escaped with excuses are manifold times increased by bills of closed shops from the On this occasion, State sexual exploitation for the past and recently abused her when he the electricity distribution com- public, now by paying manifold General Secretary Mahendra three years on the pretext of asked for marriage after which panies claimed the protestors. bills, a huge burden has been Singh Gurjar, Working marriage. the victim lodged a complaint On Wednesday lead by put on the people who are suf- President Ajay Lodha, SC The victim in her com- with the police. District Congress President fering from already high infla- Department District President plaint stated that she met the Based on the complaint Navkrishna Patil, Congressmen tion. Hefty electricity bills are Tarun Khichi, Backward Class accused in the year 2015 with police registered a case. The raised slogans against Shivraj planned loot from the public. District President Deepak the accused and developed rela- police registered a case under Singh Chouhan government, Former Mayor Singh Chauhan, NSUI District tionship later. The accused came section 376 and 506 of the IPC terming the recovery being Mohammad Hanif Sheikh said President Sunil Baser, Kisan to her house last year in against the accused.The details done in the name of electrici- that during the Corona period, Congress District President November and sexually assault- of the accused and crime records ty bills as loot and submitted a the government has proved to Fakirchandra Gurjar were pre- ed her. have to be investigated in the #! # ) ) ! ) 0 ! memorandum in the name of be a failure in providing health sent. Victim’s husband died five further investigation. =! # # # ! ! " #$+$!$!+ 0 "# 0 > 4 & ?# , 57 @ ?, given a clean chit. been given a clean chit. Bajakhana Police Station, are cration cases and politics should ( ## , 57 @ ?, “Investigations into the Pertinently, the special SIT, evading arrest and need to be be avoided over the emotive sserting that the investiga- three cases pertaining to constituted to investigate sacri- arrested in the cases. issue for Sikhs. At the same he political gridlock within Ations in the cases of sacri- Bargari and Burj Jawahar Singh lege cases, had on last Friday “It is upon their arrest that time, he warned that in case Tthe Congress party’s Punjab lege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Wala are still open,” Parmar filed the first challan in a case the whole conspiracy is likely to they were not given justice, they unit appears to be heading for were moving fast in the right underlined, pointing out that as of sacrilege or desecration under unravel. Role of any other were capable of taking one. a resolution. A day after the direction, Punjab Government per Challan of FIR number 128 FIR 128/2015 before the court accused shall also be clarified and Meanwhile, SAD cricketer-turned-politician constituted Special Investigation of 2015 Police Station of Judicial Magistrate First Class established during further inves- spokesperson and former MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu’s cryptic Team (SIT) chief SPS Parmar on Bajakhana, it is clearly men- (JMIC) Faridkot against six tigations,” the SIT Chief added. Virsa Singh Valtoha asserted tweets hinted at the possibility Wednesday denied a clean chit tioned that if and when any evi- accused arrested. The next court that the Congress Government of joining the Aam Aadmi to Dera Sacha Sauda head dence comes against anyone in hearing is fixed for July 20. AKAL TAKHT, SAD FLAY was deliberately not holding Party (AAP), the reports of Gurmeet Ram Rahim or anyone these sacrilege cases, he or she These six accused — SIT FOR NOT INCLUDING Sirsa Dera head responsible for Congress party and its senior else, rejecting claims to the shall be brought to book and namely Sukhjinder Singh alias DERA CHIEF'S NAME IN hatching the conspiracy to leaders in Punjab apparently contrary as “malicious social supplementary challans shall be Sunny, Shakti Singh, Baljit CHALAN commit the sacrilege at Bargari agreeing to offer the state party media propaganda”. presented against those who Singh, Nishan Singh, Ranjit Akal Takht Jathedar in exchange for support from chief’s post to him is doing the Reacting to comments by figure at any point during the Singh alias Bhola and Pardeep Harpreet Singh on Wednesday the Dera in the forthcoming rounds. various groups or individuals in ongoing investigations which Singh — were arrested on May flayed the SIT for not includ- assembly elections. If the sources within the sections of the media, the SIT were launched by the present 16, 2021. All of them, as per the ing the name of Dera Sacha “The relief given to Congress are to be believed, chief stated that nobody is SIT after the return of case filed investigation carried out by Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Gurmeet Ram Rahim was part Sidhu is set to become the new above the law and if evidence by end-February 2021. the SIT, are the actual executors Rahim Singh in the challan of an understanding Chief Punjab Pradesh Congress is found against anyone at any Cautioning against spread of the crime. filed in the FIR number 128 at Minister Capt Amarinder Committee (PPCC) president point during the ongoing inves- of false and irresponsible infor- Three more accused, Faridkot on July 12. He asked Singh and the Gandhi family with two working presidents — tigations, due action would be mation regarding this emotive namely Harsh Dhuri, Sandeep whether it was done to appease have struck with the Dera head one a Hindu leader and anoth- initiated against such persons case, the SIT chief urged the Bareta, and Pardeep Kler, who a section with an eye on vote to secure his support for the er a Dalit — to balance the caste as per the law of the land. media and the citizens to exer- are already proclaimed offend- bank in the next election. Congress party,” he said adding equations. Earlier in the day, Sikhs’ cise due restraint before pub- ers in FIR No 63 dated June 2, Recalling that the name of that it was condemnable that At the same time, the sitting highest temporal seat, Akal lishing any unconfirmed report 2015, under sections 380 the Dera head was mentioned Gurmeet Ram Rahim had not Punjab Congress chief Sunil Takht, head priest Giani or making any unwarranted (theft), 295-A (hurting reli- in the FIR number 128, the been nominated as an accused !,0 8 struction building collapsed Jakhar, who is going under the Harpreet Singh and Shiromani allegations against anyone. gious sentiments), 414 (con- head priest of the Sikhs’ high- in the desecration case (FIR locals informed police and media grind to suitably accommodate Akali Dal lashed out on the SIT Dera Sacha Sauda head cealing or disposing stolen est temporal seat asked how number 128) even though his assive accident was avert- persons also reached the spot. Sidhu, is believed to be given a for not including Dera Sacha was named as accused in FIR property), 451 (house tres- Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s name role was established in the Med after an under con- Maheswari alleged that significant responsibility in the Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram No 63 of 2015 of Bajakhana pass), 201 (destruction of evi- was stuck while filing the chal- conspiracy of theft of Sri Guru struction building of Agrawal metal roofs were erected in party’s national team. Rahim’s name in the challan police station, Parmar said, dence), 120-B (conspiracy) of lan. He demanded that justice Granth Sahib case (FIR num- construction of SAGE group front of the society blocking Notably, Sidhu a day before presented before the court adding that in this case too, the Indian Penal Code (IPC) should be given in the dese- ber 63). collapsed at Children Park of fresh air and stones excavated had tweeted that the recently, claiming that the con- investigation is underway by Paras Urbane Park society at are dumped in the society Opposition Aam Aadmi Party troversial “godman” has been the same SIT and nobody has Gulmohar. which is harmful and the inci- has always recognised his vision Former secretary and dent of collapse of under con- and work. “Our opposition member of society Rajendra struction building is serious AAP has always recognised Malpani Maheshwari said that and could have harmed sever- my vision & work for Punjab. Agrawal construction of SAGE al children and people. Be it Before 2017- Beadbi, group is constructing on the Earlier, they planned a mar- Drugs, Farmers Issues, front side of the society. The ket to be developed and later it Corruption & Power Crisis structure which was under was changed to built hospital, faced by People of Punjab raised construction was built adjacent the permissions have been by me or today as I present to the boundary wall of the obtained or not, is not clear still “Punjab Model” It is clear they children park and which col- the construction was continued. know - who is really fighting for lapsed on Wednesday. The road has also been Punjab.” He said that fortunately no encroached as construction In a series of tweets shared children or any other member material is lying over the road along with video clips of AAP was at the children park oth- and half of the road is leaders praising him, Sidhu erwise accident could have encroached which would lead to said: “If the Opposition dares to occurred and might resulted in accidents. Urbane Park Resident question me, yet they can't casualties and injuries to the Maintenance Cooperative escape my Pro-People residents of the society. Society would complaint to the Agenda...This means they have Soon after the under con- higher authorities. resigned to their fate!!” %( ( ' ' ' - . / , 57 @ ?, he children of ex-servicemen in Haryana will now be enti- Ttled to avail the benefit of reservation when the ex-servicemen does not want re-employment in civil service. For, Haryana Government on Wednesday issued fresh guidelines to give benefit of reservation on civil side to ex-servicemen and their children.Under the new guidelines, an ex-serviceman who himself or herself has already secured employment in civil service on regular basis in any department, board, corporation, university ect under the State Government with or without avail- ing the benefit of reservation will not be eligible to avail the reservation benefit for any subsequent appointment in the State Government. However, the benefit of age relaxation for secur- ing another employment in a higher pay scale or post shall remain to continue. Apart from this, his or her children will also not be eligible to avail the benefit of reservation against the posts reserved for ex-servicemen. ! " #$%&'&# 0

" $ " : % ! New Delhi: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on 56/768, Sabha and as many in the Wednesday moved the Rajya Sabha. Supreme Court seeking trans- head of the Parliament ‘s Conventionally , the gov- fer of West Bengal Chief AMonsoon Session on July ernment convenes to exchange Minister Mamata Banerjee's 19, the Government has con- ideas and narrow down differ- petition against his election vened an all-party meeting on ences on the parliamentary from Nandigram constituency Sunday to hold discussions agenda and ensure smooth outside the state. with the Opposition leaders as functioning of the House dur- Adhikari, a former close Covid-19 conditions stare hard ing the session. The Monsoon aide of Banerjee but having in the face and expected to be session begins on July 19 and to joined the BJP in 2020, is cur- one of the main subjects raised conclude on August 13 with 19 rently the Leader of Opposition by the Opposition parties. days business and expected to in the Assembly. He had defeat- The Opposition leaders be tumultuous with opposition Gearing-up for the BJP for a long time. ed Banerjee in a closely-con- have accused the Modi- getting an opportunity post- Parliament session BJP has BJP is keen to put the tested election by a margin of Government of failing to pro- second-covid19 wave to take on appointed Union minister opposition on the mat which is 1,956 votes. Banerjee had vide people with the adequate the government on falling Piyush Goyal as the leader of trying to gather some momen- moved an election petition in medical infrastructure sup- economy, failure to check the house in Rajya Sabha. He will tum and ‘join hands together’ the high court challenging 56/768, “jumlas (rhetoric)” but no The only way forward is: port, particularly the life sav- second surge in the pandemic succeed Thawar Chand Gahlot in the coming assembly polls in Adhikar's election victory. vaccines. Double vaccine procurement ing oxygen, during the second- and investigation ordered by a who has been appointed the UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab and According to a source he Congress on “Jumle hain, vaccine and allocate to states fairly and killer-wave of coronavirus in French court into the purchase governor of Karnataka and Goa, early next year. familiar with development, TWednesday attacked the nahin (There is rhetoric, no transparently,” Ramesh said. April-May, this year. of Rafale fighter jet deal . resigned as a union minister Party President J P Nadda Adhikari sought transfer of Centre over the “shortage” of vaccines),” Rahul tweeted The two leaders pointed This is the first session Congress President Sonia following the changes affected has held a meeting of senior the petition filed by Banerjee, Covid-19 vaccines. It said the using the hashtag to the shortage of vaccines in being held after the stormy west Gandhi has held a meeting of in the cabinet.. leaders at the residence of which is pending in the third wave of the pandemic 'WhereAreVaccines'. several states including Tamil Bengal poll along with elections the party’s parliamentary strat- The Parliamentary Affairs Union Defence Minister Calcutta High Court, outside may hit the country very Congress leader Jairam Nadu, Maharashtra, to Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala egy group to discuss key issues Ministry has intimated the Rajanth Singh to finalize strat- the state. Justice Shampa Sarkar badly due to the “slow” pace Ramesh pointed to complaints Telangana, Odisha, Kerala and and Puducherry assemblies.. to be raised by the party in both Rajya Sabha Secretariat that egy to take on the opposition, is currently hearing the election of vaccination and the of shortage of vaccines in Delhi. Parliamentary Affairs the houses during the monsoon Goyal will be the Leader of particularly the Congress petition of the Chief Minister. Government's “failure”. several states and urged the “The Government led by Minister Pralhad Joshi has session. The session would also House, sources said. which is mulling over to change The high court has issued Senior Congress leader Modi government to double PM Narendra Modi claimed invited leaders of political be first following first major Goyal, a two-time Rajya its leader of opposition in the notice to Adhikari in the mat- and Leader of Opposition in the vaccine procurement and that it will fully vaccinate all parties for the meet on July 18 overhaul by Prime Minister Sabha MP, is currently the Lok Sabha to put-up a more ter and asked him to preserve Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun allocate the same to states fair- adults by year end. For that, 80 in which Prime Minister Modi since he took over reins deputy leader of the NDA and spirited show against the trea- the documents connected with Kharge said the weekly pace of ly. lakh doses need to be given Narendra Modi is expected to of government for the second- is also Union Minister in the sury benches.. the election during the pen- vaccinations has declined to “Vaccine shortages are daily. Yet, only 34 lakh doses be present, sources said. time in 2019 of his council of Cabinet. He is holding the BJP is anticipating that the dency of the petition. nearly 60 percent of what was now hampering drives even in are being given daily,” Kharge An Executive meeting of ministers that witnessed old- charge of various ministries, opposition may attack it for On July 7, Justice Kausik seen in the week after June 21. states friendly to Modi gov- said in a series of tweets. the BJP’s Parliamentary Party time bigwigs like Ravi Shankar including commerce and Covid19 management amidst Chanda of the high court had Rahul Gandhi, who has ernment - Odisha, Andhra “Thanks to Modi is also likely to be held on Prasad, Prakash Javadekar , industry, food and consumer potential third-pandemic- recused himself from hearing been persistently targeting the and Telangana - in addition to Government's failure, the 3rd Sunday. Harsh Vardhan and Santosh affairs, and textiles. Prior to wave, inflation, and fuel prices Banerjee's petition against Centre over its handling of the states governed by wave may hit India very Around 17 bills are listed Gangwar made to resign and becoming a minister in 2014, which have already crossed Rs Adhikari's win from pandemic, said there are Opposition. badly,” he said. for introduction in the Lok young faces inducted. Goyal was the treasurer of the 100 a liter in some cities. Nandigram. IANS P * Q & 10 '' # '!! 1 # 56/768, Congress controversy or on the 56/768, training courses and challeng- meetings by former poll strate- ing military assignments to ontrary to speculation that gist Prashant Kishor. dhering to the Supreme empower them for higher lead- 56/768, Cthe Congress might replace The Congress ACourt judgement for ership roles in the Army,” the Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as Parliamentarians also discussed granting permanent commis- statement said adding a batch n a proactive effort to 'take Leader of Opposition in the on how to bring like minded sion (PC) to women Army offi- of 33 women officers has Icare' and educate girl-chil- Lok Sabha, party sources indi- opposition parties on board to cers, 147 additional officers already successfully completed dren “oppressed by society” , cated that he is likely to stay in protest the steep rise in fuel were given such commission. the mid-level tactical orienta- RSS outfit, 'Sewa Bharti', on this position. prices, edible products, coun- With this, the total number of tion course from Army War Wednesday started an initiative There is no change in the try's foreign policy and above such officers is now 424 out of revised parameters for grant of College, Mhow recently. 'Aprajita', where these chil- post of Leader of Congress in all on the prolonged protest by 615 officers considered for PC, a statement from the Army Further, all women officers dren will be nurtured and the Lok Sabha party at present. farmers and the way govern- permanent commission after said. who were considered in this “turned into pride of nation”. In this session, Adhir Ranjan ment handled the pandemic the apex court order last year. “The women officers were Special Number 5 Selection According to Sewa Chowdhury will and the slow state of covid vac- Giving details here on re-considered as per directions Board and not granted PC, will Bharti,'Aprajita' strives to save remain the Leader of Congress cination. Wednesday, the Army said 147 of the Supreme Court and yet be eligible for pension sub- young oppressed girls from in Lok Sabha,” Congress Sonia is believed to ask the additional women officers were fresh results have now been de- ject to serving for a minimum the psychological and physical elements of the society and to live a better life by quality sources said after a virtual party's MPs of both the Lok granted Permanent classified. Consequently, 147 of 20 years in service. Some torture of the “cruel elements of educate them . education you can become a meeting on party Parliament Sabha and Rajya Sabha to leave Commission (PC)since the more women officers are being Women Officers who have our society.” “Today, if these girls are good citizen “, said 'Sewa Strategy held by Congress chief no stone unturned to attack and landmark judgement last year. granted PC, taking the total PC already served for 20 years A small home at 26/4 saved from the crime it will Bharti'. Sonia Gandhi. counter the Modi led Following the judgement, a granted to 424 out of the 615 have been released with pen- Shanti Niketan has been set up help the society. Once they Another RSS Organization, Amongst other, Shashi Government on special selection board was officers considered,” the state- sion, while others will be to nurture girls to become the grow up they will also endeav- 'Sanskar Bharti' also recently Tharoor's name had emerged concerning issues like massive constituted and 277 women ment said. allowed to continue to serve till 'pride of the nation', said the our to save a number of other launched another initiative of as frontrunner for the post in employment and restlessness Short Service Results of few Women 20 years and would be released organisation. girls from their group from bad providing financial help to the Lok Sabha if Adhir was to amongst all segments of the Commission(SSC) officers Officers have been withheld for with pension, the Army said. To make a beginning, 10 elements. In this way the save artists and their families be replaced society. were granted permanent com- administrative reasons and Moreover, PC to women girls of 5 to 9 age group on girl child process will start impacted by the Covid19 , Besides deliberating on the She also instructed to cor- mission after medical scrutiny. awaiting outcome of the clari- officers in junior batches has Wednesday joined their 'home' and the chain of bad elements under its programme 'peer issues to be taken by Congress ner the Centre on the recent Further, in March 2021, the fication petition filed by the also commenced from to start their journey afresh. will be broken,” it said. parayi Jane re' . Journalists during the Monsoon session of land controversy related to the Supreme Court had directed to Union of India UOI in the December 2020, in which they 'Aprajita', according to the “We will prove that your impacted by the pandemic too the Parliament commencing development of Ram Temple at re-consider some cases of Supreme Court, it stated. are considered for PC in their RSS Organisation, is a mission birth place can never destroy would be helped under the pro- Monday, sources said there Ayodhya and demand an expla- women officers who were not “All women officers grant- 10th year of service, the Army to save girl child from bad your destiny. If you get a chance gramme. was no talk about the Punjab nation on the land scam. granted PC by laying down ed PC would undergo special added. '( 2#! &&5 ' 4 ! 7 " 34 - ' ! !0 @4 " 56/768, feed and fodder sector, the law and order situation in through the schemes 56/768, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by he Cabinet Committee on announced. “Japan targeting the labour force. TEconomic Affairs (CCEA) International Cooperation he security agencies have The agencies have also on Wednesday decided to Agency (JICA) assisted dairy- Twarned of a Pakistani advised the local police sta- revise and realign schemes of ing through cooperatives will covert agency ISI plot to tar- tions and local administration the Department of Animal support dairy value chain in get Shramik special trains to establish coordination with Husbandry and Dairying and State of Uttar Pradesh & Bihar running between Punjab and the railway police and railway implement them as part of the having dairying potential. Uttar Pradesh-Bihar in its administration to heighten special livestock sector pack- Under JICA programme over bid to disturb law and order. the vigil at railway assets. age over the next five years 4500 villages would get fresh The railway police have been The alert further advised starting from 2021-22 fiscal, in or strengthened infrastruc- alerted to keep a strict vigil. the stakeholders to take all a bid to leverage an investment ture and create 8.96 lakh litre The Inter-Services preventive, defensive and 56/768, of 54,618 crore. As per the per day (LLPD) chilling, 7 Intelligence (ISI) had plotted counter measures to maintain 5,0 revision, all the schemes of the LLPD processing to target Shramik Special security at the railways he CBI on Wednesday department will be merged capacity with incremental pro- trains that originate from premises and prevent any law Tarrested a promoter of a ! into three broad categories. curement of about 14.20 LLPD Punjab through bombs with and order issue by thwarting Kolkata-based private com- “This package envisages from 1.5 Lakh additional dairy timers. The plot was revealed such nefarious designs of the pany in connection with an the central government's sup- farmers,” Rupala said. through inputs that Pakistan- inimical forces. ongoing investigation of a New Delhi: Prime Minister port amounting to 9,800 “Revised disease control based ISI operatives had Amid the Covid-19 out- 2014 case related to chit fund Narendra Modi and Maldivian said. Prime Minister Modi crore over the duration of five programmes will prevent offered their contact in break, the recruitment of scam then worth 565 crore. 56/768, President Ibrahim Mohamed noted that Maldives is a central years for leveraging a total annual loss to the farmer's Punjab with bombs fitted cadres for the ISI and its ter- The agency also conduct- Solih on Wednesday reviewed pillar in India's investment of 54,618 crore amount to 8,900 crore due to with timers. ror affiliates like the Lashkar- ed searches at two places in he CBI on Wednesday the progress of India-support- 'Neighbourhood First' policy for five years,” according to an PPR in sheep and goats and The alert said that the e-Tayabba and Jaish-e- West Bengal which led to Tarrested Chief General ed development projects in and its maritime vision of official statement. The 200 crore due to classical motive behind such a plot Mohammad has been recovery of several incrimi- Manager (Finance), National the archipelagic nation and Security and Growth for All in schemes have been realigned swine fever in pigs. would have been to disturb adversely affected. nating documents. Hydroelectric Power expressed satisfaction at the the Region (SAGAR), the state- and revised in order to further It was alleged that the Corporation (NHPC), rapid pace of implementation ment said. boost growth in the livestock accused person Faridabad (Haryana) and two despite the constraints of the “Spoke with President @ibu- sector and thereby making Debabrata Sinha of the private persons including the Covid-19 pandemic. solih of Maldives. Assured him animal husbandry more remu- accused entity Infinity bribe giver in an alleged Modi spoke over the phone of India's commitment to sup- nerative to the 10 crore farm- O P?#&A8 Realcon Ltd. entered into a bribery case of 5 lakh. with Solih and assured him of port Maldives in the fight against ers engaged in this sector, it conspiracy with other direc- A case was registered India's commitment to sup- the COVID-19 pandemic,” Modi said. As per the cabinet deci- tors of the firm which result- against NHPC CGM Harjeet porting the Maldives in the tweeted. “We also reviewed sion for livestock sector, 1500 ed in Singh Puri and Senior fight against the pandemic. progress of bilateral development mobile veterinary clinics will misappropriation and siphon- General Manager (Project) of On his part, President Solih projects. Conveyed congratula- be established in the country ing off the fund illegally col- a joint venture firm Gammon thanked Prime Minister Modi tions for the election of FM to deliver animal health ser- 56/768, discriminatory for young mer- members of tribunals. lected by the private compa- CMC, Sunil Mendiratta (the for India's cooperation and (Abdulla) Shahid as UNGA vices at doorstep of 10 crore itorious candidates”. Justice Bhat said the qual- ny from gullible investors, alleged bribe giver), both support in the fight against the President,” he said. farmers engaged in animal he Supreme Court, in a The majority comprising ification of a minimum age of the agency said in a statement. arrested, besides private per- COVID-19, the Prime The telephone conversa- husbandry. Tmajority 2:1 judgment, on Justices L. Nageswara Rao 50 years is discriminatory, The accused allegedly son Sunil Minister's Office (PMO) said in tion between the two leaders After the CCEA decision, Wednesday held that the min- and S. Ravindra Bhat noted because it is neither shown to acted as a middle man Saini and construction a statement. provided them an opportuni- Union Cabinet Minister of imum age limit of 50 years minimum 50 years age limit, have a rational between said private company Gammon CMC Both leaders reviewed the ty to take stock of the overall Fisheries, Animal Husbandry prescribed by the Tribunals which was introduced by the nexus with the object sought company and the Joint Venture through progress of the India-support- state of bilateral relations and and Dairying Parshottam Reforms (Rationalisation and ordinance, violated the court's to be achieved, i.e. appointing regulators and got undue Gammon India Ltd. ed development projects in provide further momentum Rupala said that more than 50 Conditions of Service) earlier direction that advocates the most meritorious candi- approvals in favour of the The alleged courier of the Maldives and expressed sat- and guidance to the ongoing lakh farmers will get direct and Ordinance 2021 for appoint- with minimum experience of dates; nor is it shown to be accused company from the the bribe amount Sanchit isfaction at the rapid pace of substantive cooperation indirect employment oppor- ment as members in various 10 years should be made eli- based on any empirical study regulatory authorities, it Saini was also arrested, offi- implementation despite the between the two countries, the tunities in the Cattle, Dairy, tribunals, is “arbitrary and gible for appointment as or data. alleged. cials said. constraints of the pandemic, it PMO said. 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Nandigram assembly poll and Announcing the extension Jagdeep Dhankhar for about passed in Bengal House but moved the Supreme Court He had in the recently directed the Election of restrictions the Chief Minister two hours — longest ever they will have to get it passed seeking the transfer of concluded Assembly elections Commission to preserve all said that more relaxations would encounter between the two in Parliament … which will be Nandigram election case to defeated Banerjee by about records and devices related to be given by the Government ever since he took charge in a difficult task.” some other High Court out of 19,00 votes leading the Chief the elections. The Judge also allowing public transport includ- 2019— at the Governor’s house. The Wednesday’s meeting Bengal on grounds that the rul- Minister to challenge the served a notice to BJP’s ing the metro services to run While the two sides report- between the Governor and the ing Trinamool Congress was counting process. She sought a Suvendu Adhikari. The next with 50 percent capacity on edly discussed a host of recent Chief Minister took place amid trying to create intense pressure re-counting of the votes. When date of hearing has been fixed week days. political issues including incessant firing of salvos from on the local judiciary on the the matter was listed for hear- on August 12. The Government notifica- National Human Rights Council in the State, Nabanna Governments of SS Ray, Jyoti both the sides with the issue. ing in Justice Chanda’s court In an unrelated develop- tion however made it clear that Commission’s inquiry into the sources said. Basu and even Buddhadeb Governor continuously attack- The development comes she pleaded to get it transferred ment a team of CID officials on local train services to and from reported post-poll violence and The ruling party had ear- Bhattacharjee would not res- ing the State Government for days after Justice Kaushik to some other Bench on the Wednesday visited the house of Kolkata would remain sus- the alleged denial of the Public lier passed a resolution in the urrect the bi-cameral doing nothing about repeated Chanda of Calcutta High Court grounds of the Judge’s political Suvendu Adhikari in connec- pended at least till July 30. The Accounts Committee State Assembly in support of system. post-poll attacks on the recused himself from the case past. tion with the mysterious death staff special trains would how- Chairmanship to Opposition creating an upper house. The The Chief Minister had Opposition workers and their but not before imposing a fine Subsequently the pained of one of his former security ever run. While schools, colleges BJP what figured most in the Legislative Assembly was done however made a move to rein- supporters and the Chief of 5 lakh on the petitioner — Judge popularly known for his guards three years ago. and universities would remain one-on-one parley was the away with in Bengal in the year troduce the system after she Minister calling him a “corrupt Chief Minister Mamata integrity recused himself from The investigators spoke to closed offices, both government Trinamool Congress 1969 during the rule of Joint came for the second time in man” wondering whether his Banerjee — for allegedly trying the case which was transferred his brother and MP Dibyendu and private, would be allowed to Government’s proposal to re- Front Government of Left and 2016 and made it an electoral name appeared in the Jain to bring judiciary to disrepute. to the Bench of Justice Shampa Adhikari while Opposition BJP function with half the man- introduce the Legislative Bangla Congress. Subsequent promise ahead of the 2021 Hawala case. Adhikari is known to have Sarkar. called it a vendetta politics. power. PNS , # ! # >90 4& " # # , Khan exhorted the Kerala soci- groom’s mother has an impor- ' ! ety to stand unitedly in oppos- tant role to play in the eradica- % Jammu: Three Lashkar-e- several terror attacks in the area erala on Wednesday wit- ing the dowry system which has tion of this system. They should Taiba (LeT) terrorists, includ- including attacks on Police and Knessed a rare spectacle of its claimed the lives of hundreds of bear in mind that they are 5 @ ? ing a Pakistani commander, security establishments. 7 first citizen sitting in fast for a girls. mothers not only to boys but to were gunned down by the joint According to a spokesman day to express his solidarity “Tonight I am writing to all girls too,” said the Governor. n Army man died and team of security forces during of Jammu & Kashmir police, Kolkata: Voicing displeasure The byelections are of crit- with the women and girl chil- representatives of the people Governor Khan said that he Afour others were critical- an eight-hour long operation in "the operation was launched over the "delay" in holding ical importance to Chief dren in the State. Governor Arif including members of legislative had a discussion with Chief ly injured as their truck fell into the built up area of New late Tuesday night around 11.55 elections to seven West Bengal Minister Mamata Banerjee, Mohammed Khan staged a assembly and parliament to Minister Pinarayi Vijayan about a gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Colony, in South Kashmir dis- p.m in the New Colony assembly seats, crucial for who lost the assembly poll to day-long fast along with ensure that they do not partic- the fast and the latter was sup- Upper Siang district on trict of Pulwama. Hospital road area of Pulwama Mamata Banerjee's uninter- BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Gandhians in ipate in marriages in which portive and enthusiastic about Wednesday morning, officials The killed terrorists have on receipt of information about rupted continuance as the chief Nandigram. Thiruvananthapuram dowry is involved. I will also the move. Kerala has seen an said. been identified as LeT com- the presence of terrorists in the minister, the TMC said on The Constitution allows a anguished over the unprece- write to vice-chancellors of all unprecedented increase in The Army vehicle, carry- mander Aijaz @Abu Huraira area" As the troops were laying Wednesday a party delegation person to occupy a ministeri- dented increase in the attacks universities to get an undertak- attacks on women and girl ing 11 personnel, was resident of Pakistan, Javeed cordon at around 1:20 am, ter- will meet the Election al position only up to six against women and girl chil- ing from all graduates that they children during the last 18 on its way to Tuting Army Ahmad Rather son of Abdul rorists opened fire on the troops Commission on July 15 to months without getting elect- dren as well as the dowry would not accept or give dowry months and this further shot up camp in the district from a Ganie Rather resident of Tahab and tried to escape taking press for it. ed to a state legislature or the deaths in the State. and the system itself is a crime,” in the January 2021 to May 31 transit camp at Migging, they Pulwama and Shahnawaz Nazir advantage of darkness. Alert Sukhendu Shekhar Ray, a two Houses of Parliament. It Governor Khan launched declared the Governor. period. said. Ganie son of Nazir Ahmad troops immediately returned senior leader of the state's rul- mandates that a minister who his fast at 8 am in the Raj He said that vice chancellors The Governor had called The truck fell into a gorge Ganie resident of Samboora fire and trapped the fleeing ter- ing paty, also taunted the poll is not a member of legislature Bhavan and concluded the should have the power to can- on the parents of 23-year-old between Pango and Tuting Awantipora. rorists in a house. A call for sur- panel, wondering whether it for six consecutive months same at 5 pm at Gandhi Bhavan cel the degrees awarded to per- Vismaya who was found under around 7.10 am while negoti- So far 77 terrorists have render was given but terrorists was "waiting for a third Covid shall cease to occupy the posi- where he greeted the followers sons who have accepted or mysterious circumstances in ating the hilly road, Tuting been eliminated by the securi- fired indiscriminately and a wave" to conduct the elections. tion at the expiration of that of Gandhi who staged a day- given dowry. The Governor her husband’s house following Additional Deputy ty forces, majority of them in fire fight ensued. Maintaining that the pan- period. long fast and prayer. K reminded the youth and their complaints about dowry harass- Commissioner (ADC) Starlie the South Kashmir area. During an eight hours long demic has eased considerably, Banerjee needs to get elect- Ayyappan Pillai, the 107 year parents that degrees were not ment. Jamoh said. "A jawan of the 4th As per police records, "all operation all three terrorists Ray said the situation was con- ed to the assembly by old Gandhian turned out to be bargaining chips to be used in Kerala Pradesh Congress Sikh Light Infantry Regiment the killed terrorists were part of were eliminated by the securi- ducive for holding the polls. November 4 to continue as the the cynosure of all eyes. the marriage market. “Mahatma Committee president K died on the spot. The others a group involved in various ter- ty forces and retrieved their Bypolls are to be held for chief minister. "We will This is the first time in the Gandhi had written many times Sudhakaran and BJP state pres- were injured and four of them ror crimes". The killed foreign bodies from the encounter site. five vacant seats, and fresh be meeting EC officials tomor- history of Kerala a reigning that the system of dowry dis- ident K Surendran said the were critical," he said, quoting terrorist Aijaz had a history of The security forces have elections to two others where row (Thursday) in Delhi with Governor staged a fast like credits the degree and educa- Governor’s fast was further army sources. The four criti- terror crime cases. He was also recovered arms and ammuni- polling was countermanded the demand to hold pending this. While addressing the tion. Girls should refuse to get proof of the fact that women cally injured jawans were evac- instrumental in recruiting inno- tion including 2 AK rifles and following the death of candi- elections and byelections to prayer meeting in the evening married with persons who and girl children were not safe uated by an army chopper, he cent youth into terror folds a pistol from the site of the dates. seven assembly segments. PTI Governor Arif Mohammed demand dowry. The bride- in Kerala. said. besides, planning and executing encounter. PNS ;& % 7 0 '8& 90% $< 5:- " KOCHI: The BJP’s Kerala unit president K 82 #5/ charged with planning to the former two. All the three Surendran was questioned on Wednesday by the unleash terror activities on will be now produced in a local special investigation team of Kerala Police prob- leuths of the UP Anti- August 15 (Independence Day) court to seek police custody ing the 3.5 crore hawala case. This is the first time STerrorism Squad (ATS) in different cities of the state. remand for further quizzing. in the history of the State politics, the president claimed to have made further The ATS team had recovered Minhaz and Maseerudin of a political party was interrogated by the police breakthrough by arresting three explosives, hand guns and two also disclosed that they were in for “impropriety” associated with cash dealings. more Al-Qaeda operatives in pressure cookers which were to touch with their handler Umar The questioning was in connection with the connection with the ‘human be used as bombs. They were Halmandi, head of the UP complaint lodged by Dharman, a BJP activist that bomb’ plot case on Wednesday. later produced in a Lucknow module of Al-Qaeda, who gave he was waylaid by certain people at Kodakara near The arrests came following court which remanded them to instructions from the Pakistan- Thrissur and took away the cash he was trans- extensive grilling of Al-Qaeda 14-day police custody for Afghanistan border. Halmandi’s porting to Kerala from Karnataka. Later, the police supported Ansar Ghazwatul quizzing that could unravel the real name is Syed Akhtar and he told media persons that the money belonged to Hind operatives held in sinister plot. Both accused are is a native of Sambhal (UP). On the Kerala unit of the BJP and was meant for elec- Lucknow last Sunday. in ATS custody and are being Wednesday, his brother told the tion expenses. The three suspects nabbed quizzed. police that Syed absconded The police zeroed in on M Ganeshan, the orga- on Wednesday were identified Sources said that during the from home in 1998-99 when he nizational secretary of the Kerala BJP who was as Mohammed Muid (29), grilling of Minhaz and was only 22-years of age and reportedly in contact with Dharman through Shakeel (36) and Mohammed Maseerudddin, the ATS since then, he never visited phone calls. The investigation officers said that Mustakim (44) and they were received inputs that three aides them, not even on the death of Dharman had links with Surendran’s son. accused of arranging logistics had provided arms and other his parents. Syed reportedly Speaking to reporters after the 90 minutes long for the two ultras arrested ear- logistical support to them and ran away with Asim Umar and grilling, Surendran alleged that he was summoned lier. Earlier on Sunday, the ATS were still present in Lucknow. two others. by the police to embarrass the BJP leadership. “The had netted two terrorists of IG (ATS) GK Goswami Sources said that Syed Police themselves do not know what they are prob- Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, identi- said that the trio was sum- Akhtar visited Kanpur Nagar, ing. They asked me whether I know some people fied as Minhaz Ahmed of moned for questioning and Ayodhya, Lucknow and and whether I had any dealings with them. This Dubagga and Maseeruddin of during interrogation, they con- Varanasi along with Minhaz last investigation is a drama to divert the attention of & * 0 &( ! Madiaon, and they were fessed to providing logistics to year. the people from real issues,” said Surendran. PNS ? ? 9/. = >28 # ! #" !4 " Kolkata: In a rerun of the 2015 the officer said, adding they are Robinson Street skeleton case in also trying to ascertain whether Ayodhya: Ram temple con- Kolkata, a woman and her the two women were depressed. Kota (Raj): A 50-year-old Joint struction committee chairman daughter were found living with The two women, who ini- Labour Commissioner here was Nirprendra Mishra on the decomposed corpse of her tially resisted police's attempt to booked for raping an employee of his Wednesday reviewed the 78-year-old husband in the enter the house, were found office, police said on Wednesday progress on the project, meet- northern part of the city, police leading a normal life, having The woman has alleged that ing officials and members of said on Wednesday. food and doing all daily chores Pradeep Jha raped her twice, first in the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi The incident came to light in the same room where the Delhi and then in Kota. Teerth Kshetra. after stench began emanating body was lying on the bed. The medical examination of the Mishra is in Ayodhya on from their house in Bagbazar "The doors and windows woman was done and her statement a three-day visit. area.After their neighbours alert- were shut and nobody was was recorded on Wednesday. He inspected the work on ed the police, the law enforcers allowed to enter the house. The The woman filed the complaint the temple foundation and met conducted a check late on deceased's daughter was not against the accused with the Kota SP, Ayodhya Commissioner M P Tuesday night, only to find the living with her husband and was alleging sexual exploitation and rape, Agrawal and District two women living with the staying in her maternal house for Circle Inspector Mukesh Meena Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha decomposed corpse of 78- year- the last couple of years. We are said. and trust members, including old Digvijay Ghosh, an officer of investigating the incident," he On the directions of the SP, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra, Shyampukur police station said. said. The incident brought police booked Jha under Sections at the Faizabad circuit house. "The man must have died at back memories of the Robinson 354, 376 and 384 of the IPC on Representatives from con- least a month-and-half ago. The Street case, in which software Monday night and initiated investi- struction firms Larsen and body has been fully decom- engineer Partha De had spent six gation, he said. Tubro and Tata Consultancy posed, exposing the skeleton," he months with the skeletons of his The woman alleged that on the Services were also present in said, adding that Ghosh was ill. sister Debjani De and two pet pretext of official work, the accused the meeting. The cause of the death is not dogs. Police stumbled upon the once took her to Delhi, where he Anil Mishra told reporters yet clear. We have sent the body case while investigating the raped her in Rajasthan House, and that the construction of the for post-mortem examination. death of his father Arabinda De, the next time he forcibly took her to foundation will be over by first We are questioning the who had set himself on fire on Piplda House in Kota, where he week of October. PTI deceased's wife and daughter," June 10, 2015. PTI repeated the crime. PTI * 0 ! " #$%&'&# 6

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Sometimes an individual’s death allows us to ponder ) over how alive we are — social- * ly, politically and morally. % Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy died on a hospi- * . ( tal bed in Mumbai under incar- # ( ceration, waiting for an interim bail that never came. He was admitted to a private hospital and (=>?< 4 put on ventilator after contract- * + ;<=@ ( ing COVID in the cramped environmental clearances Minister. He was arrested from would not consider reports Taloja jail. Finally, on July 6, post- from the Government in 2017. his ashram in Ranchi and that the laptop was hacked and COVID aftereffects, Parkinson’s The landowners were never locked up in Taloja jail in injected with malware to plant # 4 $ 3 . and the system’s apathy got the paid what was due to them. October 2020. It is interesting evidence against Stan; more so better of him. An ailing octoge- The project had enormous to note how the system works. if the newspaper happens to % P narian who had no criminal environmental costs as well. The 40-odd policemen arrest- be Washington Post. record or history of violence was For clearing forests, gram ed him within hours after the The judges are not sup- Q . 3 denied bail despite several sabha’s consent was never orders. Nevertheless, the trial posed to work under media / appeals. His death left the system sought. for such a sensitive case is yet pressure or the Government, .S ( on a metaphorical ventilator; Father Stan was asking ,6/ ?6 67 to start. Our system does no matter how high-profile ( ( gasping for air, clamouring for a uncomfortable questions, work, though selectively! the case may be. Bail is not an bailout. making the powers-that-be 06A A liberal by intellect and a undertrial’s right but a judge’s " Father Stan was born in nervous. He filed a PIL in 2017 God-fearing Christian by discretion, his call based on Tamil Nadu and had imbibed his against the detention of 72 ? : 5 8 heart, the two opposites met in facts presented before him. liberal ideas in the Philippines. prisoners in Jharkhand’s West him and synthesised. Thanks That Father Stan could wage !&23 He chose to work for the welfare Singhbhum district. Adivasi / ,2 5A to NIA, he holds the rare dis- a war against the State from a of tribals in Jharkhand. He was and Dalit youths were jailed 65 86:65 tinction of being the oldest hospital bed or destroy evi- also a Jesuit priest, a Christian under the Unlawful Activities person to be charged for ter- dence with his trembling missionary working in tribal Prevention Act (UAPA). Their 570? B 86@6 ror activities. He was treated as hands or could have jumped areas. These two descriptions are only crime was that they had a petty criminal without any bail though he could not walk, enough to make his credentials protested the illegal acquisition , ,287 entitlements and privileges these facts must have crossed suspect. A “liberal activist” con- of their land and forests. They that should have come with his the judge’s mind while declin- veniently translates as “Maoist”. stood against the corpora- , B6 :6/ , age, if nothing else. He suffered ing his bail petition. He died Christian missionary swaps well tions that had the State’s back- , @6$,6 from Parkinson’s and could 46 days later. In the film Jolly for a conversion enthusiast. One ing. Three years later, he was not even sign or hold a cup to LLB, the judge quips: “Kanoon could wonder why it took him so also booked under the UAPA 2>>6?67>?: drink water. He fell down sev- andha hota hai judge nahin, long to earn the system’s ire. Was in far-off Maharashtra. eral times. It took just eight usey sab dikhta hai” (Law is it his credentials or his work in The message was loud and 0 ?# 55O 57 months to kill him. blind, not the judge; he sees tribal areas that did him in? It clear: You do not mess with the The Bhima Koregaon case everything)”. Wish the judge wasn’t. It was when he threw the system. If you do, the system 28756B65 would take years to decide. had seen the truth through. spanner in the works by ques- will fix you, slowly but surely. @5?,87 The NIA and public prosecu- He could have bailed out the tioning Adani’s political jugger- He was one of the 16 accused tors would indeed have evi- judiciary! naut. He objected to the forceful in what is now known as the 20 dence to prove he was (The writer is a columnist acquisition of land for the Adani Bhima Koregaon case for incit- involved. The judge would lis- and documentary filmmaker. power plant in Godda at a throw- ing caste violence and plotting 7? 5#/ 6? ten to the plea of both sides The views expressed are away price. The project got hasty to assassinate the Prime and decide. Of course, he personal.) 77$ 7&77/!7&$ SOUNDBITE :8 ! + 4 Sir — Whether the Centre admits it or not, !"#$% # &$'( the reality is that the pace of vaccination has : (E slackened due to vaccine shortage. The fact that all those standing in long queues for & ) $ / @ O $8 long hours do not succeed in getting vaccinated means that the demand is far " " $ exceeding the supply. Now that people have . & overcome vaccine hesitancy, it falls on the $ " $ ! " Government to meet the demand. The @ O & Union Government’s claim that there are EJ.J)) I $ &'*=&!&(&*&&&9= enough vaccines appears to be untrue. If / K A * # that were the case, vaccination centres in . B 7&3 . ) several States would not have shut down. * ( Union Health Minister Mansukh . & 7 $ . + , ( Mandaviya must become aware of what is . " 2 # # # + - happening on the ground. Now is the time . 7 7 "$ . $ () # # for the Centre to supply more vaccines to ? . @ 7 @ & . * quicken the pace of vaccination to avert a * (1 $ ($)* +. $ third wave. Replenishing the stocks when . & ($3J :. & " . + they deplete is its responsibility. The rise in " $/ . " ('+=)(#('*= ‘R’ factor or reproduction rate while the " . & $" . & K /A @ . country is in the ‘unlocking mode’ adds a # / new urgency to the vaccination pro- &$ & & gramme. The importance of vaccinating as , @ $> . # # + ! many people as possible and as quickly as 7 2 @ O . 0 # * + possible to achieve herd immunity cannot L $ " be overemphasised. @ & &(&(9&| The Union Government must show $ / # commitment and will to make the life-sav- / 1 ing vaccines available to States in sufficient free electricity, pending energy payments Copa America finals. Naturally, the win is '+(&@*+= / quantities and accelerate the vaccination will be waived off, there won’t be any ener- the biggest moment for Messi, whose tro- K " gy cuts and the farmers with get free power phy jinx with the blue-and-white jersey * S . ( drive on war footing. This is said not to blame the Government, but to galvanise it for farming. Kejriwal has been powering his finally ended even as his teammates tossed / # 2 into more vigorous action. campaign in the poll-bound States with him into the air as the chorus of cheers from # % G David Milton |Kanyakumari similar promises. In Punjab, where ener- Argentina’s fans cascaded down the stands $ gy disruption is a major poll plank, the of Brazil’s Maracana stadium. 1 + % Delhi Chief Minister again gave the same But it wasn’t just Messi’s comrades who # % set of guarantees. The party is trying to congratulated him. His Barcelona teammate $ ) 0 ! # Sir — After kicking off the election cam- broaden its base in six main States going Neymar sought out his old pal and the pair > $ paign in Punjab and Uttarakhand, Aam 3 # % to polls. Elections in Punjab, Goa, shared a long embrace, which must have +=?=(9&(+@D<&= Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal warmed the cockles of everyone’s heart. K7 0 ! # ( announced four pre-poll guarantees for Pradesh and Gujarat would be held in 2022 (Editorial, ‘True friends’, July 14). 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wo major recent changes, coming in quick succession, which are ,. . /$!:7: directly related to the farm sec- =>@; 0 tor initiatives of the Mods TGovernment bode well for a further push O + S * + . ;<=B 3 for sectoral economic growth and are like- + ly to improve incomes and create surplus O . * C D # BE value for farmers across the country. F # ( The first one is the move to entrust (;< the responsibility of Cooperation based G S ( on the theme of “Sahakar Se Samriddhi” 0 9 (Prosperity through Cooperation) to an $ experienced Cooperative movement veteran like Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and the other is the decision to bring the Mandis or the Agriculture 0 Produce Marketing Committees under ( the purview of the 1 lakh crore Agri . . Infrastructure Fund (AIF) as part of the G ( Atma Nirbhar package. These two are a continuation of a + ( series of steps taken in the agriculture space by both editions of the Mods Government. Perhaps at no time in the past have so many decisions for bringing about positive changes in this sectorrolled in like now. Of course, this is not to forget the widespread protests against the three farm laws mainly from farmers in Punjab and tive, this is just the right thing to the CCI. In February 2019, the months as income support. This Haryana who were worried that the do to reassure our farmers and the interest subvention on crop loans had gone mainly to the accounts “social and economic compact” among > 2?6. Agri ecosystem which includes the wherein the Centre pays a total of of women of. agricultural families. farmers and Arthias (Commission , 5 Arthias (who also cultivate apart five per cent subsidy annually for Recently, the Union Agents) would be broken with the com- >?@6,6 from providing informal financial prompt repaying borrowers and Government hiked subsidy rates ing into force of these Acts. Looking back, mediation including loans) and the two per cent for all others was on DAP fertiliser by 700 per bag. it needs to be conceded that the "market- / 760?6 7 APMCs which are aggregating extended to cover working capital This would cost an extra 14,775 ing" or "communication of intent" of the 0?6 points/centres for market control loans for dairy, poultry, and fish- crore to the Government but the Acts could have been done better from the @ 5,6 at the local level. Like in all other eries farmers. While the dairy benefit goes directly to the farm- side of the Establishment. Unfortunately, ,?66> ?: organisations, there are power sector has seen loans being given ers. in our country, there is a proclivity to 8 /: 58A plays in the APMCs too. under this scheme, the low-cost The Atma Nirbhar package * politicise and exploit misunderstand- >?:> ?:6? There has been a continuous loan is yet to pick up under fish- had provided for an additional . ( ings among political parties depending on focus by the Centre on reforming eries and poultry for various rea- credit deployment of 2 lakh crore short-term exigencies. No party is free 5025+ ! 57 the agriculture sector though it is sons related to coordination and to farmers and the target has . , ?A 5 /, from this malaise. on the State List. It takes two to sectoral problems. (For instance, almost been achieved. While a separate focus on /6?6/?? 67 tango as they say. Unless the States insurance cover is practically not The Agri Infrastructure Fund . ;< 3 * Cooperation could do good to many , ,6N 8 also work in tandem with the available for poultry.) that envisages credit deployment ( areas, it is in agriculture and allied activ- 576 5: Centre on policy implementation The Department of of 1 lakh crores with. Interest sub- ) % ities that the immediate potential is the :0 O :5@ it will be difficult to achieve the Agriculture and the Department of vention of seven per cent annual- $ greatest. It is hoped that the spirit of > ?:6? 57 desired outcomes. Financial Services, mainly with the ly for a tenure of seven years is . )C 8 C *2 Cooperation which has worked wonders There are at least 10major active participation of banks led by being closely monitored for imple- in the dairy sector can be replicated with :: 5 moves that have been introduced the State Bank of India, hascon- mentation. @65/287 # greater vigour in all other areas includ- in the last six to seven years for the ducted a Kisan Credit Card A Credit Guarantee Fund for ing banking but after taking care to see !6!?#65 benefit of the farm sector. Saturation Drive since February farm loans, under NABARD, has that “commercial viability” of opera- / ,,6 : 5@ The MSP for most commodi- 2020 to include the unfounded already been formulated. Once it ;< # =>>< tions is never jeopardised. That should be 5>? 6 ties like paddy, wheat, pulses, soy- farmers under the KCC scheme. is rolled out, it will de-risk agricul- .G . the Least Common Denominator (LCD) >,66 abean, cotton, etc., has been hiked For farmers, the Centre intro- tural lending to a large extent. of any changes or reforms. Unless there from 37 per cent to 50 per centin duced the much-vaunted PM When all other sectors record- . is a common commercial benefit to be the last seven years. Common Kisan Scheme in 2019 whereby ed negative growth last year, the derived, there is no way any change or paddy for instance which was they get 6000 every year through only bright spot was agriculture =>>< 0 ( reform will be welcomed with enthusi- being procured at 1360 in the first Direct Benefit Transfer to their and allied activities which record- asm. As the man who turned around the year of Mods I is now being pro- accounts without a paisa of leak- ed close to four per cent growth. # ( Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank in cured at 1940 a quintal. Wheat is age. The number of farmers receiv- It is a matter of pride that our O * %S * 1999-2000 (sans any support from the now being bought by the ing this benefit, on average, is farmers have worked their hearts * $ ( caste-dynamics which controlled this Government at 1975 against about 10 crore. The allocation for out to produce food in plenty for 9 bank then) there is nobody better than the 1450 then. 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25 675 5 UNHCR spokesperson bouring countries and beyond. In addition to the ongoing nerable groups. 4 Babar Baloch said at a press The number of civilian fighting, displaced civilians It noted that Iran and ! n estimated 2,70,000 briefing on Tuesday in Geneva casualties has risen 29 per cent have told the UNHCR and Pakistan host nearly 90 per cent AAfghans have been newly that an estimated 2,70,000 during the first quarter of this partners of incidents of extor- of displaced Afghans - more displaced since January due to Afghans have been newly dis- year compared to 2020, accord- tion by non-state armed groups than two million registered & 4 < insecurity and violence, the UN placed inside the country since ing to UN Assistance Mission and the presence of Improvised Afghan refugees in total. refugee agency has said, warn- January 2021 — primarily due in Afghanistan and an increas- Explosive Devices (IEDs) on “Both countries have 4 # !28 Outgoing US commander Gen ing of a looming humanitarian to insecurity and violence — ing proportion of women and major roads. Many have report- granted access to territory and Scott Miller recently warned crisis in Afghanistan as security bringing the total children were among those ed interruptions to social ser- protection to Afghan refugees, Washington: The Biden admin- high-powered Afghan that increasing violence seri- concerns grow over Taliban uprooted population to over 3.5 targeted. vices and a loss of income due along with health and educa- istration is set to begin evacua- Agovernment delegation, ously hurts Afghanistan's fighters rapidly seizing control million. “The resilience of the to rising insecurity. tional services through nation- tions of Afghans who aided the which will include the head of chances of finding a peaceful of large number of areas and “Families forced to flee Afghan people has been Stressing that the needs of al systems. Their hospitality US military effort in the near- the country's reconciliation end to decades of war. the US troop withdrawal from their homes in recent weeks pushed to the limit by a pro- those who have had to flee and inclusive policies, spanning ly 20-year war during the last council, is to meet the Taliban At the same time, Taliban the war-torn country. cite the worsening security sit- longed conflict, high levels of suddenly are acute, Baloch said decades and generations, must week of July, according to a in Doha to jump-start a long- fighters have taken control of The United Nations High uation as the predominant rea- displacement, the impact of that the UNHCR and its part- not be taken for granted,” senior administration official. stalled peace process, an large swaths of the country. Commissioner for Refugees son for their flight,” the agency COVID-19, recurrent natural ners, as part of a coordinated Baloch said, adding that the The official, who was not Afghan official said Tuesday. Although the exact number of (UNHCR) is “warning of a said, warning that a failure to disasters including drought response, are assisting newly UNHCR stands ready to bol- authorised to comment publicly, The Taliban were expected districts now under Taliban looming humanitarian crisis in reach a peace agreement in and deepening poverty. Some displaced Afghans with emer- ster humanitarian support to all said Wednesday that Operation to bring their senior leaders to control is not known, it is Afghanistan as the escalating Afghanistan and stem the cur- 65 per cent of the Afghan pop- gency shelter, food, health, host countries in the case of Allies Refuge flights out of the table when the two sides believed they now rule in more conflict brings increased rent violence will lead to fur- ulation – in and outside of water and sanitation support additional arrivals. Afghanistan will be available meet, possibly on Friday, said than a third of Afghanistan's human suffering and civilian ther displacement within the Afghanistan – are children and and cash assistance, despite “We urge the international first for special immigrant visa the official who spoke on con- 421 districts and district centers. displacement.” country, as well as to neigh- young people,” Baloch said. challenges in accessing vul- community to step up support applicants already in the process dition of anonymity because Several of the districts are to the government and people of applying for US residency. they were not authorized to strategic, bordering Iran, of Afghanistan and its neigh- President Joe Biden has brief reporters. The Taliban Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The bours at this critical moment, in faced pressure from lawmakers maintain a political office in the surge has also exposed weak- 4 ! 4Q a spirit of solidarity and burden- on both sides of the aisle to Qatari capital of Doha. nesses in the Afghan National sharing,” Baloch said as he come up with plan to help The renewed push to Security and Defense Forces. voiced concern that humani- evacuate Afghan military reach a peace deal comes as the Many districts fell without a tarian resources are currently helpers ahead of next month's US winds down its military fight and more than 1,000 ! 4B falling dramatically short. US military withdrawal. AP presence in Afghanistan. soldiers fled to Tajikistan.

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A close will have a negative impact on policy based on demand stim- TTribunal (SAT) has report, observed that Kochhar The rebound in interna- hit the century mark across the look at the official data pro- the automobile industry, hitting ulus. “Unfortunately, with the restrained the Securities and violated bank policies and tional oil prices from lows hit country last month. But, the vided by Petroleum Planning vehicle demand, while also fuel price going up we will be Exchange Board of India other rules and regulations. 56/768, in May on the back of demand rise has not been sudden and and Analyses Cell reveals that adding to the overall inflation- getting a negative impact in our (Sebi’s) Adjudicating Officer The board of the bank recovery has sent petrol and the pain has been consistent petrol prices (in the national ary pressure, auto industry industry. How long this kind of from proceeding till September based on the report had decid- s fuel prices climbed to a diesel rates to a record high in throughout the last financial capital) rose by a whopping body SIAM said on Wednesday. situation will continue we don’t 15 in a matter related to former ed to treat her resignation as Arecord high, India’s new India. Petrol has crossed the - year and this year too, taking 20.97 per litre between April The Society of Indian know but we expect the fuel ICICI Bank chief Chanda ‘Termination for Cause’ under Petroleum Minister Hardeep 100-a-litre mark in more than the pump prices of petrol and 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021 in Automobile Manufacturers prices to become reasonable as Kochhar. The matter pertains the bank’s internal policies. Singh Puri has started dialling one and a half dozen states and diesel to unprecedented levels FY21, the highest ever levels to (SIAM) has also suggested to soon as possible,” SIAM presi- to a show-cause notice issued Kochhar, who was oil-producing nations to union territories, while diesel is not seen before, even during be recorded so far. the government a fitness-based dent Kenichi Ayukawa told. by the regulator to Kochhar on Managing Director and CEO of impress upon them for a need being sold at over 100 a litre the basis of an analysis of a ICICI Bank, had quit the bank to make prices affordable for in Rajasthan and Odisha. @AdnocGroup. Discussed per cent of its oil needs, has levels. prices with its output cuts. report by retired Justice B N in October 2018. consumers. “Had a warm courtesy call ways and means to invigorate long pressed producers’ cartel The world’s third-largest The UAE is a member of OPEC Srikrishna. In its order dated July 9, Puri, who last week called with HE Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al the vibrant bilateral strategic OPEC and its allies, called importer has many times called but has had a falling out with The Srikrishna commit- SAT has restrained” the Energy Minister of Qatar, on Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry energy partnership between OPEC+, to phase out its pro- on OPEC to price oil at rea- the grouping over production tee, which was tasked to probe Adjudicating Officer from pro- Wednesday dialled his coun- and Advanced Technology and India and UAE,” Puri said. duction cuts and allow oil sonable levels that support quotas at the meeting of the the allegations of quid-proceeding in the matter till the terpart in the UAE, Sultan MD & Group CEO of India, which imports 85 prices to come to reasonable growth and stop propping up alliance earlier this month. quo transactions in ICICI next date of listing”. ()( 5 : " 3* .5 " 1N O3($*9? +67 8 % & 8 Q > , :2:! 56/768, significance since the submis- :2:! sion of financial bids is due in T spending in the country is New Delhi:The wholesale months of uptick, wholesale onglomerate Tata Group September. On its part, the @ quity gauges Sensex and Iexpected to grow at 8 per price-based inflation eased price index (WPI)-based infla- Cwhich is being seen as the national carrier has set up a ENifty firmed up gains on cent to USD 92.7 billion in marginally to 12.07 per cent in tion in June softened as prices front runner in acquisition of ‘Divestment Cell’ to facilitate 56/768, Wednesday as a result of 2021, a report by a consultan- June as crude oil and food of food articles and crude oil Air India has intensified its due co-ordination between the Tata intense buying mainly in IT cy said on Wednesday. items witnessed some softening eased, even though manufac- diligence process. and Air India teams. he Centre proposes to shares amid expectations of The growth at 8 per cent is in prices.However, WPI infla- tured products hardened. “The According to highly placed Air India is said to be pro- Tdevelop the Gujarat-based robust quarterly earnings and a shade less than the world tion remained in double-digit annual rate of inflation is 12.07 sources, teams comprising of viding full support to these GIFT International Financial favourable economic data. At average of 8.6 per cent, Gartner After a de-growth of 5.9 for the third consecutive month per cent for the month of June, Tata group companies’ officials teams and facilitating their vis- Services Centres (IFSC) as a close, the BSE Sensex quoted said, adding that global spends per cent in 2020, the largest in June, mainly due to a low 2021 (over June, 2020) as com- have been visiting Air India its to the operational sites. 'Longevity Finance Hub' to 134.32 points or 0.25 per cent on information technology are spend category of devices will base of last year. WPI inflation pared to (–) 1.81 per cent in sites lately. Furthermore, the Tata cater to the investment and higher at 52,904.05 – recover- estimated to come at USD 4.2 see a 7.6 per cent growth to was at (-) 1.81 per cent, in June June 2020. “The high rate of “They are trying to get an teams have been given access to wealth management needs of ing from its early losses to mark trillion. USD 38.747 billion in 2021, the 2020. In May 2021, the infla- inflation in June 2021, is pri- hands-on experience and feel of the airline’s operational areas the 'silver generation' com- its second straight session of In India, the overall IT analysts estimated. tion was at a record high of marily due to low base effect the airline. Besides, they are such as ticketing, check-in- prising individuals aged 60 gains. Likewise, the broader spending growth slowed down IT services will register a 12.94 per cent. Experts said the and rise in prices of mineral oils keenly focusing on the HR side counters.Last week, the team years and older. NSE Nifty advanced 41.60 to 1.5 per cent to USD 85.865 10.7 per cent growth to USD continuing double-digit WPI viz petrol, diesel(HSD), naph- of the operations,” sources told visited several stations includ- As part of this initiative, the points or 0.26 per cent to end billion in 2020, probably hit by 18.103 billion in 2021, as inflation and its potential future tha, ATF, furnace oil etc, and IANS in New Delhi. ing Kolkata and the airline’s International Financial Services at 15,853.95 – the third straight the pandemic. against a 3 per cent growth in spillovers into the retail infla- manufactured products like Generally, team compris- corporate office here in New Centres Authority (IFSCA) has session of gains for the index. Enterprise software will be 2020, it said. tion could inject uneasiness basic metal, food products, ing of Tata Group firms’ Delhi. On last Friday, one such constituted an Expert On the Sensex chart, top three the biggest growth area, and After a 11.4 per cent de- into the tone of monetary pol- chemical products etc, as com- AirAsia India, TCS and others visit occurred at Delhi’s T3 Committee to recommend performers were IT firms, with growth in spends is estimated growth in 2020, spending on icy and noted that WPI is pared the corresponding visit the operational and based sites of Air India. At pre- approach towards development Tech Mahindra gaining the to be maintained at 16.9 per data centre systems is estimat- expected to remain at an ele- month of the previous year,” the administrative sites of the sent, this is the largest opera- of a Longevity Finance Hub most by rising 2.69 per cent, cent to USD 9.218 billion in ed to grow by 3.4 per cent to vated level till October 2021. Commerce and Industry national carrier. tional site of the airline in the and provide a road map for this followed by HCL Tech and 2021, Gartner said. USD 2.706 billion in 2021. Snapping the five straight Ministry said. PTI The development assumes country. end. Infosys. ! > " 9: 8P>? 9? P * O E# 3 9 " >A(( 56/768, :2:! and 95 per cent of the esti- he base effect, along with 56/768, under section 11 B has the mated recovery - 58,000 crore Tlow interest rates and pent- power to go into these matters, he overall resolution of - is expected to be addressed by up demand, pushed India’s he Supreme Court on in exceptional cases. Tthe IL&FS group compa- March 2021. domestic passenger vehicle TWednesday said consent A bench comprising nies is likely to stretch beyond The Board of IL&FS (PV) sales higher in June on a of majority shareholders is Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and the current fiscal as the group expects to address overall debt year-on-year basis. required when trustees seek Sanjiv Khanna said the provi- has said that around 95 entities recovery of 61,000 crore. The Sales of passenger vehicles winding up of the debt sions of section 53B have not will be addressed after FY22 total outstanding debt of the increased to 2,31,633 units last schemes. However, the top been examined and it is clari- which would result in a debt group October 2018 stood at month compared to 1,05,617 court emphasized that the con- fied that the withholding of the recovery of around 3,000 99,355 crore. units sold during the same sent would be obtained post judgment was to prevent the crore. As per the board, the pan- period of 2020. publication of notices. proceedings before SEBI from Till May 31, 2021, a total of demic has been among the fac- The Society of Indian The top court’s judgment being prejudiced in any matter. 43,600 crore was the recovery tors which have delayed the Automobile Manufacturers came on a plea by Franklin The bench made it clear addressed, which amounted resolution process along with (SIAM), however, said that Templeton challenging that the court has not gone into to 44 per cent of the total debt. timelines for approvals from YoY data cannot be compared Karnataka High Court order the facts, instead only exam- Around 50,000 crore of esti- NCLT and NCLAT and non- due to last year’s national lock- which restrained winding up of ined the law in a theoretical mated recovery is likely to be receipt of annuities amounting down and the regional restric- its six debt schemes without exercise in interpretation. addressed by September 2021 to over 700 crore. tions in 2021. obtaining the consent of its The PV sales data com- investors by a simple majority. prises cars, utility vehicles The top court also upheld (UVs) and vans. the validity of the mutual fund A total of 1,21,378 passen- regulations and in case of vio- ger cars were sold in the lation and a wrong decision by domestic market in June, up the trustees to wind up, SEBI from 55,497 units in the like period of 2020. Similarly, the sales of other sub-categories such as UVs and vans grew on a year-on- year basis. As per the data, UV sales rose to 1,00,760 units from 46,201 units, while the off-take of vans rose to 9,495 units from 3,919 units in the year ago period. SIAM said that the data does not include sales figures from some key players such as Tata Motors. Domestic sales of two-wheelers also increased to 10,55,777 in June 2021 as compared to 10,14,827 units sold during the same period of 2020. ! " #$%&'&# O ) ++,) -. + ) + + ) P L. 1 2 . 1 .)344 4 4 "93!"+ "" & # % : ( " % ( "

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The booked hotels coteries of stars drift in every Israeli drama compet- Croisette film publi- “The pandemic is not conquered, so lab’s director, Guillaume Armana, shared have vacancies. few hours like parade floats. ing for the Palme d’Or. cists and executives we all have to be careful, even though most that they were conducting up to 4,000 tests Screenings that Glamour has been unmasked, Cannes is taking have pushed their festival-goers are vaccinated,” said daily. would typically maybe more than any other place on the heels of chairs out onto open-air Frémaux. “We are working with the festival and leave hundreds time in the last year and a half France easing COVID- balconies. Cannes But there are variations. The US of A, the regional agency. For now, we have queueing out- of pandemic. 19 restrictions and mayor David Lisnard has for example, has no official vaccine pass- maybe 10,000 people to test and every- side don’t fill up. 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<<Q /*.1 Van Dhan Vikas Yojana: Boon for tribals %) 9. 4&/1 52. % ! 4 E" F%+ rjun Munda, Minister for products being procured by ben- elhi Development Authority conducted an E+F Tribal Affairs, Renuka eficiaries of Van Dhan Kendras. Donline webinar on the Master Plan of Delhi ) %4 E" F%+7& ASingh, Minister of State for Each of these mega-food parks 2041. The purpose of the webinar was to make 1 = + Tribal Affairs and Bishweswar will scale up marketing, packag- the general public understand the plan and E+F + ! Tudu, Minister of State for Tribal ing and branding operations, and invite suggestions and objections from them. 7 Affairs, visited the TRIFED office will directly provide a livelihood This was the third online webinar in a series 4 ! ! headquarters to review the to more than 10,000 tribal fami- of four webinars. In this third session, issues ! " = progress of the various schemes lies. These projects are being set related to chapters 13 to 18 of the draft plan were and activities being implement- up in collaboration with the presented. A total of 114 participants included for the empowerment of trib- Ministry of Food Processing ing the general public, senior officers of DDA als. Industries. As a result of the and NIUA, attended the session. The com- On the occasion, the various above, an estimated amount of ments/suggestions provided by them have activities and initiatives under 3,874 crore has been injected so been noted by Delhi Development Authority. Sankalp Se Siddhi — Mission far into the tribal economy, The senior officer from DDA addressed the Van Dhan of TRIFED was impacting the lives of the 25 lakh participants and introduced the main objectives reviewed by the Ministers. It the current financial year. This direct benefit transfer of more tribal population. of the webinar, which was followed by a pre- was noted that TRIFED has been has helped in ensuring tribal than 3,800 crores to the tribal TRIFED now plans to expand sentation by NIUA, explaining the various poli- implementing several noteworthy gatherers getting fair and remu- families. its operations through the conver- cies of the draft MPD. programmes for the empower- nerative prices for their pro- Under retail marketing, a gence of various schemes of dif- The major suggestions provided during the ment of the tribals. Over the past duce, raising market prices above total number of 140 Tribes India ferent Ministries and webinar were: Rainwater harvesting for parks two years, the ‘mechanism for MSP announced by the govern- outlets have been opened to date, Departments, and launch the and other open public places, fire safety com- marketing of Minor Forest ment. Started in 2013-14 with 10 making a total sale of 55.43 various tribal development pro- pliance in commercial centres developed and Produce (MFP) through minor forest produce items cov- crore. TRIFED has expanded its grammes under Sankalp Se Siddhi maintained by agencies, management of exist- Minimum Support Price (MSP) ering nine PESA states impacting retail footprint substantially. It — Mission Van Dhan. ing dhalaos by local bodies, physical infrastruc- and development of value chain approximately one lakh tribal has expanded the artisans net- Munda said, “It is noteworthy ture provisions in green development area for MFP’ has impacted the trib- families, the scheme is now work from 71,000 in 2016-17 to that TRIFED has been consistent- (GDA), development of decentralised waste- 0 %) %. % al ecosystem in a major way. expanded to 22 states covering 87 3,12,000 in 2020-21. It has also ly bringing out new initiatives that water treatment system and sanitation system, =7 < = ! Under the MSP for MFP scheme, MFP items impacting 25 lakh increased the outlets from 29 in take care of all aspects of tribal issue of water demand and wastewater treatment . cumulative procurement of families. Total procurement is up 2017-18 to 141 in 2020-21. empowerment. Through this in future regeneration schemes, reducing =1 % )% %! + ! ( 1841.74 crore has been made by from 30 crores in 2014-15 to Besides, two TRIFOOD innovative connect programme, wastage of water, and focus on the use of treat- ! !0 = states i.e. 321.02 crore using 1,870 crores in 2020-21 along Projects at Jagdalpur and Raigarh now information dissemination ed water. ! ! ! + ! !0 =7 ! 4 GOI funds and 1520.72 crore with estimated procurement by (Maharashtra) are being shortly can happen both ways and lead to The next webinar will be organised by DDA 4 & % % using state funds in last two years, private trade above MSP approx- commissioned for undertaking further development of initiatives on July 16 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm in which the =7 ! 3 & 1 including 821.48 crore during imately 2,000 crores, resulting in value-addition of various forest and help our tribal brethren.” discussion will cover chapters 19 to 22. !0 = )1 !

he Council of Architecture has been AIL (India) Limited has started its Tconstituted by the Government of G#EnergizingLowCarbonFuture cam- India under the Architects Act, 1972. The paign for digital and social media plat- Act was enacted by the Parliament of India forms to expand into greener energy ver- and came into force with effect from ticals such as renewables and ethanol. September 1, 1972. It provides for regis- GAIL’s primary business, Natural Gas, is tration of architects, standards of educa- eco-friendly and also facilitates environ- tion, recognised qualifications, and stan- ment-friendly initiatives. Now, the com- dards of professional conduct and etiquette pany is leveraging its position to go to be complied with by the architects. greener, in line with the vision of the The Council of Architecture (CoA) Government and Prime Minister Narendra had introduced the National Aptitude Test Modi, to cut carbon emissions and pollu- in Architecture (NATA) in 2006. The main tion. objective was to avoid great hardships and As part of the campaign, GAIL will incurring huge costs by the hapless can- organise discussion forums and opinion didates seeking admission in architecture polls on social media platforms, besides courses. making several videos and posts on NATA evaluates the aptitude of a can- renewables and how natural gas will be a didate to study architecture. It measures bridge fuel towards a low carbon future. the aptitude through assessment of cog- Given the pandemic, the Council, 10+3 Diploma examination with The campaign follows the company’s nitive skills, visual perception and aes- with approval of the Central Mathematics as a compulsory subject, are ambitious plans to invest substantially to thetic sensitivity tests, logical reasoning Government, has also relaxed the eligi- eligible to seek admission for the acad- build a portfolio of at least one gigawatts Northern Railway GM and critical thinking ability, et al, besides bility for admission to 1st year of 5-year emic session 2021-2022. of renewable energy and set up the learning that the candidate has B-Arch degree course, as prescribed by After the conduct of NATA 2021, Compressed Biogas (CBG) as well as to gas sources. While electricity generat- acquired over the past few years and is the Council under Regulation 4 (1) of the admissions shall be carried out by the ethanol plants as it steps up efforts to ed from solar energy or through wind holds performance related to the specific field of study. Council of Architecture (Minimum concerned competent authorities of the expand the business beyond natural gas. power is the cleanest form of energy, con- Unlike any other entrance examina- Standards of Architectural Education) respective states/institutions based on As part of a push to embrace cleaner verting municipal waste into compressed review meeting tion, NATA assesses a candidate’s innate Regulations, 2020, for the academic ses- merit as per a valid NATA score. forms of energy GAIL, which has a nat- biogas will supplement the availability of ability through a variety of formats. It sion 2021-2022. Given the ongoing pandemic, the ural gas pipeline network of over 13,700 cleaner fuel to automobiles and house- shutosh Gangal, General Manager cannot be taught, learned, or induced. Now, candidates who have passed an Council has decided to conduct one more km, is further augmenting a pipeline net- holds. Aof Northern Railway, held a per- Attending coaching classes or similar examination at the end of the 10+2 NATA Test in August for the candidates work of over 6,700 km. Through this campaign, GAIL reiter- formance review meeting with the training may not substantially improve scheme of examination with Physics, who could not appear this time due to The laying of pipeline infrastructure ates its commitment to shaping a sustain- departmental heads and divisional the aptitude of a candidate. Chemistry and Mathematics subjects or various reasons. envisages connecting consumption centres able future for Atmanirbhar Bharat. railway managers through video con- ferencing. Among other issues, there were deliberations on safety, infrastructure enhancement, dismantling ' of worn-out structures at stations, yard NTPC REL signs MoU with Ladakh remodeling, maintenance of tracks and OHE, train operations, punctu- TPC REL, a sub- he Western Railway Women’s ality, and staff training schedules. Nsidiary of NTPC, TWelfare Organisation Safety is the prime focus of rail- signed an MoU with the (WRWWO) continues to cater to the ways. The GM emphasised improving Union Territory of welfare of railway employees and the maintenance standards of tracks Ladakh to set up the their families, especially, during the and overhead electric wire systems. He country’s first green pandemic. Continuing with their advised that since post-Covid normal- Hydrogen Mobility pro- benevolent efforts, under the guid- cy is returning so infrastructure ject in the region. The ance of Tanuja Kansal, President of improvement projects need to be signing of the MoU was WRWWO, a vaccination camp has completed on time. He said that also marked with the been organised for railway staff at remodeling of stations and improve- inauguration of NTPC’s Mumbai Central station. ment of infrastructure, especially dis- first solar installations in According to a press release mantling of old worn-out structures Leh in the form of solar issued by Sumit Thakur, Chief like FOBs, has to be carried out on pri- trees and a solar carport. Public Relations Officer of Western Another skit was displayed by tick- in the line of duty. He also ority. Improvement of yards and It was signed in the Railway, Kansal inaugurated the et-checking staff, depicting how to announced cash awards of 15,000 works on 160 kmph speed enhance- presence of Lt Governor vaccination camp at Mumbai deal with passengers found without for the arrangements made by ment is to be expedited. Punctuality R K Mathur, senior dig- Central station for staff. The three- tickets. Mumbai Division towards organis- of the passenger and freight trains is nitaries of government, day camp has been specially organ- Six RPF personnel were also ing the event and 5,000 for nukkad to be improved and asset failure NTPC, and public repre- ised for cleaning staff, sanitation felicitated by Kansal in the presence natak. issues to be tackled earnestly. sentatives. The MoU will workers, coolies, canteen staff and of General Manager, Western In her address to the gathering, He also emphasised improving enable NTPC to help other station employees, who had Railway, Alok Kansal, and Divisional Kansal informed about the various freight loading and increasing goods Ladakh develop a car- not received their vaccine. Railway Manager, Mumbai Division welfare activities being carried out earnings. Expenditures are to be cur- bon-free economy based To create awareness regarding G V L Satyakumar. These RPF per- by WRWWO to make women self- tailed. He also insisted on timely train- on renewable sources and with NTPC to achieve Leh the first city in the this project is another the benefits of getting vaccinated, a sonnel displayed exemplary courage reliant. She encouraged the staff to ing of manpower, especially those green hydrogen. This is this long-term goal. country to implement a step towards achieving a nukkad natak was also performed by during their course of duty and get vaccinated. involved in the maintenance and also in line with the NTPC has planned to green hydrogen-based low carbon footprint. The cultural staff. The natak was highly saved the lives of passengers while At the vaccination camp, both operations activities. Training sched- Prime Minister’s vision of ply five hydrogen buses to mobility project. This company has also been effective in giving the message while travelling over Mumbai Division. In first and second doses of Covishield ules are to be worked out in keeping a ‘carbon neutral’ Ladakh. start with and the compa- would be zero-emission promoting the usage of dealing with all questions regarding his speech, Alok Kansal emphasised vaccine were given as per require- with the set Covid-19 protocols. Mathur mentioned that ny will be setting up a mobility in the true sense. green hydrogen-based the safe procedure of vaccination on the need for vaccination and said ment. Snack boxes were distributed Regular medical examination and he would like Ladakh to solar plant and a green NTPC has been solutions in sectors like and its benefits. It was appreciated that vaccine brings value to life. He to awardees, cultural artistes and to immunisation of staff should be the become a hydrogen state hydrogen generation unit aggressively pushing for mobility, energy, chemi- by all. Kansal awarded the cultural congratulated the awardees for their the staff who availed the facility of priority to curtail the spread of the and is happy to partner in Leh. This will make greening its portfolio and cal, fertiliser, steel et al. staff with a cash award of 10,000. dedication and the display of valour vaccination drive. deadly virus. ?" 51;4&'

nteracting in a programme organised by the hailand is a dream destination for choosing the country as the premier Iwomen’s wing of FICCI, FICCI-FLO, HE Tgolfers from all across the world. destination for golf holidays. Ambassador of the UAE to Indian, Dr Ahmed Its 250 top-quality golf courses ideal- A majority of golfers, almost 68 Albanna, discussed the initiatives taken by UAE ly located throughout the country, per cent vaccinated and 26 per cent government in the field of women empower- having world-class golfing facilities, who have taken their first dose, were ment and entrepreneurship. reasonable green fees, friendly caddies willing to travel to Thailand. He said that the progress in the area of and many other attractions continue Vachirachai Sirisumpan, Director women’s rights is essential to building a con- to attract golfers to visit the country. TAT, New Delhi, said, “Thailand wins temporary society based on tolerance and In its continuous endeavour to hands down when it comes to cater- inclusion. keep track of the latest trends and ing to the demanding golfers who are He shared that the UAE has adopted a mindset of the golfers, the Tourism spoiled for choice when it comes to powerful stance in empowering women, set- opment. Authority of Thailand (TAT) and golfing destinations.” ting new standards based on a unique model He informed that women in the diplomat- Sports and Leisure Worldwide (SLW) To bring value to this offering, drawn from the vision of the late Sheikh Zayed ic services and higher posts of government conducted the second survey on SLW in partnership with the Tourism bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founding father of the amount to 30 per cent of the UAE’s civil ser- ‘Golfing in Thailand’ among Indian Authority of Thailand, New Delhi, UAE. This approach perpetuates in the current vice including diplomatic postings abroad, and Golfers. launched the first-ever loyalty pro- leadership’s vision for the future, whereby a total of 66 per cent of the government sec- The survey resulted in some gramme for the country. The Thai women stand as active partners and contrib- tor is represented by women. important facts coming to the fore. Golf Passport has been launched in utors in the country’s development process and Talking about education, he added, female Most golfers, a whopping 97 per cent, India to offer Indian golfers a seam- play a vital role in raising future generations. literacy rate of UAE is 97 per cent. The UAE rated Thailand as one of the best golf- less golf experience in Thailand. Ambassador Albanna said that the status had the highest number of women on Forbes’ ing destinations. Thai hospitality fol- Indian golfers can now be a part of this of women in the UAE has flourished parallel- 100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen in lowed by value for money and afford- rewarding loyalty programme when- ly with the country’s growth since the feder- 2020 with 23 Emirati women on the list. able luxury were the top three key fac- ever they tee off in Thailand and ation was established in 1971. It is evident The meeting explored mutually beneficial tors for attracting golfers. Thailand’s redeem their points for products from across the UAE that women today constitute synergies which could be formed between UAE proximity to India was another key more than two hundred leading a vital part of the UAE’s workforce and active- and India in the realm of ‘women empower- element in influencing the Indians in brands. ly contribute to the country’s growth and devel- ment’. ! 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This method also World Test Championship in 6(( 57 E 5VE 0 #E / E 2 we have worked earlier as well.” “And now, they should enjoy “We received feedback that allowed us to compare the rel- Southampton last month and it’s 3 8E 5V( 2J ! 5( 65@ E Dhawan says he shares a the journey which landed them the previous points system need- ative performance of teams at exciting to now look ahead to 5VE ( ! 5( 8( 65@E 0 #( 57( good chemistry with legendary in team India, and they should ed to be simplified. The Cricket any time, regardless of how the second edition. 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When I went to “There are seniors in the towards a team’s standing, while in June 2023. India,” he said. play India A match, I was the team, so the youngsters will accommodating series varying Australia’s tour of India “We know trying to defend Root describes the upcoming which is an interesting challenge and are looking to do better this captain, and he was the coach, learn from them, and we will get in length between two Tests and next year is the only four-Test the title will be a huge challenge, five-Test duel against India as an straight away,” he said. time.” so there was interaction. to learn from the youngsters. five Tests,” Allardice said in an series in the upcoming cycle. but our focus will be on mak- “interesting challenge”. “India are a fine all-round “Test cricket is a format we “When he became the Whenever I meet the youngsters ICC statement. The nine Test teams will ing sure we prepare as well as we “We start our campaign in side and it would be good to test all want to excel in and with director of NCA, we used to go they often have new ways of “During the pandemic we play a total of six series — three can for the tours ahead and try- the second edition of the ICC them in our home conditions. points at stake for each match, there for around 20 days, so we thinking, and I try to learn had to change to ranking teams home and three away just like ing to maintain our level of per- World Test Championship We narrowly missed out on everyone has to be at their best had a lot of interaction, and now things which will help us,” on the points table using the the previous edition. formance.” England captain Joe against the finalists of last time, qualifying for the final last time all the time.” we have good chemistry. And Dhawan signed off. 67@! 5 / , & 4" " akistan captain Babar Azam Ashwin warns Poms with 6-for Preturned to form with a record- breaking 158 yet once again found 8575 himself on the losing side as England completed a 3-0 One-Day International 4# & avichandran Ashwin sound- series clean sweep at Edgbaston on Red a warning bell for the Tuesday. London: Eoin Morgan will return to ahead of a five-match Test series at English batsmen ahead of the His highest score at this level saw lead England in the upcoming T20 home to India starting in August, with five-Test series with a superb Azam become the quickest player to 14 series against Pakistan it was bowlers Mark Wood, Chris Woakes match-turning spell of 6 for 27 hundreds in men’s ODIs as the 26-year- announced on Wednesday after he and Sam Curran absent as well. as Surrey bundled out Somerset old reached the landmark in 81 innings missed their ODI clean sweep follow- for 69 in their second innings of — three fewer than South Africa’s ing a Covid-19 outbreak within the SQUAD the English County Hashim Amla. host’ camp. Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Championship contest here. Together with Mohammad Rizwan Only four of the England players Bairstow, Jake Ball, Tom Banton, Jos Looking to get some quali- he shared a stand of 179, a Pakistan involved in the ODI success have Buttler (wkt), Tom Curran, Lewis ty match practice ahead of join- partnership record against England in been retained for the three T20s, with Gregory, Chris Jordan, Liam ing the Indian in Durham on an ODI. centurion Vince omitted. Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Thursday, Ashwin did more Yet despite a total of 331-9, Saqib Mahmood, Lewis Gregory Malan, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, than enough with 58 overs Pakistan still suffered a three-wicket and Matt Parkinson have all been Jason Roy, David Willey under his belt and a match haul defeat after England’s James Vince included in a 16-man squad after of 7 for 127. posted his maiden International hun- starring in the ODIs, with T20 regular FIXTURES If the first innings was used dred. Dawid Malan keeping his place. July 16: 1st T20, Trent Bridge towards about building bowling 4 for 20 as Somerset were all out Skipper and first innings centu- Azam, top of the ODI batting rank- Jos Buttler has also been included July 18: 2nd T20, Headingley workload and hitting the good for 69 in only 29.1 overs after rion James Hildreth was ings, was back in the runs after a score following a calf injury. July 20: 3rd T20, Old Trafford areas, the second innings was scoring 429 in their first essay. adjudged plumb in-front when of nought and 19 in the first two games Stokes, however, has been rested AFP more about showing his skill- Ashwin ran through the he missed a straighter one. but that did not take the edge of this 5 2 * % % 1 sets with the famous carrom ball opposition getting enough drift The difference from first reverse. ) 50th innings for his country across all “I wasn’t sure it was going to bamboozling opposition bats- and also using the carrom ball innings was extra bounce that “We started well but were sloppy three formats with a knock of 102. come. I’ve played a number of games men. In fact, the veteran off- and off-breaks judiciously. Ashwin got off the pitch and one in the field,” he said. “We will learn six years to register his first on the “I hadn’t given up on this moment and not got there for England, but to spinner bowled 15 unchanged Left-handed opener Steven such flighted delivery, turned a from our mistakes.” world stage. but this time last week I didn’t expect score a hundred for my country was overs with the new Dukes and Davis edged one to wicketkeep- shade and bounced enough to While Azam is no stranger to The 30-year-old Hampshire cap- it at all,” said Vince, who made his one of my dreams growing up. I’ll got able support from left arm er Jamie Smith while Jaden fool George Bartlett who shoul- International hundreds, it took Vince tain at last reached three figures in a England debut in May 2015. never forget that.” spinner Dan Moriarty who took Clark caught Tom Lammonby. dered arms. ! @ & P ? , " #A

lympics chief Thomas Bach > P " ( Oon Wednesday pledged “not to bring any risk” to Japan with the Games, seeking to 4 & reassure a sceptical public as virus cases surge just over a #A visiting foreign dignitaries at Paralympics. week before Tokyo 2020 begins. the Imperial Palace.” Naruhito is the third Fans have been banned apan’s Emperor Naruhito is However, imperial family emperor to have accepted the from Olympic events in the cap- Jlikely to attend the opening members are unlikely to watch role of honorary patron and the ital, which is under emergency ceremony of the Tokyo other events after the first to have assumed it for both restrictions to curb rising infec- Olympics on July 23 and Organising Committee decid- the Olympics and Paralympics. tion numbers that on declare the Games open. ed to stage almost all of the His father, Emperor Wednesday hit highs not seen The Olympics host coun- competitions behind closed Akihito, declared the opening since January. try is making arrangements for doors to prevent the spread of of the 1998 Nagano Winter 56/768, League Finals (2015 and 2017). As more athletes arrive in the emperor’s attendance at the the coronavirus, according to Games, while his grandfather, I know they can do it this Japan and move into the opening ceremony, Kyodo news the report. Emperor Hirohito, proclaimed n Olympic medal missing time,” he added. Olympic Village, International agency reported. The 61-year-old emperor the start of both the 1964 Afrom his own cupboard, Pillay advised both the Olympic Committee chief Bach The report said Naruhito is the honorary patron of the Tokyo Summer Games and the Indian hockey great Dhanraj Tokyo-bound teams not to promised a safe summer '& % % ! / # “is prepared to also meet with Tokyo 2020 Olympics and 1972 Sapporo Winter Games. Pillay believes the supremely fit think too far ahead. Games. 2 team going for the upcoming “I think the mistake we did “We are making all our Tokyo Games has what it takes at every Olympic Games was efforts and the Japanese people year. said while announcing that the added to the opening line of the to finish on the podium and end that we went with the mind set have all our commitment to “In these 15 months, we had oath has also been reworked Oath. the medal drought which his of aiming for the final instead of contribute in the best way to doubts every day. This was a sit- slightly to incorporate “inclu- Depending on the group ' ! ! generation of players could not. taking it match-by-match. fight this virus and not to bring uation of high uncertainty,” he sion and equality” in it. that is speaking, the new oath Pillay, who represented “Though we had the best any risk to the Japanese people,” said. The Olympic oath is taken reads: “In the name of the ath- India in four consecutive teams each time, things did not Bach told reporters after meet- “Quite honestly, it was way, by an athlete from the host letes”, “In the name of all judges” Olympics from 1992 to 2004, materialise for us to finish on ing Prime Minister Yoshihide way more complex than we county, on behalf of all the com- or “In the name of all the said fitness is the key asset of the the podium,” he signed off. Suga. thought it would be when we petitors and the ceremony also coaches and officials”. #A the athlete will take the medal Manpreet Singh-led side going Bach said “85 percent of all agreed on this postponement.” includes one coach and a judge. him or herself.” into the Summer Games that VARUN, SIMRANJEET IN the residents in the Olympic But by projecting confi- This time, Japan will pick REUFGEE OFFICIAL +VE thletes at the Tokyo “It will be made sure that begins on July 23 in Tokyo. Defender Varun Kumar Village and almost 100 percent dence and taking decisions seri- two — one male and one female Doha: An official of the IOC’s AOlympics will put their the person who will put the “I am very confident they and mid-fielder Simranjeet of the IOC members and staff ously, the IOC kept other par- — from each group for the refugee team has tested positive medals around their own medal on tray will do so only will do it this time. They have Singh are set to make their coming here to Tokyo arrive ties on side, from athletes to event, which has been an inte- for Covid-19 here, leading to a necks to protect against with disinfected gloves so that been doing well in the last five Olympic debuts after they were vaccinated. sports federations and local gral part of the Games since delay in their travel plans for the spreading the coronavirus. the athlete can be sure that years. Fitness is their biggest added to India’s men’s hockey “This is why I’d like to authorities, Bach said. 1920. Tokyo Games even though all The “very significant nobody touched them before,” asset. In those days, we didn’t squad following the IOC’s deci- humbly ask the Japanese people “Only because they all “The gender balance of the others have returned negative change” to traditional medal Bach added. have the kind of support system sion to allow ‘alternate athletes’ to warmly welcome the athletes stayed on board, we can be here oath-takers is just one of a large results for now. ceremonies in the 339 events Bach also confirmed that they have now,” the 52-year-old in team events because of the from all around the world who now, nine days before the open- number of decisions and com- The official, who has been was revealed on Wednesday by in Tokyo “there will be no Pillay said in Hockey India’s Covid-19 pandemic. have overcome, like the Japanese ing of the Games.” mitments from the IOC and the isolated by the Qatari Public IOC president Thomas Bach. shake hands and there will be Flashback series. While Varun and people, so many challenges.” Organising Committee to pro- Authorities, is considered “The medals will not be no hugs there during the cer- “This team has done won- Simranjeet were late inclusions In an exchange with major OATH-TAKERS INCREASED mote women in sport at all lev- asymptomatic and doing well. given around the neck,” Bach emony.” ders, won hearts of millions of in the men’s team, defender global press agencies later on The number of oath-takers els and in all structures, as stat- The refugee team in the told international media on a The IOC had previously fans with their recent perfor- Reena Khokhar and experi- Wednesday, Bach said his team at the Olympics opening cere- ed in the Olympic Charter,” the Olympics was first introduced conference call. said medallists and ceremony mances, particularly at the enced mid-fielder Namita had strived to maintain a con- mony has been doubled from IOC said. in the 2016 Rio Games as a trib- “They will be presented to officials would have to wear Champions Trophy (in 2016 Toppo were added to the fident stance after Tokyo 2020 three to six for the Tokyo Games Two words — inclusion ute to the courage and persever- the athlete on a tray and then masks. and 2018) and the World women’s side. was postponed in March last to ensure gender parity, the IOC and equality — have been ance of all refugees.