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Guleria has sounded an alarm a rise in the Covid-19 active bell, warning that the new caseload over the past few days Indian strains of infection which is pegged at 1,45,634 as L M found could be highly trans- on date and now consists of " missible and dangerous. 1.32 per cent of India’s total He also added that the infections. new variant can even cause re- “More than 74 per cent of '() *(+,- O P infections in people who have the active cases of the country !#$$#%&!% developed anti-bodies to the are in Kerala and Maharashtra. ll international fliers virus. After reporting decline in Of late it is seen that there has Aexcept the ones coming # cases in last few months, India been a spike in the daily cases on flights originating from the $ has reported close to 87,000 in Chhattisgarh and Madhya United Kingdom, Europe and & cases of the coronavirus in the Pradesh also. Punjab and the West Asia will have to sub- last seven days, with the high- Jammu & Kashmir too are Amravati, Nashik, Akola and mit a self-declaration form on " est addition on Sunday when witnessing a surge in daily Yavatmal, the weekly cases the Air Suvidha portal before the country saw 14,264 fresh new cases,” the Ministry have increased by 33 per cent, ! their scheduled travel from infections within a span of 24 said. 47 per cent, 23 per cent, 55 per Monday night. hours. In the last four weeks in cent and 48 per cent, respec- As per the Ministry of exception of those traveling to Incidentally, the rise in Kerala, the average weekly cases tively, the Ministry under- Civil Aviation’s new guidelines India in the exigency of death infection has come in the back- have fluctuated between a high scored. for international travellers, the in the family. For seeking drop of identification of new of 42,000 and a low of 34,800. Punjab is rapidly assuming $2$&0- ties on Sunday clamped night new Standard Operating exemption, the travelling enti- variants in Maharashtra. Similarly, in the last four weeks, critical dimension in respect of curfew in Pune city and the Procedures (SOPs) will be in ty will have to apply to the India now has all three the weekly positivity in Kerala the spread of Covid-19 infec- aking cognisance of the neighbouring Pimpri- effect from 11pm on February online portal www.newdelhi- coronavirus variants that have has ranged from 13.9 per cent tion, the Ministry highlighted Tincreasing Covid-19 cases Chinchwad. 22. The South African coron- airport.in at least 72 hours caused a massive resurgence of to 8.9 per cent. adding in the last four weeks, in the State, Maharashtra Chief “Movement of people will avirus strain has been found in before boarding. cases globally — B.1.1.7, first In Maharashtra, in the last the weekly positivity rate in the Minister Uddhav Thackeray also be restricted between four people in India, while the The test should have been discovered in the United four weeks, the weekly cases State has increased from 1.4 per announced temporary ban on 11pm and 6am when only variant from Brazil has been conducted within 72 hours Kingdom; B.1.351, dominant in have shown a rising trend and cent to 1.6 per cent, while the political, religious and social essential activities like medical detected in one person. In light prior to the journey and each South Africa; and P.1, from have increased from 18,200 to weekly cases in the last four events, even as he gave an services, milk supply will be of these developments, the passenger will also have to Brazil. These have a unique col- 21,300; while the weekly posi- weeks have seen a rise from ultimatum to the people that allowed,” Pune’s divisional Government has decided to submit a declaration with lection of mutations, which tivity has also increased from 1300 to 1682. after eight days he would commissioner Saurabh Rao implement the new respect to the authenticity of make them spread more read- 4.7 per cent to 8 per cent. The Centre has advised all decide on re-imposing the said. “Schools and colleges in guidelines. the report. At the time of ily or cheat vaccine-immunity, The areas of concern are these States to improve the lockdown if they did not mend Pune and its sister city of The new guidelines said boarding the flight, only said the experts. the Mumbai suburban areas overall testing numbers by ways and follow pandemic Pimpri-Chinchwad will remain international passengers will asymptomatic travellers will be Dr Guelria stated that herd where the weekly cases have focusing on increasing the pro- norms strictly. closed February 28. also have to upload a negative allowed to board after the immunity for coronavirus is a risen by 19 per cent. In Nagpur, portion of RT-PCR tests. Meanwhile, the authori- Detailed report on P5 Covid-19 RT-PCR report with thermal screening. R % && #$ '$ # '() * %R " '() *(+,- head of elections in four ", -'$ AStates and one Union Territory, Prime Minister " Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the meeting of BJP ./+.010 national office-bearers which expressed confidence of win- he CBI probing the multi- ning more than 200 seats in Tcrore coal scam on Sunday West Bengal Assembly polls. issued notices to the wife and sis- The Prime Minister is visiting ter-in-law of Diamond Harbour West Bengal on Monday. MP Abhishek Banerjee who is The meeting decided to also the nephew of the Chief launch a country-wide “atm- Minister Mamata Banerjee. The nirbhar movement, promote ! ! CBI swung into action a day trying to threaten us with jail ‘swadeshi” and prpopagate P after a local court asked Home …they are trying to break my “vocal for local” mantra from !! # $% Minister Amit Shah to appear backbone as they have done to April 6, coinciding with the $ in person or through a lawyer on many leaders… but let me tell party’s foundation February 22 in a defamation case them that we are made of dif- day. Addressing the party lead- filed by Abhishek. ferent material… we have The key leaders of all ers, Modi asked them to Both the notices were fought against bullets so we are national office bearers, State improve the quality of organi- served under the Section 160 of not afraid of jails.” presidents, State-in-charges and sation so that the party could CrPC asking the respondents Comparing herself with organisational general secre- fulfill its mission of “making the to appear before the investi- tigers, Mamata said, “We are taries, discussed farmers agi- country great.” gating agency as witnesses to a tiger cubs and have fought tation and maintained that the The Prime Minister said his number of cases, including with more dangerous enemies three new agriculture laws Government is running on the some alleged transfer of money … what these rats will do to us were in the interest of the principle of “sabka saath sabka in banks situated in Thailand. … we are not at all afraid. Let farmers and the agitation has vishwas” and uninterruptedly Reacting over it, the Chief them do whatever they been “kept alive” by the moving with reforms be it farm Minister said, “Some people are want.” Congress and the Left. laws or the GST. % $$ " *. R % & ' 2*23,(445 '() *(+,- wo more MLAs of the any migratory birds from TCongress-Dravid MEurope, Siberia, Central aMunnetra Kazhagam alliance Asia and China visited Delhi in Puducherry resigned on this winter. On Sunday, on the Sunday, delivering yet another Big Bird Day-2021 (BBD- jolt to Chief Minister V 2021), the bird count was held Narayanasamy, a day before he at seven wetlands which host is scheduled to face a floor test Pied Aocet, Marsh Harrier, in the Assembly to prove his Ferruginous Pochard and Grey majority. Headed Canary Flycatcher and The resignation by Congress it was reported that the MLA K Lakshminarayanan and Yamuna Biodiversity Park DMK legislator Venkatesan fur- (YBP) gained first rank in ther reduced the strength of the hosting winged guests with ruling alliance to 11, while the total bird count at 101. Opposition has 14 MLAs in the “Today, there are seven 33-member Assembly, which biodiversity parks in Delhi has seven vacancies. spread over 3,000 acres in Lakshminarayanan and which Yamuna Biodiversity Venkatesan submitted their res- Park is the oldest (2002) and ignation letters separately to the South Biodiversity Park is assembly speaker V P the youngest (2019),” said Dr Sivakolundhu at his residence Faiyaz Khudsar, DU here, the both Professor. & $ said. !
& *3 ) " '() '() *(+,- Rajendra Pal Gautam along with Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay elhi Chief Minister Arvind Singh and MLA Dilip Pandey. DKejriwal on Sunday met Apart from this, farmer leaders #$ $ - / the farmer leaders from Chaudhary Rohit Jakhar, Western Uttar Pradesh at the Chaudhary Yashpal Singh, Delhi Legislative Assembly and Virendra Gujjar, Chaudhary '() *(+,- discussed the three “anti- Udham Singh, Rahul Bedi, farmer” laws passed by the Kuldeep Tyagi, Chaudhary erming the municipal by- Central Government. Kejriwal Baba Shyam Singh, Chaudhary Telections scheduled on said that the Central Sanjay, Chaudhary February 28 as the “semi-final” Government should immedi- Shokhendra, Thakur Puran to overthrow the corrupt 15- ately withdraw all the three Singh, Sirajuddin Chauhan and year rule of the Bharatiya Janata laws and the legal guarantee of Chaudhary Dalbir were also Party (BJP) in the corporations, MSP should be granted to all present. Delhi Cabinet Minister and the 23 crops following the rec- Kejriwal said, “Today sev- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi ommendations of the eral farmer leaders from west- convener Gopal Rai on Sunday Swaminathan Commission. ern Uttar Pradesh came to the said that the BJP has done pol- The Chief Minister said Delhi legislative assembly to itics of hatred during Delhi that these three anti-farmer discuss the three anti-farmer Assembly elections and its can- laws are death warrants to the laws passed by the BJP ruled didates will be defeated by a farmers with the implementa- central government. The BJP is huge margin in all the wards. tion of these laws the crop will continuously saying that these Addressing a booth go to the hands of a few indus- $ % ! ' () *! # laws will benefit the farmers KaryaKarta Sammelan at the (Kalyanpuri) and Ward No. 41- are happening in the area trialists. “The Central $ but the Bharatiya Janata Party Chauhan Bangar ward of E (Chauhan Bangar) in east under AAP rule which has not Government should talk to (BJP) has not yet clarified how Seelampur constituency, Rai Delhi, it said. happened in the last 25 years the farmers, if the government - 1,(( 04$(4 these laws will be beneficial to said that this by-election in five “At the time when the pol- and has happened in the last does not listen to the farmers the farmers.” wards of MCD is going to itics of hatred of the BJP was five years.” then who will listen,” he said. +0) 04( “These three laws are death write the future of Delhi for the reaching every state of India The AAP leader further Farmer leader Chaudhary -$+($('1(* 1,(' warrants to the farmers. If next five years. then Delhi Chief Minister said, “The Kejriwal govern- Rohit Jakhar said that Kejriwal these farmer laws are imple- “This is not just the election Arvind Kejriwal was the only ment is continuously working has broken all the barriers of 1,( 04$(4 / mented then the farmers of of five wards, but also the semi- leader who stopped these pol- for the development of the cit- caste, religion and sect and wel- -'*-0 )-++ &(3/$( India will become labourers in final to overthrow the corrupt itics of hatred of the BJP in izens. Quality education, qual- comed the entire Chaudharata their own land. Today all the 15-year rule of BJP in the Delhi and the AAP govern- ity healthcare, zero electricity of Western UP to the assembly. +0&/24(4 -' 1,(-4 farmer leaders have again MCD. The BJP did politics of ment was formed again last bill, zero water bill, CCTV Farmer leader Chaudhary /)' +0'* demanded immediate rollback hatred during Delhi Assembly year. The BJP sent all the senior cameras and various other Shyam Singh said that we heard of these three antifarmer laws. elections but people again leaders, the chief ministers and works were done by the a lot about Arvind Kejriwal and The farmers also demanded formed the AAP government cabinet ministers to campaign Kejriwal government. “The after meeting him, we have continue till the demands are that the BJP ruled central gov- under CM Arvind Kejriwal. He for its candidates but still faced Kejriwal government is work- received the same confidence. met. ernment should give a legal said that the AAP will defeat humiliating defeat,” he said. ing relentlessly for the devel- Another farmer leader The meeting was attended guarantee to the MSP. They BJP in a historical majority in Rai said, “The citizens of opment of Seelampur and Chaudhary Yashpathe Singh by Delhi Assembly Speaker demanded that MSP should be the MCD by-election just the Delhi stood together against whatever work is remaining said that Kejriwal has assured Ram Niwas Goel, Cabinet !*! $ %' implemented in all 23 crops,” way we did in the Delhi such hatred and reminded the will also be done within the us full support. Our protest will Ministers Kailash Gehlot and () he said. Assembly election,” he said. BJP that this is Delhi and the stipulated time,” he said. The bypolls according to politics of hatred will not work “This by-election is more election body will be held for here. For several years the peo- important than the Vidhan two wards under the North ple of Seelampur have voted Sabha election. I appeal to the * * $ !" Delhi Municipal Corporation only for the Congress party but people of Seelampur to vote for (NDMC) and three under the in return, the Congress party AAP. I appeal to everyone that East Delhi Municipal has not given anything to the this time the AAP councillor Corporation (EDMC). people of Seelampur. Today should win in the historic # $" % & " "$'"! The wards are: Ward No. various development works majority,” he added. 32N, (Rohini-C); Ward No. 62N, (Shalimar Bagh North) in -. ) / '() *(+,- They also allegedly slapped north Delhi and Ward No. 02- ) # and threatened each other at E (Trilokpuri); Ward No. 08-E '() *(+,- he Delhi Police on Sunday the party, following which they Tarrested four more men in left. The two parties had sim- elhi Commission for connection with the killing of ilar tussles over the same issue 045 0 1 *2 DProtection of Child Rights 25-year-old Rinku Sharma in sometime back as well, police (DCPCR), along with officials of outer Delhi’s Mangolapuri area. had said. various other departments, con- They were nabbed by the Later, the four men went to % ducted a rescue operation at Crime Branch of Delhi Police Sharma’s house where the vic- seven places under the jurisdic- which is currently probing the tim along with his elder broth- tion of Police Station- Samaypur Additionally, they made sure case. er were already standing out- Badli and rescued 11 children that all the rescued children felt The accused have been side with sticks. A scuffle broke from their work station. secure in the premises and identified as Deen Mohammad out between the two sides '() *(+,- “These children were were well taken care of,” he said. (40), Dilshan (22), Fayaiz (21) footage where they could be again during which the accused working in hazardous condi- In another rescue opera- and Faizan (21), all residents of seen attacking Sharma,” he stabbed Sharma and fled from he national Capital on tions as bonded labourers in tion conducted on January 28 Mangolapuri. In total, nine said. the spot, a senior police officer TSunday recorded 145 fresh bakery units, kharat machine in which 51 minors rescued men have been arrested in con- A day after the fifth had said. Covid-19 cases and two deaths, units and auto center units of was led by Neha Bansal, DM, nection with the incident so far. accused was arrested in con- Sharma’s brother Mannu even as the positivity rate Alipur area of North Delhi West and Nishant Bodh, SDM, According to Anil Mittal, nection with the killing of (19), however, had alleged that stood at 0.23 per cent. These District. One child was rescued Punjabi Bagh, Out of these 51 the Additional Public Relation Sharma, the police had trans- Rinku Sharma was killed as he new cases came out of 63,813 from a residential place where innocent children, 10 were Officer (APRO) of Delhi Police, ferred the case to the crime was actively participating in the tests conducted for Covid-19 he was working as a domestic boys and the rest 41 were girls. after examination of witnesses branch. donation drive for the Ram the previous day, according to worker. The rescued children The rescue mission was under- and CCTV, crime branch team According to police, on Mandir in Ayodhya. the latest health bulletin issued were exposed to all kinds of taken at sawmill, shoe and probing the case has arrested the night of February 10, when However, the Delhi Police by the city Government. physical and mental trauma, scrap units of Nangloi area, four more men in connection both the victim and the had denied any communal The total number of tests especially in the times of a West Delhi, it said. with the killing of Rinku accused men were attending a angle to the murder and said conducted on Sunday consists the citizens of Delhi by going Covid pandemic. The raid was “The children have been Sharma. birthday party, an argument the fight at the birthday party of 44,673 RT-PCR tests and '() *(+,- door to door before the MCD conducted on February 19,” the placed in child care institutions “The accused were identi- broke out between them over took place over a business 19,140 rapid antigen tests, the by-elections. During the door DCPCR said in a statement. and will be restored with their fied and arrested based on a their food joints in Rohini. rivalry. bulletin added. elhi Deputy Chief to door campaigns, the AAP The team consists of Ajit parents and families at the Delhi had recorded 96 DMinister Manish Sisodia leaders told them about the Singh Thakur, SDM Alipur, earliest. DCPCR would con- coronavirus cases on January on Sunday held a massive rampant corruption done by Police team from Samaypur tinue to work towards ensuring 27, the lowest in over nine padayatra in Kondli and the BJP ruled MCD for the last Badli police station, Labour that children are provided with 3.,* 2 2 months. It was also the first Trilokpuri in support of Aam 15 years. “The citizens of Department, North West back-wages and compensation time the daily infection count Aadmi Party (AAP) candi- Delhi are well aware of the District, NGO, Sahyog Care for as well as necessary action is stood below the 100-mark in dates for the upcoming corruption of the BJP ruled You and officials of Delhi taken against the offenders 2 # that month. municipal corporation by- MCD and how the BJP has Commission for Protection of which might act as a deterrent The infection tally in the elections. made the MCD bankrupt. Child Rights (DCPCR). to such persons and conditions scheme on its plot measuring in the densely populated resi- city now stands at 637900, the The AAP candidates, The citizens of Delhi have Anurag Kundu, that exploit children,” it added. ,0@-0&0* about 10,000 square meter in dential colony of Nehru Nagar,” authorities said. The tally of along with local MLAs and a made up their mind to throw Chairperson, DCPCR, said, DCPCR played the role of Nehru Nagar residential locali- said the chairperson. active cases is 1,071. large number of volunteers, BJP out of the MCD and to “The Commission’s aim of coordination in both the raids he Ghaziabad Development ty. In the meantime a plot was Besides fall in active cases, joined the padayatra and elect the AAP,” they said. making Delhi Child-labour and rescue operations. In both TAuthority (GDA) has turned Earlier this plot was used as allowed to be subdivided to the count of home isolation sought votes from the public. The bypolls according to free by 2023 can be realized the rescue operations, the chil- down its own proposal to devel- the warehouse of GDA to store develop a house society in cases have also registered a sus- During the public dialogue, the election body will be held only through proper social dren were mostly found to be op a residential scheme on the raw material. About five years Kaushambhi residential locality tained fall, dropping to below the public openly praised the for two wards under the reintegration and rehabilita- working for over 12 hours a day vacant plot of 10,000 square ago, the GDA stopped storing on Delhi border. Justifying the 467-mark, indicating improve- AAP Government and North Delhi Municipal tion of the rescued children and and were paid a bare minimum meter in posh Nehru Nagar res- raw material. Since then the plot decision the chairperson said ment in the COVID-19 situa- expressed tremendous sup- Corporation (NDMC) and collective efforts of all citizens amount of 100-150 per day. idential locality. The proposal was lying vacant and GDA was being a huge plot, no big builder tion, as per the bulletin. port for the AAP in MCD by- three under the East Delhi civil society and the state.” In its efforts to making was rejected by majority voted considering to develop a resi- came to participate in auctions It said that 173 beds in elections. Municipal Corporation “All the 11 rescued children Delhi a Child Labour free city by in its 157 board meeting on dential scheme so the proposal so the GDA decided to sell it COVID care centres are occu- Cabinet Minister (EDMC). were minor, the youngest one 2023, DCPCR is looking for sup- Saturday. to convert its land use was put after altering it in small size plots. pied by persons under quar- Satyendar Jain also held a The wards are: Ward No. being barely eight years old. port from the citizens of Delhi The GDA Chairperson and in the agenda before the board. The board further passed a antine, including travellers meeting at Rohini Sector-24 32N, (Rohini-C); Ward No. The Civil Defence team and have launched a WhatsApp Divisional Commissioner of “Following the debate in the budget to increase the revenue who have returned by the and party senior leader 62N, (Shalimar Bagh North) deployed by the District number (9599001855) where Meerut, Anita C Meshram, who board meeting, the proposal at 607 crore in 20 21-2022 Vande Bharat Mission and Rajendra Pal Gautam cam- in north Delhi and Ward No. Magistrate (North) did a splen- information of child labour can chaired the meeting, said that was turned down to develop the from 606 crore in 2020-21. The bubble flights. The bulletin paigned in Kondli and 02-E (Trilokpuri); Ward No. did job in ensuring the safety be shared and reporting citizens the board has considered 21 pro- residential colony. It was devi- expenditure for the coming said that 625929 patients have appealed to the people to vote 08-E (Kalyanpuri) and Ward measures required during the will be awarded for sharing the posals out of which the propos- ated to develop a park on the 2021-2122 session has been recovered, been discharged or for AAP candidates No. 41-E (Chauhan Bangar) in course of the operation. correct information. al of developing a residential plot to keep it as an open land speculated at 1,001/- crore. migrated so far. Party leaders talked to east Delhi. %
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$% ernment is committed to fulfil 4& the expectations and aspira- tions of the public. While the majority of works listed in the 2 # 2017 vision document have been executed, the work being & undertaken on various announcements is also being '%( regularly monitored. Work on majority of the announcements P has been completed with spe- cial focus being laid on the *(,40*2' development of roads, he said. *(,40*2' More roads have been made in he State Government will Uttarakhand under the hirty new Covid-19 posi- Tcomplete four years in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Ttive cases were reported in office on March 18. Stating this, Yojana (PMGSY) in the past the state on Sunday with 16 the chief minister Trivendra three years and 10 months persons recovering and one being reported in the state on from Nainital, four from Singh Rawat said that the state than were made in the past 17 person dying from the disease Sunday, the total number of Haridwar, three from Udham government has executed more years. About 11,000 kilometres on the same day. At the same active cases in Uttarakhand Singh Nagar, two from Tehri than 85 per cent of the works of roads were made during this Minister Narendra Modi for I was the Agriculture minister about 150 offices in the state are time, 28 sessions were held in currently stands at 457 while and one each from Chamoli listed in the party’s vision doc- period. Rawat further said that starting the Jal Jeevan mission in 2008, I had met on the e-office system. The the state on Sunday wherein a the recovery percentage is 96.35 and Pauri districts. Out of the ument of 2017. The CM said water connection is being pro- in urban areas also. Vishveshwari Devi in Chamoli assembly in the summer capi- total of 496 persons were vac- per cent. The total cumulative total active cases in the state, this at a programme in vided in rural areas for only Re The CM pointed out that district. She had told me that tal Gairsain is also being made cinated against Covid-19. number of positive Covid-19 there are 132 in Haridwar dis- Miyawala area of Dehradun one each with six lakh water Uttarakhand has become the women should also get rights into an e-Vidhan Sabha. The According to the health depart- cases in the state so far is trict, 78 in Nainital, 71 in where he inaugurated and connections having being given first state to take the decision in the property of their hus- CM also spoke about the var- ment, the cumulative number 96,687 out of which 93,158 have Almora, 27 in Dehradun and 26 unveiling the foundation stones in rural areas so far. The gov- of granting rights to women in bands. This issue had been on ious development works exe- of beneficiaries who have recovered from the disease. in Pauri. Of the remaining dis- of various development works ernment is working towards the paternal property of their my mind since then.” cuted and planned works of the received the first dose of the The total number of Covid-19 tricts, Bageshwar has 10 active amounting to about Rs 50 meeting the target of ensuring husbands. While women will Referring to steps taken by state government. vaccine in the state is 1,37,005 deaths reported in the state so cases while there are 16 in crore on Sunday. water connection for all by not face problems in securing the government for institu- The local MLA Umesh while the cumulative number far is 1,687 considering which Chamoli, 12 in Champawat, 16 Rawat said that the state 2022. The poor in urban areas bank loans due to this this deci- tional reforms, the CM said Sharma ‘Kau’, Dehradun mayor of beneficiaries who have the mortality rate is 1.74 per in Pithoragarh, two in government is fulfilling the will be provided water con- sion, it will also bring about that the state government had Sunil Uniyal Gama and others received the second dose of the cent. Of the persons found Rudraprayag, 19 in Tehri, 37 in promises made to the people. nection for Rs 100 each, he considerable change in society recently been awarded for its e- were also present on the occa- vaccine is 7,925. positive on Sunday, 13 were Udham Singh Nagar and 11 in He stressed that the state gov- said, while thanking Prime in the future. He said, “When cabinet initiative. At present sion. With 30 new cases of Covid from Dehradun district, six Uttarkashi. %%,P 2 '1/ ,2 *(,40*2' tion, Lalpul, PNB Patelnagar, and a hydraulic Matawala Bagh, Saharanpur ramp for the dif- he operation of electric Chowk, Railway Station, Prince ferently abled. Tbuses under the smart city Chowk, Cyber police station, The air-condi- project began in Dehradun on Tehsil Chowk, Darshanlal tioned bus is *(,40*2' According to the chair- have made full recovery. The Sunday. Chief minister Chowk, Clock Tower, Gandhi equipped with a person of the commission, representatives from the vari- Trivendra Singh Rawat flagged Park, Saint Joseph’s Academy, GPS, three he State Commission for Usha Negi, substance abuse has ous departments will also off the five buses which will secretariat, Bahal Chowk, CCTV cameras, TProtection of Child Rights increased exponentially in the attend the workshop to take operate on the ISBT to Rajpur Dilaram Chowk,Madhuban ITS display, vari- (SCPCR) will conduct a work- last few years in the State note of students' thoughts and route in the initial stage. Hotel, Ajanta Chowk, Survey of able message dis- shop on Tuesday where stu- among school and college stu- discuss substance abuse relat- Speaking on the occasion, India, NIVH front gate, Jakhan, play, USB port dents of various colleges and dents. This makes it crucial to ed issues in order to prepare Rawat said that this was a Pacific Mall, Inder Baba Marg, for each seat, universities will express their know the viewpoint of the stu- appropriate guidelines. "The good start under the smart city Mussoorie diversion, Sai tem- emergency but- thoughts about increasing sub- dents who can help the officials commission has directed the project. The operation of elec- ple and Tehri House/GRD ton and hammer stance abuse in Uttarakhand. concerned to understand how departments concerned to draft tric buses will help reduce pol- institution. along with other Recently, the commission held students are actually guidelines only after consider- lution while also providing a It is pertinent to mention features. On a full a State level meeting in which approached by or connect with ing the recommendations of convenient commute to the cit- here that a total of 30 electric charge, the bus she instructed the officials con- drug dealers, stated Negi. She the students and such young- izens. buses will be operated in can cover a dis- cerned to draft guidelines to informed that the commission sters who have gone through According to officials, the Dehradun as part of the smart tance of 150 to restrict substance abuse among has invited students from the traumatic experience of bus service from ISBT to city project. The main purpose 180 kilometres. children as well as facilitate around 12 universities and drug abuse. We want officials Rajpur will halt at 32 stoppages behind this is to encourage The fare for the e-bus service 21 kilometres, Rs 40 for 21 to Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’, MLAs rehabilitation facilities to four colleges of Uttarakhand to to prepare and execute proper with each of these located at a public transport while provid- is Rs 10 for the first four kilo- 25 kilometres, Rs 45 for 25 to Vinod Chamoli, Harbans addicted children. Considering participate in the workshop. guidelines to restrict drug distance of about 490 metres ing good service at low rates to metres, Rs 15 for four to seven 30 kilometres, Rs 50 for 30 to Kapoor, Ganesh Joshi and this, the commission decided to Moreover, the commission has abuse across the State and apart. The stoppages include the public with buses that help kilometres, Rs 20 for seven to 35 kilometres and Rs 55 for Dehradun Smart City Limited conduct this workshop as a part also invited those students and involvement of students is nec- Shimla bypass, Majra, ITI check air and noise pollution. 10 kilometres, Rs 25 for 10 to more than 35 kilometres. CEO Ashish Kumar Srivastava of making guidelines in coor- youngsters who were once essary for effective results in the Niranjanpur, Sabzi Mandi The 25-seater bus also has 13 kilometres, Rs 30 for 13 to Tehri MP Mala Rajya were also among those present dination with students. addicted to drugs but now, they long run," stated Negi. Chowk, Patelnagar police sta- space for placing a wheelchair 17 kilometres, Rs 35 for 17 to Laxmi Shah, Dehradun mayor on the occasion. *%( $ ! 2.23 *(,40*2' through GIS will increase the erate a unique . 5 revenue of the municipal cor- property iden- ! fter the survey of four porations by manifold. This tification num- Aurban local bodies (ULBs) was informed by the urban ber which will 4 2 2 through the Geographic planner of the directorate, Priya be helpful in ! Information System (GIS) for Bharadwaj. She informed that providing var- mapping buildings using the directorate will use satellite ious facilities drones under the Urban images and aerial photographs to the locals of *(,40*2' (MCD) campus by the com- $ Development Directorate for a thorough analysis of the a certain area. mission”, informed (UDD), the details of all the buildings. Besides this, the According to he Uttarakhand State Additional district magis- properties will be available directorate has also planned her, this work TCommission for Safai trate (ADM), Bir Singh *(,40*2' 204 persons were reported online by the year 2023. door to door survey for addi- will be done Karamcharis (USCSK) will Budiyal. According to him, missing after the disaster, 68 Currently, the property tax is tional details like electricity simultaneously in four ULBs Bharadwaj. However, she conduct a review meeting the representatives of various ven as search and relief bodies and 28 body parts submitted in the municipal connection, water connection, which are Dehradun, added that it also depends on today in coordination with departments including the Eoperations are continuing have bee recovered so far corporations on the basis of the total rooms, kitchens and toi- Haridwar, Rudrapur and the permission for the drone various departments to chief development officer in the disaster affected area of from different locations. self assessment of the proper- lets seats a building have to get Rishikesh. She added that this flying in ULBs and when the analyse the progress of the (CDO), district education Chamoli district, the death Thirty eight bodies and one ty by the owners which cannot complete data of the buildings. whole project is funded by the directorate will get the required Self Employment Scheme for officer, district medical offi- toll from the disaster which body part have been identi- be calculated and verified phys- Apart from buildings, the World Bank and the mapping approval from the department Rehabilitation of Manual cer besides police depart- took place on February 7 fied so far. In order to ascer- ically by the municipal corpo- directorate will also identify in the four ULBs will be com- concerned, the project will be Scavengers (SRMS) while dis- ment, social welfare depart- currently stands at 68 with tain the identity of the bod- ration every time. Since all the things like roads, electric poles pleted within 18 months. "After finished within 18 months. cussing the issues of sanita- ment and municipal com- 136 people still missing. ies, the DNA samples of 96 property holders do not deposit and dustbins which can be a feeding the details of properties Moreover, the mapping of tion workers across various missioners of the Municipal According to the deputy family members of the miss- the property tax in all the revenue source for the admin- to the online portal of the properties in these four ULBs districts. Corporation of Rishikesh inspector general (Law and ing, 48 bodies and 25 body municipal corporations, it leads istration. directorate, the quick assess- is a pilot project by the direc- “The meeting will be (MCR) and the MCD have Order) and Uttarakhand parts have been sent ot the to financial losses to the cor- Bharadwaj further ment and appropriate calcula- torate and on the basis of it, it organised in the Municipal been directed to be present in police chief spokesman, forensic science laboratory porations every year. However, informed that this collected tion would be available online will be executed on other ULBs Corporation of Dehradun the meeting. Nilesh Anand Bharne, while in Dehradun till now. the mapping of the buildings data will be later used to gen- from the year 2023," said too, added Bharadwaj. 1! ! -./( ) Patel, veterinary officer, Raipur get timely treatment either on *(,40*2' told The Pioneer. site by doctors on duty in the However, surprisingly ambulance or by being taken to 0$% 1 ore than twenty years when this correspondent vets safely. Turnaround time Mhave passed since brought the need for animal and data of services rendered Uttarakhand was founded, ambulance service in should be maintained system- however till date the State gov- Dehradun city to the attention atically,” said Richa Bhutani, ernment has not started any of Municipal Corporation of trustee member of Dehradun animal ambulance service to Dehradun veterinary officer, Animal Lovers. There is no attend to the lakhs of stray dogs Dr DC Tiwari and asked if any known animal ambulance in and other small animals sur- steps would be taken towards Dehradun. Around three viving on its streets. Not just this, Tiwari retorted, “We do NGOs have only transportation remote areas but even the State not have any ambulance for vehicles for animal capital, Dehradun does not small animals and there is rescue. have even one government nothing planned in the regard. It should be noted that ambulance for small animals to Will the MCD do everything? GVK EMRI, that had launched help mitigate the pain and suf- Dogs are not heavy, people can 108 ambulance service in fering of wounded and sick ani- take injured or sick stray dogs Uttarakhand, is already run- mals. to vets on their own.” ning 1962 Mobile Veterinary As per official estimates A senior veterinary officer Services in Tamil Nadu, there are over 2.5 lakh stray who wished anonymity stated, Telangana and Gujarat. For dogs in Uttarakhand; 35,000 of “The reality is that the gov- instance in Gujarat, the free *(,40*2' ject has been developed on 250 these being within Dehradun ernment is not focused on ani- Karuna Animal Ambulance acre of land provided by Kerala city. However, the only one mal welfare, it is focused only service was launched in rime Minister, Shri State Electricity Board Ltd vehicle provided to Raipur vet- on livestock production. October 2017 with 11 ambu- PNarendra Modi dedicated which is spread across erinary hospital is only for Animal lives, especially of lances for the welfare of stray 50 MW Kasaragod Solar Power Paivalike, Meenja and Chippar large animals. Even though it is strays, are not valued. Hence, animals and in 2018 expanded Project to the Nation through villages of District Kasaragod, called an ambulance, it is mere- critical facilities like ambu- to all the districts of Gujarat by Video Conference on 19th Kerala and built with central ly a transportation vehicle as it lances for animals do not get adding 26 more ambulances. February, 2021 the first Solar government’s investment of is not equipped with any basic priority. Having a robust ani- Up to July 2019 this service had Power Project implemented by around Rs. 280 cr. ambulance facilities like oxygen mal ambulance service in every “Ambulances can be provided monitor their work. This sionate individuals who rescue treated more than 84,000 ani- THDC India Limited (THD- It is noteworthy that THD- cylinder, life support or even district of Uttarakhand is a dire easily but where do we keep should be launched in stray animals in their person- mal patients. Asked if CIL), a mini Ratna Power PSU CIL is one of India’s leading proper lights. “The govern- need. Operations of the ambu- these injured or sick strays Dehradun on a pilot basis in al capacity face a major chal- Uttarakhand government of Govt. of India. power generating enterprise ment order states that this lances should be outsourced to after we pick them up? To solve one month’s time and expand- lenge of not having any animal would consider launching 1962 With the development of already in the field of Power ambulance is to be used only ensure smooth functioning.” this, we have started work on ed to all other districts if suc- ambulances for service to crit- animal ambulance service in this first 50 MW Solar Photo Generation having aggregate for large animals. The mandate Discussing this subject, an initiative in which we shall cessful.” ical and emergency cases round Uttarakhand too, a senior offi- Voltaic PV power project in operating Generation Capacity for government vets is to pro- joint director of Uttarakhand earmark and empanel regis- Meanwhile, animal-wel- the year. cer in the Department of Kasaragod Solar Park, THDC of 1587 MW in the field of vide free treatment to stray ani- Animal Welfare Board, Dr tered NGOs working for ani- fare volunteers emphasised that “We desperately need Animal Husbandry informed, has reaffirmed its commit- Hydro, Wind which has now mals. But these ambulances Ashutosh Joshi said that the mal welfare. The government only big NGOs can afford to equipped ambulances as the "GVK EMRI has already made ment to contribute to the gov- successfully forayed into solar have to be provided by respec- real problem was not unavail- will provide a fixed amount for buy and run their own ambu- backbone of a public emer- a presentation on this but the ernment’s solar power agenda power projects with a vision of tive municipal bodies and dis- ability of vehicles but the every rescued stray kept at lances but the majority are gency veterinary response sys- project is expensive hence not in Kerala which has a total becoming a leading Solar trict Panchayats,” Dr Manish absence of forward linkages. these empaneled NGOs and smaller NGOs and compas- tem so that distressed animals likely to be passed.” capacity of 105 MW. The pro- Power Developer of India. ! '
)*)+,*+) 0 $ !" ! 4 !! !% !" ! !!P '() *(+,- he Department of TEmpowerment of Persons '() *(+,- as to jointly maintain peace and have to go beyond a feature ) with Disabilities, under the tranquility in the border areas.” called Bottle neck area on - Union Social Justice and ocusing on reducing tension The smooth pull back at foot. Empowerment Ministry, has Fat the Line of Actual the Pangong lake and the two Also, the region is strate- written to the Union Health Control(LAC) at the earliest, sides lauding it was seen as the gically important for India as Ministry to include the PwDs India and China will soon first step in the long process to it has the advantage of moni- &$ as one of the priority groups for have another round of talks at restore normalcy at the LAC in toring all activities at the '() *(+,- its ongoing Covid vaccination the military level. It may firm Ladakh after the ten-month Karakoram range and highway programme. up the mutually acceptable long face-offs. Efforts were and nearby regions. Moreover, ongress President Sonia / KVS Rao, Director of the process to pull back troops now on the lend momentum to the Daulat Beg Oldie airfield CGandhi on Sunday accused DePwD, in a letter to Gayatri Foundation, counted reasons cine for persons with disabil- from the friction points includ- withdrawal from the other fric- there has added muscle to the Government of “profiteer- Mishra, Joint Secretary in the like physical vulnerabilities, ities. ing Hot Springs, Gogra and tion points and the two India’s military strength as it ing” off “people’s misery” and Union Health Ministry, urged preexisting medical conditions, Ektha co-founder Rajiv Depsang plains. Commanders held extensive can shore up its logistics by air demanded an immediate roll- “What baffles most citi- for inclusion of PwDs includ- communication barriers, close Rajan said persons with dis- These were the takeaways discussion on Saturday in this in a short time. back of the increase in prices. zens, is that these prices have ing Thalassemia-major patients contact needed with others for abilities are the most vulnera- from the marathon 16-hour aspect, sources said. Given the smooth with- In a letter to Prime been increased despite moder- in the priority list of Covid-19 personal care (activities of daily ble groups when it comes to long talks between the Corps The 16-hour long talks drawal of troops from Minister Narendra Modi, she ate prices of international crude vaccine to ensure their safety living), social isolation and the pandemic. Commanders of India and beginning at ten am on Pangong, sources said India said the truth is that as GDP oil. To put it in context, the from the infection. disruption in social networks, ‘Many of us lack immuni- China on Saturday at Moldo in Saturday and ending at two am was hopeful that pull back “nosedives”, the prices of gas, crude oil price is nearly half of According to health discrimination in access to ty. Most of us cannot maintain Chushul sector of Ladakh. on Sunday primarily focused could take place soon from the diesel and petrol continue to what it was during the UPA experts, persons having comor- healthcare facilities resulting in social distancing because we Meeting for the first time since on hasten up disengagement other friction points too. rise unchecked. government’s tenure. Therefore, bidities like diabetes as well deprioritisation in times of need support for our day to day withdrawal of the troops from from the Hot Springs, Gogra On February 11, Defence “I write to you to convey your Government’s act of rais- PwDs are vulnerable to the limited resources. activities. Many of us cannot the Pangong Tso(lake) on and Depsang, they said. India Minister Rajnath Singh every citizen’s anguish and ing prices (continuously for 12 Coronavirus because of their ‘It is vital for personal care understand what is going on Thursday last week, the two was represented by Lt General announced in Parliament that deep distress regarding the days till February 20th) is lit- low immunity. Hence they attendants, health workers and around us as modes and means senior military official also P K Menon while Major India and China reached an spiralling fuel and gas prices. tle less than a brazen act of need to be immunised on the persons with disabilities, of communication are not reviewed the pull-back and General Liu Lin headed the agreement on disengagement On one hand, India is witness- profiteering,” she said. priority basis, said the experts. chronically ill people to have accessible to many of us,’ he said. appreciated the smooth with- Chinese delegation. in the North and South banks ing systematic erosion of jobs, What is equally distressing In fact, last month around access to the vaccine. They Following approval of two drawal. On Saturday evening, of Pangong lake that mandates wages and household income. is that despite being in power 30 disability rights organisa- should (also) be part of deci- vaccines — Covaxin developed A joint statement issued by sources had said bringing down both sides to “cease” forward The middle class and those at for almost seven years now, the tions had written to Prime sion-making about vaccine pri- by Bharat Biotech and India and China later on the tension in the region was deployment of troops in a the margins of our society are government continues to blame Minister Narendra Modi and orities and planning for how Covishield from the Sunday said “On February 20, the broad priority of the talks. “phased, coordinated and ver- struggling. These challenges previous regimes for its own Health Minister Harsh future public health emergen- Oxford/AstraZeneca stable the 10th round of China-India India has all along been main- ifiable” manner. have been compounded by economic mismanagement, she Vardhan in this regard. cies are handled,’ said Arman being manufactured by the Corps Commander Level taining that disengagement at Under the agreement, he runaway inflation and an said in her letter to Modi. The disability rights Ali, Executive Director, Serum Institute of India — for Meeting was held on the all the friction points was nec- said China will pull back its unprecedented rise in price of To set the record straight, groups, including the National NCPEDP. emergency use in the country, Chinese side of the essary to de-escalate the situa- troops to east of Finger 8 areas almost all household items and domestic crude oil production Centre for Promotion of Further, collectively, the currently the government is Moldo/Chushul border meet- tion in the region. in the northern bank of essential commodities,” the has fallen to an 18-year low in Employment for Disabled sector has demanded clarity on vaccinating healthcare workers ing point. The two sides posi- Officials were hopeful of Pangong lake while the Indian Congress chief said. 2020, Sonia Gandhi said. People, Ektha and Sama scheduling the Covid-19 vac- and frontline workers. tively appraised the smooth early agreement to mutually personnel will be based at their Stressing that fuel prices Governments are elected to completion of disengagement pull back troops from permanent base at Dhan Singh are at an “historic and unsus- ease the burden of people and of frontline troops in the Patrolling Point 15 and 17A in Thapa Post near Finger 3 in the tainable” high, Sonia Gandhi at the very least, not work Pangong Lake area noting that Gogra as normalcy was region. Similar action would said petrol has breached the directly contrary to their inter- it was a significant step forward restored to a large extent in the take place on the south bank of 100 per litre mark in many ests, the Congress chief said. % ! that provided a good basis for adjacent Pangong region. the lake as well, he said. parts of the country and the “I urge you to roll back resolution of other remaining However, a mutually The sources said troops of surging price of diesel has these increases and pass on the issues along the LAC in acceptable plan to disengage both sides have retreated to added to the escalating woes of benefit to our middle and Western Sector. from the Depsang plains could positions in line with the agree- millions of farmers. salaried class, our farmers and “They had candid and in- take longer, sources said. This ment. “Sadly, in these distressing poor and our fellow citizens. It depth exchange of views on region in the past also saw The disengagement times, the Government has is they who are battling an other issues along the LAC in stand-offs and intervention at process began on February 10. chosen to profiteer off people’s unprecedented economic slow- -17,) the Western Sector. The two the higher levels were resort- In his statement in misery and suffering,” Sonia down, widespread unemploy- sides agreed to follow the ed to defuse tension, they Parliament, the defence minis- Gandhi said. ment, wage reductions and job '() *(+,- The official inauguration, how- Singh said it would go a important consensus of their added. ter also said it was agreed to The increase pushed the losses, high prices and erosion ever, was held Sunday. long way in achieving the objec- state leaders, continue their Sources said the tension in convene the next meeting of petrol price to 90.58 a litre in of income,” she said. aster artisans and crafts- The artisans and crafts- tive of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'. communication and dialogue, the Depsang Plains was due to senior commanders of both Delhi and to 97 in Mumbai. “I hope you will agree that Mmen can contribute big men have a very important role Singh said the 'Hunar Haat' stabilize and control the situa- China blocking Indian patrol sides within 48 hours of com- This was the 12th straight day it is time for your government time to the country's economy in contributing to the country's brings together indigenous arti- tion on the ground, push for a parties from accessing Patrol pletion of the disengagement in of price hike and the largest to focus on solutions instead of and the Central Government's economy and GDP, Defence sans and craftsmen from across mutually acceptable resolution Points (PP) 10, 11, 11A, 12 and the Pangong lake areas so as to daily increase since oil compa- looking for excuses. India aim is to take the rural indus- Minister Singh said. the country of the remaining issues in a 13. That was due to the rea- resolve all other remaining nies started to revise rates on a deserves better,” Sonia Gandhi tries' annual turnover of about "This is the irony that our This Haat is a beautiful steady and orderly manner, so son that the Indian patrols issues. daily basis in 2017. said. 80,000 crore to 5 lakh crore rural industries did not get the exhibition of our traditional art within the next two to three kind of encouragement they and craft and more important- years, Union minister Rajnath should have. But our govern- ly our cultural mosaic," he said. After verification of docu- ed for 10-15 minutes from our Singh said on Sunday while ment is focused on promoting Artisans and craftsmen ' 5 ments shown by Bhaker, the personnel to procure the inaugurating the 26th edition of rural industries," he said. from states such as Andhra security officials informed her required document for waiver 'Hunar Haat' here. "The turnover of rural Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, that the document required of charges for carriage of her More than 600 artisans and industries per year is approxi- Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, for exemption of payment of arms on board,” said the state- craftsmen from over 31 states mately 80,000 crore and our Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, !O 5 $ handling charge for carriage of ment. and Union Territories are par- government aims to take this Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and arms, as per laid down norms, The moment she furnished ticipating in the Minority turnover to Rs 5 lakh crore Kashmir, Ladakh, Kerala, '() *(+,- the airline, for alleged “harass- with Bhaker. This is also cor- is not there. the required document to the Affairs Ministry's 'Hunar Haat' within the next two to three Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, ment” and “insulting” her. roborated by the CCTV And, they said fixed Air India check-in and securi- being held at the Jawaharlal years," he said. Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and ir India (AI) on Sunday She had alleged that she footage. Hence, the allegation of charges for the carriage of arms ty personnel, her baggage Nehru Stadium here on the Hailing the 'Hunar Haat' West Bengal, are participating Adenied allegation of had to go through the “ordeal” misbehaviour by him simply would have to be paid, the air- including the arms were accept- theme of "Vocal for Local" initiative of the Minority Affairs in 'Hunar Haat' to display and “harassment” of Tokyo despite carrying all valid doc- does not arise,” Air India said line clarified in the statement. ed for carriage, the statement from February 20 to March 1. Ministry, sell their products. Olympic prospect Manu uments and clearance from in the statement. It was explained to Bhaker said. Bhaker by two of its staff at the the Directorate General of Civil The CCTV footage also that the document for exemp- Air India said though the Delhi airport and said its asser- Aviation (DGCA) for travelling nullifies the passenger’s allega- tion shown by her was not DGCA permit allowed her car- tion was based on CCTV with her weapons and ammu- tion of bribes being asked for “valid” as it was signed only by riage of arms from February 20, footage. nition. and snatching of mobile phone, the assistant secretary of the in view of the Rifle Association In a statement, AI claimed Stating that as a responsi- it said. National Rifle Association. certificate with bonafide signa- that “legitimate” documents ble airline, it always “adheres” According to Air India, As per rules, details of ture, it extended courtesy to were asked for from Bhaker to the rules and regulations gov- during check-in at the Delhi which are available on the Air have her on board with the when she was boarding its erning operations, it said that airport counter, Bhaker told its India website, signature of only arms on February 19 itself. flight along with her mother for “in this case also, Air India was check-in employees that she the secretary or president of a “Subsequently, Bhaker with '() *(+,- Bhopal from Delhi on February only following the protocol was carrying an bonafide association is her mother proceeded for their 19, contrary to the allegations regarding such a sensitive activ- Air Pistol and a 0.22-bore gun. recognised for waiver of the security check and were facili- uspicion, however strong, made by her against the airline. ity like the carriage of arms on “She was advised by our charges, Air India said. tated to board the aircraft,” the Scannot take the place of The 19-year-old board”. counter personnel to get the “Subsequently, the applica- airline added. proof, the Supreme Court has Commonwealth Games and “Our employee Manoj documents, mandatory to carry ble charges – that is 5,000 Air India has always said, stressing that an accused Youth Olympics gold medallist Gupta was at the counter arms and ammunition, verified along with 5 per cent GST; for encouraged and has the high- is presumed to be innocent pistol shooter had sought throughout and had, at no by Air India security officials,” two, a total 10,200 – were con- est respect for sports and unless proved guilty beyond a action against two employees of point, communicated directly said the statement. veyed to Bhaker, who request- sportspersons, it said. reasonable doubt. There has to be a chain of evidence so complete as to ' * ' show that in all human prob- ability the act must have been $ O done by the accused, a bench of justices Indira Banerjee and Hemant Gupta observed while 6 2 2 / Q2 upholding an order of the the police by Gitanjali Tadu, electric shock and there is no Orissa High Court which her husband Bijay Kumar conclusive evidence that the ment’s “indige- - D acquitted two men accused of Tadu had been working deput- death was homicidal. nous cow sci- murdering a home guard by ed at Chandabali police sta- “The mere fact that the ence” examina- R '() *(+,- electrocuting him. tion. deceased was lying dead at a tion. “It is well settled by a The woman has alleged room held by the accused The brain- Jharna Sannigrahi under nion Home Minister Amit plethora of judicial pro- that the accused Banabihari respondent No 1 and that the child of the '() *(+,- Indian Penal Code (IPC) UShah said on Sunday that nouncement of this court that Mohapatra, his son Luja and accused respondents had Rashtriya Sections relating to murder, the new education policy suspicion, however strong can- other accomplices killed her informed the complainant that Kamdhenu he Special Crime Branch criminal conspiracy and com- reflects the commitment of not take the place of proof. An husband with an electric shock the deceased had been lying Aayog set up in T(SCB) of CBI, Patna has mon intention. the Modi Government towards accused is presumed to be after administering some poi- motionless and still and not 2019 under the taken over a 2017 case of In response to a Writ the preservation, development innocent unless proved guilty sonous substances to him. responding to shouts and calls, Central Animal Argora police station in Ranchi Petition (Criminal) No 419 of and empowerment of all Indian beyond a reasonable doubt,” The apex court said the does not establish that the '() *(+,- Husbandry ministry, study following a directive from 2017 seeking direction to the languages. the bench said. post mortem report reveals accused respondents murdered material on its website says Jharkhand High Court where- CBI to take over the probe into In a message on the occa- As per an FIR lodged with that the cause of death was the deceased,” the bench said. he much awaited Cow almost what Bengal’s BJP chief in the complaint (victim’s the Argora police station case sion of the International TScience exam known as Dilip Ghosh had said. That mother) had alleged that her number 180/2017, the Mother Language Day, Shah ‘Kamdhenu Gau Vigyan Indian cows have something husband Dr Subhashish Jharkhand High Court in an said the mother tongue is a O 7 N OC Prachar-Prasar Examination’, special in their humps that Sannigrahi had killed their order in December last year powerful medium of expres- for which there is no registra- turn sunshine into gold which son Antariksh in a planned directed the CBI to take over sion. tion fee, has been postponed. gives their milk its yellow road accident on July 25, 2016. the probe following which the “Our new education poli- &> . D 1 It was earlier scheduled for colour”. The victim had met with a agency on Thursday re-regis- cy reflects the commitment of February 25, 2021. No infor- For the one-hour online road accident on July 25, 2016 tered the case. the Modi government towards '() *(+,- point of Sreedharan’s impact Sreedharan could have on the mation on the new date has examination, the study mate- and succumbed to his injuries “The facts mentioned in the preservation, development on Kerala elections will turn out Kerala Assembly polls, the MP been provided yet. A note on rial shared by the Rashtriya two days later on July 27, the complaint discloses com- and empowerment of all Indian ith E Sreedharan throwing to be the announcement of from Thiruvananthapuram said, kamdhenugvppexam.org says, Kamdhenu Aayog says that 2016. mission of offence under IPC languages,” he tweeted in Whis hat in the political ring joining the BJP itself. “Since he has no political back- “Please note that online cow dung is used as a protec- The complainant Rupali Section 302 (murder), 120-B Hindi. by deciding to join the BJP, In an interview with PTI, ground or experience, I think his Kamdhenu Gau Vigyan tion against radiations in Mohanty, mother of the victim, (criminal conspiracy) and 34 The home minister said senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he was surprised at impact is likely to be minimal.” Prachar Prasar Exam nuclear centres in India and has claimed that the said acci- (common intention). Hence maximum efforts should be Tharoor on Sunday said the the announcement that “When I joined politics at /Pratiyogita which was sched- Russia. It had protected dent was a planned one and Regular Case (FIR) RC made for the use of mother technocrat is likely to have a Sreedharan was going to enter 53, I thought I had left it too uled for 25th Feb 2021 includ- Bhopal residents from the gas was allegedly conspired by his 0922021S0001 dated tongue and foster the wisdom “minimal” impact on the the political fray and join the BJP. late to make the kind of ing Mock Examination on leak too. The material also husband Dr Subhasish 18.02.2021 is re-registered and passed on by it to strengthen upcoming Kerala Assembly He said Sreedharan’s entry impact I felt I was capable of. 21st Feb 2021 has been post- states that Indian cows have a Sannigrahi and other members entrusted to Rajesh Kumar, the foundation of the country’s polls, and asserted that the BJP came as a surprise to him What can I say about some- poned.” special power to absorb the of his family. Inspector of Police, CBI, SCB, culture in children. is not a serious contender except because the technocrat had a one who is 88?” Tharoor The University Grants sun’s energy with the help of The Argora Police Station, Patna for investigation and “Greetings on the occasion in a few seats in the State. long innings executing engi- said. Commission has earlier writ- the solar pulse situated in Ranchi had registered a case in report,” reads the order by of the International Mother Tharoor also said it will be neering projects, not making or On whether Sreedharan’s ten to Vice Chancellors of their humps. As a result, mak- 2017 against the complainant’s Additional Superintendent of Language Day. This day very difficult for the BJP to implementing policies in a frac- entry will make the Kerala 900 universitites in the coun- ing Indian cow milk, cow husband and other relatives Police/Head of Branch, CBI, inspires us to stay connected improve upon its performance tious democracy. “It’s a very dif- polls a three-way contest and try to encourage the students dung, and cow urine nourish- Debashish Sannigrahi, Sujoy SCB, Patna, Rajesh Kumar with our cultural heritage,” he of winning one seat in the 2016 ferent world,” he added. the BJP will emerge as a to write the Central govern- ing. Chandra Sannigrahi and Sinha. tweeted. assembly polls and the high Asked what kind of impact serious contender alongside. ! 0
8 $ - ) $ 2 " * Q , R 0 $! %! &!'! ! ./3,- turned up for the inaugural function. " " Thushar Vellappalli, who had been $2$&0- Amravati in eastern Maharashtra, where he CPI(M) and the Congress were grilled by the UAE Police in connec- there has been increasing incidence of Thands in glove to appease the tion with a case of financial embez- aking serious cognisance of the increas- Covid-19 case in the last few days. ( )) minorities in the State of Kerala zlement too was present to greet the Ting Covid-19 cases in the State, Alluding to the first phase of vaccina- according to Yogi Adityanath, Chief rally. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav tion, Uddhav said that as many as 9 lakh Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Adityanath reminded the audi- Thackeray announced temporary ban on frontline Covid-19 workers had been ./+.010 Andhra Pradesh … why if “While the Government of Uttar ence that the people of Tripura had political, religious and social programmes, administered vaccines. “My appeal to all there can be a Punjab in India Pradesh has brought in laws banning dumped the CPI(M) which ruled the even as he gave an ultimatum to the peo- such Covid workers who have so far not ddressing a rally to cele- when there is a separate Punjab Love Jihad and terrorist activities, the State continuously for more than 25 ple that after eight days he would decide on received the vaccine should immediately Abrate International Mother in Pakistan we cannot call our Kerala Government is taking steps to years and voted for the BJP in the last re-imposing the lockdown if the people did avail the vaccine. As far as the administra- Language Day or Matribhasha State as Bangla,” Mamata said encourage love jihad and help ter- assembly election because of the not mend ways and follow pandemic norms tion of vaccines to the rest of the people in Diwas on Sunday, West Bengal adding “this is not the only rorism. The CPI(M) Government is authoritarian and corrupt CPI(M) strictly. the state, I cannot say for sure when it will Chief Minister Mamata instance when they treat us in also encouraging setting up of Halal government. “It is for the people of Interacting the people across the state happen, since it is not my hand”. Banerjee said, “Even if they put a step-motherly manner … Bank in the State,” said the UP Chief the State of Kerala to vote out the cor- via Facebook live, the chief minister won- During the course of his interaction, the me in jail I will continue to there are numerous other occa- Minister while inaugurating the Vijay rupt CPI(M) government in this dered: “I would like to know from you chief minister announced that the state gov- shout from there Jai Bangla, Jai sions too.” Yatra of the Kerala BJP from State. The government led by whether we should re-impose lockdown or ernment was launching a new initiative ‘Mi Bangla like the Banga Bandhu Whenever someone refers Kasaragod in the north to Pinarayi Vijayan is enmeshed in cor- not. .. I am waiting for feedback from you Jawabdar’ (I am Responsible) to fight the (Mujibur Rehman).” to Bengal in Delhi “they say O Thiruvananthapuram in the South. ruption while thousands of youth are for the next eight days. How will I get your pandemic. “Last year, we had launched She asked the audience to forget it is the worst place …” The Yatra being led by K demonstrating in front of the feedback? No. But I will observe those who “Majhi Kutumb, Maji Jawabdari’ (My “respond saying “Jay Bangla Banerjee said wondering “why Surendran, Kerala BJP chief, would Secretariat for jobs due to them. But do not want re-imposition of lockdown Family, My Responsibility). We imple- instead of hello whenever you this treatment to Bengal … pass through all assembly con- the CPI(M) is violating all norms and would wear masks, wash hands and main- mented that well. Now wqih the increase in pick up a phone call to empha- why this perception problem stituencies in the State, getting ready appointing relatives and associates of tain social distancing. Those who want lock- the Covid cases, we are launching a new ini- sise your feeling as a Bengali.” regarding Bengal when will it for the upcoming assembly election. party leaders into government ser- down will roam around freely without masks tiative ‘Mi Jawabdar’ (I am Responsible), In what critics called a bid / % ! change.” A huge crowd had gathered at vice,” said Adityanath. and not adhere to norms. Let’s see what hap- which obligates each and every person to to fan up “Bengali sentiments” ) Referring to how “our icons Kasaragod to greet Adityanath and The BJP had opened its account pens during the next eight days”. take care of himself or herself”. ahead of the elections, Mamata 1 $ like Netaji Subhas Chandra listen to him. in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for Expressing serious concern over the Dwelling upon the increase in the said how her Government had ( Bose, Rabindranath Tagore, The UP Chief Minister who flew the first time in 2016 when its nona- changed attitude of a section of the people number of cases, Uddhav said: “Today, cases submitted the proposal of Vidya Sagar, Shyam Prasad down to Mangalore from Lucknow genarian candidate O Rajagopal won who have lowered their guard and are not have risen by nearly 7,000 whereas the same renaming Bengal as “Bangla” try called Bangladesh … that is Mukheree, Raja Ram Mohan travelled by car to Kasaragod to flag from Nemam in following the Covid-19 norms, Uddhav said: was between 2,000 to 2,500 a fortnight ago four years ago but “they are sit- a country after all and we are Roy have always been ignored off the rally. Most leaders of the fac- Thiruvananthapuram district. “Corona is once again swinging like a sword while on the other hand the active cases that ting on it and have not yet a State that wants to be by them …” Mamata said, tion-ridden Kerala BJP were present Though BJP leaders claim that over heads. We will get to know in the next were around 40,000 now the figure has gone cleared it,” apparently on the renamed as Bangla … why the “This is a clear example of how at the inaugural function. P C the party would win considerable 10 to 15 days whether there is a second wave up to 53,000” ground that there is a separate Centre will not respect our sen- if anyone from Bengal goes up Thomas, a leader of the Kerala number of seats in the State, fac- of Covid-19 in the state. This is especially “There are indicators that the cases are country called Bangladesh. timents? Why if there can be they will pull that person Congress faction who was with the tionalism and charges of corruption so after the increase in Corona cases in the rising but we cannot stop running the econ- “So what if there is a coun- States called Odisha and down.” Congress-led UDF till last week had have dampened the spirit of the cadre. western countries”. omy. We have the people’s demands like “Lockdown may and may not be the opening of restaurants, reopening of tem- answers, but I would like to tell you we have ples, restarting of local trains for the gen- ,) O00 P to break the chain of the virus. Hence we eral public in Mumbai since the situation 7 0*$. need to follow the restrictions,” he said. improved. But at the same time, I would like Announcing the ban on political, reli- to point out that people have stopped tak- $ CHENNAI: It has been more than Palaniswami and his cabinet col- term. But Palaniswami, through gious and social programmes, the chief min- ing precautions and not wearing masks,” he New Delhi: Defence Minister are also “Ustad” of destiny. a fortnight since V K Sasikala, the league D Jayakumar reiterated that hard-work, perseverance and prag- ister said: “Time has come for us to stop said. Rajnath Singh on Sunday inau- Rajnath said that “Hunar Haat” former aide to J Jayalalithaa, walked Sasikala and her relations were not maticism established himself as crowds in public places. As the heads of Meanwhile, Deputy chief minister Ajit gurated the 26th “Hunar Haat” has been playing an important to the free world after her four year- welcome to the AIADMK. the leadfer. political parties, all of us want our respec- Pawar announced that schools and colleges of indigenous artisans and role in strengthening the coun- long imprisonment in connection “Dhinakaran’s declaration that he The looks of a farmer and tive parties to grow which we want to do by were in Pune and its sister city of Pimpri- craftsmen from across the try’s economy. with the disproportionate asset and Sasikala would retrieve the openness in communicating with going to the people. But this is not the time Chinchwad would remain shut till February country at Jawaharlal Nehru Modi Govt is promoting case. Though TTV Dhinakaran, AIADMK from Palaniswami and the people are his forte and this has for that. Our priority now is fight Corona. 28. “Movement of people will also be Stadium in New Delhi. the indigenous artisans and general secretary of the Amma others has been proved to be a hol- compensated for the lack of charis- My appeal to all political parties to sus- restricted between 11pm and 6am when Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi craftsmen of the country. Makkal Mennetra Kazhakam had low exercise and nobody is believ- ma associated with MGR and pend/cancel political meetings, rallies, mor- only essential activities like medical services, Lekhi graced the occasion as “Hunar Haat” brings together claimed that Sasikala’s return to ing it anymore,” said Kolahala Jayalalithaa, his predecessors,” said chas and protests, where there would be milk supply will be allowed. The hotels, the Guest of Honour. Secretary, indigenous artisans and Tamil Nadu would have a cascad- Srenivas, author and political com- Srenivas. crowds. Similarly, we have decided to ban restaurants and bars will not be allowed to Union Minority Affairs craftsmen from across the ing effect in the AIADMK politics, mentator. With no known leaders both- on religious and social programmes... In operate beyond 11 pm,” he said. Ministry P. K. Das, other senior country. nothing of that sort has happened. He said Palaniswai had con- ering to call on her, Sasikala had some places we are intensifying restrictions. “One-week complete lockdown remains officials and dignitaries were Rajnath Singh said that, Not even a single office bearer of the solidated his position as chief min- approached the Madras High Court Night curfew is being imposed in Amravati in force in Amravati district excluding also present on the occasion. “Hunar Haat” is a beautiful AIADMK, Sasikala’s parent party, ister and the co-cordinator of the to speed up the hearing of a civil district where the number of cases have gone Achalpur city, beginning 8 pm Monday,” On the occasion, Rajnath exhibition of our traditional art has bothered to pay a courtesy call steering committee which admin- petition filed by her in 2017 chal- up. women and child welfare minister Singh said that “Every region of and craft and more importantly to Chinnamma at her mansion in isters the party. “He had been lenging the authority by which The chief minister’s interaction with the Yashomati Thakur said. Meanwhile, in an the country has an amazing tal- our “cultural mosaic”. “Hunar Chennai’s T-Nagar. appointed as chief minister by Palaniswami, O Panneerselvam and people across the state came on a day when effort to check the spread of Covid-19, the ent and brilliance. The artisans Haat” is doing branding of Last Monday marked Edappadi Sasikala in February 2017 as she had others in the AIADMK operate. The the authorities imposed several restrictions authorities on Sunday clamped night cur- of “Hunar Haat” are not only traditional legacy of artisans, Palaniswami completing four years to surrender to the prison author- case has been scheduled for March cities like Mumbai, Pune and Nashik, while few in Pune city and the neighbouring “Ustad” of art and craft; they craftsmen. as chief minister of Tamil Nadu. ities in Bangalore to serve her jail 15. PNS a week-long night curfew was imposed at Pimpri-Chinchwad. 123/45*4)*4,)*+ . 7 E 7 9)2 # # F? >0$$2 Museum. There were also dance $ * performances at Leh Palace”, &(' 0+242 was committed to ensure reserva- he disengagement of troops spokesman of the UT adminis- tion to the Lingayat sect and Tof the Indian Army and tration said. embers of the Panchamasali efforts would be made to amend China's People's Liberation Earlier, three parallel ses- Msect of Karnataka's powerful the law soon to include the com- Army (PLA) from the LAC in sions on different themes such Lingayat community held a mas- munity in the 2A category. +23.'/) the eastern Ladakh sector has as mountaineering & trekking, sive rally in the city's Palace State Information Minister raised hopes of tour operators discovering Ladakh’s landscape, grounds on Sunday to seek inclu- C.C Patil, senior rebel BJP leader rimary Government schools in Uttar Pradesh are gear- waiting eagerly for the tourists and rural tourism-homestay, sion in the 2A reservation catego- Basangouda Yatnal and Congress Ping up to welcome children from March 1 -- almost to flock the cold desert region were organised. ry for Government jobs and seats legislator Lakshmi Hebbalkar and after a year -- after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the coming weeks. Representatives from All in state-run educational institutes. others spoke at the rally and urged ordered reopening of schools for classes 1 to 5. On its part the Union Ladakh Tour Operators “If the state government does the state government to include the Preparations are going on in full swing to decorate Territory administration in Association (ALTOA) spoke not include our community in the sect in the 2A category. schools with colourful balloons, flowers and festoons to Ladakh is also fully geared up about realising the full potential 2A reservation category for gov- Another seer Vacahnanda welcome students on the first day of the reopening of for the long tourist season and of the scope of mountaineering ernment jobs and educational Swami, who marched to the city the schools following a year-long break due to the pan- focusing more and more on and trekking in Ladakh. There seats, we will intensify our agita- along with hundreds of the com- demic. promoting adventure tourism. were discussions on the poten- tion and lay siege to the state munity from Basavakalyan in Bidar The Basic Education Department has directed all On Sunday the Tourism tial of Ladakh becoming a hot- Secretariat,” Panchamasali seer district, said though the previous schools to create an environment that would encourage department,Ladakh also spot for adventure tourism, Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami BJP government in the state had set students to return to classes. launched the second edition of provided there are adequate In the session on discover- Dudhoria, Yutaka Hirako, warned. up a sub-committee for drafting Students who have been away from school for about Ladakh Winter Conclave. The infrastructure and policy on ing Ladakh’s landscape, panel- Neeraj Bhagat, Shoba Mohan Over a lakh of the politically- the law during its 2008-13 tenure, a year and have been attending online classes during this major attraction of the event adventure tourism, training of lists Pranay Lal, Tara Sharma, and Monisha Ahmed discussed dominant community's members they have not been given reserva- period, can expect many surprises when they revisit their was the heritage walk in Old mountain guides, the availabil- Sonam Wangchuk and Munish the need to keep heritage alive reached the city since Saturday tion as members of other com- schools. Leh town. ity of equipment and ease of Pandit, discussed the impor- through the restoration of old from Kudalasangama in the state's munities. “When Jagadish Shettar Apart from finding colourful decorations of the class- “The heritage started from issuing permits for tourists tance of Ladakh’s landscape traditional homes and the eco- Bagalkot district after a 37-day was the BJP's third Chief Minister es and gates, the students will also get corona vaccine LAMO Centre and ended at the interested in adventure tourism. and its relevance to the culture nomic viability of such projects. march (padayatra) in after Yediyurappa and D.V. shots. Leh main market. The guests A case study on the Chadar of the region. Administrative Secretary, support of their Sadananda Gowda, a legislative According to Lucknow BSA (Basic also enjoyed traditional delica- trek was also presented during Similarly, panellists Ravinder Kumar stressed the demand. panel was set up in 2012 to study Shiksha Adhikari) Dinesh Kumar, teachers have been cies at the Central Asian the presentation. Tsewang Namgyal, Manisha need for a comprehensive pol- “We took police permission to our demand. The panel report said instructed to decorate schools in order to create a fes- Pande, Kumar Anubhav, Gaurav icy for UT Ladakh. He also stage the march from Panchamasalis should be included tive atmosphere so that children do not Gaur and Sonam Parvez highlighted facilities provided Kudalasangama and other 17 dis- in 2A,” he said. hesitate to re-enter school premises due to the stressed the need to develop a by the Administration for tricts to hold the rally peacefully for Of the 108 sub-sects in the long gap. resilient homestay or village tourists, such as choppers dur- ensuring social justice to us, as we Lingayat community, 34 are in the The schools are also making arrangements for pro- tourism model in Ladakh dur- ing rescue operations and 100 have been neglected over the last 2A category, while about 70 are in viding safe running drinking water for children. ing the session on rural tourism- satellite phones in case of emer- 70 years,” Lingayat Panchamasali the OBC (Other Backward Classes) The schools have been directed to install submersible homestays. gency. Mahasabha president Vijayanand category. pumps for the purpose. Post-lunch, there were three Director, Tourism Kashappanavar told reporters here. Earlier this month, It is noteworthy that over 1.83 crore students study more parallel sessions. In the Department, Ladakh, Kunzes Besides scores of the sect's Yediyurappa told reporters that he in 1.5 lakh schools run by the Basic Education session on extreme sport, there Angmo, informed that the pontiffs, community leaders, leg- would do his best to provide reser- Department in the state. was a discussion on promoting Tourism Department is for- islators from the ruling BJP, includ- vation to the communities, includ- Besides, over one lakh schools have already under- Ladakh as a destination for mulating a comprehensive ing minister Murgesh Nirani, and ing Panchamsalis and Kurbas. gone transformation during Covid-19 pandemic on the extreme sports such as rock tourism policy for Ladakh. She opposition Congress and JD-S “I will not ask the pontiffs lead- initiative of Yogi Adityanath. climbing & bouldering, moun- also highlighted the impor- participated in the rally and ing the agitations to stop their fight, Schools have been decorated with colourful paint- tain biking, and ice climbing. tance of working towards addressed the gathering. but give me some time. I will work ings and meaningful slogans. Similarly, panellists King responsible and sustainable In his speech, Nirani said hard to meet their demand,” he Schools have also been equipped with the facilities Jigmed Namgyal. Darshan tourism. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said. for smart classes and libraries. ' - E N. 4 '
=F 7E 0 Varanasi (UP): Social organi- VMC. sations and even individuals, “The riverfront is a public Silchar (Assam): A 'Kargil that the newly-erected 'Kargil performing 'Ganga Aarti' at property owned by the state Vijay Smarak' was unveiled in Vijay Smarak' in Silchar is the various ghats will now have to government and being looked southern Assam's Silchar town first such memorial in the get registered with the Varanasi after by the Varanasi Municipal to remember the Indian Army entire northeastern region. Municipal Corporation Corporation,” said the district martyrs in the Kargil war Senior Army officer Pankaj (VMC). magistrate in a letter to against Pakistan in 1999. Yadav, retired Army officials The decision has been VMC. Renowned sculpturist and family members of martyrs taken by the district adminis- “It has been noticed that Swapan Pal made the fibre jointly unveiled the memorial tration to check encroach- quite often that some people sculpture of Indian Army mar- on Sunday. ments on the riverfront, which indulge in disputes over hold- tyrs in seven months and On July 26 in 1999, the is a public property. ing Ganga Aarti. The munici- installed them as the 'Kargil Indian armed forces had recap- The municipal authorities pal corporation should make a Vijay Smarak'. tured posts in the Kargil sector have also been asked to prepare specific regulation for organis- Ruling BJP MLA Dilip that had been occupied by the records of the 'Ganga Aarti'. ing the Ganga Aarti along the Kumar Paul has taken the ini- Pakistan. District magistrate Kaushal ghats. The VMC should regis- tiative to build 'Kargil Vijay Codenamed 'Operation Raj Sharma has asked the ter the aarti organisers with the Smarak' at a cost of Rs 17 lakh. Vijay', the Kargil war was municipal authorities to pre- allotment of space, which “From my MLA Local Area fought at an altitude of around pare the records of the Ganga should be renewed every Development fund, I have 16,000 feet wherein 1,042 aarti and complete the regis- year. given Rs 7 lakh and Rs 10 lakh Pakistani soldiers and mili- tration process by March end. Besides, it should also be sanctioned from the Assam tants were killed and 527 Thereafter, no such activ- ensured that no aarti is organ- Chief Minister's discretionary Indian soldiers made the ities would be allowed on the ised by any individual or organ- fund,” Pal said. supreme sacrifice in the line of ghats without the registration isation without the VMC's per- BJP MP Rajdeep Roy said duty. IANS & ! and prior permission of the mission,” he said. IANS ! (
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( tion push has so far been behind ; 6784 - (* schedule. At this stage, a brief / look at history would be useful. ( At Independence in 1947, India had many more traders R S 1 than industrialists. Take the textile mills, of which India had ( a fairly large number. How / ( many have survived? With most mills, the problem was with the weaving looms. They < " < ;;# were outdated and needed to be changed. Alternatively, the mills # could be trifurcated into one, carding/spinning, two weav- rich and the poor was social- and the first step in national reporting to a bureaucrat but ( ing and three finishing/packing. ism. Apart from clamping revival in centuries. to his shareholders. The solu- ( ( Instead, they carried on as long down on business growth with Keeping all Indian condi- tion lies in the President of as possible and when they the Monopolies Commission tions in mind, the PSUs which India parting with the shares ; + ( ( could not, the owners surren- and other such laws, she the Government desires to pri- of all PSUs to financial institu- dered to closure. That the nationalised 19 banks, the vatise should be managerial- tions like the LIC, GIC and its R * S ( National Textile Corporation entire coal industry as well as ly toned up. Only industrial subsidiaries, banks, Unit Trust # (NTC) inaugurated the expan- general insurance. Little did she managers, and not bureau- of India, and so on. When this % sion of what could be called the realise that the whole public crats, can do that. If they are happens, these new holders / C ?7777 hospital sector of industry; it sector represented State capi- structurally imbalanced, some would behave like investors * (6762 $ < was really not public sector talism and not socialism at all. of them may have to be and not zamindars. Moreover, although the bureaucrats chose It would have socialism, pro- merged with other suitable politicians would not any / / to mix up the two. vided the common people $/1 / /24 PSUs. The treatment of toning longer have ready access to rec- % R% When the NTC could not were given an opportunity to &24(023401 04( up would differ from unit to ommend their candidates, use + S <S R S R! ! S absorb more sick mills, they invest and obtain dividends. unit. The toned-up units their guesthouses and cars, and D % " E were allowed to wind up, sell Even according to Karl Marx, -41401( should offer through one or so on. The PSUs would then their fixed assets including the socialism was “from each more public issue of shares as operate like business and C F land, pay the employee dues, according to his ability, to each 0*$-'-1401/4 per the SEBI and stock industries, not like jagirdaris. and then compensate the share- according to his opportunity”. &21 1,(5 04( exchange rules. So long as the If for nothing else, for tak- holders. New hotels, office Thus Indian businessmen 2'+-.(+5 1/ &( Indian State retains at least 40 ing share investments in com- , buildings or residential flats were denied the scope to grow per cent shares, let the public panies from the panelled have come on the graves of the and mature into industrialists. ((31-=( have shares. Many individuals offices of the upper classes to wound-up mills. Yet people Those who did, managed to $0'0 (4" 1,( have savings that they wish to the masses, the late Dhirubhai continue to dress up well, bet- set up small and medium invest but do not find suitable Ambani needs to be hon- ter than earlier. Spinners, new industries by even over-bor- /4$(4 04( avenues. On debt instruments, oured. The best way to do so weavers called power looms rowing from the nationalised 4-$04-+5 the interest rates have fallen so is to have the public as part- and finishers are functioning banks. Then Prime Minister low that they have been ren- ners in preference to banks. profitably in place of many of PV Narasimha Rao did yeo- )(**(* 1/ 42+( dered unattractive. His logic was that loans cost the expired mills. The little man’s service to the economy ),(4(0 1,( Let us clarify that most of interest, shares do not. Shares industrial tragedy is one reflec- by liberalising the procedures our bureaucrats, IAS and oth- compel the management to tion of the industrial limitations and abolishing many a restric- +011(4E ers, are first-rate administrators perform and deliver lucrative of some of our entrepreneurs. tion. But in his temptation to 4-/4-1-( 04( but they are unlikely to be dividends, which is what On the other hand, there get re-elected for another five effective managers. The former Indians expect of the PSUs. were business houses which were years, he went easy on his *(3--/'? are primarily wedded to rules Karl Marx believed that reli- functioning laudably well but reforms in the second half of 4/*231-/' 0'* and procedures whereas the gion is the opium of the their hands and legs were tied his term. If one looks at his latter’s priorities are decisions, masses. It can be that loans down by Nehruvian socialism, years in supreme power, he 4/-1 production and profits. The are the opium of the classes. also vigorously practised by Indira did more for India politically two cultures are quite dis- (The writer is a well-known Gandhi. Her plea was that the than economically. Ayodhya tinct. Therefore, a PSU man- columnist and an author. The only way of co-existence for the was his biggest achievement aging director should not be views expressed are personal.) ))4 )*))31,)*4 SOUNDBITE / !! ' ' 4 Sir—This refers to the editorial ‘King Cong’ ! " # #% & & (February 20). The anti-incumbency fac- &!' + . " tor notwithstanding, the Congress bagging ? L? 9: 99 as many as 1,373 out of 2,218 seats in the 1 ? " *: 0 .2 * ) * recently-concluded civic polls in Punjab has - really come as a shot in the arm of the party 3 2"# 2 # that is already on the wane following the , ? 7 internal faultlines and the damages conse- " * + ! , , ! , ? " 1 quent upon it. 5,%#%#,) $ # + + - , . ) The poll strategies of all other K 5 > $ 4 ) Opposition parties including the SAD, BJP, " , E AAP and BSP seem to have fallen flat. With / 0 -E this thumping win, Captain Amarinder ( " - 2 Singh’s popularity has strengthened while " 7 N 1 ( the AAP’s hopes of resurgence it had pinned O ) on these civic elections in Punjab have taken 3/=0O? , ? # ? " 1 a severe beating. - 234 , - ? But with the AAP overtly and instru- N L1 3 ) M 0 mentally standing by the ongoing Kisan * 0 " 1 5 6728 P Andolan all this while, the party’s bounce- " / H0/I 2 ' " 1 Q P; back in Punjab cannot be ruled out either. %),5* , ? Interestingly, AAP chief and Delhi CM K> & S ; S ; 99J K 7 " Arvind Kejriwal has already made public " 1 2 ? 3 2 %:# his ambition of fielding candidates in - ; ; Punjab a month back. On the other hand, ? ; ; Q , the BJP has met with defeats even in its bas- - when she was only one year old, she is still ural resources, the most gruesome real- < P= tions. What it boils down to is that the attached to the Indian values and roots as ity is the scarcity of water. Across the G ( Grand Old Party has emerged as an inter- at home, Swati speaks Kannada, and is a globe, from Cape Town to Michigan, and Q im king in Punjab; whether or not the party practising Hindu. from rural, sub-Saharan Africa to Asia’s succeeds in keeping its kingdom intact in " ; , It also reflects American culture that largest urban centres, all are reeling 9*'% the forthcoming Assembly polls is yet to be K0 4 , S is diverse in the true sense as the under the shadow of water crisis. seen. But BJP’s prospects in Punjab politics Perseverance rover team was made up of About 844 million humans have no % are certainly bleak seeing the present situ- people from various cultures coming or limited access to clean drinking water 0 0 ation and the stand which the saffron party $ * together to successfully execute this daunt- around the world. The tale of two cities, has taken over the farmers’ agitation. Chennai, India, and Cape Town, South 0 * ( $ Azhar A Khan | Rampur ing mission. NASA is a multicultural organisation with scientists and engi- Africa, has showcased the bleak future of PP neers from various countries, ethnicities ‘Day Zero’, when one fine morning, -+ + cities just run out of drinking water. Sir —It is matter of pride for every Indian and races collaborating at multiple loca- Q - E ( tions across the US. That diversity was also A country such as India, known for " that Swati Mohan is among about a its water resources and dotted with life- # dozen scientists and engineers of Indian- reflected in the black bindi that Swati !)*%##)*9#&*#5 ; Mohan was seen in, as she announced the giving rivers like the Ganga, Narmada, K$ 3 7 origin in NASA’s Mars exploration team, Tapti, Mahanadi and many more is attesting to the diversity of US scientific touchdown. We must make all out efforts * , under the clutches of “water scarcity”. - and technological prowess that rests large- to educate our daughters and make them ! # # Though, several Government pro- ly on its expansive immigration history. select careers of their choice. grammes offer hope, a lot more is - ; , She has played a critical role in NASA’s P Senthil | Mumbai required to be done. step towards exploration of life on the red Debasis Behera | Sambalpur " / $ planet. 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< % to initiate modern education in Islamic seminar- ( ( ies across the country? The Assam Government 5 has decided to close the 740 State-run madrasas and convert them into general educational insti- $ < < tutions. Madrasa education was introduced in the Assam education curriculum in 1934 and the ( G ( State Madrasa Board was also created then. R If we examine the history of Muslim educa- S 5 43 tion we find madrasas have been part of the ; " ( Islamic learning system since very early times. They were usually part of mosques. These mosques became social focal points for grow- ; ing communities; they doubled up as schools for learning the Quran, basic instruction in Muslim < < # ( rituals and language instruction in Urdu, with ; ( accommodations for education and social needs. R < * D <*ES Throughout much of Islamic history, madrasas ( were the major source of religious and scientif- ic learning, just as church schools and the uni- versities were in Europe. It is only lately that edu- cation in these seminaries became ossifying and there were calls for reforms. The reformists of madrasa education insist that knowledge in Islam is one whole, and that the division between dini (religious) and duniyavi (worldly) knowledge — with the two opposed $/*(4' ern and religious versus secular English language classes, which madrasas have outlived their role, to each other and which many contemporary 2&>(31 education, the State must contin- strengthen employment potential they need not be decimated. What ulema seem to have accepted — has no sanction 30' 0+/ ue to use Islamic seminaries as part for madrasa students. However, the they need is essentially a makeover in the Quran. The Quran is quoted as repeated- ,(+ 1,( of the regular educational para- introduction of computer skills at in a way that respects traditional ly exhorting the believers to ponder over the 12*('1 digm. It must evolve an education- many Deoband-type madrasas is sensibilities and attempts to syn- mysteries of creation as signs of the power and 0-' al grid that allows constant move- focused only on equipping them ergise classical and modern learn- mercy of God. In the entire scripture, there are 0 //* ment between madrasas and main- with functional literacy and not ing. # <* 2? 6767 646 about 600 verses directly commanding the 4/2'*-' stream educational institutions. enabling them to engage with the Some of the modern progres- believers to reflect, to ponder, and to analyse -' (32+04 The policymakers need to pay modern technological revolution. sive seminaries have turned a new God’s magnificence in nature, plants, stars, and closer attention to how transitions Thus, apart from equipping leaf and many more are mod- % C 2&>(31 the solar system, and far from leading to doubt from madrasas to mainstream madrasas with tools of modern ernising. Students unfamiliar with <* 0'* 1(3,'-30+ and disbelief, scientific investigation — if con- .-++ / 1,01 spaces can be seamlessly achieved. education, we have to orient the the intricacies of their own faith C " ducted within properly defined Islamic bounds The State should not interfere in mindset of students so as to attune can be swayed by arguments that ++ H,+ CC 1,(5 */ — can deepens one’s faith in Islam. '/1 +/( religious instruction, which should it to social realities and sensitise seem to call for jihad when taken <S P But madrasas are not immune to change. be the business of private individ- them towards emerging socio- out of context. But students com- Many of them are trying to forge a Muslim iden- /21 -' 0' uals and associations. Second, cultural paradigms. This must be ing out of these new generation Q -'34(0-' +5 ( ( tity that is compatible with modern culture and those who carry out the inspec- the fundamental objective of the religious schools are grounded in resistant to the blandishments of radicalisation. 3/$(1-1-=( 0'* tions should be properly oriented modernisation process of both classical and liberal values. ( Likewise, few ulema could claim to be complete- +/&0+-(* to the traditions of learning in madrasas. The efforts to stay The right approach would be # % %@ ly satisfied with the madrasas as they exist today. )/4.+03( Muslim communities and the his- “politically correct” have con- to temper classical and tradition- ( 68 4 Indeed, leading ulema are themselves conscious tory and status of madrasas in par- tributed to an absence of struc- al learning with liberal thought. It of the need for change in the system. ticular. tured debate and discussion on can foster a culture which will @ The negative stereotypes presented in some The general consensus is that how to make modern education engender the two streams of learn- ( D@ ;CE sections of the media do not present the true pic- madrasas can play a vital role in accessible to millions of poor ing to nourish each other. This will ( ture. The majority of these Islamic schools actu- bringing secular and religious Muslim youth so that they get jobs. enable the students of these sem- ally present an opportunity, not a threat. For education. Since the students are We must remember that cultural inaries to lead lives that are as true ( young village children, these schools may be their taught in classical and modern sci- isolation would only lead to stag- to their faith as attuned to modem only path to literacy. For many orphans and the ence as well as secular and religious nation. The madrasas betray a needs. It will build them into rural poor, these provide essential social services. thought, they are better able to spot deeper dissatisfaction and fatigue empowered stakeholders in the # They continue to serve parts of developing soci- scriptural distortions. They also with a redundant learning system. shaping of their own future as well " % eties that Governments never reach. For par- tend to be more connected to their Shibli Nu’mani, a renowned as of their communities. < + B 5 + ents mired in poverty and forced to work long own communities as well as to the 20th century scholar from within An enlightened and productive % ( hours with limited breaks, madrasas serve a vital mainstream society and their sta- the madrasa circles has himself human capital is the most precious role in ensuring their children are supervised, ble sense of identity, religious and noted: “For us Muslims, mere asset of a society, and madrasas can fed and taught to read and write. otherwise, shield them from rad- English (modern) education is certainly be key enablers in this ( As their graduates go out and take up a range icalism. The madrasas are allies in not sufficient, nor does the old task. Modern subjects can also help ( of new careers and as pressures from within the The writer India’s fight against extremism. Arabic madrasa education suffice. the students gain a good ground- <* community as well as from the State and the is a well-known Some recent reform efforts Our ailment requires a compound ing in secular subjects and techni- media for reform grow, these Islamic schools, too, development professional. panacea. One portion eastern and cal skills so that they do not lose # % The views expressed have focused on modernising the 6I7 are changing. Far from typifying one end of the are personal. teachings. This includes the addi- the other western.” out in an increasingly competitive 8J 6724(2K # < polarising spectrum of traditional versus mod- tion of computer proficiency and While it is true that most and globalised workplace. $ ! ( ( ) ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT ) ; > 1 > % ; < ?@ > ( P ; ; # ( AA ( B < % ( L L D ! "# ! ! #E " 2 $ n various developed coun- superstition or political have been flung back 200 years right lies.” In 2020, historians in in communist Poland (1944- Jonathan French Scott almost 20 tries, the manner in which upheavals in developing coun- in the past. Mainstream politi- the UK wrote an open letter 1989) were similar to the ones years before the Cold War? Ipolitics and society have tries, agreed that these existed in cal structures there have been demanding changes to the his- that were used in various former In a nutshell, no matter unravelled in the last decade, developed nations too, they invaded by firebrand Right- tory section of the British Home communist dictatorships such what ideological bent is being suggests that certain factors that insisted that these were present wing populists and dogmatic Office’s citizenship test. The the Soviet Union and its satellite welded into textbooks in various contributed to this had either during their teething years. “cultural warriors” from the campaign was initiated by the States in East Europe, and in countries, it has always been been missed or were systemat- In 2012, a British political Left and the Right are battling it British professor of history and China. The same methods in about altering history through ically hidden from the rest of the scientist and an American his- out to define “good” and “evil.” archeology Frank Trentmann. A this context were also employed engineered stories as a means of world i.e. developing countries. $ (% 43 torian emphasised at a confer- In the process they are wrecking debate on the issue, through an by totalitarian regimes in Nazi promoting particular agendas. My research in religious ence that the problems that the carefully constructed pillars exchange of letters between Germany, and in fascist Italy and This is done by concocting extremism, historical distor- developing countries face, i.e. of the Enlightenment era on Trentmann and Stephen Spain. One can come across var- events that did not happen, tions in school textbooks, con- communal violence, a suspect which their nations’ whole exis- Parkinson, a former Home ious similarities between how it altering those that did take spiracy theories and reactionary disposition towards science and tential meaning rests. The most this is not restricted to develop- Office special adviser, was pub- is done in liberal democracies place, or omitting events alto- attitudes towards science, has continual political disruption, outlandish conspiracy theories ing countries alone. lished in The Spectator. and how it was done in totalitar- gether. This is a problem that is produced findings that are uni- were present at one time in have migrated from the edges of In 1971, a study by a group Trentmann laments that the ian set-ups. inherent in the whole idea of the versal. This century’s second developed nations as well, but the lunatic fringe into the main- of US and British historians problem lay in a combination of I once shared this observa- nation State, which is largely decade (2010-2020) saw some had been overcome through an stream and science is being showed that out of the 36 British errors, omissions and distortions tion with an US academic. He constructed by clubbing people startling political and social ten- evolutionary process, and by the perceived as a demonic force. and US school textbooks that in the history section pages, somewhat agreed but argued together as ‘nations’, not only dencies in Europe and the US, construction of political and Take for instance, the prac- they examined, no less than 25 which were also littered with that because of the Cold War within physical but also ideolog- which mirrored those in devel- economic systems that were tice of authoring distorted text- contained inaccurate informa- mistakes. Not only are histori- many democratic countries were ical boundaries. This leaves oping countries. Before 2010- self-correcting in times of crisis. books. Over the years, some tion and ideological bias. In cal distortions in textbooks a pressed to adopt certain propa- nations feeling vulnerable and 2020, these tendencies had been What they were suggesting excellent research cropped up in 2007, the US sociologist James universal practice, but the many ganda techniques that were fearing that the glue that binds repeatedly commented upon in was that most developing coun- Pakistan and India that system- Loewen surveyed 18 American ways that this is done are equal- originally devised by communist a nation together, through fab- the West, as if they were specif- tries were still at a stage that the atically exposed how historical history texts and found them to ly universal and cut across com- regimes. I tend to disagree. ricated ideas of ethnic, religious ic to poorer regions. Even developed countries had been distortions and religious biases be “marred by an embarrassing peting ideologies. Because if this were so, then how or racial homogeneity, will wear though many Western histori- Courtesy: Dawn. The 200 years ago. However, eight in textbooks have contributed Historian Joanna Wojdon is one to explain the publication off. Thus the need is felt to keep views expressed are combination of blind patriotism, ans, while discussing the pres- years after that conference, (and still are contributing) to sheer misinformation, and out- says the methods that were of the book ‘The Menace of it intact through continuous ence of religious extremism, personal. Europe and the US, it seems, episodes of bigotry. However, used by the State in this respect Nationalism in Education’ by historical distortions. ! &
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Singapore, which together announced it took down the Mya Thwet Thwet Khine with Myanmar is part of the 10- page run by the Myanmar mil- was the first confirmed death member Association of itary information unit “for @%!)#8 - 4 N9" among the many thousands Southeast Asian Nations, issued repeated violations of our com- who have taken to the streets to a statement condemning the munity standards prohibiting protest the Feb. 1 coup that top- use of lethal force as “inexcus- incitement of violence and pled the elected Government of able.” coordinating harm.” It had - Aung San Suu Kyi. The woman Urging “utmost restraint” already taken down * ? was shot on Feb. 9, two days on the part of security forces, other accounts linked to the - " before her 20th birthday, at a it warned that “if the situation military. protest in the capital Nayptitaw, continues to escalate, there The junta took power after > and died Friday. will be serious adverse conse- detaining Suu Kyi and pre- About 1,000 people in cars quences for Myanmar and the venting Parliament from con- '7#,)! 1 and bikes gathered Sunday region.” vening, saying elections last O morning at the hospital where Another shooting death November were tainted by vot- ? O her body was held amid tight took place Saturday night in ing irregularities. The election security, with even the victim’s Yangon in unclear circum- outcome, in which Suu Kyi’s L M grandparents who had traveled stances. According to several National League for " 0 from Yangon, five hours away, accounts on social media, Democracy party won by a 7 denied entry. When her body including a live broadcast that landslide, was affirmed by an " was released, a long motorised showed the body, the victim election commission that has procession began a drive to the was a man who was acting as since been replaced by the B cemetery. a volunteer guard for a neigh- military. The junta says it will > In Yangon, Myanmar’s bourhood watch group. Such hold new elections in a year’s *#% 0 biggest city, about 1,000 groups were established time. demonstrators honoured the ! ( ' because of fears that authorities The coup was a major set- ' / woman under an elevated were using criminals released back to Myanmar’s transition to ? roadway. place in Mandalay, where campaign against the junta. er was shot in the chest and slingshots. from prison to spread panic democracy after 50 years of “I want to say through the police shot dead two people on Shooting broke out after died en route to a hospital. The new deaths drew quick and fear by setting fires and army rule that began with a ? media to the dictator and his Saturday near a dockyard as neighbourhood residents Several other serious and strong reaction from the committing violent acts. 1962 coup. Suu Kyi came to " 1 associates, we are peaceful security forces were trying to rushed to the Yadanabon dock injuries were also reported. international community. Another live broadcast on power after her party won a " 1 demonstrators,” said protester force workers to load a boat. to try to assist the workers in Witness accounts and photos of “The shooting of peaceful Facebook showed the wife of 2015 election, but the generals ":P > Min Htet Naing. “Stop the The workers, like railway work- their resistance. One of the vic- bullet casings indicated that the protesters in is beyond the actor Lu Min describing to retained substantial power / genocide! Stop using lethal ers and truckers and many tims, described as a teenage security forces used live ammu- pale,” said British Foreign neighbours how her husband under the constitution, which $ ? weapons!” civil servants, have been taking boy, was shot in the head and nition, in addition to rubber Secretary Dominic Raab on was arrested and taken away was adopted under a military > Another large protest took part in a civil disobedience died immediately, while anoth- bullets, water cannons and Twitter. “We will consider fur- from their home shortly after regime. O / " 9< " 1) )! ! - * ! ! P )"0 2 $R !))!! 2'-1(* '01-/' oping and manufacturing one He told the meeting that it 1(,40' )0,-' 1/' of the two vaccines currently is this spirit in which India N chief Antonio Guterres granted Emergency Use Listing approaches the COVID chal- he head of the United onald Trump will be mak- Uhas voiced appreciation by the World Health lenge and urged the Council to TNations’ nuclear watchdog Ding his first post-presi- for India’s leadership in the Organization bring a much- work collectively to address its met Sunday with Iranian offi- dential appearance at a con- global fight against the coron- needed supply to the global different dimensions. cials in a bid to preserve his servative gathering in Florida avirus pandemic and its efforts vaccine market. I also appreci- The 200,000 doses essen- inspectors’ ability to monitor next weekend. to bring a “much-needed sup- ate your continued efforts to tially mean that it will be pos- Tehran’s atomic programme, Ian Walters, spokesman ply” of the Covid-19 vaccines support and strengthen the sible to administer the required even as authorities said they for the American Conservative to the world market. COVAX Facility to ensure double doses of COVID vac- planned to cut off their sur- Union, confirmed that Trump India’s Permanent more equitable access.” cines to all UN peacekeepers veillance cameras at those sites. will be speaking at the group’s )+57,*)#% Representative to the UN COVAX is is a global ini- across missions. Rafael Grossi’s arrival in annual Conservative Political 5 %#5,'1'%,#1#5, Ambassador TS Tirumurti tiative aimed at equitable access According to UN Tehran comes as Iran tries to Action Conference on Feb. 28. $#*!%#)'$$'%8% tweeted on Saturday that to Covid-19 vaccines. Peacekeeping, currently, a total pressure Europe and the new Trump is expected to use %!8&#,85)*%#*'5'$$9#) Guterres, in a letter dated On Wednesday, India, of 94,484 personnel are serving Biden administration into the speech to talk about the February 17, “extends his per- which has been hailed as the in 12 peacekeeping operations returning to the 2015 nuclear future of the Republican Party #5,'*%)'%&%)5*) sonal gratitude” to External pharmacy of the world, across the world led by the deal, which President Donald and the conservative moment, 57'$* 159!,57 Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced the gift of 2,00,000 Department of Peace Trump unilaterally withdrew as well as to criticize President $'%8%9%*#%'$*#* for “India’s offer of 2,00,000 Covid-19 doses for UN peace- Operations. America from in 2018. 9 : ! $ Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his doses” of Covid-19 vaccines for keepers. A total of 121 nations are 4! ' ; ' ';',! 4 :'8&'1'%,#'( Iranian Foreign Minister immigration policies, accord- '5#5*)#5,'!* UN peacekeepers. “Keeping in mind the UN contributing uniformed per- Mohammad Javad Zarif, who ' ing to a person who spoke on The Secretary-General says Peacekeepers who operate in sonnel to the UN peacekeeping under President Hassan condition of anonymity to dis- #:'*#'(%)* '8 “India has been a global leader such difficult circumstances, we missions. India is traditionally Rouhani helped reach the domestic issue between the “Additional Protocol,” a confi- cuss the plans. in pandemic response efforts”, would like to announce today among the largest troop-con- nuclear deal, said the cameras parliament and the govern- dential agreement between CPAC is being held this retired from the White House Tirumurti tweeted, expressing a gift of 200,000 doses for tributing countries to peace- of the International Atomic ment.” Tehran and the IAEA reached year in Orlando, Florida, and to Palm Beach, Florida, in his gratitude to the UN Chief. them,” Jaishankar said, address- keeping missions. Energy Agency would be shut “We have a democracy. as part of the nuclear deal. The will feature a slew of former January, but reemerged last In an excerpt of the letter ing the UN Security Council Stephane Dujarric, off despite Grossi’s visit to fol- We are supposed to implement IAEA has additional protocols Trump administration officials week to conduct a series of tweeted by Tirumurti, Guterres open debate on the imple- Spokesman for the Secretary- low a law passed by parliament. the laws of the country. And the with a number of countries it and others who represent his phone-in interviews to com- says, “Indeed, India has been a mentation of resolution 2532 General, had told PTI in “This is not a deadline for parliament adopted legislation monitors. Under the protocol wing of the GOP, including for- memorate the death of con- global leader in pandemic (2020) on the cessation of hos- response to a question on the the world. This is not an ulti- — whether we like it or not.” with Iran, the IAEA “collects mer Secretary of State Mike servative commentator Rush response efforts having pro- tilities in the context of the Secretary General’s thoughts on matum,” Zarif told the gov- Zarif’s comments marked and analyzes hundreds of thou- Pompeo, Florida Gov. Ron Limbaugh. vided critical medicines, diag- Covid-19 pandemic. the announcement by India, ernment-run, English-language the highest-level acknowl- sands of images captured daily DeSantis and South Dakota Trump has a long history nostic kits, ventilators and per- Quoting the Bhagavad said that Guterres is “extreme- broadcaster Press TV in an edgement yet of what Iran by its sophisticated surveil- Gov. Kristi Noem. with CPAC, which played a key sonal protective equipment to Gita, Jaishankar had said “Do ly grateful” for the gift of interview aired during Grossi’s planned to do when it stopped lance cameras,” the agency said Trump has been keeping a role in his emergence as a more than 150 countries. your work with the welfare of 2,00,000 Covid-19 vaccine visit. “This is an internal following the so-called in 2017. relatively low profile since he political force. “Efforts by India in devel- others always in mind.” doses for UN peacekeepers. = & )! ! 1*#R )> ) 74 ) 1) !8 7 . $ 2 *3 !' 2 # ! :+! ! 63- 9 2'-1(* '01-/' designed to provide military 3 * equipment to eastern-based $ &+ ( -10'&2+ merican security contrac- commander Khalifa Hifter. )0,-' 1/' eral must be loyal to him per- 30-4/ ed banks were selling the dollar Ator Erik Prince, a close ally “The Project Opus plan sonally, a position that battered )0,-' 1/' urkey’s President says at an average of 375 pounds, and of former US President Donald also included a component to he last time Merrick the department’s reputation. Tmutual interests with the udan took the unprece- buying the U.S. Currency for an Trump, violated the UN arms kidnap or terminate individu- TGarland was nominated by Garland’s high court nom- resident Joe Biden paid a United States outweigh their Sdented but expected step of average of 390, in an attempt to embargo against Libya along als regarded as high value tar- the White House for a job, ination by President Barack Pvisit Sunday to former Sen. differences and has called for floating its currency Sunday, attract those trading in the with three United Arab gets in the plan was first report- Republicans wouldn’t even Obama in 2016 died because Bob Dole, days after the World more cooperation with meeting a major demand by unofficial currency market. Emirates-based companies and ed by The New York Times and meet with him. the Republican-controlled War II veteran and 1996 President Joe Biden’s new US international financial institu- Sudan’s currency will now their top managers during an The Washington Post. Now, the once-snubbed Senate refused to hold a hear- Republican presidential nom- administration. tions to help transitional fluctuate according to supply operation to help a rebel mili- Oil-rich Libya was plunged Supreme Court pick will final- ing. inee announced he’d been In a video message late authorities overhaul the bat- and demand, according to a tary commander take the cap- into chaos after a 2011 NATO- ly come before the Senate, this Garland will inherit a diagnosed with stage 4 lung Saturday, Turkish President tered economy. statement by the Central Bank ital Tripoli, UN experts said. backed uprising toppled longtime time as President Joe Biden’s Justice Department that cancer. Biden, who served in Recep Tayyip Erdogan The flotation is the boldest of Sudan. It said the flotation In a key section of a report dictator Moammar Gadhafi and choice for attorney general. endured a tumultuous time the Senate with Dole for more acknowledged that Turkish- economic measure taken by the is part of measures the transi- to the UN Security Council split the country between a UN- Garland, an appeals court under Trump — rifle with than two decades, arrived American relations were “seri- joint military-civilian govern- tional government has obtained Sunday by The supported Government in Tripoli judge, is widely expected to sail political drama and controver- Saturday afternoon at the ously tested” but stressed that ment that has ruled the African embarked on to help stabilize Associated Press, the panel of and rival authorities based in the through his confirmation sial decisions — and abundant Watergate complex where Dole, their strategic partnership has country after a popular upris- the country’s economy. The experts outlined “a well-funded country’s east, each side backed process, which begins Monday criticism from Democrats over 97, and his wife, Elizabeth, have “overcome all kinds of diffi- ing. The revolt led to the mil- Central Bank said the flotation private military company oper- by an array of local militias as well before the Democratic-con- what they saw as the politiciz- maintained a longtime resi- culties.” itary’s overthrow of autocrat would help “normalization of ation” called “Project Opus” as regional and foreign powers. trolled Senate Judiciary ing of the nation’s top law dence. The White House Erdogan’s conciliatory tone Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. ties with international and Committee, with bipartisan enforcement agencies. described Dole as a “close follows his strongly worded The country has since been regional financial institutions support. The department’s priorities friend” of the president. accusations that the US sup- on a fragile path to democra- and friendly countries to “Judge Garland’s extensive and messaging are expected to “He’s doing well,” Biden ported Kurdish militants, days cy with daunting economic ensure the flow of grants and ) * *# 6 legal experience makes him shift drastically in the Biden said of Dole, after departing after Turkish troops found the challenges representing a major loans” into Sudan’s economy. well-suited to lead the administration, with a focus Holy Trinity Catholic Church bodies of 13 Turkish hostages threat to that transition. “Our economy is in a situ- Q$# R ?1? Department of Justice, and I more on civil rights issue, later Saturday evening. held by the Kurdistan Workers’ The flotation move could ation that cannot be addressed appreciated his commitment to criminal justice overhauls and Dole said this week he Party, or PKK in a cave com- provoke a popular backlash as without making such a deci- keep politics out of the Justice policing policies in the wake of plans to begin undergoing plex in northern Iraq. the price of goods and services sion,” Finance Minister Gibril " -/2 Department,” Sen. John nationwide protests over the treatment on Monday. Ankara has been infuriat- rise in response to the fall of the Ibrahim told a news conference Cornyn, R-Texas, said in a death of Black Americans at the “While I certainly have ed by American support for a pound’s value and possible in Khartoum. Islamabad: Pakistan is unlike- 2018 and asked Islamabad to statement. hands of law enforcement. some hurdles ahead, I also Syrian Kurdish fighters in com- hike in the price of fuel and “It is in our interest, in the ly to exit the ‘grey list’ of the implement a plan of action to “Unless I hear something Garland plans to tell sena- know that I join millions of batting the Islamic State group, other essential goods. interest of the country, and in FATF as some European coun- curb money laundering and ter- new, I expect to support his tors the department must Americans who face significant saying they are linked to the There were already spo- the interest of the citizen.” tries have taken the stand that ror financing by the end of 2019 nomination before the full ensure laws are “fairly and health challenges of their own,” decades-long Kurdish insur- radic protests over dire living He said they have taken Islamabad has not fully imple- but the deadline was extended Senate.” faithfully enforced” and the he said in a statement announc- gency in southeastern Turkey conditions in the past couple of measures to counter possible mented all the points of a plan later on due to Covid-19 pan- Biden’s choice of Garland rights of all Americans are ing his diagnosis. that the US also lists as terror- weeks in the capital, Khartoum hikes in the price of essential of action set by it, a media report demic. The virtual FATF ple- reflects the president’s goal of protected, while reaffirming Dole, a native of Russell, ists. Erdogan said Saturday the and other parts of the country. goods. He did not elaborate. said on Sunday, on the eve of the nary will be held in Paris from restoring the department’s rep- an adherence to policies to pro- Kansas, represented the state in US did not give Turkey the The US dollar had been The US embassy in plenary meeting of the global February 22 to 25 to consider utation as an independent tect its political independence, Congress for almost 36 years “desired support and solidari- trading at over 350 pounds to Khartoum welcomed the watchdog for money laundering cases of various countries on body. with the attorney general act- before resigning from the ty” in fighting the PKK and the dollar on the black market, “courageous” move, saying it and terror financing. the grey list, including Pakistan, During his four years as ing as a lawyer for the Senate in 1996 to challenge linked groups, demanding a while its official rate was at 55 paves the way for debt relief and The Paris-based Financial and a decision will be made at president, Donald Trump had American people, not for the Democratic President Bill “clear stance” from Turkey’s pounds to the dollar. Following significantly increases the impact Action Task Force had placed the conclusion of the meetings, insisted that the attorney gen- president. Clinton. allies. the flotation, local media report- of international assistance. Pakistan on the grey list in June Dawn newspaper reported. PTI ! %
-; < * $ + ,)+( " <3 - '() *(+,- “The cost of running CNG demand for CNG vehicles is is only Rs 1.5 per km whereas the increase in the number of &(' 0+242 mid skyrocketing prices for petrol and diesel it is almost cities under CNG stations net- Aof petrol and diesel, Maruti Rs 4 per km. People are now work, he said adding four years T czar Azim Premji on Suzuki India (MSI) is looking preferring CNG as the running ago, the number of CNG sta- $2$&0- major domestic events. The ISunday Said more than 90 to cash in on the accelerated cost is very low so there is a tions in India was 1,200, which GDP data for the third quarter per cent of the workforce in the demand for its CNG vehicles, growth in sales of CNG vehi- has doubled to 2,400 at present. s the Indian equity market which is to be released towards technology industry of the expecting nearly 50 per cent cles,” Srivastava said. “By next year the Agoes on a consolidation the end of next week is expect- country continue to work from growth in the ongoing fiscal Citing Maruti Suzuki’s own number of stations will be mode, global markets along ed to show signs of economic home, and lauded the hybrid year, according to a senior example, he said,”In the mod- 4,500. So if you look at it, in with the GDP data scheduled recovery adding positive model of work. company official. The com- els that we have CNG, the pen- four years it will go up from to be released later in the week momentum in Indian mar- “Within the first few weeks pany, which offers CNG etration level is almost 21 per 1,200 to 4,500. Also the num- is likely to steer the domestic ket,” he said.The economy is of the (COVID-19-induced) options in eight models out of cent. Our CNG volumes last ber of cities covered will go up. stock markets going ahead. expected to record positive lockdown, over 90 per cent of total 14 available in the Indian year were around 1,06,000 It has already gone up from 145 Vinod Nair, Head of growth for the October- the technology industry was market, is also actively working units. If you look at 2020-21 we four years back to 240 this year,” Research at Geojit Financial December quarter after the 7 working from home and even the country and greater num- He emphasised the need to expand the portfolio. have already crossed 1,19,000 he said. Moreover, Finance Services, said that the market per cent contraction in the pre- today over 90 per cent of peo- ber of women who would have for people to engage in some “This year CNG (vehicles) units and we will end up the Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was largely in a consolidation vious quarter. ple continue to work from flexibility to work from home. acts of philanthropy and char- in the industry has grown year with about 1,55,000 units. has said in the Budget that the phase throughout the week As per the recent projection home,” he said. “Technology is becoming ity. almost 37 per cent at a time It will be almost 50 per cent government would increase it following weak global cues. by ICRA, India’s GDP is expect- Addressing an interactive the lifeline for us as individu- “The culture of philan- when the overall growth is increase. to 100 more cities. In March Bears took control of the ed to record a year-on-year session hosted by the Bangalore als and also businesses,” he said. thropy is as basic to India as negative (18 per cent decline) “In Mumbai and Pune, the 2022, it is expected that there markets across the globe as rise of 0.7% in Q3FY21.S. Chamber of Industry and If there was any doubt, the India itself. Charity and phil- in April-January period. It CNG penetration of Celerio will be almost 375 cities cov- worries of increasing US Bond Ranganathan, Head of Research Commerce, Premji said the IT year 2020 showed how funda- anthropy has always been a part means CNG is growing very and WagonR is almost 70 per ered, he noted. “The net- yield and inflation kept at LKP Securities noted that that industry and the government mental technology has become. of India’s culture and tradition”, well,” Maruti Suzuki India cent. In Delhi, CNG penetra- work is also increasing. Thus investors’ mood gloomy, he week ended Friday belonged to have appreciated the value of a Technology played an he added. Executive Director (Marketing tion of WagonR is 50 per cent, the availability of CNG is get- said, adding that PSU banks the PSU Bank Index which permanent hybrid model important role in ensuring that Premji stepped down as & Sales) Shashank Srivastava he added.Stating that the ting better...The government is outperformed during the week rose close to 11% with Midcap where people would work part- the government’s social Wipro chairman and managing told PTI. growth of CNG sales was 18 also helping by expanding the due to developments around state-run banks and non-life ly from office and home even schemes and assistance pro- director in 2019, handing over Explaining why the per cent last year, Srivastava CNG network. We can sell in privatisation, while the sector insurers posting huge after the end of the pandemic. grammes reached the mass the company’s reins to his son demand for CNG vehicles has said in the last five years, MSI’s new cities where CNG was not witnessed profit booking gains.“During the coming week Stating that the hybrid model population, according to him. Rishad. gone up, he said as the prices CNG vehicle sales were at previously available. Then the towards the end of the week. we expect investor interest com- would have huge comparative Availability of digital infra- The septuagenarian cur- of petrol and diesel as a fuel about 75,000 units in 2016-17, waiting time for CNG filling is “We expect the domestic ing back to large banks as FPI advantage, he said it would structure in tier-2 cities has rently holds the position of have gone up dramatically, the which grew to about 106,000 also going down as the number market to continue following flows this month of over Rs drive inclusive growth, better helped greatly many business- Wipro founder-chairman and running costs have also units last fiscal year. of stations are going up,” he the global markets in the com- 24,000 crore reflects the appetite participation from all parts of es to thrive, Premji said. non-executive director. increased. Another reason for the rise in said. ing week due to lack of any of foreign funds,” he said. O 1 %' 4 3 :PS !# # 7? '() *(+,- base and augmentation of rev- “who are continuously and RP?PPP enue. openly violating the FDI poli- '() *(+,- miners,” the coal ministry said ments of coal bearing head of its ‘Bharat Bandh’ In the letter, CAIT said cy, law and rules without any in brief note. states...On issues relating to Acall on February 26, that a few recent amendments fear of law”. They are indulging he Centre plans to permit The ministry said that it coal/lignite,” the coal ministry traders’ body CAIT on Sunday in GST have given “arbitrary in predatory pricing, deep dis- Tsale of 50 per cent of has invited comments from the said. wrote to Prime Minister and unfettered powers” to the counting, loss funding, con- coal/lignite produced by cap- state governments of coal-bear- In India, the import of coal Narendra Modi raising issues government officials. trolling inventory and sale of tive blocks, a move aimed at ing states and is increasing on year on year related to the GST regime, and It said this goes much branded products, CAIT augmenting the production stakeholders/general public on basis. In 2015-16, the country alleging violation of e-com- against the PM’s mission for alleged. “These e-commerce and increasing the availability the said proposals. imported 203.95 million tonnes merce rules by major e-tailers. ‘minimum government, max- companies have found various of dry fuel. The Ministry of Mines has (MT) of coal which was In its letter to the prime imum governance’, and these escape routes in Press Note The government plans to also invited comments of the increased to 248.54 MT in minister, the Confederation of amendments have created a No.2 of the FDI policy and do so through incorporation of state governments, among oth- 2019-20 and consequent All India Traders (CAIT) called state of ‘tax terrorism’ in the therefore, a fresh Press Note a provision in the Mines and ers, on the proposals for addi- spending of around 1.58 lakh '() *(+,- loss of revenue due to COVID- for setting up of a “special country.“The principle of nat- blocking all escape routes and Minerals (Development and tional amendments being con- crore in foreign exchange. 19. working group” at the central ural justice has been greatly abolishing all such provisions Regulation) Act, 1957 sidered in the MMDR Act. Coal being an important he GST revenue shortfall The centre has already bor- level comprising senior offi- violated through such amend- that may prompt these com- (MMDR). “The ministry of mines input for various core sector Tfaced by states rowed and releases to the states cials, CAIT representatives and ments where the traders have panies to violate the rules or “In the note for consulta- has also sought comments of industries, increasing avail- is likely to reduce by about Rs 1 lakh crore under the spe- independent tax experts to been denied any sort of show- policies should be prepared,” tion of Ministry of Mines, it is Ministry of Coal on the said ability of coal will lead to Rs 40,000 crore in the current cial window. review the GST structure and cause notice or opportunity of CAIT said. It also called for set- proposed to incorporate a pro- draft proposal. Some of the said Aatmanirbhar Bharat. fiscal on improved collections The official further said make recommendations to the hearing before taking any penal ting up of a regulatory author- vision in the Act to allow sale draft proposals are applicable in Allowing sale of coal from over the past four months, an that for next fiscal beginning government. It also suggested action,” the traders’ body said ity for the e-commerce sector. of 50 per cent of coal/lignite the case of coal/lignite captive mines will help in official said. April 1, the GST council will that a “District GST working in the letter to PM. Such authority should be produced by captive mines on also....Before sending the final increase in production of fos- The sharp decline in GST decide on the mechanism for Group” may be constituted in It alleged that the domes- empowered with due rights to an annual basis. Further, an comments/response to the sil-fuel from captive mines and collections was estimated to compensating states in its each district to monitor smooth tic e-commerce landscape has take any penal action against additional amount will be Ministry of Mines, it is con- increase availability of dry fuel lead to Rs 1.80 lakh crore upcoming meeting in March. GST implementation and to been greatly vitiated by some those who violate the law or charged on the merchant sales sidered appropriate to seek in the market, leading to reduc- shortfall in GST revenues of “The revenue loss next fis- take steps for widening of tax major e-commerce companies policy, the traders’ body said. of coal/lignite by the captive comments of state govern- tion in import of coal. states. This includes Rs 1.10 cal would be much less com- lakh crore revenue loss on pared to this fiscal. However, account of GST implementa- meeting the 14 per cent rev- 4 < tion and Rs 70,000 crore on enue growth would be diffi- #*( ?$ 3 account of COVID-19 pan- cult,” the official added. demic. The centre had set up a Under GST law, states * ! special window to borrow were guaranteed to be com- % 7, 1 " funds and pass on to the states pensated bi-monthly for any for meeting the Rs 1.10 lakh loss of revenue in the first five New Delhi:The Government said. '() *(+,- Affairs, said, “Besides a free he 34th Garden Tourism )*#)9,!,$%'8 crore GST revenue loss. years of the GST implementa- may consider privatising The process of choosing a trade agreement, mobility and TFestival organised by Delhi -E*+F-B*#%9232- The official said that tion from July 1, 2017. The Oriental Insurance or the suitable candidate for privati- ndia-UK bilateral relations an interim trade deal, we are Tourism in association with improved goods and services shortfall is calculated assuming United India Insurance Co as sation has just started and will Iwill touch a new high in the working on a 10-year 360 Government of Delhi was inau- %!**)%9$%'8 tax (GST) collections could a 14 per cent annual growth in their financial health has take some time to decide, post-Covid world, as India is degree roadmap to strength- gurated by Manish Sisodia, bring down the total shortfall GST collections by states over improved after a series of cap- sources said while not ruling likely to be a priority country en our relationship with the Deputy Chief Minister & #:**%'*'*5! amount to around Rs 1.40 lakh the base year of 2015-16. ital infusions, people aware of out the possibility for listed for the UK, leading to an UK. Going forward, we see Minister of Tourism, ;*'G$%'< crore. GST collections, which the development said. To fur- New India Assurance, where enhanced economic partner- investments in India’s clean Government of Delhi on “We have done some cal- directly reflect the state of eco- ther strengthen their financial government stake stands at ship, according to a report. energy sector coming from February 19. With the objective culations which show that the nomic activity, had plummet- health, the government is 85.44 per cent. According to the Britain the UK.” to create awareness about the Five Senses to experience the shortfall could be lower by ed to a record low of Rs 32,172 expected to infuse Rs 3,000 As per the plan, NITI Meets India report, developed Pallavi Joshi Bakhru, environment and showcase the unique varieties of flowers. about Rs 30,000-40,000 crore in crore in April 2020, after the crore in the public sector gen- Aayog will make recommen- by CII and Grant Thornton Partner and India-UK Corridor rich floriculture of Delhi, this His Excellency Mr. Walter J. the current fiscal,” the official government imposed a nation- eral insurance companies dur- dations to the government for Bharat, FDI inflow from the Leader, Grant Thornton Bharat three week festival celebrates Lindner, Ambassador, Embassy told PTI. wide lockdown to curb the ing the current quarter. privatisation and Department UK to India for a particular LLP said, “Our research iden- the hues of Mother Nature of Federal Republic of The official further said spread of coronavirus. Since Both Oriental Insurance of Investment and Public Asset year increased from USD 898 tified 572 UK companies in and the fervour of Spring Germany, graced the festival that Rs 1.10 lakh crore would then, collections started pick- and the Chennai-based United Management (DIPAM) under million in 2015-16 to USD India with a combined Season, and is themed with his presence. He was seen be borrowed through the spe- ing up; and the four straight India Insurance may be able to the Ministry of Finance will 1,422 million in 2019-20. turnover of around INR 3,390 ‘#Colours of Nature’ this year. taking numerous pictures at the cial window as planned and months of October to January generate interest from the pri- take the proposal to its logical Sandeep Chakravorty, billion, tax payment of around Over the weekend the venue soaking in the ambience higher mop-up would be recorded over Rs 1 lakh crore vate sector because of their conclusion. Joint Secretary (Western INR 173 billion and employing event witnessed visitors in large and enjoying the visual expe- utilised to compensate for the mop-up. improved financials, sources PTI Europe), Ministry of External 416,121 people directly. number visiting the Garden of rience of colors of nature. ! 32 62 " './)012 2=> 2 " ", %'4, * ?8 - = '() *(+,- is transformational and we '() *(+,- and/or services worth over Rs expect FPI flows to continue 9&2?#237, 3,406 crore this year so far. ontinuing their buying next month as well aided by oods and services worth He said that onboarding Cspree, foreign portfolio MSCI rebalancing,” $2$&0- Gover Rs 1 lakh crore are railways involves the develop- investors (FPIs) invested Rs Ranganathan added. expected to be procured from ment of 42 railway-specific 24,965 crore in Indian markets In addition, the earnings ifty earnings are likely to the public procurement portal features and functionalities. in February so far as various season also turned out to be Ngrow at a Compound GeM in 2021-22 on account of Kumar also said that the GeM organisations predicted high good, said Rusmik Oza, exec- Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) a sharp increase in buying is steadily moving towards the economic growth for the coun- utive vice president, head of of 24.2 per cent over FY21-23, activities by ministries like vision of a Unified try and the Union Budget fundamental research at Kotak said an ICICI Direct report. defence and PSUs, a senior offi- Procurement System with an boosted investor sentiment. Securities. “Going forward, we expect cial said. aim to consolidate all govern- According to depositories’ For emerging markets, Nifty earnings to grow at 24.2 The Government e- ment procurement onto a sin- data, FPIs pumped in Rs 24,204 Oza said flows have been per cent CAGR over FY21E- Market (GeM) portal was gle, cohesive platform which crore into equities and Rs 761 muted in emerging markets 23E. launched in August 2016 for can lead to economies of scale, crore in the debt segment, tak- this month to date. Using a bottom up online purchases of goods and more efficient price discovery, ing the total net investment to Taiwan have approach and giving discount services by all the central gov- and sharing of best practices. Rs 24,965 crore during received meaningful FPI flows to target weighted average PE, ernment ministries and To promote the sale of February 1-19. this month to date, he added we now value the Nifty at departments. Made in India goods, he said, In the preceding month, Regarding debt segment, 16,300 i.e. 22x P/E on FY23E GeM CEO Talleen Kumar GeM is capturing the ‘country FPIs were net investors of Rs Himanshu Srivastava, associate EPS of Rs 740 with corre- said that the order value in of origin’ data for products 14,649 crore. director manager research, sponding Sensex target at 2020-21 is projected at Rs already on the platform. “Various organisations, Morningstar India said, FPIs 54,600,” it said. 37,000 crore, up from Rs 22,896 “GeM has also enabled a both national as well as inter- have stayed away from Indian It noted that corporate crore last year. “With the provision to indicate the per- national, have predicted a high debt markets for a long time earnings gained momentum onboarding of the Ministry of centage of local content in economic growth for the now “mainly on concerns during the third quarter of Railways getting completed by products on the platform. upcoming year and the year around COVID-19, calibrated FY21 as economic activity March 2021, GeM is headed Hence, government buyers can after for India,” said Harsh support by RBI and low inter- rebounded in the post-Covid towards an order value of more now view and filter across Jain, co-founder and COO at est rates.” unlocking era with optimism than Rs one lakh crore next fis- goods for both their ‘country of Groww. Going ahead, the focus fuelled by the festive season. cal, which will be a ‘3X’ origin’ as well as ‘percentage of S Ranganathan, head of will be on how soon India gains The Q3FY21 earnings increase over current levels,” local content,” he added. research of LKP Securities economic momentum. staged an impressive show Kumar told PTI. Further, he added that the added that FPIs remained pos- “However, the way mar- and were broadly ahead of The public sector units next version of the platform - itive on Indian markets as IMF kets are headed and given high estimates as corporates con- (PSUs) procured goods and GeM 5.0 - is stepping up the predicted India to be the fastest valuations, there is a strong tinue to benefit from lower services worth over Rs 3,372 use of new technologies like AI growing economy in 2021. possibility of profit-booking raw material costs and crore on GeM so far this year. (artificial intelligence) includ- “A pro-growth Budget at regular intervals, which realised leaner cost struc- Similarly the Ministry of ing machine learning and deep aimed at leveraging the digital could slow down the pace of tures, it said. Defence has bought goods learning. revolution net flows,” Srivastava said. ! " # $ % &'&(( &) % $ " * %&) % L& '&& %,-- -&-
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orldwide, an estimated 12 million girls are wed every Wyear before the age of 18. In India, as per UNICEF, 1.5 million girls get married before the legal age of 18 every year. Fortunately, the combined efforts of the respective state governments and non-government organizations engaging community level workers in remote villages are providing agency to adolescents to fulfill their dream. In Odisha, as per ; the National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4), underage marriages have 1# $ 2 # # R reduced from 37. 2 per cent to 21.3 per " #
cent over a decade and is better than the national average of 26.8 per cent. , # # /(8=3 Although, there are 16 districts where '/A09/ <09<( ( child marriage is above the state’s average percentage, but the sincere ecently a veteran actor from the Hindi film indus- efforts are going on to control the Rtry was given the Highest Civilian Award for his situation here. contribution towards spreading cultural values across Two years ago, parents of Kanchan jhinka and udulia are forcing young as an alternate option. the globe through his acting career. While he was given who was just a 15-year-old then, had girls to get married early. A scheme, Advika (every girl is the award, everyone in the audience stood up to give fixed her marriage against her wishes. unique), has been recently started by him a standing ovation to the legend, who brought so A school-dropout, Kanchan was Challenges during the pandemic: the Women and Child Development many characters to life on celluloid screen. We all have engaged in household works besides Suchitra, 16-year-old, hails from a poor (WCD) Department of the state to experienced this euphoria in theatres, while a heroic helping her mother in agriculture family and wanted to complete her engage, sensitise and empower character makes an entry on screen, there are loud fields. studies. Her parents were also adolescent girls in remote villages. As cheers, whistles, applause and more. And at the end “In poor families like ours, parents supporting her. However, during the part of it, girls will be encouraged to of film, the hero wins the audience’s hearts and steals do not seek consent. Girls are lockdown, when her father lost all the participate in different sessions on the show. Whether he plays a prince or a pauper, it does considered a burden from which they opportunities to work as a daily wage Sexual and Reproductive Health not matter as his fans throng the theatres to catch a want to get rid of as soon as possible. organisation, in Bhubaneswar in 2018. amended and a state monitoring laborer, her relatives suggested (SRH), nutrition, safety, rights, gender- glimpse of him. The beauty of his performance lies in My parents were no different when It was my first encounter to understand committee has been constituted to marrying Suchitra to a man 10 years based violence, financial literacy, his ability to internalise the character to the extent that they had fixed my marriage,” shared the repercussions of child marriage. review the implementation of PCMA. older to her. marriage and relationship. The he and his role seem one to his fans. But even while Kanchan over phone, now a 17-year- After returning from the workshop, I All Child Development Protection Just a day before the wedding, her objective is to equip them with doing it, he is very much conscious of the fact that he old pursuing her studies again. decided to start a campaign against this Officers (CDPOs) have been close friend called up Childline. The knowledge to take informed decisions is merely an actor in a It was the result of regular ill-practice in my village Rugudipalli. designated as Child Marriage CMPO, Supervisor, Police and officials about their lives, career, relationships, particular drama, his role counseling offered to Kanchan’s In the first adolescent group meeting Prohibition Officers (CMPOs) and a of Childline visited their house and education and rest everything. Along is carved, his dialogues parents by village Anganwadi worker with all the girls of the village, I was series of training and capacity building stopped her marriage. with knowledge, there is also a need to are scripted and the cos- Geetanjali Rana that helped save her informed about Kanchan’s marriage.” programmes are being organised. “There have been many cases create infrastructural support to tumes are designed for from early marriage. Not just Kanchan, Geetanjali sensitised all the people where these little girls are convinced engage them because only sensitisation that particular character. but due to Geetanjali’s sincere efforts to of the village on Prohibition of Child Patriarchy, poverty, social norms that getting married is the right step to cannot reduce child marriages. Hence, his greatness lies fight this menace, not a single child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006 and and safety issues: The reasons for minimise the burden on their families,” It was in 2017-18 that the Odisha only in playing the role to marriage happened in the village Protection of Children from Sexual getting married at an early age are shared Rakesh Pradhan, Subarnapur Government had rigorously started the best of his capability. Rugudipalli in Odisha’s Subarnapur Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. She also many. Girls being denied proper District Coordinator, Action Aid. responding to the issue of child On his long journey to district. Her regular counseling of discussed the impact of early marriages education is one of the major reasons marriages but the pandemic severely stardom, every actor parents, mothers, older groups, young on the health of adolescents and how which makes them vulnerable to child The need of engaging adolescents: hampered all the gains made so far. often turns a spectator boys and girls about the repercussions early pregnancies threaten the lives of marriage. “It is the patriarchal mindset The lack of engaging with adolescents, Social vulnerability and financial issues and critiques his own of child marriage made Rugudipalli the young girls. that does not allow them to continue especially with school dropouts pose a push them into worst situation and work so that he can first ‘child marriage free’ village in this Within a few months, Geetanjali their schooling. If they will be allowed, hurdle in their decision making. In girls fall prey to child marriage. improve upon his act. It Eastern Indian state. was able to stop 10-12 child marriages it will give them the agency to deny the remote villages, most of the girls drop Hopefully, the actions taken will set the is this element of detach- Describing Kanchan’s incident in her village. To make Odisha child forced marriages,” said Ghasiram out from schools after finishing fight against child marriages back on ment from the different roles he plays that allows him Geetanjali said, “I had attended a marriage free by 2030, the state Panda, Programme Manager, Action education till upper primary. They help track. to progress, play multiple roles simultaneously with workshop titled Say No to Child government has directed all authorities Aid. their mothers in household and (The names of girls have been clarity and then return to his personal life at the end Marriage organised by Action Aid, an to take appropriate actions. To support In tribal dominated districts, age- agriculture work. As they have no changed to protect the identity.) of the day. international non-government the PCMA, state rules have been old cultures such as jhinka vivah, kania other engagement, they find marriage L% 9 Not many of us know that the world cycle is very much similar to this drama in which all of us are actors with unique parts. Everyone is the protagonist in his eep into this pandemic winter, it her new book, The Well-Gardened weather vegetables in flats indoors — life and can become a hero who draws applause. Dcan be hard to remember what a Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. seeing the sprouts of cabbage, onions, However, today we hardly find anyone cheering for refuge gardens were last spring and “This,” she says, “is the garden’s spinach and more. In just a couple the other person because there is great dissatisfaction * months, perhaps, they can think about summer. In those frightening early most enduring consolation.” either with each other’s performance or the script. As days of COVID-19, victory gardens Of course, the constancy of the transplanting them outdoors if they a result, the drama appears to have become a tragedy. and household vegetable plots sprang seasons these days can’t be taken for have the space. There is widespread chaos with actors criticising each up all over. Seed companies reported 6 $ "" granted as in the past. So winter is also As the Vermont Bean Seed others’ performances instead of theirs. The reason for shortages. Hardware stores saw a run a good time for reevaluating our own Company says in its 2021 spring this trouble is that most of us act without the knowl- on garden tools. Millions found #62 yard-size battles against climate catalog: “In each seed and seed- edge that the earth is a stage and we have all come here comfort, release and a sense of safety change. We can start or continue bearing fruit, there is a promise of a to play our individual roles. Each actor’s role is unique outdoors with their hands in the dirt. composting. And we can research new beginning.” and pre-scripted and hence, trying to match it with That feels like a long time ago. We services, products and methods to anybody else’s is futile. The biggest law of the world dreaded this winter, and we weren’t help make next year’s garden — and THE GARDEN OF THE MIND’S EYE drama is that it is ever beneficial for everyone. In the wrong: January was the deadliest those beyond — more sustainable. Which brings us to the third absence of this understanding or its consciousness, we month yet from the virus. Political garden: the one we imagine and plan. get attached to our roles, forget to change our costumes violence shook Americans’ sense of THE GARDEN INDOORS “I shall never have the garden I and make-up, and lose the flexibility to adapt to each security and shared purpose. Houseplants are hot now, and have in my mind, but that for me is the part. Businesses and household incomes are Instagram is full of plant influencers joy of it; certain things can never be Take a simple example of a person who plays a son, struggling. And the human posting photos. realized and so all the more reason to a husband, a father, a friend and several other roles interactions that might help us process New technologies make it easier to attempt them,” the author/gardener at the same time. If he is in the consciousness of being all this anxiety and grief are grow plants anywhere indoors, with or Jamaica Kincaid once said. a male, he could dominate his wife at home or look discouraged. without soil. The plants offer not only The new seed catalogs carry the down upon his female staff at office. At work, he would Yet the garden is still there, beauty, but the rewards of caring for promise that, this year, you can make stick to his role of being a boss so much so that he for- hunkering down too. And it can still living things and seeing them grow. your garden better. Maybe that means gets to become their colleague when they need his help. help. Even in winter, it can provide Indoor vegetable gardening, too, converting more lawn to flowers and On the other hand, if he is conscious that he is an actor solace, inspiration and perspective. has become especially popular both as vegetables, choosing more native and must act like a hero to win everyone’s hearts, then Fresh air. And an assurance that a food source and as a family activity. plants, reducing water use, putting in he would understand the requirements of his charac- spring is coming. For instance, you can buy organic paths and water features. A garden is ter and become active, accurate and attractive at what- “From December to March, there mini-farms in Mason jars, cans and never finished. ever he does. are for many of us three gardens — the boxes — all intended for the Planning it is creative and hopeful. Living the peaks and troughs of each character we garden outdoors, the garden of pots windowsill. You can grow mushrooms And as our second pandemic spring play, we drain ourselves and are unable to muster and bowls in the house, and the in their cardboard box with just a approaches, those hopes are being enough strength to meet the demands of each role as garden of the mind’s eye,” Katherine S spritzer, or set up a large jar of buoyed by the rollout of vaccines, too. a result of which, there are emotional upheavals and White, an editor and writer at The tomatoes adding nothing but water. As Amanda Gorman said in her sorrow becomes a regular visitor when the purpose New Yorker and an avid gardener, the most serious gardeners (or those “everything is bare and you can see the Sales of backyard greenhouses and inauguration poem last month, in a of the drama is to help the actors experience joy and wrote several decades ago. in warmer climates) can keep the bones of the landscape.” grow lights are up, and seed shoutout to Lin-Manuel Miranda, happiness. On the other hand, if we become detached As we round the bend into growing going outside, using cold More significantly, gardens companies are already reporting who was quoting George Washington to the roles we play and keep faith in the eternal law February, and with the hope that frames, fabric or plastic tunnels, and remind us that winter is just one another year of high demand. Johnny’s and Alexander Hamilton, who were that the drama has been scripted for the universal ben- vaccines will bring real change, all other techniques. season in a cycle. Death is everywhere Selected Seeds, a high-end, mail-order quoting the Bible: “Everyone shall sit efit, the feeling of loss and gain, comfort and pain three of those gardens offer a promise But there are smaller joys to be in a garden, all year round, but it seller based in Winslow, Maine, under their own vine, and fig tree, would begin to dissolve and our mind would stop ques- of light. had. The trees’ bare branches make for makes rebirth possible. The species recently suspended orders from home And no one shall make them afraid.” tioning the developments in every scene and a peace- beautiful silhouettes, and better views keep going. gardeners temporarily, saying that The garden as metaphor for peace, ful equanimity will begin to settle in our mind. It will THE GARDEN OUTDOORS of birds and sunsets. Landscape “The return of spring each year because of COVID, order volume “has safety, prosperity, calm. Not a bad help us to enjoy the drama, review our performance, To the eye, there’s little in a winter photographer Larry Lederman, author can be endlessly relied on, and in exceeded our capacity to pack seed place for the mind’s eye to rest, be patient and forgiving towards others. So the moral garden that can compare to spring and of the recent book Garden Portraits, (plants) not dying when we die, we and to ship orders quickly.” particularly in this most unsettling of of the story is that we should be detached and yet be summer’s binge-worthy drama of recommends getting to know your have a sense of goodness going Some gardeners have already winters. involved in the part we are playing. That’s the quali- growing, blooming and buzzing. 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Djokovic used superb serving and his Soon enough, though, it was 3-all, usual relentless returning and baseline because Medvedev cleaned up his mis- excellence to grab 11 of 13 games in one takes, while Djokovic faltered a bit, get- stretch and beat a visibly frustrated Daniil ting broken after a game in which he Medvedev 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday for a flubbed a drop shot, then an overhead, the third trophy in a row at Melbourne Park. most glaring - only? - weakness in his The 33-year-old from Serbia improved game. to 18-0 combined in semifinals and finals But from 5-all, Djokovic stepped up, on the hard courts of the Australian Open. and Medvedev stepped back. Djokovic Looking at the bigger picture, held at love, then broke to claim the set Djokovic has won six of the last 10 major when Medvedev slapped a forehand into tournaments and is assured of remaining the net just after someone in the crowd at No. 1 in the rankings at least through called out during the point. March 8. That will give him 311 weeks in There were frequent extended the top spot, breaking a mark held by exchanges at the baseline, both men Federer. capable of covering the court well enough The No. 4-ranked Medvedev was to swallow up each other’s potential appearing in his second Grand Slam final point-ending shots. Medvedev rarely - he was the runner-up to Nadal at the strayed from the back of the court unless 2019 U.S. Open - but is still left trying col- lured forward by one of Djokovic’s rela- lect his first such championship. tively frequent drop shots. Djokovic ended the 25-year-old Djokovic began the second set with a Russian’s 20-match winning streak. 9 $ ! 5 ! fault into the net, then shook out his left Medvedev also had won his previous 12 arm and flexed his shoulders. That point matches against Top 10 opponents. $(+&/24'( Barbora Krejcikova on Saturday night. ended with him missing a backhand into But going up against Djokovic in The 35-year-old Polasek dedicated the net, and he hunched up his shoulders Australia is a much different challenge. ilip Polasek and Ivan Dodig have won the victory to his newly-born baby and stared over at his guest box. Another By the second set, as things slipped Fthe men’s doubles title at the daughter. netted backhand gifted Medvedev a break away, Medvedev bounced his white rack- Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Ram saved a championship point and a 1-0 lead. et off the blue court, then absolutely 2020 champions Rajeev Ram and Joe while serving in the ninth game and held, There might have been reason to destroyed it with a full-on spike. By the Salisbury. but Polasek sealed the title in the next believe Djokovic was just a tad more sus- third, he kept looking up at his coach with Ram, a 36-year-old American who game. ceptible this time around. First of all, he palms up as if to ask, “What can I possi- spent two weeks in hard quarantine after Novak Djokovic is bidding for a wrenched his midsection during a slip in bly do here?” It is a familiar senti- arriving in Australia last month, was ninth Australian Open singles title in the the third round against American Taylor ment in this stadium, on this court, at this attempting a double at Melbourne Park final later Sunday against fourth-seeded Fritz; after that win, Djokovic said he had tournament. Federer, Nadal, Andy after winning the mixed doubles title with Daniil Medvedev. torn a muscle, but by the time he played Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem $) ' < ! $ ! his semifinal, he declared himself pain- - all Grand Slam champions, all defeated free. by Djokovic in semifinals or finals in On a cool, cloudy evening, an event entirely for five days earlier in the tour- Plus, entering Sunday, Djokovic Melbourne. French Open for Djokovic. in August. Federer hasn’t competed in delayed three weeks because of the coro- nament because of a local COVID-19 already had ceded five sets through six So place the nine triumphs in The math looks good for Djokovic. He more than a year after having two knee navirus pandemic concluded with an lockdown, but they eventually were let matches, the most he had dropped in any Australia alongside five at Wimbledon, is about a year younger than Nadal and 6 operations but is expected to turn to the announced attendance of 7,426 at Rod back in at 50% capacity. Grand Slam tournament en route to a three at the U.S. Open and one at the 1/2 younger than Federer, who turns 40 tour next month. Laver Arena. Spectators were barred A majority favored Djokovic on final. ! 7, .' ! !!!' (@4 1 ! 0,$(*0&0* interaction with British media attack as well as skilful bats- ners will still play a huge role seamer.” on Saturday, said, “I think it men making them capable of in the outcome of the Test. The Kent batsman had n “unbelievable seam will play into our hands.” handling all conditions. “(The pink ball) seems to missed the first two Tests as he Aattack and incredible bats- “We have grown up with “That said, they have an be swinging more than the red had slipped on the marble men” make India formidable those conditions, trying to unbelievable seam attack and ball, doing a bit more for the floor of the Chepauk dressing but England will have the play the ball late in seaming incredible batsmen so it won’t seamers. I expect a bit more room, thereby injuring his edge in the pink ball day/night conditions, so you would say help us too much. They will be seam in this game and for the wrist ahead of the series open- Test here as the tourists are we would be more adept at it more than capable,” he said seamers to have more of a er. However, Crawley is fit to more adept at playing in than the Indians.” referring to line-up spear- chance than perhaps they did play and has also been includ- seaming conditions, feels bats- “That’s probably why they headed by the redoubtable in the last couple of Tests. ed in the squad for the man Zak Crawley. are unbelievable players of Jasprit Bumrah and compris- “It also seems to be a bit day/night Test. With the series locked at spin, because they have ing seasoned warhorses like harder so the spinners are “I have improved quite a 1-1, the two teams are set to grown up with it,” Crawley Ishant Sharma and new find skidding it on a bit more. The bit, doing plenty of batting in take on each other in the added. Mohammed Siraj. spinners are still going to the nets, making sure I am as day/night fixture starting at When asked if England However, the 23-year-old Although the pink ball have to play a big role and I fit as possible for this Test and the Motera Stadium here on were favourites playing against is well aware that the hosts are swings more than the red would be surprised if they that there is a chance I can be Wednesday. a moving ball, Crawley, in an armed with a potent seam cherry, Crawley feels spin- produce an absolute green selected,” said Crawley.
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>0-24 Singh 106 not out, Shivank Vashisth 55; helped Meghalaya recover and post 242 brisk 78 from 66 balls (4x4, 3x6). Eden Gardens. Dhawal Kulkarni 3/35, Shams Mulani for 6 in 50 overs, having slipped to 123 Chandigarh completed the chase Middle-order batsman Kaif Ahmad rithvi Shaw’s blistering 105, after an 2/33) lost to Mumbai 216/3 (Prithvi for 4 in the 34th over. with three balls to spare. hit a stellar 53-ball 75 (11x4, 2x6), while Pimpressive show by the bowlers, set Shaw 105 not out; Suryakumar Yadav In other matches, Assam thrashed Earlier, Haryana got off to a solid skipper Anustup Majumdar provided up Mumbai's seven-wicket win over 50; Lalit Yadav 2/32) by 7wickets. Manipur by 10 wickets in a game short- start with a cracking 102 (125 balls; him fine support with a 61-ball 58, as Delhi in an Elite Group D match here ened by overnight rain and Nagaland 11x1, 1x6) by Himanshu Rana and his Bengal piled 315/6 after putting in by on Sunday as the domestic giants > outplayed Sikkim by 98 runs. 115-run opening stand with Arun Services. began their Vijay Hazare Trophy cam- A superb knock of 141 by opener Chaprana. The top-three, comprising paign on a winning note. Jay Bista powered Uttarakhand to a six- Chandigarh bowlers fought back to Shreevats Goswami (28), Vivek Singh Mumbai bowlers, led by experi- wicket win over Meghalaya in a Plate Rahul Tewatia celebrated his maid- trigger a middle-order collapse before (39) and Abhimanyu Easwaran (39), too enced pacer Dhawal Kulkarni (3/35), Group match of the Vijay Hazare en India call-up with a 39-ball 73 but Haryana rode on Tewatia's strong fin- chipped in before the duo of Majumdar restricted Delhi to 211/7 despite a Trophy here on Sunday. his effort went in vain as Chandigarh ish to post a challenging 299/9 from and Kaif took charge for a 92-run part- valiant unbeaten 106 off 145 balls by Bista scored his runs in 119 balls, secured a thrilling three-wicket win over their stipulated 50 overs. nership. Himmat Singh and then cantered to the striking 18 fours and three sixes. Haryana in their Vijay Hazare Trophy Tewatia, the explosive Rajasthan In reply, fifties from skipper Rajat target in 31.5 overs, as Prithvi tore into Chasing 243 for victory, Bista and Group E opener here on Sunday. Royals left-hander, raced to his third List Paliwal (90) and Pulkit Narang (53) the Delhi attack. skipper Kunal Chandela (55 off 80 balls) Tewatia, who was named in the A fifty in 32 balls and then went were not enough as Bengal put Services Shaw took the Delhi attack to the set up the win with a second-wicket India T20I squad for the five-match berserk, scoring his next 22 runs off under pressure with consistent wickets cleaners, hammering 15 boundaries and partnership of 126 runs in 142 balls. series against England, clobbered six only six balls before getting dismissed before bowling them out for 245 in 49.4 two sixes in his match-winning innings Though Bista fell eight runs shy of sixes and four fours. by Jagjit Singh (3/36). overs. and was ably supported by Iyer, who is the target, Uttarakhand got home with Chandigarh skipper Manan Vohra Having made a group stage exit in The pace trio of Ishan Porel, making a comeback after missing the 5.5 overs to spare. led a stiff 300-run chase with a 120-ball the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s, Bengal Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep, along Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. Earlier, R Sanjay Yadav's whirlwind 117 (9x4, 2x6) before Ankit Kaushik opened their campaign with a compre- with left-arm spinner Shabaz Ahmed, Brief Scores: Delhi 211/7 (Himmat 81 off 49 balls (2 fours, seven sixes) provided the finishes touches with his hensive 70-run win over Services at picked two wickets each.