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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 331 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | THURSDAY, MARCH 4 | 2021 12 PAGES | `4.00 Similipal inferno wreaks havoc EIGHT OUT OF 21 RANGES IN THE PARK GUTTED, STATE GOVERNMENT SENDS HIGH LEVEL TEAM TO CONTROL FIRE
POST NEWS NETWORK the fire receding in Bhanjabasa, On the boil Balinala, Barahakamuda, Bhubaneswar, March 3: A Jenabili, Nana, Pithabata and high-level team along with PCCF igh level team headed by Dakura area. The raging flames Sashi Paul visited the Similipal HPCCF reviews situation have destroyed wild flora and National Park in Mayurbhanj in Similipal fauna in large tracts, it was district and conducted a review learnt. Lives of wild animals arge amount of forest, meeting Wednesday on the means are also facing danger due to TI PARADE OF BIBAN Lfauna and rare species of to control and douse the raging plants reduced to ashes the raging inferno. The fire has fire. A raging inferno has en- devoured eight out of the total gulfed parts of the park for more orest department forms 21 ranges of the Similipal for- Anjana successfully than a week now. Fsquads for each of the 21 est division so far which basi- divisions cally means that one third of the ore than 1,000 park has been destroyed. Naveen worried Earlier in the day, Odisha identifies accused Mpersonnel involved in BHUBANESWAR: Expressing fighting the raging inferno Forest and Environment Minister concern over the forest fire in BK Arukha said the state gov- Similipal National Park, Chief ernment has asked the principal Minister Naveen Patnaik “The forest department has chief conservator of forests Wednesday reviewed the situa- been taking all possible measures (PCCF), to rush to Similipal. tion and asked officials to take to douse the fire caused by hu- “I have asked the PCCF, preventive measures to control TERRIFYING: Flames engulf large tracts of land and plantation as the fire rages in Similipal Park OP PHOTO mans. A high level team led by Wildlife to ascertain the cause it. Additional Chief Secretary the PCCF conducted review of of the fire, control the inferno (Forest & Environment) Mona It was revealed at the meet- flames under control and dous- zones. Forty vehicles includ- the fire control exercise and examine the situation. Sharma, who was present in ing that 800 forest officials and ing it. They have been carrying ing fire tenders are also being Wednesday,” said deputy direc- He will submit a report to the the meeting, said that the forest 250 firefighting personnel have out their work with help of 240 used in the dousing operations, tor of the Similipal Tiger Reserve. fire is under control. government Thursday,” the been engaged in bringing the fore blowers in core and buffer a senior official said Wednesday However, there are no signs of minister said.
Anjana Mishra coming out of IRREGULAR by MANJUL prison Wednesday OP PHOTO BJP draws blank in MCD bypolls POST NEWS NETWORK “There were around 10 to 12 people of similar body struc- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The people of Delhi have Bhubaneswar, March 3: ture present during the pa- once again voted in the Anjana Mishra, survivor of rade. However, I success- New Delhi, March 3: The Aam Aaadmi name of work. Congratulations the sensational gangrape fully managed to identify Party (AAP) won Wednesday four of the to all. The people are fed up that took place way back in the main accused,” Mishra five civic wards in the MCD bypolls. The with misrule of the BJP at 1999, identified main told mediapersons . results led Chief Minister Arvind MCD for 15 continuous years accused Biban Biswal dur- The TI parade at the Kejriwal to assert that people were ing the test identification Jharpara jail was conducted desperate to bring the party to power ARVIND KEJRIWAL - DELHI CHIEF MINISTER (TI) parade conducted by in presence of JMFC in the three municipal corporations the Central Bureau of Srujalin Mohanty and CBI in the national capital. The ruling BJP people. Losing Shalimar Bagh North is Investigation (CBI) here officials. During the parade, however, drew blank in the MCD bypolls. a matter of introspection. The short- Wednesday at Jharpara jail. which started at 2.30 in the “The people of Delhi have once again comings will be removed and I am sure “I have identified the afternoon, the victim’s driver Yes, news website will not be allowed to run voted in the name of work. BJP will win the elections for three prime accused Biban Biswal Nilakantha Rout was also fake news anymore. But why are you worried? Congratulations to all. The people are municipal corporations in 2022,” said during the TI parade. present, sources said. Yours is a news channel. fed up with misrule of the BJP at MCD Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta. However, I will have to iden- The special CBI court had for 15 years. People are desperate to bring The AAP candidates won from tify the accused in court in Tuesday allowed the probe the AAP to rule the MCD,” Kejriwal AAP candidates celebrate with their supporters after the results of the MCD bypolls Kalyanpuri, Rohini-C, Trilokpuri and front of the judge once agency to take the prime SHORT TAKES tweeted after the party’s victory. were announced Tuesday PTI PHOTO Shalimar Bagh North wards. more,” Mishra said after accused Biban on a two-day The AAP, however, suffered a shock According to the State Election coming out of the prison remand for further inves- defeat in the minority-dominated Mohammad Ishraq Khan by a whopping ahead of the civic polls due in 2022. Commission, the AAP polled the high- premises. tigation. The CBI sleuths Sasi quits politics Chauhan Bangar ward, where margin of 10,642 votes. The saffron party even lost the Shalimar est 46.10 per cent votes in the bypolls. It The victim said the iden- from Kolkata will take Biban Chennai: Weeks ahead of Tamil Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad of the The BJP failed to open its account in Bagh seat held by it to AAP. was followed with 27.29 per cent by the tification parade lasted for on remand Thursday for Nadu Assembly elections, VK Congress defeated the party’s candidate the bypolls, being seen as the semifinal “We honour the mandate given by the BJP and 21.84 per cent by the Congress. approximately 10 minutes. further interrogation. Sasikala, expelled AIADMK leader and close aide of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, Kotia issue: State seeks opinion of ex-SC judge AK Pattanaik announced Wednesday ‘she Class X student will stay away from politics’. K’TAKA MINISTER RESIGNS However, she would pray for injured after knife the ‘golden rule’ of the late Odisha govt banks party supremo. “I will stay attack by friend away from politics and keep OVER SEXUAL ABUSE SLUR praying for the establishment of the golden rule of Amma,” on boundary stones POST NEWS NETWORK Sasikala said in a statement, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA had come as a huge embarrass- which suprised many. P7 ment to BS Yediyurappa-led BJP Bhanjanagar, March 3: A Class POST NEWS NETWORK “District administration is re- Bangalore, March 3: Karnataka government. X student from Borasinga School quired to take up annual verifica- Water Resources Minister Ramesh There was also demand from the under the Gangpur police limits 24x7 vax drive on Bhubaneswar, March 3: After tion of boundary stones, specifically Jarkiholi sent his resignation let- opposition Congress and JD(S) for in Ganjam district was seriously Andhra Pradesh government con- in those villages sharing bound- ter Wednesday to Chief Minister BS Jarkiholi’s immediate resignation. injured when a fellow student New Delhi: COVID-19 ducted panchayat elections in the ary with neighbouring state(s),” Yediyurappa following allegations Leader of Opposition and stabbed him Wednesday. The vaccination will now be Kotia region it has been a wakeup Sethi said in his letter. of sexual harassment against him. Congress leader Siddaramaiah ear- injured, identified as Amit Nayak, available 24x7 and the citizens call to the Odisha government. Sethi advised collectors to The development comes a day after According to sources, Jarkiholi lier in the day said, “If that party has been admitted to a local will be able to take it as per Now the government has asked verify the boundary stones each purported video clips showing tendered his resignation after di- (BJP) has shame and if they re- hospital here in critical condi- their convenience, Health collectors of all border districts to year without fail. He told them that Jarkiholi getting intimate with an rections from the party high spect human values, immediately tion. The accused Subham Bhola Minister Harsh Vardhan said verify boundary stones every year. if any stone goes missing the con- unidentified woman, were widely command. BJP national general they have to take his resignation. was initially detained by the school Wednesday. “The government Revenue and Disaster cerned, the concerned Tehsildar will aired by Kannada news channels. secretary in-charge of Karnataka, This is national news, if the authorities before being handed has ended time constraint to Management secretary Bishnupada have to fix the stone. “The allegations against me are Arun Singh is said to have com- government has shame it should over to the police. increase speed of vaccination. Sethi has written letters to collec- Meanwhile, the Odisha govern- far from the truth, it has to be in- municated the party’s decision to take his resignation. The govern- Eyewitnesses said that the stab- Citizens can get vaccinated tors of 14 bordering districts. The ment has decided to take legal vestigated at the earliest. Though the state leadership, keeping in ment should register an FIR now.” bing incident happened out of the 24x7 at their convenience,” districts are – Balasore, opinion from former Supreme Court I’m confident about my innocence, mind the Assembly polls in four Dinesh Kallahalli, a social ac- blue as the two were seen laugh- Vardhan said in a tweet. “Now Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, judge, Justice Ananga Kumar taking moral responsibility I’m re- states and also panchayat elections tivist Tuesday lodged a police com- ing and joking with each other. they can get the COVID-19 jab Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Nuapada, Pattanaik over its border dispute signing my position as the Cabinet in Karnataka next year. plaint against Jarkiholi alleging However, things got out of hand as soon as possible,” he added. Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput, with neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Minister. I request you to accept The allegation, just ahead of sexual harassment to a job when Amit and Subham had a Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati Sethi has asked Koraput collector it,” Jarkiholi said in the letter to the the Budget session of the state leg- aspirant and threatening her and heated argument. Then Subham and Ganjam. to meet Pattanaik as soon as possible. Chief Minister. islature starting from Thursday family of dire consequences. lost his temper and attacked Amit MARKET WATCH with a knife, leaving him seriously injured. INDEX VARIATION “The incident happened just after the drill class had ended. All SENSEX 51444.65 1147.76 ‘Dissenters’ Taapsee, Anurag face Income Tax heat the teachers had retired to the staff room from the field. The un-
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FORTUNE FORECAST NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL – DAY 3 Assamese troupe brings alive When Priyanka ARIES was left You are going to make Kamaladevi’s life on stage full use of your silver- tongued sleekness Social reformer today! Your power of Kamaladevi married to expression will be appreciated, especial- Sonu to launch high and dry ly by the opposite sex, and you will thor- Indian English poet and oughly enjoy the attention. Ganesha advises a little meditation to help bal- dramatist Harindranath ance your inner and outer worlds. Chattopadhyay, the blood bank app Los Angeles: Actress younger brother of Priyanka Chopra Jonas TAURUS Sarojini Naidu. Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood is going to launch in an interview has said Today may be the begin- what is expected to be India’s biggest blood bank, that there have been times ning of an exciting rela- POST NEWS NETWORK through an app named Sonu For You. The app when people from the tionship, predicts A scene from Hindi play Kamaladevi staged at Rabindra Mandap, Wednesday aims at connecting donors to those in urgent South Asian community Ganesha. You will feel he life of ace social re- need of blood. have picked on her and oneness with words and actions, commu- nicating with your colleagues with ease. former and freedom ac- and directed by actress- Cultural Centre, Kolkata. As per the app, a donee can reach out to that she felt a lot of neg- The spot light at whichever party you go to Ttivist Padma Vibhusan turned-director Bhagirathi Along with present Odisha donors, and on receiving a request a donor ativity come her way. will be following you as you will storm the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Bai. “In spite of being brought Sangeet Natak can immediately reach the hospital and do- “I do notice a sense of place with your enthusiasm and charisma. came alive on the third up in an aristocratic envi- Akademi(OSNA) Secretary nate blood. Already being hailed as the protectiveness from a evening of National Theatre ronment and married into an Prabodh Kumar Rath, country’s biggest blood bank, Sonu For You lot of people but also a Festival Purba Ranga here illustrious family, Kamaladevi Akademi’s six ex-Secretaries promises to help patients with rare blood sense of cynicism and GEMINI at Rabindra Mandap, chose the arduous path of were present on the occasion. groups. “Sonu For You was conceived by me negativity from a lot of You will make diligent Wednesday. freedom struggle and played They were – Dhirendra Nath and my friend, Johnson. Every time some- people. Picking on me efforts to keep your loved Several cultural institu- a major role in the Salt Mallick, Manmath Satpathy, one needs blood on an urgent basis and we for no reason,” she said ones happy and content tions in India today exist be- Satyagraha of Mahatma Bijay Jena, Pradipta Mishra, share the same on social media, we re- on the BBC Asian and will expect the same cause of Kamaladevi’s vi- Gandhi,” said Bhagirathi. Dr Saileswar Nanda and ceive responses from many. So we thought, Network's Beyond from them today. However the more expectations you fulfill, the more they will sion, including the National She feels honoured to be Sudha Mishra. Theatre di- why not come with an app that serves the Bollywood podcast. rise. You need to give some time to your- School of Drama and Kendra able to portray factions of life rector Abhinna Routray in- same purpose?” “Very few brown self as well, says Ganesha. Sangeet Natak Akademi. of such a woman in her own troduced the guests. He adds: “Going to a blood bank to people are in the en- Based on her autobiogra- humble way through the play, All the Akademi secretaries search for a certain blood group can tertainment busi- phy, the drama Kamaladevi added the director. were unanimous in their views take a long time especially in cases of rare ness, you can count CANCER was written by Vaidehi The five-day theatre fes- that being a leading organisa- blood groups. Every year, 12000 patients us on your fingers. You will be an eternal (Kannada) and translated tival is being organised tion to promote Odia culture, in India die due to lack of donated We’re trying to cre- optimist today. Ganesha into Hindi by Madhavi S by the Culture Department OSNA should keep in touch blood. With this app, we want to convey ate more opportu- says that your accom- Bhandari. of Odisha in collabora- with key cultural personali- the message that our 20 minutes can nity for people like plishments will motivate Seagull Theatre of Assam tion with Odisha Natya ties of the state and extend its save someone’s life.” us, so why is there others to emulate you. You will spend presented the play, designed Sangh and Eastern Zonal helping hand to the needy. IANS so much negativity the evening with family members and enjoy it, too. your value for family values for us? When I and plans will go up to-day. started working in Hollywood I realised it’s not normal to peo- ple’s consciousness that LEO a leading man or woman can You may meet people be Indian in a mainstream whom you haven't met in a long time, or will Hollywood show.’ I’ve started attempt to. New rela- Kajol shares noticing the difference be- tions and acquaintances may also be tween fans who know me and formed. You will try to keep yourself her love story with coffee are protective of me and they busy in one task after the other. You will are the wind beneath my wings. be able to finish all your work as per deadline, says Ganesha. I also feel disheartened and dis- Mumbai: Actress Kajol wrote: “Strong people break couraged by the other Wednesday shared her cute too, they just keep quiet, re- side,”added the Quantico ac- love story with coffee. build and keep going.” tress. IANS VIRGO “Once upon a time there The Baazigar actress took to Your mission of finding lived a girl. She loved coffee... social media Tuesday to cele- an engrossing rela- and they lived happily ever brate one year of the release tionship has been ful- filled. At work, you after. The end,” she wrote on date of her short film Devi. may try to outdo other people with both Instagram story. Kajol was last seen in the your actions and words. Ganesha sug- Kajol keeps inspiring her recently-released OTT film, gests you may go ahead and charm peo- fans and followers with Tribhanga. The Renuka ple with your repository of enchanting motivational words on Shahane directorial also anecdotes and win their goodwill. Instagram. In another features Tanvi Azmi story posted re- and Mithila Palkar. cently, the ac- IANS LIBRA tress Ganesha says you will see your hard work come to fruition today. This is a good and profitable day for all those of you who are associated with the business field. For those of you who are working professionals this will be a day when your senior officials will praise you for taking up tough tasks and com- pleting them satisfactorily.
SCORPIO SUDOKU post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, You wake up to a new ray PEANUTS CROSSWORD of hope, flaunting your column and box must contain the numbers sunny side up, predicts 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. Ganesha. You leave no stone unturned to fulfil your desires. With boundless optimism, you are all set to win the world. Push your limits to know your strengths.
SAGITTARIUS Your role in bringing cru- cial and influential deals will be pivotal, says Ganesha. However, the end results may not turn up as per your expectations. But a pleasant evening with your beloved is likely to cheer you up and lighten your mood. CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN God helps those who help themselves. So, work hard, take care of your health, and keep believing in your dreams, says Ganesha. SOLUTIONS There are fair chances of you striking an important deal on the behalf of your company, and it will certainly boost the image of your bosses and you both.
AQUARIUS It may seem that all of your plans are going hay- wire. It is not too late; you can still have things BREVITY
under control. All you need to do is focus CROSSWORD on your work rather than helping every- one around. Because, you end up having no time for your goals, feels Ganesha.
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so it is better to focus on your good qualities CHECK FOR SOLUTIONS OF THE PUZZLES TOMORROW SUDOKU and hard work to achieve your goals. COVID-19 TRACKER P3 STOLEN IDOLS FOUND THURSDAY | MARCH 4 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR INFECTED RECOVERED DEAD Police Wednesday recovered five World 11,54,19,485 9,12,10,888 25,62,876 idols which were earlier stolen from a temple in Pipli area of India 1,11,40,122 1,08,12,044 1,57,346 Puri district. A person has been downtown Odisha 3,37,448 3,34,767 1,917
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BJD ready for Pipli PRAKASH KUMAR BISWAL State plans to bolster food bypolls: Pramila POST NEWS NETWORK PANDEMIC PUSHED US Bhubaneswar, March 3: The testing capacity, manpower Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pramila Mallick Wednesday said MANISH KUMAR, OP her party is all set to win the Pipili bypollls in the coming days. BACK BY A DECADE Bhubaneswar, March 3: The State She said the opposition parties Food Safety department which had are likely to lose the seat with a been struggling with the shortage good margin. “We are ready for the The white appliances market was one of the worst hit of staff and food testing labs has Pipili bypolls. The BJD candidate planned a facelift, aiming to bolster from the region is sure to win the segments during the lockdowns and shutdowns in the the food safety capacity of Odisha. seat. The Chief Minister will finally country. With jobs either gone or salaries truncated, The department officials told take a decision on who will fight this reporter that it has started from the seat,’ she said. people turned away from electronic products. working on improving the staff The Chief Whip of the regional There was no demand in the market. However, strength and also increase the pen- party in Odisha Assembly also etration of food testing labs in the said, “The BJP had been making with the situation gradually coming back to nor- days to come. claims of winning the seat but mal, the sector is limping back to normalcy. Raj “We are going to recruit 35 more they cannot do that. We are going Food Safety Officers (FSOs) in the to win the seat with a good margin.” Electronics, a household name in the state, put days to come. We plan to have ad- The BJD MLA also said that together an aggressive action plan to weather the equate FSOs to boost food safety there was no link between in the state. Now with more FSOs An official destroys adulterated chilli & Sarpanch election and MLA elec- vagaries of the pandemic. Prakash Kumar Biswal, we can start having such officers at FACELIFT FOR turmeric powder in Cuttack (OP I FILE PHOTO) tion and it would not affect the Maganing Partner, Raj Electronics, gives his take on sub division levels,” Dr Pradip The new machines are likely to performance of the party. Mohapatra, Director, Food Safety FOOD SAFETY pave the way for testing of heavy the ills being faced by the sector in general and his ideas for growth. Excerpts Department said. Currently, not all metals, antibiotics, pesticides and of an interview with Orissa POST districts have a full time FSO. Some Govt plans More full time virus in the food and beverage sam- FSOs have been given additional to recruit Designated ples. The food safety director said Three places record charges for Koraput and Kalahandi. 35 more Officers for food as per the norms, the people are ‘Now customers can get The department has now also Food safety soon also entitled to get their food sam- 38.5 degrees C the prices of electronics goods customers. I personally try to planned to get four more food test- Safety ples tested for adulteration or con- easy finance up to will go up by 7 to 8 per cent. solve the issues of customers. ing labs in the state to boost the Officers Special books on tamination on payment basis. He Bhubaneswar: Three places in state – 10 per cent cash back Shortage of manpower is also We had introduced certain food testing capability of the state. food safety said that people had used the serv- Rayagada, Malkangiri and Sundergarh pushing the cost of produc- measures to keep good rela- “Now we’re taking help of a gov- Four new under process ices for testing of water but now –recorded a maximum temperature and benefits of zero tion upward. The customers tion with customers soon after ernment and a private food test- food for schools more labs can open fresh avenues. over 38.5 degrees Celsius, Wednesday. interest and zero down should buy the products be- easing of the lockdown and ing lab for testing food adulter- testing The department has also been As per the Bhubaneswar fore they become dearer. the shutdown norms. A total of More ation. We’ve planned to set up four laboratories working to bring special books on Meteorological Centre, the maximum payments’ 17 showrooms have been advanced new labs at Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, planned food safety in Odia language which temperature at Nayagarh was 38 n How has the pandemic affected opened for the customers. We equipment to be degrees Celsius while it was 37.1 Sundargarh and Keonjhar,” in four could be distributed at schools to the market? have also introduced online given in food testing degrees at both Angul and Talcher Mohapatra said. The state gov- districts make the students aware of food n How do you find the payment system. laboratories towns. Bhubaneswar recorded a day ernment has also allowed mining electronics retailing market? n The Covid-19 pandemic has adulteration and other related de- temperature of 37 degrees. It was development funds in mining areas tails of the same. hit the market very hard. The n Do you have any special offer 36.5 degrees at Cuttack city. There n to boost the food safety exercise. ment to these labs to bolster its A Food Safety Officer requesting will not be any major change in day There is a change in customer pandemic situation has pushed for the customers? The department, meanwhile, plans virtues of tracing other adulter- anonymity said they have also in- and night temperatures in the state behaviour now as compared us back by a decade. All sectors to start adding new testing equip- ants that could not be tested earlier. creased the raids with the help of cops. during next 3-4 days. to that during the coronavirus- of the economy have suf- n Customers can avail offers induced lockdown. Now, we fered. given by the companies. are getting more customers. Unemployment, Our showrooms are However, the middleclass peo- low income and also giving some of- ple are facing certain crisis reduction in fers. Now, customers Vedanta MoU for med college scrapped with regard to their income. As salaries are af- can get easy fi- a result, the sale of low-end fecting the de- nance up to 10 per POST NEWS NETWORK we have cancelled the MoU,” H&FW products is at the bottom. The mand. cent cash back and Additional Chief Secretary, PK sale of high-end products is benefits of zero in- Bhubaneswar, March 3: The state Mohapatra told Orissa POST. going on as usual. The mar- n What is your terest and zero government cancelled an MoU With the cancelation of the MoU, ket has witnessed an upward take on cus- down payments. signed with Vedanta Ltd for con- the works department has been trend since the festival season. tomer rela- They can avail the struction of a 500-bed medical col- urged to take up the project and With the improvement in the tions? services of finance lege and hospital at Bhawanipatna complete the balance work, he said. market condition, the sale of companies like in Kalahandi district. The agreement “I have asked the officials to place low-end products will see an up- n We are main- Bajaj Finance, was cancelled as the company has the estimation and funds with the ward trend. taining good re- HDFC, IDFC and delayed in executing the project. works department immediately,” lations with HDB. The Health and Family Welfare Mohapatra said, adding, the works n There were reports that our (H&FW) department issued an order department will continue the work electronics products would be in this regard, Tuesday. “The gov- on the existing infrastructure de- dearer. What is your view on ernment after careful considera- The H&FW department’s order seats. Initially, it was planned to con- veloped by Vedanta and the state will this? tion has been pleased to cancel the struct a 500-bed teaching hospital, bear the required fund. MoU signed on 27.03.2018 between dinate delay in execution of the which was subsequently increased According to sources, a total of n A rise in the cost of raw ma- government of Odisha and M/S project,” read the order. to 650 beds as per requirement of Rs 350 crore was supposed to be terials is forcing companies Vedanta Ltd for construction of a “We have set a target for func- the National Medical Commission invested for setting up of the to raise prices of electron- 500-bedded teaching hospital for tioning of the proposed medical col- (NMC). However, the company was proposed hospital for which ics goods. It is expected that the medical college at Bhawanipatna lege and hospital in Kalahandi by 2022- delaying the project despite several Vedanta had agreed to spend with immediate effect due to inor- 2023 with a capacity of 100 MBBS rounds of discussions. Therefore, around Rs 100 crore.
PUMPKIN FARMERS IN DISTRESS OAS probationers NGT issues directions to states, urged to follow UTs over iIllegal sand mining Mo Sarkar principles POST NEWS NETWORK INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE nual reports may be furnished to the Environment Ministry by April Bhubaneswar, March 3: Chief New Delhi, March 3: The National 30 every year, giving the status of Secretary SC Mahapatara Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued the issue till March 31. Wednesday urged OAS proba- a slew of directions to the Chief Based on such reports, the min- tioners to adhere to the princi- Secretaries of the states and Union istry has been asked to prepare a ples of Mo Sarkar initiatives in- Territories, and the Environment consolidated report and publish troduced by Chief Minister Ministry on a batch of applications its own report on the subject, prefer- Naveen Patnaik. relating to updation of enforce- FILE PHOTO ably by May 31 every year. While interacting with the ment and monitoring mechanism “We direct the Secretary MoEF probationers here at Gopabandhu to control and regulate illegal sand inspection be conducted by a five- to convene a meeting in coordina- Academy, he said, “Mo Sarkar is mining. members committee, headed and co- tion with the CPCB and Mining a very progressive and people- Some of these applications have ordinated by the SEIAA and com- and Jalshakti Ministries of Central centric approach for a success- been pending for about seven years prising CPCB, State PCB and two Government and such other ex- ful democracy. Let the people while others have been tagged to the expert members of SEAC dealing perts at National level and repre- feel that government is their pending matters later, from time with the subject.” sentatives of states within three government and it is working to time, in view of common ques- At the national level, a review months… holding of such meet- for them only.” tion of illegal sand mining. needs to be conducted at least once ings will provide clarity on en- “Be close to the people, talk Unsustainable sand mining prac- in a year by the Secretary of forcement strategies and help pro- with them directly and listen to tices are rampant in India. A bench Environment in coordination with tection of environment,” it said. their issues caringly with empa- headed by NGT Chairperson Adarsh the Secretaries Mining and Jalshakti In January 2020, the environ- thy and respect for them”, he fur- Kumar Goel directed all the states Ministries, the Central Pollution ment ministry came out with ther said. and UTs to strictly follow the Control Board, the bench stated. ‘Enforcement & Monitoring Stating that an OAS officer can Sustainable Sand Management All the states and UTs are further Guidelines for Sand Mining 2020’ directly help people in many ways, Guidelines, 2016. directed to publish their annual to regulate sand mining and check he advised the officers to never “We further direct that periodic reports on the subject and such an- illegal mining. neglect people and their issues. Power producers urge state to reduce water charge
PNN/AGENCIES alleging that the bills for water Khurana also said that the unit power plants located in Maharashtra have been raised on the allocation has to bear an annual cost of Rs 13.30 are paying water bills based on con- Bhubaneswar, March 3: basis, instead of the actual con- crore as water charge, though the sumption, not on allocation, re- Independent power producers (IPPs), sumption. consumption of the resource in sulting in significant cost savings. OP PHOTOS who are facing problems of rising Water consumed by a thermal value term could be Rs 7.7 crore a The annual increase in water cost and falling energy tariff, have power plant in the state is around year. charge by 10 per cent, as per the pro- urged the state government to re- 58 per cent of the allocated quantity, With the steady rise of renewable visions of the Odisha Irrigation
Tonnes of pumpkins are rotting on the farmlands in Sakhigopal area of Puri duce water charge for their thermal the association’s director general energy and falling tariff levels, (Amendment) Rules, 2015, has also
k y m c district as farmers are denied of remunerative price. The middlemen are plants in the coastal state, an in- Ashok Kumar Khurana said. IPPs have been witnessing a de- led to a rise in cost from Rs 4.5 per reportedly offering up to `5 per kg even though the market price stands at `20. dustry body official said Wednesday. “For a 1,050 MW power plant in cline in the plant load factor (PLF) cubic metre in FY17 to Rs 6.3 in The Association of Power Odisha, the allocated quantity of from 78 per cent in the 2009-10 fis- FY21. “IPPs do not have any power Meanwhile, the distressed farmers are demanding opening up of cold storages Producers has written to Water water is 22 million cubic metre a cal to 51 per cent in 2020-21, the in- to fix prices. They are locked into in the region so that the vegetables could be stored and later sold at proper price. Resources Minister Raghunandan year, whereas the quantity con- dustry body said. quoted tariffs under long term con- Das and Energy Minister DS Mishra sumed is only 58 per cent,” he said. The association claimed that the tracts,” the industry body said. P4 THURSDAY | MARCH 4 | 2021 downtown
WASSUP TODAY Naveen lays stone for
BHUBANESWAR Sahoo blames Centre for PM-Kisan mess
k y m n Purva Ranga National Drama c Festival, Rabindra Mandap, 6.30 pm Rayagada planetarium POST NEWS NETWORK AGRI MINISTER’S CONCERNS scheme but faced issues in getting Programmes/announcements other instalments. for wassup today may be sent to Bhubaneswar, March 3: The minister accused the PM- [email protected] for Agriculture Minister Arun Kumar Kisan team of creating hurdles for record, it must also carry the Sahoo Wednesday wrote to Union disbursement of the aid. He also said sender’s mobile number for our Petroleum Minister Dharmendra that several hurdles could be cleared verification, but not for publication. Pradhan asking him to convince his if the Odisha government was government at the Centre to weed given more access to PM-Kisan out the obstacles faced by the farm- portal. ers in availing benefits under PM- “Even though the entire data of Two felicitated for Kisan scheme. the registered farmers on the PM- He said that due to the alleged Kisan portal is uploaded by the selfless service negligence of the Union govern- state government very limited ac- POST NEWS NETWORK ment, the farmers of Odisha reg- cess to the portal is being given to istered with PM-Kisan are not get- The Agriculture Even though the entire data of the registered the state government. Thus, issues POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, March 3: ting timely payments and are having minister said against like bulk bank details correction and Other dists which would The farmers on the PM-Kisan portal is Governor Ganeshi Lal Wednesday issues during verification. a whopping 43.17 bulk rectification are not possible Bhubaneswar, March 3: Chief have planetariums are: minister uploaded by the state government felicitated Bhagyashree Sahoo Sahoo in his letter said, “The el- lakh registered to be done by the state govern- Minister Naveen Patnaik laid the accused the very limited access to the portal is and Silu Nayak for their spectac- igible land holder farmer families farmers with ment,” he added. foundation stone for a planetar- Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, PM-Kisan team of being given to the state ular achievements and selfless are to be registered by the state PM-Kisan In his letter to Pradhan, the min- ium at Rayagada and for a district creating hurdles for government, the minister added Ganjam, Rourkela service to the society. government in the PM-Kisan por- portal, only science centre at Jeypore in disbursement of ister said, “I seek your intervention 38.65 lakh have and Bolangir Prime Minister Narendra Modi tal. The state government does this the aid Thus, issues like bulk bank details so that the constructive sugges- Koraput, Wednesday. had recently praised the duo in his registration after due verification been approved for correction and bulk rectification are tions given by the technical team The planetarium project will monthly radio talk ‘Mann Ki Baat’. including field checks. However, receiving benefits not possible to be done by the state govt of government of Odisha, espe- cost Rs 15 crore while Rs 6.5 crore couraging scientific mindset of the Felicitating Sahoo, Lal appreci- against a whopping 43.17 lakh reg- cially with regard to the full data will be spent on the district sci- science and space enthusiast. ated her extraordinary talent and istered farmers with PM-Kisan access to the portal are accepted, ence centre project. Chief Minister “Through these planetariums and work in the field of fine art and portal, only 38.65 lakh have been ap- tion in ensuring that the balance Sahoo also claimed that several in the best common interest for laid the foundation stone through science centres, we will hopefully crafts (Pattachitra). proved for receiving benefits. 4.52 lakh farmers are considered for registered farmers received the improving farmers' welfare leading videoconferencing from encourage more scientific minds of The Governor awarded her with “We seek your kind interven- support under PM-Kisan,” he said. first instalment of the PM-Kisan to the doubling of farmers income.” Bhubaneswar. the state,” he added. a certificate of appreciation and Science and Technology Minister At present, the state has two a cheque of Rs 1.5 lakh on behalf Ashok Chandra Panda, Principal planetariums at Bhubaneswar and of Biju Patnaik University of Secretary of the Department Sambalpur. Apart from Rayagada, Technology of which she is a stu- Santosh Kumar Sarangi along with the other districts which would dent in Indira Gandhi Institute other dignitaries were present in have planetariums are: Mayurbhanj, of Technology, Sarang. the function at Rayagada. Keonjhar, Ganjam, Rourkela and The Governor also appreciated DEMOLITION The Chief Minister said that Bolangir. Each planetarium proj- Nayak for his zeal, passion, selfless new generation should try to have ect will cost Rs 15 crore. devotion and energy in helping BEFORE scientific mindset in their life. He The 10 districts where the science rural youth realize their poten- said, “We have plans to set up six centres will come up are: Jeypore, tial and dream of getting into the EXPANSION planetariums in six districts and dis- Baripada, Rayagada, Keonjhar, armed forces. Nayak has been pro- trict science centre in each district Ganjam, Puri, Bhadrak, Bolangir, viding training freely through Civic and for that Rs 100 crore will be Nayagarh and Jagatsinghpur in ‘Mahaguru Battalion’. authorities spent. first phase. The government has in Cuttack Panda said that planetariums plans to establish the district sci- demolish a in the state play a big role in en- ence centres in all the districts. Trains cancelled for temple at Bishinabar in modernisation work the Silver City for the ECoR carries 183.28MT freight POST NEWS NETWORK expansion Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has carried 183.28 million of Taladanda (mn) tonne of freight traffic up to the end of February 2021 of the current Bhubaneswar, March 3: Services canal road, financial year, registering a growth of 0.6 per cent over last year. To of a few trains under East Coast Wednesday achieve the load factor, the ECoR has utilised 10,016 wagons per day in Railway (ECoR) will be affected February 2021 as against 9,132 wagons during the corresponding period of in view of safety-related mod- last financial year. In February 2021, the ECoR carried 18.62 million tonne of ernisation work like yard freight registering a growth of 5.4 per cent from the corresponding period remodelling, signalling arrange- of last year. Similarly, till end of February, ECoR has utilised about 8,198 ment and electrification at south wagons per day from April 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021. side of Tirupati railway station under Guntakal Railway Division of South Central Railway juris- With 97 fresh cases, diction. Odisha-bound and related trains Govt plans to state’s nCoV tally Odisha to become maritime including Tirupati-Puri Special from Tirupati will remain can- reaches 3,37,448 celled March 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12. Similarly, Bhubaneswar-Tirupati allow more private trade hub, says Pradhan Special from Bhubaneswar and PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Visakhapatnam-Tirupati Special POST NEWS NETWORK (02707) from Visakhapatnam will Bhubaneswar, March 3: State’s remain cancelled March 6. hospitals for vax Covid-19 tally surged to 3,37,448 New Delhi, March 3: Union Tirupati-Bhubaneswar Special Wednesday as 97 more people Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel from Tirupati and Bhubaneswar- tested positive for the infection, a Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tirupati Special from Bhubaneswar POST NEWS NETWORK senior health official said. Wednesday said that Odisha is will remain cancelled March 7. 56,033 elderly As many as 58 new cases were going to be the hub of maritime Tirupati-Bhubaneswar Special Bhubaneswar, March 3: The state inoculated reported in quarantine centres, trade with its natural harbours, (02072) from Tirupati will remain Health department Wednesday said while 39 fresh infections were de- rich resources, long coastline and cancelled March 8. Lastly, Puri- it has planned to allow more private Bhubaneswar: The Health department tected during contact tracing, said skill-able and hardworking Tirupati Special from Puri will hospitals to offer COVID 19 vacci- Wednesday said that a total of 56,033 the official. manpower. remain cancelled March 7, 8, 10, 11, nations. senior citizens have been inoculated Khurda dis- Addressing the ‘Investment The Union minister 12 and 14. Bijoy Panigrahi, Health de- during the last three days as part of the trict reported Opportunities in Odisha’ session in special Covid-19 vaccination drive. At reiterated PM’s vision partment director said the de- the highest the Maritime India Summit 2021, the country. Kalinganagar, which is the same time, 2,116 persons above the of Purvodaya to drive partment has asked District age of 45 years and living with co-mor- number of Union minister assured all poten- being developed as a steel hub, en- Forestry students Collectors to expand the vaccina- bidities have been vaccinated. new cases at tial investors that the Union and the visages to become a self-contained eastern India’s tion centres. “Collectors have been 14, followed by state governments are working in ecosystem, and will enable the po- observe World asked to ensure verification of pri- Sambalpur tandem to make Odisha an attrac- tential investors for setting up value growth to keep pace vate hospitals where the vaccina- current vaccination drive. The (13) and tive investment destination. added downstream facilities. Our with the growth in Wildlife Day tion drive could be undertaken. Centre has instructed states not Sundargarh (11). Pradhan said that Odisha has a initiatives in the petroleum and Based on their verification, we can to stock the vaccines and keep on The coastal state’s coronavirus rich maritime history and thou- steel sectors will provide impetus other regions of India POST NEWS NETWORK notify new private hospitals where vaccinating people. Earlier, the death toll remained unchanged sands of years ago navigators of to the maritime economy in the COVID vaccination could be Union government had asked for at 1,917 as no fresh fatality was the state sailed to different parts of Odisha,” Pradhan said. achieving national growth. Bhubaneswar, March 3: The taken up.” stocks to be kept in buffer,” he said. reported, the official pointed out, the globe to bring fortune and glory He said that anchor industries Pradhan said that integration OUAT Forestry students, who have He said private hospitals need to The official also admitted there adding that 53 other coronavirus to the state. He further said that and companies are needed for de- of crucial infrastructure Road, Rail been agitating here for making 4- have specific criteria like adequate were some glitches in CoWIN web- patients have died due to comor- there was a time when we were velopment and operations of new and Port will lead to the industrial year BSc degree in Forestry as space, cold chain and others. Those site and there were scheduling bidities so far. one of the most prosperous civili- ports in Odisha and optimal utili- development of Odisha. “Potential minimum qualification for re- complying with these can be noti- problems. However, they were sorted The state now has 775 active sations of the world and today in the sation of riverine and sea port area. for port-led Blue Economy will be cruitment to key posts, observed fied as new vaccination centres out. “In case the website does not cases, while 3,34,703 people have 21st century, PM Modi has given a He reiterated Prime Minister’s unlocked with the multi-modal rail, the World Wildlife Day, Wednesday. post verification, he said. work for a few hours, the vaccina- recovered from the disease to date. clarion call of Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision of Purvodaya to drive east- road and air linkages with sea and The protesting students said The official also said that the tion drive would not stop as the Odisha has so far tested over and $5-trillion economy. ern India’s growth to keep pace riverine port for transport of min- that as a mark of respect to our pro- vaccination drive for the elderly had details could be later published in 83.83 lakh samples for Covid-19, in- “Paradip is going to be the gate- with the growth in other regions of erals and goods at much lower lo- fession, in spite of sitting in dharna, been going on well in the state. the website,” he said. cluding 23,047 in the last 24 hours. way of growth of eastern part of the country and its importance in gistics cost,” the minister said. we organised and celebrated the The drive is running in govern- Mohapatra informed the media World Wildlife Day. “As forestry pro- ment as well as private sectors. the state has also been studying the fessionals, we know the impor- The government claimed that no impact of vaccines on vaccinated tance of the forest and wildlife adverse reports had been reported persons. “We are also studying conservation and community de- till now. the development of antibiotics NCC DG lauds Cuttack cadets’ social service velopment in a sustainable man- He also said there is no lack of triggered by the vaccination. ner,” students said. On the occasion, vaccine stocks in the state. Regional Medical Research Centre POST NEWS NETWORK ing and social activities. The sen- students made posters to voice the “Currently, we have a stock of (RMRC)-Bhubaneswar, Capital ior official appreciated and em- concerns regarding wildlife con- around 7 lakh COVID vaccines and Hospital and VIMSAR, Burla have Cuttack, March 3: Lieutenant phasised the expansion of NCC in servation and role of Forestry grad- we are going to use these during the been roped in for the same,” he said. General Tarun Kumar Aich, AVSM, coastal and remote areas in the uates in bridging the gap between Director General (DG) NCC vis- state. people and ecosystem. Meanwhile, ited the NCC group headquarters He urged the youth to be a part the protest by students of Forestry Jabs for retired railway staff here Wednesday. of NCC and contribute towards Department, OUAT, reached the Aich praised the social service nation-building as well as creat- Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway has decided to provide Covid vaccine to all its 10th day, Wednesday. retired employees at Railway Central Hospital at Mancheswar here from Thursday activities carried out by the units ing awareness in society. On Tuesday, the students staged onwards and from next week from Monday onwards. Retired railway employees of the Cuttack group. Aich felicitated various associ- protests by sitting blind-folded on should register their names in the Central Hospital from 9am to 4pm between During his visit to Silver City, ated NCC officers, permanent in- the university campus to draw the Monday and Friday except government holidays. Retired employees should submit Aich addressed the cadets at structor staff and cadets of Cuttack attention of government and the var- their Aadhar Card (compulsory), PAN Card, driving licence, passport, RELHS card Ravenshaw University auditorium NCC in grooming future leaders. in building the character of the group for excellence in various
sity authorities. and should keep their Aadhar linked mobile number for OTP. and highlighted the importance of He also outlined the role of NCC cadets through discipline, train- fields.
k y m c P5 THURSDAY | MARCH 4 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR state
WATER DIVERSION FROM KHARASROTA RIVER TO BHADRAK 3 die as truck MACHINE AT WOTK
hits two bikes
k y m c MoEF seeks report from PCCF POST NEWS NETWORK Sambalpur, March 3: At least POST NEWS NETWORK three persons were killed and an- other sustained critical injuries Kendrapara, March 3: The Union after the motorcycles they were rid- Environment, Forest and Climate ing was hit by a speeding truck at Change Ministry has intervened Bareipali area in Sambalpur dis- in the mega drinking water proj- trict late Tuesday night. ect, which envisages to draw the According to sources, the de- water of Kharasrota river in ceased were residents of Hirakud Kendrapara and to utilize it in area in the district. The four per- Bhadrak district, even as some sons were on two motorcycles outfits and locals have been strongly when an unknown truck hit their opposing the project, a report said. vehicles near Bareipali at around The Union Environment, Forest 1.30am. Three of them died and Climate Change Ministry has on the spot. directed the principal chief con- The injured was rescued by lo- servator of forests (PCCF) to look The Union Environment, Forest Khitish Kumar Singh, a resident of cals who immediately called an into alleged impact of the drink- and Climate Change Ministry has Khadianga, had intimated the matter to ambulance and sent him to the ing water project on the biodiver- asked the PCCF to look into the Prime Ministers’ Grievance Cell, Veer Surendra Sai Institute of sity of Bhitarakanika and submit alleged impact of the on the strongly opposing the project proposed Medical Sciences and Research a detailed report. biodiversity of Bhitarakanika at Nuahata in Bhadrak (VIMSAR) at Burla. His condition The PCCF has been issued a let- is stated to be critical. ter in this regard. It may be noted It is said the water diversion from an already deficient river basin would Police registered a case in this here that Khitish Kumar Singh, a lead to ingress of seawater upstream and affect agricultural activities connection and launched an in- resident of Khadianga had inti- vestigation. mated the matter to the Prime per day from the river to Bhadrak. Environmentalists and locals Police have been scrutinising the Ministers’ Grievance Cell, strongly They alleged that Kharosotra observed that diversion of water video footages of CCTV cameras opposing the drinking water proj- river would dry up after this mega from an already deficient river installed at a nearby petrol pump, ect proposed at Nuahata in drinking water is implemented. basin would lead to ingress of sea- a police official said. A woman farmer winnowing chaff from paddy with the help of an electric fan in Chitrakonda area of Malkangiri OP PHOTO Bhadrak. The project is feared to gradually water upstream and will affect the The ministry took it seriously destroy agriculture and environ- district’s agricultural activities and admitted the complaint. It ment affecting 220 riverside vil- while biodiversity of the Woman’s body may be noted here that farmers lages with a population of around Bhitarkanika will be affected. ` and locals, united under the ban- four lakh in Aul and The project, estimated at Rs 892 Admin to draw up 70-cr found; girl rescued ner of Kharosotra Banchao Rajkanika blocks. crore entails diversion of water Sangram Samiti (KBSS) have op- Locals demanded that the gov- from the river to 91 panchayats in critical condition posed the project several times in ernment should first build a bar- and benefit population of around the past. They opposed the move rage in the river to store water be- five lakh of four blocks of the to divert 146 million litres of water fore diverting it to other district. Bhadrak district. action plan for Kotia POST NEWS NETWORK
POST NEWS NETWORK Baripada, March 3: The body of Youth held captive an unknown woman was found Covid fears: Vedavyas mela, Koraput, March 3: After Andhra at Dwarasunighati under at gun-point Pradesh forcibly held panchayat Bangiriposi police limits in cultural shows prohibited elections in three villages of Kotia Mayurbhanj district Wednesday. for `8L ransom of Koraput district, the state gov- Shockingly, in another incident, a ernment and the district admin- girl, aged about 9 years, was res- istration seemingly have laid cued in critical condition in POST NEWS NETWORK strong focus on the development Chadeibhola area, a report said. of the fringe area, a report said. The girl was admitted to SCB Balasore, March 3: Some mis- According to the report, the Medical College and Hospital, creants have allegedly held a youth district administration has de- Cuttack. The identities of the de- of Balasore district captive at gun- cided to draw an action plan of Rs ceased and the rescued girl are point in Kolkata. They have been 70 core for Kotia in 2020-2021 with yet to be ascertained. demanding a ransom of Rs 8 lakh major focus on road connectivity, The woman was believed to be from his family members. life and livelihood projects, drink- FILE PHOTO aged between 25 and 30. The baby The victim was identified as ing water, education and health- girl has injury marks while her Tapas Mohanty of Keshpur area care sectors. Besides, Adarsh schools, A big multi-purpose godwon will also mouth was bleeding. Anganwadi centres and Adarsh come up here with processing facility under Soro police limits in Balasore POST NEWS NETWORK due to gatherings, Covid restric- A decision was also taken at a Police with the help of scientific hostels will be set up in Kotia for ginger and turmeric district. A video of the youth in cap- tions have been enforced. review meeting to set up Adarsh teams have started investigations tivity in Kolkata went viral on so- Vedavyas, March 3: Following A notification to this effect has schools, Anganwadi centres and into the incidents. cial media Wednesday. the Covid prevention guidelines been issued by the collectorate Adarsh hostels for the children of velopment. But this fund will be Notably, a legal battle is going Given circumstantial evidence, According to sources, wife of of the Union Ministry and the di- Wednesday. As per the notifica- Kotia inhabitants so as to bring diverted and utilized for the proj- on at the Supreme Court between preliminary investigation pointed the victim Sukanti received a video rective of the Chief Secretary, the tion, only priests will solemnise about a change in the life of peo- ect meant to improve the living Andhra Pradesh and the state out that the woman might have clip Tuesday, which was purport- district administration of the puja and the rituals on the day. ple, who are allegedly being lured standards and livelihood of peo- government over the AP’s claim been murdered and dumped at edly made by the miscreants. The Sundargarh has prohibited famous No people will be allowed to by the government of the neigh- ple,” he said. on Kotia. The state government the place. youth was seen in the video with gathering at Vedavyas Mela on enter the temple complex. The ex- bouring state with provision of Importantly, a decision was has, meanwhile, sought legal The place where the girl was hands and legs tied to a wooden Mahashivratri on the banks of the ecutive officer of the Vedavya Trust some basic services under vari- also taken to set up a big multi- opinion from former Supreme rescued is 80 km from the place pole of a thatched house. A gun and confluence of the rivers Sankh and has been asked to ensure cleanli- ous welfare schemes. purpose godwon in Kotia. Court Judge Justice AK Pattanaik where the woman was found dead. an axe were seen lying near him. Koel in Rourkela. ness and sanitation on the premises Collector Mohammed Abdal Processing of ginger, turmeric in this matter. The State Revenue Police are investigating if the The miscreants have threat- Reports said, thousands of devo- of the temple. Fair, shops and cul- Akhtar revealed that the min- and raw material for phula jhadu & Disaster Management woman has any connection with ened Tapas of dire consequences tees from various parts of the state, tural programmes will not be held. eral foundation fund (DMF) had brooms will be done there too. Department directed Koraput the rescued girl. if their demands are not met, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh throng Police will be deployed to main- received Rs 50 crore in the current The administration said that Collector to proceed to New Delhi SP Smith P Parmar said that an Sukanti alleged. Vedavyas fair every year to offer tain law and order during the puja. year till date. Anganwadi centres would be set with relevant documents for brief- investigation is underway and The woman has already sent prayers to Lord Shiva. As there is Only the designated priests will “Earlier, DMF fund was being up at different places, but their ing Justice Pattanaik on what led to the death of the woman Rs 50,000 to a bank account given a possibility of Covid infections carry out rituals of Mahadeep. utilized only for infrastructure de- quality will be ensured. Kotia issue. will be cracked. by the miscreants out of fear. Despite being given the money, the abductors did not release the youth. Upset and anxious, her wife lodged an FIR with Soro po- Returnees from 5 states under Covid scanner lice. Police have registered a case in this connection and launched POST NEWS NETWORK the people who are showing suspi- a probe. The investigation is still cious signs of Covid. underway, a police official said. Bolangir, March 3: After a gap of Passengers coming from these His kin have urged police to months, cases of Covid infection are five states are being sensitized about take quick action for the rescue of reportedly on the rise. Now, some the need for seven-day isolation. the youth. parts of Maharashtra have been re- The administration has made it Notably, Tapas was earlier work- porting a surge in Covid cases amid clear that the passengers who will ing in a private firm in Bengaluru. the shutdown. People who had mi- show their negative reports of the He had recently returned to his na- grated to various states after relax- RTPCR, conducted within 72 hours, tive village after several months. ation in Covid norms have been re- needn’t to be in isolations. The youth did not return to his turning home in Bolangir. Medical staff, police personnel workplace as he apprehended im- As their return to villages has and RPF have been engaged in the position of lockdown, owing to chances of triggering infections, the Covid scanning exercise at the rail- surge in Covid-19 infections. state government had alerted dis- way stations. Some senior officers Tapas received a phone call trict administrations to keep tabs have been deputed as nodal officers from the miscreants February 28, on the returnees and migrants. Reports said, the administration is being conducted at Bolangir, to monitor the exercise. who on the pretext of offering Meanwhile, the district adminis- has put in place strict checking of pas- Titlagarh, Harishankara Road, The authorities of the all the civic him a good job asked him to visit tration has stepped up vigil on the re- sengers coming from five states such Kantabanaji, Badamal, Saintala and bodies and blocks have been asked Kolkata. After the youth reached turnees at the railway stations as as Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Loisingha railway stations. to activate the Mo Sarkar Cells and the city, he was taken hostage. most of them usually take train Madhya Pradesh and Chhattishgarh. Besides, the administration has take details of the persons returning routes from their workplaces. Thermal scanning of the returnees made provision of special tests for to the district. A month on, forest dept fails to nab poachers Forest ranger suspended for jumbo deaths
SAMBALPUR: The state govern- trolling within his jurisdiction area Notably, a 12-year-old elephant ment Wednesday suspended a forest which resulted in the deaths of six was run over by a speeding train official for dereliction of duty that jumbos. “On February 6, the PCCF near Hatibari station under resulted in a number of elephant has initiated departmental pro- Sambalpur forest division December deaths in Sambalpur district. ceedings against Sadar forest ranger 21, 2020. According to official sources, as Gouri Shankar Dash. Based on the Another elephant was killed after many as six elephants had died be- reports of elephants’ deaths in the being hit by Bhubaneswar-Rourkela tween January 2019 and January previous years, the government has Intercity Express near Gargadbahal 2021. The erstwhile Odisha Principal suspended him from the services,” village between Jujumura and Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Sambalpur DFO Sanjeet Kumar Hatibari in the district December 6, Harishankar Upadhyay had rec- said. 2020. ommended the state government to In the absence of adequate pa- Likewise, a female jumbo had FILE PHOTO take disciplinary action against the trolling, the elephants had died by also died after coming in contact forest ranger. train accidents and electrocution with live electric wire on a farm- POST NEWS NETWORK Meanwhile, the forest department The PCCF had observed that the as well. This was the key reason be- land near Kansar village under has intensified patrolling in Sadar range officer was grossly neg- hind the deaths of the pachyderms, Sadar forest division in Sambalpur
Dhenkanal, March 3: A month Kandhara forest. The department has ligent in carrying out adequate pa- the DFO cited. in January.
k y m c has passed since poachers shot an laid a road to the spot while forest elephant dead at Kandhara reserve officials have been provided with forest under Hindol forest range in guns. culprits belong to Athgarh, claimed that more than 10 poachers Police and the Crime Branch of- Dhenkanal district and fled with The forest department has got Narasinghpur and Badamba areas were involved in it. The poachers had ficials have been carrying out raids its tusks, but the forest department leads about nine poachers involved in Cuttack district. nine guns. Two of them were pro- at different places to seize the tusks has failed to nab the culprits. in the elephant poaching. All the The forest department had then fessional shooters. and nab the culprits, but to no avail. P6 THURSDAY | MARCH 4 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR power post
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evelations that the insur- have fueled this discontent and rection at the US Capitol convinced some that they have a included many former duty to confront perceived do- Don’t drink milk Rand current members of mestic “enemies.” Political leaders, America’s armed forces have been meanwhile, have exploited these rtificial insemination (AI) of cattle is widely practiced in countries met with alarm. And yet, as a 35- sentiments for their own advantage. with intensive cattle production. In 2017, the National Dairy Plan of year veteran and retired com- The COVID-19 pandemic also Athis government aimed at artificial insemination for 35 per cent of all mandant of the US Marine Corps, contributed to a perfect storm. As fertile animals. The number of inseminations is up from 20 million to 69.29 I saw the events of January 6 as the the economy shed jobs – particu- million. There are two reasons for the government to adopt this distasteful predictable culmination of a grow- larly at the lower end of the income practice: to get more female cattle pregnant from the small amount of sperm ing disconnect between the US distribution – face-to-face inter- that a single cow would take in if mated naturally with a bull, and to main- military and civilian society. actions were no longer possible. tain control over the sanitary and health conditions. It is a rift with deep historical With deepening social atomisa- While the first object has partially succeeded (in quantity, not in quality: roots. When the US emerged vic- tion, it has become more difficult the inseminated cows are weaker and sicker in every generation), the sec- torious from World War II, it had to experience solidarity. Angst or ond objective has been a health disaster. met a series of clearly articulated boredom have afflicted many, and The semen is not checked thoroughly for genetic or communicable diseases. strategic goals. Whether or not some have found refuge in online In fact, I am told that none of the centres even have the necessary scientific they wore a uniform, Americans communities espousing extremist equipment to check the semen and, since there is constant pressure to increase Charles C. Krulak had been “all in,” eagerly mak- ideologies. The 2020 presidential the semen output, all international norms are taken very casually. Bulls ing the sacrifices necessary to de- As the divide between the military and US election brought the situation to that are kept in AI centres should be checked for diseases before being taken. feat the Axis powers. When the civilian society grows, even more attention will a boiling point. A sitting com- They should be kept in low stress, pleasant and healthy conditions. The war was over, US servicemen and mander-in-chief openly sought to truth is that the bulls are sick, underfed, never exercised and very rarely checked A SMALL women returned to a country that need to be paid to weeding out extremists overturn a free and fair election for disease. One infected bull can spread disease to thousands of cows via his was proud of what they had ac- with lies and intimidation, and a artificially ejaculated semen. This diseased semen can either cause an abor- MINORITY OF complished, united, and eager to small minority of his acolytes an- tion in the inseminated cow, or it can result in the foetus being infected. ALIENATED move forward. and the American people. The rift on Terror” lacks clear strategic swered his call to action. Certain diseases have become endemic in the cattle population in India: Once home, many veterans created by the shift to an all-vol- goals and has lost public buy-in over But Americans should have for instance, the spread of tuberculosis has been linked to brucellosis in milk FORMER AND joined organisations like the unteer military has grown wider time. Many of those who have faith. Notwithstanding a few out- cattle which comes through the semen. Studies ACTIVE SERVICE Veterans of Foreign Wars and the ever since. After Vietnam, fought it subscribe to the apoc- liers, the US military is unwa- done all over the world – even in countries where American Legion, where they America’s next major war was ryphal refrain that while the mil- vering in its support of, and ded- cleanliness is adhered to – have shown the spread MEMBERS HAVE were surrounded by like-minded Desert Storm, in 1990. Again, clear itary was at war, America was at ication to, the US Constitution. of diseases through AI. In 2020 the American CONCLUDED people who had served, suffered, strategic goals were met in a dra- Walmart. After serving multiple Those in its ranks who harbour ex- Association for the Advancement of Science in and sacrificed together. Jobs were matic fashion, and US servicemen tours in Iraq or Afghanistan, ser- tremist views will be discovered New Scientist reported that Blue Tongue disease, THAT plentiful, and Americans took and women returned to a proud vicemen and women who sacri- and dealt with appropriately. in which cattle get fever, swelling of lips and pride in their country and their country – on the cusp of becoming ficed years of their lives have re- Looking ahead, recruitment meth- gums, difficulty in swallowing and a swollen SOMETHING military. Similarly, in the Korean the world’s only remaining su- ceived little recognition. ods will be strengthened to weed purple coloured tongue and which has a mortality IS WRONG IN War less than a decade later, though perpower with the collapse of the In his 1973 book, The American out extremists. Recruiters will that can go up to 90 per cent, may have been Maneka Gandhi America was never “all in,” it Soviet Union the following year. Way of War, the historian Russell have to look not only at candi- caused by infected cattle semen. In 2006, an out- THE AMERICA nonetheless had clear strategic Yet by the end of the Gulf War, F. Weigley quoted US General dates’ social-media activity but break of bluetongue diseases began in the FOR WHICH goals. As in WWII, US servicemen globalisation and technological George C. Marshall as saying, “a also at their “body paint” (tattoos) Netherlands. It spread to 16 countries and cost Tuberculosis and and women did a remarkable job change had already begun to re- democracy cannot fight a Seven and other potential indicators of billions of euros before a vaccination effort brucellosis are not THEY FOUGHT and came home to an apprecia- shape American society. Old-line Years’ War,” because any pro- extremist or racist sympathies. brought it to an end in 2010. In 2015, the disease only detrimental to AND SACRIFICED tive country. industries were being upended, tracted conflict eventually will Interviews will need to be more re-emerged in France and this outbreak is still But then came Vietnam, where and many manufacturing jobs lose the support of the electorate. pointed, and education for active ongoing. To work out the source of the infection, dairy production, but most Americans never really knew were disappearing. Although im- The longer a war runs – particu- members improved. scientists at the University of Glasgow analysed also a threat to what their country was fighting for. migration had only a minor ef- larly when it becomes cross-gen- While the troubling trajectory the genetic sequences of 150 samples of the When the conflict finally came to fect on the big economic picture, erational – the greater the dis- of US military-civil relations has virus from both outbreaks. Researchers wrote human health its ignominious end in April 1975, it became a hot-button political connect between the typical citizen created fertile ground for some in PLOS Biology that the genome of the virus there was no victory to celebrate issue for those who found them- and the soldiers, sailors, airmen, members to be radicalised, it is is remarkably similar to samples from the previous epidemic, and would have (and it certainly was not fireworks selves out of work. At the same and marines who serve. important to remember that the in- come through using infected cattle semen, kept in a freezer for years. that flew from the roof of the US time, a new wave of social-justice The War on Terror is an abiding surrectionists represent an ex- The WHO has listed several diseases as having proven importance in embassy in Saigon). Unlike pre- issues also started gaining mo- case in point, helping to shed light ception. US military has defended transmission through semen. 1) Foot and mouth disease; 2) Vesicular vious generations, those who fought mentum during this period. As a on the unrest and extremism that American democracy for centuries Stomatitis; 3) Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR); 4) Bovine Virus in Vietnam were not honored for microcosm of America, the US burst into public view at the Capitol. and will continue to do so, in keep- Diarrhoea (BVD); 5) Papillomatosis; 6) Leptospirosis; 7) Tuberculosis; 8) their service and sacrifice. Equally military was not immune to these A small minority of alienated for- ing with our noblest traditions. Paratuberculosis; 9) Mycoplasma; 10) Anaplasmosis; 11) Brucellosis; 12) important, the public backlash political dynamics. mer and active service members The writer, a retired Campylobacteriosis; 13) Trichomoniasis. against the war led to the end of It was against this political, so- have concluded that something is four-star general, is a former One hundred and thirty eight bulls of the Central AI Laboratory, Savar, military conscription, which fun- cial, and economic backdrop that wrong in the America for which commandant of the US Dhaka, were screened for the presence of bovine tuberculosis and brucel- damentally transformed the re- America embarked on its “long they fought and sacrificed. The Marine Corps. losis in 2004. Thirty eight of 138 bulls were positive reactors to the tuberculin lationship between the military war.” Much like Vietnam, the “War past two presidential elections ©PROJECT SYNDICATE test and one bull was positive for brucellosis. The scientists said that the preva- lence of tuberculosis was four times higher in bulls that were used to extract semen than normal bulls. Tuberculosis and brucellosis are not only detri- mental to dairy production, but also a threat to human health. Tuberculosis SPECTRUM CLIMATE CRISIS is endemic in most livestock farms in South Asian countries. Scientists say bovine brucellosis, spread by the bacterium Brucella Abortus is the best known and most controversial infection of the AI bovine reproductive system. The bacterium has an affinity for the uterus and abor- tion is the usual sign of the disease. However, other symptoms like reduced milk production and reduced weight, are often seen. Infected cows seldom Greening the ‘special relationship’ abort more than once, but calves born from later pregnancies will be weak and unhealthy. Such cows will probably continue to harbour and discharge OP26, the United Nations cli- tion at home. Kerry’s stature, broad rather to marshal support for the engaging with those who thrive infectious organisms, and have reduced conception rates. mate summit being held this remit, and presence on the White dozens of smaller developing coun- on disruption. In bulls the most obvious clinical sign of this disease is epididymitis or CNovember in Glasgow, is al- House National Security Council tries. Many of these governments We need to pursue net-zero emis- infections of the scrotum. According to the premier veterinary MSD Manual, ready looming large in US and UK indicate the seriousness with which are eager to embrace a low-carbon sions through nature-based solu- bulls in breeding centres have a persistent inflammation of their vesicular policymaking circles. For UK Prime the administration views the climate economy, but they face mounting tions based on science, and with re- glands, which are duct glands that add nutrients and fluid to the seminal fluid Minister Boris Johnson, the sum- issue, as does Kerry’s promise to de- hurdles such as unsustainable debt spect for local communities. As as it passes from the body. The fluid becomes putrid and contaminates the mit is a major opportunity to demon- liver a new US climate plan by burdens. Hence, as UN Secretary- home to indigenous peoples and semen at AI centres. The reported incidence of vesiculitis, in the general pop- strate what a post-Brexit ‘Global April 22. General António Guterres has em- as the lungs for our polluted planet, ulation of bulls, is 1–10 per cent but can go upto 49 per cent in bulls housed Rachel Kyte, Ana Britain’ can do. And for US President In this pivotal year for climate ac- phasised, a global debt-relief plan the world’s forests are precious re- in groups. The inseminated cow will receive the most dangerous bacteria Toni & Bernice Lee Joe Biden, it is an early test of his tion, much will depend on the up- and a climate-finance package have sources. Nature must not be treated in her uterus: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus spp., Staphylococcus administration’s ability to uphold dated 2030 emissions-reduction tar- become essential ahead of COP26. as a bargaining chip for big busi- spp., Proteus spp., Escherichia coli, Mycoplasma bovis, and M. bovigenitalium. its climate leadership promises, get that the US sets for itself. To meet It is now up to the UK and the US ness and global finance as they The AI centres rarely check for this, as there are no external clinical signs. both at home and abroad. the challenge at hand, the new tar- to create the conditions for scaled- seek to offset their carbon foot- The bull may stand with his back arched and have pain on defecation, or rec- WITHOUT The stakes could not be higher. get will need to be even more am- up green investment in the devel- prints. Success will come only tal examination, and show a great deal of hesitation when made to mount. In 2021 alone, world leaders will bitious than the 50 per cent re- oping world. through the restoration and re- But these are not signs that the doctors pay attention to. FINANCIAL gather at least seven times to address duction in greenhouse-gas Without financial support for generation of our natural resources. Another dangerous disease that can be spread by AI is Leptospirosis, SUPPORT FOR global crises such as the Covid-19 emissions (from 2005 levels) that is struggling countries, any deal that Biden and Johnson make for which is a contagious bacterial disease of animals and humans. Its signs in pandemic, its economic fallout, cli- currently being floated in emerges from COP26 will be dead strange bedfellows. But they need cattle range from mild, unapparent infections to ones that end in death. High STRUGGLING mate change, food systems, and Washington. on arrival. Even if many countries each other. British politicians love abortion rates have been observed, bloody urine in bulls and blood-tinged biodiversity loss. In all of these As for the UK, its role as the host offer ambitious updates to their to wax lyrical about the UK’s “spe- milk in lactating cows. Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease and COUNTRIES, ANY discussions, the central question is of COP26, and as the current G7 national climate plans this year, cial relationship” with the US, even can lead to septicaemia, hepatitis, nephritis, abortion, stillbirth, infertility. DEAL THAT how to reorient our economies and president, means that it will have they will need the resources to though that idea has always been Bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) is usually undetected in most clinical tests. societies to protect one another its hand on the global climate tiller. meet those commitments. more their dream than a reality. BHV-1 causes genital, respiratory and neurological diseases in cattle popu- EMERGES FROM and the planet. Should the summit end in acri- The UK and the US also need to Today, however, both countries find lations world-wide. Infected animals lose their immunity and are more sus- COP26 WILL BE Four years after former President mony or paralysis, there is little come together to push back against themselves at the same critical ceptible to secondary bacterial infections. BHV-1 may also cause conjunc- Donald Trump pulled the US out of doubt that the blame will fall on countries and initiatives that un- juncture: they must go green before tivitis, reproductive disorders and neonatal mortality (Straub; 1990, Takiuchi DEAD ON ARRIVAL the Paris climate agreement, the Johnson and Biden. Though China’s dermine global decarbonisation it is too late. And, for their own et al., 2005). Bovine diarrhoea virus in the semen may infect the foetus and Biden administration has now September 2020 pledge to achieve efforts. For starters, the current sake and that of the planet, they establish a persistent infection causing enteric diseases, and making the cow brought the country back in. But carbon neutrality by 2060 was light Brazilian and Australian govern- must provide leadership for others vulnerable to other pathogens as she loses her immunity. rejoining the accord was the easy on specifics, it nonetheless has in- ments need to be isolated in the to set and fulfill ambitious climate Bovine genital campylobacteriosis is a widespread bacterial disease as- part. Delivering on a plan to achieve sulated Beijing from climate crit- international climate arena, with commitments. sociated with both bovine infertility and abortion. It causes vaginitis, cer- carbon neutrality by mid-century icism for the time being. (And India support in those countries being Rachel Kyte is a former UN vicitis, endometritis. This disease, together with trichomoniasis, has the great- poses a much greater challenge. may yet make a similar an- redirected toward willing sub-na- climate envoy. Ana Toni is est importance in transmission of disease through semen (Rovay et al., Fortunately, Biden and his cli- nouncement this year.) tional actors. If we learned one Executive Director of Instituto 2008). Paratuberculosis, which is caused by the Mycobacterium avium ssp. mate chief, former Secretary of With key countries already com- thing from the past four years of Clima e Sociedade. Bernice Lee paratuberculosis may cause Crohn’s disease in humans (Sanderson et al., State John Kerry, recognise that mitting to carbon neutrality, the dealing with climate denialists like is Research Director of 1992; Reddacliff et al., 2010). Histophilus somnus bacterium causes the dis- US legitimacy abroad now depends top priority in Glasgow is not to Trump and Brazilian President Futures at Chatham House. ease known as thromboembolic meningoencephalitis. It has been isolated on whether it can pursue bold ac- bring big polluters on board, but Jair Bolsonaro, it is the futility of ©PROJECT SYNDICATE from semen from apparently normal bulls (Humphrey et al., 1982). IBR is a respiratory disease produced by bovine herpesvirus, type 1 (BHV- 1). Infected animals become carriers for life (Van Oirschot, 1995.) A new type of virus, bovine herpes virus type 5 isolated from semen (BHV-5), is re- Trust deficit & India’s neighbours Karna minister’s sponsible for neurological problems in calves, and is lethal (Chowdhury, 1995.) I would like to know whether our vets have any knowledge of these dis- Sir, Close on the heels of the agreement between India and China to scale down tensions on the Eastern misdemeanour eases, standards of health certification for AI bulls and the integrity and tech- Ladakh border, a joint statement was issued by India and Pakistan to cease fire at the LoC. The indi- nical competence with which certification is performed. What are the stan- etters cation of Pakistan’s willingness to cease fire at the LoC raises serious doubts about its motive for the Sir, Karnataka Agriculture dards of hygiene applied to collecting, processing and storing semen? action and its intentions. The core issues India and Pakistan are seeking to address are different. For Minister BC Patil has courted Don’t drink milk. Pakistan, it cannot be anything other than Kashmir and for India, export of jihadi terror from across controversy by getting himself To join the animal welfare movement contact TOL THE EDITOR the LoC. Any attempt to restore peace and tranquillity along the LAC by India and China and along the inoculated at his home in [email protected], www.peopleforanimalsindia.org Readers of Orissa POST LoC by India and Pakistan would help establish good relations between India and its adversaries. In Hirekerur, Haveri, in gross vio- are most welcome to contribute letters fact, differences in perceptions between India and China as also between and Pakistan cannot be solved lation of COVID-19 protocol. (200 words), articles and in a short time. If talks continue and ceasefire remains in place and the assets of the China-Pakistan Many senior citizens are queu- columns (between 750-1250 WISDOM words). Contributors are Economic Corridor (CPEC) remain secure and intact, it would benefit China and Pakistan and remove ing up to get a vaccine shot, and CORNER requested to send their one threat to India. With Pakistan moving to take over Gilgit-Baltistan as a full-fledged province, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi contact numbers and full Kashmir issue could be closed. It is a fact that peace is an important necessity for nations of the region. himself went to the All India
postal address/email ID. They may also The chief obstacle between India and China as also between India and Pakistan is the immense trust Institute of Medical Sciences
k y m Every man dies. Not every man really lives. send in their valuable comments, opinion c WILLIAM WALLACE and suggestions, preferably by email, deficit. India always remains cautious as it has been stabbed in the back by both countries. India has (AIIMS) to get the jab. The min- to: [email protected] entered into peace agreements with China as also with Pakistan several times. However, these two coun- ister’s misdemeanour has come Beauty is the promise of happiness. tries have reneged on the agreements and thereby proved to be untrustworthy. Hence, India must in for flak from various quar- EDMUND BURKE closely observe the developments from across the borders. It must always be on the alert. Further, it must ters, including the Centre. The giving of love is an education in itself. B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, continue to enhance its military capabilities despite working towards peace. In fact, military power is NJ Ravi Chander, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Bhubaneswar-751010 the perfect solution for securing borders and establishing peace. Venu GS, KOLLAM BANGALORE KERALA
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k y m Sasikala quits politics Haasan expects support from Rajini c Political observers say if Rajini extends his support to Haasan, which is not an unlikely scenario, the ahead of TN elections results of Tamil Nadu elections will be unpredictable
AGENCIES INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE tweeted that he was willing to align with the latter, setting aside ‘personal Chennai, March 3: Weeks ahead Chennai, March 3: Superstar and ego’. Rajinikanth did not open his of Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) mouth on this, but Kamal Haasan VK Sasikala, expelled AIADMK supremo Kamal Haasan is expect- met the former at his Poes Garden leader and close aide of late Chief ing to get full support and blessings residence and publicly announced Minister J Jayalalithaa, Wednesday from southern movie icon the visits. There were unannounced announced “she will stay away Rajinikanth whose Rajini Makkal visits as well. from politics,” but would pray for Mandram (fans’ association) has as C. Rajeev, political observer and ership has to be ascertained after launch of his political party. the “golden rule” of the late party many as 65,000 units across the state. Director of the Centre for Policy and the poll results, as this is the first He had called upon the RMM supremo. Rajinikanth had earlier an- Development Studies (CPDS), a Assembly elections in the state leaders to enroll 30 members in In an announcement that came nounced his plans for an entry into Chennai-based think-tank, tolod after their demise.” He added, “If each of the 65,000 units in the state as a bolt out of the blue, she urged politics and was expected to align IANS, “A Kamal Haasan-Rajinikanth Rajinikanth extends his support which would lead to 19 lakh mem- “true supporters of Amma” to work with the BJP, especially after the combination will reap a lot of div- to Kamal Haasan, which is not an bers and 50,000 active members. like siblings and ensure mega star held direct talks with idends in the political hemisphere unlikely scenario, the results of If each of these 19 lakh mem- Jayalalithaa’s “golden rule con- the senior BJP leadership, includ- for MNM and even after the tall Tamil Nadu elections will be un- bers brings in 5 to 10 members, tinues. “I will stay away from pol- ing Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims of both the DMK-led front and predictable. The opinion polls and then there will be more than 1.25 itics and keep praying my sister and Home Minister Amit Shah. the AIADMK-led front on seizing the expert studies will be blown crore members. This was an am- Puratchi Thalaivi (Jayalalithaa), However, following health issues, power. The exact picture is yet to away as politics has unexpected bitious plan of Rajinikanth fans whom I consider as God, and the Rajinikanth had to shelve his plans evolve. With the moving forces of turns and this can be one.” but with the party not taking off, the Lord Almighty for the establish- of a political entry. DMK and AIADMK, M. The RMM has more than 65,000 RMM members can support any ment of the golden rule of Amma,” Speculations were rife after Kamal Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa, units across the state, and the mega political outfit which the mega star she said in a statement. Haasan conducted a series of meet- passing away, the charisma and star was planning to enroll more suggests and this is exactly what She appealed to Jayalalithaa’s ings with Rajinikanth and even public appeal of the present lead- than 1.25 crore members before the Kamal Haasan is expecting. “true supporters” to work unitedly in the April 6 elections and pre- I will stay away from politics and keep praying my vent “common enemy”, DMK, iden- sister Puratchi Thalaivi (Jayalalithaa), whom I consider tified as “evil force” by the late as God, and the Lord Almighty for the establishment of BJP reaches out to Kerala’s Christian community chief minister, from coming to the golden rule of Amma VK SASIKALA power. After being released from a Bangalore prison following com- AGENCIES we gain the confidence of the polls came as the community has pletion of a four-year term in an as- Edappadi K. Palaniswami has com- C.T. Ravi. Sources also told IANS Christian community," he said. got significant influence in a num- sets case, Sasikala had last month municated to the BJP national lead- that the Chief Minister has com- Kochi, March 3: The BJP has Narayan, who had a personal con- ber of constituencies, particularly announced her intention to engage ership that his party will not have municated that any support gar- reached out to minority Christians versation with the Cardinal, said central Kerala. The meeting also in active politics. any truck with the “Mannargudi nered from Sasikala would be coun- in poll-bound Kerala with senior the party wanted to "erase" what- came close on the heels of some Her subsequent political moves, Family” led by Sasikala and her terproductive for the AIADMK, party leader and deputy chief min- ever differences were there with the top Catholic priests meeting Prime including the stand of the AMMK nephew TTV Dhinakaran. BJP alliance as there are a lot of neg- ister of Karnataka CN Ashwath Christian community and "ensure Minister Narendra Modi in New floated by her nephew TTV This, according to highly placed ative factors associated with the Narayan meeting a senior Catholic we get complete cooperation". Sources Delhi in January. Dhinakaran, in the polls was keenly sources in the AIADMK was con- “Mannargudi Family”. Meanwhile, priest seeking to "gain the confi- Monday at the Bishops Council said Surendran, who met the Cardinal Three Cardinals of the Church, awaited by observers and political veyed by the Chief Minister with AIADMK leadership scoffed at ru- dence" of the community. headquarters here, sources said. ahead of Narayan's visit, had a break- including Alencherry, had an in- parties alike in the state especially the support and connivance of mours that the state Deputy Chief Besides Narayan, BJP state chief Narayan said he met the Cardinal fast with priests at the KCBC head- teraction with Modi January 19 in the context of the crucial as- Deputy Chief minister Minister and party strong man K Surendran, who is leading the as the party wanted to sort out the quarters. He also held a personal during which the PM responded sembly elections. O.Panneerselvam to the BJP na- Panneerselvam will support party's "Vijay Yatra", also met Syro- communication gap with the Church. meeting with Cardinal, they said. positively to the church's long stand- Earlier in the day, Tamil Nadu tional general secretary in-charge Sasikala in the post election scenario Malabar Church head Cardinal "Lot of communication gap which The BJP's move to reach out to ing demand for extending an invi- Chief Minister and AIADMK leader of Tamil Nadu electioneering, if a hung Assembly comes in place. George Alencherry separately we want to sort out and ensure that Christians ahead of the crucial tation to the Pope to visit India. Sitharaman using officials It may rain freebies in TN this poll season for political needs: Kerala FM From the ‘three the rural votes as all its major an- nouncements were focused on the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE measures’ of rice for rural populace while the DMK party seems to be focused on the Thiruvananthapuram, March Re 1 introduced by youth. "The DMK was vociferous 3: A day after the Enforcement against the Tasmac (state govern- Directorate (ED) asked the chief DMK founder CN ment liquor retailing company) of Kerala's flagship programme Annadurai in 1967, during the 2016 polls and prom- KIIFB and his deputy to appear ised that it would introduce pro- before it, state Finance Minister competitive populism hibition. But this time around it is Thomas Issac Wednesday went silent on that," Sreenivas told IANS. hammer and tongs after Union has been touching Perhaps the party is silent on Finance Minister Nirmala Tasmac as the government would Sitharaman. She (Sitharaman) new heights in the need revenue to implement the “She is leading from the front and is leading from the populist schemes the DMK would using her officials for political front and using her state with the be announcing in its manifesto. needs. What’s happening is a clear officials for political needs. passage of time "The DMK's stand on Tasmac violation of the election norms. What’s happening is a clear will be known in its manifesto," We are not going to be cowed down violation of the election Sreenivas said. Be that as it may, by such intimidatory tactics. The norms. We are not going to INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE other parties are also giving the fin- conspiracy of the ED against the be cowed down by such ishing touches to their manifestoes. Kerala Infrastructure Investment intimidatory tactics Chennai, March 3: Even as the two "We will be announcing our man- Fund Board (KIIFB) has been going THOMAS ISSAC I KERALA FINANCE MINISTER major Tamil Nadu political par- ifesto soon," a leader of Makkal on for a while. Does anyone know ties are working out their seat shar- Needhi Maiam (MNM) floated by that the head of the ED in Kerala ing maths for the April 6 assembly Picture used for representation actor Kamal Hassan told IANS. -- Manish -- is the son of a top BJP ing masala bonds following which elections, they are also in the process The BJP is expected to finalise leader from Rajasthan,” Issac asked. the ED has registered a case against of finalising their poll promises menting various schemes like free manifesto has to be populist,” a Srenivaas is of the view that the its manifesto soon. "We are hoping “I wish to make it very clear it under the Foreign Exchange that would attract the voters. laptops for students, free cattle, two political analyst told IANS not manifestoes of the two parties for Finance Minister Nirmala that strong resistance will be put Management Act (FEMA), a move The election is crucial both for the wheeler purchase subsidy scheme wishing to be named. would be like a vision statement as Sitharaman to release it during the up against the present arm twist- that has irked Issac. Incidentally, ruling AIADMK led by Chief for women and others. Continuing further he said for the they have been speaking a lot about second week of March. The manifesto ing tactics of the ED. Please do not while taking part in a rally of state Minister K. Palaniswami and the op- “There will be several welfare DMK its manifesto has to be pop- their schemes. "The AIADMK gov- may contain promises like taking see people here as an extension of BJP President K. Surendran in position DMK led by M.K. Stalin schemes and more freebies. The ulist as it has to counter the loan ernment has done what it had prom- Hindu temples away from govern- the Congress party in Rajasthan. Kochi last week, Sitharaman had and their manifestoes are going to manifesto will also promise schemes waiver, Vanniar reservation and ised like the loan waivers for farm- ment control, appointment of addi- We will deal with ED with the help slammed Issac for the role of KIIFB be very populist with lots of freebies for increasing self employment for other decisions announced by the ers/poor/SHGs. The government tional hands in the subordinate ju- of the people. ED is out to play in his state budget and even pointed thrown in, said political analysts. the youth. There will be promises government. “The DMK has been also announced the `all pass scheme' diciary and police force, a High Court spoilsport to the development plans out the remarks the CAG had made. The AIADMK government re- on giving government services on- saying that the state government for students of 9, 10 and 11 classes," bench in Coimbatore, transparency of Kerala and we will strongly re- With the crucial Assembly polls cently announced a loan waiver for line,” an AIADMK leader told IANS had implemented what it has been Sreenivas told IANS. in government," a BJP leader told sist any move to put our officials scheduled to be held on April 6 and farmers, loans against ornaments preferring anonymity. promising the people. So, its man- "The AIADMK government was IANS on condition of anonymity. under duress,” added Issac. the CPI-M led Left government taken by the poor and farm labour- “It is a do or die poll for Chief ifesto has to be populist and dif- not able to make any new an- From the 'three measures' KIIFB is a government-owned making every effort to ensure it ers, loans to women self help groups Minister Palaniswami. The gov- ferent,” he added. nouncement relating to welfare (around 4.5 kg) of rice for Re 1 financial institution formed to mo- retains power, the coming days will (SHG), reservation for Vanniars, ernment is facing an anti-incum- It is learnt that the ruling party schemes. The party in its mani- scheme introduced by DMK founder bilise funds for infrastructure de- tell to what extent the war of words 24-hour three phased power for bency factor. Also, the 10.5 per cent will wait for the DMK to come out festo may enhance the benefits C.N. Annadurai in 1967, competitive velopment from outside the state between the BJP and the CPI-M agriculture, all pass for students reservation for Vanniars has made with its manifesto before an- under its existing welfare schemes," populism has been touching new revenue, and numerous projects top brass will go. Union Home of 9, 10 and 11 classes and others. other castes unhappy and this may nouncing its own. Sreenivas said. According to him, heights in the state with the passage are assigned funds from the KIIFB. Minister Amit Shah is scheduled The government is already imple- go against the government. So, the Political analyst Kolahala the government is trying to attract of time. KIIFB had gone ahead by float- to visit Kerala later this week. 5 new species of shrub To beat fuel price blues, traders take to bullock carts frogs found in Kerala INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE in place, we can atleast get some- thing to eat at the end of the day.” PRESS TRUST OF INDIA in appreciation of the long-time Chennai, March 3: Small traders I do have a mini truck Rajamanikyam, a small onion support and commitment of the and businessmen from the out- which I will be disposing trader attached to the Koyambedu Kochi, March 3: Researchers from Andrew Sabin Family Foundation skirts and neighbouring villages of soon if things move like market, told IANS, “Me and a India and the US have discovered five towards amphibian research and of Chennai have started using this. I was spending more few of my friends are now using new species of shrub frogs from conservation around the world. their discarded bullock carts for than Rs 550 per day on bullock carts to come from the the Western Ghats, one of the glob- Raorchestes sanjappai transporting goods and com- fuel alone when I was village to the Koyambedu market. ally recognised biodiversity hotspots. (Sanjappa's Shrub Frog), a beautiful modities to the capital city. using the mini truck for I purchase onions from the market While one of the new species green shrub frog, was discovered Anandan Muthunayagam (31), transportation of goods, and sell them in other localities called Raorchestes drutaahu (Fast- from the Wayanad region. The a small trader who does business but now with my old using my bullock cart for calling Shrub Frog) was discov- species is named after Dr M in groundnuts, is now a regular bullock cart, my expenses transportation. There has been a ered from two localities: Kadalar in Sanjappa, a renowned Indian with bullock carts. He was earlier have come down to Rs 150, considerable dip in expenses Idukki and Siruvani in Palakkad, Botanist and former Director of using a mini truck to transport which is the cost required ever since I started using the another one named Raorchestes the Botanical Survey of India. goods to Chennai. to feed the bullocks bullock cart.” kakkayamensis (Kakkayam Shrub The Raorchestes vellikkannan Muthunayagam told IANS over Chennai recently witnessed an Frog) was found only in the vicin- (Silver-eyed Shrub Frog) was dis- phone, “I do have a mini truck ANANDAN MUTHUNAYAGAM I TRADER agitation by the truck owners' as-
ity of Kakkayam dam. Raorchestes covered in the Siruvani hills and which I will be disposing of soon sociation who had staged a protest
k y m c keirasabinae (Keira's Shrub Frog), adjoining regions of the Silent if things move like this. I was with several trucks and a few bul- a unique tree frog inhabiting the Valley National Park. spending more than Rs 550 per lock carts. While that was a sym- highest canopy layers, was found The name is derived from day on fuel alone when I was using down to Rs 150, which is the cost organised by the truckers and auto fuel cost for his vehicle. bolic protest, the method adopted in Agasthyamalai and Anamalai Malayalam 'velli' (meaning silver) the mini truck for transportation required to feed the bullocks.” drivers' associations, the step taken Muthunayagam said, “We can't by Muthunayagam and hills. The species is named after and 'kannu' (meaning eye), referring of goods, but now with my old bul- While there have been umpteen by Muthunayagam is a genuine save anything if we use the mini Rajamanikyam has caught the at- young nature lover Keira Sabin, to its distinct silver eye colour. lock cart, my expenses have come number of protests in Tamil Nadu one as he is not able to afford the truck. But with the bullock carts tention of the city dwellers. P8 SHOCKING REPORT THURSDAY | MARCH 4 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR When people were being told to bang Children aged 8, 9 are engaged in dismantling empty plates, we provided the hungry and segregating e-waste at dumping yards for millions with full thalis (plateful of old electronic items in Seelampur and meals) in that time of distress Mustafabad in Delhi and Moradabad in Uttar and the scheme still continues Pradesh, apex child right rights body NCPCR
y national UDDHAV THACKERAY | MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER said in a fact-finding report
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of the day uote Hackers lure users, ‘Observers will face action for laxity in duty’ India’s INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Police and Expenditure Observers. recently Addressing the Observers, Arora concluded New Delhi, March 3: Ahead of study on hearing further said that they are one of the loss and its causes Assembly elections in four states and most important torchbearers of showed that install malware via a Union Territory in March-April, Indian democracy. The CEC re- disabling hearing Chief Election Commissioner Sunil called that during his tenure in loss affected 2.9 per cent Arora on Wednesday warned of EC, since September 2017, he has of the population and was strict action against the observers been associated with 14 elections noted to effect communication, in case of "lax in performing duties". of state Assemblies and also the education and work Google Search The Commissioner said that 2019 Lok Sabha General Elections the Election Commission will take wherein observers played an im- HARSH VARDHAN | UNION HEALTH MINISTER INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE swift action against such election portant role in the conduct of elec- observers, giving them instruc- general election to the legislative itation to senior citizens, persons tions. Taking note of the exem- New Delhi, March 3: Cyber se- tion that "willful lapses will not be Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, with disabilities and women vot- plary work accomplished by the Contrary curity researchers have found a tolerated". Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West ers to ensure Commission's com- CEO and DEOs of Bihar despite to the UP new malware that is tricking Google "EC (Election Commission of Bengal for which schedule was mitment to principle of inclusive widespread Covid concerns, Arora government’s into treating hacked websites as India) will act swiftly and ruth- announced on February 26. elections. false propaganda on said Bihar Assembly elections crime, every day trustworthy sources and present- lessly in case anyone is found to be More than 18 crore voters would More than 1,650 observers par- have literally become a turning one family or the ing innocent users with apparently lax in performing their duties. be exercising their right of fran- ticipated in the briefing meeting point in the history of Indian elec- other is screaming "perfect matches" to their search The Commission shall not tolerate chise in these elections in which physically and virtually from more tions. for justice queries on the platform. any willful lapses," Arora said more than 80,000 polling stations than 120 remote locations also. "Even the participation of vot- The hackers are using the mal- while briefing a meeting organ- have been added. The CEC fur- Officers from IAS, IPS, IRS and ers was better than the previous PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA | CONG GENERAL SECY ware dubbed as "Gootloader to ised for observers. These observers ther asked the observers to visit the other central services have been Assembly and Parliamentary elec- lure "well-meaning users" into in- to be deployed for the forthcoming polling booths to check due facil- included to be deployed as General, tions in Bihar." Nice talking stalling the malware on their de- to UK Foreign vices, putting them at ransome- sites turns up as a top hit on Secretary ware risk, according to the report Google, thanks to a specific search @DominicRaab. by Naked Security, which is global term entered by an innocent user," States, UTs can’t Reviewed the cyber security firm Sophos's threat the report said. There's a good Farmers’ violence: Delhi court grants progress in our intelligence unit. chance that the user will click the administer digital bilateral The Gootkit malware family Google link that shows up, be- cooperation has been around more than half cause the search hit looks like a bail to class 10 student, 4 others media rules: Govt S JAISHANKAR | a decade -- a mature Trojan with natural result, given that it's not EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER functionality centered around a paid ad or a sponsored link. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA banking credential theft. If the user clicks through to PRESS TRUST OF INDIA bond of Rs 30,000 with one surety all these factors, I am of the con- SHORT TAKES However, in recent years, al- the hacked server, the crooks of like amount each in the case of sidered opinion that there is no New Delhi, March 3: The Centre most as much effort has gone into recognise that the click came via New Delhi, March 3: A Delhi violence in Nangloi area. point in keeping the accused de- has told all states and union ter- improvement of its delivery a Google search by using the court Wednesday granted bail to five The court noted that police alleged tained in custody. He cannot be ritories that the power to ad- KTR seeks method as has gone into the mal- Referer in the web request. The persons, including a class 10 student, that the accused persons were kept detained in custody merely minister the new rules on digi- ware itself. This is how the modus server deliberately sends out a in a case related to the violence amongst the protesters who at- on the apprehension that he might tal media publications has not apology from BJP operandi works. The hackers break fraudulent web page that looks on Republic Day during farmers' tacked the police personnel and again commit a similar offence, been delegated to them, a day Hyderabad: The war of words into hundreds of web servers and like a message board on which tractor parade against the Centre's robbed the gas gun of the police but more-particularly when there is after the Union government over- between the ruling TRS and implant artificially generated con- someone else recently asked the three new agri laws, saying they can- the same could not be recovered. no record of previous involvement," turned a Manipur district mag- opposition BJP over the tent containing phrases that search same thing. "To make the page not be kept in custody merely on "Record shows that investiga- the judge said in his similar order istrate's order issued under the Information Technology engines are likely to associate look even more convincing, there's the apprehension that they might tion in the matter qua the appli- passed on the five bail pleas. recently implemented guidelines. Investment Region (ITIR) with expertise in a specific field, a further reply, apparently from the again commit similar offence. cant (Ravi), already stands con- During the hearing, the counsel In an office memorandum intensified with state IT like real estate, employment law, original questioner, thanking the Additional Sessions Judge cluded. He is stated to be in custody for the accused claimed they had Monday, the Information and minister K T Rama Rao import/export regulations, com- administrator for their prompt Sudhanshu Kaushik granted bail for the last more than a month. No been falsely implicated in the case Broadcasting Ministry said that it Wednesday demanding an pany partnerships and more. and helpful answer," the report to Ravi, Ashish, Parvesh, Deepak previous criminal involvement of and had come to Delhi to peace- had announced February 25 the apology from the saffron party "From time to time, the crooks mentioned. Google was yet to react Singh and Naveen, who is studying the applicant has been alleged by fully participate in the protest Information Technology for shelving the project. Rama get lucky and one or their hacked to the Sophos report. in class 10, on furnishing a bail the prosecution. "Keeping in view march of the farmers. (Intermediary guidelines and dig- Rao, who is also working ital media ethics codes) Rules 2021 president of Telangana Rashtra under the IT Act 2000. Samithi (TRS), hit back at state The provisions under the new BJP president Bandi Sanjay rules relate to the code of ethics Kumar a day after the latter NATURE’S BOUNTY shot off an open letter to Chief ‘Sea View Prison’ for digital news publishers, set- Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao ting up of a grievance redressal sys- alleging that the TRS tem and the requirement of dis- government advertently failed closure of information to Centre, to implement the ITIR project. for drug offenders the ministry said, However, it added, “These pow- ers have not been delegated to INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE state governments/district mag- 57 students test istrates/police commissioners.” covid+ve Panaji, March 3: Often at the These rules have to be admin- receiving end of blunt media istered by the Ministry of Karnal: As many as 57 coverage, the Goa Police Information and Broadcasting, students of the Sainik school Wednesday pulled off smooth, government of India, it clarified. here have tested positive for cheeky wordplay in a print ad- The rules provide the code of the coronavirus, health vertisement aimed at creating ethics to be followed by digital officials said Wednesday. The officials said that three awareness about drug abuse in news publishers and the pub- students of the Sainik school the coastal state. lishers of OTT content. “A three- tested Covid-19 positive A Goa Police ad published level Grievance redressal mech- Monday, following which in leading newspapers, warning anism consisting of the publisher samples of 390 students and of a ‘Sea View Prison’ awaiting (level 1), self-regulating body staff members of the school drug users in the state, has now constituted by the publishers were collected for testing. gone viral, thanks to the pun (level 2) and an oversight mech- spun around stereotypical ads anism of the government (level selling real estate in the 3), with time-bound grievance National Book Trust coastal state. disposal mechanism. Speaking to IANS “Furnishing of information editor booked Superintendent of Police (Crime by publishers to the govern- Branch) Shobhit Saxena said with the accompanying copy ment and periodical disclosure New Delhi: A sexual A woman is purchasing flower saplings and bulbs of different varieties at a nursery in Srinagar UNI PHOTO that the advert is an extension stating “Sea View Prison - Do of information regarding griev- harassment case has been of its efforts to create awareness drugs in Goa and win a sunset ance redressal in public do- lodged against activist Rubin D'Cruz, editor (Malayalam) with about the ills of drugs. view prison cell for FREE”. main,” according to the new the National Book Trust and “We have been doing some or The ad also urges people to digital media rules. former director of Kerala 2 IISc students die on campus in B’lore the other sort of awareness inform the police on 112 about The Centre had March 2 sent State Institute of Children's campaign urging people to stay leads related to drug abuse in a letter to the Chief Secretary of Literature. The case was filed INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Tuesday while playing football in about the sudden death of the 2 away from drugs. We had taken the state, with an assurance Manipur a day after the Imphal by a Kerala woman who is the Gymkhana ground and doc- bright students in our campus," the support of renowned foot- that the identity of the informer West district magistrate, Naorem presently residing in Delhi. Bangalore, March 3: In two tors declared him dead when said Kumar. ball players of Goa like Mandar would be kept a secret. Praveen Singh, had served a no- “We have registered a case of shocking incidents at the reputed rushed to a nearby private hospi- Meanwhile, the state-run insti- Sardesai and others in the past. One of the most popular tice to Manipuri talk show sexual harassment against Indian Institute of Science (IISc) tal for emergency treatment," said tute urged its students to meet its We had done videos and cre- beach and nightlife destina- Khanasi Neinasi under the new Rubin D’Cruz after the woman in this tech city, a post-graduate stu- the institute's deputy registrar officials and seek help from the ated some posters too. This ad tions in the country, Goa, over media laws.The magistrate had approached the police,” DCP said. dent collapsed and died while play- Veeranna Kumar in a statement 24x7 emergency call service for is a continuation of the drive,” the last couple of decades, has directed the media outlet to fur- ing football on its campus ground here. In another tragic incident, a mental health doctor. "We also Saxena said. also earned the reputation as a nish all relevant documents to en- while a research scholar commit- senior student doing PhD at the have 24x7 online counselling and The creatives of the ad, which narco-tourism destination, sure compliance with the pro- Chemical ted suicide, an official said Centre of Nano Science and support via YourDost platform, 1- have gone viral on social media, thanks to the easy availability visions of the Information Wednesday. Engineering died by suicide in the on-1 counselling with counsellors depict an image of the setting of drugs and other narcotics Technology (Intermediary godown gutted "The M.Tech student of me- century-old campus. "We have in- and psychiatrists on the campus," sun, through a barred window, substances. Guidelines and Digital Media Thane: A chemical godown chanical engineering collapsed on formed the parents and police added Kumar. Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. was gutted in a devastating fire in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi in Thane district COVID-19: A CURSE TO WORLD Wednesday. However, no casualty was reported. Santosh Kadam, chief of the Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Closure of schools impacted 247 mn kids in India: Study Disaster Management Cell, said the fire broke out at the The UNICEF report also stated that online education is not an option for all as only one in four children has access to digital devices and internet connectivity in the country chemical godown located at Valpada at around 10 am. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA nectivity. Pre-COVID, only a quar- "It has been nearly a year since Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF India ter of households (24 per cent) in the pandemic caused schools to Representative. Dalit girl New Delhi, March 3: Closure of 1.5 India had access to the internet close and disrupt the normal rou- This is especially true for those million schools due to coronavirus and there is a large rural-urban tine of children throughout India. who were not able to access digital found raped pandemic and the resultant lock- and gender divide. We know that the longer children or remote learning opportunities, Aligarh: The semi-naked downs in 2020 impacted 247 million "In India, closure of 1.5 million stay out of school, the more vul- Haque said, adding that the mental body of a 17-year-old Dalit children enrolled in elementary schools due to the pandemic and nerable they become, with less health and well-being of children is girl in a village in Aligarh, and secondary schools in India, a lockdowns in 2020 has impacted chances of returning to school. a crucial concern, while psycho- y with signs of sexual assault UNICEF report has found. Globally, 247 million children enrolled in el- "Any decision to reopen schools social support from teachers, par-
and her skin peeled away schools for more than 168 million ementary and secondary schools. In is made with the best interests of ents and caregivers is a priority.
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MAYAWATI | BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY CHIEF Sciences said Wednesday
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of the day uote COVAXIN EFFICACY 81% Top Court junks plea against Farooq The AGENCIES tomatic (mild, moderate, or severe) Samajwadi Today is an important milestone in vaccine Covid-19 with onset at least 14 days Expression of view Party’s Hyderabad, March 3: Bharat after the second study vaccination budgets were never discovery, for science and Biotech Wednesday announced the in serologically negative (to SARS- welfare-oriented. our fight against coronavirus. With The party had no first interim analysis of Covaxin, CoV-2) adult participants at baseline. which shows the efficacy of the today’s results from our Phase 3 The first interim analysis is based agenda for clinical trials, we have now reported not seditious: SC Covid-19 vaccine to be at 81 per cent. on 43 cases, of which 36 cases of development and no far-sighted data on our COVID-19 vaccine from vision The Hyderabad-based vaccine Covid-19 were observed in the maker said whole virion inacti- Phase 1, 2, and 3 trials involving placebo group versus 7 cases ob- YOGI ADITYANATH | UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF vated Covid-19 vaccine candidate around 27,000 participants served in the BBV152 group, re- MINISTER demonstrated an interim vaccine KRISHNA ELLA I BHARAT BIOTECH CHAIRMAN & sulting in a point estimate of vac- efficacy of 81 per cent in its Phase MANAGING DIRECTOR cine efficacy of 80.6 per cent. The China 3 clinical trial. The trials involved interim analysis included a pre- mobilized its 25,800 subjects, the largest ever con- tion that permits distribution using participants, who volunteered to liminary review of the safety data- conventional ducted in India, in partnership with existing vaccine supply chain chan- participate in this vital clinical base, which showed that severe, se- and cyber forces to the Indian Council of Medical nels. BBV152 has a 28-day open vial trial, our partners, principal in- rious, and medically attended threaten India. Research (ICMR). policy as a unique product char- vestigators across 25 study sites, adverse events occurred at low lev- Government of India Covaxin demonstrates high clin- acteristic, thus reducing vaccine and our team at Bharat Biotech els and were balanced between vac- (GOI) buckled. Mark ical efficacy trend against Covid-19 wastage by approximately 10-30 per who dedicated their time to this cine and placebo groups. my words, our land in Depsang is but also significant immunogenicity cent, the vaccine maker said. vaccine discovery," said Suchitra The trial's conduct and moni- gone and DBO (Daulet Beg Oldie) is against the rapidly emerging vari- BBV152 is based on an estab- vulnerable. Government of India’s Ella, Joint Managing Director, toring are as per Good Clinical (GOI’s) cowardice will lead to tragic ants," said Dr. Krishna Ella, lished manufacturing platform Bharat Biotech. Practice guidelines and have been consequences in the future Chairman and Managing Director, with a better safety profile when The Phase 3 study enrolled 25,800 outsourced to IQVIA. Bharat Biotech. BBV152 (Covaxin) compared to other vaccine plat- participants between 18-98 years Analysis from the National INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The Apex court made RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER contains a whole virion inactivated forms. The inclusion of the Algel- of age, including 2,433 over the age Institute of Virology indicates that the observation while SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, which is pro- IMDG adjuvant enhances T-cell im- of 60 and 4,500 with comorbidities. vaccine-induced antibodies can New Delhi, March 3: Observing Central duced in Vero cells. It is stable at 2 mune responses to Covid-19, leading The primary endpoint of Phase 3 neutralize the UK variant strains that expression of a view which is dismissing a petition agencies like to 8oC (refrigerated) and is shipped to long-term protection. clinical trial is based on the first oc- and other heterologous strains, dissent from a decision taken by the filed against Farooq ED, CBI, and in a ready-to-use liquid formula- "I want to thank every one of the currence of PCR-confirmed symp- which has been published in bioRxiv. Central Government itself cannot Income Tax are be said to be seditious, the Supreme Abdullah for his being used to target Court Wednesday dismissed a PIL remarks on scrapping those who take an Shabnam sent seeking action against National anti-government PRECAUTIONS AMID PANDEMIC Conference president Farooq of Article 370 stand and speak against the Abdullah over his comments on ab- policies of the regime to Bareilly jail rogation of Article 370 of the Kashmir, and contended it clearly NAWAB MALIK | MAHARASHTRA CABINET Constitution. amounts to a seditious act and MINISTER INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE A bench of Justices Sanjay therefore he is liable to be pun- Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta ished under section 124-A of the IPC. Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), March rejected the plea and also imposed The petition filed by Rajat 3: Shabnam, awaiting death a fine of `50,000 on the petitioners Sharma and Dr Neh Srivastava, SHORT TAKES sentence for killing seven mem- for making such claims and di- both belonging to an organisation bers of her family, has been rected them to deposit the amount Vishwa Guru India Vision of Sardar Digvijaya to lead shifted to the Bareilly jail from with the Supreme Court Advocates Patel, alleged that the former chief the Rampur prison, after her Welfare Fund within four weeks. minister is trying to "hand over" farm stir in MP photos with some fellow in- “The expression of a view which Kashmir to China and thus, he Bhopal: Former Madhya mates surfaced on social media is dissent from a decision taken should be prosecuted for Sedition. Pradesh Chief Minister and platforms recently. by the Central Government itself “Mr Farooq Abdullah has com- senior Congress leader Two guards of the Rampur cannot be said to be seditious. There mitted an offence punishable under Digvijaya Singh will be jail have also been placed under is nothing in the statement which section 124-A of Indian Penal Code. spearheading the farmers' suspension after jail authorities we find so offensive as to give a As he has made the live statement agitation against the Centre's found that they had clicked the cause of action for a Court to ini- that for restoring Article 370 he contentious farm laws, photos with their phones and tiate proceedings. would take help of China which across various districts in the later circulated them. “Not only that, the petitioners clearly amount to seditious act state, beginning from Jail administration officials have nothing to do with the subject and therefore he is liable to be Wednesday. Singh is scheduled said that the pictures were most matter and this is clearly a case of punished under section 124-A of the to hold a series of 'kisan likely taken January 26 this publicity interest litigation for the IPC,” the plea said. chaupals' and 'panchayats' at year inside the jail premises. petitioners only to get their names The petitioners also referred to many villages in the state. "It is a breach of security in press. We must discourage such a statement made by BJP spokesper- and violation of the jail man- endeavours,” the bench said. son Sambit Patra to claim that ual," an official said. The death The top court was hearing a plea Abdullah is misleading the peo- Man kills wife, row convict, Shabnam, was which referred to his statement ple of Jammu and Kashmir to join 2 daughters brought to the Rampur district on restoring Article 370, which China for the restoration of Article jail in 2019. A worker sanitizes the premises of National Zoological Park in New Delhi PTI PHOTO gave special status to Jammu and 370 of the Constitution. Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh): A 60-year-old mentally unstable man in Bulandshahr district bludgeoned his wife 13K more troops and two of his three HOSTEL GIRLS FORCED TO Army widow to get pension daughters to death with a cleared for Nepal, hammer. The incident took place late Tuesday night. after 12-year legal battle According to Senior Bhutan borders, DANCE NAKED BY COPS INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE that arrears of the pension would Superintendent of Police be restricted to three years pre- (SSP) Santosh Kumar Singh, tri-junction area INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ficials involved in the incident. Lucknow, March 3: After a 12- ceding the date of filing of the case the man's wife and two of his "This is a very unfortunate in- year-long legal battle, a soldier's before the tribunal in 2017. daughters died on the spot, MAHA Mumbai, March 3: In a shocker, cident. We have appointed a four- widow will finally get her dues. According to reports, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA while the third daughter is in critical condition and has girls in a Jalgaon hostel were al- SHOCKER member committee to probe the The regional bench of the Shailendra Singh was enrolled legedly forced to strip naked and Armed Forces Tribunal has di- New Delhi, March 3: The gov- been admitted to the hospital. he incident allegedly took incident and submit its report in the Indian Army on January dance before some police personnel, rected the Chief of Army Staff and ernment has sanctioned a dozen Tplace on March 1 at the within 48 hours. Necessary action 1, 1996 and was invalidated out of the Maharashtra legislature was government-run Ashadeep will be taken as per the rules after other respondents to provide fam- service March 17, 2003, after hav- fresh SSB battalions, comprising Stalker stabs informed here Wednesday. Women's Hostel in Ganeshnagar the probe report is received," ily pension to Savita Singh, wife ing rendered more than seven over 13,000 personnel for the Nepal Taking cognizance of the issue area of Jalgaon and a video of Deshmukh informed the House. of a lance naik Shailendra Singh, years in low medical category P- and Bhutan borders guarding woman techie raised by the Opposition Bharatiya the dance party went viral Minister for Women & Child who was invalidated from service 5 due to disability 'Recurrent force, to "fortify" defences along Janata Party (BJP), the Maha Vikas Development (Mrs) Yashomati in 2003 owing to disability. Anaplastic Astrocytoma Left these fronts including the tri-junc- Hyderabad: A girl was Aghadi government announced a hen the girls refused to do Thakur said that all the evidence A bench of Justice U.C. Temporo Parietal Region' (OPTD), tion area in Sikkim that adjoins critically injured in an attack time-bound probe into the incident. Wso, they were threatened would be collected and probed Srivastava (judicial member) and a rare malignant brain tumour. Bhutan and Tibet, officials said. by a stalker in Hyderabad BJP legislator from Chikhli with dire consequences like and those found guilty would not Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath The bench agreed to the plea of Tuesday night, police said. Shweta Mahale who raised the mat- murder. The inmates later be spared. Karve (administrative member) the wife that her husband was narrated their plight from the The victim, a techie working ter, said the women inmates who did According to the complaint, some passed the order on the applica- enrolled in the Army in med- hostel windows in an IT company in Gachibowli, not cooperate with the police were local police personnel and others re- tion of the husband, but later ically and physically fit condi- was attacked with a knife by told to remove their clothes and portedly entered the hostel prem- substituted by the wife after his tion and there was no note in his a youth at her house in Hydershah Kote in Narsangi. dance naked. oughly investigated. We must deal ises to 'investigate' certain things death. Allowing the application, service documents with regard to Locals caught the stalker "The women in the hostel now live with this matter sensitively," said and coerced the women inmates the bench cautioned the Army suffering from any disease prior who was trying to escape in sheer fear. They must be made Leader of Opposition Devendra to undress and dance before them. to give effect to the order within to the enrolment and hence any after stabbing the girl and to feel secure. The incident is a blot Fadnavis, as some members de- Fadnavis pointed out that it four months otherwise default disability suffered by her hus- handed him over to police. on the face of the state. The police manded sacking of the MVA gov- was not merely some news report, would invite interest of 8 per cent band after joining the service who are supposed to protect have ernment and others shouted 'shame, but even videos of the incident per annum till actual payment. should be considered as attrib- Though the Union Home become aggressors," Mahale said. shame' in the House. have surfaced, even as his senior Further, it ordered to provide utable to or aggravated by mili- Ministry has denied creation of a "This is a shameful incident. A They urged Home Minister Anil colleague and ex-minister Sudhir the pension from 2008, the year the tary service and she should be en- new field frontier for the border BJP MP’s son video clip shows police making Deshmukh to order an inquiry and Mungantiwar slammed the husband had died. It also said titled for family pension. force, it has allowed the SSB to shot at in UP the girls nude. This must be thor- immediately suspend the police of- government. create one out of three new sector -- responsible for the operations of Lucknow: BJP MP Kaushal about 5-6 battalions -- and it is ex- Kishore's son was shot at in pected to come up in the Delhi- Lucknow in the early hours of NCR region. Wednesday, with the police The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), claiming that he staged the Tea business all set to return in Doon valley with an estimated strength of attack on himself by his brother-in-law to falsely INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Director of the DTC India, 74 per cent ing mainly due to the poor main- about 90,000 personnel, is the des- implicate some people in the of stakes of which are being held tenance of the gardens as well as the ignated force to guard the open case. Ayush (30), the son of Dehradun, March 3: In the vast ex- by a Delhi-based real estate company climatic changes that are occur- Indian fronts with Nepal (1,751 the BJP MP from Mohanlalganj, panses of the Harbanswala tea gar- -- Logical Buidwell. ring in the Doon valley which is km) and Bhutan (699 km). was shot at in the Madiaon den in the Doon valley, the green- For the fertilisation purpose, fast losing its forest cover. You often SSB Director General (DG) area here around 2 am. ery has almost returned. The nearby DTC India, a delisted company, has see cattle grazing in the tea gar- Kumar Rajesh Chandra told PTI Arcadia tea garden is also gearing also built its own gigantic 3.5 lakh dens. Scores of unauthorised that the 12 new battalions will be up for a green look, though the litre waste composter. colonies which have come up on raised in phases, three units each process may take a year or two, tea “We are making our best efforts the fringes are posing threats on the over the next four years. Jawan shoots self workers say. to produce tea leaves of high qual- gardens. Widespread weed is also "It is very supportive of the gov- DTC India, which owns the two ity,” said Singh. destroying the tea cultivation. ernment to have given the sanc- Jammu: A 24-year-old soldier tea gardens spread in an area of The company is currently pro- Few years ago, the government tion to raise new battalions and shot himself dead 1,127 acres, claims it is trying to re- ducing 8,000-10,000 kg of green tea. made roads inside the Aracadia establishments for the SSB. The Wednesday with his service juvenate tea leaves by planting fresh Efforts are on to find a suitable brand tea garden under the local political new manpower will ensure that weapon at an army camp in saplings to give boost to its loss- also. After the plucking and the pro- pressure. Two decades ago, the border security is strengthened," y Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri making tea business. Looking for cessing, tea leaves are sent to Amritsar Indian Military Academy (IMA), a the DG said. The SSB chief added district, officials said. The
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k y m jawan who fired shots on c pany has already set up its own Representative image himself died en route to the tination for tea business. From was given a big chunk of Arcadia tioned a total of 548 posts to the hospital. Rajouri Government nursery and bought 15,000 saplings Amritsar, tea bags are being sent to land which in turn considerably force for deployment at four ICPs Medical College (GMC) from Siliguri in West Bengal. different areas of the country. to financial crunch faced by the leaves start rejuvenating. The pluck- shrunk the tea cultivation area. (integrated check posts) along the Hospital's Superintendent “The tea business is going to stay There had been attempts to export company. ing goes one till October-November. There are reports that the IMA Nepal border out of which two told reporters that it appears in Arcadia and Harbanswala. We tea bags to Japan and other nations The tea season normally begins During the past one or two decades, wants to acquire more land of the are already operational at Jogbani to be a case of suicide. have no other plan,” said DK Singh, directly but there was no success due after the month of March when tea the tea business has taken a beat- tea gardens now. and Raxaul (both in Bihar). Martin Luther King Jr was a EBOLA INFECTS 28 PEOPLE, P10 disciple of Gandhi. A lot of THURSDAY | MARCH 4 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR Gandhi’s teachings were put into KILLS 11 IN GUINEA & DRC practice by him. So it is important that The African countries of Guinea our elected leaders and community and the Democratic Republic of leaders adapt and enrich the same the Congo (DRC) have reported 28 Ebola virus cases and 11 partnership between African and Indian deaths so far, the Africa communities in Chicago and beyond international Centers for Disease Control
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Unfortunately, Junta shows no restraint, it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I kills at least 33 protesters do not want continued consideration of my The violence came a day after foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nomination to be a distraction from the president’s other priorities neighbours urged restraint but failed to unite behind a call for the release NEERA TANDEN | US BUDGET CHIEF NOMINEE Suu Kyi and the restoration of democracy brutal crackdowns. The coup re- If I stand down versed years of slow progress toward from my democracy in the Southeast Asian position nation after five decades of military because of an rule. The Wednesday death toll was allegation about compiled by a data analyst who something that spoke on condition of anonymity simply did not because he feared for his safety. happen, then any person in He also collected information Australia can lose their career, their where he could on the victims’ job, their life’s work based on names, ages, hometowns, and where nothing more than an accusation and how they were killed. that appears in print The Associated Press was un- An aircraft rolls to the runway as the sun sets at the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany PTI PHOTO CHRISTIAN PORTER | able to independently confirm most AUSTRALIA’S ATTORNEY-GENERAL of the reported deaths, but several square with online postings. The data analyst, who is in I’ve moved The Yangon, the country’s biggest city, India ready to work with UN fast in London ASSOCIATED PRESS country is like bulance crew. said he collected the information to to implement the Tiananmen The toll could even the most ambitious Yangon, March 3: Square in most of its be higher; the plans to tackle air Myanmar security major cities Democratic Voice of to ensure vax supply in Syria pollution of any forces dramatically es- Burma, an independ- major city in the CARDINAL CHARLES MAUNG calated their crackdown BO I ARCHBISHOP OF ent television and on- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA dollars in humanitarian assistance world – showing what we can on protests against last YANGON line news service, tal- through bilateral and multilateral achieve if we are brave enough month’s coup, killing at least lied 38 deaths. United Nations, March 3: India, channels and last July, more than SADIQ KHAN | MAYOR OF LONDON 33 protesters Wednesday in several Demonstrators have regularly which has shipped critical supplies 10 MT (metric tonnes) of medicine cities, according to accounts on so- flooded the streets of cities across honor those who were killed for of COVID-19 vaccines to nations supplies have been delivered to help cial media and local news reports the country since the military their heroic resistance. According globally, has said it stands ready Syria cope with the pandemic. SHORT TAKES compiled by a data analyst. seized power and ousted the elected to his list, the highest number of to work with the United Nations and ues to stand with the people of Syria Earlier this month, more than 2000 That is highest daily death toll government of leader Aung San deaths was in Yangon, where the its agencies to ensure the doses are in the grave hour of need. MT of food supplies were delivered. since the Feb1 takeover, exceeding Suu Kyi. Their numbers have re- total was 18. In the central city of delivered to people of Syria facing “The 10-year long Syrian con- “We also stand ready to work Pak holds the 18 that the UN Human Rights mained high even as security forces Monywa, which has turned out “dire” situation compounded by flict has brought about much suf- with the UN and its agencies to en- Office said were killed Sunday, and have repeatedly fired tear gas, rub- huge crowds, eight were reported. the pandemic, winterisation and fering to the Syrian people. The sure COVID-19 vaccines can be Senate polls could galvanize the international ber bullets and live rounds to dis- Two deaths each were reported food insecurity. country is facing a dire situation brought to the aid and assistance Islamabad: Pakistan community, which has responded perse the crowds, and arrested pro- in Salin, a town in Magwe region, Speaking at the UN General compounded by COVID-19, win- of the people of Syria,” Naidu said. Wednesday held its Senate fitfully thus far to the violence. testers en masse. and in Mandalay, the country’s sec- Assembly high-level panel on the terisation and food insecurity which UN General Assembly President polls to elect 37 members of Videos from Wednesday also showed The intensifying standoff is un- ond-biggest city. Mawlamyine, in the human rights situation in Syria is putting into peril the future of 17 Volkan Bozkir noted with concern the upper house of the security forces firing slingshots at fortunately familiar in the coun- country’s southeast, and Myingyan Tuesday, India’s Deputy Permanent million Syrians, including 6.2 mil- at the session that a decade of death, country’s Parliament. demonstrators, chasing them down try with a long history of peaceful and Kalay, both in central Myanmar, Representative to the UN Ambassador lion displaced people,” he said. displacement and destruction, has left According to a statement and even brutally beating an am- resistance to military rule — and each had a single death. K Nagaraj Naidu said India contin- India has extended 12 million the Syrian people with little hope. from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), 78 candidates are competing for the 37 Senate Rockets hit airbase in seats from Sindh, Khyber Kremlin shrugs off impact of US/EU Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan 2 patients die after Iraq hosting US troops and Islamabad. The polling process started at 9 am, and ASSOCIATED PRESS ended at 5 pm. Senators are sanctions, but pledges retaliation not directly elected by public AstraZeneca Covid Baghdad, March 3: At least 10 voting in Pakistan. rockets targeted a military base in REUTERS western Iraq that hosts US-led WASHINGTON coalition troops Wednesday, the jabs in South Korea Moscow, March 3: The Kremlin TUESDAY IMPOSED coalition and the Iraqi military California crash Wednesday played down the im- said. It was not immediately known leaves 13 dead Both the victims were 50+ and had multiple pact of sanctions imposed by the SANCTIONS if there were any casualties. United States and the European AGAINST SEVEN The rockets struck Ain al-Asad Holtville: An SUV packed with serious underlying health conditions Union over Moscow’s treatment of airbase in Anbar province at 7:20 25 people pulled in front of an opposition politician Alexei Navalny, SENIOR RUSSIAN am, coalition spokesman Col Wayne oncoming tractor-trailer on a AGENCIES Health officials said they are but said it would retaliate with re- Marotto said. No one claimed re- two-lane highway cutting yet to determine whether the pa- ciprocal measures. OFFICIALS sponsibility for the attack. through farmland near the Seoul, March 3: Two patients at tient suffered side-effects from the In President Joe Biden’s most The Iraqi military released a US-Mexico border early AND ON 14 the long-term care hospitals in vaccine. The patient's preexisting direct challenge yet to the Kremlin, statement saying the attack did Tuesday, killing 13 and ENTITIES leaving bodies strewn across South Korea’s Gyeonggi province conditions included heart prob- the United States Tuesday imposed not cause significant losses and that the roadway. Most of the died after receiving the AstraZeneca lems, diabetes and a stroke. sanctions to punish Russia for what security forces had found the dead were Mexicans, a vaccine against Covid-19, the first The second patient, who was it described as Moscow’s attempt to “We consider such decisions to tive effect on Russia’s relation- launch pad used for the rockets — Mexican official said. When cases of deaths since the country at a long-term care hospital in poison Navalny with a nerve agent be absurd, unjustified and most ship with the United States and a burned out truck It was found in police arrived, some of the launched its nationwide vaccina- Pyeongtaek, 70 km south of Seoul, last year. importantly, they have no effect or the European Union. the al-Baghdadi area of Anbar, passengers were trying to tion programme last week. died Wednesday morning, four Navalny, 44, fell ill on a flight in meaning,” he said. “We can only re- Maria Zakharova, a spokes- about 8 kilometers from the base, crawl out of the crumpled A 50-something patient with mul- days after being administered Siberia in August and was airlifted gret this and express our bewil- woman for Russia’s Foreign an Iraqi military official said on 1997 Ford Expedition while tiple underlying dis- with the to Germany, where doctors con- derment.” Ministry, said late Tuesday that condition of anonymity to dis- others were wandering eases died at a hospi- AstraZeneca cluded he had been poisoned with However, Peskov said the US the sanctions amounted to inter- around the fields. tal in Goyang vaccine, health a nerve agent. The Kremlin has sanctions would have no effect on ference in Russia’s internal affairs, Wednesday, just out- officials said. denied any role in his illness and the senior officials targeted be- and that Moscow would retaliate side of Seoul's north- The 63-year- said it has seen no proof he was poi- cause they are not allowed to travel “but not necessarily symmetri- Taiwan receives western border, after old man with soned. Washington Tuesday im- outside Russia, own property abroad cally.” Russian officials have not receiving the vaccine cerebrovascular posed sanctions against seven sen- or hold foreign bank accounts any- said when Moscow will announce AstraZeneca vax shot Tuesday morn- disease had ior Russian officials and on 14 way because of the sensitivity of its reciprocal measures. cuss the attack with the media. Taipei: The first batch of ing, according to health officials, shown severe symptoms, such as entities. The United States acted their positions. Navalny was arrested at a It was the first attack since the AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Yonhap news agency reported. a high fever and pantalgia, since in concert with the EU, which im- “This is practically a duplica- Moscow airport in January on US Struck Iran-aligned militia vaccine has arrived in Taiwan. The patient began to show symp- receiving the vaccine jab last posed largely symbolic sanctions on tion of the restrictions these peo- his return from Germany fol- targets along the Iraq-Syria bor- Taiwan has signed contracts toms of heart failure and diffi- Saturday. As the patient's condition four senior Russian officials. ple face under Russian law, noth- lowing treatment for poisoning der last week, killing killed one securing 10 million doses of culty in breathing by the after- worsened, he was rushed to a Kremlin spokesman Dmitry ing more,” Peskov said, adding with what many Western coun- militiaman and stoking fears of a the AstraZeneca vaccine, 5.05 noon but recovered after being higher-level hospital on Tuesday, Peskov said Moscow would hit back that sanctions targeting the en- tries say was a nerve agent. He was possible repeat of a series of tit- million doses of the Moderna put under emergency care. The but he passed away while showing in a way that best served its inter- tities would have more of a ma- jailed last month for violating pa- for-tat attacks that escalated last vaccine and 4.76 million doses symptoms recurred Wednesday symptoms of blood poisoning and ests. “Of course it’s impossible not terial effect. Regardless of their role on what he said were trumped- year, culminating in the US Drone of vaccines through COVAX. morning before the patient died. pneumonia, according to officials. to apply the principle of reciproc- impact, Peskov warned that the up charges, an assertion Russian strike that killed Iranian Gen Wednesday’s delivery had ity,” Peskov told reporters. sanctions would have a destruc- authorities deny. Qassim Soleimani. 117,000 doses, which was transported from the airport with a police escort. Health care workers, especially those who have direct contact with Farmers in Fukushima plant indigo to rebuild devastated town suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases, will be the Minamisoma, about 20 kilome- are still contaminated. clear accident,” Ogura said. first to get the shots. THE MASSIVE ters from the plant, were de- She favours the typical indigo “We escaped frantically in the EARTHQUAKE AND stroyed by the tsunami. The dis- dyeing process that requires some confusion. I felt I was doing some- TSUNAMI IN 2011 aster killed 636 town residents, chemical additives. thing similar again” by using chem- Quake shakes and tens of thousands of others But Ogura has chosen to follow icals. central Greece CAUSED THREE OF THE left to start new lives. a traditional technique that uses “We seek too much in the way of Mori and Ogura believed that in- fermentation instead as a way to many varieties of beautiful colours Athens: An earthquake with REACTORS AT THE digo dyeing could help people in send a message against dangers of created with the use of chemicals. a preliminary magnitude of NUCLEAR PLANT TO the area recover. modern technology highlighted by We once thought our lives were en- 6.2 has struck central Mori said they were concerned nuclear power. riched by it, but I started feeling Greece. There were no MELT AND WRECKED at first about consuming locally Mori formed a group called Japan that wasn't the case,” she said. immediate reports of MORE THAN JUST grown food, but felt safe raising in- Blue which holds workshops that “I want people to know what the injuries. The earthquake digo because it wouldn't be eaten. have taught indigo dyeing to more real natural color looks like.” Wednesday had an epicenter THE FARMERS’ They checked the radiation level than 100 people each year. Organic indigo dyes take more 22 kilometres west- of the indigo leaves and found no She hopes the project will help re- time and closer attention. Ogura northwest of the town of LIVELIHOODS dangerous amount. build the dwindling town’s sense first ferments chopped indigo leaves Larissa and struck just after ASSOCIATED PRESS Ten years after the disaster, Mori of community. with water for a month and then 12:15 pm Local time, two farmers, Kiyoko Mori and things” for a while, Mori said. according to the European- and Ogura are still engaged in in- Ogura, who is not a member of the mixes the result with lye which is
Minamisoma, March 3: Because Yoshiko Ogura, found an unusual The massive earthquake and digo dyeing but have different mis- group, feels that a natural process formed on the surface of a mixture
k y m Mediterranean Seismological c Center. The quake was felt of radiation released by the way to rebuild their lives and help tsunami March 11, 2011, caused sions. is important because the nuclear ac- of hot water and ashes. It has to be as far away as in the capitals Fukushima nuclear plant disaster their destroyed community. three of the reactors at the nu- To Mori, it has become a tool cident showed that relying on ad- kept at about 20 degrees and stirred of neighboring North a decade ago, farmers in nearby They planted indigo and soon clear plant to melt and wrecked for building a strong commu- vanced technology for efficiency three times a day. Macedonia, Kosovo and Minamisoma weren’t allowed to began dying fabric with dye pro- more than just the farmers’ nity in a devastated town and while ignoring its negative aspects Part of the beauty of the process, Montenegro. Numerous grow crops for two years. duced from the plants. livelihoods. for fighting unfounded rumors can lead to bad consequences. Ogura says, is that it's hard to pre- aftershocks were reported. After the restriction was lifted, “Dyeing lets us forget the bad The homes of many people in that products from Fukushima “I really suffered during the nu- dict what color will be produced. We are focused PAYPAL TO HIRE 1K P11 towards building a THURSDAY | MARCH 4 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR ‘Utility of the Future’ and ENGINEERS IN 2021 transforming the power Digital payments major distribution space through PayPal says it will hire 1,000 innovative green technologies, engineers this year for its collaborations and initiatives India development centres across Bangalore, Chennai, GANESH SRINIVASAN |
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Additionally, as in contraction in January, 2021. 2.28 per cent at 51,444.65, the Ombudsman mechanism. The aim he govt has also renamed the the core of India’s automotive per early indicators, the market According to Ecoscope report of biggest single-day rise since is to facilitate resolution of com- TExecutive Council of Insurers, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, growth momentum February 2. Intra-day, the index plaints regarding deficiencies in in- which administers the VENKATRAM MAMILLAPALLE | COUNTRY CEO would continue in ombudsman mechanism, as the & MD, RENAULT INDIA OPERATIONS the country’s total consumption swung 1,243 points. surance services in a timely, cost- (personal and government) con- Feb’21 as well Likewise, the NSE Nifty climbed effective and impartial manner. Council for Insurance Ombudsmen tracted 4 per cent YoY in January, THE REPORT READS 326.50 points or 2.19 per cent to The amended rules have en- These new 2021, against 4.4 per cent YoY in end at 15,245.60. At the close of larged the scope of complaints to order wins December, 2020 and 3.4 per cent trade, the total market capitali- Ombudsman from only disputes nism even when there is vacancy help us to YoY growth in January, 2020. sation of the BSE-listed compa- earlier to deficiencies in service in the office of a particular strengthen our On the investment front though Services sector output increases in February nies increased by `3,69,170.72 crore on the part of insurers, agents, Ombudsman, provision has been power transmission contraction at faster pace by 4.7 to `2,10,22,227.15 crore. brokers and other intermediaries. made for giving additional charge order book in India per cent in January, 2021 has been New Delhi: Healthy rise in new orders accelerated India’s services sector output Further, insurance brokers have to another Ombudsman, pending and overseas seen, the overall movement since growth in February. Moreover, the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine led to an been brought within the ambit of the filling of the vacancy. market. Our current year order May has been positive as invest- improvement in business confidence towards growth prospects. However, the Ombudsman mechanism, by A number of amendments have employment declined for the third month in a row and companies noted the inflow has reached around `8,000 ment contraction has declined at empowering the Ombudsman to been made for securing the inde- crore sharpest rise in overall expenses for eight years. Consequently, rising from 52.8 in faster pace. January to 55.3 in February, the seasonally adjusted India Services Business pass awards against insurance bro- pendence and integrity of the MANISH MOHNOT | MD & CEO, KPTL The positive signals coming from Activity Index pointed to the sharpest rate of expansion in output in one year. kers as well. Ombudsman selection process, slowdown in contraction of in- The seasonally adjusted index reading remained above the critical 50-mark that Under the amended rules, the while also building in safeguards vestment and consumption in the separates growth from contraction. Besides, the latest reading extended the cur- timeliness and cost-effectiveness to secure the independence and SHORT TAKES very first month of last quarter rent growth sequence to five months. Survey participants linked the upturn to of the mechanism has been sub- impartiality of the appointed per- period of FY21 indicated that GDP improved demand and more favourable market conditions. Since March 1, the market cap- stantially strengthened. sons while serving as Ombudsman. growth may pick up momentum italisation of the BSE-listed com- Policyholders will now be en- Further, the selection committee IRCON OFS during the quarter. The brokerage Ecoscope report per cent YoY in December, 20 and panies has zoomed by `9,41,131.42 abled for making complaints elec- will now include an individual After two consecutive quarters pointed to other positives in the 4.7 per cent in January, 20. crore to reach `2,10,22,227.15 tronically to the Ombudsman and with a track record of promoting in demand of sharp decline, the real GDP has January data that indicates to- Faster growth in Jan’21 was led by crore Wednesday. During this a complaints management system consumer rights or advancing the New Delhi: The Offer For Sale come into positive territory in wards a V shaped recovery of the higher growth in the Services sector time, the Sensex has risen by will be created to enable policy- cause of consumer protection in the (OFS) of IRCON was over- October-December quarter clocking Indian economy. As per the bro- and farm activity. On the other hand, 2,344.66 points or 4.77 per cent, holders to track the status of their insurance sector. subscribed on the first day of a growth of 0.4 per cent. The GDP kerage’s in-house Economic Activity growth in industrial activity mod- while the Nifty has added 716.45 complaints online. The Ombudsman mechanism issue by institutional growth will have to be faster in Q4 Index (EAI) for India’s real gross erated during the month. Additionally, points or 4.93 per cent. Further, the Ombudsman may was administered by the Executive investors. The government is to contain overall contraction to 8 value-added (GVA; called EAI-GVA) while the Services sector was driven On the BSE, 1,844 companies use video-conferencing for hear- Council of Insurers, which has selling up to 16 per cent stake per cent level as projected by the posted faster growth of 4.9 per cent by fiscal spending, expected decline advanced, while 1,157 declined ings. To enable access to relief been renamed as the Council for at a floor price of `88 a share Statistics ministry now. YoY in January,21, v/s growth of 4.1 in construction activity. and 170 remained unchanged. through the Ombudsman mecha- Insurance Ombudsman. in railway PSU IRCON. The issue will open for retail investors Thursday. The base issue size of the OFS is 10 per cent or over 4.70 crore equity Women in biz: India shares, with a green-shoe One last shot for loss-making PSUs option to retain over- subscription of 6 per cent or Loss making and unwanted entities may get one last attempt at strategic sale before closure over 2.82 crore shares. ahead of global avg AGENCIES AGENCIES fit from such an approach are f such firms don’t Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd., MTAR Tech IPO New Delhi, March 3: India ranks New Delhi, March 3: The gov- Ielicit a response Bharat Pumps and Compressors from investors even third in the world for women work- ernment may make one last at- Ltd. and Hindustan Prefab Ltd. over subscribed in the earlier stage of ing in senior management posi- tempt next fiscal to sell more than the disinvestment The government has a list of New Delhi: The `597-crore tions, according to the Women in two dozen sick and loss making en- process, the process about 34 PSUs that have been given initial public offering of MTAR Business 2021 report by global ac- tities that have failed to secure in- may be ended and 'in principle' approval, some of Technologies was subscribed counting and consulting firm Grant vestor interest in earlier rounds of the company will be which are still pending strategic 3.68 times Wednesday, the Thornton. strategic sale. Failing this, these put up for closure disinvestment. These include com- first day of the bidding The percentage of women in enterprises that have eroded their panies such as Scooters India, Bridge process, on overwhelming senior management for India stood net worth, would be closed and he govt will also and Roof Co., Cement Corporation support from retail investors. at 39 per cent, as against the global As per Vishesh C. Chandiok, their assets including land would case in point here would be Scooters India take up of India, Ferro Scrap Nigam, Pawan The IPO has received bids for T average of 31 per cent, which sig- CEO, Grant Thornton Bharat, the be sold in parcels. Awhich is already facing a legal dispute over its companies from an Hans. The disinvestment process for 2.67 crore equity shares nals the changing outlook of Indian findings from the report reflect the Sources said that the Ministry of land with the Uttar Pradesh govt earlier list of over 30 against an offer size of 72.6 a few such as Air India and BPCL entities approved for lakh equity stocks, businesses towards working women. willingness of businesses to adapt, heavy industries, that administers n the event the govt decides to place the is ongoing while THDC and strategic sale by NITI translating into a The percentage of women lead- innovate and create a diverse cul- several of these sick and loss mak- Icompany again for strategic sale, and no buyer NEEPCO have been taken over by Aayog for closure if it subscription of 3.68 times, ers across key positions in C-Suite ture. "It is heartening to note India ing entities, will be tasked to pro- turns up, the company may be wound up and NTPC. fails to elicit investor data available on the in the country also emerged higher ranks higher than its global coun- vide a revised list of public sector closed while its huge tracts of land would get "With a pick-up in economic ac- interest exchanges till 5 pm showed. than the global average in the re- terparts in creating a gender in- enterprises that can be put up for transferred to the heavy industries Ministry tivity in FY22 these could be of in- port. While globally, businesses clusive culture. We are third with strategic sale, some for another at- terest for some of the sick and loss with at least one woman in the sen- 39 per cent women in senior man- tempt, to the disinvestment de- sure of loss-making central pub- veloped as industrial clusters. making entities among the investors. ior management role increased to agement positions. With more partment DIPAM that will chart lic sector units (CPSEs) and dis- A case in point here would be The government would like to test Axis Bank ties up 90 per cent, the same stands at 98 women taking on leadership roles out the roadmap for their sell off. posal of their assets. These guide- Scooters India which is already fac- strategic sale of these units again. with WhatsApp per cent in India. In fact, 47 per and diversity on board, businesses If such companies do not elicit lines would be applied for closure ing a legal dispute over its land If they fail to pass muster, closure cent of mid-market businesses in will open new opportunities for a response from investors even in of the units after attempts for with the Uttar Pradesh govern- and liquidation of assets would be New Delhi: Axis Bank India now have women CEOs com- growth." the earlier stage of the disinvestment their sale fail. The guidelines ment. In the event the govern- done," said a government official Wednesday said it will be pared with 26 per cent globally. The report also covers the impact process, the process may be ended would first be approved by the ment decides to place the com- privy to the development. available on popular social Sharing her views on the report of Covid-19 in the workplace, es- and the company will be put up for cabinet. pany again for strategic sale, and In FY19, about 70 loss-making messaging app WhatsApp findings, Pallavi Joshi Bakhru, pecially on women. A total of 88 per closure. The government will also The guidelines would allow for no buyer turns up, the company CPSEs caused an over `31,635 crore and allow basic banking services, including account Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat, cent respondents in India believe take up companies from an earlier delinking land holdings from the may be wound up and closed while loss to the exchequer. Faced with balance, and transactions said: "Under the challenging cir- new working practices will bene- list of over 30 entities approved for process of closing the PSU that its huge tracts of land would get the problem of losses the govern- history. The private sector cumstances of 2020, the bound- fit women's career trajectories in strategic sale by NITI Aayog for would then be transferred to the transferred to the heavy indus- ment has also closed over 20 such lender said the service will aries between work and home have the long term compared with 69 closure if it fails to elicit investor administrative ministry for fur- tries ministry. The ministry could entities including HMT Watches allow customers to seek blurred. In this scenario, it is good per cent globally. 'Innovative', 'adap- interest. ther action. Such land parcels could then take up the case with the UP Ltd, Indian Drugs and information regarding their to see action being taken by busi- tive to change' and 'courageous to The department of public en- be sold for industrial development government and find alternate Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Hindustan account balance and recent nesses to ensure employee en- take risks' will emerge as top lead- terprises (DPE) is finalising re- by the corporate sector. Some of use for this land. Fluorocarbons Ltd. between August transaction, among others. gagement and inclusion." ership traits in 2021. vised guidelines for timebound clo- the land parcels could also be de- Other sick PSUs that may bene- 2013 and March 2020. Mozilla & Internet Society wary of Why spike in bond yields worries Wall St amended IT rules for social media The sharp rise in yields - SkyBridge Capital, which runs $3 bet on macroeconomic trends, often AGENCIES billion in its main fund, said that eq- using currencies, bonds and com- CONCERNING AREAS which saw ten-year uity funds went from having a “mon- modities. New Delhi, March 3: Mozilla and n End-to-end encryption Treasury yields hit a ster month” up 4-6% with one as The tougher February came after the US-based Internet Society have high as 11%, to only gaining 2-3%. a challenging beginning to the year. expressed concerns over the new n Govt. surveillance one-year high of over 1.6 “Very similar to the back half of Hedge funds began 2021 up a mod- IT rules for social media platforms, n Automated filtering pc Thursday - came after January, many of the longer-bias est 0.9% on average in January saying the rules could harm end- long-short managers, or equity-fo- after several stocks, led by videogame to-end encryption, substantially n Fragmentation of the internet a tumultuous January cused event funds gave back a large maker Gamestop were targeted by increase surveillance, promote au- when some funds got portion of their gains from earlier retail investors, showed data from tomated filtering and prompt a Mozilla also flagged "harsh" con- in the month,” said Gayeski. industry tracker Hedge Fund fragmentation of the internet that tent take down and data sharing burned by holding short Comprehensive data on per- Research (HFR). Macro-focused would hurt users. timelines under the new rules and positions in stocks caught formance for the month is not ex- hedge funds posted even smaller Mozilla, the not-for-profit be- said provisions on traceability pected until mid-month. However, gains of 0.2% in January while hind the popular web browser could break end-to-end encryption up in the GameStop HFRX data, which is made up of a long-short strategies made 0.78%, Firefox, cautioned that the new that would "weaken overall security trading frenzy small group of global funds and according to the HFR data. rules could have a series of unin- and harm privacy". ten-year Treasury yields hit a one-year fund solutions group K2 Advisors, can be an early indicator of in- Long-short “alpha”, or outper- tended consequences on the health The regulations distinguish be- AGENCIES high of over 1.6% Thursday - came which invests client money in hedge dustry performance showed that formance, also showed a fall in per- of the internet as a whole. tween 'social media intermediaries' after a tumultuous January when funds. Long-short equity hedge funds equity-focused hedge funds ended formance amid the sharp rise in "While many of the most oner- and 'significant social media in-
New York, March 3: Hedge funds, some funds got burned by holding don’t take bets in the bond market Friday up 1.5% for the month, after bond yields, reaching as high as ous provisions only apply to 'sig- termediaries' with 50 lakh registered
k y m c which target returns that outper- short positions in stocks caught up but many failed to anticipate the gains of 4.1% in the first 19 days of 2.7% for the first 19 days of the nificant social media intermedi- users as the threshold for the cat- form the markets, take positions in the GameStop trading frenzy. spillover from the bond market, February. Meanwhile, the HFRX month before falling in the last aries' (a new classification scheme), egorisation. Significant social media in a variety of assets such as bonds, “The pace and the degree of the which shaved $2 trillion from global macro index ended the month up week of February, according to a the ripple effects of these provi- intermediaries will have to follow currencies and equities, depend- move in yields were a bit more ag- equities, said several fund-of-funds. 1.3% on Friday after performance note from Goldman Sachs seen by sions will have a devastating impact additional due diligence, includ- ing on the strategy employed. gressive than people thought,” said Troy Gayeski, partner and co- of 2.7% between Feb. 1 and Feb. 19, Reuters. Goldman did not respond on freedom of expression, privacy ing the appointment of a chief The sharp rise in yields - which saw Brooks Ritchey at $10.7 billion hedge chief investment officer at the data showed. Macro hedge funds to a request for comment. and security," it said in a blogpost. compliance officer. P12
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k k y y m m c KEEPING LORD’S IN SIGHT c INDIA LOOK FOR AT LEAST A DRAW IN THE FOURTH TEST AGAINST ENGLAND AS ONLY A DEFEAT WOULD CAUSE VIRAT & CO LOSE THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AGAINST NEW ZEALAND IN LONDON ‘Too much noise’ PRESS TRUST OF INDIA but the red ball which skids less off the surface compared to the Ahmedabad, March 3: A ruth- pink one promises to make it a bet- less India will not take their foot off ter contest between the two teams. about spin tracks the pedal while taking England for This is a Test match where another ‘spin ride’ in the high- England have little to gain save sal- stakes Test series finale starting vaging a bit of pride in a drawn se- AHMEDABAD: Stop the noise, Thursday, aiming to not just com- ries while India have everything tighten up that defence and get on plete another dominant home to lose. with the game – a combative Indian performance but also realise Despite being India’s most pro- skipper Virat Kohli said on their World Test Championship lific Test captain in terms of num- Wednesday ahead of the fourth and (WTC) dreams. bers, Kohli would be the first one final Test against England as he Virat Kohli’s men need at least a to admit that he hasn’t had the navigated persistent queries on the draw to maintain the current 2-1 kind of success his illustrious pred- spin-friendly tracks in the country. scoreline to qualify for the Lord’s ecessor MS Dhoni had with re- India annihilated England in- final against New Zealand while gards the ICC events. side two days in the Pink-ball Test England at best can heal Tim Paine’s While this is an ICC event of a dif- at Motera, days after the visitors January scars by letting Australia ferent kind, no one more than Kohli crumbled on another spin-assisting a lucky passage to the summit clash would be itching for a course cor- pitch in Chennai in the second Test. with a win. rection and build his own lasting “There is always too much noise legacy as a captain. and too much conversation about For that, he wouldn’t pull back spin tracks,” Kohli said at the pre- punches. And on another track that match press conference ahead of the helps his ‘snipers’ Axar Patel and fourth and final Test starting here in New Zealand when the team Ravichandran Ashwin, Kohli would Thursday. struggled on a seaming pitch. He love to see an ‘inflation’ in their “I am sure if our media is in a recalled how it was the batsmen’s current cumulative tally of 42 wick- space to contradict those views technique, and not the track, that ets for the series. or present views which say that it came in for scrutiny. With Indian spinners account- is unfair to criticise only spin “We lost in New Zealand on day ing for 49 of the 60 English wickets tracks, then it will be a balanced three in 36 overs. I am sure none of in the first three Tests, it was any- conversation.” our people wrote about the pitch. body’s guess as how things will pan Kohli, at the end of the third Test, It was how India played badly in out in the final Test at the ‘Narendra had blamed the batsmen’s tech- New zealand. Modi Stadium’. nique for their failure on the Motera “None of the pitches were criti- Kohli wouldn’t have any com- track. “But the unfortunate bit is cised, no one came and saw how the Ben plaints with his spinners, who have everyone plays along with that nar- pitch was doing, how much the ball Stokes delivered what was expected of rative (spinning tracks) and keeps was moving and how much grass them, but the batting has left a lot making it news till the time it is was there on the pitch,” he said. to be desired in the entire series. It’s relevant. And then a Test match Kohli said his team has been just that England have been worse happens, if you win on day 4 or 5, successful over a period of time in their last four innings. no one says anything but if it fin- for adapting to conditions instead But that is no sound explanation ishes in two days, everyone pounces of complaining about them. “The for Indian batsmen’s failure to dom- on the same issue,” he said. reason for our success is that we inate the proceedings in their own When asked what he thought have not cribbed about any pitch backyard. were the skills required to survive we have played on and we will con- Rohit Sharma’s 296 runs in three on such challenging spin tracks, tinue to play like that. games is 120 runs more than second Kohli emphasised on having a solid “We all need to be honest with While a draw always seems a best Ashwin (176 runs), who got a defence, which, he believes, is not ourselves what is the idea behind safe option in a game like this but hundred on a difficult Chepauk the strongest anymore thanks to continuing this narrative and what Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri, with track. Save Rohit, none of the Indian shorter formats. purpose it serves people who keep their attacking instincts, wouldn’t batsmen have felt too comfortable Rohit Sharma “Defence is imperative. Because continuing the conversation which like to play a defensive game which till now on the turners on offer. of influence of white-ball cricket, is one-sided,” he said. at times can be counter-productive. Kohli, despite two fifties, has- whether Ishant Sharma or Test cricket is witnessing consis- Now that the contest will be India laid a venomous trap on n’t had the best of times while Mohammed Siraj partner him. THE TEAMS tent results but it is just a by-prod- played with the red ball, he was the refurbished Motera and with the Ajnkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara For England, poor team selec- INDIA: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, uct in reference to batting that the asked if the pink ball made it tough pink ball, demolished England in- and Shubman Gill have all had tion has also contributed to their Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Ravichandran defence part of the batting is being for the batsmen, Kohli retorted side two days, messing more with only one innings of note over three shoddy batting where Joe Root (333 Ashwin, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, compromised,” he said. with a firm no. their minds than getting any tangible Test matches. runs), with his first Test double Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav “That grind of playing four-five “I don’t understand why a ball or help from the track. All Kohli would want is a steady, hundred, managed to maintain a & KL Rahul. sessions is not the focus these days a pitch, all these things are brought Axar Patel bowled ramrod if not exceptional performance, in fair gap (187 runs) between him and everybody wants to put on 300- into focus why don’t we focus on the ENGLAND: Joe Root (C), James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, straight and England had their games such as these where a failure and the second highest scorer Ben Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan 350 runs on the board quickly. fact that batsmen were not skilled heads ‘spinning’ from the start. can leave ‘many a slip between the Stokes (146). Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Probably people are not focussing on enough to play on that pitch prop- The ploy has worked well for the cup and lip’. Not having a second specialist Chris Woakes & Mark Wood. defence, they have to switch to other erly. It was bizarre display of bat- hosts since the second Test in While there won't be any Jasprit spinner in Motera, didn’t exactly formats, so the game is fast paced. ting by both the teams. Chennai. Bumrah for the final Test, one of make the team management look too set of limitations and with his pace, nificant role on a similar sort of “So definitely the skill is required “It’s not (because) of change in Both Ajinkya Rahane and Zak the finest exponents of bowling smart, especially after Joe Root which is on an average 10km less track and may expect Dom Bess and it’s not just the sweep shot. For ball-colour. It’s still round, still Crawley felt that the track for the on sub-continental tracks, Umesh scalped a career-best 5/8. than Patel, he is unlikely to always for company. Bess was impressive me it’s defence. This aspect of bat- weighs five-and-a-half ounce, so I fourth Test looks ‘similar’ to what Yadav, is expected to be back in Jack Leach (16 wickets) has done trouble the batsman. in the opening Test in Chennai but ting has gone back a bit.” don’t know what difference it makes they got in the previous two matches action. It remains to be seen his bit but he does have his own But he would again play a sig- since then, has cooled his heels. Kohli cited one of India’s losses suddenly. The surface was different in Chennai. This track (Motera) in general had more pace and that’s the result of the clay laid on the pitch. Rahul retains 2nd spot, Virat climbs to sixth “If you make just a ball or a pitch helping the bowler, the focus, then you are not really reading the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Adil Rashid (700) and Australia’s game properly in my opinion. I ICC T20I RANKINGS Adam Zampa (676) all held their po- don’t think the red ball is going to Dubai, March 3: India’s KL Rahul Kohli has 697 points. Pakistan skip- in the rankings updated after the sition in the top five. No Indian change that whatsoever.” maintained his second position per Babar Azam (801) moved up one first two matches of the ongoing se- featured in the top 10 among Kohli was also asked if it is good while his captain Virat Kohli gained place to third while Australia’s ries between the two sides. bowlers. for the game, from a global fans’ per- one spot to be at sixth in the latest white-ball captain Aaron Finch (788) Among the bowlers, there has New Zealand’s Tim Southee (up spective, to take undue advantage ICC T20 International rankings for slipped to fourth place. South Africa’s been no change in the top five with one place to sixth), Mitchell Santner of home conditions. “I would love batsmen issued Wednesday. Van der Dussen (700) also moved Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (736) (up two places to seventh), Ish Sodhi if you ask this question to England, With 816 rating points, Rahul is up a place to be fifth in the list. leading the chart. South African (up three places to 11th) and Trent New Zealand and Australia. This behind England’s Dawid Malan (915) Players from New Zealand and Tabraiz Shamsi (733), Afghanistan’s Boult (up 24 places to 49th) also pro- question is irrelevant to me at this Joe Root looks at the pitch ahead of the fourth Test at Motera who retained his top spot, while Australia made significant gains Mujeeb Ur Rahman (730), England’s gressed in the bowlers’ list. point of time.” SHORT TAKES Jasoda guides RSC City too big for pack of Wolves Morata helps Kaushik in quarters Juventus pin ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: Olympic-bound Indian Gabriel Jesus (No.9) boxer Manish Kaushik (63kg) past Sports Hostel Manchester, March 3: A 15-point celebrates his goal down Spezia advanced to the quarterfinals of lead, 21 victories in a row, a club against Wolves with a the Boxam International record-tying 28 games unbeaten. teammate, Tuesday ASSOCIATED PRESS Tournament with a facile opening The extraordinary numbers are round win in Castellano, Spain. stacking up for Manchester City Turin, March 3: Alvaro Morata The World Championship bronze- as Pep Guardiola’s winning ma- made a scoring return to set medallist defeated Spaniard chine powers to the Premier League Juventus on their way to a 3-0 win Ammari Raddouane 5-0 Tuesday night to make the last eight, where title and — whisper it — a potential over Spezia and boost its faltering he will be up against Kazakhstan’s quadruple. title defense. Fellow substitute Sufiullin Zakir – a two-time Asian Guardiola particularly liked what Federico Bernardeschi set up Morata silver-winner. he saw in the 4-1 win over moments after they had both come Wolverhampton Tuesday. Heading off the bench. Bernardeschi then pro- Srikanth seals win into the final 10 minutes at Etihad vided another assist for Federico Stadium, City’s players were in the Chiesa, nine minutes later. BASEL: Top Indian shuttler unusual position of being held, 1- Cristiano Ronaldo sealed the Kidambi Srikanth staved off a 1, but there was no panic. Instead, match late on with his 20th goal of spirited challenge from compatriot they just stepped up a gear, over- the season. He is the first player Sameer Verma to make a winning whelmed Wolves with their press- in Europe’s top five leagues to start to his campaign at the Swiss ing and scored three goals. reach that figure for the 12th suc- Open Super 300 tournament here A Sports Hostel player (in blue) tries to block a clearance from an RSC player Gabriel Jesus scored in the 80th cessive season. Wednesday. The fourth seeded minute and again from close range Morata had missed Juve’s dis- Indian took a little over an hour to POST NEWS NETWORK dearly as Gita Kishan restored par- with virtually the last kick of the appointing 1-1 draw at Hellas see off 2018 winner Sameer 18-21, ity two minutes later. game after Riyad Mahrez had made Verona last weekend with illness. 21-18, 21-11 in a hard-fought men’s Bhubaneswar, March 3: Jasoda Jasoda, however, put RSC in the it 3-1, capping a period of inces- The Juventus forward had also singles opening round match. Last Munda twice hit the target to help lead again when she found the back sant pressure by City after Wolves and away last season, for example. of their last 19 league games. not scored in the league since night, Indian mixed doubles pair of Rising Student Club (RSC) edge of the nets in the 17th minute. The equalised in the 61st minute through City’s class of 2020-21 is made Second-place Manchester United December. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa notched up an past Sports Hostel 3-2 in their joy was shortlived though. Sports Conor Coady’s header — the visi- of sterner stuff this season, can restore the 12-point gap to City Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech upset 21-18, 21-10 win over the Odisha Women’s League football Hostel skipper Bannya Kabiraj tors’ first touch in City’s box. though. The team has won every by beating Crystal Palace but does- Szczesny saved a stoppage-time
World No.8 and second-seeded match at the Kalinga Stadium here, scored the equaliser in the 26th as Leander Dendoncker had given game it has played in all compe- n’t have the consistency being shown penalty from Andrey Galabinov y Indonesian pair of Hafiz Faizal and Wednesday. the first half ended 2-2. City the lead for the first time with titions since December 19 and by Guardiola’s side, which also is in after Emmanuel Gyasi had been
Both the sides began with at- The second half was even more an own-goal in the 15th. Another test now have 15 victories in a row in the final of the League Cup, the tripped by Merih Demiral.
k k y y m m c Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in the c opening round. Pranaav Jerry tacking intent as it only took three entertaining despite only one goal passed by City in their march to re- the league. Its unbeaten streak quarterfinals of the FA Cup and Juventus moved up to third, Chopra and his mixed doubles minutes to open the scoresheet. being scored. Both sides missed claiming the title from Liverpool, stretched to 28 matches — tying a lead 2-0 after the first leg of its seven points below league leader partner N Sikki Reddy lost 18-21, Subhadra Sahu put RSC ahead quite a few opportunities, but with Wolves having proved a tough club record also achieved under matchup with Borussia Inter Milan and three below AC 15-21 to the English pair of Marcus with a wonderful finish. However, Jasoda’s 67th minute goal proved opponent for City in recent years Guardiola in 2017. City haven’t Monchengladbach in the Champions Milan. Spezia remained seven Ellis and Lauren Smith. a lack of concentration cost them to be the decisive one. — winning their meetings home trailed for a single minute in any League’s round of 16. points above the relegation zone.
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