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Thiruvananthapuram, June 13: Despite making ‘solid progress’ in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets relating to indus- try, infrastructure and innovation, the India’s investment in research remains Matric results to be unsatisfactory, the UNESCO Science Report has observed. According to the report, the gross do- mestic expenditure on research (GERD) published by June end has been dormant at 0.7% of the GDP IRREGULAR by MANJUL for years, though in absolute terms, re- POST NEWS NETWORK sessment to award marks search expenditure has increased, the to Class X students. chapter on India authored by Sunil Bhubaneswar, June 13: According to the an- Mani, director, Centre for Development The state School and Mass nouncement, the evaluation Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, Education Minister Samir of marks will be done based noted. India has one of the lowest Ranjan Dash Sunday said on the performance of the GERD/GDP ratios among the BRICS that the results of the annual students in their Class IX nations, the report, which is published matriculation examinations and Class X examinations. every five years, noted. will be announced by the It was decided that the “India’s research intensity has been last week of June. assessment of marks will declining since 2014. The Science and According to the minister, be done after considering Technology Policy of 2003 fixed the the process of evaluation the marks secured by a stu- threshold of devoting 2% of GDP to is already underway. “We dent in the half-yearly and research and development (R&D) by are hopeful of publishing annual examinations in 2007. This target date was set back to the results within the stip- Class IX and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th Don’t stress yourself. Start stepping 2018 in the new Science, Technology ulated time frame that was practice tests in Class X. out. Govt has cut taxes. Covid treatment is and Innovation Policy (2013) then announced earlier.” The Board would then take much cheaper now. again to 2022 by the Economic Advisory It may be mentioned here into consideration the two Council of the Prime Minister. In that the Matric examina- highest marks in each sub- 2020, the task force drafting the coun- tions were to be held from ject from the three practice try’s new Science and Technology May 3, 2021. But, in view tests conducted in Class X. UNABLE TO REPAY Policy recommended pushing back of the alarming spike in In addition, 40% weightage the target date to a more realistic People gather to collect drinking water from a tanker at Sanjay Camp in Chanakyapuri as water crisis looms during the ongoing Covid-19 cases, the exami- will be given to highest LOAN, MAN SELLS 2030,” it observed. Covid-induced lockdown in New Delhi, Sunday PTI PHOTO nations were postponed. marks secured in Class IX. This triggered students’ re- Two highest marks in all MINOR DAUGHTER sentment as their fate the subjects in the three hanged in a balance over the practice tests conducted in BINJHARPUR: A man in Jajpur FUEL PRICE HIKE Man, son beaten government’s inability to Class X will be given weigh- district allegedly sold his two-and- take a decision regarding tage of 30% each. In case a-half-year-old daughter to repay to death for holding the matriculation any candidate has appeared a loan. examination. only in one practice test, According to reports, Ramesh Later, the Board of then 70% weightage will be Barik of Malia village in Binjharpur practicing sorcery Secondary Education (BSE) given in the marks secured police station area had borrowed Govt is saving money for Odisha announced an al- in Class IX half yearly and `5,000 from Mitu Jena, a resident POST NEWS NETWORK ternative method of as- annual examinations. of Sayadpur in the same district. However, Ramesh, failed to repay R Udaygiri, June 13: In a shocking in- the loan amount and was forced to cident, some villagers allegedly ganged sell his daughter to Mitu. up against a man and his son and beat Heavy rains likely Irked over the incident, the girl’s welfare schemes: Pradhan them to death at Muthaguda village grandfather lodged a complaint under Adaba police limits in Gajapati with the Binjharpur police, who PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Karnataka, where petrol has crossed district late Saturday night. The villagers raided Mitu’s house and rescued the the Rs100-mark, would do the same. suspected that the duo was practicing across state today baby. Police handed over the girl to New Delhi, June 13: With prices of Fuel prices differ from state to state black magic. The deceased have been the District Child Protection Officer petrol and diesel climbing steeply, depending on local taxes such as VAT identified as Luka Dalabehera and Niranjan Kar. Subsequently, the Union Minister for Petroleum and and the freight charges levied on them. Anak Dalabehera of the same village. baby was taken to a shelter home Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, Due to this, petrol at present costs Family members of the victims al- run by Sishu Mangal Samiti. Sunday agreed that the rates were a more than `100 per litre in seven states leged that the locals were suspecting According to the police, they res- problem, but said that since government and Union Territories, which include the involvement of Luka and Anak cued a two-and-half-year-old baby expenses are up due to Covid-19 relief Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, in the death of a minor boy in the vil- girl from Sadaypur area in Jajpur measures, “the Centre is saving money If Rahul Gandhi is so Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, lage. They said that the boy had died district who was sold by her father to spend on welfare schemes”. concerned he must Telangana, Karnataka and Ladakh. due to ‘black magic’ performed on him as he could not repay a loan. Police “I accept that fuel prices are pinch- answer why fuel Of these states, Congress is in power by the father-son duo. They attacked said they have registered a case ing consumers, there’s no doubt about prices are high in Congress- in Rajasthan and is a coalition partner and killed the two Saturday night. ` and investigating the matter. this. But over 35,000 crore has been ruled states like Punjab, with Shiv Sena and NCP in Sources said that the villagers had ` spent on Covid vaccines in a year. 1 Rajasthan and Maharashtra Maharashtra. Madhya Pradesh and a meeting and then took Luka and lakh crore has been spent on Pradhan Karnataka are ruled by the BJP. Ladakh Anak to a nearby forest, where the Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana in order DHARMENDRA PRADHAN I UNION MINISTER FOR too is under Central rule. Andhra two were mercilessly beaten up. Luka PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 12 KILLED, 150 to provide eight months’ ration to the Pradesh has YSR Congress in power died on the spot, while Anak man- poor. A few thousand crores of rupees while TRS rules in Telangana. aged to flee the spot and return home. INJURED IN CHINA have also been transferred to farm- Rahul Gandhi’s repeated attacks on While international oil prices have However, a few minutes later he also POST NEWS NETWORK to moderate rains are likely ers’ bank accounts under PM Kisan…In the Modi government, Pradhan said, crossed $72 per barrel in anticipation breathed his last. in most of the districts in GAS EXPLOSION such dire times, we’re saving money “Rahul Gandhi must answer why fuel of demand recovery following the roll- The local sarpanch reported the in- Bhubaneswar, June 13: North and South Odisha. to spend on welfare schemes,” Pradhan prices are high in Congress-ruled states out of vaccination programme by var- cident at the Adaba police station. R The regional office of the Thunderstorms may also HUBEI: At least 12 people were said, speaking to the media. like Punjab, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. ious countries. Last year when rates Udaygiri sub-divisional police officer India Meteorological occur, the department said. killed and 150 others seriously in- With the Centre facing constant flak If he is so concerned about the poor, he collapsed to two-decade low, the union (SDPO) Dillip Kumar Nayak and other Department (IMD) Sunday The IMD said that jured in a huge gas explosion in cen- from the Opposition over fuel prices, should instruct the Maharashtra Chief government instead of passing on the officers reached the spot and sent the said that the southwest Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, tral China’s Hubei Province Sunday, Pradhan asked Congress governments Minister to reduce taxes, as fuel prices benefit to consumers raised excise bodies for post-mortem. The SDPO monsoon has covered the en- Keonjhar, Sambalpur and official media reported. in Rajasthan and Maharashtra to cut are very high in Mumbai.” duty to record high. The excise tax on said that a detailed probe into the mat- tire state. Deogarh districts may wit- The blast took place at about sales tax if the party was “that con- Pradhan, however, refrained from petrol was `9.48 per litre when the ter is underway. The police are trying At the same time, the MeT ness heavy to very heavy 6:30 am local time in the Zhangwan cerned about the burden on the common commenting on whether BJP-ruled Modi government took office in 2014, to identify the villagers involved in has forecast heavy rainfall rainfall Tuesday, while dis- district of Shiyan city. Media reports man”. Asked about Congress leader states, like Madhya Pradesh and and that on diesel was `3.56 a litre. the assault on the deceased duo. in different parts of the state tricts like Kalahandi, said a market in the district was in the next two days, while Kandhamal, Boudh, Angul, hard hit. Twelve people were killed moderate to light rains are Dhenkanal, Cuttack, and 150 others injured in the ex- expected in other parts of Bargarh and Jajpur may plosion which has destroyed sev- the state for next few days. see heavy rainfall. Light to eral buildings, state-run CGTN- Issuing a ‘Yellow Warning’ moderate rains are likely TV reported. ‘Small’ groups don’t rule the world (be updated) for the next two to continue in many other Hong Kong-based South China days, the IMD said, “Heavy places of Odisha Tuesday. Morning Post reported that the ex- The re-emergence of China as a leading global power is among the most significant geopolitical events of recent times to very heavy rainfall is very The department, however, plosion took place at the Yanhu likely to occur at one or two has not issued any warning market in Shiyan when many res- REUTERS back against human rights violations. to show the world that the richest places over the districts of regarding heavy rains for idents were having breakfast “The days when global decisions CHINA CAUTIONS G7 democracies can offer an alternative Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Wednesday and Thursday. or buying vegetables in the market. London, June 13: China Sunday point- were dictated by a small group of coun- to China’s growing clout. Bargarh, Sambalpur, The IMD also said that as far The city’s municipal office edly cautioned Group of Seven leaders tries are long gone,” a spokesman for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Deogarh, Angul, Keonjhar, as the state capital is con- initially said “many” people were that the days when “small” groups of the Chinese embassy in London said. Trudeau led a G7 discussion of China Mayurbhanj Monday.” cerned, there may be few trapped after the incident. The countries decided the fate of the world “We always believe that countries, Saturday and called on leaders to come It added that heavy rains spells of rains and thun- cause of the accident is under was long gone, hitting back at the rich- big or small, strong or weak, poor or up with a unified approach to the chal- may also occur in the other derstorms Monday. The max- investigation. est democracies as they sought to act rich, are equals, and that world affairs lenges posed by the People’s Republic, parts of the state Monday. imum temperature could go in concert to counter Beijing’s might. should be handled through consulta- a source said. The G7 is planning to According to the evening up to 33°C. It has also issued The re-emergence of China as a tion by all countries." offer developing nations an infrastructure bulletin of the IMD, heavy an advisory for the fisher- leading global power is considered to The Chinese spokesman said the scheme that could rival Xi’s multi-tril- rainfall is very likely to men not to venture into deep WEATHER be one of the most significant geopo- only valid global system was the in- lion-dollar Belt and Road initiative. occur at one or two places sea till June 15. y BHUB CTK litical events of recent times, alongside ternational order based on the prin- Beijing has repeatedly hit back over the districts of The bulletin said that the

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FORTUNE FORECAST Sushmita turns hairstylist for daughter Alisah Ananya is Mumbai: Actress Sushmita Sen posted an ARIES Instagram snapshot giving a haircut to her You have to take care of younger daughter Alisah Saturday. your health, and at last you Known for her witty and engaging, realise the importance of Sushmita called herself Alisah’s ‘of- diet and exercise. However, today you in caption ficial choice of hairdresser’ in a note may wish to eat something new, or try some different cuisine. Ganesha says go she wrote alongside the picture post. out with some old friends whom you have She credited elder daughter, actress been neglecting of late. Renee, for capturing the moment. “Busy weekend anyone?!!! Alisah has a way of making me feel really impor- tant…I've been her official choice of dilemma TAURUS hairdresser since she was 3yrs old!!! You will be fondly thinking While I am all stressed about cutting Mumbai: Actress Ananya Panday is in a dilemma as about your close friends, Tiger wishes Disha particularly about the ones her hair, she simply meditates!! Love she has run out of captions for her pictures on of the opposite sex. It may suddenly her confidence!!! #sharing #simple- social media. dawn upon you that you are in love, says joys #mammahood. Nice shot @re- Ananya posted a set of pictures on Ganesha. If per chance, there is a roman- neesen47. I love you guys!!!” Sushmita Instagram. In the images, the actress is seen on her b’day with tic encounter, go ahead and dive fearless- wrote. taking a mirror selfie. ly in the pool of love. Sushmita is shooting for the sec- The daughter of actor Chunky Panday ond season of Ram Madhvani’s web looks stunning in a black outfit paired series Arya. IANS with nude make-up and pink lip stain. a dance video GEMINI For the caption, Ananya wrote: Your family members and “(heart and fire emoji) (u guys will be Mumbai: Actor Tiger Shroff took to social media your friends will have much happy to know I literally cannot Sunday to wish his rumoured ladylove, actress Disha higher expectations from MANOJ ON THE FAMILY MAN 2 think of captions anymore but I'll be Patani on her 29th birthday in a special way. you today, and trying to fulfill the same back).” What can be said as a visual treat to Tiger and Disha’s will make your irritable. However, you will figure out creative ways to juggle CONTROVERSY The actress will next be seen in fans, the actor shared a video where the two of them the many demands made upon you and the film Liger opposite Telugu star are dancing together. Wishing Disha on her birthday, come out on tops at the end of it all, Mumbai: Actor Manoj Bajpayee sentimental to each and Vijay Deverakonda. Tiger wrote: “Happy bday villainnn @dishapatani.” says Ganesha. has returned as Shrikant Tiwari every person and state. We The film has been directed by Even though Tiger and Disha are rumoured to be in The Family Man 2, and he is get- are sensitive to the culture. Puri Jagannnadh. Produced by Karan dating for quite some time, the two actors have ting a good response for the role We would never do anything Johar, the film is scheduled to re- refrained from speaking about their re- CANCER again. The series, however, faced to offend anyone. Even in the lease September 9. lationship status. You will tackle with ease, the ire of certain sections before re- first season, and in this She also stars in Shakun Tiger’s mother Ayesha Shroff even the most confounding lease, over allegations that it de- season of The Family Batra’s untitled next also took to Instagram Sunday to challenges today. You may picted Tamils in an ‘objectionable Man' we don’t talk with Deepika wish Disha a happy birthday. be the scapegoat, though, fears Ganesha. manner’. The actor feels the series Padukone and Ayesha shared a couple of pho- Beware, or this may shake you and lower about politics. We your self-confidence. Try to shake off has worked, and that proves people put the characters Siddhant tographs of Disha, one with her- your weaknesses, and you should see know the story isn’t about hurting there and we look at Chaturvedi. self and the other one where the yourself obtaining energy and positivity. sentiments. those characters in a IANS actress is playing with a calf. “We as a humanised way. All “Happpppppyyyy birthday team — our those characters are deeeeeshu!! Everyone sees the glam- LEO directors, heroes of their own orous you but I love this side the writers — story. Now, the show most!! @dishapatani,” Ayesha Financial gains in shares and stocks are indicated. If are very is there right in front wrote. you are an investor, your of you. I know you Commenting on her investments will yield substantial profits. are liking it because post, Disha replied: Long-standing debts are also likely to be somewhere you feel that the “Awww love you cleared, and pending dues will be settled. show is not at all what you were so much auntyy. Expenses for the purposes of entertain- ment are a possibility, says Ganesha. apprehensive about. It is talking You’re the about you and your sentiment best.” in a very respectful manner On the work with all the love,” Bajpayee front, Disha VIRGO told IANS. IANS features along- Ganesha foretells that your side Salman writing abilities will help Khan in you give vent to your emo- Radhe : Your tions without hurting others. You will Most Wanted finish all your incomplete tasks success- Bhai. IANS fully. Ganesha says that you will experi- ence success in everything that you choose to do today.

LIBRA Ganesha says that there are chances that today you might start some long- pending renovation project for your house. You may decorate your home with new paintings and items. There may be guests over in the evening that will make you very happy.

SCORPIO The one thing that we neg- SUDOKU lect the most about our- To solve the Sudoku puzzle, fill in the boxes in such a selves is health. But today post manner that every row, column and 3x3 box contains you are unable to do that. Your health PEANUTS CROSSWORD needs to be paid enough attention as you the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any. may be suffering from ailment/s. Try to regularise your routine along with healthy food and regular exercise, advises Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS For you, appreciation and recognition for the efforts you put in may be delayed, but it's not denied. There's is no point losing heart and getting disappointed. This may only affect your work, instead, wait for a better tomorrow, Ganesha says giving you hope.

CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN The hassle and bustle around you will not disturb you today. You've been holding your emotions in your heart and they have started suffocating you. Such SOLUTIONS an uncomfortable situation may hamper your logical reasoning power and make you feel trapped.

AQUARIUS Today is the day to turn dreams into reality and how! With your talent, wit, and intelligence you will make a great impression on everyone's mind, feels

Ganesha. Icing on the cake will be the BREVITY CROSSWORD cash inflow. You know your cards and you play them well to your advantage.

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over to dinner at your place in the SUDOKU evening, says Ganesha. CHECK FOR SOLUTIONS OF THE PUZZLES TOMORROW COVID-19 TRACKER P3 SNANA YATRA PREP MONDAY | JUNE 14 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR INFECTED RECOVERED DEAD Artisans preparing World 17,64,90,773 16,04,69,213 38,12,282 decorative pieces for the upcoming Snana India 2,94,39,989 2,80,43,446 3,70,384 Yatra of Srimandir Odisha 8,51,782 7,96,799 3,302

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POST NEWS NETWORK This comes after the office of the state drug controller raided Bhubaneswar, June 13: Health several medicine stores, whole- Minister Naba Kishore Das Sunday salers dealing with the procure- warned medicine dealers of strict ment, distribution and sales of actions if they are found indulged medicines in the state. in malpractices such as the sale The department in the last few and distribution of spurious drugs raids in Cuttack, Rourkela and in the state. other cities has found spurious The Health minister said that Favipiravir and nine other drugs raids had been undertaken after used in the treatment of different receiving information on such diseases including Covid-19. malpractices. “After the investi- Many of the of drug traders gations are done and reports of under lens have been booked under involvement of persons in such the Drugs and Cosmetics Act which cases are received from the au- has provisions of jail as well as thorities concerned, the state fine for the crimes which could di- government will take strict action Directorate of Drugs Control officials verifying records and samples of the rectly harm people’s health. against the persons involved,” seized medicines in Cuttack (File) The raids were triggered by inter- he said. state intelligence reports from the “We will not tolerate such rious Favipiravir medicines and samples have been sent to labs in offices of drug controllers of things in the state. After receiv- each box had around 100 tablets. Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. He said Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra ing vital information, the drug Other drugs relating to cold and that the health department and and other states which led to more controller’s office swung into ac- other ailments were also seized the police department have also revelations post seizure and raids tion and raided a drug trader in on suspicion,” he said. been asked to act in such cases on selected traders and dealers of Cuttack. We saw 170 boxes of spu- According to the minister, the and trace the malpractices. drugs in the state. 100 foreign-bound students shortlisted 45 more succumb Locals pick holes in ‘smooth’ vax claim for vaccination POST NEWS NETWORK “The authorities had recently POST NEWS NETWORK The civic body is yet opened a vaccination centre in our to Covid in 24 hrs Cuttack, June 13: Contrary to locality. The centre was closed after to set up special Bhubaneswar, June 13: Taking an the smooth vaccination claims by vaccination centres two days of vaccination. We have initiative to vaccinate those seek- AGENCIES the civic authorities, many locals raised the issue with the CMC but for the elderly people ing to fly abroad for higher studies, KHURDA DISTRICT, WHERE STATE in the Silver City here have alleged to no avail,” said social activist the Bhubaneswar Municipal Bhubaneswar, June 13: Odisha CAPITAL BHUBANESWAR IS several loopholes in the inoculation despite repeated Sushant Kumar Sahu of Corporation (BMC) has prepared Sunday reported 4,469 fresh Covid- LOCATED, REPORTED THE HIGHEST drive against novel coronavirus. requests in this Bankabazar area. a list of about 100 students who 19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 612 NEW CASES, FOLLOWED BY The locals have claimed that the regard from several Many in the city have blamed the will be administered the Covishield 8,51,782, while 45 more deaths CUTTACK (413), JAJPUR (370), authorities of Cuttack Municipal quarters. Many senior online registration and slot book- vaccine in the state capital. pushed the toll to 3,302, a Health de- BALASORE (318) AND Corporation (CMC) are yet to make citizens of the city ing system as a stumbling block in As per sources, while only partment official said. DHENKANAL (252) any special arrangement for the vac- have been deprived of the vaccination of poor people and Covaxin doses are available in the Of the new infections, 2,546 were cination of elderly people. Moreover, the vaccine due to the slum dwellers. “The city has around capital city, special arrangements reported from quarantine centres, JHARSUGUDA IN WESTERN ODISHA the civic body has failed to vacci- online registration 50,000 slum dwellers. Till date, only have been made to make available while the rest 1,923 were local con- HAS THE LOWEST TPR OF 0.7 PER nate the slum dwellers and people and slot booking around a thousand people from the Covishield vaccines for those tact cases. CENT WHILE JAJPUR DISTRICT IN from lower strata of the society, system the slums have been vaccinated planning to go abroad. The reason Khurda district, where state cap- COASTAL ODISHA HAS THE they alleged. BISHNU CHARAN DAS SAMANTA I against the deadly virus,” said behind this special arrangement is ital Bhubaneswar is located, re- HIGHEST TPR OF Sources in the CMC claimed CUTTACK SENIOR CITIZENS’ Brundaban Das Azad, president that Covaxin is yet to be recog- ported the highest 612 new cases, 19.5 PER CENT that a total of 3,48,874 doses of FORUM GENERAL SECRETARY of Akhila Odisha Jhopadipati nised as a vaccine by the foreign na- followed by Cuttack (413), Jajpur Covid vaccine have been admin- Mahasanga that champions the tions. (370), Balasore (318) and Dhenkanal istered to the people of Cuttack to set up special vaccination cen- ple from outside the city are get- cause of slum dwellers. While 83 students are enlisted (252). At least 15 of the 30 districts the highest number of 534 fatalities since the launch of the inocula- tres for the elderly people despite ting inoculated at various vacci- There are also allegations that after verification of the necessary reported less than 100 positive cases in Khurda district followed by tion drive against the deadly virus repeated requests in this regard nation centres here. A few days the CMC is yet to create aware- documents, 19 have already been ad- in the past 24 hours. Sundargarh (307), Ganjam (299), January 16 this year. from several quarters. Many sen- ago, they had opened a vaccina- ness on the vaccination drive among ministered with the doses. Khurda has topped the tally with Cuttack (210) and Puri (152). The civic authorities have time ior citizens of the city have been tion centre at Ravenshaw the poor and people from the lower “Two vaccination centres at PN a total 1,26,718 Covid cases followed Sources said 11 districts in the and again claimed that special deprived of the vaccine due to the University but there was no strata. College, Khurda and CMC Kalyan by Cuttack (69,720), Sundargarh state have reported a total posi- arrangements are in place to in- online registration and slot book- arrangement for the locals. Even, “Only a few educated people Mandap, Gopalpur, Cuttack have (57,815) Angul (37,892) and Jajpur tivity rate less than 4 per cent, 6 dis- oculate elderly people, differently- ing system,” said Bishnu Charan the local Puja committee was not from our community have been been made available for providing (32,210). tricts have between 5 to 7.5 per- abled persons and foreign-bound stu- Das Samanta, general secretary informed on the issue,” said Uttam vaccinated against the Covid-19. vaccination to students leaving for Official sources said 45 fresh cent while 13 districts have more dents. of senior citizens’ forum of Cuttack. Behera, president of College More than 80 per cent people have overseas. Moreover, a special desk Covid deaths were reported from than 7.5 percent. “We have made special arrange- Moreover, it has been alleged Square Puja Committee. been deprived of the vaccine due has been set up for the document 19 districts in the past 24 hours. Jharsuguda in Western Odisha ments to vaccinate foreign-bound stu- that many people who have been ad- Several locals have claimed that to their ignorance about the inoc- verification and listing of the stu- Khurda district registered the high- has the lowest TPR of 0.7 per cent dents. Around 30 students have been ministered the first dose of the they are facing difficulties in get- ulation drive,” said Qadam-E-Rasool dents at operation centres here,” a est number of six deaths, while while Jajpur district in coastal vaccinated in these facilities since vaccine are now facing difficulties ting the vaccine even after booking Development Committee president BMC official said. Cuttack district reported four Odisha has the highest TPR of 19.5 June 9,” said a source in the CMC. in getting the second dose. slots for the same at various vac- Sheikh Muntakim Bux. The foreign-bound students for deaths. Three each died in six dis- per cent. So far, 7,96,799 patients have However, the locals claimed that “The CMC has failed to make cination centres. They alleged that Despite rerated attempts, CMC higher studies in the age group of tricts, two each in six districts and recovered in the state. the CMC has not introduced any any arrangement at the ward- many vaccination centres in the city commissioner Ananya Das could 18-44 can register their requests one each in five districts. In the last 24 hours, 62,034 special measure to vaccinate the eld- level for the smooth vaccination have been closed by the authorities not be reached for her comments through 1929 call centre. While no So far, the Covid-19 has claimed samples were tested. erly people. “The civic body is yet of the local residents. Many peo- without citing any valid reason. on the issue. pre-booking of slots is necessary, students will need to keep ready doc- uments like confirmation letter of admission from the respective for- FESTIVAL AMID PANDEMIC eign universities and their valid ID OTDC launches ‘Pitha on Wheels’ proof for the vaccination process. “I came home during Covid after POST NEWS NETWORK completing my second year. I was in great stress to take the vaccine Bhubaneswar, June 13: Raja fes- before joining the class. Now I am tival is synonymous with varieties happy that I can go and join my class of cakes (pithas). Keeping this in with the two doses of vaccines,’’ said view, Odisha Tourism Development Urmila Pradhan, a third-year stu- Corporation (OTDC) Sunday dent of Vinnitsa National Medical launched a special programme University in Ukraine. named ‘Pitha on Wheels’. According to OTDC sources, dif- ferent kinds of pithas such as ‘Poda Delhi-based firm Pitha’, ‘Manda’, ‘Kakara’, ‘Arisha’, ‘Chakuli’ and ‘Chandrakala’ have dupes NGO of lakhs been made available at these kiosks under ‘Pitha on Wheels’ pro- POST NEWS NETWORK gramme. These vehicles selling traditional cakes have been sta- Bhubaneswar, June 13: A firm tioned in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack based in New Delhi allegedly duped and Sambalpur. a non-profit organisation here of In Bhubaneswar, OTDC’s mo- around Rs 7 lakh on the pretext of bile kiosks will be available at six providing various financial con- places namely Master Canteen OTDC chairperson Shreemayee Mishra along with senior officials launches sultancy and community-based Square, Khandagiri Square, CRP ‘Pitha on Wheels’ initiative in Bhubaneswar, Sunday OP PHOTOS project related services. The NGO Square, Patia Square, Kalinga Kusum Foundation lo- Chandrasekharpur Square and Chandrasekharpur, Rupali Square Apart from ‘pithas’, cated at Infocity road at Patia has Rupali Square. They will remain and CRP Square through the ‘Pitha masks manufactured lodged a complaint with the po- open from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm on Wheels’ programme. lice in this regard. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Masks made by self-help groups by SHGs will also be on According to the complaint, the Apart from ‘pithas’, masks man- (SHGs) will also be available at the sale at the ‘Pitha on NGO and the accused firm Innovative ufactured by SHGs will also be on counters. Not only Bhubaneswar, Financial Advisors Private Limited sale at the ‘Pitha on Wheels’ vehi- last year Sambalpur Panthanivas Wheels’ vehicles signed several agreements between cles. had also organised ‘Pitha on January and March 2019. The NGO Meanwhile, denizens can enjoy Wheels’. function. had reportedly paid a total Rs 17, different types of Pitha (pancakes) All the OTDC officials along OTDC sources added that OTDC 46,400 to the Delhi-based project like Manda, Arisha, Kakara, with the Bhubaneswar Panthanivas had earned Rs 11 lakh from selling consultancy firm. The NGO alleged Chakuli, Chandrakala at staff were present at the inaugural ‘pithas’ last year. that the firm failed to provide any Bhubaneswar Panthanivas dur- service for which it had received ing the three-day festival and the huge amount of money from the food items will be prepared in a NGO. Subsequently, the consul- completely hygienic process by the tancy company was asked by the Mission Shakti mothers and OTDC organization to return the money. workers” informed OTDC However, the company allegedly Chairperson Shreemayee Mishra. returned only Rs 7 lakhs while a In view of the shutdown, the

cheque of Rs 5.60 lakhs was bounced Bhubaneswar Panthanivas will

k y m c due to insufficient amount in the deliver Pithas to the people at six bank account of the foundation, said places from morning 7am to 11am. the city-based organization. A sep- Likewise, from 15 to 17 June, arate case has also been filed against Despite the Covid-induced lockdown, children in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar getting ready for the Pithas will be available near Master the firm under the Negotiable three-day Raja festival that begins Monday. Poda Pitha, a traditional cake, and swing rides have been the main attraction Canteen Square, Khandagiri The traditional cakes on display during the annual Raja festival at Panthanivas Instruments Act. of the annual festival OP PHOTOS Square, Patia Square, in Bhubaneswar P4 MONDAY | JUNE 14 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

5 ECoR trains to run MONSOON BLUES

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Bhubaneswar, June 13: Ministry of Railways has decided to revise the timings of some special trains in Southern Railway Jurisdiction. blood donation drives Four trains passing through ECoR jurisdiction and one originating POST NEWS NETWORK tion must be encouraged,” he said. train will run on revised timings The blood banks in the state at some stations over Southern Bhubaneswar, June 13: The meanwhile claim that they screen Railway. outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic the donated blood against diseases 08496 Bhubaneswar- and subsequent lockdowns as well like HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis Rameswaram Special from as shutdowns seem to have taken C before administering it to other Bhubaneswar beginning June 18, a toll on the blood donation drives patients through techniques like 2021 will arrive at Chennai Egmore across the state. NAT-PCR and other robust means. at 0815 hours and will leave at 0830 Several blood banks in the state However, till now the NAT-PCR hours towards Rameswaram. saw a sharp decline in blood col- technique is available only in 03352 Alleppey-Dhanbad Special lection during the pandemic, mak- Capital Hospital, MKCG Medical from Alleppey starting June 16 ing the health system vulnerable. College (Berhampur), VIMSAR will run on revised timings at Owing to the restrictions, the blood (Burla) and SCB Medical College Ernakulam, Alwaye, Trichur, donation drives and overall func- (Cuttack). Wadakkancheri, Ottapalam and tioning of the centres suffered a jolt. of rare blood groups like AB group. Meanwhile there are many pa- Palakkad stations. Officials from the Central Red Dr Debasish Mishra, in-charge tients who regularly need blood 02666 Kanyakumari-Howrah Cross Blood Bank, Cuttack, one of of Capital Hospital blood bank at- transfusions for their survival or Special from Kanyakumari will the largest blood banks of Odisha tributed lesser collections to the better quality of lives like patients A portion of have revised timings at that used to collect upto 150 units closure of educational institutions. of Thalessemia. Experts claim that a road in Kanyakumari, Tirunevelli, of blood per day during the pre- “Like several other sectors, blood centres where mandatory NAT- CDA Kovilpatti, Satur and Virudunagar Covid days is now struggling to donations also got affected due to PCR is done for the blood samples Sector-7 stations from June 19. get even 50 units of blood per day. Covid-19. Educational institutions are safer than others. area of 02665 Howrah-Kanyakumari However through special camps, the had been our prime source of blood “There are several sets of peo- Cuttack Special from Howrah beginning centre has been trying to ensure donations but as they remained ple like Thalessemia patients who caves in June 21 will have revised timings timely collections. closed we focused on local clubs require regular blood transfu- following the at Tiruneveli station. “Although the collections are and other voluntary donors to keep sions. For them and for others recent spell 08190 Ernakulam-Tata Special down due to Covid, we have been the drive going,” he said. also the receipt of safe blood from of heavy from Ernakulam starting June 23, roping in special blood collection Dr Mishra meanwhile urged centres undertaking mandatory rain in the will have revised timings at drives to regularly collect blood the people to come in good num- NAT-PCR tests give an added ad- Silver City. Ernakulam, Aluva, Thrisur, for our blood bank,” Dr Chandrika bers to donate blood which he vantage as it can detect fatal in- (Bottom) An Palakkad, Podanur, Tiruppur, Erode Das, Director, Central Red Cross claimed can save upto three lives. fections like HIV in initial stages SUV gets and Salem stations. Blood Bank, Cuttack said. “A single unit of blood can save of infection,” said Dr CR Prasad, stuck in a The timings of the above trains The blood bank at Capital lives of three patients. The do- head of department of transfusion sinkhole on at other scheduled stations will Hospital, which caters to the areas nated blood is used in treatment medicine, VIMSAR, Burla. a road at remain unchanged. Passengers upto 100 kms away from the city, also of patients of cancer, burn, tha- However owing to the high cost Ravenshaw are advised to follow National suffered a setback due to the pan- lessemia and others. Blood is the of the machine, several blood banks University in Train Enquiry System (NTES) to demic. The centre also caters to only live thing from a human body are still deprived of this or de- Cuttack get the revised schedules at dif- the needs of other districts far that can be donated while the pendent on the NAT-PCR machines OP PHOTOS ferent stations. away from the state capital in case donor is alive and thus its dona- setup in different medical colleges. Woman killed in OAVS FAMILY PAYS TRIBUTE Odisha sends 29,313 MT TO EDUPRENEUR SAHOO crocodile attack O2 to 17 states in 52 days POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, June 13: Odisha PRESS TRUST OF INDIA POST NEWS NETWORK Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan (OAVS) family paid tribute to Kendrapara, June 13: A 55-year- Cuttack, June 13: In the last 52 edupreneur Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, old fisherwoman has died follow- days, Odisha has sent 1,577 con- advisor of OAVS who passed ing an attack by a crocodile in tainers carrying 29,313.583 metric away recently, through a virtual close vicinity of Bhitarkanika tonne (MT) of medical oxygen to event Sunday. National Park in Odisha’s 17 states facing shortage of the On this occasion, School and Kendrapara district. lifesaving gas in treating Covid-19 Mass Education Minister Sameer An estuarine crocodile pounced patients, an official said Sunday. Ranjan Mishra also participated in on the woman while she was fish- According to ADGP (Law and the virtual meeting. The minister ing in a creek at Vekta village Order) YK Jethwa, who is also the said Sahoo was a visionary leader under the jurisdiction of Rajnagar nodal officer overseeing the logis- and an advisor of OAVS. He added police station Saturday. tics for the transportation of oxy- that Sahoo had succeeded in reach- The half-eaten body of the and consequent retaliatory attacks gen, Odisha Police is leaving no of liquid oxygen. Tamil Nadu, on gen have been sent to Delhi, while ing out to deserving children from woman was retrieved from Patasala by people have become a regular fea- stone unturned to ensure that there the other hand, received 239 four tankers with 107.89 MT of across Odisha and also ensured river Sunday, officials said. ture in this part of the state, forest is no delay in loading and trans- tankers filled with 4416.418 MT medical grade oxygen have been they get quality education. The incident occurred outside the officials said. portation of oxygen. of medical oxygen. sent to Punjab. Bijaya Sahoo’s hard work and de- limits of the national park. The conflict and consequent loss As many as 125 containers were Haryana has received 182 con- While Karnataka received 21 termination had taken him to great The deceased woman’s family of human lives are most frequently dispatched from Angul with tainers filled with 3331.793 MT of tankers with 424.99 MT of oxygen, heights said Satyabrata Sahoo, will be given Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia recorded during the monsoon and 2036.562 MT of medical oxygen oxygen. 41 tankers with 660.051 3 tankers with 66.14 MT of the life- Principal Secretary, School and File photo of Bijaya Kumar Sahoo under the compensation payment winter months, the nesting sea- and 339 tankers were sent from MT of oxygen have so far been saving gas have so far been sent to Mass Education department. scheme, the Divisional Forest son of the estuarine crocodiles. Dhenkanal with 5647.33MT of the sent to Maharashtra, while 836.711 Bihar. Two tankers carried 25.29 MT Earlier, Satyabrata Sahoo had project of late OAV advisor Bijaya Officer, Rajnagar Mangrove Often, the mishaps occur when lifesaving gas. While 312 containers MT of the lifesaving gas filled in 50 of oxygen to Chandigarh, while revealed that the construction of the Kumar Sahoo and commencement (wildlife) Forest Division, Bikash the victims intrude into animal carried 6358.494 MT of the gas tankers have been dispatched to 21 tankers with 405.068 MT of the proposed Adarsha Vidyalaya at of classes from the next academic Chandra Dash said. habitat, for illegal fishing, poach- from Jajpur, 801 tankers have so far Chhattisgarh. gas have been sent to Kerala. West Andharua had already started and year will be a befitting tribute to According to this year’s reptile ing, wood collection and honey col- left Rourkela with 15271.197 MT of As many as 68 tankers have car- Bengal, on the other hand, received the entire project would be com- him, Sahoo said. census, the Bhitarkanika National lection, they said. medical grade oxygen. ried 1319.962 MT of oxygen to Uttar 29.1 MT oxygen filled in a tanker. pleted by 2022. The meeting also re- On the occasion, a music video Park and adjoining Mahanadi The animals, in the wake of de- While Andhra Pradesh has so Pradesh, while 67 containers with Jharkhand and Rajasthan have viewed the ongoing civil works re- by the students of OAVs was pre- deltaic region are home to 1,768 pleted food reserves in the river far received 465 tankers contain- 1182.6 MT of the gas have been so far received 52.1 MT and 39.42 MT lated to all Odisha Adarsha sented and a plantation drive was saltwater crocodiles. system, stray into nearby rivulets ing 9111.371 MT oxygen, Telangana sent to Madhya Pradesh. Around of oxygen respectively filled in two Vidyalayas (OAVs). also organised to commemorate Lethal attacks by the reptiles and nullahs. got 387 tankers with 6894.439 MT 22 tankers with 410.24 MT of oxy- tankers each. The model school is a dream his memory. FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS Tribal Museum virtual tour showcases Dongria Kandhas

POST NEWS NETWORK Rani, Dhan Nuakhia, Pidika, Punapadi, Dongar Puja, Meria Bhubaneswar, June 13: During Puja, Bihan Puja. Social equality the rise in Covid-19 cases, ST & SC is an important feature of Dongria Development department tem- Kandha Society. Born out of labour- porarily shut down the Odisha intensive nature of hill cultiva- State Tribal Museum located on tion, the village labour coopera- the premises of Scheduled Caste tives foster kinship, reduce the and Scheduled Tribe Research and financial burden on families and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), ensure dignity to all members of the Bhubaneswar for public. community. As an initiative, virtual tour of Through the cooperative, ado- the Museum has been taken up lescent boys and girls, men, women by the department. This Sunday rating, wall painting, comb making, and elderly contribute equally in the audience witnessed the pineapple cultivation and fruit pro- terms of labour towards the village ‘Indigenous Knowledge System cessing. They are shifting culti- fields and orchards. The film fo- of Dongria Kandha Tribe’ (Labour vators. cuses on various types of labour co- Cooperatives) through the Dharani Penu is their supreme operatives of the Dongria Kandha, Facebook and Twitter pages deity and sits in every village street their structure, organisation and @stscdev, @scstrti, said Prof AB in a hut called Kudi represented by functioning. The film also docu- Ota, Director SCSTRTI. three elevated stones. Her consort ments, how over time the role of Dongria Kandhas live in Bissam Kotebali Penu is represented by a these cooperatives have evolved Cuttack, Kalyansinghpur, big vertical stone with a crossed and changed. Munniguda blocks of Rayagada. wooden pole at its back. Earlier, the museum had virtu- Their main occupations are em- The important festivals are ally showcased the life and culture

Police enforcing the weekend shutdown at Jaydev Vihar Square in Bhubaneswar, Sunday OP PHOTO broidery, wood carving and deco- Ghanta Parba, Salangi, Mandia of the Juang tribe of Gonasika.

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Jajpur medical college RAIN PAIN

k y m c construction plan ready LONG STANDING DEMAND BY LOCAL RESIDENTS FINALLY GETS APPROVAL

HEALTHCARE BOOST Engineer-in-chief (Civil) has prepared a plan outlay of Rs 426 crore for construction of the hundred-bed hospital and medical college. The district administration has also handed over 21 acres of land out of the earmarked 40 acres for the project at Ankula square The demand for building a medical col- lege is not an overnight development while a lot of effort has gone to make the project a reality L&T has prepared a three- phase layout for construction of parking slots and site entry demarcation. The layout People in Phampuni village under Jeypore block of Koraput district drying up paddy on road which got wet in low pressure triggered rainfall OP PHOTO includes construction of the hospital POST NEWS NETWORK The demand for building a med- ical college is not an overnight de- block, medical college, auditorium, gents and ladies hostels, and quarters Jajpur, June 13: The Union velopment, sources said. They for resident doctors, nurses, teaching Cabinet has given its approval for added that a lot of effort has gone and non-teaching staff and pharmacists establishment of a government- to make the project a reality. run medical college and hospital Residents and various outfits have Large quantity of ‘fake’ medicines seized in Jajpur town in this district in been demanding the establishment resident doctors, nurses, teaching December, 2020 in a special scheme of a medical college at Panikoili. and non-teaching staff and phar- of the Centre, a report said. They have also staged agitations on macists. POST NEWS NETWORK The official informed that the The matter came to the fore more than 100 occasions. The parking slot for two-wheel- authorities of the pharma unit after the engineer-in-chief (Civil) The agitations got scaled down ers will be constructed on a 1700- Bolangir, June 13: Coming close failed to produce satisfactory doc- prepared a plan outlay of Rs 426 after the administration announced sq km area. This apart, split floor on the heels of a massive haul of umentation regarding the pro- crore for construction of the hun- that it will set up a trauma care cen- parking, facilities for open park- fake medicines from various places duction or procurement of the dred-bed hospital and medical col- tre at Panikoili. The tender process ing of cars and other vehicles in Rourkela and Cuttack, a team of seized medicines. lege. The district administration for establishment of the trauma will also be constructed. The lay- officials from the office of the drug A few days ago, a drugs control has also handed over 21 acres of care centre has been completed. out proposes to build the main inspector in Bolangir district raided squad had seized huge quantities land out of the earmarked 40 acres However, its construction has been entry point to the medical col- Sunday medicine distributor ‘Modi of fake anti-covid drugs 'Favipiravir' for the project at Ankula square. delayed for reasons best known to lege from Ankula Square and an Pharmaceuticals’ in this town. The in Cuttack. The implementing agency L&T the authorities. However, the con- emergency entry point at team also raided some other shops Earlier Saturday, the state Health has submitted a master plan for con- struction of the medical college Baitarani river embankment, and godowns belonging to pharma department had directed the drugs struction of the main building, hos- has gathered pace and is on in full north of the hospital. outlets in this town. controller and police to launch a tel block, staff residential quarters, swing. When contacted, Arun Kumar, The team raided the godown of joint investigation into the trans- ancillary building and parking slots Keeping these things in mind, executive engineer of the Works ‘Modi Pharmaceuticals’ at Sudapara action of spurious medicines and for the medical college and hospi- L&T has prepared a three- phase department said L&T has been locality in this town. It seized 40 car- are trying to take advantage of the Tudu. Further action will be taken submit a report as quickly as pos- tal which will be constructed on layout for construction of park- given the charge for construction tons of ‘fake’ medicines used in situation. They are trying to make after availability of the report, he sible. turnkey basis. This has paved the ing slots and site entry demarca- of the medical college in the ten- the treatment of cough and cold huge profits at the cost of the com- added. Sources said, over 170 cartons of way for the construction of the tion. The layout includes con- der process. Accordingly, the from the unit. It is suspected that mon man. The wholesaler has been asked the fake drugs were seized from a medical college, which has been a struction of the hospital block, agency will construct the medical these medicines may have come Some portions of the seized med- not to sell the suspected brand to chemist unit at Kanika Chhak in long-standing demand of the resi- medical college, auditorium, gents college and hospital on turnkey from Cuttack. icines will be sent to laboratory the retailers or customers. However, the silver city. dents, the report said. and ladies hostels, and quarters for basis, he added. Reports said that with the vul- for examination and the authen- prior to the order, the distributor Similarly, three drugs stores in nerability of people at an all time ticity regarding them can be as- had already sold substantial quan- Rourkela were raided by a team high amid the second wave of the certained only after the report ar- tities of the ‘fake medicine’ to var- leading to seizure of more than Security forces Man turns ‘magnetic’ after Covid-19 pandemic, others gullible rives, said drugs inspector Babulal ious chemists in the district 300 strips of fake medicines. Youth found hanging diffuse 3 bombs RESIDENTS SEEK PERMISSION TO HOLD RATH YATRA Man accused of killing taking Covid-19 vaccine jab in Balasore district, in Malkangiri sister-in-law arrested POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK family cries foul Baripada servitors POST NEWS NETWORK Malkangiri, June 13: Danger was Sajanagarh, June 13: There have POST NEWS NETWORK averted when a team of BSF and been various reports of adverse Keonjhar, June 13: Bolani police Odisha Police personnel forces re- effects in some people after tak- Nilagiri, June 13: The body of a appeal to government Saturday evening arrested Rupa covered and diffused three tiffin ing Covid-19 vaccine jabs. However, youth was found hanging from a Singh Sidhu, who had been on the box bombs from Swabhimaan this one certainly takes the cake. tree at Kusanpur village under run after killing his sister-in-law. Anchal in Malkangiri district. The A man from Balasore district has Begunia gram panchayat in The accused had slitting her throat bombs had been planted by sus- claimed that he has turned ‘mag- Balasore district Sunday. The de- and had also sexually assaulted pected Maoists, the BSF informed netic’ after taking the Covid-19 vac- ceased has been identified as his mother-in-law. The gruesome in- in a tweet. cine shot. Indrajit Singh (22). His family mem- cident had taken place in Karo The BSF, Odisha informed this Rajendra Mohapatra, a resident bers alleged that he had been mur- forests under Bolani police limits in a tweet. “On 12th June, alert of Malyani village from Jamudiha dered. in Keonjhar district June 6. troops of BSF and Odisha Police panchayat under Nilagiri block is According to a source, Indrajit Acting on a tip-off, police car- thwart Maoist threat and recovered now being called as ‘Magnet Man’. had gone out of his house Saturday ried out a search operation in 03 Tiffin IEDs and explosive in Rajendra said he has heard about morning. He had informed his Bamebari locality and nabbed the general area of Mandapalli others who have developed mag- family that he was going out for a Siddhu. in Swabhimaan Anchal, netic properties in their bodies picnic with friends. However, he did Notably, Siddhu’s sister-in-law Malkangiri along AP-OD border,” after Covid-19 vaccination. not return even late in the night, POST NEWS NETWORK dents of this town met at the sec- Mariam and mother-in-law had the tweet said. “I had heard about such inci- leaving his family on tenterhooks. ond ‘Srikhetra’ by adhering to gone to the forest to collect fire- Malkangiri SP Rishikesh Khilar dents, about how people suffered Nashik district. He said that his The worried family members Baripada, June 13: The Odisha gov- Covid-19 safety protocols and lighted wood, mushrooms and other pro- said Sunday a joint team of the changes in their bodies and turned body turned magnetic after taking were informed Sunday morning ernment has allowed the Rath Yatra hundreds of lamps Saturday night duces. Later, Sidhu reached the BSF and Odisha Police were car- magnetic after taking the Covid-19 the second dose and made a video that a body was hanging from a festival only in Puri this year due so that the administration takes spot and picked up a quarrel with rying out routine search opera- injection. I had had my first dose of how coins and spoons stuck to his tree in the village. to the Covid-19 situation in the notice of their plea. Mariam. tions in Mandapalli area. Their at- April 26 and I experienced the same body. A team of doctors from Nashik They rushed to the spot and state. However, the rituals will be “Baripada is famous as the sec- The scene turned ugly as Sidhu tention fell on a suspicious mound change. I put some coins and spoons Municipal Corporation met Sonar identified it as that of Indrajit. conducted sans devotees and fol- ond ‘Srikhetra’ and the annual lost his cool and slit her throat under a tree. After digging up the on my body. I could not believe and tried to find out the reason. They immediately informed the lowing Covid-19 protocols strictly. Rath Yatra is being celebrated here with a sharp weapon, killing her mound, they came across the three what I saw – they remained fixed Later in the day, the Press police who reached the spot and However, the festival is banned in for over 450 years. In this context, on the spot. He then dragged the bombs. Khilar also informed that to my body,” Rajendra informed. Information Bureau’s (PIB) fact- brought down the body and sent it all other districts. it is quite unfortunate that the gov- body to a stone quarry and dumped the security forces took help of ex- “Like many, I also thought that checking arm said that it is com- for post-mortem. This decision by the state gov- ernment is not allowing the festi- it there. plosive experts to diffuse the bombs. this might be happening due to ex- mon to experience mild side-ef- Indrajit’s family members have ernment has not gone down well val to be celebrated here,” Lord Sidhu next turned his atten- He informed that had the bombs ex- cessive sweating. So I completely fects like headaches, pain or swelling alleged that he was murdered in a with people and servitors in this Jagannath’s Pujapanda Arun Das tion to his mother-in-law. He tied ploded it could have caused damage. dried up my body and tried the and at time also fever after getting pre-planned manner. The miscre- town. The servitors of the Jagannath lamented. “Covid-19 cases are in a her to a tree and sexually assaulted “The bombs were planted tar- same experiment again but in the Covid-19 vaccine jab. However, ants hung the body after killing temple here in association with declining trend in the state these her. However, she managed to es- geting the security personnel. vain,” he added. it is impossible to get magnetic re- him to pass it off as a suicide case. local residents have urged the days. In view of the present situa- cape from the spot and reported the Following the incident, the comb- The first such case of the body actions. “Do not fall prey to mis- The police said the post-mortem re- Mayurbhanj district administra- tion, the state government should incident at Kiriburu police sta- ing operation has been intensified turning magnetic was reported by information about Covid-19 vac- port will help solve the case. A de- tion to grant permission so that the allow celebration of the annual tion in neighbouring Jharkhand in the locality,” the district’s top cop a senior citizen Arvind Sonar from cines and get vaccinated,” the PIB tailed investigation is underway, it car festival can be conducted. Rath Yatra in Baripada this year, state. The officials then informed informed. Shivaji Chowk in Maharashtra’s said in a statement. was learnt. Several servitors and local resi- with restrictions,” Das added. their counterparts in Bolani police station. Since the gruesome murder, ‘GOOGLE MAPS’ SHOW PATI-SONAPUR BEACH IN GANJAM DISTRICT AS THAT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Sidhu had been absconding. However, police through their in- Locals express their ire formers managed to locate the accused and they finally arrested over bridge renaming Utkal Sammilani lodges protest him. POST NEWS NETWORK state on a daily basis. They de- POST NEWS NETWORK target is to complete the con- manded that immediate action be struction in one year. Berhampur, June 13: ‘Utkal taken to prevent such clandestine Bhadrak, June 13: Renaming an The under-construction bridge Sammilani’, a premier social and dealings. under-construction bridge on was named initially after eminent cultural outfit of Odisha has Moreover, the members also Salandi River has triggered re- Odia poet Kantakabi Laxmikanta strongly objected after Pati-Sonapur protested against the non-inclu- sentment among local residents at Mohapatra. However, it was later beach in Ganjam district has been sion of Odia language in the online Kuans area in Bhadrak district, renamed as Kuans Setu following marked as an area belonging to education portal of the Union gov- sources said Sunday. The new bridge strong opposition by local resi- Andhra Pradesh in ‘Google Maps’, ernment meant for students. The is being constructed in place of an dents. a report said. members said that among the 7201 old one which has already been de- “The foundation stone for a new The outfit was founded in 1903 recognised language in the world, molished, they said. bridge was laid down March 25 by Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das. Odia is the 37th language. According to a source, the old this year. Subsequently, the con- It pointed out the ‘mistake’ com- Odia has also received the status bridge was constructed in 2002 at struction work started here. Without mitted by ‘Google Maps’ during a of sixth national language in India. an estimated cost of over Rs 60 making alternative provision for virtual press conference conducted So the Centre cannot overlook the lakh due to the untiring efforts of road connectivity of commuters, the Sunday. importance of Odia as a language erstwhile MP of Bhadrak late Arjun old bridge was hurriedly demol- Ganjam district chief, Subrat Subrat said. Charan Sethi. The bridge was ished,” a local resident alleged. Kumar Sahu presided over the The members demanded im- ernment to the ‘mistake’. Dinabandhu Sripallav, secretary

named after him as ‘Arjun Setu’. On being contacted, Bhadrak meeting in which Odisha presi- mediate withdrawal of the wrong The members alleged that sand of the outfit coordinated the meet-

k y m c Meanwhile, sitting local MLAs Works Department executive dent Adwait Kumar Patra was also depiction of the beach in ‘Google mafia and fishermen from Andhra ing. Among others, Nakul Sahu, and MPs are keen to construct a new engineer Manoj Kumar Singh present. The members strongly Maps’. A decision was taken to in- Pradesh are also affecting the en- vice-president, educationist bridge and work for it has already said, “The old bridge was de- opposed the move to show Pati- form ‘Google’ regarding the wrong vironment in and around Chilika Banamali Panigrahi, state council begun. The 68-metre long new molished to facilitate construc- Sonapur beach in the district as be- depiction of the beautiful beach. lake. They said large quantities of members Kanhu Balakrushna bridge is being constructed at an tion of a new as well as wider longing to the state of Andhra The members said they will also at- fish and sand are being illegally Bihari and Nrusingha Prasad estimated cost of Rs 6.04 crore. The bridge in its place.” Pradesh. tract the attention of the Odisha gov- transported to the neighbouring Panda spoke on the occasion. P6 MONDAY | JUNE 14 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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inyamin Netanyahu is no between Israel and four Arab states. longer Israel’s Prime Netanyahu knew how to lever- Minister. After 12 years age regional changes to Israel’s Big Calls Small Bin power, what kind of benefit. He saw that the Middle country has he left behind? East’s incumbent Sunni regimes Netanyahu was not always the feared popular uprisings akin to he plan of the G-7 countries, currently holding a summit in the UK, irremediable hawk that his op- the 2011 Arab Spring, as well as the to donate one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries has ponents (especially outside Israel) rise of a nuclear (Shia) Iran. This, T been rightly mocked at by former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown thought him to be. He often dis- together with the recognition that as ‘passing around the begging bowl.’ Various human welfare groups and played a sharp pragmatism, re- the US is losing interest in the re- agencies have likewise dismissed it as too little too late as the world is con- flecting a keen intelligence, ex- gion, created a golden opportu- fronted with a once in a century crisis. Queen Elizabeth II seems to have cor- tensive historical knowledge, nity for Israel to normalise rela- rectly seized the gravity and magnitude of the crisis, when she reportedly impressive economic proficiency, tions with them – ostensibly didn’t conceal her angst and asked, tongue in cheek, the beaming G-7 lead- and a deep awareness of regional weakening the Palestinians’ diplo- ers posing for group photographs if they were “supposed to be looking as if and global trends. matic support significantly. you’re enjoying yourselves.” The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reply But remaining in power was Israel is now more divided than it has ever been, And yet, as the recent violence to the Queen in the affirmative may sound confounding, but in a way it sums paramount for Netanyahu, so he shows, Israel’s Palestinian problem up the irony of the fight against the pandemic. For, the G-7 heads of states tended to focus more on appeasing and Israelis have largely lost hope that their is as acute as ever, and Jerusalem posing for the photographs were without masks and only maintained the stip- his base than serving the national country can be both Jewish and democratic remains a flashpoint that could ulated social distance since they had all got their jabs against COVID-19. They interest. That often – and in- well trigger a religious war in the had, indeed, reasons to be without fear and hence cheerful, armed as they creasingly – meant pitting groups Middle East. Netanyahu’s coun- are with vaccines, while the world would need a stupendous 11 billion doses Shlomo Ben-Ami against one another by appealing happy, he refused to restrain con- Anything to stay in power. This par- terproductive fight against the to end the pandemic! to people’s tribal instincts. He struction by Jewish settlers in the ticular thing, however, may well 2015 Iran nuclear deal and his con- Vaccination efforts so far are heavily linked with wealth. Rich countries ruled by incitement, implement- West Bank and East Jerusalem, have been Netanyahu’s undoing: sequent failure to stem Iran’s nu- such as the United States, European countries, Israel and Bahrain are far NETANYAHU’S ing policies that matched his ultra- even during the negotiations. the coalition that his political op- clear ambitions and regional de- ahead of other countries in this regard. A total of 2.2 billion people against nationalistic, anti-Arab rhetoric. A similar logic lay behind ponents have formed would not signs only exacerbate the risk of a a world population of over 8 billion have been vaccinated worldwide, according PENCHANT FOR For example, Netanyahu backed Netanyahu’s exorbitant conces- have been large enough to unseat regional flare-up. to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. As most people need two BRIDGE-BURNING the 2018 nation-state law, which sions to Israel’s Orthodox com- him without Ra'am. Beyond the Abraham Accords, vaccine doses and possibly booster shots to tackle emerging variants, char- effectively establishes Israeli Arabs munity, reversing his own previ- That is not the only reason the Netanyahu oversaw two other ity organisation Oxfam called on G-7 leaders to support a waiver on the in- CAN ALSO BE as second-class citizens. And he em- ous efforts made as finance new coalition could not exist with- major strategic developments. tellectual property rights behind the vaccines. Of the 2 billion doses under braced the goal of annexation of minister in the early 2000s to cut out Netanyahu. Its eight ideolog- First, building on Israel’s new sta- the G-7 plan, 5 million will be given out by the end of September, 25 million SEEN IN ISRAEL’S Palestinian lands – an issue over their parasitic dependence on state ically diverse parties – including tus as a gas-producing power in the by the year-end and the remaining during 2022. So, the supply is not going DETERIORATING which Israeli right-wing coali- allowances. By contrast, he in- leftists, centrists, right-wing na- Eastern Mediterranean, he es- to be fast enough. tions have historically wavered – vested far less in improving the con- tionalists, and Arab Islamists – tablished a tripartite strategic al- COVID-19 has ripped through the global economy, with more than 17.5 crore IMAGE IN THE effectively taking extreme reli- ditions in Israel’s poorer periph- are united by one thing: the desire liance with Greece and Cyprus, infections reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the UNITED STATES, gious Zionism mainstream. ery; he trusted that his unrelenting to unseat him. Many are former as a counterweight to Turkey’s first cases were identified in China in late 2019. The World Health Organisation Netanyahu’s successive gov- attacks on the old liberal “elites” Netanyahu allies, who were in- destabilising aspirations. Second, (WHO) estimates 11 billion doses will be needed to vaccinate the whole ESPECIALLY ernments have worked tirelessly would be enough to maintain the creasingly alienated by his nar- he expanded Israel’s economic world to a level of 70 per cent, the point at which transmission of the virus to create the conditions for an- support of voters there. cissistic, overbearing, and often links with China, Japan, and India. could be significantly checked. AMONG nexation of the occupied West Netanyahu’s history of coali- shameful behaviour. For them, Yet Netanyahu’s economic The head of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has welcomed the G- MODERATES Bank. At times, he seemed to pri- tion-building reflects a similar his indictment on three charges of legacy also leaves much to be de- 7 move, but made it clear much more is needed, warning that if people in oritise the fantasy of Judea and focus on self-preservation. In the corruption and breach of trust sired. Under his strict neoliberal developing countries are not inoculated quickly, the coronavirus could mu- AND LIBERALS, Samaria shared by much of his past, he has formed governing was the last straw. policies, the welfare system was hit tate further and become resistant to the new vaccines. “We need a global vac- INCLUDING base above Israel itself, pouring bil- coalitions with left-leaning and Netanyahu’s penchant for hard, and Israel consolidated its po- cination plan. We need to act with logic, with a sense of urgency and with lions of dollars into realising it. centrist parties. After the last four bridge-burning can also be seen in sition as one of the OECD’s most the priorities of a war economy. We are still far from getting that,” Guterres MOST US JEWS And yet, there were times when legislative elections, however, he Israel’s deteriorating image in the unequal countries, with 21 per warned in a no-nonsense manner. Netanyahu was not quite the en- did not hesitate to govern with United States, especially among cent of the population living below US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have ergetic builder of Jewish settle- Jewish-supremacist factions. moderates and liberals, including the poverty line. announced they would donate 500 million and 100 million vaccines, re- ments in the West Bank that his This is not some reflection of a most US Jews. By aligning himself Ultimately, Netanyahu’s legacy spectively, for the world’s poorest nations, while Canada is expected to com- constituency wanted him to be. genuine ideological shift. If it was, closely with the Republican Party is one of tension, loathing, and mit to sharing up to 100 million doses. In 2009, he declared a ten-month Netanyahu would not have been and former President Donald chaos. Israel is now more divided While all the G-7 drama along with the Queen’s caustic remark are hap- freeze on new settlements that willing to strike a coalition deal Trump, he turned support for than it has ever been, and Israelis pening in the UK, the rest of the world is simultaneously watching the then-Secretary of State Hillary with Ra'am, an Islamist Party Israel into a hyper-partisan affair. have largely lost hope that their Chinese theatre. China has said that ‘the days when global decisions were Clinton called “unprecedented” linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, The recent escalation of vio- country can be both Jewish and dictated by a small group of countries are long gone’. This statement clearly (though no restrictions were placed this past March. This is, after all, lence with the Palestinians seems democratic. Can a government puts China on a path of virtual confrontation with the world’s biggest on the thousands of buildings al- the same man who warned in 2015 to have further estranged many united only by its aversion to democracies. This is not an unexpected development. China has been at its ready under construction to ex- that Israeli Arabs were heading to Americans. More fundamentally, Netanyahu push back against this game of attaining global hegemony for the last few decades. Coronavirus pan- pand existing settlements). the polling stations in droves, in it was a wake-up call for legacy? demic has forced a new order upon the earth. The virus that originated in In 2014, Netanyahu negotiated order to give his party a boost in Netanyahu, who believed he had a lab in Wuhan, China, has not only wreaked havoc on global health and econ- a peace framework with Palestinian a tight race. all but defeated the cause of The writer, a former Israeli omy but has also offered China a much higher level of power. The biggest President Mahmoud Abbas, in Netanyahu will go down in Palestinian nationalism. This be- Foreign Minister, is Vice example of Chinese hard power is the inability of all these democracies to which he adopted some unex- Israeli history as the politician lief was fortified by the recent President of the Toledo respond to the Hong Kong situation. There may have been worldwide demon- pectedly reasonable positions. That who legitimised the participation signing of the Abraham Accords, International Center for Peace. strations in support of the second anniversary of the Hong Kong uprising said, to keep his right-wing base of Arab parties in government. establishing diplomatic relations ©PROJECT SYNDICATE on 12 June 2021 but the G-7 could only voice impotent ‘concern’ about Hong Kong, Xinjiang, South China Sea and Tibet. That is probably why China could tell the world that these G-7 countries are ‘small’ and cannot dictate global decisions any longer. Chinese economy and the dictatorial government SPECTRUM MENTAL HEALTH look like it will not tolerate any interference from democracies of the world. When seen through this prism, the G-7 utterances and offerings to the world may have very serious fallouts on the free world in the days to come. Fear may take greater toll than the virus WISDOM CORNER n a WhatsApp message, a wife and mortality by other diseases. around 20 per cent. The lifestyle standing and trust, so vital for tells her half-asleep husband, Admittedly, existence of the virus we have espoused – nuclear families, healthy living. People can die of I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed “Wake up, there is news, lock- and the lingering morbidity and mad race for material values and os- mere imagination. Our perception with me. DUDLEY FIELD MALONE I down has been lifted from today. Get mortality it entails cannot be tentation, scant regard for native val- to an untoward event is ever dead- ready for the job.” The drowsy hus- shrugged off. Yet, for a moment ues that provide enormous strength lier than the catastrophe itself, it The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count band slowly leaves the bed, and place yourself in pre-Corona era. in crisis situations -- allows little is mind that has to be taught. our blessings. ERIC HOFFER picks up the broom to clean the India was witness to 25,270 daily room for one to sharing of ethos Agreed, fear from Covid or any A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going house. “Appears, you didn’t hear me deaths in the country, second to and concerns, a primeval human other source is natural yet fear is down. ARNOLD H. GLASOW correctly. I repeat, lockdown is over. China at 28,036 as per World need. With automation and pros- one thing and to be grabbed, quite Get dressed for your office.” Economic Forum analysis for 2017. perity we are becoming lonelier. In another; it is former that over- Harish Barthwal Stunned, the husband quips, “Office, The estimated global annual death many families in our country a dis- whelmed people in Covid era. which office was I working – can- toll for tuberculosis of all kinds in tinct room with gadgets is set aside Lack of a purpose in life lies at not recollect.” Ever thought, re- 2019 stood at 14.18 lakh and 79,144 for the 5-year kid to study, play and the root; in the absence of specific WORDSWORTH CORONA OR NO suming office after a long gap due for India; for HIV-related diseases live. With this background it shall life mission, some of us just don’t CORONA, THE to vacation, sickness or other rea- the annual death toll was 5 to 9 be folly to believe a morally strong know where to keep oneself en- Nine days’ wonder son can be intriguingly painful. lakh global and around 69,000 for generation rooted in cultural ethos. gaged. With a lengthy to-do list at WORLD OVER AS Our behaviour, attitudes and ac- India in 2017. Annually, about a The corona era witnessed exas- hand, they believe that with lifting t’s odd that the number nine should be so often associated with ALSO IN INDIA, THE tions reflect a mental frame we in- crore deaths take place due to to- perating the mental morbidity all of lockdown on a date declared by Iextremes — we have dressed to the nines, cloud nine and the whole herited, nourished and modified bacco-related diseases globally. around. Children already addicted government, pandemic will dis- nine yards. The same number turns up in lots of places: the nine Muses, STATE OF MIND over decades. Interwoven into our Irrespective of Covid, these figures to mobile phones had excuse to appear overnight and they shall the nine orders of angels, the Nine Worthies, the nine lives of a cat (and life values as this thought pattern are not going to be significantly spend more time with it due to on- freely move out to indulge in all ac- a cat o’nine tails), the nine tailors of bell-ringing fame, and so on. There HAS NOT BEEN IN is, it is hard to break the stereotype. different for 2020 and 2021. A fair, line classes; an unusually large tivities to their heart’s content, are also the proverbs: “possession is nine points of the law”, “a stitch in GOOD SHAPE We believe it is the best possible pre- comparative assessment of quan- number of cases of domestic vio- safe and risk-free. The point is, time saves nine” and the old gardening saw that “parsley seed goes sumably because we are used to titative change in morbidity and lence were registered in the year what blueprint we have after we are nine times to the devil” before it germinates. The most common it. Then, any deviation from the mortality in pre- and post-Covid gone by; there was increase in vi- completely corona-free. Even if suggestion is that the expression derives from the Roman Catholic existing thought pattern, even era over a time frame shall bring to olence, theft and dacoity though of there is no major mission, loneli- novena, a form of worship that consists of special prayers or services on when discovered to be flawed, re- fore that the Covid death toll as re- different kind. In India, there were ness can be significantly relieved nine successive days. But there are so many other expressions that quires guts. ported is misleading and eclipses reports of over about a dozen school- by indulging in gardening, charity, include the same number that the source of the phrase may lie Based on certain unsegregated mortality from classical diseases. goers having committed suicide distributing surplus food and money, elsewhere. Whatever the thought behind it, as far back as the early data, we are given to understand that Corona or no corona, the world and many times more attempted. and topmost remembering that we fourteenth century scoffers were saying that nine days, or nine nights, over three lakh lives have been lost over as also in India, the state of Over-caution in interacting with shall not live in this world forever. was the period of time that some novelty was likely to attract attention in India due to Covid thus far since mind has not been in good shape. friends and relatives to the point of The author is a before our minds turned to something else. It later developed into our its onset in March last year. There Estimates of WHO and AIIMS Delhi total avoidance to stay safe has blogger and writes on health, modern idiomatic form and had certainly become fixed like that by the is conspicuous silence on damage put the quantum of mentally sick tended to erode mutual under- spiritual, and social issues. time it was used in a play by Philip Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old Debts, of 1633. There is an earlier example. For a bet, William Kemp (or Kempe), a famous clown of the Elizabethan stage, Morris-danced 130 miles (200 km) from London to Norwich over nine days during February Unlocking Odisha Rehabilitate orphans Welcome decision and March 1600. He published his account of it later that year under the title Kemp’s Nine Daies Wonder. His play on words suggests that the Sir, This refers to the news on the Sir, Even though the COVID-19 pandemic poses its Sir, The Goods and Services Tax (GST) idiom was already known in that form. There has been nothing short- front page of Orissa POST, June own set of obstacles for victims’ families, some Council’s decision to waive the tax levied on lived about nine days’ wonder. etters 13: “Dists with low TPR to unlock state governments are attempting to rehabilitate or- critical drugs Tocilizumab and Amphotericin soon”. TPR (Test Positivity Rate) phaned children who have lost both parents. The B and slash the levy on oxygen, hand sanitisers, should not be the only criteria, Rajasthan government has issued a financial com- pulse oximeters and ambulances while leav- TOL THE EDITOR but the present active cases in the pensation package for children whose parents died ing the rate on vaccines untouched is welcome. LOL Readers of Orissa POST districts should also be the crite- due to Covid, setting aside `2,500 per month for Besides, the Council decided that in future, are most welcome to contribute letters ria in deciding the unlock strategy, them until they reach the age of 18. Women whose any medicine for Covid-19 treatment recom- (200 words), articles and though there is a strong co-relation spouses died as a result of the infection will re- mended by the Health Ministry or the pharma columns (between 750-1250 ` Angry neighbours After about a words). Contributors are between both the parameters. ceive 1500 monthly pension. The children of these department will have a GST rate of only 5 per year and a requested to send their Nuapada and Jharsuguda districts widows would also receive `1,000 per month for cent. While the Centre will give 75 per cent of wo neighbours had been half of Bob’s cow contact numbers and full having less active cases can be un- each child and `2500 per month for textbooks and the vaccines to citizens free of cost, those

fighting each other for nigh on crapping in Bill’s yard; postal address/email ID. They may also locked along with the eight other school clothing. This is a commendable effort to visiting private hospitals will have to bear the

k y m T send in their valuable comments, opinion c four decades. Bob buys a Great Dane being ignored all the while, a and suggestions, preferably by email, districts -- Ganjam, Sonepur, empower them. The need of the hour is to rehabil- cost of GST. The new rates are valid till and teaches it to use the bathroom in semi pulls up in front of Bill’s house. to: [email protected] Kandhamal, Deogarh, Bargarh, itate families that have lost a breadwinner as a re- September 30 this year. The reduction will trans- Bill’s yard. For one whole year Bill Bob runs over and demands to know Gajapati, Sambalpur, and Bolangir sult of the infection. Society should step forward to late into lower prices for the average person ignores the dog. what’s in the 18-wheeler. -- mentioned in the news report. assist women and children in reclaiming their lives. fighting the second wave of Covid. So Bob then buys a cow and teaches “My new pet elephant,” Bill replies B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, it to use the bathroom in Bill’s yard. solemnly. Bhubaneswar-751010 Gopal Mittal,BHUBANESWAR Amit Singh Kushwaha, SATNA (MP) NJ Ravi Chander, BANGALORE UTTAR P7 RAJASTHAN PRADESH

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k y m Full-blown factional war raging UP BJP works to strengthen its social arithmetic c Saffron party joining hands with smaller parties in Rajasthan’s two main parties with a political base in different castes AGENCIES tions of the marginalised com- munities it draws its support from. As the raging factional feuds hit both the Congress and the BJP, New Delhi, June 13: Joining “Political power is stronger than hands with smaller parties with a God's power,” he told PTI to em- questions are being asked if the state can see any kingmaker in political base in different castes phasise its importance to address was a part of the BJP strategy as myriad issues facing different de- the coming polls, bringing in new political equations it won big in Uttar Pradesh in the prived communities. 2017 Assembly polls and 2019 Lok He also reiterated his demand for INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Sabha polls. The saffron party is giving the community of boatmen, again working to stitch up a strong who come under various castes Jaipur, June 13: There is a full social alliance as it prepares for and subcastes, benefits under the blown factional war raging in the the state elections slated for early scheduled castes and not under BJP ally resulted in the Kurmi their concerns, the saffron party Rajasthan Congress and the BJP next year. the category of Other Backward leader being kept out of its sec- leadership has been taking meas- these days with the veterans in With senior party leader and Communities as being given cur- ond innings. ures to address organisational and both parties showing reluctance in Union minister Amit Shah reach- rently in UP. There have been reports that governance challenges. handing over power and positions ing out to the leaders of Apna Dal In a message to the BJP, he said the BJP may also bring its former There has been strong specula- to their juniors. (S) and Nishad Party, both BJP al- the community has in the past sup- ally Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party tion that Adityanath may go for While Congress Chief Minister lies but disaffected over the issue ported parties like the BSP, SP and to its fold again but its leader Om an expansion of his Cabinet, and Ashok Gehlot has been delaying of their representation in the gov- the Congress but stopped voting Prakash Rajbhar has ruled out Shah's meetings with allies are since months the much-awaited ernment, and Congress leader Jitin for them after they did not address such a possibility. being seen as part of the exercise. political appointments and cabinet Prasada joining the saffron party, their concerns. BJP sources said their party has The BJP has a lot at stake in the expansion to accommodate young the ruling party seems to be taking “We understand the Modi gov- always worked to give due repre- next round of assembly elections leaders like former deputy Chief measures to get its arithmetic right. ernment has been busy with im- sentation to various communities in five states early next year as it Minister Sachin Pilot, former Chief Prasada hails from a noted portant national issues,” he said, and noted that it has never been is in power in four of them, in- Minister Vasundhara Raje is also each district projecting Raje as have spoken to Sachin Tendulkar Brahmin family of the state that had referring to Article 370 revocation. averse to tying up with cluding Uttarakhand, Goa and refusing to give in to the BJP’s the next Chief Ministerial face of and not to him, quashing the spec- remained in the Congress for three “Now we believe our concerns will smaller parties. Manipur besides the all-important new state leadership. She is run- the state. ulation about his joining the saf- generations, and the BJP believes be addressed,” he said. “We have done it in various Uttar Pradesh. ning her parallel programmes to Similarly, there are apprehen- fron party. that the young leader’s defection to His son Praveen Kumar Nishad’s states, be it Bihar, Assam or Uttar The party's performance in the keep her hold intact on the state, sions if the rebel group led by Meanwhile, BJP leaders said its ranks will help it contain any victory as Samajwadi Party can- Pradesh,” a leader said. latest round of five assembly polls which she has ruled twice. Pilot may walk away to contest in- that what is going on is just eyewash dissatisfaction a section of the po- didate from Adityanath’s pocket Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh was seen by many as below-par Looking at the full blown con- dividually if he doesn’t get his and more things shall unfold in litically influential community borough of Gorakhpur had shocked Yadav has also been working to despite its victory in Assam and has frontation between the old guard promised rights. coming days. might have with Chief Minister the BJP, which then worked to woo broaden his party's social appeal by emboldened the opposition after and the younger lot, there are fair Pilot has openly accused the Next in the fray is another Jat Yogi Adityanath-led government. him over to its camp during the 2019 bringing leaders from outside its the Trinamool Congress handed chances of a third party emerging AICC team of ignoring the prom- leader Hanuman Beniwal, con- While Anupriya Patel of Apna Lok Sabha polls. core constituency. it a heavy defeat in West Bengal which might dent the two-party ises made to him and his team venor of RLD and Nagaur MP, Dal has not spoken on her meeting Patel was a minister in the first With the Yogi government's han- while its seat tally in Kerala fell to system which the state has seen after a patch up with the party who has broken his ties with al- with Shah, Sanjay Nishad of Nishad Modi government but her party's dling of the recent COVID-19 cri- zero. Its top brass is likely to pull since decades. and returning to its fold, post re- liance partner NDA over the farm Party made it clear that his party reported talks with the Congress sis drawing questions from even out all the stops to score a win in It has just been the Congress bellion last year. laws issue and fielded three can- wants representation in the state during the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- state BJP leaders, with several of the next phase of elections, espe- and the BJP ruling the state where Pilot’s strength is his strong- didates in the recent by-polls for the government to “fulfil” the aspira- tions even as it finally fought as a them writing letters to highlight cially in Uttar Pradesh. power keeps shifting from one to hold on the eastern belt of the Rajsamand, Sahada and Sujangarh the other every five years. state where the BJP lags behind due seats, thereby hurting the prospects However, these days, looking at to the absence of any strong leader of both BJP and Congress. Financial package Raje launching her own campaigns from the region. Hence, his dom- If he decides to field his own such as the 'Vasundhara Jan Rasoi' inance in this region makes him candidates in the next Assembly Phone tapping issue resurfaces and the Office of Raje Twitter han- pivotal and he can be a kingmaker polls he might win over the Jat for kids orphaned dle, there are open discussions if if he decides to go for a divorce with voters, hurting both the Congress PRESS TRUST OF INDIA she will contest individually in the ruling party. and the BJP in the state. by Covid pandemic the coming elections. Recently, her However, he has already denied As the raging factional feuds Jaipur, June 13: Phone tapping posters have been removed from the plans of joining the BJP. Friday, hit both the Congress and the BJP, charges have come back to haunt AGENCIES state party headquarters. when senior BJP party worker questions are being asked if the the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Sources said that her teams are Rita Bahuguna said that she has state can see any kingmaker in led government in Rajasthan, with Jaipur, June 13: The Rajasthan active on social media under the extended an open invitation to the coming polls, bringing in new Congress MLA Ved Prakash Solanki government Saturday announced banner Team Vasundhara 2023 in Pilot, the latter said that she might political equations. alleging that some legislators have a financial relief package for the talked about their phones being children who lost their parents to tapped. the Covid pandemic, fixing an Without naming any MLA who amount `2,500 per month for them MISSION CLEAN GANGA levelled the phone tapping charge, till they turn 18. Solanki, a staunch supporter of Rajasthan Chief Minister Congress leader Sachin Pilot, said Ashok Gehlot also announced `5 the legislators also fear of being In July last year, Sachin Pilot and 18 Congress legislators had lakh lump sum assistance on com- trapped by various agencies. rebelled against CM Ashok Gehlot pletion of 18 years and free higher “I do not know if my phone is One of the accusations they levelled was about illegal phone tapping secondary education, besides being tapped or not. Some legisla- other benefits proposed under tors have told me that their phones The charges gained ground when some audio clips of telephonic the Mukhyamantri Corona Bal are being tapped. I am also not conversations were shared by Gehlot’s officer on special duty Lokesh Kalyan Yojna.

FACT-FILE Sharma aware if the state government is in- Under the package, an ex-gra- volved in phone tapping. Many of- tia of `1 lakh and a pension of ficials told them (legislators) that timidating its MLAs. cusations they levelled was about `1,500 per month will also be pro- it seems that there are efforts un- “Today again a Congress MLA illegal phone tapping. The charges vided to the women who lost derway to trap them,” Solanki, a leg- is saying that many MLAs say their gained ground when some audio their husbands to the infection, islator from Chaksu assembly con- phones are being tapped and spy- clips of telephonic conversations according to an official state- stituency, told reporters Saturday. ing is happening. Congress should were shared by Gehlot’s officer on ment. “Some of these MLAs have also tell who these MLAs are? The special duty (OSD) Lokesh Sharma. Also, `1,000 a month per child informed the chief minister of the Congress is intimidating its own The audio clips were later handed will be provided to the children matter,” he said. MLAs,” Poonia tweeted. over to Rajasthan Police’s special of these widows, besides `2,500 per Solanki said he does not know In a tweet, Deputy Leader of operations group (SOG) to inves- month for purchasing their text- whether the MLAs have technical Opposition Rajendra Rathore tigate charges that some legisla- books and school uniforms, the knowledge or there is some App charged that the state government tors were trying to topple an elected statement said. through which they come to know was once again trying to intimidate government through horse trad- The package also has a provi- that their phones are being tapped. public representatives. ing. The SOG ultimately closed sion of `1 lakh as immediate grant Reacting to the remarks, BJP In July last year, Pilot and 18 the case after the Congress high to the children, who lost their National Mission for Clean Ganga workers spray bioremediation solution in river Ganga, at Dashashwamedh Ghat in state president Satish Poonia Congress legislators had rebelled command intervened to resolve parents to Covid, the statement Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. PTI PHOTO charged that the Congress is in- against CM Gehlot. One of the ac- the issues between Gehlot and Pilot. said. Admin demolishes ‘Corona Mata’ temple Ram temple trust accused of land scam PRESS TRUST OF INDIA INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE tivities. He said that the police construction of the temple. prayers at the temple. The idol teams are also making efforts to cre- Police said that ‘Corona Mata' too wore a mask. Lucknow/Ayodhya, June 13: Pratapgarh, June 13: A ‘Corona ate awareness among masses re- temple had come up at Shuklapur Villagers, who spoke on condi- Shriram Janmabhoomi Teerth Mata’ temple that had come up in garding Covid-19, claiming that it village in Pratapgarh district three tion of anonymity, claimed, “After Kshetra Trust general secretary Juhi Shukulapur village under the is a deadly virus and they should days back and hundreds of vil- witnessing the coronavirus pan- Champat Rai was Sunday accused limits of Sangipur police station in not get involved themselves in such lagers had started offering prayers demic and its deadly impact which by two Opposition leaders of buy- Pratapgarh district has been de- superstitions. to ward off coronavirus. snatched lives of thousands of ing a piece of land worth `2 crore molished by the district adminis- The IG also said that police ad- The temple was in fact built by people, we decided to set up Corona at an inflated price of `18.5 crore tration. ministration has also ordered a a group of villagers after collect- Mata mandir under a ‘neem' tree for the Ram temple premises with A probe has also been ordered re- probe into issue after a man from ing donations. The villagers had with full belief that praying to help from Trust’s member garding the construction of 'Corona village, Nagesh Kumar Srivastava, started offering prayers to ‘Corona the deity would definitely offer Anil Mishra. Mata' temple. has submitted an application to Mata’ praying that the "shadow of respite to people from the deadly The allegation, strongly refuted According to IGP, Prayagraj Sangipur police station claiming Covid-19 should never fall on disease.” by Rai, was made by AAP’s Rajya range, KP Singh, the police ad- that his brother, Lokesh Kumar, Shuklapur and adjoining villages". The little white stone idol has Sabha member Sanjay Singh and ministration has removed the staying in Ghaziabad, had set up Not only this, they also high- been placed on the wall in the a former minister in the Samajwadi CBI,” Singh told reporters “Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'Corona Mata' temple from the vil- 'Corona Mata' temple without con- lighted the importance of Covid-19 open temple. With the installa- government, Pawan Pandey. in Lucknow. and his government must initiate lage to prevent people from get- sultation of other family members protocol like use of masks and so- tion of the idol, daily prayers were Terming it a case of money laun- SP's former Ayodhya MLA a thorough probe by the CBI and ting trapped in superstitious ac- and went back to Ghaziabad after cial distancing while offering being organised and villagers were dering, Singh and Pandey both Pandey reiterated the same alle- ED, and the corrupt persons should seeking blessings to save people sought a probe by the Central gation in the temple town. be sent to jail, as it is the question from the deadly disease. Bureau of Investigation and the Quoting entries of the regis- of faith of crore devotees of Lord SUPERSTITION Radhe Shyam, the temple priest, Enforcement Directorate into the tered sale deed of the land, Singh Ram, who have given their hard- RULES THE ROOST said, “We have earlier heard the land purchase for the temple explained that the land was first pur- earned money for the construc- name of ‘Chechak Mata' (smallpox premises. chased by Sultan Ansari March 18 tion of the Ram temple,” The temple was built by a mother) who cured the disease. Both the leaders alleged that this year from its original owner Singh said. group of villagers after Similarly, we had set up ‘Corona Rai purchased the land, measuring Kusum Pathak, wife of Harish He also said in any trust, the collecting donations. The Mata’ mandir with the belief that 1.208 hectares and located in Bag Kumar Pathak alias Baba Hardas board makes a proposal for the villagers had started Mata would solve all the difficul- Bjaisi village under Sadar tehsil of for a sum of `2 crore. purchase of land. offering prayers to ‘Corona ties. We collected funds from the Ayodhya district for a price of Minutes later, the same land was “How come in five minutes, this Mata’ praying that the villagers.” `18.50 crore from the first pur- purchased by Trust's general sec- proposal was passed and the land “shadow of Covid-19 He said, however, this was not chaser, who had bought it minutes retary Rai for a sum of `18.50 crore was immediately purchased?” should never fall on the first time such a temple has earlier on March 18 this year from from Ansari, Singh said, again he asked. Shuklapur and come up in the country. “When its original owners for a sum of quoting entries of the second sale Though Mishra could not be adjoining villages” plague and other deadly diseases `2 crores. deed showing the transaction be- contacted for his comments over the like smallpox spread across vil- “Champat Rai, the general sec- tween Ansari and Rai. allegations, Rai refuted them in a

The villagers also lages and towns and killed many retary of Shriram Janmabhoomi Trust member Anil Mishra and statement.

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Tomorrow I am Congress: Kapil Sibal coming to Gujarat, AGENCIES and will meet all the GREAT INITIATIVE brothers and sisters Ahmedabad, June 13: Authorities PRESS TRUST OF INDIA “The vaccination process is now of Gujarat in an Indian city have organized a special drive-through vaccination more convenient,” said Mahendra New Delhi, June 13: The Congress ARVIND KEJRIWAL | DELHI CHIEF MINISTER camp for disabled people in a bid Chudasma, a 45-year-old man who must bring widespread reforms to address low vaccination rates, es- is visually impaired across all levels of the organisa- pecially among more vulnerable tion to show it is no longer in a Despite being a major producer of members of society. state of inertia and to present itself The state coronavirus vaccines, India faces a government, Organizers of the weekend cam- huge task in inoculating its 1.3 as a viable political alternative to along with civil paign in Ahmedabad, the biggest billion people the BJP, party veteran Kapil Sibal society, will provide city in Gujarat state, aim to vac- said Sunday. education, refuge, cinate 500 disabled people, who “India needs a resurgent food and other needs often struggle to book slots and of the organizers of the campaign. Congress. But for that, the party to orphaned kids. A get access to vaccination centers. Some people have struggled to use needs to show that it is active, pres- scheme on this is going to come up People taking advantage of the a government-mandated smart- ent, aware and is in the mood to en- shortly. We can't leave such children offer queued up at the center in phone app required to register for gage meaningfully," the former in the lurch vehicles, wheelchairs, and on cus- A physically disabled man gets a dose of Covishield during a drive through shots, he added. union minister said in an exclu- the current mood in the country. SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN | MADHYA PRADESH tomised mopeds for their free Covid- vaccination organized for disabled people in Ahmedabad. AP FILE PHOTO Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sive interview to PTI. "For this to The former union minister voiced CHIEF MINISTER 19 vaccine shots. government has said it aims to happen, we will need to have wide- hope that organisational elections, “The vaccination process is Mahendra Chudasma, a 45-year- “It’s a very nice feeling.” vaccinate all eligible and willing spread reforms at the organisa- recently postponed in the wake of the now more convenient,” said old man who is visually impaired. Despite being a major producer Indians by the end of this year, tional hierarchy both at the cen- COVID-19 pandemic, will “happen The of coronavirus vaccines, India but only 240 million of the country’s tral and state levels to show that the sooner than later”. He also noted government of faces a huge task in inoculating 950 million adults have had at least party is still a force to reckon with that while forming committees to re- Tamil Nadu has States/UTs to get over its 1.3 billion people, partly due to one shot, according to health data. and is no longer in a state of iner- view election losses is good, it will consistently opposed 4L vax doses in next 3 days the logistical difficulties of reach- India was hit hard by a surge of tia,” he said. Sibal, who was among have no impact unless remedies hydrocarbon ing remote areas and also skepti- coronavirus infections in April the G-23 leaders whose letter to suggested are implemented. Exuding exploration and ore than four lakh (4,48,760) vaccine doses are in the pipeline and cism about the shots. and May but there are signs the Congress President Sonia Gandhi hope in the grand old party's resur- extraction projects in Mwill be received by the States and the Union Territories (UTs) within People with disabilities often last year demanding a meaningful the Cauvery basin and neighboring worst could be over. gence at a time of newly emerging the next 3 days. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) made face additional problems of being Authorities Sunday reported overhaul of the party had triggered political equations across India, districts, given the pivotal role the announcement through a statement and also clarified that more than unable to reach vaccination sites 80,834 new Covid-19 infections over a storm, acknowledged that at pres- Sibal said that despite a poor show- played by the region in the agrarian 1.53 crore (1,53,79,233) Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the economy states and the UTs to be administered. The Ministry further said that due to a lack of transport or no the previous 24 hours, the lowest ent there is no strong political al- ing of the Congress electorally, the ramps at the centers for easy access, daily tally in more than two months, ternative to the BJP but said that current mood in the country provides MK STALIN | TN CHIEF MINISTER more than 26 crore (26,64,84,350) vaccine doses have been provided to states and the UTs so far, through government of India (free of cost said Bhushan Punani, general sec- according to health ministry data. Prime Minister Narendra Modi an opportunity for it to emerge as channel) and through direct state procurement category. retary of the Blind People’s There were 3,303 deaths over the has lost the moral authority to rule a viable alternative, owing to the Association in Ahmedabad, one same period. and the Congress can gain from party's pan-India presence. SHORT TAKES Car swallowed Four die of CHILLING OUT electrocution Delhi, TN ease curbs by sinkhole in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tutes, cinema halls, multiplexes, Ranchi: Four persons - a 70- Mumbai housing year-old woman and three theatres, gyms, spas, yoga insti- minor boys - died of New Delhi, June 13: Delhi and tutes, swimming pools, auditori- society premises electrocution at Pipla in Tamil Nadu permitted more ac- ums, banquet halls, amusement Jharkahnds East Singhbhum tivities from Monday as the easing and water parks, and public parks district, after a high tension of restrictions by states gained and gardens, will continue to be PRESS TRUST OF INDIA electric wire snapped and fell momentum following a continu- closed till 5 AM on June 21, ac- on them while they were ous decline in active Covid-19 cases cording to the Delhi Disaster Mumbai, June 13: A video of a car taking bath near a dam, an in the country where most parts Management Authority (DDMA) disappearing into a pool of water official said. The minor boys were under a lockdown or similar order issued on Sunday. in a Mumbai housing complex were aged between eight and curbs for over a month. All gatherings and congrega- after the spot where it was parked 12 years, he said. Karnataka will tions are also caved in went viral on social media also begin the un- WAR AGAINST COVID prohibited as in Sunday. lock process, bar- other states. Responding to the viral video, Youngsters ring in 11 districts, from Monday, with Religious places in the city will also the BrihanMumbai Municipal the opening of parks and industrial be allowed to reopen from Monday, Corporation (BMC) said the spot booked units with riders, besides other re- but visitors will not be allowed. where the car sank used to be a well Hyderabad: Cyberabad police laxations. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M but was partially covered with ce- Sunday booked 31 youngsters Restaurants with 50 percent ca- K Stalin announced more relax- ment concrete by the housing so- for organizing birthday party pacity, weekly markets and reli- ations in as many as 27 districts ciety. The incident took place at the in violation of Covid-19 gious places will reopen in the na- of the state which includes per- Ram Nivas society located at Kama lockdown norms at Kadthal tional capital from June 14, Delhi mission for the ubiquitous tea lane in Ghatkopar West area on near Hyderabad. The Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal an- shops to reopen from June 14. Sunday morning, police said, youngsters including girls nounced Sunday, saying the COVID- However, there will be no easing adding no one was injured. “The participated in the birthday 19 situation has significantly come of curbs in 11 districts, seven in housing society had covered a well party which was organized at under control in the city. western and four in Cauvery delta with reinforced concrete cement a farm house at Kadthal in Salons, beauty parlours and bar- regions. and residents were using the area Ranga Reddy district under bershops closed since the imposi- Restaurants and bakeries have to park their cars. A police team the limits of Cyberabad Police tion of lockdown on April 19, will already been allowed to function. Boys take bath in a well on a hot summer day in Ajmer PTI PHOTO reached the spot and brought the Commissionerate. In blatant reopen. Markets and malls, which Salons, parks and state-run liquor car out of the water body. The spot violation of the Covid-19 were earlier allowed to reopen on outlets in 27 districts in Tamil has been cordoned for the safety of protocol and the ongoing an odd-even basis, will now open Nadu would reopen on June 14. residents," an official said. Some lockdown, the guests on all days, from 10 AM to 8 PM. Places of worship and tourist lo- years ago, the housing society had consumed liquor and danced Only one weekly market per cations will continue to remain Guj: Over 24K abortion kits seized closed half the portion of the well with DJ. The participants, most of them college municipal zone per day will be closed and there would be no pub- by carrying out RCC work and used students, violated social allowed, he said. Schools, colleges, lic or private bus services during PRESS TRUST OF INDIA under the Narcotic Drugs and sold around 800 such kits through the spot to park the vehicles. However, distancing norms and many educational and coaching insti- the extended spell of lockdown. Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) an online platform in the last one- due to rains, the portion caved in, and were without mask. Ahmedabad, June 13: The Food Act after drugs, including three and-half years, the FDCA said in the vehicle drowned, he said. The and Drugs Control Administration lakh vials of oxytocin, were found a release. Deesa-based BMC refused to take responsibility (FDCA) in Gujarat has seized 24,363 in his possession, FDCA Maheshwaris had got the kits on for the incident which followed a pregnancy termination kits worth Commissioner Hemant Koshia the basis of forged medical pre- spell of heavy rains in the city. In Curfew in Goa over Rs 1.5 crore along with nar- said. scriptions from Javeri Sangala of a statement, the Shiv Sena-con- extended cotic and psychotropic drugs that He said that such abortion kits Surat, who had procured them trolled municipal corporation stated were being sold illegally, and eight could be sold only on the pre- from accused Rajesh Yadav, a it has nothing to do with the inci- Panaji: The coronavirus- persons have been arrested in this scription of gynaecologists as per Gujarat region sales manager of dent. The municipal corporation induced curfew in Goa was connection, officials said Sunday. the provisions of the Medical a Mumbai-based marketing com- said, "There is a well in the prem- Sunday extended till June 21 The accused were apprehended Termination of Pregnancy Act. pany. Among the other accused ises of this society. It was covered as the positivity rate in the by the FDCA from multiple loca- Ahmedabad-based Pintu Shah, are Nilay Vora, a marketing rep- by RCC on half the portion. state stood at 14 per cent, an tions in the state, including one of the accused, was procuring resentative of Mumbai-based firm, The residents of the society official said. The curfew was first imposed May 9 and has Ahmedabad and Surat, as part of pregnancy termination kits ille- Vipul Patel and Monish Panchal, used to park their cars in that been extended several times an operation carried out Friday and gally from accused Vinod with whom 700 kits were found, the area. Preliminary information since then, as the state Saturday, they said. Maheshwari and Lokesh release said. shows that a car parked on the witnessed its positivity rate While seven accused have been Maheshwari, owners of a dis- One of the accused, Tushar spot was submerged." The society reaching a high of 51 per charged under the Drugs and tributing unit in Banaskantha's Thakkar, was found with narcotic has been asked to take necessary cent before dipping Cosmetics Act, another one has Deesa, and selling them online and psychotropic drugs and has safety measures immediately, the gradually to the level now, been arrested by the Gujarat police without prescription. Shah had been handed over to the police. BMC said. he added. "The inter-state movement of persons is allowed for those carrying COVID-19 negative report for a test done a maximum of 72 Mizo man with one of world’s largest families passes away hours prior to entering Goa," the official said. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Zoramthanga in a tweet said : while his wives shared a dormitory partners and associates to per- "With heavy heart, Mizoram bid near his bedroom. form household chores such as Trawler capsizes Aizawl, June 13: Ziona Chana, farewell to Mr. Zion-a (76), believed The Ziona family supported cleaning, washing besides prepar- who is believed to head one of the to head the world's largest family, their own resources, productions ing meals. Kolkata: A trawler capsized in world's largest families, with 38 with 38 wives and 89 children. while occasionally they got dona- One evening meal required 30 the Haldi River in West wives, 89 children and 33 grand- Mizoram and his village at tions and gifts from their follow- chickens, around 60 kg of pota- Bengal's Purba Medinipur children from Mizoram, passed Baktawng Tlangnuam has become ers. toes and around 100 kg of rice. district, killing a fisherman, away at a private hospital here a major tourist attraction in the while three others were The mansion of Ziona has be- Coincidentally, Ziona is also head missing, an official said Sunday. He was 76. state because of the family. Rest in come a tourist attraction in the of their sect that allows the fam- Sunday. The incident An official of Aizawl district Peace Sir !" mountainous bordering state and ily members to marry as many happened Saturday night administration said that Chana Born on July 21, 1945, Zionghaka, the tourists are always curious to women as he wants. near Nandigram when the was unwell since June 7 and a few commonly known as Ziona Chana know about their families and Officials said that Ziona mar- trawler with 14 fishermen on days back admitted to a private was the head of a Christian reli- management of the relations and ried ten women in a year many board was anchored at the hospital in the capital city after gious community called aChana's day to day functioning. years ago, when he was at his most mouth of a canal where it his diabetes, hypertension and sect' in his village Baktawng Ziona was head of the world's one prolific and enjoys his double bed y meets the Haldi river, he other old age related problems de- Tlangnuam, around 100 km from of the biggest families and he has while his wives have to make do

said. The fishermen had teriorated and breathed his last Aizawl. 89 children, 14-daughters-in-law, with communal dormitories.

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of the day uote Leopard triggers panic in Srinagar The Shiv Sena India begins ‘Extension of Hosps’ had a secondary status in the previous AGENCIES ferent areas across the nation. government and was Modulus Housing has started (treated) like slaves. New Delhi, June 13: To plug a deploying MediCAB extension hos- Daily nCoV count Attempts were also major health infrastructure gap pitals with the help of the American made to finish off our party by in India's fight against Covid-19, Indian Foundation (AIF). remains below 1L misusing the very power which was especially in rural areas and smaller Mastercard, Texas Instruments, ndia reported 80,834 fresh enjoyed because of our support towns, India has started project Zscaler, PNB Housing, Goldman 'Extension of Hospitals' in vari- Sachs, Lenovo, and NASSCOM ICovid-19 cases, the lowest SANJAY RAUT | SHIV SENA MP after 71 days, while the daily ous states. Foundation have also extended INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE positivity rate further dropped Modular hospitals are an ex- CSR support. The first batch of to 4.25 per cent, according to On one hand, tension of hospital infrastructure 100 bedded hospitals is being com- the Union Health Ministry data Srinagar, June 13: Panic gripped there is the and can be built adjacent to an ex- missioned at Bilaspur updated Sunday. With the fresh the densely populated Natipora tremendous isting hospital building. (Chhattisgarh); Amravati, Pune, cases, the country's tally of area in Srinagar Sunday after a impact of the COVID- As Covid-19 cases surged in dif- and Jalna (Maharastra); Mohali cases has climbed to 2,94,39,989. leopard was sighted. 19 pandemic, and on ferent parts of the country, infra- (Punjab), and a 20-bed hospital at The Covid-19 death toll climbed Two weeks ago, a minor girl was the other, prices of structure in hospitals was under im- Raipur (Chhattisgarh). Bengaluru to 3,70,384 with 3,303 fresh mauled by a leopard in the petrol and diesel are mense pressure. Keeping in view (Karnataka) will have one each of fatalities, the data updated at 8 Humhama area after which the an- continuously rising. Due to this, of the need, innovative modular hos- est number of Covid-19 cases were portable hospitals have durability 20, 50, and 100-beds in the first am showed. The active cases imal was declared as a man-eater the prices of essential items are pitals came as a huge relief amidst reported. Modulus Housing, a start- of around 25 years, and they can phase. The Office of PSA has also further declined to 10,26,159 and professional hunters were em- also soaring the crisis. Project 'Extension up incubated at Indian Institute also be shifted in the future for collaborated with Tata Projects comprising 3.49 per cent of the ployed to eliminate it. A team of MAYAWATI | BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY (BSP) CHIEF Hospitals' is one such initiative for of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) de- any disaster response in less than Ltd to deploy modular hospitals total infections, while the the wildlife department was de- which Office of the Principal veloped the MediCAB hospitals. a week. These rapidly deployable at multiple sites in Punjab and national Covid-19 recovery rate puted to Natipora area earlier in the Scientific Adviser (PSA) invited This enables building a 100-bed- hospitals will plug a major health Chhattisgarh. They have initiated has improved to 95.26 per cent. day to locate the animal and catch The BJP would private sector companies, donor ded extension facility in 3-weeks' infrastructure gap in India's fight work on 48 bedded modular A net decline of 54,531 cases it before it caused any casualty. have slandered organizations, and individuals to time. MediCAB hospitals are de- against Covid-19, especially in rural hospitals in Gurdaspur and has been recorded in the Covid- “The animal was spotted around even B R support the initiative along with var- signed with a dedicated zone of areas and smaller towns. The office Faridkot (Punjab). Expansion of 19 caseload in a span of 24 10 p.m. yesterday and we informed hours. Also 19,20,477 tests were Ambedkar, the father ious other projects of national im- Intensive Care Units (ICUs) that of PSA has been actively working ICU at multiple hospitals in the local police station immedi- of Indian conducted Saturday taking the portance. The PSA office identi- can accommodate various life-sup- towards securing Corporate Social Chhattisgarh including Raipur, ately,” a resident of the area said. Constitution, as pro- total cumulative tests conducted fied requirements of close to 50 port equipment and medical de- People have been advised not to Pakistan had he been Responsibility (CSR) support to Jashpur, Bemetara, Kanker, and in the country to 37,62,32,162 . alive hospitals in states where the high- vices. These negative pressure implement these projects in dif- Gaurella is also underway. move out unnecessarily till the animal is caught and restored to its MEHBOOBA MUFTI | PDP PRESIDENT natural habitat. Locals are making announcements about the GREAT EXPECTATIONS presence of the leopard through SHORT TAKES India handed over mosque loudspeakers. Kashmir wildlife warden, Rashid Naqash said: “Our teams are on the Mentally ill man ground in the area. We are trying beaten to death 577 intruders to to establish the presence of the animal in the area through direct Madikeri (Karnataka): A 50 or indirect evidence.” “So far, we year-old mentally unstable have not been able to establish the man in this city was beaten to presence of the animal in the area.” death, allegedly by policemen, B’desh since 2018 for violating lockdown norms Most of the times, these illegal infiltrators sneak last week, following which Farmers ‘reinforce’ eight of them have been into the Indian territory by crossing the suspended, a senior police officer said Sunday. The International Border in search of jobs protest site policemen were booked on a complaint by the man's INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE infiltrators sneaked into the Indian brother Robin D'Souza, based territory by crossing the on which a case was New Delhi, June 13: In a gesture International Boundary (IB) in registered against them, of mutual cooperation and em- search of jobs. Inspector General of Police, phasis on the well-being of the bor- The villagers could sneak into the Karnataka Southern Range, der populations of both the coun- Indian territory, as most portions Praveen Madhukar Pawar, told tries, India has handed as many as of the India-Bangladesh border, reporters here. 577 Bangladeshi intruders to the the fifth-longest land border in the neighbouring country since 2018, world, are porous. and the numbers this year have The India-Bangladesh border Elephant been quite good in the first five connects 262 km in Assam, 856 km months, with over 100 people re- in Tripura, 318 km in Mizoram, INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE found dead turned to their country. 443 km in Meghalaya, and 2,217 Labourers sow paddy seedlings in a field during transplantation of the crop, at Jattan Ketta village in Patiala PTI PHOTO Coimbatore: A 45-year old Officials in the Border Security km in West Bengal. New Delhi, June 13: As the protest female elephant was found Force (BSF) said these intruders As per the data, 480 of these in- continues on the borders of the dead in the forest area in were caught and handed over to the truders had entered into the Indian national capital against the three Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) territory through West Bengal, 71 contentious farm laws passed by the in the district, Forest -- the border guarding force of the through Tripura, 18 via Meghalaya BODIES CONTINUE TO BE Central government, the farmers, department sources. The neighbouring country, which shares and eight through Assam.All the taking a note of the extreme weather carcass was found by a team 4,096 km borders with India. 577 intruders were handed over to conditions, and to guard themselves of Anti-Poaching Guards in the As the India-Bangladesh border Bangladesh between January 1, against the rain and storm, have set reserve forest area, is considered to be the most peace- 2018 and May 21 this year. DUMPED INTO THE GANGA up a concrete wall around the tent. who immediately informed ful International Border, both the As many as 129 Bangladeshis The farmers decided to reinforce senior officials, they said. countries ensure to maintain their were held by the BSF this year till INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE their 'camp' after a recent storm As the autopsy revealed that relations and such good will ges- May 21 and were handed over to the and rain blew off the tents. The the elephant died of natural tures are shown from both sides dur- BGB. Of these, 116 had entered Patna, June 13: The relatives of farmers had to experience strong causes, the carcass was kept ing the flag meetings of the border into India through West Bengal, a man, who died due to snakebite weather condition on the Ghazipur deep in the jungles as a feed guarding forces of the two nations. nine via Tripura, three through in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, border. Beli Bhati, a resident of to other wild animals, the Of these 577 Bangladeshi in- Meghalaya and one through Assam. dumped his body into the Ganga Gautam Budh Nagar, has come to sources added. truders, there were women, children The figures this year so far in- Sunday, despite objections of the extend his support to the farmers. and men belonging to the villages dicate that illegal entry may touch local residents. "A solid wall has been built to pre- located near to the borders. or cross the maximum of 262 ille- The locals made video clips of the vent the wooden boundary from Curbs eased in Most of the times, these illegal gal infiltrations noted in 2018. incident, which occurred in The family members negotiated a judicial magistrate at every cre- collapsing. We farmers do not even Kahalgaon block under Bhagalpur. with Dom Raja and the latter agreed mation ground when the corona in- know how much more time it will 8 J&K districts Mithilesh Kumar died due to snake to Rs 11,000 but as they did not fection was at peak but these were take because Tikait ji has started Jammu: The Jammu and bite in his native village Nawada even have that money, they took the withdrawn from June 1. Contacted the movement," he said. "Also, we Kashmir administration Sunday Bazar in Banka district. His fam- dead body to Kahalgaon, some 50 for comments, R.P. Sharma, a duty have set up our temporary home in announced further easing of ily members took his body to the km away from Bhagalpur city. They officer of Kahalgaon police sta- a container, have an office and a dou- restrictions in eight districts Barari Ghat in Bhagalpur but the negotiated with the Dom Raja of tion, said: "We have received a com- ble bed for the night." showing significant Dom Raja of the Ghat demanded Kahalgaon Ghat for Rs 1,500, and plaint pertaining to this case and A wooden boundary has been improvement in the Covid-19 Rs 1 lakh to allow them to dump it also contacted a boat owner, and set we are trying to contact the de- made around the container, and situation. The decision to grant in the Ganga. a deal for Rs 2,500. Then they took ceased's family." to strengthen the boundary, a small relaxations in Shopian, Kulgam, In Bihar, there is a tradition that the dead body to the middle of During the severe second wave of wall has been set up using cement Ganderbal and Bandipora in the last rites of someone who died Ganga, tied it to a banana tree corona, people in several districts and bricks. Also, to cope up with Kashmir division and Poonch, of snake bite are doing by putting trunk and dumped it in the river. such as Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, and the soaring mercury levels, the Reasi, Ramban and Doda in the body into the Ganga, along Local residents claimed that the Bhagalpur dumped a large num- farmers have installed coolers and Jammu division was taken at a meeting which focussed on with a banana tree trunk. District Magistrate had deployed ber of dead bodies into the Ganga. ACs in their tents. total weekly new cases (per million), positivity rate, bed occupancy, case fatality rate Akhilesh Yadav as she wanted him they had to face when Operation RSS backing the front foot in all the state government. The way Chief Justice and vaccination coverage of to take the assistance of ‘PK’ in Dawood was to be launched. In the Assembly polls since 2014 including of India NV Ramana ripped into the the targeted population, an ensuring BJP’s defeat. Though ‘PK’ Choksi case, the operation partially Yogi to the hilt West Bengal recently, may maintain government's proposed names for official order said. was briefly in touch with Akhilesh succeeded. But got stuck in a safe distance in UP. Though he will the CBI’s chief’s post at the selection Yadav during the 2017 Assembly Dominica courts, despite the ontrary to reports, it is clearly campaign and play as a pivot but will committee meeting last month, has polls also as he was advising the assurances of the Dominica Cemerging that the RSS is fully keep him at arm's length, but will not sent shivers down the spine of Kuru backing the saffron-clad Sadhu- Congress then. But the alliance government that the fugitive will be play a lead role. Shah may have to powers that be. While Leader of the Farmer killed turned politician who is now an icon between the SP-Congress came to a deported. NSA Ajit Doval is a master focus on the border sensitive state of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan of the Hindutva forces. Yogi's stature Morena (MP): A farmer was Kolumn halt as party leaders in Congress of covert operations, works quietly Punjab elections where the party is Chowdhury was already against the has gone up manifold in the Sangh killed allegedly in a firing by a were unwilling to implement his and only a handful of people know in disarray. The Akali Dal has walked favourites of the government being Parivar who is seen among as a forest department team suggestions. Sources close to 'PK' how he won over six of Laldenga's out of NDA. appointed as CBI Chief, Ramana prominent leader in the post-Modi during an operation against refused to comment on the seven commanders during the Mizo quoted certain provisions to keep era as part of second rung leaders. illegal sand mining and Lucknow meeting. But Akhilesh National Front insurgency era, them out too. This was a big The RSS leadership is unwilling to Winds of change transportation at a village in Yadav is reported to have asked him remained underground for years in setback. Sources say that Ramana sacrifice Yogi like it did in the case of Madhya Pradesh's Morena to prepare a road-map. Mamata is the Arakan in Burma & Chinese are blowing! had been deeply hurt ever since district Sunday, following territory, played key role in Sikkim's Kalyan Singh who was shown the Andhra Chief Minister Jaganmohan Mamata puts keen for Akhilesh's win as it will door at the behest of Vajpayee in hen the going is good, many which a case was registered help consolidation of anti-BJP merger with India, rescued Reddy made personal allegations against nine personnel of the 1999. The BJP paid a heavy price for Wpeople will be your friends. her foot in UP forces in the country. Romanian diplomat Liviu Radu in against him. It is still a mystery as to department, officials said. 1988 and went inside the Golden it in 2002 and waited for 15 long When the going becomes tough, why Reddy made such allegations fter a bitter bout between poll Temple, Amritsar days before years to re-capture it. There was a even your best friends will run away, who himself is at the mercy of CBI, Astrategist Prashant Kishore and Will Choksi case Operation Black Thunder and move to send Defence Minister sung artist William Onyeabor. This ED & Income tax due to various BJP in the West Bengal Assembly go Dawood way negotiated the release of hijacked Rajnath Singh to UP again as CM but saying is coming true after the BJP corruption cases. Jagan had the Doc beaten up polls, UP may witness a similar Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in the RSS was determined not to lost the West Bengal Assembly polls. tenacity to write a written complaint y repeat the mistake. It said that the Since then, winds of change are Latur: A doctor was allegedly contest in February 2022. Highly here is a lurking fear that the Kandahar in 1999. It was due to his to the then CJI SA Bobde and

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k y m attacked by four persons after placed sources said ‘PK’ as Kishore TMehul Choksi operation may be exemplary record that the collegiums members. The objective c under Yogi only. As a bargaining chip, Modi government in one arena after the father of their friend died is known, had a long meeting with botched up by some of the Monmohan Singh government was to keep Ramana out. But Bobde Delhi's favourite AK Sharma may be the other. The recent tough stance while undergoing treatment former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav in operators behind the entire made him Director IB in July 2004. stood firmly behind Ramana. The given a ministerial post but not Dy from the higher judiciary in many against coronavirus at a Lucknow. It transpires that the episode. What happened in Even after he retired, the UPA President signed the Warrant of CM. Meanwhile, there are reports BJP-ruled states and even in the government hospital in Latur meeting was held at the behest of Dominica reminded many top took his services in “Operation Appointment and now Ramana is his that Amit Shah who has batted on Supreme Court has worried the city of Maharashtra, police Mamata Banerjee who telephoned sleuths as to what embarrassment Dawood Ibrahim”. own master and obliged to none. said Sunday. Before the pandemic, indoor ‘1BN VAX DOSES ONLY A START’ P10 PM2.5 generated indoors by MONDAY | JUNE 14 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR normal human functions would be The IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva spread between the home, the office said that there’s a moral and other indoor spaces. Instead, it imperative for the world’s richest all builds up in our homes now. countries to back programmes to Lockdown is like a perfect storm end the Covid-19 pandemic but the donation of excess vaccines ALEX KNOX | VICE-PRESIDENT, is only the first step

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k y m international c of the day uote G7 leaders agree on vaccines, CANINE’S DAY OUT Many families are forced to send their children to work due to economic hardship China and taxing corporates and lack of decent employment opportunities for family heads. Even But overall, the mood has been more concerning, children who are positive: The leaders smiled for recruited by militias are forced into the cameras on the beach at cliff- dangerous life-threatening roles fringed Carbis Bay, a village and re- such as soldiers, cooks, and cleaners sort that became a traffic-clogged

ABDIWAHAB UGAS KHALIF | MINISTER OF fortress for the meeting. LABOUR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SOMALIA The last G7 summit was in France in 2019, with last year's event in the United States scuttled by the pandemic. Many diseases The leaders mingled with Queen have a distinct Elizabeth II at a royal reception smell on their first evening, and were associated with served steak and lobster at a beach them. We started our research with a blank barbecue after watching an aero- sheet of paper and nautic display by the Royal Air REUTERS asked the question: Does COVID-19 Force Red Arrows on their second. have a distinct smell America's allies were visibly re- ASSOCIATED PRESS The G7 conveyed that lieved to have the US back as an en- French bull terrier Chouchou enjoys a bath in a public fountain at the Paradeplatz square in Zurich, Switzerland STEVE LINDSAY | PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF gaged international player after BIOSCIENCES, DURHAM UNIVERSITY Falmouth (England), June 13: The the club of wealthy the “America First” policy of the Group of Seven leaders aim to end democracies, is a better Trump administration. Guangzhou deploys their first summit in two years “The United States is back, and The last seven friend to poorer nations with a punchy set of promises democracies of the world are stand- Israel to swear in new drones to keep days have seen Sunday, including vaccinating the ing together,” Biden said as he ar- 596 new cases than authoritarian rivals world against coronavirus, making rived in the UK on the first for- and 26 deaths as people inside huge corporations pay their fair such as China eign trip of his 5-month-old compared to the government ending same period in May share of taxes and tackling cli- presidency. 2021 when we had mate change with a blend of tech- Also unclear was whether all of After the G7 summit, the presi- AGENCIES 132 new cases and 6 deaths nology and money. the leaders would back the United dent will have tea with the queen They want to show that inter- States' call to chastise China for on Sunday, attend a NATO sum- Netanyahu’s long rule Beijing, June 13: A fleet of 60 CONSTANTINO CHIWENGA | national cooperation is back after repressing its Uyghur minority mit in Brussels on Monday and drones has been deployed in the VICE PRESIDENT, ZIMBABWE the upheavals caused by the pan- and other abuses. hold talks with Russian leader Naftali Bennett, the head of a small ultranationalist southern Chinese city of demic and the unpredictability of UK Prime Minister Boris Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Guangzhou to keep people indoors former US President Donald Trump. Johnson, the summit's host, wanted Wednesday. party, will take over as prime minister and remind those going out to SHORT TAKES And they want to convey that the three-day meeting to fly the At the G7, Johnson described wear masks. the club of wealthy democracies — flag for a “Global Britain,” his gov- Biden as a “breath of fresh air.” AGENCIES China has largely stamped out Canada, France, Germany, Italy, ernment's initiative to give the French President Emmanuel cases of local Covid-19 transmission, Libya, Turkey Japan, the United Kingdom and midsized country outsized influence Macron, after speaking one-to-one Jerusalem, June 13: Israel is set but Guangzhou has seen a flare-up the United States — is a better when it comes to global problem- with Biden, said, “It's great to have to swear in a new government of the more infectious delta vari- discuss security friend to poorer nations than au- solving. Brexit cast a shadow over a US president part of the club Sunday that will send Prime ant of the virus, initially discovered Tripoli: Mohamed Menfi, head thoritarian rivals such as China. that goal during the summit on and very willing to cooperate.” Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into in India. of the Libyan Presidency But it was uncertain how firm the coast of southwest England. The re-energised G7 made am- the opposition after a record 12 Six new cases were reported in Council, met a visiting Turkish the group's commitments will be on European Union leaders and US bitious declarations during their years in office and end a political Guangzhou over the previous 24 delegation, which included coronavirus vaccines, the econ- President Joe Biden voiced con- meetings about girls' education, crisis that sparked four elections hours, raising the number in the Foreign Minister Mevlut omy and the environment when cerns about problems with new preventing future pandemics and in two years. outbreak to more than 100. Cavusoglu, and discussed the leaders issue their final com- UK-EU trade rules that have height- using the finance system to fund Naftali Bennett, the head of a The police-operated drones carry security cooperation between munique. ened tensions in Northern Ireland. green growth. small ultranationalist party, will cameras and broadcast messages the two countries. The visit of take over as prime minister. But if under control by a successful vac- to people venturing outdoors that the Turkish delegation, also he wants to keep the job, he will have cination campaign. they and others are best protected including Interior Minister Japanese airline starts to maintain an unwieldy coalition The driving force behind the by staying inside. Suleyman Soylu and Defence Bolsonaro fined $100 for of parties from the political right, coalition is Yair Lapid, a political Minister Hulusi Akar, follows a crew vaccination drive left and center. centrist who will become prime series of mutual previous ones The eight parties, including a minister in two years, if the gov- between Libya and Turkey in AGENCIES small Arab faction that is making 2021 that started with Menfi's maskless motorcycle rally ernment lasts that long. trip to Turkey in March, history by sitting in the ruling Israel's parliament, known as according to a statement REUTERS Tokyo, June 13: Japanese airline coalition, are united in their op- the Knesset, will convene to vote on issued by the Presidency All Nippon Airways has begun position to Netanyahu and new the new government at 4 pm local Six new cases were Council Saturday. Sao Paulo, June 13: Brazilian vaccinating its pilots and cabin at- elections but agree on little else. time. It is expected to win a narrow President Jair Bolsonaro was fined tendants on international flights. They are likely to pursue a modest majority of at least 61 votes in the reported in Guangzhou $100 Saturday for violating Covid- That makes it one of the first com- agenda that seeks to reduce tensions 120-member assembly, after which over the previous 24 19 containment measures in Sao panies to launch workplace vac- with the Palestinians and main- it will be sworn in. The govern- Border closure Paulo state by failing to wear a cinations in Japan, one of the tain good relations with the US ment plans to hold its first official hours, raising the gets extention face mask and provoking huge world's least-vaccinated nations. without launching any major meeting later this evening. number in the outbreak crowds at a motorcycle rally for Japan is desperately pushing to initiatives. It's unclear if Netanyahu will Buenos Aires: The supporters. accelerate the pace of inoculations Netanyahu, who is on trial for attend the ceremony or when he will to more than 100 Argentinean government has Thousands of roaring motor- before the Tokyo Olympics start in corruption, remains the head of move out of the official residence. decided to extend the closure cycles took part in the "Accelerate about 40 days. the largest party in parliament He has lashed out at the new gov- The flying unmanned vehicles of the country's borders to for Christ" rally in Sao Paulo, led Following criticism over the and is expected to vigorously oppose ernment in apocalyptic terms and add to an already dense layer of non-resident foreigners until by the far-right president, who slow pace of the vaccine rollout, the the new government. If just one fac- accused Bennett of defrauding vot- monitoring including cellphone June 25 in an attempt to prevent the spread of the wore an open-faced helmet and no government recently unveiled work- tion bolts, it could lose its major- ers by running as a right-wing stal- health confirmations, tempera- novel coronavirus. The mask, in violation of state health place inoculation programs by ity and would be at risk of col- wart and then partnering with the ture checks and quarantines for measure announced on regulations. major companies to supplement lapse, giving him an opening to left. those living in or travelling to areas Saturday also allows the Bolsonaro, who has been hold- efforts led by municipalities around return to power. Netanyahu's supporters have where the risk of infection is con- continuation of suspension of ing such rallies across Brazil as the country. The new government is prom- held angry protests outside the sidered high. all direct flights to and from he gears up to seek re-election next On Sunday, 50 ANA pilots and ising a return to normalcy after a homes of rival lawmakers, who Gungzhou has isolated several the UK due to the Alpha or year, defied a prior warning from flight attendants dressed in their tumultuous two years that saw say they have received death threats neighbourhoods, restricted travel Kent variant of the virus that Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria, a against Covid-19. uniforms got their first shot of the four elections, an 11-day Gaza war naming their family members. out of the city and the sur- was discovered there late last political rival, who had said the "Anyone who's against that does- Moderna vaccine at a company in- last month and a coronavirus out- Israel's Shin Bet internal security rounding province and shuttered year, reports Xinhua president would be fined if he n't believe in science. There's no way oculation site at Tokyo's break that devastated the econ- service issued a rare public warn- cinemas and other indoor enter- news agency. failed to observe state regulations. a vaccinated person can transmit Haneda airport. omy before it was largely brought ing about the incitement earlier. tainment venue. Bolsonaro has repeatedly clashed the virus," he said. with Doria and other governors In fact, there is little scientific con- Iran to tackle over measures against Covid-19, sensus yet on whether vaccinated power shortage which has claimed nearly 485,000 individuals risk spreading the coro- Spain rejects any pardons for Catalan leaders lives in Brazil, second only to the navirus. Public health officials Tehran: Iran has started United States. have generally urged them to con- importing electricity from its The president regularly criti- tinue wearing masks in risky sit- ASSOCIATED PRESS opposition to Socialist Prime But he has defended the possible northern neighbour Azerbaijan cizes stay-at-home measures and uations. Minister Pedro Sánchez are join- move as a way to bring Catalans and to tackle the country's power face masks, instead touting med- State officials said they had fined Madrid, June 13: Thousands in ing the protest at Colón Square, Spaniards closer together after the shortage, an official here ications such as chloroquine and Bolsonaro, his congressman son, Madrid are protesting the Spanish which boasts one of the nation's divisive convictions that put most confirmed. The electricity grid hydroxychloroquine despite stud- Eduardo, and Infrastructure government's plan to issue par- largest national flags. of the Catalan leaders behind bars. of Moghan, Thursday, in the ies showing they are ineffective Minister Tarcisio Gomes for fail- dons to a dozen Catalan separatist Sánchez hasn't announced par- The prime minister is also fac- northwest of Iran was against Covid-19. ing to wear masks and observe so- leaders convicted for their roles dons for the 12 political and civil so- ing criticism in his own Socialist synchronised with an Addressing a giant crowd of flag- cial distancing measures at the in the biggest challenge to the coun- ciety leaders who in October 2017 camp, where the move is seen as electricity grid in Azerbaijan waving supporters, Bolsonaro re- rally. Each was fined 552.71 reais, try's unity in recent history. pushed ahead with a banned ref- a risky political gamble. to feed 73 megawatts of newed his comments against face or about $108. The demonstration has been or- erendum on independence for the While more than 60% of electricity to the country's masks, saying he planned to order The president's office did not ganised by a civil society group in become a symbol for far-right po- northeastern region of Catalonia Spaniards oppose the pardons power grid, Mostafa Rajabi mask requirements be lifted for immediately respond to a request defense of the nation's unity, and litical rallies. and then declared independence and only 29.5% back them, ac- Mashhadi, spokesman for people who have been vaccinated for comment. it chose a central square that has Leaders of the center to far-right based on its results. cording to a recent poll. Tehran’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company, said Saturday.

Residents urged Swiss narrowly reject tax hike to fight climate change to get vaccinated AGENCIES The proposal would have revised ported an initiative to grant po- and strengthened an existing law NAY FOR NOW lice enhanced surveillance pow- Hong Kong: Hong Kong Chief Geneva, June 13: Exit polls that was aimed at reducing CO2 The proposal would have ers and take preventative actions Executive Carrie Lam Sunday Sunday indicated that Swiss vot- emissions by 2030. revised and strengthen an to help fight terrorism. urged residents of the city to ers appear to have narrowly re- It would have enacted new taxes existing law that aims to reduce Critics say the measure would get vaccinated against Covid- jected a proposed “carbon dioxide on CO2-generating fuel and natu- CO2 emissions by 2030 have been ineffective since 19 in an effort to allow the law” that would have hiked fees ral gas, as well as on airline tick- The law, if approved by voters Switzerland's carbon-dioxide emis- global financial hub to return and taxes on fuels that produce ets. The proposal was rejected by and finalised in parliament, sions amount to a mere 0.1% of to normal at an early date. greenhouse gases. 51 per cent of the vote, Swiss pub- would have enacted new taxes the global tally — so the problem Hong Kong must work to raise The Alpine country has been lic broadcaster SRF reported. on CO2-generating fuel and is far bigger than what the coun- the vaccination rate so that experiencing an outsized impact However, local media said not natural gas try alone can combat. people can make trips for

from climate change. Switzerland all votes had been counted and the Plus, they say the impact of the

k y m businesses, tourism or family c has faced a rise in temperatures that final result was not expected before reunions as before, Lam said Critics of the proposal called it on the government's COVID-19 law, have made it harder for farmers to measure would cost too much and on her social media account. is twice as fast as the global aver- late Sunday or Monday. ineffective since Switzerland's car- which was accepted. It will gen- get state subsidies if they use some weigh heavily on a wide array of The vaccine rollout has picked age, the government says. The climate proposal was one bon-dioxide emissions amount to erate a surge in state spending. types of pesticides and antibiotics. people, including lower- and mid- up pace as some 54,000 doses Greenhouse gases — notably of several measures that Swiss a mere 0.1% of the global tally. Another initiative to improve A ban on the use of pesticides dle-income families, drivers, young were administered in the city carbon dioxide — are seen as the voters cast their ballots nation- Among other issues on the na- the quality of drinking water in was also rejected. travelers and both homeowners of a 7.5-million population. primary culprit. wide Sunday. tionwide ballot was a referendum Switzerland was rejected — it would A majority of Swiss voters sup- and renters. P11 BYJU’S MOST VALUABLE MONDAY | JUNE 14 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR The green initiatives cannot wait STARTUP IN COUNTRY for the COVID-19 pandemic to Edtech company Byju’s is now India’s most get over, and the newly valuable unicorn startup with a valuation of launched programme 'HCL Harit' $16.5 billion, surpassing fintech company will be implemented following Paytm's $16 billion valuation. As per CB

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k y m business NIDHI PUNDHIR | DIRECTOR, HCL FOUNDATION 11th most valuable startup in the world c of the day uote ‘Int’l prices to help steelmakers tide over 2nd wave’ Going forward, we will focus AGENCIES offers from China," said Jayanta Roy, According to the ratings At present, India is facing an more on Senior Vice-President & Group iron ore shortage in the key raw ma- recoveries and when agency, the second wave it comes to buying New Delhi, June 13: Supportive Head, Corporate Sector Ratings, terial producing state of Odisha, assets the focus will international prices are expected ICRA. "Even amidst the second of the pandemic has hit with many of the auctioned mer- be retail portfolios. to help domestic steelmakers tide wave disrupting economic activity, domestic steel demand chant mines yet to ramp-up to their Over the past few years, retail has over the second Covid wave, ratings the steep rally in international earlier level of production. been growing very big, and I see it agency ICRA said. steel prices gave domestic steel- in the current year, with "This has resulted in domestic taking up half the market Besides, ICRA expects domes- makers the headroom to roll out suc- a 22 per cent M-o-M iron ore prices rallying to all-time tic demand to recover in the com- cessive price hikes, accumulating high levels at present. With seaborne RASHESH SHAH | CHAIRMAN AND CEO, ing months with the gradual lifting to a 20 per cent increase since the drop in April 2021 iron ore prices remaining elevated EDELWEISS FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP of lockdowns and mobility re- start of the fiscal." as well, exports have become re- strictions in India during June According to the ratings agency, a net exporter of steel with 122 per munerative for miners, even for 2021 and improving vaccination the second wave of the pandemic cent Y-o-Y growth in exports re- higher grades which attracts a 30 India is our coverage. This trend in turn will re- has hit domestic steel demand in ported in April 2021." per cent duty." home market sult in a pick-up in capacity utili- the current year, with a 22 per cent "Although exports in April 2021 "Consequently, ICRA expects the where we sation levels, the agency said. M-o-M drop in April 2021, and a sumption data looks far better com- "Despite weak domestic demand, were 26 per cent lower than the domestic iron ore shortage to per- started, but today we "Domestic steel prices are cur- further 1 per cent sequential decline pared to last year because of the buoyant international demand and March 2021 levels, the export mo- sist for the next 6-9 months, lead- also have major rently trading at a significant dis- reported in May 2021. much more stringent lockdowns ob- steel prices supported the domes- presence in the US, mentum continued in May 2021 ing to prices remaining elevated for the UK, Europe and count to the landed cost of export However, the current year con- served during April-May 2020. tic steelmakers and India remained with a 30 per cent M-o-M growth." a greater part of FY2022." the Asia-Pacific region. By the end of this year, we intend to be present in over 50 countries

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More US finance PRESS TRUST OF INDIA cession, galloping unemployment, collapsing purchasing power and Axis Bank is to New Delhi, June 13: The Left par- rising levels of hunger. Clearly, un- increase to ties in a joint statement Sunday scrupulous black-marketing and 19.99 per cent demanded the rollback of hike in hoarding is taking place under in tranches. Thirteen petroleum products and urged the state patronage. The Modi gov- per cent is already giants tiptoe into government to control prices of ernment must strictly crackdown done over the next essential commodities and drugs. on such black-marketing especially two quarters, we will The joint statement has been seek approval for the balance seven of essential drugs, vital for peo- per cent. So, it will reach about 20 signed by Sitaram Yechury, General ple's survival," the statement said. per cent and that will be the Secretary, Communist Party of The parties demanded that the ownership of Axis Bank cryptoassets India (Marxist); D Raja, General government must immediately Secretary, Communist Party of give direct cash transfers of Rs PRASHANT TRIPATHY | CEO, MAX LIFE India; Debabrata Biswas, General the ravages of the Covid health "The prices of food articles have 7,500 per month for six months to INSURANCE Secretary, All India Forward Bloc; catastrophe, hiked the prices of risen by nearly 5 per cent in April. all families not falling in the income Manoj Bhattacharya, General petroleum products by at least 21 Primary commodities saw a rise of tax paying bracket. Secretary, Revolutionary Socialist times after the announcement of re- 10.16% and manufactured prod- The statement further said the SHORT TAKES Party and Dipankar Bhattacharya, sults of the recent assembly elec- ucts have risen by 9.01 per cent. provisions announced by PM Modi General Secretary, Communist tions on May 2, the parties said By the time these commodities regarding extension of PM Garib Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) that this is leading to a "cascad- reach the retail markets, the con- Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) ‘Exports projected Liberation. ing inflationary spiral with the sumers are charged much more. till Diwali of 5 kg foodgrains is Alleging that the government, in- Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rising "This is happening while the "completely inadequate and does to grow 70.1%’ stead of helping people to combat to an 11-year high." economy is witnessing a deep re- not cover the most needy." Mumbai: The country's total merchandise exports are projected to grow 70.1% to FPIs invest ` 15,520Cr in $87.2 billion in the first quarter AGENCIES does not now offer bitcoin trading Indian equities in June of fiscal 2021-22 from $51.3 on its platform, although it does give AM/NS delivers second billion in the year, Export- New York, June 13: Investing in clients the option to invest in some Import Bank of India (India bitcoin and other digital currencies assets that include cryptocurren- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Exim Bank) said. The non-oil remains a risky game where the cies or bitcoin futures. exports may jump 68.5% to rules could change significantly, Investors who want to trade bit- Mumbai, June 13: Foreign Portfolio $78.26 billion in the April-June but the payoff could be big. coin can currently turn to O2 cylinders consignment Investors (FPI) have made a total period as compared with $46.4 In response to this dilemma, sev- Robinhood or the cryptocurrency net investment of `15,520 crore in billion in the corresponding eral leading US financial heavy- specialist Coinbase. POST NEWS NETWORK Indian equities so far in June. FPIs period of fiscal 2020-21, it said. weights are staying on the side- For Us All, a platform that man- have made a comeback after pulling lines, while an increasing number ages retirement accounts for small Bhubaneswar, June 13: Arcelor out investments for two consecu- are proceeding cautiously into the businesses, on Monday announced Mittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS tive months. In April and May, net Ruchi Soya files growing world of cryptoassets. an agreement with Coinbase that India) Sunday delivered the sec- selling by FPIs stood at `9,659 crore FPO document "My own personal advice to peo- allows clients to invest up to five per- ond tranche of a consignment of and `2,954 crore. ple: Stay away from it," cent of their balances in cryp- 5020 medical grade oxygen cylinders The return of the foreign funds New Delhi: Edible oil firm JPMorgan Chase My tocurrencies. and 2000 units of flowmeters to comes amid declining number of Ruchi Soya, which is owned by Chief Executive own personal Investment bank Odisha to fight against Covid-19. The daily Covid-19 cases and robust Q4 Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Jamie Dimon said advice to people: Morgan Stanley in second tranche of 5,020 cylinders earnings. Ayurveda, has filed draft recently, before March said it would reached Bhubaneswar last night document with SEBI to launch Stay away from it. That adding, "That does not mean the allow wealthier and will be distributed by Odisha of liquid medical oxygen has been pandemic. The company has a follow-on public offer (FPO) does not mean clients to invest in bit- state officials to medical centres supplied to seven states across worked swiftly to organize and de- clients don’t want it for raising up to Rs 4,300 the clients don't coin funds, while across the state. India including Odisha. liver the second tranche of these crore. The FPO is being want it." JAMIE DIMON I Goldman Sachs re- Lakshmi Mahapatra, Head of In addition, seven nitrogen-car- critical medical supplies to the launched to meet the SEBI JPMorgan, the CEO, JPMORGAN CHASE cently established a Corporate Affairs (Odisha rying trucks have been converted Odisha government. norm of minimum public biggest US bank by as- team dedicated to trad- Operations) at AM/NS India, handed to load oxygen to increase the sup- The Government of Odisha also Total net investment by FPIs in shareholding of 25 per cent in sets, is currently assessing ing cryptocurrencies. over the second tranche of the con- ply of oxygen to areas with short- remains resolute in its efforts to safe- 2021 stands at `58,649 crore. With a listed entity. Ruchi Soya filed the draft red herring how it can help clients transact in The chief executives of Wells signment to the Odisha State Medical ages. Jawale said, “Timely inter- guard not just the people of Odisha the rise in FPIs, the key Indian eq- prospectus (DRHP) with cryptocurrency, Dimon said last Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of Corporation Limited in the pres- ference of AMNS in oxygen cylinder but also across the country, having uity indices also have off late climbed market regulator SEBI on month at the bank's annual America said at a congressional ence of NB Jawale, MD, IPICOL. supply has helped state govern- supplied oxygen to several to new highs. On Friday, both the BSE Saturday, sources said, adding meeting. hearing in late May that they are Since April, over 9,200 tonnes ment a lot to fight against Covid19 other states.” Sensex and Nifty50 on the National that the company plans to Formerly something of an in- approaching the cryptocurrency Stock Exchange (NSE) touched their raise up to Rs 4,300 crore vestment sideshow dominated by landscape with caution. all-time intra-day highs of 52,641.53 through the share sale. computer geeks, cryptocurrencies Fidelity Investments, which es- BIZ BUZZ and 15,835.55 points, respectively. are sparking greater interest among tablished a digital assets division ‘Current fiscal may see ICICI Prudential declares Shrikant Chouhan, Executive mainstream investors after a big in 2018 to execute cryptocurrency highest number of launches’ Vice President, Equity Technical Exchanges to jump in bitcoin prices in 2020 and trades for hedge funds and other in- bonus for policyholders Research at Kotak Securities said, early 2021. stitutional investors, filed papers New Delhi: Mid-sized "We expect FPI flows to India, in Bhubaneswar: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has suspend trading On Thursday, the venerable giant with US securities regulators for motorcycle maker Royal the medium term, to remain strong announced an annual bonus of `867 crore for all State Street announced the cre- a bitcoin exchange traded fund Enfield expects the current as India is at a cusp of growth New Delhi: Leading exchanges eligible participating policyholders for FY’2021. The ation of a new digital finance (ETF). The move could potentially fiscal to be one of the best for revival path." BSE and NSE will suspend bonus declared is the highest ever by the Company division. expand cryptocurrency invest- the company in terms of new trading in the shares of Dewan till date and is also 10% higher than the bonus On Wednesday, the head of on- ments to a broader range of indi- model launches as it looks to Housing Finance Corporation announced in the last fiscal. All participating policies drive in an array of new Ltd (DHFL) with effect from line trading firm Interactive Brokers vidual investors. in-force as of March 31, 2021 are eligible to receive Amazon India to impart products for domestic and international markets, Monday. The move, aimed at vowed to establish online trading Still, many financial players are this bonus and will be added to the policyholders’ according to a top company official. The company, core ML skills to students avoiding "market of cryptocurrencies on the plat- reluctant to dive into an invest- benefits. A total of 9.8 lakh participating which is part of Eicher Motors, noted that it has a complications", comes form by the end of the summer. ment realm associated with black policyholders will benefit from this, taking them rich pipeline of products under development which against the backdrop of the Like its rivals Charles Schwab markets that has sparked interest closer to their long-term financial goals. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA could hit the market in the coming days. National Company Law and Fidelity, Interactive Brokers from US and global regulators. Tribunal (NCLT) approving New Delhi, June 13: Amazon Piramal Group's resolution India Sunday announced the launch plan for the bankrupt-DHFL. of an integrated learning pro- The resolution plan under the gramme for students to learn ap- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Income inequalities telling story of ‘uneven’ eco recovery plied Machine Learning (ML) skills, Code (IBC) was approved by making them industry ready for ca- the tribunal June 7. AGENCIES The positive wealth 2021/22 will still be less than the out- impact on growth prospects going reers in the new technology. effect of the upper put two years ago before the pan- forward. The programme - ML Summer New Delhi, June 13: Former RBI income segments demic hit us. Compare that with Explaining further, he said the School - has been introduced to Amway plans to Governor D Subbarao has expressed juxtaposed with the negative China which never fell below its pre- booming stock market is in fact help train students in ML and ad- invest `170Cr concerns over "extreme uneven- income effects of the lower pandemic level and the US which "symptomatic of the extreme un- dress the growing demand for tal- ness" in economic recovery and income households tells a story is expected to recover to its pre-pan- evenness of this recovery". ent with this skill set across vari- New Delhi: Direct selling "sharpening inequalities" between of a very uneven recovery and demic level this year," the former The domestic liquidity coupled ous industries, Amazon India said upper income segments and lower in a statement. FMCG firm Amway India plans sharpening inequalities. This is RBI chief said. with foreign inflows is fuelling income households in the country, Expressing concerns, Subbarao stock prices as also prices of other to invest Rs 170 crore in the morally wrong and politically next 2-3 years in the country cautioning that the trend will hit said that while the majority of assets, he said. "Who benefits from to boost research and growth prospects going forward. corrosive people have lost jobs and saw re- this? People who have investable development (R&D), Terming the uneven recovery D SUBBARAO I FORMER RBI GOVERNOR duction in their income, the wealth surpluses." manufacturing automation "morally wrong and politically cor- of some rich individuals have in- "Contrast that with the find- and innovation. The company rosive", he said liquidity in the do- "The economy contracted last Subbarao said. creased during the pandemic pe- ings of a study by the Azim Premji also plans to strengthen its mestic market and foreign fund year, for the first time in four The RBI too reduced its growth riod. University that the one year of nutrition portfolio, which inflows are leading to soaring of decades, by as much as 7.3 per cent. forecast for the current fiscal by one "The positive wealth effect of Covid-19 pandemic has pushed 230 accounts for over 60 per cent prices of stocks and other assets de- That was less deep than we had percentage point, from 10.5 per the upper income segments jux- million people into poverty with a The curriculum will cover the

of its revenue, by exploring spite disruptions due to Covid first feared but still deep enough to cent to 9.5 per cent, he said adding taposed with the negative income 15 per cent increase in poverty fundamental concepts in ML, while

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3 LIONS OVERCOME CROATIA TO EARN HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY Eriksen stable ‘greets’ mates, A Belgian masterclass from hospital LUKAKU SUPPORT FOR STRICKEN ERIKSEN Sterling start for England AGENCIES Copenhagen, June 13: Christian Eriksen remained in stable con- right foot to give England the start dition in a hospital here Sunday. He it had been longing for at the also ‘sent his greetings to his team- European Championships. mates’ as he recovers from his col- “I always said to myself... lapse during a European Growing up two minutes down Championship game, the Danish the road, I’ve got to score,” Sterling football federation said. The rest of the Danish team TODAY’S MATCHES were given crisis management as- sistance as they process the incident SCO v CZE that happened during Saturday’s game against Finland here. Eriksen Time: 06:30 pm fell face-forward to the ground late in the first half and needed CPR POL v SLO from medical staff before regain- ing consciousness. Time: 09:30 pm “This (Sunday) morning we have CRUCIAL START: Belgian players celebrate Saturday after Romelo Lukaku’s SPA v SWE spoken to Christian Eriksen, who first goal against Russia in their Euro 2020 game PTI PHOTO has sent his greetings to his team- Time: 12:30 am (June 15) mates,” the Danish federation wrote AGENCIES his squad were also affected after on Twitter. “His condition is stable, seeing Eriksen suddenly slump to Telecast: Sony TEN Network and he continues to be hospitalised St Petersburg (Russia), June 13: the turf during the Denmark- for further examination. The team Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku Finland game. said after the game. “It’s a great feel- and staff of the national team have sent a message of support Saturday “We were watching the game ing doing it,” the winger added. received crisis assistance and will to his stricken Inter Milan team- live and five minutes after Christian Never before had England made continue to be there for each other mate Christian Eriksen after scor- collapsed, we went into a team a winning start to the continental after yesterday’s (Saturday) inci- ing twice to help the Red Devils meeting. As you can imagine, the THAT ECSTATIC FEELING: Raheem Sterling (No 10) wheels away in joy after scoring for England during the Euro 2020 tournament in nine previous at- dent,” it added. open their Euro 2020 campaign last thing we wanted to do was talk game against Croatia played Sunday at the Wembley Stadium in London PTI PHOTO tempts. This time due to Sterling, For the record, Finland won the with a 3-0 win over Russia here. about football,” said Martinez. they managed to do so. game 1-0. Joel Pohjanpalo scored the Lukaku gave Belgium an early “There were a lot of tears from AGENCIES line still reading 0-0. However, then dominated the game early on. Also Sterling, who has struggled for winning goal and Lukas Hradecky lead, then shouted “Chris, Chris, players who have shared dressing Sterling coming in as second half the fact that they have not won a game time at Manchester City in saved a penalty to give Finland a stay strong – I love you” into a rooms and big moments with London, June 13: Raheem substitute made all the difference major trophy since 1996, made the recent months, found the break- memorable win. pitchside camera during the cele- Christian,” he added. Sterling’s second half strike helped with a fantastic strike to seal three England team doubly cautious. through for England in the 57th Eriksen was playing in his 66th bration for his opening goal. Substitute Thomas Meunier dou- England gain a hard-earned 1-0 points for the Three Lions. They first wanted to keep their minute. It was the vision of Kalvin competitive game in exactly one “I am really happy with the win, bled Belgium's lead on 34 minutes win over Croatia in their Euro 2020 This was only the third time citadel intact before invading the Phillips, one of five England starters year since soccer restarted after a but it was hard for me to play before Lukaku put the result beyond game played at the Wembley that both these teams faced each opposition goal. making their tournament debut shutdown caused by the coron- because my thoughts were with doubt with a late second goal. Stadium here Sunday. It was a game other in a major tournament. The Sterling grew up in the shadow which created the opening. avirus pandemic. Christian Erkisen,” said Lukaku, Belgium, the world’s top-ranked England could have won by a far last time they met, Croatia tri- of Wembley Stadium as it was The Leeds midfielder shook of His collapse came hours after who revealed he cried tears of con- team, are under pressure to de- superior margin. However, the hosts umphed over England 2-1 in the being rebuilt, even getting a tattoo challenges before releasing Sterling, the soccer players’ union, FIFPRO cern before kick-off for his Inter liver at the European Championship were guilty of missing quite a few semifinal of the 2018 World Cup. So of its famous arch on his left fore- who slipped a shot into the net via repeated long-standing fears about teammate. as some pundits claim this is chances in the first half that saw naturally England were cautious arm. Now playing for his country a touch off Croatia goalkeeper pressure on its members in a con- Belgium coach Roberto Martinez Martinez’s last chance to win a them go to the interval with the scor- to begin with even though they at the iconic venue, he used his Dominik Livakovic. gested season. also admitted other members of title with an ageing squad.

SHORT TAKES SERBIAN BECOMES 3RD MAN IN TENNIS HISTORY TO COMPLETE CAREER GRAND SLAM TWICE GRASSROOTS LEVEL PROGRAMME New world mark Adelaide: Swimmer Kaylee OFC introduce digital McKeown said the death of ‘King’ Djokovic rules Paris courts her father 10 months ago due to brain cancer inspired her training for youngsters to break the 100-meter AGENCIES in the towel,” Djokovic said after backstroke world record the match. Sunday at the Australian Paris, June 13: Grand Slam No 19 In the end it was a matter of a POST NEWS NETWORK gramme is to make the best of the Olympic trials. The 19-year- was not easy to say the least. But few points here and there. If situation we are in. It’s a well-struc- old McKeown had a time of then for ‘super human’ Novak Tsitsipas was winning the crucial Bhubaneswar, June 13: ISL side tured series of weekly webinars 57.45 seconds at the South Djokovic as many commentators points in the first two sets, then it Odisha FC (OFC) introduced Sunday which will be followed by simple Australian Aquatic Centre to described him, climbing new peaks was the turn of Djokovic to do so the ‘Odisha FC Digital Grassroots drills by Odisha FC stars to chal- improve on the previous mark is just another natural event. In in the next three. In the process, the Academy’. This will be a lenge participants. And of 57.57 second set by an epic French Open men’s final Serbian achieved the feat of win- unique programme which our youth coaches American Regan Smith in played Sunday, Djokovic after being ning all Grand Slam titles twice will help young footballers Sandeep Alhan and Kirti 2019. The passing of my dad two sets to love down, came back or more. improve their skills and Kashyap will monitor in August last year, has been to win a thriller in a match that The 34-year-old Djokovic elimi- also help them learn the these skills to help them a huge build-up to these lasted fours and 12 minutes. nated 13-time French Open cham- fundamentals of the sport. improve,” Das said. trials,” said McKeown. “And I Djokovic in the end prevailed 6-7 (6- pion Nadal in a semifinal that OFC have a vision re- “I am delighted that have turned it into a bit of a 8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 over Greek Stefanos lasted more than four hours Friday garding the development ‘Odisha FC Digital hunger and motivation behind Tsitsipas. ON TOP OF THE WORLD: Novak Djokovic is all pumped up after winning the night. That might be why the 22- and promotion of young Grassroots Academy’ is me. This record is for my It was a match that none de- French Open men’s singles crown Sunday in Paris PTI PHOTO year-old Tsitsipas had the upper and talented players from starting this month. It dad,” she added. served to lose, but in the end there hand early, and Djokovic looked Odisha and across India. will be a unique way to had to be one winner. And it was tall as Mount Everest’. Well in over- clone of his own in the remaining drained for two sets. The club want to make the impart knowledge and Djokovic’s resilience, that ability to coming the fifth-seeded Tsitsipas, three sets of the match to finally Eventually, he started making programme accessible to teach football skills to Milkha bereaved raise his level by just a few notches the World No. 1 had to certainly go emerge smiling. However, he was fewer mistakes, got his best-in-the- every player in the state, OFC said young footballers of Odisha. I am Chandigarh: Former Indian that took him past the youthful ex- one step further. He was two sets the first to acknowledge the chal- game returning on track, served al- in a statement and added that the hopeful more and more promis- women’s volleyball team uberance and brilliance of Tsitsipas. down and Tsitsipas was finding lenge that Tsitsipas had put him most flawlessly down the stretch and programme will start June 20. ing youngsters will join the pro- captain Nirmal Kaur, who is After his semifinal win against unbelievable angles on the court. through. “These challenges bring was able to complete his sixth ca- OFC’s grassroots manager gramme and improve their skills,” the wife of sprint legend RaFa Nadal, the Serb had com- But then Djokovic weathered out the best. You have to dig deep reer comeback from two sets down Suvam Das explained the benefits club president Raj Athwal said in Milkha Singh, died at a Mohali pared it to ‘climbing a mountain as the storm, and then created a cy- and I was not just ready to throw – and second of the past week. of the programme. “This pro- the same release. hospital due to complications related to Covid-19 infection she had contracted last BATSMAN NOT WORRIED ABOUT WEATHER month. She was 85 and is KIWIS WARM-UP FOR WTC FINAL DEFEATING ENGLAND Mankad inducted survived by her husband, one son and three daughters. “We in ICC Hall of Fame are saddened to inform you that Mrs Nirmal Milkha Singh Rahane ready to face New Zealand end 22-year wait PRESS TRUST OF INDIA passed away after a valiant battle against Covid at 4.00pm ASSOCIATED PRESS Dubai, June 13: TThe ICC inducted today (Sunday),” a statement 10 icons of the game Sunday, in- from the spokesperson of the WTC final challenge Birmingham, June 13: England cluding India’s Vinoo Mankad, into Milkha family said. “It is tragic endured their first Test series de- its illustrious ‘Hall of Fame’ with that the Milkha Singh ji could We’ve had some not attend the cremation RRESS TRUST OF INDIA feat at home since 2014 after meekly two players each from five eras, dat- which was conducted Sunday memorable surrendering to New Zealand in less ing back to cricket’s early days, evening as he is still in the ICU Southampton, June 13: India performances in than an hour of play on the fourth making it to the list. The an- (of PGIMER in Chandigarh) Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane the last few day of the second Test at Edgbaston nouncement has been coincided with himself,” the spokesperson has said that a batsman who loves months. However, we need to here Sunday. the inaugural World Test added. challenge will relish the unpre- concentrate on the WTC final Resuming the day on 122 for Championship (WTC) final, to be dictable conditions in England. He now and not think about what nine, England lost their final wicket played between India and New said the key to achieve success in has already happened to the very first ball of the morn- Zealand from June 18 in Southampton. England is to play straight and ing when Olly Stone poked Trent “The 10 legends of the game to Impressive show close to the body. AJINKYA RAHANE Boult (2/34) timidly to wicket- be inducted have all made a sig- Kaunas (Lithuania): India’s “Batsmen who enjoy batting in keeper Tom Blundell. The earlier nificant contribution to the his- Malvika Bansod defeated challenging conditions will relish your best in every match,” Rahane damage was done by pacers Matt tory of Test cricket, and join an il- France’s Anna Tatranova 21-13, in England. If you get set, England informed. “Overall the cricket Henry (3/36) and Neil Wagner (3/18) lustrious list of ICC ‘Hall of 21-10 in straight games to is very good place for batting. As we had played since the start of Famers’, taking the total number enter the women’s singles a batsman, I have realised that in tWTC, from the West Indies, the Brief scores to 103 as a result of this intake,” the final at RSL Lithuanian England, the more you play straight team have performed as a unit till ICC said in a statement. International badminton and close the better it is for you,” now,” the Mumbaikar added. England 303 and 122 (Neil Among other notable inductees tournament here Sunday. The Rahane was quoted as saying by The hype around the Test Wagner 3/18, Matt Henry 3/36) are Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), 19-year-old will now face ‘bcci.Tv’. notwithstanding, Rahane said Virat lost to New Zealand 388 Desmond Haynes and Sir Learie Ireland's fourth seed Rachael and 41 for two “The 33-year-old middle-order Kohli and his men are taking the MOMENT TO CHERISH: New Zealand players are all smiles as stand-in Constantine (both West Indies), Ted y Darragh in the summit clash (Tom Latham 23 n o) batsman said India deserved to match as just another game. skipper Tom Latham stands with series-winning trophy Dexter and Bob Willis (both England) for the title. Malvika had earlier by eight wickets.

be in the WTC final on the back of “Yes, it is an important match but and Stan McCabe (Australia).

k k y y m m c defeated local player Vilte c Paulauskaite 21-6, 21-10 in the a consistent showing in the last two as a team we will take it as just an- That left a paltry target of 38 to Stuart Broad and Stone took a However, Tom Latham (23 n o) Considered one of India’s great- opening round, before crushing years. “Two years we have played other game. We got quality time take the two-match series 1-0 and wicket apiece as Devon Conway and Ross Taylor (0 n o) took the est-ever all-rounders, Mankad Heli Neiman of Israel 21-10, 21- consistent cricket as a team and here to prepare ourselves. Personally, the Black Caps became the first nicked behind and Will Young Kiwis over the line. It was indeed played 44 Tests, scored 2,109 runs 11. She then saw off Austrian reaching the WTC final is a result I am very excited to play the WTC away side since Sri Lanka seven dragged down his own stumps, but a memorable day for Latham who at 31.47, took 162 wickets at 32.32. Katrin Neudolt 21-12, 21-9 in of this. It was not easy because final. We will just try to give our best years ago to win in England with there was little more than ironic was captaining the side in place of He was an opening batsman and the quarterfinals. AGENCIES in Test cricket you have to give in this match,” asserted Rahane. an eight-wicket victory. cheering from the stands. the ‘rested’ Kane Williamson. slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

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