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" third phase of world’s # $ %& O ond phase of polling ended in administration had to arrange biggest Covid-19 inoculation % ' ()* West Bengal with an impressive for a large contingent of secu- drive with the vaccine net + , - - %& turnout despite reports of stray rity men to escort her back to extended to those above 45, the violence, rigging, threats and her temporary residence at country reported the biggest alleged murder of political Reyapara. jump in new coronavirus cases India’s active caseload has eries stand at 1,14,74,683 with workers coming in from both in nearly six months at 72,330. reached 5,84,055 and now 40,382 recoveries being regis- East and West Midnapore. The death toll at 459 was the comprises 4.78 per cent of the tered in a span of 24 Though elections were ( # highest in nearly four months. country’s total infections. A net hours. conducted in 30 constituencies This has taken the total rise of 31,489 cases has been A new coronavirus variant across four districts, R # Covid-19 tally to 1,22,21,665 recorded in the total active reported from Chhattisgarh Nandigram — from where 145+4.*, Anglong 75.93 per cent; and deaths at 1,62,927. caseload in a span of 24 hours. has become a cause of worry Mamata is fighting against her New Delhi: The Election Karimganj 73.02 per cent; The Covid surge in the India’s cumulative recov- for the Government. protégé-turned-challenger Commission (EC) on Thursday early 77 per cent of 73.45 Morigaon 84.03 per cent; country is due to a new strain Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP — asked two poll observers to Nlakh voters exercised their Nagaon 77.25 per cent; Nalbari and the situation is exactly remained at the centre stage of submit a report on complaints franchise in 39 Assembly seats 86.69 per cent; Rangia 73.38 like the one in the UK when the + $ $ all controversies with Mamata by West Bengal Chief Minister in Assam during the second per cent. virus underwent a mutation bringing charges of rigging Mamata Banerjee as the State phase of polling on Thursday. Meanwhile, the EC issued around Christmas, Dr Randeep and violence by BJP witnessed the second phase of According to the EC, a showcause notice to Assam Guleria, chief of Delhi’s All New Delhi: The Centre has supporters. voting across 30 Assembly Bokajan recorded 76.25 per Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma India Institute of Medical decided to keep all public and Just as the Chief Minister seats. “A separate hand written cent turnout; Cachar 72.28 per # for allegedly making threaten- Sciences, told a news agency. private sector Covid-19 *! personally intervened entering complaint was received from cent; Darrang 80.81 per cent; ing remarks against Opposition Maharashtra with 39,544 Vaccination Centres (CVCs) a booth at Boyal village fol- Chief Minister via CEO West Dima Hasao 74 per cent; # leader Hagrama Mohilary of cases took the lead followed by operational throughout April, 145+4.*, lowing reports that BJP men Bengal today in the late after- Hailakandi 78.94 per cent; # the Bodoland People’s Chhattisgarh (4,563) and including on gazetted holi- had turned TMC polling agents noon,” the poll body said. Hojai 75.71 per cent; Karbi $ %& Front. Karnataka (4,225). days. ollowing surge in Covid- F19 cases in Delhi, students will continue to attend virtu- al classes and this was con- $ % $! ! & '( ) firmed by the Delhi Government on Thursday. It announced that stu- % &' dents of any class should not * + $ # ) be called to schools physical- ly in the new academic session (-,'&2 first state in the country, where $ till further orders. The each family will get health ( Directorate of Education ajasthan on Thursday insurance of 5 lakh each year. (DoE) also told schools that Rbegan the registration for People can get registered and ! ending on March 31. teaching and learning activi- an insurance scheme under be assured of cashless treat- Her own Ministry had on )*+ ties, which started on April 1, which each family in the State ment,” Gehlot claimed in a "# Wednesday reduced interest for students should continue can claim up to 5 lakh every tweet. rate by up to 1.1 per cent 145+4.*, through digital mode for aca- year for medical expenses. He said the registrations for 145+4.*, across various small savings demic session 2021-22. The State began the regis- the Government’s cashless schemes, including the he much-awaited Delhi- “It is clarified that stu- tration for Chiranjeevi Health treatment for all have begun in he Centre on Thursday National Savings Certificates TMeerut Expressway was dents of any class should not Insurance Scheme, announced the State from today. Tdecided to withdraw the (NSC) and Public Provident opened for commuters and be called physically in school by Chief Minister Ashok “It is one of our biggest order to drastically cut interest Fund (PPF). general traffic on Thursday. for the academic session 2021- Gehlot in the state budget health care schemes aimed at rate on small savings schemes “Interest rates of small sav- Minister for Road Transport 22 till further orders,” the 2021-22. providing medical relief to all to the relief of millions of ings schemes of GoI shall con- and Highways Nitin Gadkari DoE said in an official “Rajasthan has become the residents of Rajasthan,” he said. small savers and prompting the tinue to be at the rates which announced the opening of traf- Saharanpur, Haridwar and The project has been devel- order. Congress to link the U-turn to existed in the last quarter of fic on the 96-km state-of-the- Dehradun to Delhi. oped at the cost of Rs 8,346 Schools in Delhi were the ongoing State Assembly 2020-2021, i.e, rates that pre- art expressway and said the A portion of the Delhi- crore. closed in March last year elections. vailed as of March 2021. Orders Government has fullfilled the Meerut Expressway which was The expressway connecting ahead of a nationwide lock- A day after delivering a issued by oversight shall be promise of reducing travel time phase I of the four-phase pro- the cities has 60 km of express- down to contain spread of massive jolt to depositors, withdrawn,” Sitharaman said in between Delhi and Meerut. ject was inaugurated by Prime way drive and remaining novel coronavirus. While sev- Finance Minister Nirmala early morning “Delhi-Meerut Expressway Minister Narendra Modi in national highway. Twenty-four eral States partially reopened Sitharaman on Thursday said tweet. has now been completed and May 2018. small and big bridges, 10 fly- schools in October, the Delhi the Government will withdraw Interest rate on PPF was opened to traffic. We have ful- The NHAI has set speed overs, three railway bridges, 95 Government let schools to orders to cut interest rate on reduced by 0.7 per cent to 6.4 filled our promise of reducing limits for commuters using underpasses and several pedes- reopen for students in Classes small savings schemes and per cent, while NSC was to travel time between Delhi- the expressway. In phase 1, trian bridges have been con- 9 to 12 for practical works and assured to restore the rates to earn 0.9 per cent less at 5.9 per Meerut from 2.5 hours to 45 which is in Delhi, the maxi- structed on the expressway remedial lessons, from !.# !# + last quarter of the financial year cent. minutes,” Nitin Gadkari took to mum permissible speed limit is besides highway January 18 to Twitter to announce. 70 kmph. In the remaining amenities. February 5. During a review meeting of three phases, all in Uttar More than 4,500 lights and “It is reiterated that the the expressway early this year, Pradesh, the maximum per- cameras have been installed on students of classes 9 to 12 (ses- +! $ ,$ ! Gadkari had committed to missible speed limit is 100 the entire road. sion 2020-21) may be called to complete the full stretch by the kmph. Over 2.5 meters cycle cor- school only for providing the end of March 2021. The phase thrown opened ridor and 2 meters-wide foot- academic guidance and sup- The 96-km-long 14-lane for public on Thursday are the path have been drawn along- port to the students for mid- !-& expressway will reduce travel second and fourth phases of the side the roads on phase 1 and term exams, pre-board time between Meerut and Expressway. The first phase i.e. phase 2 of the expressway for exams/ annual exams/ board Delhi to 45 minutes. At present, Akshardham to UP Gate of 14 the safety of the pedestrians examinations, practical ! # $ 145+4.*, lings - two brothers and a sis- commuters travel through NH kms, and 22-km-long phase 3 and cyclists. exams, project work, internal % ter - and grew up speaking 58 to reach Delhi and it takes from Dasna to Hapur are In order to make the cor- assessment following the ! # here are superstars and Marathi and Kannada. over three hours to cover a dis- already operational. The phase ridor a smart expressway, Standard Operating Tthen there is Rajinikanth, A sports enthusiast since tance of 70 km. 2 of 19 kms links UP Gate and weather, travel and other details Procedure for COVID safety the most glittering perhaps in his school days, Rajinikanth The expressway will also Dasna and phase 4 of 32 km about the expressway will be and with the consent of the ! the Indian cinematic firma- participated in plays at the reduce the travel time of com- link Dasna and provided to the commuters parents,” the DoE "#$ %&'(% &' ( ment whose demi-god status Ramakrishna Math in muters from Muzaffarnagar, Meerut. during their transit. added. ) ! has spawned an entire “Rajini Bengaluru. Following his culture” of jokes, devoted fan- father’s retirement in 1956, the !*) dom and box-office success family moved to the suburb of ,' R % ! that is almost always more Hanumantha Nagar in + ! about him than his film. Bengaluru. # "-" Rajinikanth, who was on That he got a job as a coolie ! , , Thursday named for the and then a bus conductor with # % Q" # Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the es. Fans lining up overnight in the Bangalore Transport Service ) Government’s highest honour serpentine queues outside the- (BTS) before deciding to take up ) * for Indian cinema, is cast in atres for a first day-first show an acting course at the Madras % # % R + %#&#+ - classic matinee idol mould come rain, summer or winter, Film Institute at the encour- . /. 0 with stories of mass adulation bathing his posters in milk, agement of friend and co-work- ,.--)-+ +*-2--.- ! on a scale rare for even the showering his cutouts with er Raj Bahadur is part of the leg- biggest stars. flowers and chucking coins on end, a fabled story much told. n a volte-face, Pakistan’s n a first, a US State 145+4.*, “The couple and their two )(' ! With his balding pate and screen were par for the course On the advice of noted Tamil ICabinet on Thursday reject- IDepartment report does not children lived in a joint fami- # greying hair, the 70-year-old is for a Rajini film. This of course director K Balachander, ed a proposal of the Economic describe Tibet as an “inalien- 31-year-old contractual ly. They resided on the second unlike many of the others in the pre- pandemic era. Rajinikanth quickly took to Coordination Committee able part of China”. Abus driver of the Delhi floor of the house, while his though and rewrites many Popularly called “Thalaivar” learning Tamil and made his (ECC) to import cotton and Reacting to the crucial Transport Corporation (DTC) parents lived on the ground rules of traditional showbiz. (leader in Tamil), the very debut in the filmmaker’s 1975 sugar from India, according to development, the Central allegedly hanged himself after floor and his elder brother The dichotomy between the announcement of a new film or movie “Apoorva Raagangal”. a media report. Tibetan Administration (CTA), killing his wife and two sons at and his family lived on the first reel Rajini with exaggerated, his birthday is regarded as noth- The real breakthrough The decision comes a day headquartered in this northern their residence at Naharpur vil- floor,” said the police official. stylised movie star mannerisms ing short of a festival for his fans, came with next year’s after Pakistan’s new Finance India hill station, on Thursday lage of north Rohini area, “Yadav has left behind a and the real man with no from Japan (where he is known “Moondru Mudichu”, another Minister Hammad Azhar on said this year’s report marks a police said on Thursday. suicide note, and an investiga- apparent pretensions is sharp – as Baba and has a cult follow- film directed by Balachander, Wednesday announced to lift a victory for Tibetans, for the Dheeraj Yadav was found tion is underway to ascertain and quite unique. ing) to Sri Lanka. His films may with whom the actor went on nearly-two year old ban on the report’s Tibet section does not hanging from a ceiling fan and the motive behind the killings. That the dazzling rise, from sometimes receive a lukewarm to forge a longstanding and import of cotton and sugar describe Tibet as an “inalien- the bodies of his wife, Aarti Legal action has been initiated, coolie and bus conductor to the reception from critics, but the successful relationship. from India after a meeting of able part of China”, a departure (28), and sons, Hiten (6) and and further investigation is in ever-reigning predominantly ‘Rajini’ phenomenon ensures After a brief phase of por- the ECC chaired by from past reports. Atharav (3), bore stab injuries, progress,” said Pranav Tayal, the South star of films such as the numbers at the box office, traying antagonistic charac- him. This symbolic gesture has said police. Deputy Commissioner of “Enthiran”, “2.0” and “Kaala”, and has done so for close to five ters, he starred in positive roles However, a Cabinet meet- been repeatedly campaigned by According to a senior Police (DCP), Rohini district. could be the stuff of the cheesi- decades. in “Kavikkuyil”, “Sahodarara ing chaired by Prime Minister the CTA, and this change is police official, Yadav’s father, A kitchen knife apparent- est movie script only adds to the Born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad Savaal” (Kannada) and Imran Khan on Thursday welcomed by the Office of Maha Singh, spotted his body ly used to stab the woman and mystique. People may or may in Bengaluru, Mysore State “Chilakamma Cheppindi” rejected the ECC proposal to Tibet-DC, it said. The US State hanging from the ceiling fan the kids was recovered from the not have seen his films but are (present day Karnataka) in a (Telugu), in which he played import cotton yarn and sugar Department published through a window on spot, said police adding that the most certainly familiar with the Marathi family, Rajinikanth the protagonist for the first from India, Geo TV reported, “Country Reports on Human Thursday morning and bodies will be handed over to frenzy that surrounds his releas- was the youngest of four sib- time in his career. cited sources. Rights Practices” report. informed police. the family after post-mortem. ! # ! ! .
145+4.*, taken against those $ found without n the wake of the rising masks in public. At ICovid-19 cases in Delhi, the district level, the Chief Minister Arvind surveillance teams " #8 Kejriwal has called an emer- are overseeing that gency meeting on Friday at his the people follow residence to review an action Covid appropriate +4*2-+&1 Anshul Soni said, "There is no plan to deal with rising num- behaviour, the most dearth of talented artistes in ber of coronavirus cases in the important one ecently launched music dis- our country, all they need is a national Capital. being that they wear Rtribution company strong platform to show their Health Minister Satyendar masks. The Delhi Movement Creations has talent. So we take this forward Jain along with his depart- Government is stepped in the world of music via audio and video streaming ment officials will be a part of The Health Department making the vacci- to bring the talent of Indian through digital platforms." The the meeting. Owing to the has increased its vigilance mea- nation drive reach- and international artistes to the company believes that India's surge in cases, Kejriwal shall sures and has taken a number able to those who world. With playback singer $150 million music streaming deliberate on preparing an of monumental steps to com- have been unable to Tochi Raina as HOD of the market is projected to touch action plan to fight the pan- bat Covid-19. After the orders register for the jabs music company, the company $400 million by 2023. demic, including issues like given by Kejriwal, beds in 33 due to personal rea- recently announced the launch Raina added, “We are also containment zones, vaccination private hospitals have been sons. Such people of its upcoming Hindi release ready to bring forward all the drive, and maintaining avail- increased by 25per cent for can directly walk-in "Kaise Bhulaun" on April 3. singers who sing in local lan- ability of hospital beds. The ICU and 25per cent for normal into the vaccine Explaining the company's guages through this digital departmental officials have also ward beds centre and get vision, Movement Creations' medium. Such artistes are con- been instructed to prepare and respectively. injected with the managing directors and co- stantly contacting present an action plan to tack- The CM has announced vaccine between 3 founders Sona Uniyal and us. " le the pandemic. that stringent action will be pm and 9 pm. %R 012 ! #$% &%# +&@ 145+4.*, cleaning project, Kejriwal said, deadline,” they said. apprised the chief minister conveyance to STPs for treat- ! 2! "The Clean Yamuna project is Kejriwal also reviewed the that various low-cost techno- ment, installation of advanced ?7 elhi Chief Minister Arvind one of the most ambitious pro- flagship project of septic tank logical interventions are being filters, incineration for sludge DKejriwal on Thursday jects of the Delhi Government. cleaning in unauthorised done to expedite the work volume reduction, quality ! reviewed the major projects We must ensure that there is no colonies of Delhi. The project before scheduled timelines improvement of effluent para- &2&2- pertaining to the cleaning of laxity at any phase of the pro- is expected to be completed which include in situ meters of existing STPs, capac- the Yamuna River and stressed ject. We should work towards within the next few months. treatment of wastewater, tap- ity augmentation of STPs he rapid increase of coron- 145+4.*, upon completion of projects expediting the Yamuna clean- The DJB officials also ping of complete drains and through aeration system. Tavirus cases in Gurugram before the scheduled timeline. ing process; every sub-project continued on Thursday with n order to discuss resolution Kejriwal directed the offi- should be completed within the 381 fresh cases coming to light. Iof pending issues and col- cials to ensure that no untreat- stipulated time frame." The Covid-19 tally in laboration for quality educa- ed wastewater flows into the The DJB officials apprised Gurugram has now risen to tion, Delhi Deputy Chief river noting that water of four Kejriwal that various low-cost 63,394 according to the official Minister Manish Sisodia called major drains are falling into the technological interventions are daily health bulletin. on Delhi University's acting river. The DJB officials repre- being done to expedite the One more patients infect- Vice Chancellor PC Joshi on sented a detailed plan to clean work before scheduled time- ed with coronavirus died on Covid guidelines and maintain Thursday. four major drains such as lines. Thursday in the city. With social distancing rules," said Delhi University colleges, Najafgarh, supplementary, “Out of the four drains, the this, a total of 365 persons have Virender Yadav, CMO fully funded by the Delhi Shahdara, and Barapullah in work on interception of two lost their lives in Gurugram. Gurugram. Government, have been at log- the meeting. major drains i.e. supplementary The figures of Covid active A Gurugram Health gerheads for a few months over The Chief Minister and Shahdara is almost com- patients are 2,148. A total of department official said that a grants for payments of salaries. expressed concerns and unhap- plete. The untreated water from 60,881 have been cured and majority of corona cases are "Had a fruitful meeting piness over the delays in the the supplementary drain will be discharged including 175 on coming from containment with the Vice Chancellor of timelines of each Sewage completely tapped and treated Thursday. The health depart- zones where the situation @UnivofDelhi, to resolve all Treatment Plants (STP) project. by December 2021. The ment said out of 365 deaths 281 remains precarious. The district pending issues, and to plan He instructed the officials to untreated water from the died due to co-morbidities and has now 27 containment zones. how Delhi Govt and have a detailed plan ready by Shahdara drain will be com- the remaining 84 without co- Covid testing has been @UnivofDelhi can collaborate next week, wherein every pro- pletely tapped in the next few morbidities. As per the data of increased in the district to to provide innovative and high- ject is scrutinised as per the months. The remaining two the health department the prevent the spread of corona quality Higher Education to the revised timelines. major drains such as Najafgarh Covid-19 infection increased infection. Also an intensive students of Delhi," Sisodia While directing the offi- and Barapulla will be com- again in the last two weeks. testing campaign is being con- tweeted. cials to expedite the Yamuna pleted within the stipulated "We are registering more ducted in Gurugram to control than 200 plus cases from the the corona virus infection. last one month. It is a concern Soon Covid testing will be 34 for us. We are working hard to conducted at Malls, Market, ( ) * +, 17 BC8 contain spread in limited and other public places," Yadav * ) places. People need to follow added. $#, # ) )# 5
145+4.*, proper arrangements to douse PM on 22nd March at the far 145+4.*, the fire. It is very unfortunate end of the landfill, the state- he Delhi Pollution Control that such carelessness has been ment issued by the minister he two terrorists of TCommittee (DPCC) has noted in the functioning of office said. TRajasthan module of Indian issued a penalty of Rs 40 lakh to MCD,” he said. As per the DPCC the civic Mujahidin (IM) busted by the the East Delhi Municipal “The EDMC’s carelessness body has not only ignored the Special Cell of Delhi Police has Corporation (EDMC) following was the major cause behind the Environment Protection Act of been sentenced to life impris- the orders of Delhi Environment incident and has been a major 1986 but also violated the onment by Minister Gopal Rai. – contributor to the area’s air pol- directions of the National Jaipur court. The duo was The Environment Minister lution. The DPCC noted that Green Tribunal on the matters nabbed under the supervision of said that the Ghazipur landfill there have been fires at of solid waste management or the then Special Commissioner fire incident has extensively Ghazipur landfill in the past garbage management. The of Police, Special Cell, S N contributed to the pollution in too which indicates the lack of Commissioner of EDMC was 145+4.*, the last year's figure of Rs 548 Shrivastava, who is now Delhi the area. “I directed the DPCC measures taken and vigilance directed to take immediate crore. “Due to efforts taken by Police Commissioner. clearly to show that the EDMC observed by the EDMC to pre- and necessary action for the orth Delhi Municipal the civic body, the number of In March 2014, the Special was extremely careless. Based vent such fire incidents,” he prevention of fire at the NCorporation (NMC) has taxpayers has also been Cell in its endeavour to contain on the probe, the DPCC has said. In the notice issued by the Ghazipur plant site. collected approx 645 crore as increased by 5000 as 4, 23,000 terrorism being sponsored issued a penalty of Rs.40 lakh. DPCC, it was noted that there The DPCC has also asked property tax this financial year. taxpayers paid tax in compar- from across the border, arrest- The enquiry of DPCC revealed have been fires at Ghazipur EDMC to ensure that such fire The amount is approx 100 ison to 4,18,000 taxpayers last ed Zia Ur Rehman, a Pakistani that it was carelessness that landfill in the past, indicating incidents do not occur in the crore more than that collected year,” he said. national, commonly known to directly contributed to this a lack of vigilance by authori- future. In DPCC’s notice, last year. The mayor also informed anti-terrorist agencies in India fire. ties and measures taken by the EDMC has been asked to sub- Mayor of North Delhi Jai that about 48000 taxpayers by his alias ‘Waqas’. “The DPCC report also EDMC to prevent such fire mit a detailed report to the Prakash on Thursday said that availed the benefit of the This dreaded terrorist, shows that the MCD had no incidents. It was also noted that department regarding all steps the corporation has collected amnesty scheme which was exported by Pakistan based the fire at the Ghazipur land they have taken after getting almost 645 crore rupees which launched on January 27, 2021 ISI and its protégé called Indian site took place at around 4:30 this notice. is almost 100 crore more than by the north Corporation. Mujahidin, was wanted in a A total of about Rs 230 series of bombings carried out crore has been collected in the all over India along with his scheme. The amount deposit- absconding associates. , ,$+# $ ed by taxpayers who availed the Pursuant to the arrest of benefit of the scheme may be Waqas, three more terrorists, Rs 230 crore but the relief members of Rajasthan module extended to the taxpayers in of Indian Mujahidin identified $#$!$ $#&! form of waiver of interest and as Mohammad Mahruf, penalty who came in line of Mohammad Waqar Azhar and 145+4.*, The Chief Minister said Chandani Chowk from Red paying property tax is not less Shaquib Ansari were that the main road of Chandani Fort to Fatehpuri Mosque, so than 500 crore rupees. arrested. elhi Chief Minister Arvind Chowk has been redeveloped. that the visit- DKejriwal will inaugurate "It is a historical heritage site ing tourists the main area under the and the entire area has been could admire Chandni Chowk redevelop- made very beautiful, seeking to its beauty. ment project on April 17. The bring back the glory of this old During Chandni Chowk redevelop- historical place. After the beau- the renovation ment, an estimated Rs 99 crore tification of Chandani Chowk, and beautifi- project has revamped the path tourism would get a major cation process, from Red Fort to Fatehpuri boost, and people coming to the provision Masjid. Delhi would be attracted to pay of various The redevelopment work a visit to Chandani facilities to the on the project had begun on 1st Chowk." The Govt had decid- tourists has December 2018 and was tar- ed to renovate and beautify the been taken geted to be completed by main road of Chandani care of. No November 2020 but due to the Chowk, which is right opposite stone was left Covid, it got delayed by a year. the Red Fort, in light of its his- unturned in The Chandni Chowk area toric importance. Chandani order to is developed by the Delhi Chowk has its own identity . enhance the Government in a modern way However, due to its dilapidat- beauty of to promote tourism in Delhi. ed condition, people here had Chandani There will be a ban on the to face a lot of trouble. In addi- Chowk and movement of motorized vehi- tion to this, due to the tourist granite tiles cles on this road from 9 AM to crowds and traffic jams, India’s have been 9 PM so that people coming to international image was used for the Chandani Chowk do not have adversely affected. Therefore, same, a senior to face problems including the Kejriwal government start- government traffic jams. ed to enhance the beauty of official said.
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#% , 21 "#$ +4*2-+&1 6** ** ) " he union min- Tister of state ensuring a clean, divine, beau- nine bathing ghats, Astha Path for health Ashwini tiful and safe Kumbh while Haridwar and Munikireti. In Kumar Chaubey ! also ensuring the convenience addition to this, 157.65 kilo- has said that the of the religious fraternity and metres of roads were built focus should be *-2,+5-2 Haridwar railway station. He devotees, said the CM while with Rs 127.51 crore. Apart made on protec- also checked the Covid testing addressing the media virtual- from listing out various infra- tion from Covid- he Kumbh Mela officer and other facilities at Narsan ly. structural and beautification 19 considering the TDeepak Rawat and inspec- border, Roorkee bus station Rawat said that proper works carried out for the Kumbh Mela in tor general (Kumbh) Sanjay and railway station for people security arrangements have Kumbh, the CM said that spe- Haridwar. He was Gunjyal offered prayers to the arriving here from neighbour- ! been made in Haridwar while cial focus is being laid on talking to the Ganga, Navgrah and other ing states. At the Haridwar rail- "#$ the number of buses has also health facilities and crowd media persons deities for the successful con- way station, officials informed been increased. Informing management. He said that a after inaugurating duct on the Kumbh Mela on that about 10,000 people arrive about the various works done 150 bed hospital costing Rs the newly built Thursday when the event for- here daily. Raman was also +4*2-+&1 for the Kumbh Mela, he said 2.22 crore has been estab- Haemodialysis mally began in Haridwar. The informed that not all passen- that the centre has provided Rs lished. Doctors, nurses and unit and advanced duo and other officials also gers are arriving with negative n Thursday when the 700 crore for various devel- other medical staff persons urology centre at All India Narendra Modi, ‘Dawai Bhi the state of the art machines at offered prayers at Mansa Devi RT-PCR test report. The com- OKumbh Mela officially opment works and Kumbh have been arranged from Uttar Institute of Medical Sciences and Kadai Bhi’ should be strict- the Advanced Urology Centre and Chandi Devi temples. missioner directed officials to began in Haridwar, chief min- Mela works. About Rs 58 crore Pradesh. Further, Rs 70.15 (AIIMS) Rishikesh on ly adhered to. He said that peo- will prove to be convenient and Rawat said that on the day ensure that arrivals bring with ister Tirath Singh Rawat said provided under Namami crore has been provided for Thursday. ple should adopt the Covid beneficial in the treatment when the Kumbh Mela became them an RT-PCR negative test that the Covid guidelines of Gange for sanitation was used equipment, medicines, tem- The union minister said appropriate behaviour to com- patients. fully notified, prayers were report not older than 72 hours the central government will be to provide 11,800 temporary porary workers and other that the Uttarakhand govern- bat the disease. The director of AIIMS offered to goddess Ganga with and medical certificate. Despite followed completely. He said toilets and 6,674 temporary aspects in 39 temporary hos- ment is taking measures to pre- Appreciating the facilities Rishikesh, Dr Ravikant said the wish that the Mela be held all efforts if a person arrives that at the same time, attempts urinals. Further, Rs one crore pitals with 463 bed capacity. vent the spread of Covid-19 in at the AIIMS Rishikesh, he said that with the establishment of properly without any disrup- without the required report, the are also being made to ensure was provided for Paint My With special focus on crowd Kumbh. He said that the peo- that the institute is located on the Haemodialysis and tion. same should be conducted and that the devotees arriving in City campaign and Rs 50 lakh control and security, a police ple are getting infected with the banks of the Ganga and is Advanced Urology Centre, the Later, the Garhwal com- the person should be allowed Haridwar do not face unnec- was provided for 78 changing surveillance system costing Covid-19 twice and three times beneficial for the general poorest of the poor patients will missioner Ravinath Raman into the Mela area only after a essary hindrances. The State rooms. Rawat further said that Rs 17.34 crore has been and in such a situation the patients in terms of environ- also get better technology based inspected the facilities for pas- negative Covid report is government is committed to Rs 49.64 crore was spent on set up. mantra of Prime Minister ment and health. He added that and appropriate treatment. sengers and Covid checks at the received. ()* /P 3 4 56( % recovery on Thursday. A total 13 active cases of Covid-19. +4*2-+&1 . & of 95455 patients have recov- Meanwhile in the ongoing ' ered from the disease in the vaccination drive, 25880 peo- s part of the state and the recovery per- ple were vaccinated in different AAmrit % centage is now at 94.59 and the parts of the state on Thursday. Mahotsav being sample positivity rate is 3.66 In the state 124659 people held to mark 75 1! ) percent. have been fully vaccinated so years of the nation’s * The authorities reported far as they have received both independence on +4*2-+&1 ' 236 new cases of the disease the first and second dose of the August 15, 2022, from Dehradun, 149 from vaccine. A total of 349794 officials in pecial focus should be laid on improv- Haridwar, 49 from Nainital, 22 senior citizens (60 Plus) have Uttarakhand have Sing the health facilities up to the remote +4*2-+&1 from Udham Singh Nagar, 14 received the first dose of the been directed to areas. Chairing a review meeting of the from Pauri, 11 from Tehri, vaccine in the state. Similarly prepare a 75 day medical health and medical education he upward curve shown by five each from Almora and 39577 persons in the age group work plan for exe- departments via video conferencing here on Tthe cases of the novel Pithoragarh, four from of 45-59 years have been vac- cution of public Thursday, chief minister Tirath Singh Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bageshwar, two from cinated in the state. The Chief welfare schemes in Rawat said that requirement for the vacant Uttarakhand is getting sharp- Rudraprayag and one each Operations Officer (COO) of the state. Stating posts in health department should be sent er. On Thursday the state from Chamoli, Champawat state Covid-19 control room, this, chief minister soon. The process should be expedited health department reported and Uttarkashi districts on Dr Abhishek Tripathi said that Tirath Singh Rawat where recruitment is already underway. The 500 cases of the disease. The Thursday. 529 vaccine sessions were said that the CM directed that the service manual for all last time the state reported The health department organised in different parts of responsibility of cadres in health and medical education more than 500 cases in one sin- reported the death of a 65 year the state on Tuesday. officials concerned departments should be prepared within 75 gle day was December 23, old female patient at All India In Dehradun 110 vaccine will be fixed for days and the process of recruitment to 2020. The state now has 100911 Institute of Medical Sciences sessions were organised in making the vacant posts should be started soon. ANMs (cumulative) cases of Covid-19. (AIIMS) Rishikesh on which 2501 senior citizens, schemes simple, should be arranged till the Nyay Panchayat The provisional state capital Thursday. A 31 year old male 4019 persons between 45 to 60 accessible and level and they should be provided a kit of Dehradun and Haridwar which was reported dead at Kailash years of age, 195 healthcare transparent. Efforts necessary medicines. is hosting Kumbh are witness- hospital Dehradun on the day. workers and 209 frontline will be made to He further said that doctors should be ing a steep rise in the cases of The state now has 2236 workers were vaccinated on ensure that the pub- appointed in remote areas to provide bet- the disease. active patients of the disease. Thursday. lic enjoys the maximum benefit of heads of departments will be answer- rity of the general public, the director ter health services in such areas. Rawat said The department also Dehradun continues to be at Similarly 1348 senior citi- these schemes. At the government able for successful implementation of general of police will ensure that his that special focus should be laid on reported the death of two the top of the table of active zens, 1461 persons between 45 level, the additional chief secretaries, the public welfare schemes related to subordinate officers work on the same strengthening of district hospitals. patients of the disease on the cases of the disease with 926 to 60 years of age, 49 health principal secretaries, secretaries and their respective departments. Similarly, lines. The DGP will be answerable for Telemedicine system should be arranged in day. The disease has so far patients, Haridwar has 626, care workers and 704 front line additional secretaries will prepare 75 the divisional commissioners will ensuring effective implementation of primary and community health centres claimed 1715 lives in the state. Tehri 127, Pauri 99, Almora 48, workers were vaccinated in day work plan and ensure execution ensure that the same is done by the dis- the work plan. Further, all the officials within the next 100 days, he said. The CM The authorities discharged 125 Uttarkashi 33, Rudraprayag 31, 105 vaccine sessions in of the schemes. All heads of depart- trict magistrates under their respective concerned will submit their work also stressed that the pace of the Covid vac- patients from different hospi- Pithoragarh 27, Chamoli 22, Haridwar district on the ments will ensure that the same is done purviews. For strengthening the law plan within 75 hours in the CM sec- cination programme should be stepped tals of the state following their Bageshwar 18 and Champawat day. by their subordinate officers. The and order in the state and for the secu- retariat. up. ! 7 ,*+ +4*2-+&1 !! he drinking water and rain Twater harvesting minister +4*2-+&1 Bishan Singh Chufal has said that more than one drinking he Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) in its water scheme should not be Trecently released guidelines had sug- implemented in one village and gested cities to conduct Water Balance Plan area and strict punitive action study to promote circular economy of the would be taken against those water focusing on recycle/reuse of treated involved in preparing and mak- sewage, rejuvenation of water bodies and ing such schemes in one area. He water conservation. In this regard, the gave this direction while chair- Dehradun city water balance plan study ing a review meeting of Peyjal which was recently concluded in Dehradun Nigam and Jal Sansthan at his with the support of US Agency for office in Vidhan Sabha on International Development (USAID) by Thursday. Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence The minister reviewed the emphasised that the project ous areas and ten plain areas is good but the water gets over- that the pending process of the (CURE), was handed over to the Urban progress of the ambitious Jal should be made with a long term should be installed. flowed due to small tanks, pro- promotions in the Peyjal Nigam Development Directorate. CURE had initiated convergence between all the stakeholder depart- Jivan Mission and Peri Urban perspective. The minister said On a terse note the minis- vision of construction of larger and Jal Sansthan should be the City Water Balance Plan (CWBP) study at ments for better outcome, paucity of data and mission in the meeting. He said that provision of adequate bud- ter ordered that the officers of tanks should be made. He said completed so that a proper Dehradun in collaboration with a local con- prevalence of water borne diseases. The CWBP that the areas where the piped tap get should be made for the areas the department and the work that the process of appointment structure of these departments sulting agency, ImpactDASH in June 2020 and will facilitate the city administration in subse- water connections were given suffering from the problem of executing agencies should pro- of junior engineers (JEs) from is made.The drinking water was the first city to conclude the study out of quent interventions for making the city more under Jal Jeevan Mission and supply of water and priority duce the utilisation certificates the outsource agencies should secretary Nitesh Kumar Jha, three cities. water resilient. CURE city manager Swagata water supply has got reduced should be given to such areas. (UC) of the drinking water be expedited to increase the additional secretary J B Oli, The key findings of the study include sat- Kainthola said that Dehradun city water balance should be earmarked and alter- Chufal said that twenty hand projects completed by them pace of projects under the Jal Peyjal Nigam managing direc- isfactory underground water availability, satis- plan will work as a guideline for the rest of cities native arrangements for provid- pumps in every assembly con- within three days. He said that Jeevan Mission. tor SK Pant and others were factory piped water supply especially to the slum in Uttarakhand and other northern states on ing water should be made. He stituency located in mountain- in the areas where water supply The minister also directed present in the meeting. areas, intensive groundwater extraction, lack of water issues as well. 7 2 ! ! (
+4*2-+&1 Various officials from the O P police department and inishing all the arrange- Dehradun district administra- +4*2-+&1 bers of the group. Fments to commence the tion including superintendent “False reports are historical Jhanda Mela in of police (city) Sarita Dobhal, embers of Citizens for being presented to get the Dehradun, the devotees are all circle officer, Shekhar Suyal, MGreen Doon (CFGD) clearance for deforesta- set to participate in the raising additional district magistrate, gathered at the the DAV (PG) tion and forest fires which of the new flag pole ceremony Bir Singh Budiyal and city College on Thursday to moti- can be seen nowadays are at Shri Guru Ram Rai Darbar magistrate, Kusum Chauhan vate youths to save trees and also being lit by the peo- Sahib today. This year, the also discussed the arrange- the environment from being ple who want to use that devotees would be able to par- ments of the Mela with the destroyed in the name of devel- area for commercial ticipate in only the religious rit- members of the committee. opment. uses,”she averred. uals of the Jhanda Mela as the This year, the flag raising cer- A group member Ruchi Another CFGD mem- Jhanda Mela Organising emony would also be shown on Singh Rao said that chopping ber Jaya Singh said, “We are Doon valley in the past 20 Committee has cancelled the a big LED screen in the Darbar of tress is devastating for the targeting youth for awareness years. They further averred recreational activities due to the Sahib premises so that devotees environment due to which to make them understand how that 11,000 trees are slated to be recent surge in Covid-19 cases. can enjoy the ceremony with- changes are being observed in life is connected with nature. axed to reduce travel time by 11 According to the member of the out feeling the need to get into weather and temperature of We will have to set our priori- minutes for Delhi-Dehradun committee, Bhupendra Raturi, the crowd to witness it. Dehradun. Now there is little ty for development and the expressway and that 10,000 the committee has done all the Another member of the com- difference between Dehradun environment. Development trees are to be cut for the arrangements for the event. mittee, K C Juyal informed that and Delhi in terms of pollution and environment have to go expansion of Dehradun airport The committee has especially the religious ritual to bring the for Nagar Parikrama on April the premises only with a neg- arrive in limited numbers this and to prevent further envi- hand in hand but it’s not fair if in the eco-sensitive area of focussed on the arrangements old holy flag down would start 4 and since the recreational ative RT-PCR report. Those year to participate in the event ronmental destruction the the environment is destroyed in Shivalik elephant reserve. to tackle any safety issues dur- from 7 AM and the ceremony activities have already been who did not have any report to minimise the risk of Covid- youths must stand up against the name of development.” Expressing concern, they said ing the ceremony. A medical of raising the new flag would be cancelled, the Jhanda Mela will were sent to Mahant Indiresh 19 contagion. Due to this, deforestation and to save the CFGD members shared that sustainability of natural team, police force and fire team done by 3 PM in the presence end in three days this year. hospital for the test. According there are quite less devotees in city. Considering this, the some facts on deforestation, resources will continue to would be available in Darbar of Mahant Devendra Das. He also informed that the to the organisers, they regularly the Darbar Sahib premises at CFGD is trying to make as stating that 50 per cent reduc- decline alarmingly if defor- Sahib premises to tackle any sit- According to him, the com- Mela organising committee appealed to the devotees of the time than the previous many people as possible mem- tion in forest cover has been in estation continues. uation during the ceremony. mittee has shortened the route allowed the devotees to enter other districts and States to years. ! + 1## +-+6! $ *& * ) % # 9 : .
145+4.*, Government is offering inter- $ ; est rates below six per cent, hit- ollowing Finance Minister ting the savers and the middle 145+4.*, these nodes. FNirmala Sitharaman’s class below the belt. This initiative will accrue announcement of withdrawal “The BJP Government had n order to fast-track synergy advantages in terms of saving of of the interest rate-slashing decided to launch another Iamongst the three Services manpower, economise utilisa- order, the Opposition on assault on the middle class by and cut down costs, Chief of tion of resources, besides finan- Thursday hit out at her asking slashing the interest rates and Defence Staff(CDS)General cial savings. Successful func- whether the U-turn was an profiting itself. When caught, Bipin Rawat on Thursday oper- tioning of these three nodes will “oversight” or an “election-dri- the FM is putting forward the ationalised the third Joint prove to be important stepping ven hindsight” and even sought lame excuse of ‘inadvertent Logistics Node in Mumbai. The third node in Mumbai stones for opening of more her resignation. error’,” he tweeted. This node will supply ammu- was operationalized by Rawat such centres in different parts of The Congress asked the withdrawing it?” Congress The Trinamool Congress nition rations and fuel besides from New Delhi through video the country. Finance Minister to clarify if the leader Priyanka Gandhi wrote took a dig at the Modi 145+4.*, enhancing soldier comfort other items to the Army. Navy conferencing. These nodes will The nodes would enhance interest rates would not be on Twitter. Government with its MPs while ensuring the survivabil- and IAF. Earlier, the services provide integrated logistics joint inter-operability between reduced after the ongoing Addressing a press confer- While Derek O’Brien and ith the objective of ity. This technology reduces the used to have their own set-ups cover to the Armed Forces for the Services and go a long way Assembly elections and ence here, party leader Rajeev Mahua Moitra calling it an Wachieving self-reliance in weight of the medium sized to cater to these needs thereby their small arms ammunition, in improving the logistics demanded a guarantee on that. Shukla said Sitharaman should April’s Fool joke even as the the defence sector, the Defence jacket from 10.4 to 9.0 kilo- enhancing expenses and dupli- rations, fuel, general stores, civil processes of the Armed Forces It also asked whether the ruling clarify whether the order has new entrant in the party and Research and Development grammes. Very specific mate- cation. hired transport, aviation cloth- in accordance with Prime BJP was running a “circus” or a been withdrawn, postponed or former Finance Minister Organisation (DRDO) has rials and processing technolo- With the rapidly changing ing, spares and also engineering Minister Narendra Modi’s direc- Government on the manner in would be re-implemented later. Yashwant Sinha tweeted, “Roll developed a light-weight bul- gies have been developed in the nature of war fighting and oper- support in an effort to synergise tions to enhance the jointness which the order was issued by Congress general secre- back Modi’. letproof jacket which meets the laboratories for the purpose. ational preparedness, all future their operational efforts. among the three Services. “oversight” and later withdrawn. tary and chief spokesperson “What is the biggest April qualitative requirements of the Defence Minister Rajnath conflicts will be conducted by Speaking on the occasion, The CDS also emphasised Congress leader Rahul Randeep Surjewala said Fool’s joke here? That a now Indian Army. Singh congratulated the DRDO Tri-Service in an integrated Rawat said establishment and on the need to work towards Gandhi alleged that the small Sitharaman has no right to rolled back small savings rate Giving the details here on scientists and Industry for manner. Keeping this objective operationalisation of joint nodes greater logistics integration with saving rates would be reduced continue as the Finance cut was issued by ‘oversight’? Thursday, officials said the developing the light weight in focus and to enable the is a very important first step in national logistics, which has soon after the elections in four Minister. “Madam FM, Are u Or that Nirmala Sitaraman is DRDO laboratory, Defence bullet proof jacket to make the Indian Armed Forces to con- the direction of logistics inte- been provided renewed impetus States and a Union running a ‘Circus’ or a Fin Min of this country?” Materials and Stores Research soldiers more comfortable. duct successful operations, it is gration of our three Services. in the recent past by saying it Territory.”There was already a ‘Government’? You have no Moitra tweeted. O’Brien said it and Development Secretary Department of essential that they be provided Acceptance of each other’s lim- would help the Armed Forces to loot on petrol and diesel and moral right to continue as was egg on face again. “Because Establishment (DMSRDE), Defence R&D and Chairman with sound logistics support itations and learning from each take benefit from the infra- soon after the elections end, the FM,” he wrote on Twitter. MO-SHA too busy throwing Kanpur has developed the light DRDO G Satheesh Reddy con- during all stages of the war, offi- other’s strengths and best prac- structural and logistics improve- small saving rates will be reduced “One can imagine the func- petals from trucks and crack- weight Bullet Proof Jacket gratulated the DMSRDE team cials said here on the need for tices is essential to help improve ments taking place at the nation- and there will be a loot on the tioning of economy when such ing April Fool jokes of false weighing 9.0 kilogrammes. for the development. such nodes. the functioning and efficacy of al level. savings of the middle-class. This duly approved order affecting promises at election rallies,” he The Front Hard Armour The infantry soldiers Government is of jumla crores of people can be issued mocked at the BJP leadership. Panel (FHAP) jacket was test- guarding the Line of Actual equipment including the government ordered procure- against small arms and ammu- (rhetoric) and the loot of com- by an ‘oversight’. Who is the Sinha made a tongue-in- ed at Terminal Ballistics Control(LAC)facing China and rifle, spare ammunition, com- ment of more than 1,80,000 nition was released in 2019. mon people,” he said in a tweet competent authority referred in cheek remark. “I am very sad Research Laboratory (TBRL), the Line of Control(LOC)with munication set and other relat- jackets worth over 650 crores. Now, India has its own using the hashtag “oversight”. order,” Surjewala added. today. I thought I alone had the Chandigarh and met relevant Pakistan besides troops ed items for fighting effective- The entire lot, more or less, has Standard for Bullet Proof “Really Nirmala Senior Congress leader and monopoly of roll backs. This govt BIS standards. deployed in counter-terrorist ly. been delivered. Jackets (BPJ)which prescribes Sitharaman ‘oversight’ in issu- former Finance Minister P has outdone even me. Labour The importance of this operations need these jackets. Till about ten years back Incidentally, the first ever minimum requirements of bul- ing the order to decrease inter- Chidambaram said when infla- laws, small savings interest rates vital development lies in the The jacket has to be light there was a shortage of more India Standard (IS) on Bullet letproof jackets against small est rates on GOI schemes or tion is at about six per cent and are a couple of examples. Roll fact that each gram of jacket yet able to stop the bullet as the than three lakh bullet proof Resistant Jacket specifically for arms and their evaluation pro- election driven ‘hindsight’ in expected to rise, the BJP Back Modi,” he tweeted. weight reduction is crucial in soldier carries lot of other jackets. However, in 2016, the Indian armed forces to protect cedures. 9 " => # %1< ,# & + )$# $ $ $) !2 P 9 47 E! # $#0 % - 145+4.*, cination,” it said in a statement. 145+4.*, ! - 5) However, health experts against s the Covid-19 vaccination feel that it’s time to cover the stablishment of alternate 145+4.*, 145+4.*, Himanta Afor all those above 45 began entire population as the coun- Efunding through voluntary Biswa on Thursday, health experts try is witnessing the second crowd and corporate funding, able to address any public he Election Commission he Election Sarma for have called for inoculating every wave. “Today we’ve got a crisis and increase in assistance for 145+4.*, meetings, rallies, press con- T(EC) has seized liquor, TCommission allegedly adult above 18 citing studies that upon us with infections and patients needing one-time ferences or even give media unaccounted cash, narcotics, on Thursday making the new Covid variants are deaths registering new high treatment from 15 lakh to 20 he Election Commission interviews until April 3. . If a freebies worth 366.09 crore issued a show- threatening more threatening to younger every passing day. We should lakh and identifying centre for T(EC) on Thursday barred leader is a “star campaigner”, till the second phase of polling cause notice to remarks people. vaccinate the entire adult pop- excellence are some of the key former Union Minister and his campaigning expenditure in Assam and West Bengal. Assam Minister and BJP leader against opposition leader However, the Government ulation and provide them with features proposed by the Union DMK leader A Raja from are borne by the party and not The total seizure is over six Himanta Biswa Sarma for Hagrama Mohilary of the is presently more keen on vac- a walk-in option to get the jab Health Ministry in the newly- campaigning for 48 hours by the candidate himself. times higher than the total allegedly making threatening Bodoland People’s Front. The cinating those 45 years since this at any vaccination centre. Our drafted Rare Disease Policy. with immediate effect and “The Commission also combined seizure of 60.91 remarks against Opposition Bodoland People’s Front is an age group is reporting high vaccination pace is not so As per the policy, rare dis- dropped him from the list of advises you to be watchful and crore during the assembly polls leader Hagrama Mohilary of ally of the Congress in Assam. mortalities. impressive given the huge pop- eases have been earmarked DMK’s star campaigners in not to make intemperate, in 2016. “Till date 112.54 the Bodoland People’s Front. Assembly elections in “Those above 45 years are ulation we have,” said Dr Rahul under three categories based on poll-bound Tamil Nadu, over indecent, derogatory, obscene crore has been seized in Assam He has been asked to respond Assam are being held in three considered to be at highest risk Bhargava, senior hematologist the nature of treatment. They his “derogatory” and remarks and lower the digni- (as against a total seizure of to the notice by 5 pm on April phases. While the first phase -- 90 per cent of Covid-19 from Fortis Hospital, are disorders amenable to one- “obscene” remarks against ty of women in future during 16.58 crore in 2016) and a 2. was on March 27, voting in the deaths in India have been in the Gurugram. time curative treatment, dis- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E election campaign,” the order total of 253.55 crores for West “...the Commission is, second phase is underway on category of those above the age He agreed with AIIMS eases requiring long term or K Palaniswami. read. There have been Bengal (as against a total prima facie, of the view that Thursday. The last phase is on of 45. director Dr Randeep Guleria’s lifelong treatment having rela- The EC also advised Raja instances where the EC has seizure of 44.33 crore in that Sarma has violated the April 6. “This step has been taken view that more kids and tively lower cost of treatment “to be watchful and not to mentioned the exact time 2016),” the EC said. above said provisions of the The notice to Sarma cited after detailed deliberations with younger people are getting and diseases for which defini- make interpretate indecent, when the ban would end. Model Code of Conduct. Now, various provisions of the model the states and Union Territories infected during the second wave tive treatment is available but derogatory, obscene remarks In his reply to the EC, therefore, the Commission code, including the one dealing on March 31 to optimally utilise as compared to the first wave challenges are to make optimal and lower the dignity of Raja had defended his state- masses. This was in response gives you an opportunity to with refraining from making all COVID-19 Vaccination reported in August and patient selection for benefit, women in future during the ment saying that in Tamil to the CM’s repeated allega- explain your position in mak- unverified allegations against Centres across the public and November last year. The mor- very high cost and lifelong election campaign”. oratory, simile is a well- tions that MK Stalin has ing above statement on or political rivals and, avoiding private sectors to ensure rapid bidity and mortality due to the therapy, like Lysosomal Storage The order did not specify accepted norm. In my never worked hard to before 5 pm of April 2, failing “corrupt practices” and offences increase in the pace and cover- deadly virus is higher in elder- Disorders (LSD) like Gaucher the exact time the ban would speech, evolution of the become a leader. Hence, if which the Commission shall under the election law, such as age of Covid vaccination,” the ly people. Disease, Hunter Syndrome and end, but if the communication political heights and their the full text is considered by take a decision without any fur- bribing of voters, intimidation Union Health Ministry said. “At a time when the Fabry Disease. was received by Raja this means of MK Stalin and the committee, I’m hopeful ther reference to you,” the of voters, impersonation of “This decision is in line with Government has itself warned The policy comes on the afternoon, he cannot cam- Edappadi K Palaniswami that it will wipe out the insult notice read. voters. the graded and pro-active that the situation is going from last day of the deadline given by paign till the afternoon of were compared through a and consequent injury The notice was issued by It also quoted a transcript approach employed by the gov- bad to worse, our efforts should the Delhi High Court which April 3. The 48-hour ban simile as new born babies for inflicted on me,” the former the EC following a complaint of the speech provided by the ernment of India along with the be to scale up vaccination pace has asked for the government’s means that Raja would not be the easy understanding of the Union minister added. filed by the Congress party state election machinery. states and UTs for Covid-19 vac- and cover maximum people. entire unspent budget allocat- ed to rare diseases for the past three years to be immediately 4! &7 ! 5>;* moved into the rare diseases $&# ;) fund. However, the policy is silent on this aspect. ! ! Instead, the policy pro- ! ! poses the formulation of an 145+4.*, ing processes and reducing Higher Education Secretary, 145+4.*, ment of Punjab has been alternative form of funding to compliance burden. The inter- Professor DP Singh, delayed to April 10 due to a 145+4.*, namely Ranga Reddy, help patients of rare diseases. o streamline the forms actions have begun online Chairman, University Grants he Government has pro- spike in Covid-19 cases in the Hyderabad, Medchal- This includes voluntary crowd- Tand processes in reducing amongst the stakeholders. Commission and Professor Tcured 78,392 tonnes of state. he NIA has conducted Malkajgiri and Medak. funding treatment by setting up the compliance burden on A senior education min- Anil D Sahasrabudhe, wheat in the first fortnight of Last year also, Punjab had Tsearches at 31 locations in The case relates to fur- a digital platform for voluntary the higher education sector, istry official said repeat Chairman, All India Council the fresh procurement season delayed procurement for 10 Andhra Pradesh and thering the activities of the individual contribution and the Ministry of Education demand for information by for Technical Education which began on March 15, days due to the pandemic. Telangana in Munchingput proscribed organisation, CPI corporate donors to voluntar- and the University Grants regulatory bodies leads to a lot (AICTE) was also present. 2021 as compared to the 60 The procurement estimate Maoist case of Hyderabad (Maoist) in Andhra Pradesh in ily contribute to the treatment Commission (UGC) have of repetitive work and there- During the online inter- metric tons last year during for wheat has been fixed as relating to furtherance of the the guise of frontal organiza- cost of patients of rare diseases. started interactions with all fore only information that action, representatives from the same period. 427.36 LMT for the year ultra-Left agenda. tions. Noting that India has close the stakeholders to further provides value addition Industry Associations such as According to the Ministry 2021-22. On Wednesday, the NIA The case pertains to to 50-100 million people affect- ease out the system. should be insisted on from CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, and of Consumer Affairs, the pro- During previous year conducted searches at 31 loca- seizure of revolutionary liter- ed by rare diseases or disorders, Certain areas including HEIs. Vice Chancellors from sever- curement has started only in 2020-21, a quantity of 390 tions spread across eight dis- ature of CPI (Maoist), press the policy report said almost 80 governance and regulatory The first such online al central, state, deemed, pri- Rajasthan, Gujarat and LMT procured in the central tricts of Andhra Pradesh-- notes, medicines, wire bundles per cent of these rare condition reforms, and reengineering workshop organised in the vate universities and technical Madhya Pradesh. It is likely to pool and benefitting 43.36 Visakhapatnam, Guntur, and explosive substances from patients are children and a of processes and increased series was chaired by Amit universities shared their views pick up pace as it takes off in lakh farmers. The harvesting Prakasam, Srikakulam, accused Pangi Naganna , who leading cause for most of them use of technology to ease stu- Khare, Secretary, Higher on reducing compliance bur- Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar exercise will pick up in a Kurnool, Krishna, East was intercepted by not reaching adulthood is due dents, faculty and staff have Education, Ministry of den in Higher Education Pradesh and Uttarakhand couple of days with procure- Godavari and Kadapa besides Munchingput Police during to the high morbidity and been identified for streamlin- Education. Apart from the Institution. from April 1. The procure- ment. four districts of Telangana vehicle checking. mortality rates of these life- threatening diseases. It also seeks to provide % nearly constant speed, it said. assistance for patients needing & # =( $ ' , $ However, this algorithm one-time treatment for rare - P could not be applied to the diseases increased to 20 lakh inner corona observations due from 15 lakh. # = ) P ! # to the vast acceleration expe- “Assistance to be provided /0 rienced by these eruptions. under the Rashtriya Arogaya 145+4.*, officers (JCOs) and soldiers Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, & P This severely limited the Yojana,” the policy said adding from the Dogra regiment will Kuwait and Singapore will capability to track the erup- that the beneficiaries of the he Indian Army will par- participate in the exercise also be in attendance through- limited CME observations in tions as CMEs accelerate in assistance are not limited to the Tticipate in a four-nation ‘Shantir Ogroshena’ (front out the exercise,” it said. 145+4.*, Thursday. interplanetary space, the DST the lower corona. Moreover, BPL families but extended to military exercise in runner of peace), they said. The year 2021 marks the The new technique will be statement said. with the advancement in almost 40 per cent of popula- Bangladesh from April 4 to 12 Besides armies of 50th anniversary of the liber- cientists have developed a used in India’s first solar mis- A software named space technology, there has tion eligible under the Pradhan which is being organised to Bangladesh and India, the ation of Bangladesh and the Snew technique to track the sion Aditya-L1. Computer Aided CME been a tremendous increase in Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. mark the birth centenary of exercise will be participated by birth centenary of Rahman. huge bubbles of gas, threaded As the ejections from the Tracking Software (CACTus) the amount of data obtained The policy also notes that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Royal Bhutan Army and Sri In reflection of close ties, with magnetic field lines, which sun, technically called Coronal based on a computer vision from spacecraft, according to as the number of persons suf- Rahman and 50 years of that Lankan Army, the defence India is also hosting a number are ejected from the sun dis- Mass Ejections (CMEs), cause algorithm was so far used to the statement. fering from individual rare country’s liberation war, offi- ministry said. of events to mark the 50th rupting space weather and various disturbances of the detect and characterise such Identifying and tracking diseases is small, they do not cials said on Thursday. “The theme of the exercise anniversary of the 1971 war causing geomagnetic storms, space environment, forecast- eruptions automatically in the solar eruptions in huge num- constitute a significant market A 30-member Indian is ‘Robust Peace Keeping that led to liberation of satellite failures, and power ing their arrival time is very outer corona where these ber of images can become for drug manufacturers to Army team comprising offi- Operations’. Military observers Bangladesh. outages, the Department of important. However, forecast- eruptions cease to show accel- tedious if done manually, the develop and bring to market cers, junior commissioned from the US, UK, Turkey, Science and Technology said ing accuracy is hindered by erations and propagate with a statement said. drugs for them. ! & $ 8 5, ! R $ 9 : ) Kashmir range Vijay Kumar J&K Police. My prayers for the Thursday said, "four Lashkar-e- departed soul and sympathies # 5 $ Toiba terrorists including two with his family. Such coward- from Srinagar carried out the ly acts are against humanity & attack on the guard post of the perpetrators shall be brought to *-.+,- visit toJasoreshwari Kali Temple UP who she alleged had infil- * ) house of senior BJP leader in justice". in Jessore and Matua headquar- trated Bengal to vitiate theelec- Nowgam area". The IGP said Condemning the attack, rime Minister Narendra ters at Orakandiin Bangladesh he toral process. “After taking oath ! ) ! two of the four terrorists several senior BJP leaders said PModi on Thursday made a said “is visiting a Kali Temple or and sitting on a constitutional- involved in the act have been that the killers of humanity strong Hindutva pitch at the hus- the temple ofHarichand Thakur post you cannot abuse the citi- ) (-& identified as Shahid Khursheed cannot be heroes for anyone. tings attacking Bengal Chief a crime … but here the Chief zens of any other state … it isun- and Obaid Shafi. “Both belong National General Secretary, Minister Mamata Banerjee for Minister is abusing mefor visit- constitutional,” he said. burqa clad Lashkar-e- to Lashkar-e-Toiba. The identi- BJP & Prabhari J&K, Tarun deriding those who wear saffron ing these temples too.” Even on Thursday she told ATayyeba (LeT) terrorist ty of two others is being ascer- Chugh expressed anguish over robes, and sport tilak or chotis Speaking about her repeat- the media at Nandigram how along with three other gun tot- tained who are also believed to this highly deplorable incident (ponytails). ed personal attacks and even use “hundreds ofcriminals have been ing associates on Thursday be from Lashkar,” he said and stressed that exemplary Modi who was addressing a of slangswhile referring to him brought in by the BJP from UP targeted the house of a local "This is the second terror- punishment will be ensured to rally at Joynagar in South 24 the Prime Minister said, “I and Bihar and otherStates to rig BJP leader in Nowgam area of ist attack on me, Anwar Khan killers. He said that these Parganas aconstituency --- with understand that shehas a grudge the elections and do crime here.” Srinagar in which one of the told reporters in Jammu". He reporters, "he left his home before escaping. Anwar Khan Repeated terror attacks cannot a healthy population of minor- against me which is why she Reiterating that the BJP security guards deployed on said as BJP is gaining popular- early in the morning as he was said, his minor son was also weaken democracy in the region. ity Muslims --- roundly invoked keeps on abusing merepeatedly would win more than 200 seats guard duty attained martyrdom ity in different parts of Kashmir scheduled to travel to Jammu. present near the front gate of J&K BJP President, Hindutva saying, “Earlier she was … I don’t mind that but I will not Modi said thatinitial trends of while all the family members attempts are being made to cre- Anwar Khan said, "I have seen his house when terrorists tar- Ravinder Raina strongly con- irritated by chants of Jai Shri allow her to insult theheritage of polling showed that TMC was including minor son of the BJP ate a sense of insecurity among the CCTV footage and it is geted the security person- demned the attack and said that Ram and was loath to allow Bengal … I will not allow her to going out of power.“Didi you are leader escaped unhurt. the party leaders". clearly visible when the terror- nel.With the grace of God the whole humanity is feeling immersion of idols during Durga denigrate the basicvalues upheld losing the elections … TMC is The BJP leader identified Last year, over half a dozen ists, one of them clad in a almighty he escaped unhurt, he shocked and ashamed of these Pujas … but now she has by the likes of Baba Saheb gone.” as Mohd Anwar Khan was not BJP leaders, sarpanches, cor- burqa, knocked at the main added. repeated attacks. He said that become so intolerant towards Ambedkar and enshrined in Taking a dig at the Chief present inside the house at the porators were targeted by the door and the security guard In Jammu, Lt-Governor being soldiers of democracy the those who wear saffron attire or theConstitution of India.” Minister her said “Didi always time of the attack. The securi- terrorists to discourage them opened the door. While he was Manoj Sinha strongly con- social and political activists sport tilak and ponytail that she The Prime Minister was says cool,cool, cool, but ty guard martyred in the attack from participating in the grass- seen opening the door two demned the terror attack on a work tirelessly in strengthening even call them rakshasas … the apparently referring to the Trinamool is not cool … it is a has been identified as roots politics aimed at strength- other terrorists opened indis- BJP leader's house in Nowgam, the democracy, but terrorists, people are watching this.” repeated attack byChief Minister shool (trident)because she has Constable Rameez Ahmad Itoo ening all three tiers of criminate firing and his service Srinagar. In a condolence mes- their bosses and their sympa- Referring to the Chief of outsiders particularly the anti- killed the State’s democracy with of Anantnag. Panchayati Raj Institutions. weapon was taken away by sage Lt- Gov Manoj Sinha said, thizers absolutely do not want Minister’s criticism of his recent social elements fromBihar and shool”. Inspector General of Police Anwar Khan told another member of the group "We lost our brave jawan of people to prosper. # & 5;<) ! $)#) + ! * !& $# #$ & &)-, ficult to breathe --was on Pravin Ashtikar to meet him. ) (-& % the TTD Act, 1932 is a chari- Wednesday evening taken to a Minutes later, Kole was taken table organization of interna- KOCHI: Poll pundits and N Gopalaswamy, former n a tragic incident that government hospital where the to a civic hospital, where he n a landmark decision aimed # tional repute with a proven political analysts in Kerala were Chief Election Commissioner, Icaused a major stir in the officials provided him an Oxygen died in the small hours of Iat boosting the pilgrim traf- track record of activities in the flabbergasted as Leader of the told The Pioneer that there was north Maharashtra city, a 38- mask and cylinder. However, he Thursday. fic to Jammu and Kashmir the 12 spiritual, cultural, social, and Opposition Ramesh no chance of the court inter- year-old Covid-19 patient -- did not get admission even in the Kole’s Oxygen levels had Administrative Council (AC) # educational sphere". Chennithala late Wednesday vening in the issue at this with plummeting Oxygen lev- government hospital. come down to 37 per cent Thursday approved the pro- 3 ## " Its arrival in J&K will tap night uploaded the names of juncture. “The Chief Electoral els-- died in the small hours of In his effort to draw the against the normal 95-96 per posal to allot 496 Kanal 17 # ' ! the tourism potential particu- 4.3 lakh bogus voters and mul- Officer has to reply to this Thursday, hours after he staged attention of the civic authori- cent, when he was rushed to Marla to the Tirumala larly pilgrim tourism in tiple entries on a website. charge. How this many names a protest along with an Oxygen ties, Kole --sporting a yellow T- the NMC hospital. He was Tirupathi Devasthanams Jammu, the City of Temples, Chennithala had filed an were included in the electoral cylinder near the main shirt, blue jeans and wearing finding it very difficult to (TTD) for building of Temple 4 besides enhancing economic appeal in the Kerala High roles? What was the CEO doing entrance of the Nashik the oxygen mask connected to breathe. He breathed his last and its allied infrastructures. activities". Court seeking deleting or freez- all these months?” asked the Municipal Corporation (NMC) a cylinder, sat in a chair near after the efforts by doctors at The decision was taken years to construct pilgrim "Once developed, the TTD ing the fake and counterfeit former CEC. for allegedly not getting admis- the entrance of the NMC build- the NMC Hospital to revive during an Administrative amenities Complex, infrastructure will be an attrac- names in the electoral rolls. G Rajagopal, counsel for sion in district civil, municipal ing on Wednesday evening to him failed. Council (AC) meeting held in Vedapatasala, tion for the pilgrims and Earlier in the day, a Division the ECI said the situation was hospital and private hospitals. protest against the lack of a Meanwhile, the Nashik Jammu under the chairman- Spiritual/Meditation Centre, tourists in addition to the Mata Bench consisting of Chief very grave but one the poll After making unsuccessful Covid bed for him in the civic Municipal Commissioner has ship of Lieutenant Governor Office, Residential Quarters Vaishno Devi Shrine and Justice S Manikumar and process begins nothing could rounds to various private and and other hospitals at Nashik. asked the Nashik Police to Manoj Sinha. and Parking". "In future, there Amarnathji Shrine. It will Justice Shaji P Chaly directed be done to stop it. “The only municipal hospitals seeking Before long, a crowd gath- investigate and identify the According to a press state- would be medical and educa- enable tourists to come and stay the Election Commission to option is to ensure that the fake admission, one Babasaheb Kole ered around him and the mes- persons who ‘instigated’ the ment issued by the Department tional facilities also on the longer in Jammu city. The permit voters to leave the voters who managed to get into – a resident of Kamatewade sage reached NMC patient to go on a protest in of Information and Public campus", the statement added. future development on the polling booths only after the the rolls do not cast the votes,” locality of Nashik's CIDCO area Commissioner Kailash Jadhav, front of NMC headquarters Relations, "the piece of land The DIPR statement fur- campus will also contribute to indelible ink is dried. said Rajagopal. who had tested positive on who rushed Additional and what their “ulterior would be made available on ther read, "TTD, a board estab- economic growth of the Kerala goes to the polls on The view was echoed by K Tuesday and was finding it dif- Municipal Commissioner Dr motives”. lease basis for a period of 40 lished by Government under region", the statement added. April 6 to elect the 140 mem- Ramkumar, senior advocate, ber Legislative Assembly in a Kerala High Court. He was of single phase polling. Though the view that it was not possi- Chennithala said there were ble to hold fair election based O 1 & P only 4.3 lakh fake voters in the on the rolls prepared by the rolls, Prof Stanly Sebastian, an CEO. educational entrepreneur-cum- “I am shocked at the indif- 959$ -8< ** $$! * $ $ ! social activist claims there are ference shown by the officials more than 20 lakh fake voters while preparing the electoral " !$ 55 ' ! in the State’s electoral rolls. rolls. There is widespread irreg- The CPI(M) which has ularities in this list but at this New Delhi: Minister of State cuted in 5 states using the delivery. lation, technology enables vir- gone on the defensive follow- juncture, it is too late to go for for Jal Shakti Rattan lal Kataria Internet of things (IoT) tech- He cited that even at the tual connect with the social ing the disclosures by the any legal recourse. There is a expressed his pleasure and nology. This has been done in time of following strict quar- world and helps one to work Leader of the Opposition said political party in the State, the congratulated the officials as Jal collaboration with Tata antine protocols for social iso- and contribute. the party would initiate crim- cadre of which are past masters Jeevan Mission crossed the 4 Community Initiatives Trust inal action against Chennithala in casting fake votes,” said crore mark in providing new (TCIT) & Tata trusts. The vil- for disclosing State Secrets in Ramkumar, State’s leading civil functional household tap con- lages spread across 5 states the public domain. rights activist. There are 2.67 nections to rural households. namely *1 $ &&23*4 M A Baby, polit bureau crore voters in the State, out of As on date, 57 districts, 709 Uttarakhand,Rajasthan,Gujarat member, who is the chief ide- which 1.37 are females and 1.29 blocks, 44,409 ,Maharashtra & H.P, covering ologist of the party, said that males. Panchayat,86,886 villages have various Agro-climatic zones, !$# ,& 3*,#& Chennaithala would have to Tikka Ram Meena, CEO, ensured 100% coverage of were identified for this pilot. face legal action for uploading who is known for his close con- FHTC. Kataria, who tested The IoT shall provide real the names of 4.3 lakh fake vot- tacts with the chief minister, positive for Covid-19 last week, time information to public , # &, # ers in a website by name oper- feigned ignorance about how is admitted in a hospital at health officials,members of ationtwins.com. “Who autho- this many names found their Gurugram. He shared his pics Village water supply commit- rised Chennithala to upload the way to the rolls. Prof Sebastian on Social Media yesterday tee (VWSC), general public names of such voters in a por- said he has been alerting all where he can be seen dis- regarding the quantity and unfit water, arrest leakages and Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana & tal? Has he taken the permis- concerned, including the Chief charging important work quality of water supplied to provide valuable info to VWSC Arunachal Pradesh have float- sion from the voters before dis- Election Commissioner, PMO, through the Digital platform. users. It shall make use of sen- to plan for source development ed tenders and other states are closing the names through the home minister, chief minister Mr Kataria was apprised sors to observe flow, pressure and augmentation. in state of initiating this process portal,” asked Baby, a Marxist of Kerala and all political par- about the successful Pilot pro- level, chlorine analyzer as well The success of Pilot project Mr Kataria acknowledged leader held in high reverence by ties about this discrepancy ject for effective monitoring of as the level of ground water. It has motivated states to active- the importance of technology the party cadre. since 2018. PNS water supply in villages, exe- shall help prevent supply of ly deploy this technology. in improving public service
&)-, 3,56,243 to 3,66,533. The $ 56 #& $$)P $ 5 fatality rate in the state he second wave of Covid- dropped from 1.94 per cent to T19 turned into a crisis in 1.92 per cent. %, 8 % # &&!9 #$ # Maharashtra on Thursday, as There are a maximum of the daily infections touched an 64,599 “active” cases in Pune, Gandhinagar: Sparks flew in has only mentioned that the religion and in no religion it is Lucknow: Controversies, one Barabanki RTO officials, so-called ambulance Mukhtar all-time high of 43,183 cases followed by Mumbai (54,807) the Gujarat Assembly on the daughters of the Hindu com- written to forcibly convert any- after another, seem to be chas- who did not wish to be named, Ansari in which Mukhtar and 249 more people died of Nagpur (48,806), Thane concluding day of the Budget munity are targeted by men one to accept that. In this Bill, ing mafia don and BSP MLA said that apart from the regis- Ansari was presented in court? the pandemic in various parts (42,151), Nashik (36,292), session on Thursday with from a specific community. only one community is specif- Mukhtar Ansari. Now it is the tration, the fitness of the vehi- It should be of the state. Aurangabad (14,482), Jalgaon Congress legislator Imran Daughters, be it from any reli- ically targeted with words like ambulance that took the jailed cle had also expired in investigated. A day after the state (6959), Amaravati (2983) and Khedawala tearing a copy of gious community, will always be 'Jihadi'. I opposite this Bill and don to Punjab's Mohali court 2017. Whether it was an ambu- recorded a staggering 39,544 Akola (4054). the Bill proposed to amend the our daughters. I too have over I'm tearing down its copy," that has raised a storm. What is intriguing is why lance or the luxury vehicle of infections were recorded, the With 18 fresh deaths, the 'Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom hundred testimonies of Muslim Khedawala said as tore the The vehicle had a registra- was an ambulance from Uttar the mafia don should also be Covid-19 situation in Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose of Religion) Act, 2003 aimed to girls marrying into other reli- copy of the Bill which he had tion number belonging to Uttar Pradesh used to take Mukhtar investigated. Maharashtra worsened on from 11,690 to 11,708, while combat forceful religious con- gion. I am deeply hurt by the in his hand. Pradesh. Ansari to a court in Punjab Under what circumstances Thursday, as the daily the infected cases went up by versions, better known as 'love words of the minister." The gesture was followed The registration number of from Ropar jail. did the vehicle of UP registra- caseloadA rose to an alarming 8646 to trigger a jump in the jehad', that was tabled in the On hearing this, the by an uproar from the BJP the ambulance, UP41 AT 7171, The Punjab Police, on tion number reach Punjab and 43,183 and the death toll infections from 4,14,773 to House by the ruling Bharatiya Speaker of the House, Rajendra members in the House. belongs to Barabanki district Wednesday, had produced how is the mafia don roaming increased to 249 as against 239 4,23,419. Janata Party (BJP). Trivedi, interrupted the The proposed amendment and had expired in 2017. It has Ansari before the court in in this car?" fatalities registered on Pune district, which con- While speaking on the pro- Congress legislator but seeks to prohibit and punish not been renewed since then. connection with an alleged Mukhtar Ansari is charged Wednesday. tinued to be the worst-affect- visions of the amendment Bill, Khedawala stuck to his words. religious conversions promis- Also, the name of the hospital 2019 extortion matter. with the murder of Alka Rai's With 43,183 fresh cases, ed city-district in Khedawala said, "Home "Nobody can force any- ing better lifestyle, divine bless- in which the ambulance was Meanwhile, BJP MLA Alka husband Krishnanand Rai who the total infections in Maharashtra, saw the total Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja body to marry into a specific ings and impersonation.IANS registered is dubious. Rai, said, "Who provided the was shot dead in 2005. IANS Maharashtra climbed from number of cases increase from 28,12,980 to 2,85,61,63. 5,36,262 to 5,44,287, while the Similarly, with 249 new total number of deaths in 7 ! N O ? deaths, the total Covid-19 toll Pune rose from 8325 to 8343. rose from 56,649 to Thane district remained New Delhi/Mumbai: Cricket ed 'protection money' during cartels." Naresh Gor, a big time India's west coast from Gujarat located in posh south Mumbai cer of ATS, Mumbai adding, 54,898. in the third spot --after Pune betting syndicates linked with cricket season at the behest of bookie, was Vaze's pointsman to Karnataka. According to area of Mumbai. "In fact Vinayak Shinde, a As 23, 600 patients were and Mumbai – after the total underworld gangs operating former crime branch officer, who targeted illegal betting ATS Mumbai, Naresh Gor pro- Sources said as the cricket tainted cop also involved in the discharged from the hospitals number of infections rose primarily in Gujarat, highly placed sources revealed rings operating in the state, and cured dozens of SIM cards on betting racket operates in India murder had earlier introduced across the state after full recov- from 3,39,590 to 3,44,385 Maharashtra and Karnataka to IANS. collected huge amounts from fake IDs from a trader in through mobile phones and Gor to Vaze." Sources said ery, the total number of peo- while the total deaths climbed allegedly paid "protection Commenting on the Vaze's them. The extortion racket Ahmedabad. The trader iden- other similar gadgets, Naresh through Vinayak Shinde, book- ple discharged from the hos- from 5970 to 5970. money" to disgraced Mumbai multi-crore extortion racket, requires a thorough probe to tified as Kishore Thakkar has Gor was specialised in procur- ie Gor made connections in the pitals since the second week of Of the 1,99,75,341, sam- crime branch officer, Sachin reportedly patronised by key unmask the real faces behind now been detained by the NIA, ing SIM cards, phone sets, wifi underworld and started tar- March last year went up to ples sent to laboratories, Vaze, presently being interro- people in Maharashtra gov- this hafta vasooli," Ram which is probing the Mansukh routers and dongles in bulk on geting top bookies to extort 24,33,368.. The recovery rate 28,56,163 have tested positive gated by the National ernment, the BJP spokesperson Kadam, three times MLA from Hiren case. Bookie, Naresh fake ids."On Vaze's instruc- protection money on behalf of in the state dropped from (14.3 per cent) for COVID-19 Investigation Agency (NIA) at Ram Kadam said that besides Mumbai told IANS. Gor was arrested in murder of tions, Naresh procured 93 SIM Vaze. Most of the online betting 85.34 per cent to 85.20 per until Thursday. its Mumbai office. Vaze's aide extorting large amount of 31-year-old Naresh Gor, Mansukh, the owner of the cards, 14 mobile phones syndicates operate from Middle cent.. Currently, 19,09,498 peo- Naresh Gor, a well known money from dance bars and who hails from Kutch, was explosive laden SUV, parked between March 3 to March 5, East countries and are further Meanwhile, the number ple are in home quarantine bookie in Mumbai, identified clubs, Vaze's men were minting associated with top cricket bet- near billionaire Mukesh to execute the plan for killing linked to the Dawood Ibrahim of “active cases” total cases in while 18,432 people are in betting syndicates and extort- money by sheltering betting ting syndicates spread across Ambani's famous house Antilia Mansukh Hiren," said an offi- gang. the state increased from institutional quarantine. ! 6
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'-74 planned switchover in a cou- tion and policy issues around transport, rather they have been What about school buses ple of years will not only give the same in India. additive. While there have been and other transport for stu- the industry an opportunity to (The author is Managing some legal wrangles around reg- dents? Most such transport is scale up manufacturing, it will Editor, The Pioneer. The views istration and sales, an estimated used only twice a day over a also aid in the creation of expressed are personal.) %%7 %8%%*)-%87 SOUNDBITE
! & # 9 %& ' - Sir —The BJP is going from strength to !" # $!% 7 strength, and the Modi juggernaut is on a N @/ roll. Irrespective of the results in the five ! 8 III ;# J #, 0 States that are undergoing polls, the N @/ 0 Opposition has much work to do. The !
! # ' ! $ 7:R ! $! Congress is neither here nor there. Tall lead- # ers are deserting the party one after anoth- J $$ ! $ er. At another level, the partners of the ! #7=?,+: ! + 8 % $'+ United Progressive Alliance (UPA) appear ? ! K1 S disillusioned with a lethargic Congress. ! # * ( UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, per- 4 ! ! ) haps for the first time in her long stint, ! L appears to be losing her grip on the coali- # M ! O !# tion partners. Top UPA leaders have, at least internally, expressed their deep resent- , @ 7=?,+: ( ! ! ! ment with the way Sonia Gandhi has been 7=?,+: persisting with her son Rahul Gandhi to take ! 7=?,+:# # , ! - # + , - S .+,-S/ % over from her. Against this backdrop, revival #, ! (,' )(+#%+ 8 % $'+ of the “third front” is being discussed in L / % % ! 0102 !! #)! 0 M#5 K7! ! R S 4 ( political corridors. ! # The “third front” can make some E! ( ! ! ! #- 7 @ impact if it is able to guard itself from col- ! ! ( lapsing like a pack of cards due to disagree- ! # ! # - < #* 05 261 278 ( ments and ambitions. Leaders have to rally # behind a pivot; personal agendas should be ! # # ! ! # #. left behind. Many experienced and able # 4 ! # . '(% non-BJP and non-Congress leaders were 9'(+ 9 4 : looked upon with suspicion by the people between the countries. The positive news deck’ (April 1). Having a district action plan K2 $ because of their inability to stay united. The had come amid a series of diplomatic over- is indeed a good idea by the Government ; 87 S ( 2014 “third front” flattered to deceive: It was tures to thaw the bilateral ties. The earlier to avoid bigger lockdowns like last year. , @ # 4 grounded even before it took off. One won- move had come in the wake of Pakistan’s During the second surge, we need to be ( " 20 ders whether some headstrong leaders, like Premier Imran Khan writing to Prime proactive and use the lessons learnt last year. J # Mamata Banerjee, can ever mingle with the ,
# ( Minister Narendra Modi and calling for the A better coordination between States rest when it comes to fighting the BJP. creation of an enabling environment for a and the Centre will decide our fate. Three ! @ ( However, Sharad Pawar, fresh from his “result-oriented dialogue” with India. key elements of success are — Tracing, ! “king-making manoeuvres” in Maharashtra, ! ! The reopening of trade at Wagah for Testing and Vaccinating, and more vaccines # 4 may act as a fulcrum for the third front, if cotton and sugar exports, had it come about, should be rolled out at the earliest to have he can bring all non-Congress and non-BJP would have been among the first substan- a wider range for such a vast population as $ < $ ( parties, that are unambiguous in their ide- ,$'+# #%9+ 9;'+ =: tive relaxations in bilateral ties following the ours. Also, there is no substitute to taking K1 . ology and agree on a common minimum February 25 restoration of the ceasefire at precautions like wearing masks and main- ( 4S 9 ( programme, on a single platform. the Line of Control. One was hoping to see taining social distancing. Ganapathi Bhat | Akola a new beginning in the bilateral relations, All eligible people must come out and , which can improve through bilateral talks vaccinate themselves without further delay. + S Q only; the use of force and third-party Exporting vaccines to other countries can ( ( Sir — The Pakistan Cabinet’s latest decision 1 #, involvement is not a viable option. take a back seat for some time now. S against the earlier one, which had ratified Devendra Khurana | Bhopal Bal Govind | Noida S > S the import of sugar and cotton from India # # after nearly two years, can hardly be termed 1 a positive development for the relations *#.+ 9 P @Q Sir — It refers to the editorial ‘All hands on ''+$'(6 (%+7&8# 9(8 K ! !- ! ;
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he Coronavirus-induced lockdown, which left millions of workers unemployed, recently had Tits anniversary on March 25. Unfortunately, this ; ( < 9:73 coincides with the start of the second wave of the out- break of the deadly virus. During the lockdown, eco- $ < < ( nomic activities came to a standstill and so did the ; *BG4 (2E( ( income of millions. The pandemic has pushed mil- > 4 lions of labourers and their families deep into pover- ( ty. Many labour-intensive industries were shut down # during lockdown and even afterwards. The mass exo- dus of migrant workers from cities and industrial towns % . / on foot and by other means reminds us of the pain that they and their family members have gone through. - ( ( The Government aid, inoculation drives and policy 4 stimuli certainly endeavoured to extend a helping hand; ; yet the damages to jobs, income and social equality 2EH0 : are irreversible. Economists and multilateral agencies have expressed grave concerns on the rising levels of IE7 012E(01 ( poverty and inequality. In the current scenario dom- inated by recession and uncertainty, it becomes vital ,1+,- ( . ( to study the factors that can help alleviate poverty in 5*424=24 ( India. *-1B8'42741 / B 4 However, poverty and inequality are not new =%*4 ( issues in our country. Rather, they have been the co- '='&.-,=1 travellers with the journey of our economic growth .,?4,1 R S ( and have started turning more severe recently due to ?,..-4 7-11= the pandemic and subsequent uncertainty that looms -%%=2+= large on the economy. At the international level also, ,1=24*42=.4 alleviation. In contrast, the States that the lowest growth in agriculture but compared to agriculture and industry, the World Bank’s Millennium Development Goals put =%2&2-. exhibited a high growth in rural highest growth in industry and services guarantees a higher level of income the objective of ‘poverty eradication’ on priority. 4'.=>41 unemployment (Assam, Jharkhand (Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal and contributes significantly in pover- Eradication of poverty lifts the living standard of indi- -1+,17=4 and Chhattisgarh) had to pay the cost Pradesh) outperformed the other ty eradication. This is substantiated by viduals in terms of education, health and social sta- 4142-,=1# of slender poverty alleviation. It con- States in attaining the poverty allevi- the findings of the instant study: The tus, thus bringing equality in the society. Poverty is =-..4?,-4 cludes that the rural employment in the ation objective. In other words, it is not top six States in poverty reduction — directly linked to employment which is a derivative '=?42> States holds the key to eradication of agriculture but industry and services Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal of productive sectors which differ in States. Thus, the poverty. sector that buttress poverty alleviation Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tripura and poverty levels in various States are also significantly 4'.=>41 India, where more than 65 per across States in India. Between indus- Kerala — are the ones with the high- different from one another. However, the common 4142-,=1 cent of population lives in villages, can- try and services, services turned out to est growth and share of services in 4 - ; S ,12&2-.-24- 4 * objective of all the States is ‘poverty alleviation’. not afford to ignore the role of rural be more influential in poverty reduc- State GDP. The historical data from as many as 23 States were ,=24 employment and income generation. tion. Conclusion: State-wise poverty ) 4 studied in terms of poverty reduction and associated ,'=2-1 To alleviate poverty, employment gen- This finding echoes the theory of reduction is quite heterogeneous due R S factors. including unemployment and growth of pro- *-1*-,1 eration in rural areas is more impor- economic growth and structural to differences in the employment ductive sectors — agriculture, industry and services. &2)-1,1+,-# tant than that in urban India. This change presented by Nobel laureate scenario and sectoral growth of States. ) 4 An attempt was made to empirically fathom the rela- *,-.,15,* aligns with the fact that rural India and American economist Simon While some States outperformed the 4 % tionship between poverty reduction and associated *4%-7*- exhibits more poverty ratio than urban Kuznets. According to the theory, a others in poverty alleviation, others are 2&2-.,1+,- ; < ( macro-economic factors. The latest State-wise data on areas. The major source of income in developing economy shifts from agri- still struggling to lift their people up poverty for 2004-05 and 2011-12 were sourced from 4N*,), rural areas is believed to be agriculture culture (primary) to industry (sec- from poverty line. It is important to ( # the Reserve Bank of India’s ‘Handbook of Statistics on =24'=?42> and the allied services. ondary) and then to services (tertiary) understand the factors impacting ; Indian States’. With the increasing levels of industri- 2-,=*-1 Further, the association of pover- sector — a process of ‘structural poverty reduction in the States of India : # 4 .;:#4/ ; 4 : alisation, the States have managed to reduce poverty &2)-1-24-# ty reductions with growth of produc- change’. In this process, employment from historical evidences. In terms of .;4:/ levels in a span of seven years. Goa, Andhra Pradesh, *4-(=2 tive sectors — agriculture, industry and shifts from the lower to higher produc- employment, it is the rural employ- < S Himachal Pradesh, Tripura and Uttarakhand witnessed =&274=% services — in different States is tive sector, yielding an overall produc- ment that drives poverty alleviation. ( highest poverty reduction of more than 65 per cent. ,17=4,1 analysed. As expected, the correlation tivity and income gain in the econo- Whereas, in terms of productive sec- In contrast, Assam, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh bare- between poverty reduction and the my. India, being a developing econo- tors, it is the services sector that is the 2&2-.-24-, ly lifted their people from poverty, with less than 20 )4.,4?4+ growth rates of all productive sectors my, treaded this path of structural major source of employment genera- * per cent reduction in it. The poverty ratio had declined =)4 is significant with varying magnitudes change, however, bypassing industri- tion and hence poverty reduction. # ( from 37 per cent in 2004-05 to 22 per cent in 2011- -2,7&.&24 and directions. The productive sectors, alisation and tertiarisation. The key of poverty alleviation lies S 12. Historically, rural areas witnessed a higher pover- -1+*4 with their varying productivities, serve At present, even if industrialisa- with employment generation in the ty ratio (26 per cent) as compared to urban (14 per -..,4+42?,74 employment as well as generate income tion is promoted with the primary rural India that houses two-third of cent). which helps people lift from poverty. objective of poverty reduction, India India’s population. More than agricul- Poverty reduction rate in States is found to be neg- Interestingly, growth in agriculture is may not gain much in terms of ture, industry and services sectors ; 4 ( atively correlated with growth in the rural unemploy- not sufficient to absorb the increasing employment. This is due to the capi- development— industrialisation and R S ; ( * ment in a significant manner, but was found not asso- job requirements in rural India and tal intensification facilitated by high- tertiarisation— must be promoted in ) ; S ciated with the urban unemployment growth. This hence is alone not capable of poverty er fixed-capital investment in indus- rural India. The current wave of pri- 4 ( implies that the States with higher reduction in rural reduction. The States with a higher tries, making them capital intensive. vatisation and production-linked , unemployment (Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, growth in the agriculture sector Collectively, this issue of dispropor- incentive schemes must consider the ; 4S R Kerala and Punjab) excelled in poverty reduction. Swapnil is senior research (Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh), exhib- tionate growth in employment as inclusion of rural areas. At the same However, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu scholar at IISc, Bengaluru, ited lowest gains in poverty reduction. compared to output growth is termed time, skill development in rural areas S *S ( ; ! 4 and Madhya Pradesh are exceptions to this. These and Majumder is an inde- Notably, these States could not thrive as ‘jobless growth’ in industries. In con- is the need of the hour to enable the .;!4/ # ;!4 pendent researcher. The States, despite exhibiting a higher growth in rural views expressed are personal. in a higher growth of industry and ser- trast, the services sector, being more rural population to join the workforce 4 B unemployment, managed to gain higher in poverty vices sectors. In contrast, the States with productive and labour-intensive as in higher productive sectors. 4($ # ( J ( 4 ( * ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT 4 4S ; ; 4 <(: # , * .;4<:#,*/ 2 2 * 3 3 # ;4<( :#,* " S : , 3 < " L * L * , $ $ $ )*4! R **
he initial bootless launched with its six key a budget of 12,000 crore. the hour. Another factor sector, too, plays a crucial role models adopted by the State, skilling setup in India components aiming to skill However, it could achieve which serves as a major gap in the vocational training there seems to be a lot of Twas nothing but a one crore youth by 2020. only approximately 50 per in the skill development framework. Initially, the pri- untapped potential for the notion of a lopsided skill Various studies suggested cent of its set target by 2019 framework is the ignorance vate sector was quite alien to same, which called for anoth- development. The potential that the respondents were and thus failed to stop the of quality by the training this Government initiative; er initiative, called the of India’s demographic div- satisfied with the skills train- mass migration triggered by institutes, which further however, it did not remain PMKVY 3.0, introduced by idend was realised with the ings imparted to them, the pandemic. The case hampers the trust of the secluded for long. The the Government on January launch of Skill India Mission 6**97 which further helped them could have been less intense trainees. A Government- Government realised that 15, 2021, in 600 districts. by the Ministry of Skill in attaining gainful employ- had the scheme been suc- appointed committee high- industry linkages serve as a Launched with a target Development and ment. cessful in providing employ- lighted this issue. sine qua non, for the effective of skilling 8 lakh youth with Entrepreneurship (MSDE) The scheme, however, ment to people in their areas A sincere resolution to training and employment of 300 courses over 2020-21, the on July 15, 2015. suffered from various loop- only. this problem can be achieved youth. With almost 90 per scheme focuses on imparting The Government holes in terms of training Apart from this, a ed to join the workforce by regular audit of the train- cent of the population below more demand-driven skills focused on developing a infrastructure, limited par- requirement of skilled work- every year for training, thus ing centres, which the 60 years of age, and 35 per and revolves around digital comprehensive programme, ticipation by the private sec- force as reported by the depriving them of effective Government has already cent of it below 19 years, technology and Industry 4.0 which would provide an aid tor, lack of compliance to National Skill Development skill training modules. This been doing for some time employment generation is skills. The scheme is vested in removing the stumbling international standards and Corporation (NSDC) was makes the scenario worse now. In addition, the trainers definitely not a cinch and with a total of 948.90 crores blocks to the mission. The a considerable gap between estimated at 347 million, to and is a major obstacle in can be encouraged to requires relevant and ade- and emphasises upon the main focus of the pro- the industries’ demands and be achieved by 2022, which India’s growth. This pattern upgrade their knowledge and quate industry linkages, so as role of District Skill gramme has been to create skills supply. A sequel of seems a distant dream as of escalated numbers has rewarded for their achieve- to make the workers trained Committees (DSCs) and convergence across the sec- this scheme, PMKVY 2.0, India has been facing a been witnessed to drain the ments based on the students’ and meet the international State Skill Development tors and the States in terms The writer is Assistant was launched the following shortage of skilled manpow- funds of the State, resulting feedback. This would benchmarks. This would Missions (SSDM) in of skill training activities. Professor at the Goswami year with an aim to over- er for more than a decade in a shortfall of funds for undoubtedly enhance the contribute to enhancing their analysing the skill-demand Recognising the poten- Ganesh Dutta Sanatan come all the drawbacks of now. other imperative areas. quality of the trainers hired skill set, making them glob- gaps at a district levels. This tial of the India’s youth, a Dharma College, PMKVY. The training capacity A realistic estimation of and the subsequent trainings ally competent and creating scheme looks promising as it flagship programme, Chandigarh. The scheme was aimed at stands approximately at 4.3 targets along with the flexi- provided by them to the can- new opportunities for them. excludes any of the draw- The views expressed Pradhan Mantri Kaushal are personal. skilling 10 million youth million, in contrast to 12 mil- bility for the usage of allocat- didates. Despite the Public- backs of the previous Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), was during 2015-16 and acquired lion people which are expect- ed cash reserve is the need of Nevertheless, the private Private Partnership (PPP) schemes. ! < , ? ! #2 >-1=1 5R * $ rotesters in Myanmar on " PThursday marked two months since the military $ seized power by once more -# % "% defying the threat of lethal >-1=1 Hluttaw, the national Parliament, violence and publicly demon- made the announcements on 5-*,1=1 sion was warranted as the pan- strating against the toppling of pponents of Myanmar’s social media. demic continued to disrupt the democratically elected gov- Omilitary government The 2008 constitution, S President Joe Biden on American’s lives, and high lev- ernment. declared the country’s 2008 implemented under army rule, UThursday let the ban on els of unemployment and job The February 1 coup has constitution void and put for- ensured the military maintained foreign workers visa, in par- loss were still been met with massive public ward an interim replacement its dominance during the coun- ticular H-1B, lapse as the noti- presenting serious economic resistance that security forces charter late Wednesday in a try’s decade of progress toward fication issued by his prede- challenges to workers across have been unable to crush major political challenge to democracy, such as by reserving cessor Donald Trump expired, the US. through escalating levels of the ruling junta. it a quarter of the seats in a move which is likely to ben- Biden did not issue a fresh violence, including now rou- The moves, while more Parliament and retaining respon- efit thousands of Indian IT pro- proclamation for the ban on H- tinely shooting protesters. symbolic than practical, could sibility for state security. The fessionals. 1B visas to continue after Outside efforts including sanc- help woo the country’s armed junta that seized power from the Amidst a national lock- March 31. tions imposed by Western ethnic militias to ally themselves civilian government February 1 down and the Covid-19 crisis, He had promised to lift the nations on the military regime with the mass protest movement cites emergency provisions in the Trump in June last year issued suspension on H-1B visas, say- have failed to help restore against the military’s seizure of charter as giving its takeover con- a proclamation that suspended ing Trump’s immigration poli- peace. power in February. stitutional legitimacy. entry to the US of applicants for cies were cruel. In Yangon, the country’s The actions were taken by The CRPH also presented several temporary or “non- The H-1B visa is a non- biggest city, a group of young # ( 7 ! #% the CRPH, an underground, a Federal Democracy Charter immigrant” visa categories, immigrant visa that allows US people shortly after sunrise self-styled alternative govern- as an interim constitution. It including H-1B, companies to employ foreign Thursday sang solemn songs for the fall of the junta, the Mandalay and elsewhere. retail shops owned in whole or ment established by elected law- aims to end Myanmar’s long arguing that these visas pre- workers in specialty occupa- honoring the more than 500 release of deposed leader Aung The demonstrations fol- part by Myanma Economic makers who were not allowed to history of military dictatorship sented a risk to the US labour tions that require theoretical or protesters killed so far. They San Suu Kyi and the return of lowed a night of violence Holdings Limited, which is an take their seats when the military as well as meeting the long- market during the economic technical expertise. Technology then marched through the democracy. including police raids and sev- investment arm of the military, staged the coup and ousted and standing demands of its myri- recovery. companies depend on it to hire streets chanting slogans calling Protests were also held in eral fires. In Yangon, several went up in flames. The shops detained civilian leader Aung ad ethnic minority groups for On December 31, Trump tens of thousands of employees are the targets of boycotts by San Suu Kyi. The Committee greater autonomy in their extended the order to March each year from countries like &! & the protest movement. Representing Pyidaungsu regions. 31, 2021, noting that an exten- India and China. " 1/$+P 9 , "4 $ ! '! ! ! # ' &1,4+1-,=1 de facto leader Aung San Suu obtained by PTI, Special Envoy $ * Kyi and President U Win of Secretary-General Antonio he influx of refugees from Myint. The coup sparked Guterres on Myanmar London: The most senior job as a special adviser for civil “divisive” report. TMyanmar at the Indian protests and other acts of civil Christine Schraner Burgener Black adviser to UK Prime society and communities in “(There is a) crisis at No. 10 and Thai borders and else- disobedience, leading to the said that a robust internation- Minister Boris Johnson has May, as had “been his plan for when it comes to acknowledg- ** ! where is “ominous” and likely deaths of hundreds in military al response requires a unified resigned, the government said several months.” ing and dealing with persistent just the beginning, UN crackdown. regional position, especially Thursday, the day after a report It denied the resignation race inequality,” Woolley said. =2-14/7-.,%=21,-0 building’s second-floor walk- Secretary General’s special The 15-nation Council with the neighbouring coun- on racial disparities concluded was related to Wednesday’s Kasumu had considered way and in a courtyard. envoy on Myanmar has told the held closed consultations on tries leveraging their influ- that Britain does not have a sys- publication of a report by the quitting in February. He wrote shooting at a Southern Amat had no details about Security Council, warning that Myanmar on Wednesday, days ence towards stability in temic problem with racism. government-appointed a resignation letter, obtained by ACalifornia office building the confrontation, what may regional security could deteri- after the country witnessed the Myanmar. The government denied Commission on Race and the BBC, that accused Johnson’s on Wednesday killed four peo- have sparked the attack or why orate further and no country in bloodiest day since the demon- “The regional security and any link between the departure Ethnic Disparities, which con- Conservative Party of pursuing ple, including a child, and a child may have been at the the region would want a “failed strations against the February economic consequences are of Samuel Kasumu and the cluded that Britain is not an “a politics steeped in division.” injured a fifth person before building at 202 W. Lincoln state” as their neighbour. 1 coup began, with security getting worse and could dete- much-criticized report, which institutionally racist country. He was persuaded to stay in his police shot the suspect, police Ave. Signs outside indicated a Myanmar’s military top- forces killing at least 107 indi- riorate further. The influx of has been accused of ignoring But Simon Woolley, a former job temporarily to work on a said. handful of businesses were pled the country’s government viduals — including seven refugees at the Indian and the experiences of ethnic- government equalities adviser campaign encouraging people Shots were being fired as located there, including an on February 1 and seized children, on March 27. Thai borders and elsewhere is minority Britons. and a member of the U.K. House from ethnic minorities to get officers arrived at a two-story insurance office, a financial power for one year, detaining In her remarks to the ominous and likely just the The prime minister’s office of Lords, said Kasumu’s exit was vaccinated against the coron- office building on Lincoln consulting firm, a legal services top political figures, including closed meeting of the Council, beginning,” she said. said Kasumu would leave his connected to the “grubby” and avirus. AP Avenue in Orange, southeast of business and a phone repair Los Angeles, at about 5.30 pm, store. Lt. Jennifer Amat said. By 7. pm, the situation ! < / ( #R “An officer-involved shoot- had been stabilised and there ing occurred” and the suspect wasn’t any threat to the public, was taken to a hospital, Amat police said. In a tweet, Gov. 3@2A #! ) # said, but she didn’t immediately Gavon Newsom called the " know his condition. killings “horrifying and heart- *=1<=1 on other charges related to his Q#" The shooting was on the breaking.” pro-democracy activities. second floor of the building, “Our hearts are with the even Hong Kong pro- They were convicted for R5$1 Amat said. Media reports said families impacted by this ter- Sdemocracy advocates were their involvement in a protest 5-*,1=1 bodies could be seen on the rible tragedy tonight,” he wrote. convicted Thursday on charges held on Aug. 18, 2019. .=1+=1 of organizing and participating Organizers said that 1.7 million he US state of Alabama has in an unlawful assembly during people marched that day in Tblocked a yoga bill that uropean nations’ immu- massive anti-government opposition to a proposed bill would have lifted a decades-old Enization campaigns against protests in 2019 that triggered that would have allowed sus- ban on the popular age-old Covid-19 are “unacceptably a crackdown on dissent. pects to be extradited to main- Indian practice in public slow” and risk prolonging the The seven include media land China for trial. schools after objections from pandemic, a senior World tycoon and founder of the The activists, apart from conservative groups who feared Health Organization official Apple Daily tabloid Jimmy Lai, those who have been remanded that followers of Hinduism said Thursday. as well as 82-year-old Martin in custody on other charges, were could engage in conversion, Dr Hans Kluge, WHO’s Lee, a veteran of the city’s granted bail on condition they do according to a media report. regional director for Europe, democracy movement. Lai had not leave Hong Kong and must Pushed by conservative said vaccines “present our best already been held without bail hand in all their travel documents. groups, the Alabama Board of way out of this pandemic,” but Education in 1993 had voted to noted that to date, only 10% of prohibit yoga, along with hyp- Europe’s population has nosis and meditation in public received one dose and that schools in the southeastern only 4% have been fully pro- state. Last year in March, the tected with two doses. Alabama House of “As long as coverage Representatives voted 84-17 remains low, we need to apply to pass the “Yoga Bill” which the same public health and was moved by state legislator social measures as we have in Jeremy Gray from the the past, to compensate for Democratic Party. delayed schedules,” Kluge said. 489 %78%%-:4
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GST collections, which er overall GST collections over ndian equities started the I - II8 ! ! 1 + Gabove the 1-lakh-crore GST revenue in March directly reflect the state of eco- the past six months, all major Inew fiscal on a strong note -! /1+-0 ! ! mark for the sixth month in a 2020 was 97,590 crore. nomic activity, had plummet- states have shown a significant on Thursday, with the BSE 7=?,+: ! # row in March, rising 27 per “GST revenues during ed to a record low of Rs 32,172 increase compared to the pre- Sensex surging over 520 points 145+4.*, cent annually to record 1.23 March 2021 are the highest crore in April 2020, after the vious year.” to settle above the 50,000-level 1/24443 ! 3 3 lakh crore, the finance ministry since the introduction of GST. government imposed a nation- He added that the increase on across-the-board buying by old rallied by 881 to 1 +7 ! 8II ! said on Thursday. “In line with the trend of wide lockdown to curb the in collections on imports participants amid positive glob- G44,701 per 10 gram in the - #1 + ( The Ministry said the recovery in the GST revenues spread of coronavirus. accompanied by the increase in al cues. national capital on Thursday ' 1 +7 BC8 steep increasing trend in goods over past five months, the rev- The lockdown, categorised domestic transactions would At the closing bell, the 30- following a sharp recovery in ! II O ! and services tax is a clear indi- enues for the month of March by several agencies as one of the indicate that the overall pro- share BSE index quoted 520.68 global precious metal prices, 2 8C9 # ! cation of rapid economic recov- 2021 are 27 per cent higher strictest in the world, pum- duction and consumption cycle points or 1.05 per cent higher according to HDFC Securities. 8III C $ III C 9 III ery post pandemic. than the GST revenues in the melled the economy, as is back to normal. at 50,029.83, driven by gains in In the previous trade, it # Closer monitoring against same month last year,” the demand dried up and non- ICRA Principal Economist banking, IT and energy stocks. had closed at Rs 43,820 per 10 fake-billing, deep data analyt- ministry said in a statement. essential businesses were shut- Aditi Nayar said the healthy Of the Sensex stocks, 25 closed gram. Silver also gained Rs " ics using data from multiple During the month, rev- tered. In the April-June quar- GST collections in March 2021, in the green. 1,071 to Rs 63,256 per kilogram 1 + 7 ! ' ! sources including GST, income enues from import of goods ter, the economy contracted by along with the additional devo- Similarly, the broader NSE from Rs 62,185 per kilogram in + 4 - 1 1#83 3 II$47)P tax and customs IT systems were 70 per cent higher and the the steepest ever 24.4 per cent, lution of Rs 45,000 crore to the Nifty rose 176.65 points or 1.2 the previous trade. '2 + II$# ! and effective tax administration revenues from domestic trans- and 7.3 per cent in September state governments for the just- per cent to settle at 14,867.35. 1 ' # ! have also contributed to the action were 17 per cent more quarter. However, in October- concluded fiscal, confirm the IndusInd Bank, Kotak Bank, “Domestic equities ! ! # ! steady increase in tax revenue than the revenues from these December it came back in rating agency’s view that the tax ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, Bajaj shrugged-off COVID-19 spikes '%2+-- I$#* over past few months, it added. sources during the same month positive territory with 0.4 per revenues in FY2021 have Finance and Ultratech Cement on favourable global cues and 1' '%2+- The gross GST revenue last year. cent growth. exceeded the Revised were prominent gainers. State- recovered sharply mainly led by - #, 1' +''5 collected in March 2021 stood The GST revenues declined As restrictions were grad- Estimates. run SBI rose 1.7 per cent amid strong buying in financials and ! 1' at 1,23,902 crore. Of this, 41 per cent and 8 per cent in ually lifted, many sectors of the “We continue to expect a rally in public sector banks. automobile stocks. 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duction or long hours of monotonous reading. Another robust case can be made for learning languages, which under- standably has considerable market potential. Whenever someone wants to LISTEN, VISUALISE learn a new language, the most crucial element in the process is to listen to the content in the language carefully. It will help people attain a knack for the lan- AND guage, develop better pronunciation and fluency, and eventually make learn- ing much less complicated. Let us also look beyond students or LEARN learners for developing life skills. There is another vast use case of learning through audio in corporate L&D for multiple industries like hospitality, travel, food delivery, e-commerce, taxi service, etc. All the mentioned indus- @# tries are operations-intensive and have professional requirements to train their people on SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) many times over. With minimal infrastructure or device requirements, audio becomes the smartest choice for corporates to train their employees on SOPs without tak- /-7#$ 23-.& ing additional time from their work schedule or their lives. Audio helps to convert any activity time into learning time, unlike other mediums/formats, which require dedicated schedules to consume the content. In the next three years, AI-based voice assistants will take learning to the next level. Further to this, voice assis- tants will seamlessly deliver quizzes, 1% facts and interaction-based knowledge in such streamlined ways that people arineeti Chopra is basking in the good will start preferring them over tradition- Previews that she has got for her powerful and al teaching methodologies. This can be versatile performances in three back to back films attributed to the convenience and per- — The Girl On The Train (TGOTT), Sandeep Aur sonalisation that these voice assistants Pinky Faraar (SAPF) and the recently released istening empowers you to see chance of facing distraction and are capable of providing. Saina. Pari reveals that going forward she will with your eyes closed. Yes, visual- ergonomic difficulties in learning With the extent of transformation only look to ‘shock and awe’ people with her film Lisation is what I am talking about. through video/VR-based education. brought to us every day by AI, machine- choices that will allow her to showcase her act- Since the beginning of humankind, Even though these formats offer great learning, data-analytics, and other tech- ing skills effectively. whenever a person wanted to focus on entertainment and leisurely experi- nologies, it won’t be surprising to see big Pari says, “I’m currently over the moon with something or listen carefully to remem- ences, it does not suitably address the leaps in human productivity. A lot of the the reviews that I have got for TGOTT, SAPF and ber or absorb knowledge, the first step above concerns, especially considering developments will be linked to the con- Saina and I realised that what the audience and was to close the eyes primarily to cut the post-COVID scenario. During the sumption of content through audio as critics loved was my decision to pick versatile off the mind from the outer world (visu- pandemic, screen times have skyrock- people are preferring to multitask and roles that helped me shine as a performer. Going als) and remove every distraction. In eted, and as a positive measure, people cater more time to learning. Rather than forward too, my film choices will be instinctive, earlier times, whether people used to are turning to less captive formats to wasting precious time in transiting for bold and hopefully I will be able to shock and travel to different parts of the save their time and health. work, moving physical things like awe people like I have done with these three back country/world without any map service Audio-based learning answers all books, tablets, and computers around, to back films.” or understand a process, they used to these concerns so well that some of the they would prefer to operate devices For Pari, 2021 has started on a good note and close their eyes and listen carefully to subjects/topics are now made available through voice-commands for a hassle she intends to capitalise on this positive momen- create a mental image to remember the in audio formats. These topics can be and stress-free lifestyle. We are already tum. She says, “They have been praising my work directions and memorise. best learned on audio, hence, the term witnessing disruption through fresh and saying things like Parineeti 2.0, return of We have enough instances from our ‘Audio First’ was coined to describe it. ideas like voice recognition, wherein, an Parineeti, the power packed hat-trick of Parineeti mythology or history about the impor- For instance, if an individual has to AI and machine learning-based tech Chopra. It feels very special and rare as no actor tance of sound, especially in learning. study history by reading a book, the delivers customised content after recog- has achieved this feat of releasing three films in Today, even though the ecosystem is process itself is so long and monotonous nising the owners’ voice. The possibil- one month and I cannot believe it. It’s been a dynamic and the invention of newer that the student loses interest to con- ities for the future are immense, and good start to my year because people have real- technologies like VR, 4D, AR, etc, are sume the relevant pointers. If you try peoples’ love for audio will be at the cen- ly liked what I have tried to do on screen.” providing multiple means to consume to learn the same subject through ter of new learning experiences. The She adds, “Their love is a big validation that content and learn, the importance of video, content production becomes next generation of technology in audio I should always get out of my comfort zone and audio as the fundamental means of unaffordable and time-consuming. will be embraced with open arms, just shake things up for myself. It’s a big lesson that transferring knowledge cannot be dis- However, the same can be taught in like radio, MP3 devices, and audio apps I have learnt and I’m going to ensure that I counted. Moreover, with so many for- audio most effectively without worry- have been in recent years. apply this when it comes to my film choices mats of content, there is an increased ing about the high cost of content pro- (The writer is the COO of Khabri.) going forward.” < &# ) 5 7$ ! &( & ctor Daisy Shah is an ani- * > Amal lover and often feeds strays. She says that she always carries food with her when she , C ,=1* ventures out. The actor was recently seen feeding the stray # &2$ !$# , , dogs and cows in Andheri. “I often feed the strays I $ ,#: , #) come across, as and when I can. I actually have a box of dog bis- e honest now, are you a bit cuits in my car wherever I go. Bpartial to Diet Cola? I am. So, if I stop at a signal or if I am As much as I like carbonated walking from my car to some- drinks, truth be told, they are place and I see these adorable quite sugary and since my <&*-1,2- animals, I always feed them. body can’t get rid of that sugar There is unmatchable pleasure efficiently enough, the only in doing so,” she said. way to fuel myself is the diet on the market right now. They She says that proper segre- path. But being a diet cola does both have almost 350 horse- gation of garbage needs to be not mean that there has to be power and they can both hit 0- done in order to make sure that a sacrifice on the taste front. A 100 in around 4.5 seconds. The animals don’t consume the good diet cola should give you Audi has a V6 and the BMW wrong things. the same satisfaction as the a straight-six. They have both “One needs to understand real thing. Now, you must be been sprinkled with the fairy soft sport for BMW, I love the the car into rear-wheel-drive that stray animals require to eat wondering why any discussion dust of each company’s perfor- S5. I loved it in the previous only mode. But given that as well, so they try to fish out around 350-horsepower cars mance engineers, with suspen- generation and I love the cur- this car is relatively affordable, food from wherever possible. would have the word ‘diet’ in sion and engine tweaks. But rent one. One of my most that is not a bad thing. Too Many a time it lands up being it. Both the Audi S5 and the the big difference is in price, memorable automotive expe- much power too soon is a from the big garbage bins that BMW M340i are not the full- the BMW has an ex-show- riences was in the S5 and this recipe for disaster. The M340i are around the city, which are fat, fire-breathing ultra sports room price of 63 lakh and the latest iteration of the car is a lot has just the right amount of provided by the BMC. The sedans. The six-cylinder tur- Audi costs 79 lakhs. This of fun to drive. Get onto a power and performance. It is government has surely done its bocharged petrol-drinking huge difference is explained piece of tarmac where you can not a full-fat M3, but it gives bit in keeping our city clean by RS4 and the M3 are no joke, almost entirely by the fact let the car slide around a bit you a great experience of providing us with these garbage but they are saner than their that the BMW is locally assem- and it will put a smile on your power and performance bins, but people are yet unaware brethren. bled at BMW’s plant near face. It has before-you-know- despite being a bit of a ‘sleep- of segregating their garbage So let us get a couple of Chennai and the Audi is an it fast speed and I must admit, argue with the sticker price, an all-wheel-drive system which er’. correctly.” things out of the way. The import. I have always been partial to on-road price difference of 20 gives it massive amounts of But the Audi is possibly a She urges people to divide BMW M340i can be slotted in But there should be no the Sportback shape of the S5 lakh is quite massive and make grip no matter what the road nicer car to live with, and even their garbage properly so that it between the 330i sedan and presumption here that the which, in my opinion, is the no mistakes the M340i is no conditions. Unlike a full-fat M though it feels a bit more can be disposed off in an appro- the M3. The Audi RS5 is BMW is superior to the Audi perfect size for a Sportback. slouch. 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mong the zillion other things that EAT MINDFULLY Athis pandemic has changed in our Mindful and intuitive eating prac- lives, it has changed the way we eat. tices are not diets. They are mindsets This means different things for differ- that require you to trust your natural ent people. instincts and listen to your body’s While many of us used the time hunger and fullness cues. Mindful eat- 2<$--1&(((& at home to turn to cooking and bak- ing is about rethinking food choices ing and completely did away with and practices; going back to tradition- ordering in and takeaways — there- al ways of eating and engaging your 4**$ ! -DC% R 03! * by eating cleaner and healthier; there senses by noticing colors, smells, were also those who had to juggle sounds, textures, and taste. Work your " ) DC9 4 9 - WFH and household chores and way up to eating mindfully every day didn’t find time to streamline their and forgive yourself when you don’t. n American author, Mary fried. But it also had elements of diets. It can take weeks, months so be Antin, once said, “Among sushi. It had tempura fried aspara- On the contrary their lifestyle patient with yourself, and enjoy the Athe liveliest of my memories gus, carrot wrapped with Japanese became more sedentary and eating process of building a stronger mind- are those of eating and drinking...” rice and seaweed flavoured with habits more disorganised. Not to body connection and improving your Well, I won’t deny it either. Recently, spicy Japanese mayonnaise. To say mention the physiological reasons for relationship to food. for instance, I, along with three of the least, sushi is often a disap- turning to food when the world has my friends, each distinct from the pointment for me but this partic- turned upside down. START AN INTUITIVE JOURNEY other, headed towards Gurugram’s ular one wasn’t... for sure. In short, people are struggling 32nd Milestone. Climbing up a They say an Asian menu is with their eating right now and Honour hunger: Keep your body white spiral staircase, we made our incomplete without dim sums probably in different ways than biologically fed with adequate energy way into an Asian-themed bar and and momos. It’s true! So we tried they’re used to. An expert on Tata Sky and carbohydrates. Once you reach the diner — RYU. their Veg momos and Bok choy Family Health, Mona Johar, moment of excessive hunger, all inten- The dragon was the prime ele- asparagus. The momos had Functional Integrative Nutrition and tions of moderate, conscious eating are ment of the bar that distinctly minced vegetables as the stuffing Co-Founder Mechanism Wellness, fleeting and irrelevant. dominated the first floor’s visuals as and were steamed to perfection. lists down ways of mindful eating in the concept creator of the restaurant The dim sums filling had steamed the time of work from home. Don’t eat for the wrong reasons: Get believes that every dragon has a per- bok choy, asparagus and corian- in touch with your feelings and don’t sonality of its own, thus, inspiring der. It was served with hot chilli STRUCTURE YOUR DAY let food become an excuse for not deal- people to delve deeper into their sauce. You know the dim sum, if Not having the usual comfort ing with emotions such as anger, anx- layers and exploring different ver- literally translated, means “touch zones like socialising, travelling to iety, or loneliness. sions of themselves as they relax the heart”. And this one just did work or spending time outdoors in comfortably at the restaurant. that. nature, has pushed us towards eating Make peace with food: Buy food you Walking past the interiors, we We were pretty near satura- disorders in the last one year. And of feel like eating. Listen to your food moved towards the rooftop and tion and we ordered a Veg kebab course, the havoc caused by the cravings, it is alright to indulge every found a comfortable spot — a cor- platter, which included oven- absence of a routine. It is important once in a while. ner table. But I was overcome with I am not a huge fan of mushrooms, comfort food at its best. fourth — Junglebird, with its strong cooked paneer tikka, malai broc- for people to carry on with a sched- curiosity about the meaning of I found myself indulging and going I wanted to pair beer with the flavours — made the best impact on coli and hara bhara kebab. It was ule, to try to wake up at set times and Stop when full: Listen for the body RYU? To find out the same, I for a second round. meal, however, one can’t help but my already impressed tastebuds. served along with mint chutney. go to sleep at certain times. This will signals that tell you that you are no googled the name and came to Thai crispy vegetables which look at the menu when it has a wide Another reason was the presenta- While paneer tikka and hara give them a purpose and do away with longer hungry. Observe the signs that know that RYU is a fictional had broccoli, carrots, bell peppers, range of cocktails to choose from. tion. It came in a bird-shaped bhara kebab were exactly how ‘pandemic boredom’. Once there is a show that you’re comfortably full. Japanese fighting character and cabbage and cauliflower wok-tossed Taking suggestions from the mixol- glass, which was surrounded by a they are served everywhere, malai structure, things like diet, exercise and the protagonist of Capcom’s Street in lemon, chilli and a few other Thai ogist Nikit Singh, we ordered nest-like arrangement, which jus- broccoli was the exception. As it sleep will automatically fall into place. Don’t over-exercise: Check in with Fighter series. Sitting under the herbs was served next. To ensure around five drinks, each with a dif- tified its name. A twist to a is I am fond of broccoli and I have your body, do not exercise hard when shade of an intricate Japanese that these remained crunchy even ferent base. While Pandarama was Malaysian classic, this version been a fan of cheese for as long as DESKTOP DIET exhausted, opt for a gentler routine. umbrella, I, then, realised that the after turning a bit cold, the execu- a sweet mixture of vermouth, pas- infused jackfruit and thyme rum, I can remember — it was a per- When life revolves around a table Have a variety of workouts at your dis- restaurant is inspired by the culture tive chef Lekh Bhadur Khadga sion fruit, orange juice, thyme & tiramisu syrup, Campari, pineapple fect fusion for me as it was and chair for most parts of the day, posal and pick and choose based on and tradition of Japan, China and Magar used rice flour. This garlicky, lime float with flamed absinthe juice and lime. Last, the fifth was flavoured with cream cheese. thanks to home-schooling and WFH, how your body’s feeling. Malaysia. The warm, dim yellow super crunchy dish was certainly (anise-flavoured spirit) and cinna- gin-based Flower power. It came in I must say — if not for the the obvious conclusion is meals on the lights and soft music in the back- the star of the night, not only for me mon, Sex on the roof had malibu wine glasses, shaken with elder- delectable bites, people must visit desk (read more snacking)! While Exercise and move for enjoyment: ground set our mood for the night. but for my pals as well. rum, Midori, banana puree, pineap- flower yuzu, thyme and lemon RYU for its exceptional signature snacking may help in keeping your Not expressly for weight loss or calo- We started with Chilli garlic Next up was the Classic veg ple and lime. It reminded me of the juice topped with in-house salted cocktails. In the words of Shyam energy levels up, in a sedentary envi- rie burning. mushrooms. The tender button spring rolls. Served with sweet beach while chilling on the rooftop. coconut foam. Thakur, co-founder of the restau- ronment it also aids your body in stor- mushrooms were tossed in the chilli sauce, these vegetables stuffed The third was Smoked popcorn old- But I was yet to be done with rant, “I have always been incred- ing unnecessary fat. One should have Eat nutrient dense food: Notice how rich flavour of garlic. The slight crispy tangy rolls were fried to per- fashioned. It was a twist of classic old the food, Yasai tempura made its ibly passionate about cocktails. a combination of either low calorie you feel when you choose healthy, pungency could be traced to the fection and didn’t have any trace of fashioned incorporated with way to my table. This was the veg- The flavours, the skill, the kind of and high protein snacks or low calo- high-quality food. 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, +9 5 $ IPL will benefit Eng during T20 WC: Stokes #$ )$# & ( < <=.<-- you’ve got the pressure of the franchise on you. eturning to action after “Being constantly exposed Rserving a one-year ban, to that is a huge benefit to us Bangladesh star all-rounder as a team, especially with the Shakib-Al-Hasan is ready to T20 World Cup coming up at play any role that his IPL side the end of the year in India; it’s Kolkata Knight Riders expects a great chance for the English from him in the upcoming guys to get more experience in season. these conditions,” Stokes said. The Bangladesh super- After being held in the star, who was part of KKR United Arab Emirates last title-winning campaigns in year due to the Covid-19 pan- 2012 and 2014, played just demic, the IPL returns to three matches for Sunrisers India and Stokes hopes fans Hyderabad in 2019 before the would be allowed back in the ban spelt his ouster from the stadiums soon. game. “It’s great for the compe- The ICC had banned tition that it’s come back to its 9 E 2 # # E him for two years, with one roots after taking place in "9 ' @E ( ' D9 year of that sentence sus- Dubai last year, which was an pended, after he accepted achievement in itself. three charges of breaching the You have to keep an open “Fingers crossed that fans recent tour of India — even is optimistic about the season season: we had some great ICC anti-corruption code. mind, keep training hard and will be allowed back in at though 100 per cent of the ahead. ones followed by some pretty Now in his second need to make sure whenever some point during this IPL crowd were against us! Being “Last year was obviously poor performances. innings at KKR, Shakib is not you get a chance, you grab the because they are a huge part back in the thick of that disappointing. Yes, we fin- “But every year is a clean averse to open the batting like opportunity with both hands.” of this game and why we play. atmosphere was amazing!” ished bottom of the table but slate and we are really excited Sunil Narine or play the role In the post-Gautam “It was an amazing feeling The Royals had a disap- I think it’s not as simple as that. about the prospects of what we of a finisher, beside bowling Gambhir era, KKR have to have fans back in the pointing campaign last year, We ebbed and flowed with our are able to do on the field this those tidy left-arm spin — to missed playoffs for two years grounds on our (England’s) finishing last. However, Stokes performances throughout the year,” he added. seal his place. in a row and Shakib hoped “I’m open to anything to things would change this time be honest,” the 34-year-old, round. < : : 9 who was bought by his former “From outside, you can & 3& #%G, %% 6 ) .+ franchise for 3.2 crore said. see it in different ways. This Since his ban ended in team has grown in last two &)-, English players in the IPL October last year, he has years. This is the year I think has probably grown in the last &)-, many formats, so I am really perspective, it would be more played only for his domestic KKR will be able to deliver the he increased participa- five or so years,” Stokes, who free about that.” from my side to get some side Khulna in the performance that fans have tion of English players will turn up for the Rajasthan ajasthan Royals’ new After the IPL auctions, extra tips from Sanga Bangabandhu T20 Cup. been asking for. I’m very Tin the IPL, where there Royals, told Sky Sports. Rrecruit Shivam Dube says Sangakkara had said that (Sangakkara), so I can per- “I’m very much confi- much optimistic, KKR will get is constant pressure to per- “Not only is that great for he is ready to bat at any Dube’s batting will be the form well in the tourna- dent, it’s just that I need one the result.” form, will benefit them during the individual but it is also position for his team and is main focus and “if there is an ment.” good game to get it going. If KKR also have included the T20 World Cup to be held great for the players involved looking to get some “extra opportunity for him to bowl, Dube said he is solely I can start well, I think I can veteran India off-spinner in India later this year, reck- in the England set-up; it gives tips” from Director Of Cricket it would be very rarely and focused on winning the tro- do well for the team.” Harbhajan Singh to an already ons star all-rounder Ben them experience in the most Kumara Sangakkara to very few overs, if at all.” phy for his team. In his last stint for SRH, strong spin lineup featuring Stokes. high-profile competition in improve his batting during Dube said he is looking “First of all ... If I am play- he only played three match- Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav Over the years more and the world but not only that — the IPL. forward to getting some ing for any team, I just expect es, while at KKR too he may and Varun Chakravarthy more English players have you are under constant pres- Dube, who has featured “extra-tips” from the Sri my team and myself to aim not be a regular as he’s primar- among others. chosen to take part in the sure to perform,” the impos- in one ODI and nine T20s for Lankan legend, with whom for the trophy. I don’t expect ily seen as a back-up option “We got a very good spin lucrative league. This year, ing all-rounder added. India, was brought by the he will be working in the (anything personally)... for Sunil Narine. department, having said that there are 14 England crick- India is set to host the T20 Rajasthan Royals for a whop- upcoming season. Because as a professional you Shakib said it indeed we have got a great pace eters contracted to play IPL, World Cup later this year and ping 4.40 crores. “... He (Sangakkara) has know what you want and affects the overseas players to bowling lineup too. All in all, including white-ball skipper Stokes feels it is the perfect “I think, I have played at "9 played a lot of cricket and he what teams will give you, sit out in a game but with the we have got a very good Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, opportunity for English play- many positions, so I don’t care &%. D " is going to watch me and what roles you have to play options being limited he has bowling lineup,” he conclud- Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen ers, who were a part of the much about what I can do, I going to tell me what I need and that you will get from the to have an open-mind ed. Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, recently-concluded tour of care much about what teams number, early in the innings, to add in my game to improve coach... approach. The two-time champi- Sam Billings, Liam India, to get more familiar needs from me,” 27-year-old and if they want me as a fin- and to be a better left-hand- “The one thing I would “There are 8-10 overseas ons will kick-start their cam- Livingstone, Jason Roy, Chris with the Indian conditions. Dube said. isher in any game, I can do ed batsman,” he said. always be grateful is that I will players in each team and paign against Sunrisers Woakes and Dawid Malan. “You’ve got billions of “So if they want me to bat that also. “Many things would be be playing for Rajasthan and only four can play. You can- Hyderabad in Chennai on “Yes — the percentage of people watching you and up the order, I can bat at any “I have played the roles in there, but from a batting they will be trusting me a lot.” not blame the team selection. 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4.)=&214 Then potentially the T20 World Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders -&7<.-1+ Cup leading into the Ashes, so batsman Nitish Rana was on ustralia and Chennai Super it’s a big 12 months. Thursday cleared to train with ew Zealand beat AKings fast bowler Josh “As it always is with his teammates after testing NBangladesh by 65 runs in Hazlewood has pulled out of the Australia, and I want to give negative for Covid-19, more a rain-shortened third T20I at upcoming edition of the Indian myself the best chance to be than a week after returning Eden Park on Friday to claim Premier League to take a small mentally and physically ready for positive for the infectious dis- a series clean sweep. break from cricket and keep that,” he added. ease. With their innings reduced himself fresh for the Ashes and The right-armer follows The 27-year-old lefthander to 10 overs due to bad weath- the T20 World Cup later this compatriots Josh Philippe (RCB) had tested positive a day after er, Bangladesh were all out for year. and Mitchell Marsh (SRH) in his arrival in Mumbai on 76 with three balls to spare, well Hazlewood was to depart withdrawing from the IPL, while March 21, following which he short of the 142 target set by with other Australia’s IPL-bound some other Australians may went into isolation in the team ed himself and was tested again New Zealand. players and join CSK but decid- consider opting out also, accord- hotel. today. We are glad to report The Black Caps made 141 ed to skip the cash-rich league, ing to the report. “Nitish Rana had checked that he has tested negative. We for four after losing the toss and which will start on April 9 and With the pulling out of the into the KKR team hotel in expect him to start training being asked to bat, with Finn go on till May 30, and spend IPL, Hazlewood is now available Mumbai, on March 21 with a with the team shortly and be Allen hitting 71 from 29 balls. time at home for the next two for the back end of the domes- negative Covid report which fully fit well before the start of Spinner Todd Astle was the $ C ,# 5) D& months. tic season. He is expected to be was done on March 19... He the season.” standout bowler, taking four The 30-year-old played Australia in the next two available for NSW for the was tested on March 22, dur- Rana had scored 352 runs wickets for 13 runs in his two and we’ve played some good run away with the match. three games for CSK in the IPL months,” Hazlewood was quot- Sheffield Shield final if they ing his quarantine and the in 14 matches during the IPL over spell. cricket and seen a lot of guys “We’re not playing good last season. ed as saying by cricket.Com.Au. qualify. “I haven’t been bowling report showed that he was 2020 season. Captain Tim Southee said come into the environment cricket in batting and fielding,” “It’s been a long 10 months “We’ve got a big winter a great deal ... Workloads are a positive,” KKR said in a state- It remains to be seen it was satisfying for the New and do well,” he said. he said. in bubbles and quarantine at dif- ahead. The West Indies is going bit too low … hopefully I can use ment. whether he will be fit to play for Zealanders to notch their sev- Bangladesh captain Liton “We’ve been very good ferent times, so I decided to have to be a long tour, with the next two weeks to build up “He has had no symptoms their season-opener against enth home series win of the Das said mistakes cost his side, bowling but that’s cost us. a rest from cricket and spend Bangladesh (T20 tour) potential- and if we’re in the Shield final I and has been completely Sunrisers Hyderabad in season on all formats. including a series of dropped We’re a young team and we’re some time at home and in ly thrown on the end of that. can play that,” the pacer said. asymptomatic since. He isolat- Chennai on April 11. PTI “It’s been a great summer catches that allowed Allen to learning.” 6 E 2 < ! striker has now scored only two F)= goals in his last 31 appearances ,-, for club and country. In other matches, Antoine ustralian Open champion Griezmann scored the only ANaomi Osaka crashed out ' goal of the game in the second of Miami Open in the quarter- half as reigning world champi- finals on a day of upsets that also ons France ground out a 1-0 vic- saw top-seeded Daniil F tory over Bosnia and Medvedev ousted. Herzegovina. Seventh-seeded Spaniard +&,)&2 Griezmann headed in < + $$+ $ !$# Roberto Bautista Agut beat Adrien Rabiot’s cross on the Medvedev 6-4, 6-2, for his third ermany fell to a humiliating hour in Sarajevo to give the # + 9 # win in as many meetings with G2-1 home loss to North holders their second away win the Russian who was runner-up Macedonia on Wednesday, in four days. to Novak Djokovic at the handing the hosts their first At Wembley, Harry <-2-7*, tual press conference. Australian Open and ascended World Cup qualifying defeat in Maguire thundered home a late “The key to getting 300 to No 2 in the world with his 20 years and piling the pressure winner as England beat Poland akistan will adopt a “mod- plus scores is finishing with a victory at Marseille in March. on coach Joachim Löw. 2-1 to seize control of their Pern day” approach in the flurry in our innings. We Bautista booked a semi- Napoli midfielder Eljif group with three wins from upcoming ODI series against haven’t played a lot of ODIs final showdown with 19-year- Osaka hadn’t dropped a set Elmas scored the winner five three. South Africa and look to put since the World Cup so we are old Italian Jannik Sinner, the at love since her last defeat, minutes from time, after Ilkay Captain Harry Kane gave 300 plus totals by finishing with also making a fresh start with world No 31 who beat which came in February 2020 in Gundogan’s penalty had drawn Gareth Southgate’s men a first- a flourish, captain Babar Azam a modern day approach.” Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik a Fed Cup match. Germany level following 37- half lead from the penalty spot said on Thursday. The Pakistan skipper also 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. “She has the most wins so year-old striker Goran Pandev’s allowed to happen,” fumed group-stage exit at the 2018 but they faded at an empty Pakistan will play three talked about maintaining Against Sinner, he’ll be far this year so she’s in great first-half opener. Germany’s stand-in captain World Cup in Russia. Wembley and were punished ODIs and four T20Is against momentum and said his team looking to avenge a three-set form — it meant a lot to me,” The four-time world cham- Gundogan to RTL after the The loss, which ended an when Jakub Moder struck after hosts South Africa, starting is working hard on improving defeat in the third round at said Sakkari, who let loose a pions have never failed to qual- nation’s first World Cup quali- 18-match winning streak in a defensive howler from John with the first one-dayer in its power hitting capability. Dubai. scream of delight after the final ify for football’s biggest tourna- fying loss since the infamous 5- World Cup qualifying, will pile Stones. Centurion on Friday. He promised to try to play Women’s world No 2 Osaka point. ment, but did not enter the 1 thrashing by England in 2001. more pressure on Löw, who will England looked likely to “We are trying to play fearless cricket and try out — seeded second behind top- Sakkari will face eighth- inaugural edition in 1930 and “It felt as though North step down after Euro 2020 in drop their first points of the ‘modern-day cricket’ for the some combinations for longer ranked Ashleigh Barty in the seeded Canadian Bianca were banned in 1950. Macedonia only got near our July after 15 years in charge. campaign before Manchester upcoming event. We will try to periods to see which one prestigious ATP Masters and Andreescu for a place in the However, Löw’s men are goal twice and scored twice — The result will also weigh United defender Maguire saved gain the necessary points works. WTA hardcourt tournament women’s final. already languishing third in it was too easy.” on struggling Chelsea striker Stones’s blushes with five min- through the series against Babar said said the coach- — had bowed out hours earli- Andreescu, ranked ninth in the Group J table, three points The defeat was just the lat- Timo Werner, who squandered utes remaining after an assist South Africa. We will start es had been working hard with er, the Japanese star’s 23-match the world, clawed out a 6-4, 3- adrift of leaders Armenia and est setback suffered by a golden chance with the score from the Manchester City man. strong. If our finishers fire, we the lower order batsmen and winning streak coming to a 6, 6-3 victory over tenacious behind the Macedonians on Germany, after their embarrass- 1-1 after coming off the bench Also, Italy and Spain win can reach a total above 300,” allrounders so that they could crashing halt with a 6-0, 6-4 loss 58th-ranked Spaniard Sara goal difference. ing 6-0 drubbing by Spain last in the second half. against Lithuania (2-0) and Babar, who leads Pakistan in all finish strong in ODIs and T20s to Greece’s Maria Sakkari. Sorribes Tormo. “That should not have been November and the shock The former RB Leipzig Kosovo (3-1) respectively. three formats, said during vir- as well with higher strike rates.