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s the situation remains Atense on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh following the unprece- Q !"R dented clashes leaving 20 New Delhi: Delhi Chief Indian Army personnel dead Minister Arvind Kejriwal on New Delhi: Niti Aayog on June 15, senior military Monday said the country is member VK Saraswat on commanders of India and fighting a twin battle against Monday said Indian compa- $ China held extensive talks on $ China. Kejriwal said, “Our nies manufacturing Monday to restore peace. There country is fighting a twin bat- bulleproof jackets for the “observer” from the piece. was no immediate break- !! tle against China. First, our Army personnel should The Chinese “analysts” through, but both the sides doctors are fighting against avoid importing raw mate- day after Indian media and “observers” also accused agreed to keep open all line of $ Chinese virus and second, rials from China because of Areported that India had Indian officials of placating communication and meet $ % % % India’s brave soldiers are fight- “inconsistencies in the qual- handed over dead bodies of 16 nationalists by “making spec- again in the next few days to ing China on the border.” ity” of the shipments. Chinese soldiers to the People’s ulations on China’s casualties mutually withdraw troops from Liberation Army (PLA), China to satisfy Indian hardliners, all the stand-off sites. to each other in the next two or sure. The latest meeting was on Monday for the first time such as speculating that China Leh-based 14 Corps chief three days. These proposed planned to review the pullback admitted that it lost “less than lost more soldiers than India.” Lt General Harinder Singh talks will give a positive push process. 20” troops during the violent The Global Times report held parleys with Chinese to the military-level talks to The first round of Crops face-off along the Line of referred to Union minister Army Major General Liu Lin. arrive at a consensus. Commander talks on June 6 Actual Control (LAC) in and former Army Chief Gen At the same time, the top External Affairs Minister S saw the two sides reaching Ladakh last week. VK Singh, who on Saturday brass of the Indian Army Jaishankar last week lodged a important understanding on Until now, even as New had claimed that the number reviewed the fast-evolving sit- strong protest with his Chinese limited “disengagement”. Both Delhi had officially announced of PLA soldiers killed in the uation on the border in the counterpart Wang Yi about sides mutually identified five that 20 of its soldiers were stand-off in the Galwan valley commanders’ conference here. Chinese actions. However, both locations of conflicts Patrolling killed in a clash with the PLA was more than 40. Besides participating in the sides agreed to continue talks Point (PP) 14, 15, 17A and in Ladakh’s Galwan valley, The analysts in Beijing conference, Army Chief with Jaishankar asking Yi to North bank of Pangong Tso. Beijing had remained tight- also threatened India saying, General MM Naravane is like- honour the June 6 agreement. Initially, both sides started lipped about its casualties. “India will be more humiliat- ly to visit Ladakh later this On the latest round of Lt mutually moving back their The Global Times, the ed than after the 1962 border week. This will be his first visit General level talks in Moldo at troops gradually. The matters mouthpiece of the Chinese conflict with China if it cannot post the bloody brawl. He had the LAC on Monday, sources changed post-June 15 and India Community Party regime in control anti-China sentiment earlier visited Leh in mid-May said the focus was on defusing has ramped up its troop Beijing, in a piece quoting at home and has a new mili- to take stock of matters in the the tension as early as possible. strength all along the LAC “Chinese experts” on Monday tary conflict with its biggest wake of the ongoing face-offs. Incidentally, this was the from Ladakh to Arunachal said that “the reason why China neighbour.” Prime Minister IAF chief RKS Bhadauria second Lt General level meet- Pradesh. did not release the number” of Narendra Modi, as per the reviewed the operational readi- ing since June 6 in which both India also insisted that sta- its casualties, is that China observers, “is trying to respond ness of his force during his two- sides agreed to withdraw troops tus quo ante as in April be “wants to avoid an escalation.” to the nationalists and hard- day visit to Ladakh last week. from the face-off points and observed at the LAC thereby “If China released the number liners with tough talk, but he The two countries have operational areas. They also making it imperative for China which is less than 20, the Indian understands his country can- also speeded up diplomatic agreed to pull back their heavy to move back its troops from all Government would again come not have further conflict with process and senior officials of weapons to peacetime locations the sites including the Galwan under pressure,” The Global China so he is also making an two countries are likely to talk as a confidence-building mea- valley. Times tweeted quoting an effort to cool tensions.” "P %&' ) am. Ratha Pratishta would be &( 5 .6 % * % observed at 6:45 am. Pahandi of the '() ifty-seven minor girls at a % . - (5+ deities would begin 5 2 + FState-run children’s shelter at 7 am and con- )* +,home in Uttar Pradesh’s ollowing the Supreme clude at 10 am. 7% 4( he State reported '() Kanpur district have tested FCourt’s order allowing Rath Madan Mohan Bije Tanother Covid-19 positive for Covid-19, with L M Yatra in Puri, the Sri Jagannath would be held death on Monday five of them found to be preg- Temple Managing Committee from 10 am to increasing its total toll ) -.) nant. One of the five pregnant 2 on Monday released a detailed 10.30 am. Chita to 15. The patient was girls, who tested positive, was $ schedule of the fete beginning Lagi of the deities would begin district from 9 pm on Monday a 46-year-old man of also HIV positive. % 4 ! from Tuesday. from 10.30 am and conclude at till 2 pm on Wednesday. Ganjam district, the Congress general secretary Mangala Aalati of the 11 am. No passenger trains and Health and Family Welfare Keonjhar two and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Trinity would be performed at Chhera Pahnara would be private or public buses other Department said. Jagatsinghpur and Angul one Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh 3 am followed by Mailama performed from 11.30 am to than those carrying personnel On the day, one more per- each Yadav have slammed the Yogi and Tadapa Lagi at the temple. 12.15 pm. Pulling of the char- on Government duty/ police son, who had tested positive for Besides, two NDRF per- Government alleging that the The Abakasha ritual would be iots would begin at noon. and vehicles on emergency coronavirus recently died due sonnel, who returned from girls were physically exploited performed at 4.30 am and As no public congregation services would be allowed entry to co-morbidity. “60-year-old West Bengal after Amphan in the shelter home. Priyanka Gopal Ballav and Sakala is allowed, the Government into the jurisdiction of Puri dis- Covid positive patient of duty also tested positive. has compared it with the infa- Dhoopa from 5:30 am to 6:45 declared a shutdown in Puri trict. Mayurbhanj district, who was However, another 143 mous Mazaffarpur shelter suffering from cancer of the patients recovered from the dis- home case in Bihar. oesophagus passed away due to ease on Monday, taking the Kanpur DM Brahma Dev post-operative complications total recoveries to 3,863. Ram Tiwari told reporters that ment at a private hospital. in Kanpur shows that in the ' $ following cancer surgery,” the The maximum18 recov- the five pregnant girls, who Highlighting the media name of probes, everything is !" department said in a tweet. ered in Gajapati, 15 each in have been found Covid-19 pos- reports, Priyanka said that it suppressed, but there are many #$ %$ & Meanwhile, 143 new pos- Bargarh, Malkangiri and Puri itive, were referred by the Child shows that “facts were being inhuman incidents happening ''() ' itive cases were reported on the districts, 12 in Balangir, 10 in Welfare Committees of Agra, suppressed in the name of at State-run child shelter New Delhi: The Delhi Police police districts have been put ! day, taking the total to 5,303 in Cuttack and nine in Khordha, Etah, Kannauj, Firozabad and investigations at such facili- homes,” Priyanka claimed in her has been put on high alert fol- on high alert along with elite ( the State. Out of the fresh eight in Mayurbhanj, six in Kanpur under the POCSO Act. ties”. In a Facebook post, Facebook post while targeting lowing intelligence inputs units of the Crime Branch and ) *+' cases, 137 were reported from Kendrapada and five in “Two other pregnant girls Priyanka said that the condition Yogi Adityanath Government about a probable terror threat the Special Cell. Special vigil is , -. / quarantine centres while six Baleswar, Dhenkanal and have tested negative for Covid- in Government shelter homes for failing to act against those to the national Capital, sources being maintained on Delhi’s were local ones. Sambalpur. 19. The seven girls were preg- is “inhuman” and demanded responsible for exploitation of said on late Sunday. borders and a close watch is *$+ ++%++ The day’s highest 32 cases Besides, three each from nant at time when they came to strict action against the officials. the protection home Intelligence agencies have being kept in market areas %"%,"! -# $-+ were reported from Ganjam Bhadrak, Boudh, the shelter home,” he said. “The entire story of the inmates. alerted police on the possibil- and hospitals, which are seeing " )0 district. It was followed by Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur and The District Magistrate Muzaffarpur shelter home case Samajwadi Party chief ity of four to five men entering a large influx of patients these Cuttack with 20, Khordha 16, Kalahandi, two each from added that two girls are under- is in front of the country. Such Akhilesh Yadav said the the national Capital with an days, they said. Security agen- 1 Nayagarh and Baleswar 13 Kandhamal and Keonjhar and going treatment at LLR a case had also come to light in Government should immedi- intention to carry out a terror cies are on heightened vigil in 1! % cases each, Kalahandi six, one from Sundergarh were Hospital in Kanpur, while three Deoria in UP. In this scenario, ately investigate alleged phys- attack, they said. view of the India-China stand 2 %34 Bhadrak four, Dhenkanal three, cured of the disease. others are undergoing treat- another such case emerged now ical abuse of minor girls. The sources said all the 15 off in eastern Ladakh. PTI ! / " #" as scheduled this year, by happen without participation “Raja of Puri and the tem- ! observing certain limitations. of devotees. ple committee may supervise At the same time, the court Solicitor General Tushar arrangements of the rituals,” retained its earlier order against Mehta, representing the Centre, Mehta further submitted before O% Covid-19 guidelines.” conduct of Rath Yatra at any told the court that if the tradi- the court. The CM directed the Law other place in the State. tion of is broken then as per the Advocate Harish Salve, Minister, Health Minister, Hearing an application temple norms, Rath Yatra can- representing the Odisha School and Mass Education filed by the Odisha not be held for next 12 years. Government, contended that P Minister and Deputy Government’s Principal Mehta contended that the he agreed with the Centre to Chairman of Planning Board to # Resident Commissioner tradition of centuries may not conduct the Rath Yatra with 5 2 + camp at Puri till the Niladri Bije Sanjeeb Mishra seeking a mod- be stopped. “It’d be a matter of certain precautions. and supervise the Rath Yatra. ification of the apex court’s pre- faith for crores of people.” A total of 16 applications hief Minister Naveen He said the State vious order, a Bench of Chief “While maintaining the pre- had been filed in the court on CPatnaik on Monday Government and the Shree Justice of India (CJI) Justice SA cautions to ensure that the pan- behalf of individuals and NGOs requested people to celebrate Jagannath Temple 5 2 + Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna even stop the Rath Yatra or Clearly any spread of Covid-19 demic is not spread further, the seeking permission for Rath the Rath Yatra by observing Administration are fully pre- and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari related festivities if it feels the due to this will be disastrous State Government can impose Yatra without congregation. social distancing and other pared for the festival. The o great relief and delight of allowed the annual festival to situation is going out of hand, since large numbers are curfew for a day,” he said. On Sunday, BJP leader Covid-19 guidelines. Chief Secretary and the DGP Tthe Jagannath devotees be held only in Puri. the CJI said. involved… …and it was not He said that all servitors, Sambit Patra had filed a peti- Patnaik said, “We have to are already present in Puri to across the globe and ending The court directed the The court said, “By our possible to track all the people who are tested negative, can tion seeking recall of the court’s celebrate the Rath Yatra keep- supervise arrangements for the prolonged suspense, the Central and State Governments June 18 order, we had stayed infected after they have gone participate in rituals as may be June 18 order and permission ing public health in view. The festival. Supreme Court on Monday to work in tandem to celebrate the respondents from holding back to their respective homes.” decided by the Puri to hold the festival without con- whole world will be watching Patnaik expressed his grat- revised its June 18 decision the festival. It ruled that there Rath Yatra this year in view of Ahead of the hearing on Shankracharya. People may gregation of devotees by using it. We have to set an example itude to the Supreme Court for against holding of the Rath can be no compromise on Covid-19 and an anticipated Monday, the Centre and the not congregate. Rather they can services of Lord Jagannath’s 800 for the world by showing how allowing the Rath Yatra and Yatra at Puri and allowed the public health issues. gathering of 10 to 12 lakh State Government had told the seek blessings on TV during Sevayats, all of whom have test- the rituals of the deities are per- thanked the Centre for its sup- festival to happen on Tuesday, The State Government can devotees for 10 to 12 days. court that the Car Festival can live telecast, Mehta stated. ed negative for Covid-19. formed while adhering to the port. ! " " /*
, P O- 2 0 1 / - 0 ! " 2 + KORAPUT: Director General ' of Doordarshan News Mayank police team raided the Agrawal, the chief speaker, # Ahouse of notorious criminal said that during Covid-19, the + @ Ishwar Mahalik at Samraipur public broadcasting services the situation with the Partition Central Government declared under the Remuna police sta- have a great role in providing of India in 1947 or else with it on March 25. The migrant 5 2 + tion in Baleswar district. factual information in the era the scenario during the World labourers had not received During the raid the family of “infodemic”. Wars when people ran helter- their wages in the month of members of Mahalik attacked Speaking in a webinar on nion Home Minister Amit skelter for food, shelter and March. In April, they were on # residents of Uttar Pradesh. the cops by hurling crude “Role of Public Service UShah on Monday spoke to protection. According to an the wheels whether by bus and A 27-years-old man, a bombs, acid and stones. Though Broadcaster during COVID Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha ILO estimate, 13 million peo- by the train. In May, they have '2. 22 native of West Bengal, working the history-sheeter’s son and 19” organised by the Deb about the Puri Rath Yatra ple are working as migrant not received their wages and in the Mancheswar industrial son-in-laws managed to give a Department of Journalism and this year scheduled on labourers in India and 25 mil- they will continue to languish area having a travel history of slip to police, his wife and Mass Communication, the Tuesday. lion at the international level. being wage-less till the end of 5 2 + West Bengal, was also found daughter were taken into cus- Central University of Odisha, He discussed with Deb The Government of India says September. You know the infected. tody. A large number of sharp on June 20, Agrawal said that about the rituals associated " 95 lakh migrant labourers unemployment percentage in he State capital reported 11 Another person, a 33- weapons including knives, public broadcasters like with the festival, which has have been sent back to their Odisha is 7.5 in urban while 8 Tmore Covid-19 cases on years-old man and a native of swords, daggers, crude bombs Doordarshan, All India Radio, continued without a break prominent labour leader homes. The BJP-led in rural areas. In other words, Monday, pushing the total tally West Bengal, too tested posi- and a beacon light were seized Press Information Bureau and since the year 1736, informed Aof the country, Dr Rama Governments in UP and 35 lakh unemployed youths to196 in the city. All the new tive. He is a construction work- from his from his house. others are working relentless- BJP State president Samir Chandra Khuntia is a relent- Utharakhand sent their vehi- are there in our State out of a cases are in home quarantine, er at Vani Vihar and has a trav- City DSP, Manoj Rout said ly not only to provide infor- Mohanty. less crusader against tyranny, cles to bring back their labour- nearly 5-crore population said the Bhubaneswar el history to West Bengal. Mahalik’s son and two son-in- mation and awareness on “As per the direction of exploitation of the working ers from Delhi; so, all other while 35 lakh migrant labour- Municipal Corporation The other three persons, laws managed to escape. But his Covid 19, but also neutralizing Lord Jagannath’s great devotee class communities. He is wide- ers are working outside the (BMC). who tested positive, are 60 wife and a daughter were arrest- the overdose of fake news. Prime Minister Narendra ly acclaimed in the interna- State. Had not the migrant Among these cases, six are years, 28 years, and 38 years ed and forwarded to court after Inaugurating the Webinar, Modi, Union Home Minister tional sphere as a labour leader labourers gone to work out- men of 33 years old, 40 years, old, respectively. All are railway being booked under several VC Prof I Ramabrahmam Amit Shah spoke to the owing to his participation in side, the unemployment situ- 55 years, 30 years, 21 years, and staffs with a travel history to Sections including attempt to stressed the need for media Gajapati Maharaja,” Mohanty various ILO forums and at UN ation would have gone up to 22 years, who were working in New Delhi. murder and Arms Act. Mahalik, organisations to come to the said in a tweet. Shah also dis- conventions in Geneva. He is over 70 lakh. These 30,000 the Mancheswar industrial area The city so far has 99 who is involved in as many as fore front in public broadcast- cussed the religious sentiments a permanent invitee to the plus migrants are sending having a travel history of Uttar active cases, 93 recoveries and 57 criminal cases, was arrested ing for fighting the attached to the festival with Congress Working Committee roughly Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 Pradesh. All the patients are three deaths. on June 7 and is in jail. pandemic. PNS Deb, he added. (CWC) and an AICC general crore to their families which is secretary. He is in charge of the being circulated here. party’s Telangana affairs. He is Similarly, 25 million migrant vice-president of INTUC and workers of India are working $ " president of INTUC Odisha internationally and are send- chapter. He was elected as an ing about 80 million dollars to in 1985 and was also the ** our country annually. Hence, Deputy Chief Whip of the the Government should be % House. He was a member migrants wanted to come wise to acknowledge that the Q Rajya Sabha for two terms. He back. Most of them came by migrant labourers are neither is vice-president of the Indian walking, cycling, as a result of a burden nor a threat to either National Building which 300 of them perished en the State or to the Central 4 ##& Construction Forest and route while admittedly 80 of Government. Wood Workers’ Federation them died in trains. 5 6 and the Indian National What about the state of his doctor-father Binod Nayak. Migrant Workers’ Federation. What is your Congress affairs of migrant labourers 0O3 “I am proud of my son. If He played a pivotal role in party’s role towards the in Odisha? 5 2 + the vaccine proves successful, Parliament for the Building & migrants’ issues? The Odisha Government # P the entire world will be free Other Construction Workers’ You know, nobody was claims that the State’s GDP is group of people on from the dreaded virus,” Dr Welfare Act in 1996. He was a bothering for the problems of more than national average, but AMonday hurled eggs at the 2 ! (5+ Nayak said. member of ILO and WHO constructions worker, migrant then why should Odisha occu- residence of Odisha Vikash He said Ankan is fine now Committee on Occupational labourers and MGNREGA py 26th position in terms of Parishad (OVP) chief Sushant he world’s eye is on and hoped that everything Health. His importance in the workers; but when Sonia GDP? Out of the 35 lakh Padhi for having filed a petition TSambalpur boy Ankan would go right for future. The Congress is understood from Gandhi wrote a letter to the migrant labourers of Odisha, in the Supreme Court seeking Nayak now as he has taken the vaccine has been administered the fact that he was secretary Government, construction they are mostly from the KBK a stay on the Rath Yatra in Puri. risk of taking part in the on 10,000 people from all over in charge of West Bengal at a workers’ welfare funds were and western Odisha regions The eggs were hurled at his ‘Human Testing’ for the newly- the world, he added. time when a personality of the hiked in all States. The where minimum wage imple- residence located at Sai Vihar in invented corona vaccine devel- Ankan is an engineering stature of Pranab Mukherjee Government announced Rs mentation is not yet in force. the Bomikhal area here. Stones Padhi’s security. A scuffle ensued presently the entire nation oped by the Jenner Institute of graduate from the KIIT was the WBPCC president. Dr 40,000 crore for the MGNRE- Who will work for Rs 210 in were also pelted at his car parked between the cops and the agita- including Odisha is facing an Oxford University, UK. University, Bhubaneswar and Khuntia is also an author of GA workers. When the MGNREGA when in States in the premises of the house, as tors. unprecedented situation due to “Ankan is not only the first did his MBA in marketing in several books, including “The Congress led by Sonia Gandhi like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, a result of which the windshield Notably, hearing the peti- Covid-19, where the lives of the Indian but the only Indian to the UK. Now, he is the mar- Voice of Odisha in Parliament” and Rahul Gandhi thought of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and of the vehicle was damaged. The tion on June 18, the apex court common people are at a huge take part in this risky job that keting head of Happiest Mind (two volumes) and “The Voice providing bus, train to them by Punjab they are getting a min- incident took place despite had disallowed the Rath Yatra. risk, for which such gatherings may have even adverse effect if Technology, a software com- of Labour in Parliament” (two purchasing tickets on May 3, imum Rs 1,000. Besides, these police deployment at the spot for The plea filed claimed that shouldn’t take place. everything doesn’t go well,” said pany, in the UK. volumes). In an interview to the Central Government workers feel there is work guar- The Pioneer, he spoke to announced 85% of their antee and the contractors who Sugyan Choudhury on the expenses on journey shall be appoint them are given advance issues relating to the present borne by it and 15% by the to their families. Hence, they are '()# $ ) +")) migrant labourers scenario. States. Out of the 95lacks of bound to leave our State and go labourers over 60 lakhs of peo- outside. Even, Kerala people are What’s your opinion ple have paid their own tickets not working in their State and # * + 5 2 + Centre. an ACS rank officer. regarding the current and in odisha out of the 5 lakh are going to Dubai, Qatar, Abu As there is acute shortage There are four direct migrant labourers problem migrant labourers coming Dhabi to work for attractive # Rath Yatra. I also thank PM ith the Government of of young officers in Deputy recruit IAS officers in 2017 in the country? home, over 3 lakh have paid wages. So, labourers from Narendra Modi, Home WIndia revising the Secretary and Director level batch in Odisha Cadre and At the outset, I must say their own tickets. The efforts of Odisha are forced to go outside Minister Amit Shah and Union Empanelment Policy of posts in the Government of out them one has already left there is a public misconception the Sonia & Rahul Gandhi and we are missing these car- Ministers Dharmenda Pradhan Indian Administrative Service India, the DoPT has brought for the Government of India. created by irresponsible and had positive impact on the riers of development in creat- and Pratap Sarangi for their (IAS) officers, fear and appre- out the new policy, officials Now rest three IAS offi- irrational statements by the migrant labourers and over all ing a vibrant Odisha as our 7 efforts,” said BJP State president hensions are writ large among say. cers will have to move out to Government at the Centre kinds of labour forces through- Government is unable to pro- Samir Mohanty. the younger lots in Odisha. Earlier, the DoPT has the Union Government to have and by some States. The UP out the country. vide them means of livelihood. Union Minister Pradhan The 2007 Batch IAS offi- written to the State at least two years of experience Government said 50% of the In the same vein, the labourers said the Supreme Court verdict cers are worried as they will Governments several times to as by 2023, they will complete migrants coming from Delhi What do you think more from our country, who should BHUBANESWAR: The BJP in favour of Rath Yatra is a vic- have to move out to serve in spare IAS officers and allow 16 years of service. are infected by Covid-19 and about their worsening plight? have been the architects of the on Monday welcomed the tory of four crore Odia people. the Union Government for at them to serve in the Centre. These IAS Officers will are a burden on the State. This Are they a burden to the nation, are compelled to build Supreme Court decision grant- He too thanked the Supreme least two years. They have Most importantly, keep- have to take No Objection is erroneous. Lack of coordi- country? sky-kissing buildings, bridges, ing permission for Rath Yatra Court, Prime Minister three years left with them as ing in view the requirement of Certificate (NOC) from the nation, proper planning and When Rahul Gandhi cau- roads in Dubai, Qatar, Abu in Puri to be held from Narendra Modi and Home they will be completing 16 creating a strong cadre of State Government to join the monitoring by both State and tioned the Government at the Dhabi and in many other coun- Tuesday. Minister Amit Shah for the years of service in 2023. professionally trained crops of Union Government. Central Governments have Centre on February 12, the tries. Hence, my strong con- “We all wanted that Rath development. The Department of officers, with the experience With paucity of IAS offi- resulted in such an impasse. Central Ministers pooh- viction is that the migrant Yatra is held as per the sched- PCC president Niranjan Personnel and Training at the Centre and the State, cers, the State Government is Panic created by Governments poohed his warning, but the labourers should not be treat- ule. Today, Union Home Patnaik said, “The Congress (DoPT) has brought out a the Appointments of not allowing the mandarins to and media also forces migrant result was that when the ed with impunity as they are Minister Amit Shah talked to had given proposal to hold notification on June 18 in this Committee of the Cabinet join in the Centre. labourers to come to their Odisha Government declared neither a burden nor a threat to Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Rath Yatra amid State-wide regard, which made it manda- has taken this decision, offi- However, in the changed native States. You can compare lockdown on March 15, the the country. Deb on the issue. Besides, the shutdown and curfew in Puri. tory to have at least two years cials say. circumstances, these man- Union Government presented Finally, that happened. The of experience at Deputy To begin with 2007 Batch darins will have to serve in the strong arguments in favour of Government should have acted Secretary/Director Level IAS officers will have to move Union Government as Rath Yatra in the Supreme positively earlier. Time was under Central Staffing out immediately and other empanelment in Joint Court. I thank the Supreme unnecessarily Scheme for empanelment at batch of IAS officers will have Secretary level is crucial for % Court for giving permission for wasted.” PNS Joint Secretary level at the to plan accordingly, point out their future. BHUBANESWAR: The State Vidyalayas, in whose favour Government has decided to land has been settled prior to BHUBANESWAR: The collect a token amount of Re 1 coming into force of the Lokayukta on Monday con- towards annual ground rent Government Order of February ducted a hearing of a petition and cess from the Kendriya 11, 2015 have requested to "- 5 2 + He had called the place as in a stormy rainy night, the pawned armlet. Bankim RathYatra, the three day alleging a huge scam in the Vidyalayas and Jawahar waive the annual ground rent 'Naba Nilachal', meaning the Daru-Brahma appeared, float- Chandra Chatterjee’s famous secret ‘angaraga’ ceremony is purchases of Covid preventive Navodaya Vidyalayas. and cess as well as the arrear hile everyone knows of 'new Puri'. ing down the river. novel ‘Radharani’ too has a held. The idols are repainted materials by the Odisha State Additional Secretary, dues with interest to keep it at Wthe famous Rath Yatra in Like other legends of the Drubananda jumped into the wonderful description of the using herbal pigments behind Medical Corporation Limited Revenue and Disaster par with the institutions in Puri, there are many other Jagannath cult, the story of the water and retrieved the log and Mahesh Rath Yatra. closed doors. The artist covers (OSMCL). Management Avaya Kumar favour of which land is leased such celebrations all over the Mahesh temple too is an inter- made the idols which were The present Mahesh tem- his face and eyeswhile paint- Applicant Congress leader Nayak has informed all the dis- out as per the guideline. country which too have a esting one. As the legend goes, installed in a small temple. ple is built on the ruins of the ing the idols and have only one Sudarsan Das presented data trict Collectors in this regard. The Government after huge devout following. The Drubananda Bramhachari, a They are still in older one. It was built in 1755 meal a day for three days. along with the argument before While the Government in careful consideration and in second oldest Rath Yatra after sadhu from Bengal had under- place. by Nayanchand Mallik, a Like the Pandas of Puri, the bench. “There have been 2015 had taken the decision partial modification to the GO Puri is the one held at the taken the pilgrimage to Puri. Another popular folklore devotee from Pathuriaghata. It there is a hereditary structure large scale corruption in pur- that the lease of Government has decided that the annual Mahesh Temple in the small The pandas had stopped him speaks of Jagannath himself is a simple structure of the amongthe priests in the tem- chases of masks, testing kits, land shall be sanctioned in ground rent and cess shall be suburb of Serampore in West from offering ‘bhog’ directly to going to Mahesh all the way Rekha Deul style of the ple; the "sevayats" here are real time PCR, rapid testing favour of Kendriya Vidyalaya re-fixed at a nominal rate of Re Bengal’s Hooghly district. The the Lord, doubting his cre- from Puri to taste its famous Odishan School. The temple referred to as "adhikaris". The machine, bypass machine, PPE Sangathan and Navodaya 1 per annum. place is the biggest centre of dentials. The broken hearted 'mihidana'. After having his fill has two sets of idols. The first of the 64 mahantas, and nebulisers,” said Das. Vidyalaya Samiti, it will now be The arrear annual ground Jagannath worship outside Drubananda decided to fast of the sweet, he did not have original 600-year-old images Kamalakar Piplai, was the Das expressed unhappi- subject to payment of a token rent and cess along with inter- Puri and has a continuous until death. On the third day, the money to pay and had to are not taken out during fifth of the twelve Gopalas of ness saying that the State amount of Re1 per annum est thereof for all Kendriya unbroken tradition since 1396 he heard the Lord’s voice in his pawn his armlet. When the theRath Yatra, another set is Sri Chaitanya. He was the son Government didn’t submit any towards annual ground rent Vidyalayas and Jawahar C.E, this year being the 624th dream, “Drubananda, go back pandas of Puri found the arm- used. The idols in the Mahesh of the Zamindar of Khalijuli clarification against the allega- and cess. Navodaya Vidyalayas which year of its celebration. to Bengal. At the bank of let missing, they were per- temple do not undergo the in the present day Sunderbans tion. However, the cases where have not paid such dues till date This Rath Yatra also indi- Bhagirathi, you will find a turbed. The Lord told his Nabakalebar.The three origi- and had come to Navadwip for Das had filed a petition the Government land has shall be waived, the recent cates that Jagannath worship place called Mahesh. There I badagrahis about the episode, nal idols, made by his religious studies. He before the Lokayukta on June already been settled by com- order added. had spread to Bengal long shall send you a huge Daru- after which a team went to DrubanandaBramhachari are became a favourite of 17. petent authorities in favour of “The Kendriya Vidyalayas before Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Brahma (Neem trunk). Make Mahesh and returned with still in place. However, the tra- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and The bench comprising any of these two organisations and Jawahar Navodaya undertook his historical pil- Balarama, Subhadra and my the armlet. The episode of the dition of ‘angaraga’ or re- joined his ministry. His Lokaukta Chairperson Justice -- where lease deeds for trans- Vidyalayas, which have already grimage. In fact, Sri Chaitanya idol with this trunk”. pawned armlet is mentioned anointment takes place once descendants still rule the roost Ajit Singh, RP Sharma and BK fer of land have been executed paid the Government dues had visited the Mahesh temple Drubananda returned to in a beautiful Bengali folk every twelve years. Two days in the temple and can recite Nayak heard Das and issued a -- shall not be re-opened shall have no claim to refund and made his disciple Mahesh and started his narrative called 'Balabandhak after the snanayatra and just their unbroken lineage in one notice to the opponent party to Notably, the Kendriya the dues and such cases shall Kamlakar Piplai its head priest. Sadhana. After a few months, Pala', or the episode of the two weeks before the breath. keep its views. PNS Vidyalayas and Navodaya not be reopened,” said Nayak.
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- %+ Transmission of Respiratory tial infectious bioaerosols by Viral Infections, Including provoking coughs and are asso- + 6!! $ 6276+ % mid increasing cases of SARS-CoV-2," is published ciated with increased infection Ahealth workers getting online in the American rates among employees work- ++ 6+2$6.(0 +52 $ @ infected with Covid-19, a first Thoracic Society's American ing in health care," stated the testing has to be extensive incoming passengers at airports of its kind study has dwelled in Journal of Respiratory and authors. since it is the most powerful is better off today”, he said. detail about various sizes of Critical Care Medicine. In contrast, AGPs such as tool to defeat Covid-19. "Global The fifth practice should be virus-containing droplets pre- Rajiv Dhand, professor and oxygen therapy, use of humid- and Indian success stories have stringent employment of con- sent in sneezes and coughs and chair, Department of Medicine ified high-flow nasal cannula, strategies grounded in a robust tainment measures. their locations in the respira- and associate dean of clinical non-invasive ventilation and testing mechanism," he said. "Lockdowns cannot be a per- tory systems even as it sug- affairs, University of Tennessee manual ventilation via mask are %4 Citing the example of New manent solution and this is gested a string of protective Graduate School of Medicine, less about 'generating' bio- Zealand, Kant said the country where stringent containment measures to prevent the con- along with Jie Li, associate aerosols and more about 'dis- 4 ramped up its diagnostic test- comes into the picture," he tagion transmission in various professor, Department of persing' aerosols further away ing and was able to eliminate added. settings to protect the corona Cardiopulmonary Services, from the patient, said the the virus and added that the The sixth measure he warriors. Division of Respiratory Care, researchers. success of Indian states like stressed was the maximum use The study "Coughs and Rush University Medical Drs. Dhand and Li also Kerala and Karnataka can be of data analytics and to bring Sneezes: Their Role in Center, said that "The appre- noted that aerosols produced 4 % attributed to their willingness data transparency to draw hension about the use of by medical aerosol generators and resolve to test more. meaningful insights to help aerosolized therapies in Covid- do not contain pathogens % Second, he said that contact guide strategies while the sev- 19patients relates to their unless the aerosol device is con- tracing has to be rigorous. enth is to leverage technology. potential to spread infectious taminated. "The example of South "Manual interventions have aerosols.” The authors have made / Korea shows that a robust con- to be supplemented by cutting- Airborne particles may be various recommendations for tact-tracing strategy is a must. edge technologies that should produced by various aerosol reducing the transmission of ( ( In New Zealand, an innovative form the backbone of efforts," generating procedures (AGPs), respiratory tract infections, I )((* model encourages people to he said. Moreover, enforce- such as suctioning or tracheal which are consistent with scan QR codes placed at dif- ment plays a major role in intubation, as well as by aerosol guidelines from the Centers for ferent locations to create a ensuring that rules that have generators, especially jet neb- Disease Control and 7 % repository of their movement." been instituted to curb the ulizers. Prevention. Covid-19, and possibly twice 4 %!!! !*! The third practice that spread of the virus are observed "AGPs such as intubation, Over 1 lakh health-care that, amid reports of continu- L Kant advocates is the effective strictly. bronchoscopy, physiotherapy workers worldwide are believed ing shortages of protective and timely treatment to ensure The ninth practice is online and suctioning generate poten- to have been infected with equipment, the International 4 s the Covid-19 caseload a high recovery rate, saying that training and protocols that Council of 4 4 Acontinues to soar to cross it can be achieved through help impart knowledge to Nurses the 4.25-lakh mark and 13,700- timely reporting of symptoms, frontline workers to ensure (ICN) had / death toll on Monday, NITI early identification and admis- that they are aware of the nec- said in Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant list- sion of high-risk individuals. essary protocols, emerging April. The 44 ed 10 best practices to combat The fourth is institutional quar- trends and relevant best prac- number % the infection. These include antine- the virus has to be tack- tices in areas. has just 4 extensive testing, rigorous con- led at the source and countries Lastly, Kant said that pub- surged in % tact tracing, effective and time- that were able to proactively lic adherence and community the follow- ly treatment to ensure a high impose quarantine on incom- participation is a must since ing % recovery rate and institution- ing passengers at airports are efforts of the government are months. % al quarantine among others. better off today, he said. futile unless observed by citi- He said the first step is that “Impose quarantine on zens. ; 70=
cyclonic circulation intensifies West Bengal and Bangladesh. head of the regional forecasting into a depression and further The last severe cyclonic storm centre of the India he India Meteorological into a deep depression, it will to hit close to Mumbai was in Meteorological Department, TDepartment (IMD) on lead to a formation of a 1961. Cyclone Nisarga was said on and off pre-monsoon Monday said that a cyclonic cyclonic storm. The next severe with a wind speed of rains are going to continue in circulation is currently seen cyclone will be named as 'Gati', only 100 to 110 kmph. the national capital on Monday over north interior Odisha and meaning speed or pace. The “Fairly widespread to wide- and Tuesday. The monsoon will neighbourhood with a height name 'Gati' has been given by spread rainfall with isolated reach the city by Wednesday between 0.9 kilometres and India and is the second name heavy to very heavy rainfall after covering western Uttar 7.6 kilometres above mean sea in the new list of which com- very likely to continue over Pradesh. According to weath- level tilting southwards. The prises of 169 cyclones names northeast India during next 5 er experts, earlier than usual cyclonic circulation is very from 13 member countries. days and over East & adjoining arrival of the monsoon in Delhi likely to move northwestwards This comes just days after central India during next 2-3 can be attributed to a cyclonic during next three days. cyclone Nisarga made landfall days. Fairly widespread to circulation over West Bengal Meanwhile, the monsoon had in Maharashtra earlier this widespread rainfall activity and the neighbourhood which advanced to majority regions month. Cyclone Nisarga made with isolated heavy to very moved towards southwest Uttar across India. The IMD said landfall between Murud and heavy falls also very likely over Pradesh on June 19 and 20. "It rains are going to continue over Revdanda in Maharashtra’s Western Himalayan Region, helped in further advancement the next few days with the Raigad district on June 3. Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh of the monsoon, it is expected monsoon expected to reach the Last month, super cyclone & Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and to cover west Uttar Pradesh, national capital on Wednesday. Amphan lashed parts of Odisha East Rajasthan from June 23 and some parts of Uttarakhand In its weather forecast on and West Bengal and made onwards,” the IMD said. by June 22 and 23," Srivastava Monday, the IMD said If this landfall on the coastal areas of Kuldeep Srivastava, the said. ! " " />
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Oing of patients in all hospi- compound, Pratamesh Nagar, country over the killing of 20 sonnel were martyred. 5,020 crore, in the wake of the :&= =&= & Secretary of Industry The Maharashtra govern- tals coming under the jurisdic- Devaki Nagar and Shivahi Nagar Indian Army personnel in last Not wanting to lose invest- currently changed environ- >757=& ;& Department Bhushan Gagrani ment’s decision is in line with tion of the Brihanmumbai localities. week’s violent clashes between ment altogether, the Uddhav ment in India,” Desai said in a =(= and other senior bureaucrats. the Indian government’s strat- Municipal Corporation (BMC), Meanwhile, the BMC has the Indian and Chinese troops, Thackeray Government is statement issued here on &' " Speaking on the occasion, egy to hit China where it hurts Mumbai Municipal launched ‘Mission Zero’ – along the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra treading cautiously and has Monday. ' ( Uddhav had said: “As Neil most. After the recent killing Commissioner IS Chahal on the lines of th4e one undertak- Government on Monday chosen not to cancel the three The three MoUs that the Armstrong had expressed his of 15 Indian soldiers in a vio- Monday mandated that all en in Dharavi – at spread in decided to keep on hold three MoUs signed with the Chinese Maharashtra Government has & & feelings after stepping on the lent face-off with Chinese patients showing Covid-19 north Mumbai with ‘Mission Memorandums of under- companies but put it on hold. kept on “status quo” mode are (China) Auto-Talegaon moon, it’s a small step for one troops, the Telecom ministry symptoms be given beds. Zero’ in not Mumbai, as a pub- standing (MoUs) worth 5,020 Announcing the decision, the ones signed with the promises to bring in an invest- person, but it is a big leap for had asked BSNL and MTNL to After taking a walk around lic-private-partnership initia- crore signed recently with as Maharashtra Industries Chinese companies – Hengli ment of 1,000 crore and 1500 mankind. Similarly, this small stop using the Chinese equip- the most Covid-19 affected areas tive. The ‘Mission Zero’ involves many Chinese companies. Minister Subhash Desai said: Engineering, PMI Electro jobs. step of confidence shown by ment for the upgradation of 4G of Malad (East) in north a Rapid Action Plan with 50 The three MoUs over “Status quo will be maintained Mobility Solutions (joint ven- The MoU with M/s Great investors will be a big leap in network. Similarly, the Indian Mumbai and interacting with mobile dispensaries with doctors which the State Government on the MoUs with the Chinese ture with Photon) and Great Wall Motors (China) is biggest the future. MoUs worth around Railways terminated a sig- people there, Chahal directed and all facilities to move around has decided to maintain “status companies for the moment. Wall Motors. Together, these of th ree projects. It promises 16,000 crore are being signed nalling contract worth 470 the civic administration to in north-western suburbs like quo” were among the MoUs This does not mean that they Chinese companies “have to set up an Automobile unit at today and MoUs worth 8,000 crore given to Beijing National undertake thorough checking of Dahisar,Borivali, Kandivali and worth 16,030 crore signed in have been rescinded or can- committed to an investment of Talegaon-Pune, involving an crore in the near future”. Railway Research & Design patients in all hospitals coming Malad and north-eastern sub- the presence of chief Minister celled. In fact, further devel- 250 crore, 1,000 crore and investment of 3,770 crore and Expressing his confidence Institute of Signal & under the BMC limits. “It is a urbs like Bhandup and Mulund Uddhav Thackeray on June 15 opments on the same are await- 3,770 crore respectively in creation of 2042 jobs. that foreign investment would Communication in 2016. must that all the patients show- to identify and treat patients for with investors from 12 differ- ed”. the Talegaon industrial belt of It may be recalled that on increase and employment will There are clear indications ing Covid-19 symptoms should two-three weeks. ent countries, including the US, Even while placing the Maharashtra (phase II) in June 15, the Maharashtra be available in our state as com- that as a fallout of the Indo- be given beds,” the civic chief During the drive, the BMC’s China and South Korea, as part three MoUs on a “as-is-where- Pune”. Government signed MoUs pared to other countries, Desai China border conflict, the said, amid complaints that there medical team will be assisted by of “Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0” is” state, the Shiv Sena-led Hengli Engineering has worth 16,030 crore with had said that nearly 40,000 Shanghai Tunnel Engineering was a shortage of Covid-19 local doctors, Bill & Melinda for setting up of industries in Maha Vikas Aghadi has chosen committed to invest 250 crore investors, including some hectares of land had been Company may lose the 1,100 beds in the metropolis. Gates Foundation, top realtors various parts of the state. to play a political card by shift- for setting up a unit at Talegaon Indians, from 12 countries reserved in the state for these crore Delhi-Meerut Regional In BMC’s P-North ward, as body, CREDAI-MCHI, NGOs Incidentally, the MoUs ing the onus of deciding the Phase no 2 and has promised including United States, China, industries. “Instead of various Rapid Transit System (RRTS) many as 3267 people have test- like Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana worth 5,020 crore were signed matter with the Narendra Modi to create 150 jobs. South Korea and Singapore licenses, the Super license will contract. As a consequence, ed positive for Coronavirus. Of and Desh Apnayen which will by the Maharashtra government at the Centre. PMI Electro Mobility through video-conferencing in now be issued in 48 hours. An M/s Larsen and Turbo may them, 1442 have recovered fully provide the mobile vans, Government hours before the “The Maharashtra Solution JV with Photon the presence of Uddhav industrial labour bureau will be land the contract. in hospitals and returned home. medicos and medicines. ! !% , 1P 1
%-+"- , !!5 trigger unrest among the local his mortal remains would be have already foiled several infil- meeting. % 3< M population. dispatched soon for the last tration bids and also neu- According to the press n Indian Army jawan, The Indian Army is close- rites after completing the nec- tralised four heavily armed statement issued by the depart- +$-.+- !5! work in different flats of the Ahailing from Nepal, on ly monitoring the movement of essary formalities. infiltrators in different sectors ment of Information, “a total building and there is every pos- Monday sacrificed his life along the Pakistan Army close to the Defence sources claimed, of Rajouri in the beginning of number of 6919 bunkers have he Brihanmumbai sibility that they may have the Line of Control (LoC) in line of control. “the Pakistan Army is desper- this month. been completed so far in the TMunicipal Corporation spread the virus to the other Nowshera sector of Rajouri According to Jammu ately trying to push small So far, four Indian jawans division, including 6123 indi- (BMC) has sealed the entire flats as well. So as to break the district after the Pakistan Army based Defence PRO, Lt- Col groups of infiltrators inside have also sacrificed their lives vidual bunkers and 796 com- “Tanhee heights” along Napean chain it was necessary for us to resorted to 'unprovoked' firing Devender Anand, “the Pakistan the Indian territory to execute in the line of duty in this munity bunkers”. It was also sea Road at upmarket Malabar seal the entire building”. aimed at escalating the tensions Army resorted to unprovoked terror strikes on vital security 4/*/ month only. informed during the meeting Hill area in south Mumbai, “We have also shifted near- in the region. ceasefire violation along the installations”. More than 150 incidents of that 9905 bunkers are under after 21 persons – including 19 ly 20 house helps and security Since June 15, when the Line of Control (LoC) in Ground reports suggested have been kept in a state of high ceasefire violations have been execution and are at different house helps, drivers and secu- staff to quarantine centres,” standoff between India and Nowshera Sector early Monday movement of heavily armed alert to foil nefarius designs of reported since June while the stages of construction. rity staff – tested positive for the BMC officer said. China took an ugly turn at the morning. group of infiltrators has been the Pakistan Army. total incidents of ceasefire vio- According to official Covid-19 during the last seven “We have requested society Line of Actual Control (LAC) Own troops responded spotted along the line of con- The Possibility of sensa- lations have crossed 2050 since sources, “1430 bunkers includ- days. to sanitise the common toilets in eastern Ladakh sector, strongly to the enemy fire. In trol in Nowshera sector where tional strikes by the Border January 2020. Meanwhile, ing community and individual Giving details of the mass used by their staff four to six Pakistan army has been con- the incident, Havildar Dipak the Pakistan Army is providing Action Teams (BAT),compris- Divisional Commissioner, bunkers have been completed spread of the Covid-19 in one times a day. Till the time soci- sistently targeting forward Karki was critically injured cover firing to these trained ing commandos of the Pakistan Sanjeev Verma in Jammu took in district Samba, 1058 in dis- particular building, a senior ety makes arrangements we Indian locations and large and later succumbed to his infiltrators to sneak inside the army and heavily armed ter- stock of the bunker construc- trict Jammu, 1324 in district BMC official said here on have started sanitisation from numbers of civilian pockets injuries”. He said, Havildar Indian territory. rorists, cannot be ruled out in tion work in border areas of Kathua, 2316 in district Rajouri Monday: “The house helps MCGM side,” he said. with heavy calibre weapons to Karki hailed from Nepal and The Indian Army jawans the region. Alert Indian troops Jammu division at a high level and 791 in district Poonch”. " ,+-$ 5 * - 5' 3,4 # ! 6? %!"!+- Madurai West, and and three other districts is cer- "6! %)! Thiruparankundram Blocks of tain to yield encouraging . -! Madurai district would be results. “We will be able to see . -! .6 under complete lockdown the coronavirus cases coming .$!$.+ .6. $ ment” as to why the Bengal districts were kept ituation in Tamil Nadu under the Disaster down by the end of this lock out of the programme. erala’s reputation as the Sturned grave on Monday as Management Act 2005 for down period. People have been arib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan a central “May I draw your attention that you have KState which won the fight 2,710 persons were diagnosed seven days from June 24. asked to stay indoors and not Gscheme drawn up to keep jobless migrant already announced Garib Kalyan Rojgar against coronavirus has come with Covid-19, the highest Except the essential ser- to come out unless it is for workers financially afloat during corona times Abhiyaan, which includes 116 districts in six under a shadow as 138 persons number of persons to test pos- vices like hospitals, medical lab- some emergency. This will seems to have provided some political ammo to states and the program will be continuing for 125 were diagnosed with the pan- itive on a single day till date. oratories, pharma shops, ambu- bring down the covid cases in the Opposition parties like the Trinamool days purportedly to provide livelihood to the demic on Monday. This is the On Monday, 241 persons The day also saw 37 persons lance and hearse vehicle ser- these four districts,” said Congress and Congress which have attacked returnee migrant workers … The criteria of this highest number tested positive have been hospitalised and succumbing to the pandemic vices, no other establishments Prakash. Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “ignoring” program is set to incorporate those districts for the pandemic on a single this took the total number of taking the death toll till date to would function in these areas Out of the 37 persons who 11 lakh the migrant workers from Bengal who where the population of migrant workers are sup- day in the State, which had coronavirus patients in the 794. during the lockdown period, succumbed on Monday, 35 too have gone jobless. posed to be minimum twenty-five thousand who announced on May 8 that the State to 1540. There are 112 A medical bulletin issued said the chief secretary’s order. had comorbid conditions, said Dismissing the State BJP’s counter logic that had been constrained to come back to their native coronavirus curve has been hotspots in Kerala as on by the Tamil Nadu Government The move to enforce lock down the medical bulletin. Chennai the Bengal Government had not provided the villages in the wake of lockdown,” he wrote won- successfully flattened. Monday. said there were 27, 178 active is in the backdrop of the remained at the top of the table data on migrant workers in time TMC MP and dering why the workers from Bengal were not The last three days saw 378 With the advent of South coronavirus cases in the State as increasing number of covid with 1,487 persons testing pos- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew included in the list. persons in the State diagnosed West Monsoon, Kerala has been on Monday. Till date, 62, 087 cases in these areas and to give itive on Monday. Chengalpet Abhishek Banerjee wondered: “Why have you The Behrampore MP wrote how “lakhs of with Covid-19 and the situation burdened with more contagious persons have been tested pos- the district administration tested 126 positive cases while blatantly ignored the concerns of 11 lakh migrant workers have returned to their native vil- has turned grave in Kerala. On diseases like dengue and rat itive, said the bulletin. more elbow room to continue Thiruvallur had 120 covid-19 migrant workers from Bengal who've recently lages due to lockdown and since then they have Monday, 17 persons were test- fever. According to doctors in In an important develop- with the containment work. cases on Monday. Madurai dis- returned to their homes. Why has WB been left been rendered jobless, penniless and hopeless. ed positive in Malappuram the Government Health Service, ment, Chief secretary, Tamil Greater Chennai trict reported 153 cases of out of the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan? Why … I am astonished to note that not a single dis- district. a total of 589 persons have been Nadu Government by a special Corporation commissioner coronavirus and this has made this apathy towards the people of Bengal.” trict in the state of West Bengal has been includ- A release issued by the identified with Dengue in the order has declared that Prakash told reporters on the government to declare lock Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir ed in the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan,” Government of Kerala said last one month. Madurai Corporation, village Monday that he was confident down under the Disaster Chowdhury a bitter critic of Banerjee too wrote requesting Modi to reassess the programme and out of the 138 persons tested Meanwhile former Chief panchayaths of Madurai East, that the lock down in Chennai Management Act 2005. to the Prime Minister expressing his “astonish- include the eligible districts from his State. positive on Monday, 87 were Minister Oommen Chandi expatriates while 47 from other came out on Monday against the States in the country. Four move by the Kerala Government 5702- persons were infected through to make “no-covid certificate” . community transmission, said mandatory for expatriates ."!! the release. Meanwhile Kerala’s returning to the State. Last agriculture Minister VS Sunil week’s cabinet meeting had ! %-+"- , !!5 of sales.They have no money to cold storage. But for the last Kumar (CPI) has gone on decided to make “No-Covid pay salaries to their employees. three months we have blocked observation mode following Certificate” issued by medical ustling streets of Katra, Sadotra said, “as per rough our storage capacity.we cannot reports that a covid -19 afflict- authorities from the countries Bbase camp of Shri Mata estimates dry fruit stocks worth accommodate more customers ed person had attended a meet- where the expatriates working a Vaishno Devi shrine, continue 300 Crores have been stocked due to less storage capacity”. ing convened by the minister. compulsory requirement. to remain deserted in the inside cold storages in Jammu”. Referring to their own absence of pilgrims. Since He said, we have apprised hardships, Raman Gupta said, > March 18, 2020 not a single pil- our former BJP MLA, Ajay we incur power and salary grim/tourist has visited the Nanda about our hardships bills but in the absence of any . -! temple township. and have also submitted a financial support from the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi memorandum to him so that Government of India we are division bench of the Shrine Board (SMVDSB) he can make an appeal to Lt- running huge losses. Gupta AMadras High Court on authorities had formally sus- )* / )) , Governor GC Murmu to appealed to the Government of Monday set aside the death pended the yatra in the wake of * announce a financial package India to devise a package for sentence awarded to five Covid-19 pandemic on March for the affected businessmen businesses affected in Jammu accused in the Shankar murder 18. Hundreds of hotels, guest have been stocked inside cold track we have to stock fresh dry and give them relaxation in and Kashmir from August case which had caught the houses, resorts remain closed storages in Jammu. fruit supplies to remain in the paying electricity bills, GST and 2019. He said, immediately national attention. and the bus station, railway sta- Gourav Khajuria, owner of business. Some of the big play- other taxes. the government should pass A three-member gang tion continue to wear deserted a prominent Dry Fruit shop in ers in the market may invest In Jammu, Raman Gupta necessary directions to the allegedly hired by B looks. Katra told The Pioneer, “ to money to lift fresh supplies but of Bahu cold storage and Ice banking institutions to waive Chinnaswamy had murdered In the absence of pilgrims, preserve our dry fruit stocks we the majority of dry fruit shop factory told The Pioneer, “ dry off interest component on loans 22 year old Shankar at priests stationed at the bhawan have shifted them to the cold owners may go selective and fruit sellers from Katra have raised by them for the lock- Udumalpet as part of honour shrine are only performing storages in Jammu”. procure bare minimum items stocked up around 50,000 down period. killing. Shankar , a Dalit yiuth- daily rituals of prayers and He said, “we would have to sustain themselves. boxes, bags containing dry had married Kausalya belong- broadcasting the same on the ended up losing our stocks if According to Gourav, an aver- fruits inside his cold storage #+%" ing to the Thevar community satellite television for worship- we had not packed them and age truck load of four to six complex in Narwal”. against the wishes of the latter’s pers to follow. Only shops sell- stocked them inside cold stor- trucks have been shifted by He said he has a total family. Enraged over the deci- ing essential items remain open ages”. each dry fruit shop owner to a capacity to stock 6000 tonnes DEE sion of his daughter and fear- in Katra even after the lock- “We can't keep them like cold storage in Jammu. of material. At present, I am ing ostracization from the down guidelines have been this inside closed down shops A truck load consists of 500 using 60 percent of my capac- , community, Chinnaswamy, her eased. to rot”. boxes weighing 5 to 6 kgs. ity, he added. father had hatched a plan to get However, the dry fruit He said, “instead of earn- Former President of Dry According to him, the total 4 rid of the couple and hence shops, which form the back- ing a single penny we are pay- Fruit Association in Katra, capacity of different cold stor- . % hired the gang. bone of the local Katra econo- ing a hefty amount per month Kuldeep Sadotra said, “we pur- ages in Jammu is 25,000 tonnes. 4 $ ! % % % % / K % 4 $ O /6 3E ( 5 = # ## '#% % / % O % / / O O 6 % % % / / % / / # *+,- ./ . & =& " = =; ) S K+' 2 K+ K .' K22 0 ( ./S # # 5 # ; ## 3 0#;5 1 ( # 0 2 *+,3 # Sir — This refers to the editori- 1 1 % 1 Sir — A spike in the number of 4 ( # al, “Bare facts” (June 22). India 4 % % Coronavirus cases should send has always been unduly accom- % / alarm bells ringing. Death toll, ( # modative of and friendly with 4 /$ too, has shown a sharp rise. In China while the latter has proved 1 particular, Delhi, Mumbai and 5 ./ to be just the opposite. The Chennai pose enormous chal- story goes back to the great % / lenges as they account for more $ 2 5 $ 5 6S betrayal of 1962 when former O 4 1 than half of the total cases in the 7 $ # 8 5 9 Prime Minister Jawaharlal / country. Faced with a flagging : Nehru’s bonhomie was returned % / economy, the Union Government in the form of an invasion by the was left with no option but to # Chinese. The recent India-China % /74 reopen markets. But due to # S 5 5 ( face-off along the Galwan Valley / mounting cases, a few States have # P Q / has proved once again that ten- 5%4 % 1 taken the right decision to extend sion-free relations with expan- / /7 % 4 the lockdown. However, this may *+*+ # 5 sionist China is wishful thinking. ' P /$ % not be of much help. Efforts # = S > New Delhi needs to be practical. / % / must be on to increase testing and # India’s China policy and also that I 4 % % tracing contacts. Testing capaci- with Taiwan needs a reset. New % 1 % %4 4 ty has been increased to three lakh Delhi must also think of extend- / /21L! M 1 people daily but this is less than 0 *? ./ $ ing strategic support to Tibet and / % 4 / adequate. Central and State ( $ # Hong Kong. / % %1 / Governments, too, need to work 1 $" & # MC Joshi in tandem. Given that the spread Lucknow % % the infection is showing different # S ) # trajectories in different parts of the country, coordination of S invincible. But it must not forget with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, sion along the Galwan Valley resources and strategies will be the defeat it suffered at the Japan, Vietnam and more impor- must prompt India to forge crucial. 4 5 # S Sir — This refers to the editori- hands of Vietnam. tantly with India. alliances with other countries Venu GS ) @ al, “Bare facts” (June 22). Ladakh Success is not the property of By now it is clear that China hostile to it. India will need to set Kollam *+,- has shown China’s aversion to any country. Likewise, defeat is attaches more importance to up new terms of peace. existing peace arrangements. It not a permanent problem of any land than good neighbourly rela- KV Seetharamaiah " )) /! = 9 A- ./S BC $ is under the impression that it is nation. China is at loggerheads tions. The recent Chinese aggres- Hassan &: &@' /=&' ! " " /@ $ $# 405#;= & )*; #5)* %" .+ 4! "#. %#+-! +% "$-!+ -!- "% % - %#- %"""! +%%%.+%P .4 !+4.++-!!%4 + %#+-! !.+ %+!+% +!!+/ %##!%#+-! ! +!P+%!%#+-! / . L#% ! ! +! L4 !"!+ %-$- "" 4 4 % + O O 2# 6 ## % " :6 # # # # +**&,+# / 9 $ 0 E G$0EH #% / P Q ! 5 0 G!50H " G:D0H D F, (2 5 / 9 I P# !50( ( 6 ( %( ()*=3? ) Q # 5 he handwritten sign on the shuttered paan 9 !50 0 shop in my neighbourhood had just a 5 G05H Tphone number on it. I had, on a whim, 4 gone to the market to see if there was any pos- 0 sibility of getting some cigarettes. With nothing to lose, I tried the number. A man named Tiwari answered the phone and when I asked him about the possibility of getting cigarettes, he said he # 5 could deliver them the next morning. Not just P6 G H ( that, Tiwari also asked me if I wanted the 0 Q S “imported” or “Indian” variety of that particu- " lar brand. The price was finalised at a 50 per cent ) !50 8 ) mark-up to the maximum retail price (MRP) and 20+ 8 = ( promptly at 10 am the next morning, Tiwari was !6$2 64 8 E 6 D *3 !50 there on his Scooty. $6! . % Surprised, I asked him how he had managed R$+ 5 .4 to reach me during a complete lockdown in our $ + neighbourhood where the policemen were not 2$ +$ just stopping people but actively demonstrating 2 + ( their penchant for using force. D F, 27+6! Apparently, Tiwari was helped by serendip- 2 26(/ ( ity. Several months ago, to make an extra buck, D ** % ( Tiwari had started selling bread and eggs from 64 2 F, = his paan shop. Now, he was allowed to open his 6 ( shop as part of essential services and that is how $66( 2 GD , N F,H 4 he was managing to move around freely. Of 26( 2( +$ 0 # E G40#EH D F, *+*, course, there were few people buying eggs and 6722$ their “contacts” in the administration has entered common parlance, thanks during the forced lockdown was an # !50 bread from him, since these were easily avail- 2+0 2 to get COVID-19 passes on their cars, to its constant use in the media, has increased interest in sports. This, in # ( able, but cigarettes and paan masala were $ $ 26 which allow them to travel in the city been internalised by most people who effect, meant playing the one game another matter altogether. 2! way past the curfew hours and also can afford to distance themselves. which is easiest to play on the road, in G $H *3+ A+ Though the pandemic-induced lockdown cross State borders that till now remain Except that the distancing is mostly your garden, driveway or even your ter- 0 *,+( ( $6!60 +65 wreaked havoc on the livelihoods of millions of 7+@/67 65+24 firmly shut for the common man. from the hoi polloi and that, too, only race — badminton. It was vaguely 2 3 *+,A hawkers, the street vendors were the worst-hit The not so fortunate ones have when it can be done without any dis- touching to see couples, who last pos- 6 since they were surviving from day-to-day $++7 found other ways to manage the police comfort. sibly picked up a racket 20 years ago, 0 5 9 G059H ( even before the shutdown began. But there are (6( 5@ roadblocks. For instance, I noticed that In my neighbourhood, initially no suddenly bonding over a game of bad- ,?+ other small shopkeepers, mechanics and service 2 + there is a sudden increase in the num- maids or gardeners were being allowed. minton on their terrace. Board games # !50 9670 (,A personnel, who are still suffering immense hard- 7+6! !4 ber of people who are socially-inclined The residents, inspired by videos of also became all the rage for families ( ships due to the lockdown, even though much 2 $2 and are thus providing relief to strand- celebrities on social media doing forced to stay indoors and, of course, " $ of the economy has been opened up in a grad- + 2 @ ed migrants and daily wagers. Their jhaadoo-pochaa (sweeping and mop- their prices skyrocketed thanks to the 059 0 ed manner now by the Government in a bid to 0 4 5$ cars have got home printed signs that ping), decided that they, too, could do opportunism displayed by online toy start up the growth engine. +$$2 read “COVID-19, Relief Material” and it. Alas, this lasted only for a few days vendors. # However, the resourcefulness and resilience always seem to be filled with bags and and soon the maids were called back. The children continued riding # ! 2 of our workmen should not be underestimated. + 6$+ cartons. Except somehow, I never see However, now quite a few of the maids, their bicycles as well as playing other " ,+ This is especially true for services and goods for them going out to distribute this mate- having lost their livelihood, had gone games, blissfully unaware of the need ( PQ G which there is a non-discretionary demand. ! $$+ rial to the needy. back to their villages. Thus, the few who for social distancing. While ordinarily H " A few days into the lockdown, I noticed that $6 $+ Wikipedia lists at least 12 lan- remained were cajoled and implored to they would play inside the house since D 2 / K suddenly the number of vegetable vendors who guages with the phrase “Necessity is the take on work at extra houses. the roads had traffic, the lockdown ( peddle their wares on carts in our neighbour- mother of invention.” This is certainly The one thing which didn’t involve meant that the roads were almost # ( hood had increased significantly. This seemed the case nowadays. A friend shared a any social distancing was of course buy- empty and so they could play in the odd and so I hypothesised that these were peo- picture of how he has carefully marked ing fruits and vegetables. This is one streets. = ple who ordinarily work other trades but were his cigarettes so that he can smoke them activity in which every household in Incidentally, it also meant that the now forced to do this to earn a livelihood. This over time — one third in the morning, India excels. In the initial days of the roads were taken over by dogs, birds, P Q ( nebulous hypothesis was confirmed and the one third after tea and so on. The paan lockdown, as soon as the fruit/vegetable stray cattle and in our case, several hors- 0 ( details fleshed out by Krishna, whom I accost- shops in his area haven’t opened up as hawker would call out, women from the es — I am not sure where they came ( ed while he was on his rounds selling vegetables yet and he obviously hasn’t heard of his colony would come out and crowd from — maybe because no weddings 5 ( near my house. neighbourhood “Tiwari.” around him. were taking place, the ghodi walas (wed- 0 ( It turned out that Krishna was otherwise a People who never tasted any other No masks of course were worn by ding mare providers) had let them loose P Q daily wage labourer — the kind that throng alcohol except for Scotch whisky are any of them possibly taking the initial to feed on whatever they could find. “labour chowks” in any city in the morning in making do with whatever they can lay World Health Organisation (WHO) Now with the Unlock 1.0 in force % G H the hope of being picked up by a contractor to their hands on — in a friend’s case, a recommendations of masks not being and our leader telling us to unlock, ( work on a building site. With the construction bottle of cheap vodka. needed seriously. More importantly, unlock, unlock, things are changing. S # ( business being shut and being a resourceful man, My own case was a bit more pro- every single apple, mango, tomato, For instance, since there is a gradual he struck a deal with his neighbour, Ahmad. saic. Of all things, the strap of my chap- potato and okra was hand-picked from increase in construction activity as well Ahmad is a kabadiwala (scrap collector) who has pals broke early on in the lockdown. a pile and then the usual haggling over as street hawking, the number of $ / 5 G$/5H / 5 a rickshaw which he uses. But kabadiwalas are Since one was home-bound, this item price happened. fruit/vegetable sellers has decreased to 0 G/50H /50 ?+ ( not allowed to ply their trade now. So Krishna of footwear was the one used most of Now, of course, with the pandem- almost pre-lockdown levels. offered to rent Ahmad’s rickshaw at 50 a day. the time. Clearly something had to be ic spreading like wildfire and the Tiwari now opens his paan shop as !50 4 A+ ( Now Krishna goes at 3 am to the wholesale veg- done. So I went to the neighbourhood WHO recommending masks and usual but what is curious, continues to 0 etable market and gets vegetables to hawk kirana (grocery) store, got some adhe- gloves as a means of escaping infection, sell his wares at a mark-up. When I :D0 0 / 9 through the day. The iron law of markets makes sive and used it liberally on the strap the ladies of the colony and even the asked him why he is doing this now, he both of them better off during the lockdown. to fix it. Thankfully it is holding up and fruit/vegetable vendors are sporting conspiratorially whispers — “Sir, :D0 P Q 8 0 The resourcefulness of people slightly up the hopefully will last me till the “non- masks. That they hang loose most of the banned hai na.” S G H ( social ladder is also quite in evidence these days. essential” shoe shops open. time is another matter. (The writer is Professor, Department Some at the top of the pecking order have used Social distancing, a phrase which Yet another thing which happened of Physics and Astrophysics, DU) $ B++++++ ( !50 # $ 9 7# *+++++ # 5 # S 0 E # G ing one year in office as prices of puls- manner was not offered to tax and was edible oils. Nevertheless, the demand for suicides are reported from the cotton- 9 H # es skyrocketed to over 200 a kg. After siphoned off either abroad or convert- cottonseed oil is ever-growing. Much like farming belts. No illegal trait fees and / 91 / / ( the Income Tax Department investigat- ed into unaccounted cash through entry pulses, oilseeds were removed from the royalties should be charged and cotton ( ed the matter, a 2.5 lakh crore dal scam operators. It was then that the ECA, too. There are unconfirmed seed should remain under the ECA. # ( was unearthed. The I-T Department’s Government, using the ECA, raided and reports of cottonseed being removed Don’t ape the US: The Government # Appraisal Report in the Case of Pulse seized over 70,000 metric tonnes (MT) from the ECA as it is also an oilseed. needs to study the dal scam and the IT Importers and Traders Group said, “The of pulses from hoarders and traders and Interestingly enough, the Modi Department’s findings. We need to # abnormal price situation in India was broke the cartel. The entire supply Government has had a taste of Bt bring pulses and oilseeds back under the 0 G created by a coordinated collusive activ- chain was complicit in the scam and in Cotton monopoly, where it used ECA ECA. By deregulation, we are blindly ( ity orchestrated by a few trading and fact the IT Department investigated the to prevent unfair business practices and copying the US’ post World War-II farm )' &%((& 0 +3 financial entities.” They found that National Commodity and Derivatives control prices of cottonseed in 2015. This policy, which has failed for US farmers H :D0 “physical stocks of pulses (were) cor- Exchange (NCDEX) too, for its role in was done because illegal trait value was and led to the creation of agri-commod- !50 " ( s agri-business celebrates the nered in domestic and international aiding this crisis. It turned out that the being charged. ity giants. The liberalisation of farm-gate ) removal of pulses, oilseeds, cere- markets. Significant long positions on feat was jointly managed by the inter- To the rescue: The ECA had repeat- has destroyed farmers not just in the US, Aals and so on from the purview the future were taken on exchanges to national agri-business, local edly come to the aid of the Indian but in Mexico, Brazil and elsewhere, too. ) 9 8 0 of the Essential Commodities Act create an artificial scarcity at the whole- suppliers/traders and agri-commodity Government, legal traders, farmers and Indian farmers will be the biggest losers $/5 S (ECA), Indian farmers and consumers sale and retail levels.” brokers at the NCDEX. consumers. Of late, it helped break the and consumers won’t be far behind # don’t have reason to celebrate. The International agri-business and Now, the Government’s advisors cotton seed and dal cartels. However, the either. Consumers will gradually feel the S ( Government’s advisors, in an attempt to grain traders had shrewdly circumvent- have removed all barriers to stocking safeguard measures of emergency con- burn of such deregulation, too. The # % bring in more “agri-dollars”, may have ed the ECA by leveraging their overseas limits. The people responsible for the dal trol laid out by the Government in the Centre must tread carefully. Before dis- G H misled the Narendra Modi Government presence and created a monopoly by scam can now legally operate and even Ordinance for protecting different stake- mantling the ECA, the Government by opening doors for cartelisation of “procuring and hoarding stocks of puls- be absolved of their past crimes. holders is not strong enough. The must revisit the dark history of the East = these commodities, while at the same es in national as well as overseas mar- A curious case: Cotton is not only Government must keep all seeds for India Company, which was the world’s time dismantling the consumers’ and kets.” They manipulated domestic dal a fibrous cash crop for Indian farmers sowing under the purview of the ECA first agri-business trans-national corpo- farmers’ only defence against monopoly. prices to plummet so that they gained but is also an oilseed. Many experts have and add clauses to strengthen this law. ration. G H For evidence, we need to look no fur- maximum from the stocks bought at low raised bio-safety concerns on GMO Bt India’s cotton farmers are already high- (The writer is Director, Policy and ther than 2015. Modi 1.0 was complet- prices. The super profit earned in this cottonseed being blended freely into our ly indebted and 84 per cent of farmers’ Outreach, NSAI) ! " " /- 45* 6 Geneva: The World Health Organisation on Sunday report- " ) 5 ;# ed the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 Q #R # new cases in the latest 24 hours. "* The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 Dubai: World leaders must according to figures compiled cases tallied and the U.S. Next 5 not politicise the coronavirus by Johns Hopkins University. at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in pandemic but unite to fight it, Experts say the actual num- in India. the head of the World Health bers are much higher, due to Experts said rising case Seoul: The mayor of South duction number of virus car- Organization warned on limited testing and asympto- counts can reflect multiple fac- Korea’s capital fears the coun- riers, which measures the Monday, reminding all that matic cases. tors including more widespread try is losing control over a virus number of infections caused by the pandemic is still accelerat- “The COVID-19 pan- testing as well as broader infec- resurgence and said Seoul will an individual, has reached ing and producing record daily demic has demonstrated that, tion. reimpose stronger social dis- nearly 1.8 for the period increases in infections. indeed, the world was not Overall in the pandemic, tancing measures if the daily between April 30 and June 11. The comments by Tedros prepared,” Tedros said. WHO reported 8,708,008 cases ) / ) jump in infections doesn’t Any number above 1 indicates Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who “Globally, the pandemic is — 183,020 in the last 24 hours -2 come below an average of 30 a growing epidemic. has faced criticism from US still accelerating.” — with 461,715 deaths world- over the next three days. In a separate briefing, President Donald Trump, health agency but warned Companies around the wide, with a daily increase of journey to see our family and “So I said to my people, ‘Slow “If Seoul gets penetrated Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of comes as the number of report- against “politicising” the pan- world are racing to find a vac- 4,743. friends, this was something the testing down, please.’ ? (by the virus), the entire the Korea Centres for Disease ed infections soared in Brazil, demic. cine to counter COVID-19 More than two-thirds of that we were really looking White House trade adviser Republic of Korea gets pene- Control and Prevention, Iraq, India and southern and “The greatest threat we and there is a fierce debate those new deaths were report- forward to,” Pedro Delgado, Peter Navarro said on CNN trated,” Park Won-soon said on acknowledged that the country western US states, straining face now is not the virus itself, about how to make sure that ed in the Americas. 23, said after arriving from that Trump was being “tongue- Monday in a televised briefing, was now going through a sec- local hospitals. it’s the lack of global solidarity vaccine is distributed fairly. In Spain, officials ended a Spain’s Canary Islands. in-cheek” and made the com- referring to South Korea by its ond wave of the virus, follow- In New York City, once the and global leadership,” he said. Speaking later in the con- national state of emergency Spanish Prime Minister ment in a “light mood.” formal name. ing a surge in late February and epicentre of the US outbreak, “We cannot defeat this pan- ference, WHO’s special envoy after three months of lock- Pedro Sánchez urged people to Democratic rival Joe He also lamented what he March centred around the Monday was a key day for lift- demic with a divided world.” on COVID-19, Dr David down, allowing its 47 million take maximum precautions: Biden’s campaign accused described as complacency of southeastern city of Daegu. ing many coronavirus lock- Trump has criticized the Nabarro, said he believed it residents to freely travel around “The virus can return and it can Trump of “putting politics citizens in social distancing, The country has been down restrictions. WHO for its early response to would be “2 1/2 years until the country for the first time hit us again in a second wave, ahead of the safety and eco- citing an increase in public reporting around 40 to 50 It took over three months the outbreak and what he con- there will be vaccine for every- since March 14. The country and we have to do whatever we nomic well-being of the transportation usage that he new cases per day since late for the world to see 1 million siders its excessive praise of body in the world”. also dropped a 14-day quaran- can to avoid that at all cost.” At American people.” says has been approaching last May, mostly from the Seoul virus infections, but the last 1 China, where the outbreak “Even if there’s a candidate tine for visitors from Britain a campaign rally in Tulsa, The U.S. Has the world’s year’s levels in recent weeks. metropolitan area, where about million cases have come in just began, as his administration’s by the end of the year, the safe- and the 26 European countries Oklahoma, Trump said highest number of reported Citing research by health half of South Korea’s 51 million eight days, Tedros said during response in the US has come ty and efficacy tests will take that allow visa-free travel. Saturday the U.S. Has tested 25 infections, over 2.2 million, experts, Park the country could people live. a videoconference for the under scrutiny. In response, some time,” the British physi- But there was only a trick- million people, but the “bad and the highest death toll, at be possibly reporting as much South Korea was reported Dubai-based World Trump has threatened to end cian said. “And then the effort le of travelers at Madrid-Barajas part” is that it found more cases. about 120,000, according to as 800 new cases a day a around 500 new case per day Government Summit. all US funding for the WHO. has to be put into producing Airport, which on a normal “When you do testing to Johns Hopkins. Health offi- month from now if it fails to in early March but managed to Tedros never mentioned Nearly 9 million people large amounts of vaccine so June day would be bustling. that extent, you’re going to cials say robust testing is vital stem current trends in trans- control the outbreak with an Trump’s name or the fact that have been infected by the everyone in the world can get “This freedom that we now find more people, you’re going for tracking outbreaks and missions. active testing and contact trac- he is determined to pull the virus worldwide and more it and then organising the vac- have, not having to justify our to find more cases,” Trump said. keeping the virus in check. AP He said the basic repro- ing campaign. AP United States out of the UN than 468,000 have died, cination programmes.” AP 7 0 "0 " 7 )!1 $ 2 4 ) $ Q " !O ' L % M % New York: Amy McGrath and gressive movement’s desire for tor failed to win the Democratic %R # Eliot Engel live hundreds of transformational change sud- Party’s presidential nomina- <4DEE miles apart in states with dra- denly animated by sweeping tion, but he continues to shape Beijing: China told Prime them were announced Friday matically different politics. civil rights protests across congressional primaries — even Minister Justin Trudeau on after a Canadian judge ruled Seoul: South Korea on Monday must suspend its plan to send 60 1 + per cent in the current finan- cial year. It expects growth to ndia is very likely to come rebound, to 9.5 per cent next & 6! % 7 Iout with another round of year, mainly due to low base. fiscal stimulus package, worth The international rating the Bank of Baroda impact of the esca- According to the statement, about 1 per cent of GDP in the agency expects the potential (New Zealand), the lating coronavirus the negative outlook on India’s coming months, Fitch Ratings GDP growth rate of India in the fter downgrading India’s Bank of India, the pandemic on sovereign rating reflects an said on Monday. medium term to be a little bit Aoutlook to negative from Canara Bank, the India’s economy. increasing strain on the state’s Fitch, which last week low- lower than the previous esti- stable, Fitch Ratings on Punjab National “The IDRs for ability to provide extraordi- ered India’s sovereign rating mate of 6.5-7 per cent. Monday revised the outlook Bank, ICICI Bank all the above Indian nary support, due to the sover- outlook to negative from stable, The medium term growth on nine Indian banks to neg- and Axis Bank Ltd have been banks are support-driven and eign’s limited fiscal space and said it has factored in the outlook will come down a lit- ative. The outlook on the downgraded to negative. anchored to their respective the significant deterioration in outgo for additional fiscal stim- issuance, borrowing require- tle bit. But it is too early to say Long-Term Issuer Default “At the same time, Fitch has SRFs,” the statement said. “They fiscal metrics due to challenges ulus while deciding on the rat- ment of government and that by how much. We will know Ratings (IDR) was revised to affirmed IDBI Bank Limited’s are based on Fitch’s assessment from the Covid-19 pandemic. ing action. was 2 percentage points of GDP. more by the situation in finan- negative from stable due to the (IDBI) IDR while maintaining of high to moderate probabili- “The rating action does Fitch Director Sovereign That could give an indica- cial sector, when the morato- banks’ high dependence on the the outlook at negative,” Fitch ty of extraordinary state support not affect the banks’ Viability Ratings Thomas Rookmaaker tion that another 1 percentage rium (on loan repayment) gets Centre to re-capitalise them. said in a statement. The rating for these banks, which takes Rating. EXIM does not have a said Covid-19 is still in India points could come in the lifted, where the financial sec- Accordingly, the IDR out- actions follow Fitch’s revision of into account our assessment of VR as its role as a policy bank and it is very likely that the gov- months ahead to provide relief tor basically is after the pan- look of the Export-Import the outlook on the ‘BBB-’ rat- the sovereign’s ability and makes an assessment of its ernment will have to spend a for those who need it, demic, he said. Bank of India, the State Bank ing on India to negative from propensity to provide extraor- standalone credit profile less bit more on fiscal measures to Rookmaaker said while address- Fitch said while reforms will of India, the Bank of Baroda, stable on June 18, due to the dinary support.” meaningful.” support the economy. ing a Fitch Ratings webinar. help boost growth going ahead, In our forecast we have fac- The Rs 21 trillion eco- it would depend on the impact perform the role as supplier of tored in a larger stimulus pack- nomic package announced last of Covid-19 pandemic on busi- credit and facilitate GDP ? # % 7 age, not just 1 per cent of GDP month, includes government nesses and financial sector. growth, Rookmaaker said. of fiscal measures that have measures and RBI liquidity. The question is to what The recent border issues been announced so far. You may The Central Government extent the businesses and finan- with China do not impact the "@ Q'''R recall that Prime Minister has also raised the estimated cial sector is scarred by pan- credit profile immediately, he Narendra Modi announced 10 gross market borrowing to Rs demic. The SMEs have been hit said, adding but the question is + “Fitch Ratings has revised risks associated with FC oblig- per cent of GDP as measures, 12 trillion from Rs 7.8 trillion by a number of shocks in the to what extent will be the gov- the outlook on India-based ations,” the statement said. but 9 percentage points were as per the Budget Estimates for past couple of years and the big ernment be distracted by these itch Ratings has revised Bharti Airtel Limited’s (Bharti) It added that should the non-fiscal in nature. There was 2020-21. Fitch has projected question is to what extent the kind of developments in deliv- Fthe outlook on Bharti long-term foreign-currency sovereign IDRs be downgrad- also an announcement of bond India’s economy to shrink by 5 financial sector will be able to ering reforms. Airtel’s long-term foreign-cur- (FC) issuer default rating ed, the country ceiling may rency (FC) issuer default rat- (IDR) to negative from stable, also be revised down in tan- ing (IDR) to negative from sta- and affirmed the IDR at ‘BBB- dem, which would constrain # 3 ble, affirming it at ‘BBB-’. ’,” it said in a statement on Bharti’s FC IDR and senior ! '7& The rating agency said the Monday. issue ratings to ‘BB+’. # A:B, outlook change is sovereign- Fitch said it has also “The change in the out- driven, and that projected that affirmed Bharti’s senior unse- look does not indicate a change Bharti’s 2020-21 revenue and cured rating and Bharti Airtel in our view of Bharti’s under- & & Ebitda (earnings before interest, International (Netherlands) lying credit profile, but rather + !5! taxes, depreciation, and amor- BV’s senior unsecured guar- reflects the heightened proba- tisation) will remain robust, anteed bonds at ‘BBB-’, and bility that India’s country ceil- + !5! he rupee on Monday fuelled by improvement in the Network i2i subordinated per- ing could be lowered to ‘BB+’ Tappreciated by 17 paise to wireless market and continued petual bond’s rating at ‘BB’. , which would then constrain enchmarks Sensex and close at 76.03 against the US growth momentum in African “The negative outlook fol- Bharti’s FC IDR and senior BNifty on Monday settled at dollar in line with positive markets, despite the effect of the lows our revision of the out- issue ratings,” it said. over three-month highs led by equity markets amid sustained coronavirus pandemic. look on India’s Long-Term The rating agency forecast financial counters despite con- foreign fund inflows. Fitch, last week, lowered Foreign-and Local-Currency that Bharti’s FY21 revenue and cerns over the mounting Covid Weak US dollar against India’s sovereign rating outlook IDRs to negative from stable Ebitda growth will remain cases in the country and the major global currencies also to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’, say- on June 18, 2020. Bharti’s FC robust at around 10-15 per second wave of infections in aided the rupee’s upward move- ing the coronavirus pandem- IDR and senior issue ratings cent, driven by improvement some parts of the world. ment, forex dealers said. ic has significantly weakened are not directly constrained by in the Indian wireless market After rallying 482 points At the interbank foreign the country’s growth outlook. India’s sovereign rating but and continued strong growth during the day, the 30-share exchange market, the rupee It, however, retained the low- cannot exceed the country in African markets, despite BSE Sensex pared gains to end opened strong at 76.16 and it est investment grade rating of ceiling (BBB-), which reflects the effect of the coronavirus 179.59 points, or 0.52 per cent, further rushed to touch a high ‘BBB-’. the transfer and convertibility pandemic. higher at 34,911.32 - its high- of 75.98 during the trade. The est closing level since March 11. domestic currency finally set- The NSE Nifty too rose tled at 76.03 against the US dol- 1 / 66.80 points, or 0.65 per cent, lar, registering a rise of 17 /% to close at 10,311.20 - a level per cent, followed by Bajaj tions, Indian markets ended paise over its previous close of not seen since March 11. Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Kotak positive,” said Vinod Nair, 76.20. “Rupee traded strong & The Intra-day rallies on Bank, PowerGrid and Axis Head of Research at Geojit likely on the back of FII buy- both indices were attributed to Bank. Financial Services. ing in local stocks, mainly 5>?) !5! authorised the company to gains mainly in pharma stocks On the other hand, HDFC, He further said that mar- banking and NBFCs, helping obtain approval of the stock due to domestic regulatory ONGC, TCS and Reliance kets chose to focus on regula- the rupee scale towards 76.00 he board of Adani Power exchanges in accordance with approvals to manufacture Industries were among the lag- tory approvals to domestic after touching a low of 76.19 in Ton Monday approved the the provisions of the SEBI COVID-19 drugs. gards. pharma companies to manu- morning opening trades,” + delisting of its shares from the Delisting Regulations as well as The risk appetite of Sectorally, BSE power, facture COVID-19 treatment Jateen Trivedi, Senior Research exchanges at the floor price of any other regulatory approval investors also improved with metal, healthcare, bankex, tele- drugs and the expectation that Analyst (Commodity & hares of Glenmark 33.82. On Monday, its shares as may be required in relation the resumption of talks com and utilities indices this would lead to faster recov- Currency) at LKP Securities SPharmaceuticals on Monday on the BSE closed at 38.20, to the delisting proposal. between the Indian and jumped up to 3.02 per cent. eries. said. Foreign institutional rallied 27 per cent after the higher by 0.53% from its pre- Adani Power Ltd (APL), a Chinese armies after the last Broader midcap and smallcap During the afternoon ses- investors were net buyers in the company said it has launched vious close.Last month, Adani part of the diversified Adani week’s violent clash on the indices rallied up to 2.02 per sion, benchmarks sustained capital market, as they bought antiviral drug Favipiravir, Power had said that it received Group, is the largest private border. cent. their positive trend amid buy- equity shares worth 1,237 under the brand name FabiFlu, a letter from Adani Properties, thermal power producer in On the Sensex chart, Bajaj “In spite of renewed glob- ing in stocks of banks, financial crore in the previous trading for the treatment of patients a member of its promoter India, according to the com- Auto was the top gainer in the al concerns regarding the sec- services, metals and midcap session on Friday, according to with mild to moderate group, whereby the latter has pany website. The company has Sensex pack, surging around 7 ond wave of coronavirus infec- stocks. provisional exchange data. COVID-19.The scrip jumped expressed its intention, to a power generation capacity of 27.06 per cent to close at acquire all equity shares of the 12,450 MW comprising ther- 519.80 on the BSE. During the Adani Power held by its pub- mal power plants in Gujarat, day, it zoomed 39.99 per cent lic shareholders, either by itself Maharashtra, Karnataka, ! : &6B to 572.70 - its 52-week or together with other mem- Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh high.On the NSE, it gained bers of the promoter group. and a 40 MW solar power pro- % ! =& (= =' 26.96 per cent to close at The board on Monday ject in Gujarat. 519.75. In terms of volume, && ,0C: 46.33 lakh shares were traded & 8*$% at the BSE and 8.92 crore on the " ) ) NSE.Its market valuation rose + rising 2.54% to an all-time + $+623/GF(+ by 3,124.1 crore to 14,667.10 &@(( high of 1,804.20 during the crore on the BSE. The drug eliance Industries Ltd on day. RIL, the country’s most- hares of Cipla Ltd on $$6 62 firm on Saturday said it has )) RMonday became the first valued firm, on Friday became SMonday gained over 3 per launched antiviral drug FabiFlu Indian firm to hit a market val- the first Indian company to cent after the company $=>>/HE6 for the treatment of patients uation of $150 billion during cross the 11-lakh crore mar- announced the launch of its with mild to moderate the day. ket valuation mark.Its market generic version of remdesivir, $ 2 COVID-19 at a price of about + In the morning trade, the valuation crossed 11 lakh which has been authorised by 103 per tablet. company’s market valuation crore in the previous session as the USFDA for emergency use treatment for adult and paedi- arkets regulator Sebi on jumped 28,248.97 crore to its share price rallied over 6 per for the treatment of COVID-19 atric patients hospitalised with MMonday imposed a total 11,43,667 crore ($150 billion) cent after its Chairman Mukesh patients, under its brand name suspected or laboratory-con- 4 penalty of 1.55 crore on two on the BSE. However, it failed Ambani announced that the Cipremi. firmed coronavirus infection. entities for indulging in fraud- to continue the momentum oil-to-telecom conglomerate It rose 2.94 per cent to close In May, Gilead Sciences Inc & & ulent trading in illiquid stock and at the close of the trade, the has become net debt-free. at 655.80 on the BSE. extended a voluntary non- options on the BSE. Sebi company’s market valuation Ambani announced that During the day, it jumped exclusive licence to Cipla to levied a fine of 84 lakh and remained at 11,07,620.56 RIL has become net debt-free 9.24 per cent to a one-year high manufacture and market 71 lakh on Ashlar crore ($145.68 billion). The after raising a record 1.69 lakh of 696. On the National Stock generic version of remedisvir !5! Commodities Pvt Ltd and heavyweight stock surged 2.53 crore from global investors Exchange (NSE), it gained 3.10 called Cipremi. Ashlar Securities Pvt Ltd, per cent to a record high of and a rights issue in under two per cent to close at 655.95. Cipla said it has been old futures shed gains to respectively, in 2 separate 1,804.10 during the day on the months. The company raised The USFDA had issued granted regulatory approval Gtrade in the red after hit- orders.After observing large- BSE. However, fag-end selling 1.15 lakh crore from global an Emergency Use by the Drug Controller General ting a record high on the scale reversal of trades in the emerged at the counter and it tech investors by selling a little Authorisation (EUA) to Gilead of India (DCGI) for restricted Multi-Commodity Exchange illiquid stock options segment declined 0.70% to close at less than a quarter of the firm’s Sciences Inc for remdesivir for emergency use in the country (MCX) on Monday. of the BSE, the Securities and 1,747.20. On the National digital arm, Jio Platforms, and the treatment of COVID-19 as part of the accelerated Earlier in the day, the Exchange Board of India con- Stock Exchange also, it erased another 53,124.20 crore patients. approval process considering August contract of gold surged ducted a probe between April all early gains and closed at through a rights issue in the Remdesivir is the only the urgent and unmet medical 333 to hit an all-time high of 2014 and Sep 2015.The inves- 1,752.50, 0.39% lower after past 58 days. USFDA-approved EUA for need. 48,289 per 10 grams. tigation showed that over 81 % Currently it is trading at of all the trades executed in the 47,904.00, lower by 33 or segment involved reversal of 0.07 per cent from its previous buy and sell positions by the close.Gold prices in India saw clients and counter-parties that an increase following the jump resulted in generation of arti- in international markets. ficial volumes. ! " " '/ "484"48 <+1818BA O 7+&$ $ 7*!7 P % --"%% % % / $ ' # % 4% / 4 1 # # / L$ f you ask anybody, regardless of his/her technical background, who is Ithe CEO of Google or Microsoft, you 1 would hear the names of Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella being tossed about 1 without so much as batting an eyelid. But 4 ask about a single woman leader, who is dominating the tech industry complete- / ly, and silence would be the only answer. $ / Ever wondered why? Well, women might U% have outvoted men in every field but they ' still continue to face massive barriers of // disparity in the tech industry. But now 1 that “work from home” is the new nor- mal in the pandemic era, it is amplify- ing opportunities for them. 4 From a statistical point of view, %4 Dipali Mathur Dayal, co-founder of % 4 Super Smelly, tells us that though 65 per 4 cent of the educated female population 4 have well-paid jobs, only 11 per cent of them own senior management and lead- 4M ership roles. She feels it is very impor- / tant for women to have an equal repre- looking for opportunities to upskill in the restrictions that were earlier a part of the sentation if we want our economy to not latest technologies while 29 per cent said working world are non-existent now. The just survive but also to thrive. “If there they were not given enough challenges understanding and the belief in remote O is unrecognised, untapped talent, to showcase their skills. Approximately working is at its peak. More women employable resources, and we overlook 22 per cent of women felt the need to net- should and will take up challenging roles it just because of gender, we might even work with other techies and 15 per cent and there will be a rise in the percent- be losing on the opportunity to grow as shared that they wanted mentorship from age of women in tech companies.” businesses. And this stands true for all big tech leaders. While every working professional, industries, especially tech and digital The tech industry as a whole is irrespective of gender, should always companies as in this phase of the glob- encashing work-from-home policies work on personal and professional A0 al pandemic, technology and digital during the lockdown amid the growth, this sometimes becomes more media platforms have emerged as sav- Coronavirus pandemic because most difficult for women. Says Dipali, iours,” says she. companies are looking at ramping up “Changing cities and thus jobs at the time A0 Agreeing with Dipali, Meghna their gig workers to reduce costs and of their marriage, no matter at what stage Suryakumar, founder and CEO, enable business continuity. Hence there of their career they are, taking a break Crediwatch, highlights the need for is a greater demand for skilled women during and post maternity while hand- 1 generating confidence among customers. which is redefining their space in the job ing over their projects to someone else, 0 “We need to understand that women are market. One of the key reasons for juggling between family and work while A0 as much a consumer as men. So women’s women dropping out or being denied a bearing the expectation to excel in both representation in technical roles across top slot, Meghna believes, was the lack — there are just a few transactional road- industries would be a great value addi- of a support system in helping women blocks that women in all industries 1 = tion if we look at a comprehensive and manage personal and professional fronts. face. If we talk specifically about tech a more inclusive buyer’s persona.” “With COVID creating a much more business, regular upskilling and being 5 1 Today, only 26 per cent of women wider market for work-from-home, leadership, there is a members-only opportunities for women in tech, unless updated with industry knowledge is a : figure in engineering departments across many women are getting back to work,” club where women become leaders they explore more business options, must. With all the roles and expectations India. Companies such as Google, says she. together — professionally and personal- build stronger and wider connections, mentioned above, this sometimes is a big B 1 C Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter — all The need to digitise and automate ly. they will not be able to advance in their challenge women face and thus become of which are shaping our current and has become critical to the survival. She says, “We have seen the number careers quickly. This is where platforms unemployable or redundant in their AP future lives — employ less than 20 per Neha Bagaria, founder and CEO, of work from home job openings on the like HerTech comes into the picture,” skills.” cent of women. What’s worse is that JobsForHer, believes that this is the time rise — over 30 per cent increase in March adds Neha. The top three roadblocks, according L nearly 50 per cent of them drop out after for women in technology to shine by and April 2020 — and 50 per cent As more and more industries step to Meghna, are the lack of a formal struc- eight years and move into non-core engi- using their skills to shape the future that increase in the number of women apply- into the digital age, technology will be ture for women to upskill their abilities, O%DE neering roles, and only seven per cent they want. And to facilitate this, she has ing for the same. Some of the popular used in every sector of our economy. And challenging projects that will act as a manage to reach the C-suite, a dismal launched ‘HerTech’, a platform for remote working roles are Content Writer, for women, the old roadblocks and great platform to showcase their skills "-."D+!! trend when compared to the rise in men’s women in technology across globe, Tele-Caller, Sales and Business concerns should dissipate. Rajashree and more support in terms of mentor- ' tech careers. offering opportunities to upskill, take Development, Back-Office Operations Rao, Head, Partnerships and Ecosystem ship from tech leaders. But there’s an According to a poll conducted by challenges, network, search for jobs and and Customer Services, Recruiters and (APAC), R2 Data Labs at Rolls-Royce, opportunity in every crisis. And for JobsForHer, of more than 3,000 women explore resources for career growth. To Quality Analyst Testers.” shares, “The pandemic is an opportuni- women, it is time to claim their rightful . O tech aspirants, 33 per cent said they were increase the percentage of women in “While workplaces may offer ample ty for women to scale up. The physical place in the digital age. + 4! ittle did his teachers in school vening often and little at a time: Lknow that the little boy who this is the secret of success! came to school from Jamia would Every tree tells a story 4 one day become a famous bonsai +-!!#!!"!! / maker. Faisal Waheedy from #%4% L :S London travels the world with his 7 2 @ The bonsai being an outdoor bonsais. If, for ordinary mortals, plant, choose it according to the T % the name bonsai rhymes with ori- % climate of your region, as well as U . 1 ent, it is worth going a little fur- according to your technical level ' ther. because some species are more Waheedy says: “When I start- demanding than others. For / ed going for competitions, I 45! + example, opt for a species that is $ O - realised that the whole world is both easy to train and monitor 4 interested in bonsai as an art in its while being able to become splen- 7 own right. The horticultural tech- did: let us quote for example the niques that apply to bonsai trees cotoneaster, the elm or the 4M / make it possible to obtain beau- Chinese juniper. Conifers have the tiful bonsai trees that will age ... advantage of having year-round and survive us!” But beyond the foliage that varies with the sea- technique, an artistic eye is essen- sons. Others, such as bougainvil- 7 1 tial to succeed in making a bon- laea, are at their aesthetic climax sai a living work of art which seasonally. 2 evolves with the seasons and “Little by little, with the help L M transcends the passing of time of chess, the dwarf trees begin to according to him. take shape through hard work and , % manipulation. We work with life, * $% $4% 4% in a report absolutely. It is a true 1 Bonsai trees are living organ- philosophy of existence, a perfect n a Facebook post recently, has distributed 500 cycles isms whose functioning must be communion of ideas with the liv- / Ifilmmaker Abhinav Kashyap among the poor. This was an learned to provide them with the ing forces of nature, in a relation has alleged that actor Salman attempt to change Salman best conditions in terms of soil to the absolute. To look at these L Khan’s charitable trust — Being Khan’s image as a goon, to and the environment. There are bonsais is to acknowledge that Human, is a mere show off. He influence the media and judge different styles of bonsai trees bonsai “artists” claim new levels of also alleged that money laun- in his criminal court cases),” characterised by varied habit that concentration, a zen-like medita- dering is being done in the Kashyap posted. the size will help to draw. But tion, and the odyssey of nurtur- name of the charity. He further wrote: Today above all, you must choose the pot ing and seeing a plants in fruition “Janaab Salim Khan ka Being Human sells a 500 jeans suitable for “good” saï — “good” undoubtedly mesmeric. Bonsai is K sabse bada idea hai Being for 5000. I don’t know in what meaning “pot” in Chinese! ... A an absorbing hobby for the elder- Human. Iski charity mahaj ek other ways money laundering is compromise between aesthetics ly, and makes a healthy desk dikhava hai... Dabangg ki shoot- happening in the name of char- and horticultural needs. You can’t accessory, drawing us (and ideal- ing ke dauran meri ankhon ke ity. Innocent common people grow a bonsai if you don’t have a sai you must understand the dic- ly anyone else) into the profound samne panch cycle bantti thi... are fooled into paying money. zen spirit. Bonsais go back to the tum of small is beautiful. You have microcosmic reality of caring for ' ///4 Agle din akhbaron mein chhap- They don’t intend to give any- days of yore when Japanese gar- to create fragments of a paradise. a small tree. ta tha danveer Salman Khan ne thing to anyone, they just want dens were inspired by Buddhism A vast landscape has never According to Waheedy, tend- % 500 cycle gareebon mein baan- to take. The government should and Shintoism, often created by exerted in itself as much attraction ing to a bonsai requires calm, ti.. Saari koshish Salman Khan investigate Being Human too. I scholars, poets, and artists. as when it was recreated in the focus, patience — and a set of % ki gunde mawali wali chhabi will completely assist the gov- space of a garden. Making a bon- miniature tools. “If you don’t sudharne ki thi taaki inke ernment from my end.” E.!!++E. + sai is about man and nature in its understand the science and the tamaam criminal court cases Now, Arbaaz Khan has To glimpse Waheedy’s bonsais spatial composition and in its discipline and devotion to keep mein media aur judge inpar reacted strongly against these is to follow a language of quiescent materials. them alive, there’s no point in 1 thodi riyayat barte (Being allegations. He told an English- tranquility. The bonsai has such a It goes without saying that the understanding the art to make 4M( Human is the biggest idea of daily newspaper, “We have strong power that it really makes soil and the substrates used are them beautiful,” says he as he Salim Khan. The charity of taken legal action and have us enter these spaces of illusion. important in the cultivation of begins work on his next set of Being Human is just a show off. also complained to the film Obviously, he works with variable of bonsai is a recreation of the bonsai, as is the right dose of food maples which will glow in During the shooting of association. We would like to go but ideal combinations of soil, world order, a sublimated evoca- and watering: excess can be fatal grandeur. Every tree tells a story Dabangg, five cycles were dis- that way, not interested in fight- minerals, and different tools. A tion of nature that influences to the plant. But the dangers can but some are beyond eloquent, 0 / tributed in front of my eyes. The ing this any other way... We are bonsai is a summary of a story, character and spirit of the one also come from parasites and holding memories, embodying next day it would be out on the doing what we think is the best report, techniques, and person- who contemplates them. Waheedy diseases whose appearance must belief, marking sorrow telling us newspapers that Salman Khan way to address this.” al journeys/memories. contemplates bonsais with flow- be monitored. In summary, tak- life moves on. Like a Japanese garden, the art ers and fruits. But to create a bon- ing care of a bonsai means inter- ! A #$%'' ! " " 1 / & '( &(&()( * ' (& ( * +& ( ''*+ ,&) -%.$ +/0 1 & &)&'&& ( & & ) (& (L( &)& '&& '(& & *, &) & ( & & & (!1 ,& & , &' *, & ; MAKE WAY FOR ++ ! + , 0 96!96;+;07 !;=9*2!9= 29 6 , 3< @ / # %+-!-%%"-%+ %" % # " R 7 # 7!7+7227*9$ he name to the modern medicine TAllopathy was given by Samuel Hahnemann, a German who founded Homeopathy. Allopathy is made of two words ‘allos’, which means opposite and ‘pathy’, which means suffering. This name was given by the founder of Homeopathy because homeopathy was doing a similar job whereas allopathy was doing an oppo- site job on the ailments. It is said that if the quantity of drugs is given to a normal healthy person then he will get the same P symptoms as that of the person suffering from the disease. From the beginning, the allopathic system of medicine was meant only to control the symptoms, and the /P drugs used for controlling the symptoms always cause some side effects. With time, Allopathy became the ruling med- he deadly coronavirus infection has made people skepti- icine system because in 1927 they discov- Tcal to step out of their homes even it’s about their health. ered Penicillin and antibiotics which They will self-medicate or go for tele-consultation but they will prove to be very effective against the dev- not visit a doctor. However, experts suggest that hospitals espe- astating ailments like cholera and chick- cially single-specialty are safe now and people shouldn’t ignore enpox. their health in such unprecedented times. One such major No doubt, Allopathy is the best system health requirement is getting your child vaccination done where in controlling symptoms but it is certainly services are available because they protect them from serious ork stress is one of the not curing any ailment in the human body. diseases. World Health Organisationalso warned us, saying biggest culprits behind / The development in the field of science has immunisation is an essential health service which may be affect- Wpoor health. The adverse almost reached the zenith. ed by the current Covid-19 pandemic and disruption of immu- effects range from depression and The time has come, when allopathy nisation services, even for brief periods, will result in premature aging to hypertension and Yoga is an ancient Indian science ferent breathing exercises, different such as pain, tiredness, sleep prob- needs to be at the back foot and some other increased numbers of susceptible individuals and raise the like- increased risk of heart attacks. The and has evolved over thousands of body postures, and relaxation tech- lems and depression. new system has to take over as the medi- lihood of outbreak-prone vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) sedentary lifestyle that is the main- years. It deals with the physical, men- niques. Pranayam helps in regulating The effects of yoga intervention cine system. The only answer to this is such as measles. stay of most office jobs is equally tal, moral, and spiritual well-being of breathing pattern, asana improves have been moderate to large in var- Ayurvedic system of medicine. Ayurveda A recent report by the World Health Organisations showed dangerous and not talked about as an individual. Though it is not scien- strength and flexibility. Deep relax- ious settings. Cooling pranayama came into existence thousands of years back that upto 80 million children under the age of one year around often. Research has indicated that it tifically proven but it has been ation is earned with regular medita- such as sheetali, sheetakari, and and it evolved majorly for curing the ail- the world are missing out on essential vaccines as a result of the increases the risk of chronic diseases observed that, when practised daily, tion practices. These yoga interven- sadanta have been useful in manag- ments which happened because of Vata, COVID-19 pandemic. Since the lockdown is lifted now, one like diabetes and heart disease, yoga and meditation significantly tions helps by increasing perceived ing chemotherapy-induced nausea Pitta, and Kaafa. should not delay their child’s vaccination. This outbreak has among other lifestyle diseases. helps in reducing stress, anxiety, control, decreasing the potential stig- and vomiting long with pavana- Ayurveda as a system has been sup- already cautioned us how valuable vaccines are. It shows us that Sitting hunched over a key- depression, sleep disturbances, loss of ma associated with cancer and hav- muktasana (supine knee-chest) and pressed for thousands of years and there is when there is a vaccine available for a disease, we should keep board for hours on end can cause appetite and fatigue in some cancer ing a “psychiatric problem,” and uttana padasana (straight leg raise). no new research and development in this our children and ourselves up tightness in your legs and hips, in patients and in addition yoga also provide a supportive environment Loosening exercises, gentle stretch- sector for years. Although the Ayurvedic P to date with that vaccination. addition to back, shoulder and neck enhances quality of life, immune sta- where patients can fight with their es, Yogasanas (stretching postures), herbs and its properties mentioned in the Without the protection of vac- pain. Camping out at the desk can tus and will to fight among patients fears and concerns. sudarshan kriya, and relaxation tech- Ayurvedic books are an excellent source of cines, diseases can spread also lead to postural problems that as well. Patients with cancer have niques have been shown to be effec- material and knowledge for the develop- quickly and with terrible con- can be very harmful in the long run. Yoga helps in patients with can- revealed that yoga helped them in tive in managing fatigue, pain, and ment of the material, it is not sufficient for sequences. For example, Yoga postures help target tension cer to cope up with symptoms and calming their mind to cope better sleep problems. the present time. Although the government measles, hepatitis and other dis- areas that are a great antidote to most side effects induced due to treatment with their cancer and its treatment. 4 # 4 has given a boost and a lot of people are 1 eases remain a constant risk. desk-job ailments. On top of that, the they are receiving. Relaxation can be Few other revealed, it helped in B # 21 + talking about Ayurvedic medicines, but it We are so fortunate to have the mind-body practices that form the attained through yoga by using dif- reducing symptoms and side effects D requires more. A# protection of vaccines against core of yoga help address the stress Zyropathy, is a new modern these diseases. that results from high-pressure jobs. do it regularly, your back pain will Matsyasana: Known as the health of your spine. The core mus- Ayurvigyan, which has been developed Basic vaccinations needed Let us take a look at some asanas that go away and posture will improve. destroyer of diseases, this pose is an cles that are used to draw your body using the properties of ayurvedic herbs to be given to newborns and can help you undo the damage Apart from boosting energy levels excellent tension reducer and can be into the cobra pose are the same as along with modern science for eliminating children: caused by a desk job. and rejuvenating the body and mind, therapeutic for anxiety and fatigue. the ones used to maintain an alert the root cause of the ailments. Zyropathy Measles Adhomukhasvanasana: If you practicing it also helps strengthen the Since it is a form of the backbend, or upright posture while standing believes that most of the ailments are caused 1 Hepatitis A & Hepatitis B have time to do just one pose after nervous system, beat mild depres- it gives strength to your back mus- and sitting. By stretching out the because of low immunity. Zyronaturals, the Polio (oral and injectable) a long day at work, go with this one. sion, improve memory and focus. cles and spine. As you hold your body, it also helps increase blood byproduct of Zyropathy uses the extracts of DTP It helps you strengthen all the mus- Uttanasana: The standing for- upper body weight using the mus- flow throughout the abdomen and Ayurvedic herbs to eliminate the root Chicken pox cles in your body. It reduces the ten- ward bend stretches the hamstrings, cles in your back, the spine gets sta- chest. Combined with the spinal cause of diseases. F Typhoid sion in your shoulder blades, relax- hips, calves, knees and thighs. It bilised and strengthened. The stimulation, it can be quite exhila- In present time, Allopathy has miser- Influenza es your neck, and increases blood keeps your spine flexible and strong, abdominal muscles also get rating. ably failed in curing Coronavirus. Therefore, Rotavirus flow to the brain. It also stretches the reduces anxiety, stress, fatigue and strengthened in the process. The ele- If you practise the poses regu- there is a possibility that Zyropathy can help Delaying babies booster legs, making it an excellent option for depression. It relieves the tension in vated hip version of the pose pro- larly, you will start to see a marked in eliminating this virus. If experts are to vaccination without inform- people who are inactive all day. If the neck, spine and back, calms the vides much-needed stretch to the improvement in your posture and be believed, the only thing that can support ing the doctor is also not advis- your hands and wrists become tired mind, soothes the nerves. Staying gluteal muscles, making them more fitness levels. However, it is highly humanity against corona is sustained able as it weakens the already established immunity. The extent or sore from spending hours at the glued to the laptop can also slow toned in the process. recommended that you practise immunity for which we have to have to look of the problem depends on how long vaccinations get pushed keyboard, practicing this pose can down the digestive process and Bhujangasana: To draw your them under the guidance of a back at our herbs and greens, exercise for back and whether children who have missed a dose or two can give them much needed relief. practicing this pose can activate the body into a comfortable backbend, trained and qualified yoga teacher 30-60 minutes, sleep for six to eight hours get on their doctors’ calendars before returning to school or day- Tadasana: If you have the habit abdominal muscles, stimulate your the support muscles in your spine until you master them. daily, & live a stress-free life. It is likely that care. 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Militao. again consulted VAR but this His replacement Vinicius His removal coincided with time allowed the goal to stand, Junior caused Andoni Gorosabel a surge from Real Sociedad, who believing Benzema to have $ problems with his pace and it thought they had equalised controlled with his shoulder was the Brazilian who won the when Januzaj drove into the cor- before firing in. penalty, after nipping inside the ner only for Merino to be ruled Merino set up a nervy fin- defender before his right foot offside, seen to be close enough ish with a thundering shot in off L was caught by Diego Llorente. to Courtois to be interfering with the crossbar but Madrid held on % Ramos made no mistake the goalkeeper’s line of sight. for an important win. AFP 2 31<- !4+]) Real Madrid knocked Barcelona off the top of La Liga by beating Real Sociedad 2-1 on Sunday as Sergio Ramos rolled in another penalty before being forced off due to injury. Karim Benzema continued his excellent form by adding a second at Anoeta and while Mikel Merino gave Real Sociedad hope with seven min- a huge concern for Madrid if the victory in one of their toughest in 32 years, has been key. ture Madrid should be able to utes left, Madrid held on to go problem proves serious. He was fixtures left has shifted the title Casemiro is suspended after negotiate, even without Ramos above Barca on head-to-head. seen sitting with an ice-pack on race back in their favour. picking up a yellow card and their only defensive mid- Real Sociedad were con- his left knee in the stands. Their defence, which boasts although Real Mallorca at home fielder. tenders for the top four before “Right now it hurts a lot but the club’s best record at this stage on Wednesday is the kind of fix- Zinedine Zidane will at least the three-month suspension but that’s just the bang I think,” said a draw and two defeats since the Zidane afterwards. “That’s the restart leaves them sixth, five good news but we’ll see.” points adrift. Madrid also benefitted from Ramos scored his 20th con- two tight decisions after Adnan secutive spot-kick in the 50th Januzaj drove in an equaliser for minute to become La Liga’s Real Sociedad, only to have it highest ever scoring defender on ruled out before Benzema dou- 68 goals, overtaking Ronald bled the lead and was adjudged Koeman on the all-time list. not to have controlled with his “He’s the best defender in arm. the world,” said Zinedine Both calls were close and the Zidane. “What he has been fact they fell for Madrid will not doing and achieving for so have gone unnoticed in many years is incredible.” Barcelona. But Ramos limped off 10 It was Barca’s failure to score minutes later with what looked at Sevilla that presented the like a knee injury, which will be opportunity to Madrid, whose % %"%) Spurs defender Jan goalkeeper Michel Vorm have Vertonghen has agreed to extend agreed to extend their existing his contract until the end of the contracts with the club until the season, the Premier League club end of the 2019/20 season,” a announced on Monday. Spurs statement said. The Belgian international “Both players’ contracts was due to leave Spurs on June were due to expire at the end of 30. Goalkeeper Michel Vorm this month and this extension has also signed an extension to means they will now be available his deal. “We can confirm that to play for us for the remainder defender Jan Vertonghen and of the current season.” AFP