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&"!&'()&)%(*&!!&'+,&%&"-(" for an immediate revenge. Union Home Minister fter bullet-riddled bodies Amit Shah earlier in the day Aof 20 jawans were recov- spoke to Chhattisgarh Chief ered by police in the jungles of Minister Bhupesh Baghel over Chattisgarh on Sunday, the the phone and had a detailed numbers of security personnel discussion on the gunfight killed in a fierce gunbattle with with the Maoists. Naxals on Saturday have Baghel was also busy in increased to 22. The biggest campaigning for the Congress massacre in more than a year in Assam and he returned to which also left 31 injured, has Raipur late evening. been attributed to a major Shah said the State and the intelligence and operational Centre will jointly win the bat- mid alarming rise in the failure against the Naxals. tle against the Maoists and Anumber of fresh Covid-19 Over a 1,000 police per- assured Baghel of all help to infections across the country, sonnel drawn from CRPF’s tackle the Leftist insurgency. Prime Minister Narendra ! elite CoBRA, District Reserve He informed the Chief Modi on Sunday reviewed # Guard (DRG) and Special Task Minister that he had issued the situation and vaccination Force (STF) walked into a instructions to the Director exercise. Ten states are con- Meanwhile, the “alarm- deadly trap of Maoists in a deep General of CRPF to visit the tributing 91 per cent of the ing” surge in coronavirus jungle of rebels-dominated site of the incident and take daily spurt in case, but the sit- cases in India remained patch in Chhattisgarh’s restive appropriate action. uation elsewhere is also turn- unabated as 93,249 new infec- Bastar purely on an unverified Chhattisgarh’s Bastar divi- ing grim. tions were recorded on intelligence input that a top sion which is made up of seven Sunday, the highest single-day Chandigarh: The Haryana ultra leader Madvi Hidma is sustained multiple gun shots where Maoists have been Maoists’ heavy gunshots, actu- districts, including Bijapur and rise since September 19. Government on Sunday holed up at a hilly site along and were airlifted to Raipur for attempting to run a de facto ally it was an ambush designed Sukma, has been the epicentre Modi said the five-fold issued fresh guidelines putting with his colleagues. better medical attention. Government in deep forests in U-shape but the troopers too of major Maoists attacks in past strategy of testing, tracing, a ceiling on the number of But the input was basically The pitched gunfight since late 1980s. retaliated.” Reports said Maoists three decades. treatment, Covid-appropriate people permitted at functions a well-planned trap of Maoist between Maoists and security “Guerillas armed with brought 3-4 tractors on Rebels had killed 76 CRPF ! behaviour and vaccination if in open spaces and indoors, guerillas as they gunned down personnel broke out on heavy weapons, including rock- Saturday night at the attack site men in a single attack in April implemented with utmost and at funerals in the wake of 22 security personnel and Saturday at a remote hilly site et launchers, were waiting for to ferry dead bodies of their 2010 in Bastar which is seriousness and commitment a surge in coronavirus cases in walked away with their weapons of Bijapur district close to security personnel contingent, comrades. described the deadliest attack would be effective in curbing the State. too. The casualty figure could Sukma district border in once a larger team of the search The local police officials by Maoists on security forces in New Delhi: Several restau- the pandemic’s spread. further rise as at least 31 cops sprawling Bastar division operation approached a hill, the are now claiming that intelli- India. In May 2013, Maoists rants, night clubs and hotels militants who were positioned gence inputs would have been carried out an audacious attack here have been fined and face on top of the hill started spray- verified from multiple credible on a Congress party convoy at cases for not maintaining social ! " ing bullets in a flash from sources before rushing a larg- Jheeram ghati in Bastar in distancing and serving hookah, three sides,” a local DRG er team to catch Hidma, one of which entire top-ranked lead- police officials said on Sunday policeman who was part of the the most wanted terror faces of ers of the party in the state were following a two-day special ! search team told The Pioneer. the mineral-rich Bastar. The wiped out including then state drive to crackdown on those The attack site is located brutal killings of troopers have chief Nandkumar Patel, popu- violating Covid-19 safety roughly 500 km south of State created a widespread anger in lar tribal leader Mahendra guidelines. People not wearing capital Raipur. He said, “The the State and people in tribal Karma and former union min- mask in public places were also # securitymen were stunned by stronghold Bastar have called ister VC Shukla. fined, said officials. " Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in a letter to the States/UTs. nion Home Minister The countrywide vaccina- UAmit Shah on Sunday $ #P tion drive was rolled out on vowed a befitting response to .) January 16, 2021 with HCWs the Naxals, who killed 22 getting inoculated while the security personnel in vaccination of FLWs started Chhattisgarh, and said the " # % from February 2. battle against the extremists he Centre on Saturday The next phase of Covid-19 will be won through joint Central forces were playing a the premises. It took a crafty Tdirected the States and UTs vaccination commenced from efforts of the Central and partisan role. handling of the situation by the that no fresh registrations of March 1, 2021 for those over 60 State Governments. he Election Commission of “It was a matter of deep security forces to evade a fight. healthcare and frontline work- years of age and for people aged Shah also reviewed with TIndia has rejected Chief regret that a media narrative Refuting Mamata’s charges ers will be allowed as it took 45 and above with specified co- top security officials the situ- & ' ( Minister Mamata Banerjee’s was sought to be weaved to the poll panel wrote that there cognizance that some ineligible morbid conditions. ation arising out of the vio- claim that the Central forces misguide the biggest stake- was no evidence at all to sug- beneficiaries in this category In the letter, Bhushan said lence perpetrated by the ) * played a partisan role in the holders … the voters by a can- gest that the BSF jawans were getting their names enlist- all efforts have been made in Naxals. “‘Our security men “rigged and violent elections” at didate who also happens to be deployed at the polling sta- ed for vaccination against the close collaboration with States have lost their lives. We will Chhattisgarh following the Nandigram — particularly in the CM … All this was done tion, indulged in any inap- infection in violation of rules. and UTs to saturate vaccination not tolerate this bloodshed encounter. The HM also said the Boyal region — where when the election process propriate behaviour. “Registration of persons of HCWs and FLWs. While and a befitting reply will be the Government will contin- Trinamool Congress voters be a “greater misdemeanor” was/is on,” the Commission The complaint that they aged 45 years and above will tracking the progress, the time- given at an appropriate time,” ue its fight against such ene- could not allegedly cast their than misguiding the “biggest reportedly wrote to the Chief did not allow the voters to go continue to be permitted on line for completing vaccination he said in Assam’s Sualkuchi, mies of peace and progress. vote. stakeholders,” the voters. Minister. inside the booth is far from Co-WIN portal, and asked the of all HCWs and FLWs with before leaving for New Delhi “Our fight against In a strongly-worded reply The ECI was referring to Mamata had on the poll the truth, the EC said. The States/UTs to ensure universal the first dose of Covid-19 vac- after cutting short his elec- Naxalites will continue with to Mamata’s letter to the the Chief Minister’s “far-from- day of April 1 sat for two Trinamool Congress had vaccination of already registered cine has been extended multi- tioneering in the State. strength, perseverance and Commission complaining the-truth” allegations suggest- hours inside the booth with alleged that the Central forces healthcare workers (HCWs) ple times and was finally fixed Shah said search opera- intensity and we will take it to gross electoral irregularities, the ing the elections were not BJP and TMC workers facing were trying to influence and frontline workers (FLWs) at at February 25 for HCWs and tions are continuing in the end,” he said. poll panel said nothing could only rigged but also the each other menacingly outside polling. the earliest,” said Union Health March 6 for FLWs. $" " ' $ ) $ % ! & # P!" and Cooperative Banks for oil is being sold at 165 in Tura $( P facilitating repayment of crop and palm oil at 188 a kg in n the backdrop of 22 jawans #$%&" loans by the farmers by sanc- Ramanathapuram. India’s edible Iof CRPF and Chhattisgarh tioning fresh crop loans year on he Centre has proposed an oil industry is dominated by police being martyred in an year without actual disburse- Tambitious 210-km long both loose and packaged oil ambush by Maoists in the ay curfew would not be ment, needs to be reviewed road — Ram Van Gaman Marg including soy oil, mustard, Sukma-Bijapur border area of Dimposed in the State due ne more person succumbed immediately, the CAG report — to be constructed in Uttar coconut and groundnut oil. Chhattisgarh, the Odisha Chief to the Covid-19 situation, Oto Covid-19 on Sunday, suggested.The report further Pradesh with an aim to retrace he prices of pulses and edi- Mustard oil which was Minister, the Union Petroleum said Special Relief with which the total toll rose to added that the department the route believed to have been Tble oils are adding to the around 132 a kg in Delhi in Minister and the OPCC presi- Commissioner Pradeep Jena 1,922 in the State. The deceased implemented a new system for taken by Lord Ram on his way woes of millions of consumers April last year, has now soared dent condemned the incident on Sunday. was identified as a 29-year-old facilitating drawal of funds by to exile with Sita and already struggling with reduced to 149 a kg. and saluted the sacrifices of the He said the State’s Covid woman of Khordha district. farmers through RuPay Kisan Lakshman. earnings or job losses. The Groundnut oil which was jawans. situation is well under control Meanwhile, the positive cases Cards but without ensuring the The Ram Van Gaman prices of mustard oil, ground- around 170 a kg has now Expressing grief, Chief and does not warrant day remained over 400 for the third basic requirement of verifica- Marg project will connect nut oil and vanaspati oil are touched 188-190 a kg. Minister Naveen Patnaik tweet- curfew. He advised people to consecutive day with the report- hile dealing with com- tion of farmer membership Ayodhya to Chitrakoot via being quoted at 200 per kg in Similarly palm oil which was ed, “Strongly condemn the cow- take all precautions to contain ing of 471 new cases in 27 dis- Wpliance audit of the assis- details. Faizabad, Sultanpur, some parts of the country. sold at 96 a kg has now ardly attack by Leftwing extrem- the spread of the virus. tricts, the highest in last four tance to farmers through This has put an addition- Pratapgarh, Jethwara, Similarly, pulses are being quot- touched 130 a kg. Sunflower ists on our jawans in Sukma, Earlier in the day, months. With this, the total Primary Agricultural al burden on the exchequer to Shringverpur, Manjhanpur and ed between 110 and 143 a kg which was around 132 a kg a Chhattisgarh. My deepest con- Assembly Speaker Surjya positives’ tally surged to 3,42,695 Cooperative Societies (PACS) the tune of Rs 17.43 crore, Rajapur in Uttar Pradesh. The in retail market for the past few year ago now its price has dolences to the families of the Narayan Patro had said that in in the State. under Cooperation which was rendered entirely Ministry of Road Transport months. soared to 181 a kg. Arhar jawans, who embraced martyr- the wake the rapidly rising Notably, 461 cases had been Department from June to wasteful, it stated. Additionally, and Highways will construct Arhar is being sold at 130 which was 95 a kg is now dom while fighting for the coun- Covid-19 cases, the State reported on Friday and 452 on September 2019, the owing to lack of monitoring, the road. Similarly, Ram Van a kg in Raipur; moong and being sold at 107 a kg. try. Wish speedy recovery to the Government might impose Saturday. Before that, the State Comptroller and Auditor the computerisation in PACS Gaman Marg is also planned in urad at 143 a kg in It is a similar story for other injured.” curfew during daytime. had reported 418 cases on General (CAG) of India and connectivity through Madhya Pradesh and neigh- Thiruvananthapuram and pulses such as urad and moong Union Petroleum Minister “The State Government December 1.Of the new cases observed that new loans were VSAT was delayed for which bouring Chhattisgarh as both gram at 110 a kg in Vijaypur. in cities such as, Patna, Dharmendra Pradhan said the has already decided to impose detected in last 24 hours, 278 sanctioned to repay old loans. the farmers were deprived of e- the State Governments have According to the Ministry Lucknow, Ahmedabad, sacrifices of the jawans would not night curfew in ten districts in were from quarantine centres Sanctioning loans to repay banking and access to ATMs already approached the Centre. of Consumer Affairs’ Price Nagpur, Bengaluru, Mumbai go in vain. He tweeted, “Salute view of the Covid-19 resur- and 193 were local contacts, said old loans cannot be called pru- through RuPay Kisan Cards, In the first phase of the Monitoring Division’s data, and Kolkata. our brave security personnel gence. Curfew during daytime the State Information and Public dent lending by any means and the report said. project, eight of selected places mustard oil, an essential cook- Officials said that prices who laid down their lives in an is likely to be imposed in the Relations Department.The day’s carries the inherent risk of Non-extension of relief to in Uttar Pradesh falling on for- ing medium across eastern and will continue to remain high operation against the Maoists in next four to fivedays. highest 85 cases were reported perpetuating indebtedness for calamity affected farmers in est route taken by Lord Ram north-eastern India, is being due to shortage of edible oils. Chhattisgarh. India will never The situation is being from Sundargarh district fol- farmers and increase of Non- time deprived the affected will be developed as tourist des- sold in the range of 155-175 India continues to remain an bow down to forces of terror.” reviewed by Chief Minister lowed by Kalahandi with 50, Performing Assets (NPA) for farmers of getting relief. tinations at a cost of Rs 137.45 per kg. The Government- oil deficit country and imports OPCC chief Niranjan Naveen Patnaik,” said Patro. Nuapada 42, Khordha 40, co-operative banks at the time Similarly, the facility of obtain- crore. owned KVIC is selling mustard millions of tonnes of edible oil Patnaik tweeted, “My deepest Notably, night curfew (from Balangir 36, Sambalpur 27, they are financially strained, the ing agricultural equipment on A senior MoRTH official oil at 200 a kg. Similarly, each year to meet the demand- respects to the 22 security per- 10 pm to 5 am) will come into Jharsuguda 23, Cuttack 22, CAG observed. hire basis for farmers was requesting anonymity said- prices of groundnut oil have supply gap, making it the sonnel who sacrificed their lives effect in Sundargarh, Bargarh, Nabarangpur 17, Mayurbhanj The details of the audited denied because of laxity in proposed alignment will pass touched 2212 a kg in world’s largest importer of edi- while fighting Maoist extremists Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, 16, Baleswar 15, Puri 14, Ganjam statement were revealed in a framing modalities for estab- through NH-28, NH-96, NH- Thiruvananthapuram. ble oils. in Chhattisgarh. May the depart- Balangir, Nuapada, 12, Jajpur 11 and Angul 10.The Press conference held at the AG lishment of Agro Service 731A. In addition, a greenfield Vanaspati oil prices have India’s cooking oil market ed souls of our brave soldiers rest Kalahandi, Malkangiri, active cases in the State stood at Office on Sunday, by Centers, despite the release of alignment with a bridge at touched 221 a kg in is estimated at $21.5 billion in in peace! I pray to Lord Koraput and Nabarangpur 3,085 and the cumulative sam- Accountant General Rs 14.43 crore to the Odisha river Ganga at Shrinverpur Mysore. 2019 and set to grow to $35.2 Jagannath for safety and wellbe- districts from Monday (April ples tested were 91,59,929, Bibhudutta Basantia. The sys- Agro Industries Corporation, will be undertaken as part of The data further shows soya billion by 2025. ing of the missing soldiers.” 5) till further orders. including 29,281, on Saturday. tem adopted by the Societies the report disclosed. project. !" #$%&# ($)#* #+, -./0-01 !" 4 ' $" "1'R"34- receipts, observed in the rev- supply of country spirit was not ! " "!$ enue sector and economic sec- levied on one supplier for the tor report of the Comptroller year 2017-18, while establish- grammes, he has no time to murder of Nayagarh girl Pari, 3%%)$! and Auditor General (CAG) of ment cost of Rs 19.28 lakh in attend the Assembly session. the ruling party had India for the Government of year 2016-17 and 2017-18 was n strongly-worded state- Despite his words and assur- adjourned the House a month 5 Odisha. not realised from two distil- Iments in a Press ances on paddy procurement, before the scheduled time. $#)$" $" While addressing a Press leries. And, Excise duty of Rs Conference on Sunday, BJP nothing worked in favour of Now when Opposition conference on Sunday at AG 1.81 crore was short levied MLAs condemned Assembly farmers, Naik told. demanded discussion on Office, Accountant General towards short lifting of coun- Speaker Surjya Narayan Naik further added that to mining issue, they didn’t allow 5 Bibhudutta Basantia said that try spirit against the mini- Patro’s act of suspending three hide own misdeeds, the rul- to speak, he said. 5 the assessing authority failed to mum guaranteed quantity party legislators of the party ing party disrupted the busi- Party Chief Whip in the #)$& apply appropriate provision of fixed. from the House in the recent- ness of the House for quite Assembly Mohan Charan $%)"! the Odisha Value Added Tax Motor Vehicles Tax and ly concluded Budget Session five days. Majhi announced that BJP Act which resulted in short levy additional tax of Rs 13.29 crore on April 3, describing it as And it is highly MLAs would continue their #)$! of penalty worth Rs 446.74 and penalty of Rs 26.58 crore sheer ‘partiality’. deplorable that the Speaker fight on issues pertaining to 6 lakh. were not realised from regis- Leader of Opposition gave a statement outside the farmers, border dispute, law Similarly, no action was tered owners of 14,039 goods (LoP) Pradipta Kumar Naik House and sought apology and order, sand mafia, mining initiated for levy of penalty of carriages and contract car- said that it is quite unfortu- from a BJP member, who was corruption etc, without caring Rs 6.80 crore against the deal- riages, the AG said. nate to note that while an protesting against the the repressive action on them. ers who had not submitted the Interestingly, royalty worth MLA can stand and speak but Government’s failure in paddy In the latest develop- huge loss of Rs 1,066.28 certified annual audited Rs 124.26 crore was short the Leader of Opposition behest of the ruling BJD. This Pal Singh Tomar requested to procurement, the LoP ment, the BJP MLAs led by Acrore has been found in accounts (CAAA). levied and contribution can’t. And that’s too when two is a condemnable act and we come out of dharna, we called slammed further. LoP Naik met Governor aggregate to the State exche- Excise duty and fine of Rs towards National Mineral important Bills are being sat the whole night in dhar- off our agitation,” added Naik. BJP MLA Jaya Narayan Ganeshi Lal on the day and quer in 51,182 cases in a year 23.25 crore in year 2016-17 Exploration Trust of Rs 2.49 passed, he lamented. na at the Gandhi Statue in He further observed that Mishra too condemned the urged him to ensure that the due to under assessment, short from 245 licensees and Rs 2.45 crore and contribution towards “When the BJP members front of the Assembly lodging while the Chief Minister is on Speakers act. Mishra pointed six Bills passed in the levy or loss of revenue.This was crore in 2017-18 from 38 District Mineral Foundation protested and attempted to our protest,” Naik stated. whirlwind tours to districts out that on such occasions Assembly are reverted to the revealed through test check of licensees were not assessed. Fund of Rs 37.28 crore on sized draw the Speaker’s attention, “Only when party deputy like Sundargarh, Cuttack and earlier, to avoid discussion in House for holding debates records of tax and non-tax Penalty of Rs 15 lakh for short coal was short realised. they were suspended at the observer to the State Bijaya Kalahandi for party pro- the issue of the mysterious on them. P !"#$!& '# Q

Saturday, criticised Prime to praise Kabi without know- villagers in Kendrapara’s without knowing the truth,” mangrove in 42 hectares of Forest and Wildlife Division existing in Junusnagar village. Minister Narendra Modi’s and ing the truth. Badakot village who have cre- said Behera, adding that it is land in four seaside villages, to get information on the On the basis of an allegation Chief Minister Naveen While PM Modi on his ated 25 acres of mangrove for- the villagers of Badakot who including Goja, Chitakhola, mangrove afforestration pro- of misappropriation of funds, Patnaik’s heaping praise on 75th episode of Mann –ki- est in 12 years. This initiative have raised the forests in two Debendranarayanpur and ject. an inquiry is even underway Bijay Kabi, who is director of Baat had praised Kabi for will inspire others for acres of land while Kabi does Charigharia under Rajnagar The reply provided by the against APOWA, informed NGO ‘APOWA’, for making a converting a 25 acres of land afforestation and protect the not have anything to with the block with funds of Rs 10.72 concerned authority was Behera. mangrove forest of 25 acres in into a mangrove forest at environment.” project. lakh under the Integrated rather surprising. It was told He demanded an apology Badakot village under Badakot on March 28, CM “How could the PM and So it is a case of mis- Coastal Zone Management that 99 per cent of saplings from the PM and CM for Rajnagar block. Behera Patnaik too patted Kabi on his CM act irresponsibly without placed generosity, said Project(ICZMP) programme. were found non-existing in their irresponsible act, besides alleged that it is purely unfor- tweeter page on March 13 by sufficient fact checking and Behera. Behera alleged that in One Somanath Barik of most of the villages by a high -level inquiry in the ongress leader and former tunate and irresponsible act tweeting “Commend the conducting an inquiry? They 2015, the Forest department Silapokhari village later filed September 17, 2016. Only, matter and action against the CMinister Ganeswar on the part of the Prime efforts of environmentalist praised the person and made had given a project to Kabi’s an application under RTI Act 50 per cent of planted man- NGO and its director for mis- Behera, in a Press meet on Minister and Chief Minister Bijay Kumar Kabi and local him an example for others NGO ‘APOWA’ for raising before the Rajnagar Mangrove grove saplings were found leading fact by fake publicity. / P ! 2 0 ! 1 ) for students in senior classes who 8 during the award distribution were preparing forexaminations. ceremony. Sanchita previous- eachers and students from These books will help resolve hild artist and student of ly had been awarded at Tspecial schools across the their problems to a greatextent,” CNrityam Kala Gabeshana national and international State were familiarised with said bureaucrat Sanyas Behera. Kendra (NKGK-Hinjili) E level bringing glory to audio books in different subjects As many as 70 audio books Sanchita Patra got first posi- Hinjilicut and Ganjam district during a special orientation on different subjects for Classes- tion in the State level Odishi too. organised at Odisha Association VIII tograduation were distrib- dance competition held at Guru Krushna Chandra of Blind here on Sunday. uted at event held by VIEWS Rabindra Mandap in Sahu said Sanchita desired to More than 1,500 visually- with support of Germany-based Bhubaneswar recently. be a special identity in Odishi challenged students from 21 Deutsches Katholisches The event was organised dance and in field of acting. inclusive schools in State would Blindenwerk e. by Pragnya Nrutyayana and President of Nrityam be benefitted from programme, President awardee Tapas were also provided a special these uncertain times. These the performance of Sanchita Nilamani Pattnaik and the informed organisers.“Visually- Mohanty, an expert in inclusive orientation on ParikshaDarpan, books will be a huge helpfor thrilled the audience and locals in Ganjam district con- challenged students have always education andthe resource per- an examination guide for Class- many of them to prepare for received rave reviews. Aruna Mohanty, Guru dais as guests. Naba Prativa veyed their wishes and con- been facing academic challenges. son on orientation, explained X students. “It is wonderful to upcoming board examination Dignitaries like MLA Ananta Dhaneswar Swain and Sudhir Talent director Guru Pradeep gratulated Sanchita on her However, pandemic had made teachers on howto accessaudio see how technology has come to scheduled on May 3,” informed Naryan Jena, Padmashri Ranjan Mishra were on the Kumar Mohanty was present success. situation even worse,especially books effectively. The students aid of these students during Sasmita Swain, a teacher. & #/ 5 % 4,++,. ,+$ ) .*P.*P + ' ( democratic means. He also commended Malkangiri police for great effort taken in success- , % “Seven employees have been fully and peacefully establishing 6 tested positive in the first phase n the backdrop of an Jodambo PS and COBs at opportunity. Oral cancer relates ment outcome and high cost. - of the testing. So, we are seal- Iencounter in Sukuma in Hantaguda, Jodambo, Gurasethu to any malignant neoplasm Regular oral cancer examina- ing the branch for two days for Chhattisgarh in which 22 secu- and Andrahal in Swabhiman ral cancer, considered as found on the lip, floor of the tion performed by oral health necessary sanitisation and con- rity personnel were martyred in Anchal. Oone of the top three types mouth, cheek lining, palate or professionals is the best method ir, tact tracing of the patients.” a gun battle with Maoists, Odisha Abhay too applauded them of cancer affecting people, tongue. for detecting the disease in its S ven as Covid-19 cases are “Many other employees of DGP Abhay visited extremist- for creating safe and secure claims more than five lives in Addiction to alcohol, use of early stages. Erising in the capital city, the the same branch have under- infested Malkangiri, Koraput environment for facilitating India every hour. tobacco products like ciga- Free screening for oral can- Why no newspaper has Bhubaneswar Municipal gone tests in the second phase and Kandhamal districts on development works in But when detected and rettes, smokeless tobacco, cer in patients who have pro- written an editorial on IPL vs Corporation (BMC) sealed the of testing, the result of which Sunday and took stock of Swabhiman Anchal on an treated early, it offers the best chewing of betel nut and longed use of tobacco products Covid? Are the newspapers main branch of State Bank of is awaited,” said Chaudhary. Leftwing Extremist (LWE) sce- unprecedented scale. DGP inau- opportunity for long-term sur- Human Papilloma Virus or have related signs or symp- afraid or it’s the money power India (SBI) in the city for 48 In a related development, nario with local senior police gurated newly built SDPO office vival and the treatment remains (HPV) are the most common toms is also being conducted by of the BCCI? The whole coun- hours as seven of its employees two passengers tested positive officers and other stakeholders. building at MV-2 in Malkangiri. affordable, a release issued by risk factors for oral cancer the IDS at the Rural Health try is in turmoil due to the tested positive on Sunday.The from the Bhubaneswar railway The DGP commended offi- In K’put and K’mal, he reviewed the Institute of Dental Sciences with 20 out of every one lakh Centre at Mendhasala on the corona pandemic, but the news has triggered sensation as station on Sunday for the first cers for achievements made in overall LWE scenario and devel- (IDS) of Siksha ‘O’ population in India being outskirts of Bhubaneswar and Government is busy in election the SBI main branch in Unit- time after the spike in coron- successfully countering Maoist opmental activities.Director Anusandhan (SOA) said. The affected by the disease. the Urban Health Centre at mode and IPL mode. Why do 1 caters to the demands of avirus cases in the State.The menace inregions.He once again Intelligence, ADGP (Hdqrs), IDS would observe a six-day Treatment of oral cancer has Baramunda. Confirmatory not the leading newspapers thousands of its accounthold- patients were admitted to a appealed to Maoists cadres to IGP (Operation), DIG, SIW, free oral cancer screening week emerged as a significant pub- diagnostic procedures during take a call on this subject? ers in the city. Covid hospital and the BMC shun path of violence and join DIG, SWR, and SPs of from April 5 to 10, it said, lic health concern as the disease the oral cancer screening week BMC Commissioner Prem has begun conducting their mainstream for peaceful devel- Malkangiri, Koraput and adding members of the public is mostly diagnosed at later are provided at the IDS at no Sanjoy Satpathy,Senior cit- Chandra Chaudhary said, contact tracing. opment of these areas through Kandhamal were present. can take advantage of the stages resulting in low treat- cost to the patient. izen, Bhubaneswar !*+,-*./.0,$ #$ %

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Ghogha RoPAX service; and ment zone while the Railway Colony 1 under resulted in the Government of He said that water trans- within four months, one lakh Jharsuguda district adminis- Jharsuguda Municipality were India missing these ports for portation is the new future of passengers and thousands of tration on Sunday declared 12 declared as micro containment disha is missing on both inclusion in cruise tourism. transportation with state-of- vehicles utilised the ferry ser- places as micro containment zones. Oseaplane and cruise ser- The Minister said that the-art ferry terminals and vice to save journey time and zones. Besides, Maluapada, vices, which are though becom- is hardly any interest for sea service from the Hazira Port of before 2014, there were 139 modern facilities in the cruise the cost to travel from Hazira Chilchila village under Kutrachuan and Naxapali ing popular among tourists. flight and cruise services, for Surat to Diu on March 31. cruise calls at the Indian ports, services. One-side voyage time (Surat) to Ghogha Brahmanchhendia gram pan- under Kirmira block and The Government of India is which other coastal States are Mandaviya said development but today there are 450 cruise of the cruise service is approx- (Bhavanagar).The success of chayat in Dharamgarh block of Piplimal under under promoting both the sea ven- grabbing the opportunities. of cruise tourism is now the calls in the country despite the imately 13 to 14 hours. the ferry service has opened the Kalahandi district was declared Lakhanpur Block have been tures in a big way as tourists are Take for example, Union prime focus of the Government Covid-19 pandemic. There has A cruise has the capacity of gates for many more routes of containment zone and nearby declared micro containment taking a lot of interest in it. Minister Ports, Shipping & of India. As the Indian coast- been a steady growth in the 300 passengers and has 16 water transportation in Gujarat Thanat village as buffer zone zones by the Jharsuguda dis- While Odisha has a 480- Waterways Mansukh line has a huge potential for the number of tourists travelling by cabins. This cruise will sail two and all over India, said after six persons of Chilchila trict Collector Saroj Kumar kilometer-long coastline, there Mandaviya flagged off a cruise cruise tourism industry and six cruise services since 2014. The round trips in a week. The Mandaviya. were tested positive for Covid- Samal. O# 9 + P ( ' O'/)/% # % , & & $ * spiring to destabilise brotherhood and communal harmony, % & for which Bengal is famous, but voters will foil the conspiracy, % % Moreover, there is no case of atrocity on Dalit Adivasis in > ed near the main road. Yet, the +! Bengal which boosts the per- 2 district administration hasn't sonality of Mamata Banerjee. taken any concrete steps to Didi's Government has n the absence of a dedicated resolve the issue, alleged paved the way for self-employ- Idrain, sewer water is now sources. amata Banerjee will score ment among youths across the overflowing on Jharsuguda's The road comes under the Mdouble century and country in small industries main road that connects Public Work Department's Trinamool Congress and tourism. Free ration to all Behramal Chowk to the VSS purview and there are hun- Government will be formed in by the TMC Government is Airport via the district dreds of residential buildings, West Bengal for a third con- unique in the whole country, he Collectorate.It has caused a lot two nursing homes, a few large secutive term whereas Modi led says. of garbage dumping, leaving a hotels, and many commercial of public money on roads, but done nothing to give the resi- BJP will bite the dust, claims Didi’s victory will be that of massive stink for commuters establishments on either side. due to lack of proper drainage dents any relief." Meanwhile, Odisha youth leader gramme against all odds. The United Nation has recognised truth over lies, of harmony over and residents. The leading cause behind facility, the public is facing Jharsuguda PWD Executive Debiprasad Prusti who was in Modi Government did not pay the Bengal Government’s communalism and of progress Many important offices the mess is the absence of a grave inconvenience in Engineer PK Nath assured that Nandigram for two weeks cam- genuine dues of Rs 50,000 developmental schemes, espe- over divisive forces. That and buildings like SP Office, drain alongside the road near Jharsuguda. soon tender for drainage on the paigning for Didi.People of crore to Bengal in GST, but cially for women’s develop- Bengal will vote for its daugh- District Court, Collectorate, Shankar Hotel, sources said. Despite numerous com- road would be floated and the West Bengal will side with Didi's determination took ment and health services, says ter is the writing on the wall, DRDA and other district-level Activist Balgobinda Mishra plaints to the authorities, the sewer problem would be Didi's development pro- Bengal to a new height. The Prusti. Some forces are con- Prusti confidently forecasts. Government offices are locat- said, "The PWD spends crores district administration has addressed. 09 0% &) # 1 1( 2 $ % 9 etc. They requested the Chief O P: Minister of Odisha to take * such initiatives for sustaining the cultural bond between ; Odisha and Assam. % S Barik from Ireland deliv- ered the inauguration address. he Utkal Divas was cele- Among others Manoranjan Tbrated on Thursday virtu- Dash, PK Patri, B Moharana, B / ally by the Kalinga Sanskritika C Nayak, Upendra Mahapatra, 2 Sansada (KSS), Guwahati and province of Odisha. Cultural international repute from DP Mohapatra, Rajat Pati, Lord Jagannath Temple Trust, programmes started with Odisha and Assam. The KSS Bhakti Bhumij, Nirakar person was attacked by villagers and his face Guwahati in which Odias from recitation of the Odisha State members expressed concern Pradhan, HP Mohanty, Harihar Awas smeared with feces over suspicion of various places in the country song Bande Utkal Janani and over delay in construction of Das, Anshuman Mohanty, PS practising sorcery at Sirabahal village under and outside joined. The speak- Assam State song O Mur Lord Jagannath Temple at Biswal, Dilip Satpathy, Subhra Gudbhela block in Balangir district. ers recalled the sacrifice made Apunar Desh, followed by folk Guwahati, Odisha Bhawan at Nanda, CS Behera, Mihir Das, A total of 26 persons have been booked and by the great heroes of Odisha and classical dance perfor- Guwahati, direct flight between Sambit Gantayat and Prasant 8 four persons arrested in this connection, Tushura for formation of a separate mance of eminent artists of Guwahati and Bhubaneswar Sutar spoke. police said. According to reports, one of the vil- tudent unrest has lagers, Biranchi Chatria, had confronted one Sgripped the College Sukru Nag alleging him of practising witchcraft of Pharmaceutical in the village. ( 1 Sciences in Brahmapur On Friday, the suspected sorcerer was called and Mohuda Pharmacy by his aide Raghu Chatria to a meeting chaired # Cardiologist, SUM Ultimate advisable to use Drug Eluting College following by Biranchi. The duo indulged in a fight over sus- Medicare, Bhubaneswar, Dr Stents (DES) which are well protest over the BPUT’s picion of witchcraft practice. 7 Sarat Kumar Sahoo says, “I studied in a broad spectrum of decision to hold exam- At the meeting, Biranchi allegedly attacked have seen in our practice that patients across countries and ination offline. both Sukru and Raghu and smeared face of Sukru 1 ! with the help of Rotational have large clinical data of Students in large with feces. It sparked tension in their families and Atherectomy, we can save most patients. The latest generation numbers held demon- they confronted each other in which Raghu was of the patients from bypass Platinum Chromium Stents strations near the col- seriously injured. He was rushed to the Gudbhela surgery. The Rotablation device helps in optimizing PCI results lege gate. According to which they oppose. ing interference of PHC, from where he was shifted to the DHH in used in the Atherectomy has a and providing better patient agitators, their studies They insist that physi- senior police officers Balangir. burr embedded with millions outcomes. have been affected due cal classes should be and their assurances , On Friday night, Sukru lodged a written of diamond crystals. There are numerous exam- to the Covid-19 pan- conducted for at least the agitation was with- complaint at the Tushura Police Station, following any patients suffering The burr is rotated at the ples where patients with large demic. for 90 days, before con- drawn. which a case was registered against 16 persons. Mfrom coronary artery dis- speed of 150,000 to 200,000 calcium deposits in the arter- As all classes were ducting offline exami- The college author- Next day, police arrested Biranchi, his wife ease have heavily calcified coro- revolutions per minute and ies were referred to for bypass conducted online they nation. T ities clarified that con- Kanchan and two others in connection with the nary artery blocks. Though cuts the calcium just like how surgeries as they are found could neither study The students said duct of university exam- case and forwarded them to court. with advanced techniques, of poor general condition, weak a diamond cuts through the unfit for stenting procedures. properly nor their that they have informed inations is decided by In counter-allegation, Biranchi’s wife men- some of these patients can bones and other co-morbidities glass. In such cases modifica- doubts were clarified. this to college authori- university, Central and tioned in a complaint that Sukru and Raghu, undergo bypass surgery but like bad lungs. For such Once the calcium is tion of the blockage or rotab- In such circumstances, ties but they have not State Governments. But among eight persons, abused her husband dur- morbidity is too high, especially patients, Rotational removed, the stenting is per- lation proves to be an excellent now they are being taken any steps in this they have informed the ing a meeting on Friday and attacked him. Based in the elderly patients and it Atherectomy, or simply formed with excellent results.” solution as by using this treat- asked to appear the uni- regard. This is the rea- university officials on the complaint, police registered another case takes a long time for them to explained as ‘cutting through With new advancements in ment route, the stenting in all versity examination son of their about the students against 10 persons, informed Tushura IIC recover. Many of the patients the calcium’, comes as a bless- technology for treating artery the arteries can be done with offline from April 22, unrest.However, follow- demands. Joshobant Pradhan. are not fit for surgery because ing. Senior Interventional blockages in the heart, it is higher success. !" #$%&# ($)#* #+, ./0-01 !0

bustible material, mostly pine 1 needles, got accumulated, leading to the fires. The officials said that about 3,000 forest department : -5 $! staffers and 6,000 forest fire R watchers are involved at present to manage the situation. However, sources said that even though a number of activists and journalists have been tweeting videos and pho- tos of the fire over the last few days, the government took cognisance of the matter only just recently. Activists slammed the State Government for not taking preventive steps and alleged that the forest fire situation is turning catastrophic in the State, destroying our forests. While Chief Minister to the EC’s reply to the party. Rawat called an emergency BPF chief Hagrama meeting over the forest fire couple of days to go, the Mohilary had written to the incidents in the state, Afate of election to the Election Commission - twice Uttarakhand’s Principal Chief Tamulpur Assembly con- - to ask for polling to be sus- Conservator (fire) said: “Four stituency in Assam hangs in the pended and for permission to he Centre on Sunday persons & seven animals died balance. change his party’s candidate Trushed teams of the in fire that broke out in 62 With the Election for the seat. National Disaster Response hectares of forest area in last 24 Commission (EC) refusing to The candidate submitted Behala West in Kolkata, there Force (NDRF) and choppers to hours. 12,000 guards and fire intervene in the election before the commission that he will be 100 companies. South control the ravaging fires in the watchers of state forest process in the constituency has neither received any mem- he Election Commission 24 Parganas already has 89 forests of Uttarakhand’s department are deployed to where Rangja Khungur bership letter from the BJP nor T(EC) has decided to move companies stationed, bringing Garhwal and Kumaon regions douse the fire which has Basumatary filed his nomina- has been given any letter of 200 companies of Central the total number of forces to with Nainital, Almora, Tehri destroyed property worth 37 tion as a Bodoland People’s dismissal or suspension of Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) 707. In the third phase, the and Pauri districts being the lakh so far.” Front (BPF) candidate but membership by the BPF. “I from Assam after the third voting will be conducted in 31 worst-hit. As many as four Incidentally, the issue of joined the BJP and started willingly without any pres- phase of polling on April 6 and Assembly constituencies persons and seven animals forest fires in the Himalayan campaigning for United sure from any quarter, on deployed them in West Bengal. spread across the three dis- have lost their lives so far in the State is already under the scan- People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) April 1, 2021, joined the BJP. According to officials, of tricts of South 24 Parganas, fires. ner of the Supreme Court with candidate, which is backed by I have not received any notice the 200 companies, Cooch Howrah, and Hooghly. More than 39 new forest activists alleging that most the BJP, the BPF on Sunday or letter from BPF and neither Behar will get 111 companies According to officials, over fire incidents have been report- cases of forest fire incidents in moved the Supreme Court any letter from BJP in con- and the rest will be deployed in 7000 polling stations in West ed in the last 48 hours, taking Uttarakhand are man-made. seeking the postponement of nection with the joining to BJP. Alipurduar. Bengal have been identified as the number of such incidents inquired about the forest fires. this year in March and April According to an RTI reply polling in the constituency. At present, I am campaigning Officials said, ahead of ‘vulnerable’ and 1000 critical this year to 983 affecting 1,292 To overcome fires and prevent itself, said the forest officials by the Uttarakhand The election in Tamulpur in favour of BJP-supported third phase polling in West in the state. During the first hectares of land compared to loss of life and property, the attributing it on climate Government, since the for- will be held on April 6 in the UPPL candidate,” Basumatary Bengal, 618 companies of cen- two phases elections, several 172 hectares in the last calen- central government has issued change, according to local mation of the State in 2000, third and last phase of the told the EC. tral forces will be deployed in incidents of violence have dar year. orders for immediately making reports. over 44,554 hectares of the for- Assam Assembly polls. The EC said it had the State to ensure peaceful been report in Bengal. Union Home Minister available teams of @NDRFHQ Lesser rain in the winter est area has been damaged in In a statement released received assurances from voting. The poll body has The TMC filed a com- Amit Shah, who spoke to and helicopters to the govern- months last year and lack of forest fires. Sunday evening, the poll body Basumatary, who said he planned to deploy 1,000 complaint with the EC on Uttarakhand Chief Minister ment of Uttarakhand.” human movement in the The forest area affected said at this stage polling could joined the BJP on April 1, that panies of CAPFs to ensure free Thursday against CRPF Tirath Singh Rawat and took The fires, took the State forests due to the Coronavirus- due to forest fires in 2019 was only be adjourned (or candi- he had done so “willingly and fair polling in the wake of jawans who had been stock of the situation arising officials by surprise as most of induced lockdown were rea- 2,981 hectares. The corre- dates changed) “only in event (and) without pressure from a rise in the number of polling deployed in the State for the out of the forest fires, tweeted the fires are usually reported in sons behind the forest fires, sponding figure was 4,480 of death of a candidate”. any quarter”. booths from 77, 413 during peaceful conduct of polls, in Hindi, “I have spoken to the months of May and June officials said. They said that hectares in 2018, 1,228 hectares “The complaint (filed by It noted that one of its last Lok Sabha election in accusing the jawans of refus- Uttarakhand Chief Minister when temperatures peak. But due to lack of normal human in 2017, 4,433 hectares in 2016 the BPF) has been examined... senior officers received a doc- 2019 to 1,01,916 in 2021, an ing to allow polling agents to @TIRATHSRAWAT and the fires started raging widely activity in forests a lot of com- and 701 hectares in 2015. the Commission is of the con- ument over WhatsApp on increase of 31.65 percent due operate and assaulting them. sidered view that under the Saturday suggesting that the to COVID-19 pandemic. The CRPF, on the other hand, extant statutory provisions the BPF removed Basumatary Of the 1000 companies, has denied all of the charges, matter does not warrant any from the party’s primary 793 will be on poll duty and calling them baseless. Also, the .# . intervention at this juncture,” membership from April 1. also guard strongrooms for the Election Commission, in it said, adding that symbol The reply stated that the fourth phase. response to TMC’s allegation, allocations had already been WhatsApp document “seems For the six Assembly Seats said that there have been no completed. EC also said it an afterthought” as no such — Metia Bruz, Kasba, reports of voter intimidation 1 was not provided with any document was made avail- Jadavpur, Behala East and or harassment. documentary evidence to sug- able to the Commission on gest that Basumatary joined April 2 when the matter was ment. ness in elections”. The BPF had the BJP or that he was being heard. The BPF and its ally, the lodged a complaint with the removed from the BPF, when The Bodo People’s Front Congress, have slammed the EC after its candidate from the it heard the matter. The list of (BPF) had moved the poll BJP on this issue; the ruling Tamulpur assembly segment in ondolences poured in on New Delhi: The Supreme contesting candidates has panel alleging that its candi- party has been accused of Baksa district of the Bodoland Cthe martyrdom of 22 Court is scheduled to decide on already been finalised by the date Basumatary joined the “horse-trading” and violating Territorial Region had joined jawans in the encounter with Monday the name of the judi- returning officer, according BJP on April 1 under induce- the “core requirement of fair- the BJP on April 1 Naxalites at the Sukma-Bijapur cial officer who would replace border in Chhattisgarh. the menace with full rigour. locate & rescue the missing special judge Bharat Parashar to President Ram Nath In a statement, she said: “I Jawans. I appeal to the State conduct trials in the sensational P ! Kovind expressed grief saying, pay homage to these jawans Govt to ensure best care for a coal scam cases pending since “The killing of the security who have given their lives, and speedy recovery of the 2014. personnel while battling heartfelt condolences to their injured.” The apex court recently Maoist insurgency in families. The nation owes an And Priyanka said, took note of a letter from the Chhattisgarh is a matter of enormous debt of gratitude to “Tributes to the brave jawans Delhi High Court’s Registrar deep anguish. My condolences them. I fervently hope for the who were martyrs fighting General that permission be ! . ) 1) to the bereaved families. The return of our missing sol- naxals. The entire nation is granted to nominate or post nation shares their pain and diers, and look forward to the anguished and pained. Their another suitable presiding judi- : 7 will never forget this sacrifice.” complete recovery of those martyrdom will be remem- cial officer as special judge in Defence Minister Rajnath injured.” bered.” place of Parashar who since Naqvi added. Singh too paid his tributes. “We are united in our Condoling the death of the 2014 has been conducting tri- He said secularism for the “They fought with utmost resolve to combat naxalism. security personnel, Prime als in coal scam cases. BJP and the Modi govern- courage, their sacrifice will The Chhattisgarh Congress Minister Narendra Modi had A bench headed by Chief ment is a constitutional mis- never be forgotten. My deep- government shall continue to on Saturday said their sacri- Justice S A Bobde on March 15 sion and resolve, while for est condolences to their fam- provide all assistance to our fices will never be forgotten. had requested the Chief Justice “pseudo secularists”, it is a ilies,” he said. central paramilitary forces in “My thoughts are with the of the Delhi High Court to pro- means to hijack votes. Congress president Sonia fighting naxalism with full families of those martyred vide names of five trial court Claiming that the BJP Gandhi said all are united in rigour,” she added. while fighting Maoists in judges of “high caliber and would form the Government the resolve to combat naxalism Congress leaders Rahul Chhattisgarh. The sacrifices of absolute integrity” for appoint- lleging that for the in West Bengal, return to and her party’s government in Gandhi and Priyanka also the brave martyrs will never be ing one of them as the special ACongress secularism is a power in Assam and come up Chhattisgarh will continue to offered their condolences. In forgotten. May the injured judge to replace Parashar. “vote-hijacking machine”, with a strong performance in provide all assistance to the a tweet, Rahul said, “Decisive recover at the earliest,” Modi The bench, also compris- Union minister Mukhtar Kerala, Tamil Nadu and imise the positive of technol- paramilitary forces in fighting action needs to be taken to said in a tweet. ing justices A S Bopanna and Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said Puducherry, Naqvi said that ogy and minimise its risks V Ramasubramanian, on the BJP is the most secular sensing defeat, the Opposition he e-committee of the and challenges,” the panel Monday will take up the issue. party and Prime Minister parties have already started TSupreme Court has said in its 86-page document. It had on March 15 said, Narendra Modi is the “icon of making excuses by questioning released a draft proposal pre- It said the digitisation =6.>3= “We find that Bharat Parashar our constitutional commit- EVMs and making “attacks” on pared by an expert panel of efforts should ensure that the who has acted as a Special ment to secularism”. the Election Commission. the vision documents for the constitutional and legal rights Judge (PC Act), (CBI)-07, The Minority Affairs “They are writing letters third phase of the e-Courts accorded to individuals, of Patiala House Court, New Minister also claimed that for unity, they have tried that project, which highlights var- dignity to life, liberty, equal- Delhi, needs to be replaced, as Muslims’ “strong support” for earlier also to align but failed ious key goals, including open ity, freedom and fraternity are >3 he has now completed more Prime Minister Modi is visi- miserably,” he said in an obvi- digital hearings like live- guarded and secured and they than 6 years in the same post ble in the assembly elections ous reference to TMC supremo streaming and providing tran- should enhance the trust and after having been posted as and slowly they are aligning Mamata Banerjee’s letter to scriptions of court proceed- ability of the legal system to Special Judge in the above with the BJP. non-BJP leaders in which she ings to lawyers and litigants. secure the rights of individu- mentioned court since In an interview with PTI, said the time has come for a The e-panel of the top als. s over a dozen States and 19.08.2014.” Naqvi said the Congress’ “united and effective” struggle court has put the vision doc- Giving an example, it said, AUnion Territories showed “We accordingly request alliance with Badruddin against the BJP’s alleged attacks ument for phase III on its “Live-streaming of sharing an upward trajectory of Covid- the Chief Justice, Delhi High Ajmal’s All India United on democracy and the website and invited inputs, recorded court proceedings 19 cases in the last 24 hours, Court to give us a panel of Democratic Front in Assam, Constitution. feedback and suggestions can enable courts to become India recorded 93,249 new names of about five judges of Indian Secular Front in West Asked about Badruddin from various stakeholders, more open. Similarly, lever- infections during the period, a high caliber and absolute Bengal and the Indian Ajmal’s allegation that the BJP including lawyers and the aging technology to enable the highest single-day spike integrity to enable us to suggest Union Muslim League in is trying to polarise voters by public. transcriptions of court pro- since September 2020, taking an appropriate replacement for Kerala has “exposed” the highlighting his beard and The Supreme Court’s e- ceedings can enable courts to the total tally to 1,24,85,509. Bharat Parashar, Special Judge,” party’s “secular tag on com- skull cap, Naqvi said in this committee, headed by Justice realise their full potential to Besides, 513 deaths were the bench had said. munal bag” policy. country nobody needs to fear D Y Chandrachud, compris- become courts of record.” reported in a day. The bench took note of the “For the Congress, secu- “topi or tilak”. es experts including judicial, The document said the The troublesome states submission of special public larism is a vote-hijacking This country is of inclusive legal and information tech- third phase has various key are Maharashtra, the Union Health ministry India’s total active caseload prosecutor R S Cheema that the machine, while for us it is a thought and its DNA is one of nology (IT) experts oversee- goals, which include ensuring Chhattisgarh, Punjab, data. has reached 6,91,597 and now law contemplates the disposal commitment to inclusive taking every section of the ing the e-Courts project con- the installation of relevant Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Of the total 7,59,79,651 comprises 5.54 per cent of the of the such cases has to be development. Congress is, society along, he asserted. ceptualised under the hardware, creation of digital Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, vaccinations carried out till country’s total infections. A ensured in two years which therefore, now getting isolat- By saying all this they National Policy and Action infrastructure (digital case Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar now, 3,33,10,437 were carried net rise of 32,688 cases record- may be extended upto four ed as it neither has anything want to impress their voters Plan for Implementation of registry, repository of case Pradesh and Kerala. out in these five states while ed in the total active caseload times by periods of six months to say nor any achievement to and get sympathy, he added. Information and laws, Interoperable Criminal Maharashtra alone accounts out of the 3,33,10,437 jabs in a span of 24 hours. each. show,” Naqvi alleged. “These days it is a trend to Communication Technology Justice System (ICJS) and for more than half (58.19%) of administered in these five Maharashtra, Karnataka, It had taken note of the fact Asserting that there can seek sympathy, somebody in the Indian Judiciary-2005. other services. the total active caseload of the states - 2,91,54,577 were first Chhattisgarh, Kerala and that Parashar has been acting be no party more secular will get their leg broken, some- The expert panel has said Among other services, the country. doses and 4155860 were sec- Punjab cumulatively account as the special judge since 2014 than the BJP, Naqvi said, body will say my ‘dadhi’ the third phase of the e- panel has suggested for the The cases have been fast ond doses. for 76.41 per cent of the total and his replacement is now “Prime Minister Modi is the (beard), ‘topi’ (cap) is getting courts project is rooted in creation of a digital case- surging across the country Eight states including active cases in the country, the needed and fixed the case after icon of our constitutional affected, somebody will start Mahatma Gandhi’s talisman management system, open even as more than 6.5 crore Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Ministry said. two weeks to consider the commitment to secularism.” chanting mantras, someone and that the continuing digital hearing and providing people have got the first vac- Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra has reported names to be provided by the Naqvi said Modi is a PM will wear a topi indoors while endeavour of the judiciary in technology-enabled tran- cine dose while more than Uttar Pradesh, Madhya the highest daily new cases at Chief Justice of the High Court. who after coming to power sport a tilak outside, this is independent India has been to scriptions to lawyers and liti- 1crore have received the 2nd Pradesh and Gujarat account 49,447 followed by The top court in 2014 had bowed before the nothing but ‘electoral provide expeditious and inex- gants. dose. Of 12 high caseload for 80.96 per cent of the 93,249 Chhattisgarh with 5,818 cases quashed 214 coal blocks allo- Constitution ahead of taking buffoonery’,” Naqvi said. pensive access to justice to cit- It said enabling seamless States, five -- Maharashtra, new daily Covid-19 cases. and Karnataka at 4,373 new cated by the Centre between oath and said that those who Asked about the BJP rais- izens. and inclusive digital hearings Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, India is seeing a steep cases. Eight states account for 1993 and 2010 after taking note voted for us and those who ing the issue of illegal immi- “Phase III must strive for will be key to minimise the Rajasthan and West Bengal intensification in the doubling 85.19 per cent of the new of PILs, including one filed by did not are equal for us. grants in the Assam polls, the a modern judicial system, travel costs of litigants and have carried out over 43 per time of the Covid-19 cases. As deaths. Maharashtra saw the lawyer M L Sharma, and had There cannot be a better minister said the issue was not governed by core values of lawyers, thereby increasing cent of the total vaccinations of April 4, it is 115.4 days, the maximum casualties (277) fol- ordered conducting of trial by example of inclusive mental- a communal one but a nation- trust, empathy, sustainability access to justice and reducing in the country, according to Ministry said on Sunday. lowed by Punjab (49 deaths). a special CBI Judge PTI ity and secular thinking, al one. and transparency, which max- environmental costs. !" #$%&# ($)#* #+, ./0-01 !2 2 '!/ 9 : QR%< "3$ Trinamool Congress “until we were being are continuously changing police officers.” + Kerala Congress led by K M for the series of political mur- Persons who know the pol- controlled by a Chief Minister … but when Attacking alleged “weak-kneed police Mani (which was an outfit ders carried out by the CPI(M) itics of the State like the back of JP leader Suvendu Adhikari has the Chief Minister became a Pishi (aunt) officers” she said there are some of them s the curtain came down owing allegiance to Catholic during the tenure of Nayanar as their hands, tell there are enough Bmounted a fresh attack on Trinamool caring only for the welfare of the Bhaipo “who are very timid and so they are act- Aon Sunday evening for the Church) and a faction of the chief minister. It resulted in the indications of a hung assembly. Congress leader, particularly its MP (nephew) I quit the party.” ing according to the wishes of the BJP.” high pitch campaign for the Muslim League romped home. UDF winning the election,” C K Anandan Pillai, editor of he Abhishek Banerjee the nephew of Chief Subsequently BJP leader Amit Last week she even wrote a letter to the April 6 Assembly election in But the Antony faction of said Kunhikannan, author and venerated SAHITYA Minister Mamata Banerjee holding his Malaviya wrote “It would be naive to opposition parties saying: “The BJP wants Kerala, the electorate were the Congress and the Kerala chronicler. VIMARSAM magazine told party and Government responsible for believe that Abhishek Banerjee was pre- to make it impossible for non-BJP parties faced with two questions. Congress led by KM Mani The pattern has continued The Pioneer that there are running coal and cow rackets. siding over the syndicates and Mamata to exercise their constitutional rights and Would they be part of breaking returned to the Congress fold uninterrupted till 2016. Pinarayi enough indications of a hung Without naming the junior Banerjee Banerjee did not know about it. Thus, it's freedoms. It wants to dilute the power of the jinx and voting the ruling which led to the formation of Vijayan and his CPI(M) are try- assembly in the State because of but indicating who he meant Adhikari on a question of morality and agencies inves- state governments and downgrade them party back to power. Will the the present day UDF. Since ing to break this precedence by the presence of the BJP. Sunday said “an individual who sent Rs 900 tigating matters to its logical end, which to mere municipalities. It wants to estab- CPI(M)-led LDF be able to then Kerala was alternately trying to win the 2021 election. What stands out in this crore to the account of the Bhaipo in the will be done.” lish a one-party authoritarian rule in India.” break the nearly four-decades ruled by the UDF and the The inclusion of the Kerala election is the number of cor- last 10-12 years of the TMC rule has been In a harsh reply however the Chief Meanwhile, in a related development long pattern that has seen LDF despite charges of cor- Congress (Mani) faction in the ruption charges against the arrested … all this money comes from the Minister hit back saying everything was Samajwadi Party leader Jaya Bacchan rulers getting vanquished and ruption and flesh trade being LDF is part of this game plan, CPI(M). This is the first time coal racket. being created as a part of political vendet- would come to Kolkata to campaign for the the Opposition coming to levelled against those in power said Kunhikannan. in the history of Kerala a gov- Adhikari was referring to an audio tape ta. Calling the Prime Minister the kingpin Trinamool Congress. She would campaign power for the next five years in by the opposition. But P Rajan, former editor ernment is facing corruption involving one Bagadia, Benoy Mishra (a of the BJP’s syndicate she said Modi is syn- for four days, hold two-three road shows all elections held since 1980. In the 1982 assembly elec- of Mathrubhumi and an author charges like gold and dollar fugitive Youth Trinamool Congress leader) dicate number 1 and Amit Shah is syndi- and rallies between April 5 and 8, party The 1977 election was the tion, K Karunakaran-led UDF says it is not easy for the CPI(M) smuggling, violation of norms and a police circle inspector showing how cate number 2,” alleging, “they are send- sources said adding the SP leader was com- last time a ruling coalition led romped home but in the 1987 to retain power in this election. and Constitutional require- huge amount of cash got parked in the ing agencies to Abhishek's house, Sudip's ing after the Chief Minister had talks with by the Congress and that election, it was the CPI(M)-led “The 2019 Lok Sabha election ments and narcotics trafficking. account of the top TMC politician. (Bandopadhyay) house and to the house former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh included the CPI, RSP, Muslim LDF that emerged as winners. saw the UDF sweeping 19 out of The Chief Minister’s Office is Saying that he too was in the of Stalin's (DMK leader) daughter... They Yadav. League and a host of fringe Despite it’s neat image , the the 20 Lok Sabha seats in the described as the hub of all groups returning to power with LDF could not retain power in State. I have not seen any kinds if illegal activities by the a massive mandate of 114 out the 1991 assembly election changes in the political land- Enforcement Directorate. The $1>7 2( %' '/ of the 140 seats. which saw Karunakaran and scape of Kerala since then. The Kerala Police in a bid to save 6 But that government did the UDF wresting power. CPI(M) has pumped in a lot of the government has filed crim- ' '6 )' ( & ,, not last for more than two years Though CPI(M) leaders claim money and succeeded in gen- inal charges against the ED as ! % as the CPI(M) succeeded in that it was the sympathy wave erating a euphoria that the front an act of retaliation for prob- Patna: Bihar Government has announced pulling it down by making the caused by the murder of Rajiv is coming back to power. It is ing the CMO and the arrest of 1 . Jammu: In view of the increasing numbers of new closure of all schools, colleges and coach- CPI and the RSP to quit the Gandhi by LTTE terrorists at easier said than done,” Rajan, Sivsankar, principal secretary to Covid-19 cases, authorities in J&K on Sunday ing institutions till April 11 amid rising Congress-led front to form a Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu who is widely respected for his Vijayan. ordered closure of all schools from Monday coronavirus cases across the state. “secular” democratic front. that resulted in the victory of words, tod The Pioneer. It is not that easy for the onwards. The decision was taken by the crisis In the mid-term election in the UDF, political historians Interestingly, Rajan, who has no CPI(M) to retain power, Rajan, An order issued by the Disaster Management management group of the state government 1980 the CPI(M) -led front rule out that argument. love lost for the BJP, says one Kunjikannan and Pillai said in Authority on Sunday said that classes upto Class 9 after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar consulted which included the Congress “There was a hatred should not rule out the unison. Now, over to the elec- would remain closed for two weeks from Monday officials at a high-level meeting on Saturday faction led by A K Antony, the towards the LDF Government Hindutwa party. torate. & while Class 10 to 12 will remain closed for one week. to consider shutting down of the schools The numbers of those reporting positive is and colleges amid surge in Covid-19 infec- increasing in J&K with each passing day. Officials said tions. 5 % ''+","'# @ A 573 tested positive on Sunday, comprising 122 from Nitish has directed officials not to allow the Jammu division and 451 from the Kashmir divi- any large public gathering and put a cap on he Uttar Pradesh Police sion, while three more patients succumbed, taking the number in marriage and birthday par- R *#$ !+ Thas arrested three men in the toll to 2,008. ties. connection with the alleged So far, 133,012 people have been infected with The Chief Minister has also asked Chief = % gang-rape of a 25-year-old coronavirus in J&K, out of which 127,049 have recov- Secretary Arun Kumar Singh, who is also ,, woman. ered. The number of active cases stands at 3,955, out the chief of crisis management group, to Aligarh: The bodies of a young Sonpal Nagar (Sarai Ladia) in 5 2 The three have been of which 922 are from the Jammu division and 3,033 ramp up the rapid antigen and RT-PCR tests man from Bulandshahr and his Sasnigat area. About a month and accused of gang raping the from the Kashmir division. IANS in every district of the state. IANS innocent daughter were found at a half ago, Aarti came to her he health of a principal of an Inter College residing in woman on March 22 after Sonpal Nagar in Sasniget police maternal home with her daugh- TJattari town was deteriorated at night after the corona vac- abducting her from her house. station area. Nearby is the house ter and son due to a domestic dis- cine was administered to him in the evening. On receiving The incident occurred in a ?%7#" of in-laws of the young man. The pute. Rakesh went to call his wife the information, the son took him to Kailash Hospital in Jewar village under the Mirzapur 0:-& wife had been living here for one and children several times. (Gautam Budhnagar) where the principal died next morn- police station limits, the police and a half months due to a dis- The in-laws refused to send ing. The family refused to conduct the post-mortem and asked said.On March 22, the woman pute with her husband. He came them. Rakesh again reached to his for the body to be taken to the ancestral residence in Unnao was allegedly abducted by the to pick up many times, but the in-laws. However, he was not seen district. accused from the roof of her / @ ! % in-laws refused to send their by any in-laws or local people on Suresh Kumar (55), son of Pritam Lal, a native of Basti house after which they took daughter. the move. It is speculated that Kheda in Unnao district, was the Principal of the Inter College turns to rape her. The angry man took his Rakesh somehow jumped into at Salpur. He was living in Jattari town. It is said that he went Soon after, the victim 2 two-year-old daughter from his the house and entered the house to get the Corona vaccine at Primary Health Center Jattari. escaped from their custody %% in-laws at night. Both were found and picked up his two-year-old His health worsened at night. He informed his son Hari on and reached her house. elenting to the Kannada film industry's demand, dead in the morning. The cause daughter Priyanshi, who was this. Hari immediately reached Jattari and took the father in Jalalabad Circle Officer Rthe Karnataka government deferred enforcing 50 of death being determined is con- sleeping near the mother Aarti. critical condition to Kailash Hospital in Jewar where he died (CO) Massa Singh said, “The per cent seating in about 200 cinema theatres in eight Lucknow: The Yogi Government in suming poison. Police is consid- SP City Kuldeep Singh in the morning. incident came to light when the districts to April 7 to contain the Covid pandemic, an Uttar Pradesh has prepared an action ering the case as a suicide case. Gunawat said that when the girl Meanwhile, Dr. BP Singh Kalyani, CMO said that the victim narrated her ordeal to official said on Sunday. “The order restricting 50 per plan to convert all the rural areas into Meanwhile the youth's relatives was not found in bed in the Principal has not died from the vaccine. He remained at the her husband, when he returned cent of seating capacity in cinema halls in eight districts, 'smart' villages in order to ensure that the have filed a murder report against morning, she was searched. Jattari Primary Health Center for half an hour after being vac- from Delhi on Holi. Following including Bengaluru where Covid cases have been ris- benefits of the welfare schemes are pro- the in-laws. Rakesh and Priyanshi were found cinated. Even in the evening there was no problem this, a case of gang rape was ing will be applicable from Wednesday (April 7) up to vided to even the last person of the soci- 25-year-old Rakesh Kumar, a dead in the plot about 50 meters . There was chest pain and discomfort at night. He was registered on April 20,” a civic official told IANS. ety. resident of Bharare of Shikarpur away from the house. Foam was already suffering from diabetes. We tried to get his post- Friday.” The police detained The other seven districts across the southern state Uttar Pradesh is consistently on the (Bulandshahar) was married coming out of the mouth. In the mortem done with videography so that the cause of death the three accused on Saturday are Bengaluru Rural, Bidar, Dakshina Kannada, path of development and its rural pop- about three years ago to Banki CCTV camera, Rakesh is seen was clear, but his sons were not ready. He did not die because and the woman has been sent Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Mysuru and Udupi. ulation is an integral part of this growth Lal's daughter Aarti, a resident of carrying his daughter. PNS of the vaccine. for medical examination. To reduce the surging cases, state Chief Secretary trajectory. P. Ravikumar on April 2 ordered theatres in the eight The Chief Minister has planned to districts to restrict seating to 50 per cent of their capac- make all the Panchayat Bhawans digital. ity from Saturday to maintain social distancing and fol- This will not only link the distant .) ) ( 65 low Covid appropriate behaviour. regions to the mainstream society but “A revised order was issued on Saturday to apply will also ensure effective and transpar- 88 class --adopted somewhat of a said that it would facilitate the food parcels to people from 7 The schools and colleges the restriction from April 7, as hundreds of fans bought ent implementation of the welfare practical approach to deal with immediate vaccination of all am to 7 pm. will remain closed. However, online tickets in advance for all shows till Tuesday (April schemes of the government at the grass- n a balancing act aimed at the worsening the pandemic such shops vending essential While e-commerce ser- the 10th and 12th examinations 6) for films released on Friday and imposing the restric- roots level, thereby benefiting the needy. Iarresting the rapid spread of situation in the state. commodities to the people and vices have been allowed –scheduled to take place later tion would have disappointed them and caused loss to With this, every information relat- Covid-19 and at the same time In a significant develop- asked the shopkeepers to keep between 7 am and 8 pm, the this month or early next month the film industry,” said the official. ed to the government and the adminis- not disturbing the economic ment that came two days after a watch on their customers state government has made -- will be exempted from the A Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) tration will also be provided to the rural activity in the State, the it imposed night curfew from whether they were following vaccination mandatory on the restrictions. delegation, led by Sandalwood superstars populace at just a click. According to the Maharashtra Government on 6 pm to 6 am in Pune for a the Covid-19 norms. home delivery persons. While the film shootings Shivarajkumar, Puneet, Yash and Sudeep urged state government spokesmen, “Youth will be Sunday announced night cur- week, the Maharashtra gov- Under the guidelines, cin- If the delivery boys are have been allowed, the film Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday to defer the major gainer as the digital connec- few, weekend lockdown and ernment came out with more ema halls, multiplexes, audito- found without being vaccinat- makers have been told not to the order by a few days, as the theatres were following tivity as this is always required by this age restrictions banning the assem- stringent restrictions for the riums, video parlours, clubs, ed, each one of them would be shoot crowd scenes. All the the guidelines to contain the virus spread. group -- whether access to study mate- bly of five or more people, entire state – under which swimming pools, sports com- fined at the rate of Rs 1000 per workers engaged in the film “As theatres have been complying with the guide- rial or the search of a suitable job.” across the State beginning from there would be night curfew plexes, halls and water parks cent and their respective firms work would have to undergo lines in force since October, 2020 when they reopened The Uttar Pradesh government will Monday to April 30. between 7 pm and 8 am, week- will remain closed till April 30. would be fined Rs 10,000 per Covid-19 tests. after 6-month lockdown, no positive cases were be linking Gram Panchayats with an The state government’s end lockdown from Friday The state government also person. The state government has reported from the fans who watched films in their halls,” 'optical fibre network' to provide broad- announcement came on a day night to Monday morning and announced closure of temples There will be a complete allowed construction activity, KFCC president Jairaj told reporters after the state gov- band internet services in the coming when Maharashtra recorded a prohibitory orders under sec- and other places of worship for ban on the cutting saloons under which the builder can ernment rescinded its earlier order. days. The project has been undertaken disturbing all-time record of tion 144 of IPC banning assem- those coming for darshan and and beauty parlours, while transport material and equip- One the new Kannada films released on Thursday under the National Broadband Mission 57,074 new infections and 222 bly of four or more persons prayers. However, it permitted their employees have been ment. However, the state gov- was 'Yuvarathna,' starring Puneet, second son of to digitalise every village in the pandemic-induced deaths. during a normal day. priests and employees to visit advised to get vaccinated at the ernment has restrained the matinee idol and Kannada thespian Rajkumar. country. IANS After warned the people in Barring the exemption on the temple for their day-to-day earliest. However, there is no builders from sacking labour- the state repeatedly that he the sale of vegetables, drugs and chores. ban on the printing and distri- ers who have tested positive for might consider seriously the essential commodities, the In another stern measure, bution of newspapers. Covid-19. option of imposing lockdown fresh Covid-19 triggered guide- the state government said that 9 !# in the state in view of growing lines announced closure of all while bar and restaurants Covid-19 cases, Maharashtra other kind of shops, malls and would remain closed com- %@& @A chief minister Uddhav markets from April 5 to April pletely, hotels would remain Thackeray– in his effort not to 30. open from 7 am to 8 pm. It has ? inconvenience the working The state government also allowed street vendors to sell & Bengaluru: In yet another U- said Ravikumar in the order. ing the restriction would have Mumbai: The Covid-19 crisis Meanwhile, the number of turn on stringent restrictions to Gyms and yoga centres disappointed them and caused $ in Maharashtra worsened fur- “active cases” total cases in the contain surging Covid cases in across the city re-opened on loss to the film industry,” said ,;

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The active promotion of equivalent; on a similar sized decline, as is the price of the emissions alongside removing ( newer vehicles has ignored one electric car the number is 18- expensive computer hardware Range Anxiety. This will also ( S # basic fact, that the energy require- 20 tonnes although EVs will required for electric cars, the allow for a short period when S ments to produce a new car, from emit much of that carbon into power control unit. Some the Government and the indus- the making of the steel and alu- the atmosphere during manu- Chinese manufacturers have try can create the charging S minium parts, mean that even on facturing. In the need to go + + brought down the price of an infrastructure, or even the pos- 7 % a basic small hatchback, close to green for the future, we end up 8 urban electric hatchback to sibility of exploring other ener- " ( six tonnes of CO2 equivalent are consuming huge amounts of 84 + under 4 lakh, although with a gy sources. released into the atmosphere. Is it carbon in the present. real-world range of just 150 km. Hybrids, particularly in C ( therefore not more sensible to If reducing emissions and 4 + In an earlier column, we passenger and commercial keep a vehicle on the road for a carbon consumption is the addressed the issue of “Range vehicles, will reduce emis- year or two more, if it is in a fit Government’s target, it would Anxiety” and while 150 km sions of carbon, nitrogen condition, than rushing towards be wise to not rush headlong + should be more than enough oxides and particulate matter newer vehicles? To an extent, the into rapid electrification across 1 " for a few days of intra-city com- and make the air cleaner. new scrappage policy announced the board. An example given by muting, such a limited range There is a reason major motor- $& 1 by the Ministry of Road Transport some is of India’s switch to ++ 4 will pose problems to most sports championships such as and Highways addresses this mobile telephony that + 3 consumers as many will not Formula 1 and the World issue. “skipped” the landline con- have assured access to a regu- Endurance Championships Similarly, one must remember nectivity altogether. That is a + lar charging spot. have gone down the hybrid that electric vehicles (EVs) are not fallacious example for a couple 24 8 It is a slightly different sit- path. Most hybrid technologies some sort of panacea towards car- of reasons. First, India has uation with two-wheelers, are mature. It will also allow bon and pollution reduction. actually laid down a lot of wires 4 where India is already a glob- the automotive industry in Though the pollution may not over the past couple of decades, al leader and companies such India, which directly and indi- take place in the urban centres, the and what India really “skipped” as Ather Energy are ensuring rectly employs close to 25 processing, transportation and was widespread copper-wire 4 + that India will continue to million people, an option to refinement of Lithium consumes telephony; the new wire being 1+ 11 maintain its lead. India can ensure job security while carbon. As does the generation of laid is primarily fibre-optic. The 4 leverage her huge manufactur- ensuring a better future for our a bulk of the electricity in nations second reason mobile telepho- ing prowess and global reach in children. like India, which use coal-based ny took off was that there was 3 this space; the evolution of a This is the final part of a thermal power. True, India has no large installed base of tele- + 2 product that will meet the “70 series on electric vehicles and the made great strides in increasing phones, with vehicles that is not requirement” (a range of 70 km, challenges India faces. the renewables basket in energy the case. + top speed of 70 kmph and cost- (The author is Managing consumption as the Prime Yes, everyone’s next vehicle ing 70,000) is sure to happen Editor, The Pioneer. The views Minister himself has led the push might be an electric one, but sooner rather than later. expressed are personal.) 4+11+* 15 116+ +7&15* SOUNDBITE 20 #!?= ' / .( ( #' ( Sir —This refers to the editorial ! "#$"'"( & )6 ‘Award/Reward’ (April 3). Actor ' # ( ( Rajinikanth will be conferred the presti- % '((% ( >') ('" % #/'( (>(!) # ! % '! ( +8 ( gious Dadasaheb Phalke award. However, (! ''' # % ' #! (' '> the timing of the award raises several / &(' # ) % (" ( ) && ( ( questions that should leave the %('6 (# ' #(( % %( % / %&-"" ( '( + ( #()" % 0 Government red-faced. The timing could % ( &( ' / (#' #)( not have been more awkward for the ' ( '/('" 1 ('6 ( (( % 70<, 090*-,7 superstar as it is just before the elections +( ) ' ! (( ''( '&' 1 K % 8% " ( in Tamil Nadu. It is being considered an @ 1A % ( ''( '&' 1 ) $ * attempt by the Modi Government to woo @ 1A % ( ! ( )( &( % ' %#%) # his fans in favour of the AIADMK-BJP ')" ! # ')( * P ( alliance. If the Centre really wanted to % '6 ' I->>% '/% '( Q * honour a film star from Tamil Nadu with )'(6 ' ) / (% ' '/ '%'% (% ( the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Kamal #% ( #' %' %" /( '/&&( ( ( - $. Haasan should have been felicitated. But /(/( ( ' ( ( ' ( 2#(" * / ( unfortunately, Kamal happens to be a ( %( K ( %%) ' % ' #/) ' ')" ( ') ( #( * ) political contender in the elections, ) 7.F && )( %% (/ )() / (/) %( '(#'6 % %#%" directly challenging the BJP’s candidate in '( )6 !) ( '( GF % /%) ( > / ')#(6 ') P Q O ( ,8.( 70<, 090*-,7 Coimbatore South. ) %' # K#%' /' ( ( > /( (' '( & ( % %6 #'( #&> 1 / O K # Leaders cutting across party lines have %(' (( (! & % ( % ((6 &) %' / >( ('& $ congratulated super star Rajini on being % ' ( /('" ' /)( % @A (' (' % '(('" 6 ( ' -23*(45 ( conferred the prestigious award. Prime ( '()( ( ' ' /( (! / #&(( (( ( ' /( % '( &''> ( ' #&(( * $ Minister Narendra Modi offered the /( ( ( ()( % % ( > )' ) (& &( ( ( ' (( / #( ) % '((>>(>( '(/ (/" 6 / * / super star hearty congratulations in his ' &('% #' 2#( %'" ( '(" / ( tweet and said that he was one of those ( ' && ( ( %( ' ,9-10( ( #% % (! 6 7 who can boast of being popular across ( ( (( ( ' /' % ( '&( H/ !> &'(6 )% ( generations. Rajinikanth has said that he '" 8 6 $ was immensely humbled and honoured to est on the popular public provident fund tancing norm by adopting the ‘Work From =-'7 *S 1'/ receive the award. In his tweet, he to a 46-year low of 6.4 per cent, sent shock Home’ (WFH) strategy owing to the K 9 S expressed heartfelt thanks to the waves through the nation. Within hours, COVID-19 crisis. The WFH option, erst- Government and the jury for conferring Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while considered to be a niche choice for ('( $ *:* * the award on him. However, there is also tweeted that the Government had decid- some of the employees in the IT sector, &'" ' ( $S no denying that Rajinikanth deserved the ed to withdraw the circular that had been is now witnessing robust usage across all &'%( ( ++6 # * award. He is known as one of the few lead- issued because of an “oversight” but the sectors. The WFH implementation has '/%J( & ! ) ing men in Tamil, as well as the cinema chose to offer no further explanation. witnessed a boost in productivity and effi- ( (" The move to cut the small savings ciency while contributing to reduced * in other languages, who could strike a # '''% ( chord with the common man on the street rates sparked howls of protest, especial- carbon emissions and cleaner air. ' (" * ; $ and the upper class. ly in States like West Bengal that are in the WFH now as an enabler will also help 87,*02,9- * S ( Azhar A Khan | Rampur thick of a fiercely-contested election. employees to maintain the work-life bal- K / 2)/ 1'/ <=45 * There is a darker side to this story. For a ance as the same promotes zero carbon Q fairly long time, banks have been lobby- emissions and thus causes fewer traffic '( * ) - * * ( ing the Government to cut the small sav- jams in cities due to reduced mobility. 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ndia is experiencing a demographic transition to grey hairs and it is likely to see a further Iuptick. This change is leading to lower fertil- .1#8 ity, increased life expectancy and a consequent increase in the proportion of the elderly popula- * % : 2 tion. Families are shrinking and transforming into nuclear units. Individualistic attitudes and rising ! aspirations, with accompanying changes in * 1 8 lifestyles, are widening the generation gap. It looks " # A like retirement might soon be a thing of the past and the elderly will have to toil late into their twi- ( light years. It appears that the prospect of working until you drop would likely become the norm. R S Increasingly, we’re seeing people who are ; ; * ( becoming poor for the first time in their old age E= S ; as we are entering into the age of no retirement. ; 45FG India is home to one-fifth of the total population on earth, which includes a third of the world’s poor < ; and one-eighth of the elderly. Most of them spend 4G@G 45FG 4== their entire lives as informal workers and have no 3 8 1 * retirement security other than the hope that their + 83 ) children will care for them. This arrangement * worked well when the joint family structure was 44 K+36 the dominant characteristic of the society. However, with new social norms eroding the fam- + 83 ily-based support system, old-age care has become a critical challenge, especially for the low-income 1 to generate periodical returns. under a national pension scheme. Most implementation chal- group. " When people retire, their accumu- There are numerous Government- lenges can be overcome through The governments around the world have his- 22 lated capital is paid out in month- supported micro-pension schemes sustained communication and edu- torically been plagued with the challenges of pro- + 2 ly amounts. The first one has issues but also several mounting chal- cation campaigns as well as the viding financial and social support to the aged pop- of viability. A possible solution lenges: the reluctance of people development and implementation ulation. This has resulted in the introduction and 1+ could be a universal social pension towards investing any part of their of an appropriate micro-pension implementation of various retirement benefit 8 with a fairly high retirement age so income over a large period of time, framework. This can be best schemes which have evolved with several reforms that expenditure is contained. an absence of regular income for achieved by utilising a robust tech- into the global pension landscape, as we know it LG + Micro-pension is a not an old clients, poor infrastructure and nological platform (mobile apps) today. Many of these programmes are based on 1 concept; but it has not been able to connectivity and remote spread of that would effectively support the the three-legged stool — Government benefits, grow because selling a pension the clientele. provision of customer services to the employer-provided pensions and personal savings product to low-income categories For micro-pensions to succeed, target population. However, there is — all of which face serious challenges. Despite the 83 and keeping it active for a long term a delicate balance between econom- a segment of population whose success of some of these schemes, extending pen- 18 is the most challenging task. Current ic viability, generation of adequate main challenge is to meet basic 9 ; sion coverage to those who have worked in the +6 research estimates that about 80 mil- returns and customised features for needs — food, clothing and hous- - 4= informal sector has remained a herculean task. 83 lion of India’s informal workers are the participants is required. As the ing, and it would be very difficult 3 ;(@< Though the informal sector workers may not 3 2 capable of saving for retirement and flow of income of low-income to bring these individuals into a for- “retire” in the formal sense like employees in the " can be the beneficiaries of micro- communities is uncertain or volatile mal micro-pension scheme. * * organised sector, they need to prepare for the even- M 8 3 pension programmes. With under- owing to the nature of their econ- An important Government pol- tual reduction in earning capacity that will occur 11+ developed annuity markets and omy, they should be offered a icy might be the creation of a > ? # 1 during old age, especially on account of ill health. +4 poor financial literacy, these people degree of financial flexibility provid- social assistance programme to 45EE 45F@ ; A properly designed pension scheme offers 18 face considerable challenges in ing for low or no minimum contri- provide for the poor among the A unique security to its beneficiaries. They get a guar- + making informed decisions about bution requirements in order to elderly who were unable to con- ( ( anteed income, determined by the number of years 83 investing limited savings for sustain- encourage membership. However, tribute meaningfully to a formal P Q of their service and by their salary at the time of able retirement income. contributions that are set too low or pension scheme during their work- retirement. And pensions don’t run dry; workers Several studies have established which are paid very unevenly may ing lives. This could be done on a (or their spouses) get them as long as they live, that India has a very young and not provide sufficient income secu- non-contributory basis using a * 9 ? first is a public or social pension, where the State else the economy will be left in dire In order to facilitate the making of gramme needs to address gover- >2;-? A raises revenue and redistributes to citizens when straits. The biggest challenge is the frequent deposits, convenient door- nance, design, administrative and they reach a stipulated age in order to guarantee The writer is a fact that almost 85 per cent of Indian to-door deposit collection has to be efficiency issues to succeed and : H $ them a dignified life. The second is micro-pen- well-known labour is still employed in the organised. Mobile phones have requires a multi-model implemen- sion, a personal retirement savings plan. People development professional. informal sector, mostly as daily wage transformed the landscape in a tation of micro-pension plans in # H The views expressed save a small part of their income individually dur- are personal. workers. It is extremely difficult to revolutionary way and this may not addition to a separate set of regu- * ing their working life that is invested collectively cover informal sector employees be a tall order. lations. ( . ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT * % 1 > ?6 # ) > ) L L > " + E

he non-violent democ- testers, and they show no sign Of course, the regime Government called the solution that could bring must sound like a good idea ratic resistance in of slowing down. also knows how to use the Committee for Representing long-term peace and unity to to them. They should resist TMyanmar is living Senior General Min Aung internet. As Dr Erica Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (the Burma, but the Tatmadaw the temptation. through terrible times, but Hlaing, who led the coup, Chenoweth, the world’s lead- Parliament)— and the CRPH would die in a ditch to pre- “Non-violent struggle” is statistics are on its side: most clearly believes that he can ing scholar on non-violent is saying that it is a “federal” vent it. rarely non-violent on both non-violent movements ride out the resistance if he revolution, pointed out: Government. Finding the Myanmar sides, but the oppressors find eventually win. But it’s hard to kills enough people. After “There’s a reason why the Federalism is the ulti- army dead in a ditch would it hard to use unlimited force stay non-violent when you 34 7;+* all, in 1988 the army, already Government didn’t just liter- mate political heresy in not distress many civilians when the other side is using are up against a force as ruth- in power for 26 years, massa- ally cut off internet access for- Myanmar. The army’s self- these days, but a civil war is none at all, specially, when the less and brutal as the cred thousands of university ever. After a particularly grue- assigned task ever since inde- the last thing any country whole world is watching. Tatmadaw. students in the streets of some event, they turn it on so pendence has been main- should wish for. That is why non-violent The Burmese army is dis- Yangon to quell a protest that people actually share taining the hegemony of the The problem is that movements succeed so often. tinguished by the fact that in movement — and won a fur- about the gruesome event.” ethnic Bamar majority (about Myanmar’s pro-democratic If the protesters turn into its 73-year history, it has ther 22 years in power. “They want it to be max- two-thirds of the country’s 54 leaders are starting to talk just another army (amateur- never fought foreigners. It is But the country has now imally terrorising and demo- million people) over the about not only a “federal ish, poorly armed, ethnically the second-biggest army in had 10 years of more or less bilising to the population. Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, government” but also a “fed- divided), then all limitations Southeast Asia with as many democratic Government in a Then as soon as there’s some election victory late last year Kachin, Rakhine, Rohingya eral army” combining the on the use of force by the big, as 3,50,000 troops, but it has power-sharing arrangement fomenting of outrage and that drove Gen Hlaing to and Karenni minorities. ethnic guerilla armies with professional, well-equipped done all its killing at home. It between the Tatmadaw and attempts to coordinate resis- seize power in February, but The army’s personnel are pro-democracy militants. army are lifted and the bad has become quite good at it. the elected National League tance, they shut it off again. things are not working out as almost entirely Bamar, and Many high-profile leaders guys win. Most revolutionar- Since the military coup for Democracy (NLD), led by It’s a very savvy way of polit- he expected. the country’s border areas of the NLD, trade unionists ies elsewhere know that well on February 1 put at least a Gwynne Dyer’s Nobel Peace Prize winner ically manipulating the infor- The non-violent resis- have been under semi-per- and other democratic leaders by now, but Myanmar was temporary end to Myanmar's new book is ‘Growing Aung San Suu Kyi. People mation environment and sup- tance in Myanmar is not just manent military occupation have taken refuge in the isolated from the rest of the 10-year experiment with Pains: The Future of have got used to their free- pressing any meaningful individual protesters in the for decades to hold down minority areas, so creating world for a long time. democracy, the Tatmadaw Democracy and Work’. dom, they are far better edu- coordination advantages that streets. The members of the minorities who have turned such a united force is not They had better catch up and its police accomplices The views cated than they were in 1988, the internet can provide to newly elected Parliament who in desperation to guerilla impossible. They are doubt- quickly, or there will be a civil have shot or beaten to death expressed are personal. and they can organise them- the movement.” avoided arrest have created a warfare. less near to despair much of war—which they would more than 400 unarmed pro- selves online. It was the NLD’s landslide rival underground Federalism is the only the time and a “federal army” probably lose. !" #$%&# ($)#* #+, ./0-01 !< Q% R

3 2 Political Prisoners. More than places to honor those killed by 2,750 people have been security forces, and a “Silent nti-coup demonstrators in detained or sentenced, the Strike”, in which people across AMyanmar, adept at finding group said. the country left the streets themes to tie together protests On Sunday, security forces deserted. nationwide, took to the streets opened fire on a crowd of pro- Dr Sasa, the Myanmar spe- holding painted eggs in a nod testers in Pyinmana in central cial envoy to the UN who goes to the Easter holiday on Myanmar, killing at least one by one name, posted an image Sunday. person, local news outlet Khit of painted eggs on Twitter and In the biggest city of Thit Media reported. wrote that Myanmar’s people Yangon, one group marched Pope Francis, in his Easter have a “great future in federal through the Insein district Sunday address at St Peter’s democracy,” reflecting hopes chanting and singing protest Basilica, prayed for the “young for the military to step down songs and cradling eggs bear- people of Myanmar committed and reinstate a democratic sys- ing the slogan “Spring to supporting democracy and tem. Revolution.” Many of the eggs making their voices heard Security forces have con- also bore a drawing of the ( ! $ ! peacefully, in the knowledge tinued to spread fear among three-fingered salute, a symbol 1 ( that hatred can be dispelled ordinary citizens. of resistance to the February 1 only by love”. Overnight, a resident of coup. against the power grab that testers and others in opposi- Sunday’s so-called “Easter Yangon recorded video of a At dawn in Mandalay, the overthrew the democratically tion, with the latest civilian Egg Strike” follows other group of soldiers and police country’s second largest city, elected government. death toll since the coup at 557, themed days. They included a using sling shots to fire stones ( ! $ ! 1 demonstrators gathered on Myanmar’s military has according to the independent “Flower Strike”, in which pro- at the windows of homes, $ @ ( motorbikes to shout protests violently cracked down on pro- Assistance Association for testers laid flowers in public breaking the night’s silence. !% 0 5" 9 R= 8 the people through various a faction of the ruling CPN- movements, as Prime Minister UML, Janata Samajwadi Party 3 epal’s main opposition Oli’s unconstitutional move has and CPN-Maoist Centre will brother-in-law Hafiz Abdul Nparty Nepali Congress has posed a threat to democracy, he also join the move if Nepali Rehman Makki in the same etails from more than 500 initiated moves to topple Prime added. Being the main opposi- Congress takes initiatives to Pakistani anti-terrorism case. Dmillion Facebook users Minister K P Sharma Oli and tion and also a key partner of form a new government under Acourt has sentenced five “The court found the have been found available on a form an alternative government framing the Constitution of its leadership. leaders of Mumbai attack mas- JuD/LeT leaders guilty of website for hackers. under its leadership with the Nepal in 2015 it is our respon- Prime Minster Oli led gov- termind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat- offence of terrorism financing. The information appears to support of the CPN-Maoist sibility to protect democracy, he ernment will lose majority in the ud-Dawah (JuD) to nine years They had been collecting funds be several years old, but it is Centre and other parties. said. lower house if CPN-Maoist of imprisonment each in a ter- and unlawfully financing the another example of the vast The Central Working Prime Minister Oli’s dis- Centre led by Pushpa Kamal ror financing case. proscribed organisation, LeT amount of information col- Committee of the Nepali solution of the House of Dahal ‘Prachanda’ withdraws Three of them — Umar (Lashkar-e-Taiba). The court lected by Facebook and other Congress (NC) on Saturday Representatives in December its support, according to party Bahadar, Nasarullah and has also ordered confiscation of social media sites, and the lim- decided to take initiative to triggered a political crisis in sources. On Saturday, Prachanda Samiullah — have been con- assets made from funds col- its to how secure that infor- form a new government under Nepal. However, in a landmark said that the country’s politics victed for the first time since lected through terrorism mation is. its leadership, according to ruling, the apex court in had taken a new turn after the the Anti-Terrorism Court financing,” the CTD said. The availability of the data party’s senior leader Prakash February reinstated the lower NC decided to seek PM Oli’s res- (ATC) Lahore pronounced its The JuD leaders were pre- set was first reported by Man Singh. house of Parliament. ignation and take initiative to verdict some time ago in the sented in the court amid high Business Insider. According to The NC will ask Prime The political scenario in form the next government terror financing cases registered security and the media was not that publication, it has infor- Minister Oli to step down and the country worsened after the under its leadership. by the Counter-Terrorism allowed to cover the proceed- mation from 106 countries .)/ 1. 1 )P allow formation of a new gov- Supreme Court last month “I am going to intensify Department (CTD) of the ings. The CTD of Punjab Police including phone numbers, . P ernment, said Singh. nullified CPN-MC’s merger talks with political parties and Punjab police. The other two had registered 41 FIRs against Facebook IDs, full names, loca- 1 ) 2 ( If he does not resign, the with CPN-UML. The two par- am hopeful that a new gov- — JuD spokesperson Yahya the JuD leaders, including 70- tions, birthdates, and email NC will move a no-trust motion ties had merged in May 2018 to ernment will be formed and Mujahid and senior leader Prof year-old Saeed, in terror financ- addresses. mation on up to 87 million US-based — on the open inter- against him in the House of form a unified Nepal there will be a new course of Zafar Iqbal — had already ing cases. The trial courts have Facebook has been grap- Facebook users without their net. It is unclear if the current Representatives and take initia- Communist Party following events,” he said at a programme been convicted for many years so far decided 37 of them. pling with data security issues knowledge or consent. data dump is related to this tive to form a new government the victory of their alliance in in Kaplivastu. in other terror financing cases. The ATC had sentenced for years. In 2018, the social In December 2019, a database. under its leadership to save the the 2017 general elections. Addressing the participants ATC Lahore Judge Ejaz the LeT founder, Saeed, for a media giant disabled a feature Ukrainian security researcher “This is old data that was democratic achievements of the “We will hold talks with all of the program, Prachanda Ahmad Buttar on Saturday collective imprisonment of 36 that allowed users to search for reported finding a database previously reported on in past, he added. There is very pro-democracy parties before said a new Government will handed down nine-year years on terror finance charges one another via phone number with the names, phone num- 2019,” the Menlo Park, much possibility of regression forming a new government,” soon be formed and a new imprisonment to each five of under sections 11-N of Anti- following revelations that the bers and unique user IDs of California-based company said threatening the democratic Singh told PTI. political atmosphere will be them. The judge also ordered Terrorism Act 1997 in five political firm Cambridge more than 267 million in a statement. “We found and republic system hard earned by Informed sources said that created. a six-month jail term to Saeed’s cases so far. Analytica had accessed infor- Facebook users — nearly all fixed this issue in August 2019.” 45+ 4= $ 1 3QR ++*&# *+* 1*511& "% &#!# *# # $ + = ,*1..7A 8 ('# /( @+A6 ' +8 the government is determined &!"&, # % ( '' '( %% to ensure national security in senior Jordanian official /% ( /%(% ri Lankan President order to prevent the recurrence Aon Sunday accused the 4+ +3 )/# (( !% ( SGotabaya Rajapaksa has of such tragedies. country’s former crown prince '>'# % ) vowed to take action against He called on the people to of conspiring with foreign ele- hristianity’s most joyous ('( !'(6 & '%" the perpetrators of the deadly unite to overcome various con- ments in a “malicious plot” that Cfeast day was celebrated ' /( )/%' ( + Easter attacks in 2019 that flicts and calamities in today’s threatened national security. worldwide with faithful sit- < '% the Easter Sunday in 2019, on Sunday that action should under house arrest, in a rare petence. Safadi, who also holds a longtime senior official who ditionally Roman Catholic expected to receive their shots ( !(' %% /('% % killing 270 people, including 11 be taken against former public clash between top mem- the title of deputy prime min- has business ties in several countries in Europe, Easter there over three days as the ' ( #%%" Indians. President Maithirpala Sirisena bers of the long-ruling family. ister, said intelligence agents Gulf Arab states, Bassem featured a new ritual: lining up French government tries to /% (( ! #' %' “The sorrowful memory of without delay as he has been The unprecedented inci- had been observing the plotters Ibrahim Awadallah, was to get a COVID-19 vaccine. speed up the pace of vaccina- % /% '> pain and loss caused by this held responsible for the Easter dent has raised concerns about for some time and raised their involved and had been plan- At a hospital in the tions amid a fresh outbreak of % '(() H> (!'" tragic incident had not faded attacks in 2019. stability in a country seen as a concerns with the king. He said ning on leaving the country. He Lombardy region of Italy, infections. away from the broken hearts of “I asked the President key Western ally in a volatile Hamzah was asked to “stop all also said Awadallah had been where the pandemic first erupt- In the Holy Land, air trav- P the suffering people even (Rajapaksa) to implement the region and drawn an outpour- these activities and movements trying to secure a plane for ed in the West in February el restrictions and quarantine today,” the President said in his recommendations of the pres- ing of support for Abdullah. that threaten Jordan and its sta- Hamzah’s wife to flee. 2020, a hospital gave a tradi- regulations prevented foreign 'C0.A /)' (% /% Easter Sunday message. idential commission,” Cardinal In a videotaped statement bility,” but he refused. Awadallah and a second senior tional dove-shaped Easter cake pilgrims from flocking to reli- &#( ( President Rajapaksa vowed Ranjith said while addressing from house arrest, Hamzah Safadi did not identify the official, Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, symbolizing peace to each per- gious sites in Jerusalem during % ' ' %/# to take action against the per- the Easter Sunday gathering accused the country’s leader- foreign countries allegedly are among the suspects in cus- son waiting to get vaccinated. Holy Week, which culminates ( /(O' (>)( petrators of the attacks. He said here. ship of corruption and incom- involved in the plot. But he said tody. Many of the ones who came in Easter celebrations. &# #'( ( #(' (>2#( &('(' % #% '/) /' C ('" 0& "A) $$ ! Bayang village, where 40 hous- .D.7-.A ' ( ) es were also destroyed, Ola said. 26 " the past year about masks, '& % ') ( !% ( '( andslides and flash floods Hundreds of people fled sub- shutdown orders and even the ( '# % ( ,G #'') Lfrom torrential rains in east- merged homes, some of which accine passports being vaccines themselves. %'O' # '% 6 ern Indonesia killed at least 41 were carried off by the flood- Vdeveloped to verify Covid- Vaccine passports are typ- ' '% /%" ') ( people and displaced thou- waters. 19 immunisation status and ically an app with a code that &'% ( (/% ( ;5 % sands, the country’s disaster In another village, allow inoculated people to verifies whether someone has ( (() ( %' /! relief agency said Sunday. 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We Ohave kept petrol and diesel chases are yet to pick up, top increase in spends online. “We more to our new credit card ume. It contributes well but if have hardly explored the base prices unchanged for the fifth company executive said. believe (it) will remain online acquisitions, that is basically we you look at our disclosures, of around 20-22 per cent. So, straight day. Keeping a watch on the because once people get used to have a piggyback of our parent more than 50 per cent is com- there is a plenty of runway left,” In the national capital, recent coronavirus resurgence the comfort of it, they will con- bank (SBI) customer base,” he ing from our bank channel Rao said. petrol was sold for 90.56 per in the country across some key tinue with that. So, COVID or added. which you essentially call kind However, he said the com- litre on Sunday. locations, SBI Card MD and no-COVID, it will not impact The company’s card-in- of a SBI sourcing,” Rao said fur- pany will always look forward Price of the fuel in the CEO Rama Mohan Rao Amara that.” force grew 15 per cent to 1.15 ther. to forge new tie-ups and recent- other key cities of Mumbai, said it would be too early to say However, he said the point crore in the third quarter of the He added that particularly joined hands with Jio Chennai and Kolkata were at whether it will have any bear- of sale (PoS) locations have not fiscal ended March 2021, ly, during the first and second Payments also. 96.98, 92.58 and 90.77 per ing on people’s purchasing opened that well, as and when against one crore in the year quarters of FY21, when open On the company’s tie-up litre, respectively, all unchanged behaviour. the footfall increases, there ago same period. The spends market locations were closed with various airline companies, from the previous levels. However, online payments will be a pick-up there also. were higher by 8 per cent to Rs and when sourcing were lim- which were hit the most dur- Diesel prices in Delhi, 30, in the wake global soften- cut for the first time this year is a trend which is going to go The pure-play card com- 37,797 crore from Rs 35,135 ited, the company’s banking ing the lockdown period and Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai ing of oil prices. 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67 899 parcel in phases over the next “Our association will go a 1 +&? 3-4 years. This development is long way towards achieving our 2021, Japan’s output slipped 6 M Logistic India’s realty part of the 290 acre Palava vision of developing an indus- per cent to 15 MT year-on-year tart-up nurturing platform Farm Batilogistic has pur- Industrial and Logistics Park trial city and enhancing the ndia’s crude steel output fell from 16.1 MT. The US pro- SIndia Accelerator plans to @ chased 30 acres of land in that also includes a joint ven- economy and jobs at Palava,” he Iby 1 per cent to 19.1 million duced 13.2 MT steel in the expand its start-up portfolio by " Mumbai region from Lodha ture between ESR and Lodha. said. Palava Industrial and tonnes (MT) during the first period under review. Its output over three-folds in 2021 with Developers for Rs 106 crore to Commenting on the deal, Logistics Park is now emerging two months of 2021, according was at 14.9 MT in 2020. investment in around 100 such develop a warehousing project. Alexandre Amine Soufiani, as a hub in the Mumbai region to worldsteel. Russia’s output was at 12.4 ventures. ? Batilogistic and Lodha MD - FM Logistic India, said, driven by its high quality infra- The country had pro- MT compared to 11.61 MT in The company invests Rs 25 group have signed a Rs 106- “We are committed to provid- structure, well planned parks duced 18.9 MT crude steel 2020. lakh in select startups every move forward with our target with up to six-fold return on crore deal to develop 30 acres ing our customers with high and proximity to Navi during the same period last South Korea’s steel pro- year then mentors them and of picking up 100 high-pot star- investments. land parcel at Palava Industrial value and high efficiency Grade Mumbai, JNPT port and year. duction was at 11.5 MT, as connects them with other tups every year,” Bhatia said. He said that during the and Logistics Park for FM A warehousing infrastructure.” upcoming international air- The production for the 64 compared to 11.2 MT in the investors as they mature, India He said India Accelerator Covid-19 pandemic the com- Logistic India, with a total Globally, he said, FM port. FM Logistic in India is countries reporting to the year-ago period. Accelerator founder Ashish (IA) had invested in around 30 pany has expanded footprint to development potential of Logistic, in collaboration with one of the key 3PL (Third Party worldsteel was 313.1 MT in Turkey produced 6.4 MT Bhatia told PTI. startups in 2020. select startups from across around 1 million sq ft of ware- Batilogistic, is a pioneer in Logistic) companies. It has January-February 2021, regis- of crude steel in period under He said the company is According to TiE report, India and is now planning to housing space. developing and maintaining presence over 90+ locations tering a 5 per cent increase review. It had produced 5.9 MT close to launching SEBI- there are around 38,000 active launch its programme overseas The park is located at Grade A warehousing facilities and manages over 6 million compared to 297.7 MT in the in same period in 2020. approved alternate investment startups in the country, out of as well in Dubai, Africa, Thane district in Mumbai that provide cutting edge sup- square feet of warehousing year ago period, the global While Germany produced funds both for category 1 angel which 26 are unicorns. The Singapore, London and USA. Metropolitan Region (MMR). ply chain technologies to cus- space. industry body data showed. 6.4 MT steel in January- fund and category 2 venture startup ecosystem in India had “Covid was of course Mumbai-based Lodha tomers. Pune-based FM Logistic China remained the glob- February 2021, Brazil and Iran capital fund, which will be attracted USD 14.5 billion of unplanned disaster, a lot of star- Developers, which has now “Through our association India, which is part of French al leader in production of steel, produced 5.8 MT and 5.3 MT, providing more funding oppor- funding in 2019. tups sank. Nevertheless, it been renamed as Macrotech with the Lodha Group we will firm FM Logistic, provides registering 8.86 per cent year- respectively. With members in tunities for startups. Since Aug 2017, IA has helped us move to remote Developers, is launching its gain significant presence to warehousing and distribution on-year growth in output at every major steel-producing “While Accelerator pro- selected around 70 companies areas. IPO on April 7 to raise up to Rs service the neighbouring logistics services for the FMCG, 173.2 MT during the said peri- country, Brussels-based world- gramme is the core foundation for acceleration. In 2020, IA has Earlier you heard about 2,500 crore. industrial areas of Thane, Navi retail, automotive, e-commerce, od. steel represents steel producers, for the success of our startups, closed 27 funding transactions startups from NCR, Jaipur, This deal is part of FM Mumbai and Kalyan,” he said. engineering, telecom, pharma According to the World national and regional steel there are other critical pieces and around two-third of port- Rajasthan, Gujrat, they only Logistic India’s plan to invest Shaishav Dharia, CEO, and other sectors. Batilogistic Steel Association (worldsteel) industry associations, and steel needed to help grow a startup, folio companies have raised could come and apply. Now we USD 150 million in warehous- Townships and Rental Assets, is a real estate player in the ser- data, China had produced research institutes. Its members these (new funds) help us in their follow-on round of fund- are mentoring startups from ing activities in India Lodha, said, it look forward to vice of logistics. It has expertise 159.1 MT steel in the same represent around 85 per cent of expand even further -- to new ing. Kerala, Chennai, West Bengal, announced in 2019. enhance the infrastructure and in the construction and main- period last year. the global steel production. geographies and in other Bhatia said that IA has par- we have become a pan India Batilogistic will undertake ecosystem for logistics and tenance of Grade A warehous- During January-February domains, thus helping us to tially exited from five startups entity,” Bhatia said. the development of this land industrial set-ups in the region. es. # 8#$:& * # O1 ' I.; # ; :<, 1) : # '((#( #' 5 Yet, the markets have been Kotak Securities Executive 88 Segment-wise, he said, have much impact on the man- relatively much more stable Vice-President and Head demand in power generation ufacturing sector as both peo- % &< (' # ontinuing the buying spree during second wave due to the (Fundamental Research) ngines and power equip- space and everything related to ple and the government are 88 project was foreclosed under Cfor the third consecutive vaccination drive and economy Rusmik Oza said, “On the back Ement maker Cummins infrastructure, healthcare, better prepared this time round the Ministry of Road Transport month, foreign portfolio looking up, he added. of higher growth expectation India has said the demand in rental, data centre and tech- along with the availability of the L&FS Transportation and Highways (MoRTH) investors (FPIs) have invested Morningstar India from US economy some of the most of the segments that the nology have come back strong- vaccine as well. INetworks Ltd (ITNL), a sub- guidelines of March 2019 for Rs 17,304 crore in Indian mar- Associate Director (Manager export driven emerging mar- company caters to has come ly. The company is seeing The Maharashtra govern- sidiary of IL&FS, on Sunday incomplete or stalled projects. kets so far in March. Research) Himanshu Srivastava kets like South Korea and back strongly even as supply demand pretty robust in most ment is not shutting down said it has received a settlement CNTL is a completed pro- According to depositories said there was a gush of liq- Taiwan have started witnessing chain issues remain a challenge of the segments he added. manufacturing and business amount of 673 crore for ject, earning annuities, and data, FPIs invested Rs 10,482 uidity in the global financial FPI flows... However, the over- for the industry. Ram said there are sever- like they had done earlier, he Kiratpur Ner Chowk the 19.6 crore is the claim crore into equities and Rs 6,822 markets after the US all, emerging market flows are In an interview with PTI, al challenges in the market said. “I think everyone has Expressway (KNCEL) and 20 amount towards change of crore in the debt segment dur- announced a pandemic relief still below expectation.” Cummins India Managing mainly related to supply chain, learnt from the previous cycle crore towards claims for scope, the statement said. ing March 1-31. package of USD 1.9 trillion In the future, rising Director Ashwath Ram said the with supply of electronics that did harm to the business Chenani Nashri Tunnelway It said Fagne Songadh The total net investment which flowed into emerging COVID-19 cases in the coun- Hydrogen Energy Mission, remaining a global constraint so badly that it is difficult to (CNTL), from the National Expressway Ltd (FSEL), a 100 stood at Rs 17,304 crore during markets like India. try could be a dampener. announced in the Union and that this problem is likely recover,” he said. Ram said Highways Authority of India per cent subsidiary of ITNL, the period under review. Also, a rejig in some of the The uncertainty around Budget for this fiscal, will boost to last at least a couple of quar- that the government is pushing (NHAI). The amount was had earlier completed its set- Previously, overseas global indices led net inflows this could force FPIs to adopt the company’s business as ters. a policy towards cleaner and received on March 31, tlement with NHAI under the investors had invested Rs into Indian equities, he noted. a cautious stance and go into a Cummins has made significant “We are trying to maximise greener power and use of Infrastructure Leasing and new MoRTH policy on stuck- 23,663 crore in Indian markets Besides, expectations of wait and watch mode, investments in these areas. the sales based on the avail- hydrogen by setting up the Financial Services (IL&FS) said up projects receiving an in February and Rs 14,649 high economic growth, a mas- Srivastava said. “Demand is pretty robust ability of parts,” he added. National Hydrogen Energy in a statement. The KNCEL amount of 707 crore. crore in January, on a net basis. sive vaccination drive and “The focus for FPIs would and we seem to have bounced He said the company has Mission, which are significant The rising cases of improvement in earnings be economic numbers and how back strongly. Between the still not opened its offices and from Cummins perspective. COVID-19 infections are growth were few such factors soon India gains economic third quarter and fourth quar- based on the second wave, affecting investments in the that make India a good invest- momentum back. Any sur- ter, we were operating at they are unlikely to be opened Indian markets, Groww co- ment destination from a long- prise on that front could have around 80-90 per cent or 95 per in the next couple of months. founder and COO Harsh Jain term perspective, he further an adverse impact on foreign cent across all of the plants,” Ram, however, said the noted. said. flows,” Srivastava added. Ram told PTI. second wave is unlikely to !' ' ( 5G6GLI ( ,",7 ! (%>& /+1 % /(' G ' 88 O Steel prices rallied by 41 per cent in 2020, the Axis ((% & G6 5F,I6 ( etal stocks turned out to 8 M Securities report said. ' # ' (% .;6F.7 Mgive the best returns in Copper futures increased he Finance Ministry on # (&/' ( the pandemic-struck FY 2020- 2 ,-I 26 per cent in 2020 and 11 per TSunday said banks have /('(%) 5,65FF 21. Analysts now feel the bull cent in the past one month. sanctioned 25,586 crore to run is likely to continue with a + Kshitij Purohit Lead, about 1,14,322 beneficiaries ' 8 5 pricing uptrend in the segment International & Commodity at under the Stand Up India and increasing demand in the CapitalVia Global Research Scheme in the last five years for per bank branch of Scheduled segment. the third quarter of the last fis- Limited in a recent report promoting entrepreneurship Commercial Banks. The metals and mining cal. noted that copper storage lev- among women and SC & STs. Started in April 5, 2016, sector also saw a sharp increase Noting that metals will els at the London Metal The objective of Stand-Up the scheme has benefited in commodity prices and steel report one of the best earnings Exchange have decreased giv- India is to promote entrepre- 93,094 women entrepreneurs was one of the best-performing trends, the report said that it is ing a deficit on supply side due neurship amongst women, with outstanding loan of Rs commodities in the just-ended quickly getting factored into the to which prices may rise when Sheduled Castes (SC) & 21,200 crore as of March 23. FY21. prices. combined with heavy volumes, Scheduled Tribes (ST) cate- This scheme, which has The S&P BSE Metal index “The metals and mining capping the downside move in gories, to help them in starting been extended up to 2025, has surged 176 per cent in the sector has seen a significant the metal. a greenfield enterprise in trad- covers SC/ST and/or women past one year. pricing uptrend as Chinese The April contract of cop- ing, manufacturing and ser- entrepreneurs, above 18 years Stock price of some of the data has improved and dollar per on the Multi Commodity vices sector, by both ready and of age, it said. In case of non- major metal stocks Tata steel, weakened. This trend is likely Exchange (MCX) last closed at trainee borrowers, the Finance individual enterprises, 51 per JSW Steel and Hindalco to persist in the medium term Rs 669.25 per kg. Ministry said in a statement. cent of the shareholding and Industries surged 240 per cent, and metal stocks are likely to On lead futures, he said Under the scheme, bank controlling stake should be 263 per cent and 294 per cent perform well,” it said. that bullish momentum in the loans between Rs 10 lakh and held by either SC/ST and/or respectively. Metal futures which also metal is expected to continue Rs 1 crore are provided to at Women Entrepreneur and bor- An Axis Securities report were largely on a bull run in the in the upcoming session. least one Scheduled Caste/ rowers should not be in default noted that the earnings per last fiscal, are likely to stay in The April contract on Scheduled Tribe borrower and to any bank/financial institu- share of metal stocks on the the uptrend going ahead, ana- Thursday ended at Rs 162.85 at least one woman borrower tion, it said. 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he black soil, locally known as at would provide the raw water, the regur in Maharashtra’s place where the system would be TAurangabad district, may be installed, and an electricity connec- ideal for growing cotton, jowar and tion for the ATM. A bank account bajra, but its ground water is not was also opened with the sarpanch, potable. A drinking water quality committee head and panchayat sec- report by the district’s health depart- retary as signatories. The foundation ment in 2014 revealed that 4,387 of took care of training, maintenance )11 the 14,664 water samples collected and explaining how the water price were contaminated. In fact, the needed to be calculated so that there Aurangabad district reported 33 was always surplus for maintenance. per cent water contamination in its Wall paintings were put up across the nine talukas. village explaining the scheme and its 3)) In almost all the villages, the pri- uses. The water committee members mary source was ground water, were trained on the upkeep and use which is generally extracted by a of the installed system. & #' ' %/ ( / / ( dedicated borewell or from an open What is most heartening is that well and supplied without any treat- the rejected water from the RO sys- ' # '&(/ /'6 '' ment to households. This is done in tems is stored in tanks and put to some cases through a direct pipeline productive use. “The villagers are 32 88 or community stand posts. happy to have this water to wash However, the ground water level their clothes, clean their houses, ost of us when faced with a gets depleted for an average of five bathe their animals. And this is free Mproblem or a situation, nat- months every year from February to for everyone. The villagers value urally give a physical, mental, ver- June. During these months, the vil- every drop of water, hence, special bal, psychological, emotional or lage panchayats spend as much as effort is made to use rejected water spiritual response to it. This is 50,000 per month to supply house- properly,” says Vishnu. obvious because every emotional holds 200 litres each of tanker water Bhaskar Bhimrao Dakale, on the situation works as a stimulus and for domestic consumption. Most water committee of Dongargaon draws some kind of response families consume the tanker water Kawd village and a beneficiary of the from a living person. The response without filtration, while some use water ATM, recounts a touching tale to a problem may be political, eco- muslin cloth to filter the particulate will be managed and owned by the fixed at a flexible price of 5 or 6 women self-help groups and formed of change. He says the water in his nomic, legal, social, militaristic, matter. But this process does not community. Though the initiative for 20 litres. However, for weddings Water Management Committees village used to be terrible. It was not diplomatic, technological or any eliminate harmful bacteria or any was conceived in 2019 and was and other functions it could cost a which along with the panchayat and uncommon to have ten to twenty other. Take, for example, a diffi- virus present. The result was a expected to be operational by little more, but the price would not key leaders in the village, the Gram sick people every week from 300 cult situation, created by a large low “tooth for a tooth and an eye recurrence of diarrhea and typhoid November 2020, it was delayed due hit the roof as untreated tanker water Sabha, endorsed the project. The families that reside in his village. A group of people in a particular for an eye” policy. His attitude to among the population. to the pandemic. However, this did in the past. The ATM typically members of the water committee doctor who used to make the rounds part of the country who demand an angry man is not built on anger “When we analysed the water month five water systems are up and uses a card metering system where were also educated on the proper had a healthy business providing some kind of autonomy because, or hatred but, instead, he dwells in quality, we found that water from all running in two blocks of the district the card can be recharged when it usage of water and how to maintain consultation and medicine to them. for a long time, they have been his original, spiritual nature of the major sources was unfit for con- — Phulambri and Sillod. runs out of cash. the system. Monthly meetings were “The doctor now laments the water neglected by the ruling govern- peace and love. Such a response, sumption. The community feed- Vaishali Dnyaneshwar Chopade, It is not as if the villagers have held to decide everything in detail, system. He says his business is gone ment which has been paying therefore, has a great potential of back had been correct, and it was the ex-sarpanch of Wanegaon village, woken up to their water perils including the base price that villagers as the patients have been reduced to more attention to other regions. solving problems calmly, dispas- necessary to create an institutional and presently a panchayat elected recently. A private RO scheme had would pay for the RO filtered water. single digit,” adds Bhaskar. Now, in these kind of situations, sionately, amicably, impartially mechanism that would provide safe member, is gung-ho about the devel- been put in place some years ago, but We also needed to build a corpus The pilot now provides a self- the government can make either and in a humane manner with the drinking water to the residents,” opment. One of the early water it failed badly due to poor mainte- that would self-sustain the mainte- sustaining system of safe, clean a political response and give them possibility of divine help. There is recalls Vishnu Bhagwat Khedkar, the ATMs was installed here and she has nance and no planning involving the nance of the water system. For a drinking water to 10,000 villagers. It some solution by passing an act in now a frequent mention, in the water expert at Sehgal Foundation. been seeing the difference it is mak- community. This time, the commu- start, a one lakh corpus was provid- is hoped that more villages will be parliament or they can make an press and from the various plat- His organisation in partnership ing. nity-level system was strengthened ed to the water committee to man- provided access to potable water in economic response by assuring forms, of the need for adopting with Anandana-Coca-Cola India The pricing, the villagers say, is before the execution of the project. age maintenance of the system for the future. them that they will now spend a values. But it is not realised that Foundation selected five villages reasonable. The ATM water in the “The past experience tells us that next one year and thereafter create (The writer is a senior Delhi- big amount for the latter’s devel- values, without spirituality, lack a for a pilot project to install water villages of Dongargaon, Wanegaon, involving the panchayat is not its own fund for the same,” explains based journalist who writes on development. Likewise, when there is very essential ingredient and are ATMs. The 500 LPH (litres per hour) Darigaon in Phulambri block, and enough. So, we involved a school Vishnu. opment and environment issues.) a conflict between two countries, without much strength and divin- capacity RO systems, set up this year, Asadi, Sarola in Sillod block was representative, a police official, It was decided that the panchay- L ) they may address themselves to ity. Remember only those moral the problem politically, diplomat- values, which are derived from the ically or militarily. awareness of the spiritual nature very woman is different Apart from these, there is of all beings and which have a spir- EL including their peri- something called a ‘spiritual itual content lead to the final solu- ods. Some happen regularly response’ which is ideologically, tion of all problems. and others are hit or miss and , qualitatively and experientially There are hundreds of thou- for some it’s unpredictable. much different from all these sands of people in the world On average, a woman get kinds of response. ‘Spiritual’, in this today who believe that the body their period every 21 to 35 '&##"#=2 context, does not mean ‘religious’. is material whereas the self is non- days and it usually lasts about It is based on the understanding physical i.e. spiritual. But rarely two to seven days. Is your *## that in our body dwells a soul i.e. does any religious person live this period irregular Land if so, a being, which, by its very nature, belief. We most often see that does it need attention? Many other gynecological condi- you temporarily stop ovulat- is altogether different from the almost every-one discriminates women are worried about a tions, like hormonal imbal- ing. This lack of ovulation, in physical, the transitory, the between one person and another late period, but know you’re ance, excessive exercising, turn, can delay your period. ephemeral, the phenomenal or the on the basis of gender, race, not pregnant? Did you know eating disorders, stress, drug Changes in body weight perishable. This being is of the nationality, ethnicity, language, that a delayed or a missed usage, PCOS, endometriosis, (Increase/ Decrease in form of point of light, which is not age, etc, in practical life. Obviously, period happen for many rea- fibroids, endocrine disorder weight): Severe changes in material or mundane in its nature these factors are based on body- sons other than pregnancy? like thyroid, pituitary gland, body weight can impair with but is divine. An essential charac- consciousness or awareness of Common causes can range premature ovarian failure. period’s timing. Extreme teristic of this light is that it is con- the material. These are not based from normal physiological Amenorrhea usually increases or decreases in scious in the sense that it is capa- on the firm awareness of the conditions, stress or obesity, happens when the ovaries body fat can lead to a hor- ble of thinking, understanding, truth that all beings are souls. anxiety related issues, lifestyle stop making enough of the monal imbalance that caus- judging, feeling, remembering, Thus, there is a wide gap between changes or hormonal imbal- female hormone. Primary es your period to come late learning and of being morally their belief and practice. So, in the ances. amenorrhea refers to the or stop entirely. good or bad. The spiritual context of ‘spiritual response’, it However, every woman absence of menstruation in You have PCOS: Polycystic response, therefore, implies a should be understood that this needs to understand, you someone who has not had a ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a response that is based on moral refers to our practical response to may be different. “The caus- period by age of 16 years. The set of symptoms caused by an goodness, love, peace and purity a situation based on this awareness es and treatment differ most common causes of pri- imbalance of reproductive of motives, thoughts and actions. that all of us are souls and broth- according to the age group of mary amenorrhea relate to hormones. People with This is derived from a spiritual ers. Today, this question of iden- women and hence, it is hormone levels, although PCOS don’t ovulate regular- outlook. It is based on the belief tity or what is called “identity-cri- important to stop a compar- anatomical problems also ly. As a result, your periods in the brotherhood of man and the sis” is at the root of many kinds of ison of our conditions,” can cause amenorrhea. Such may be lighter than normal, fatherhood of god. This response crises, including the “moral crisis” Manjula Deepak, Senior conditions are rare and con- arrive at inconsistent times or is hinged on the firm faith that we or the “crisis of values”. Consultant Gynecologist, stitutes to less than 0.1 of the disappear altogether. Besides must do good and never do bad The whole concept of ‘soul- Cloudnine Group of individuals. Secondary delayed period you may also ly. For many, missed periods produce enough hormones. lism, so hormone levels can be because the law of karma is invi- consciousness in practice’ may Hospitals, Bengaluru amenorrhea refers to the notice excess or course facial are the first sign of peri- You will begin to experience affected as well. Thyroid issues olable and we will suffer as a result seem to be ordinary. But if we (HRBR). absence of three or more and body hair, acne on the menopause. You may skip a the symptoms of menopause. can usually be treated with of our bad actions. Thus, a spiri- examine its depth, its outreach The expert explains it in periods in a row by someone face and body, thinning hair, period one month and be Late or missed periods may medication. After treatment, tual response is a moral response and repercussions, we will find detail: What causes a delayed who has had periods in the weight gain or trouble losing back on track for the follow- be an early sign. your period will likely return to based on the awareness that we are that it is a revolutionary concept period? past. Pregnancy is the most weight, dark patches of skin, ing three you may skip your Chronic diseases: Chronic normal. souls and brothers. This response and a remarkable practice that Amenorrhea is when common cause of secondary often on the neck creases, period three months in a row diseases such as diabetes, tuber- Contraceptives / Birth is based on the understanding that will bring about a paradigm menstruation is absent dur- amenorrhea, although prob- groin, and underneath and find that it arrives unex- culosis, liver disorders also can Control medicines: Medicines all problems arise due to our fail- shift in one’s outlook. 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You’re in perimenopause: You’re in early menopause: changes, so even though it’s rare cause lighter, less frequent, solved — in the true sense of the and of infusing brotherly love ease, and it does not mean A range of factors, Perimenopause is the time Early menopause, also could cause your period to be more frequent, or skipped peri- word — by observing those val- and spirit of mutual co-opera- that a person is infertile, but including those below, can leading up to your known as premature ovarian irregular. ods or no periods at all UTER- ues. tion. The spiritual response based it can be a sign of a health cause an irregular period. menopausal transition. 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Fakhar brought up his 5th ODI exception of left-handed opener, good to lead from the front and Both Kagiso Rabada and Lungi hundred in the 39th over, having Fakhar Zaman, who played a his 92 was to be the top score Ngidi - posed threat early on and faced 107 balls, whilst carrying his heroic innings of 193, could not today. could afford the luxury of two slips, side's slim hopes. A quality knock, quite turn it on. In the end the Van der Dussen, after taking defending a huge total. Pakistan off he desperately needed to revive his margin was just 17 runs. a blow on his arm, took liking to to a cautious start were 12-1 after international career. A 79-meter Since it had worked for the Pakistan bowling which sud- 5 overs. Fakhar in need of a big six, over mid-wicket off Nortje Pakistan in the opening game at denly looked quite ragged in hundred to justify his selection was was his fifth hit worth maxi- Centurion Babar won the toss over 35 onwards. He was sudden- up against a quality attack with a mum. Now keeping most of the + main strength.” and sent the Proteas in. It was a ly in T20 mode and smashed 50 true bounce. Babar, missed on 13 strike, he hit two huge sixes off The 33-year-old admitted case of an unchanged line up, just off just 34 balls and when taken at point by Miller off Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi in the 42nd over, heteshwar Pujara’s reputa- that during the early stages of his like their opposition. A relaxed at long-on, his 60 off 37 balls with looked in good touch in no time few minutes later he hit three Ction as a Test specialist had career, he used to feel that Pakistan who had squeezed 6 fours and 4 sixes, had seen took the total to 50 in 8.2 overs. His more and brought up his 150 off hampered his IPL prospects for tweaking his game to suit the through the last game, were qui- South Africa gallop to 270-3 in three boundaries in a row moved 128 balls. last few years but India’s No 3 is needs of T20 will hamper his etly confident with the aim to the 42nd over. He hardly missed the first powerplay score to 68-1 The target was still quite stiff now ready to turn the corner for Test cricket but not anymore. wrap the series up. Their new ball out on anything and the total but in the very next over against with 70 needed off 35 balls but CSK in the upcoming edition, “... It all comes with experi- bowlers - Shaheen Afridi and could go beyond 320 mark. Nortje he chose to pull from the off Fakhar still refused to give up. He having picked up cues from the ence. When I was playing the Mohammad Hasnain - are both It was heartening to see side and departed for 31 off 33 balls was finally run out in the last over likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat T20 format in the past, I had a due to turn 21 in the next few Pakistan ground fielding, espe- to his name. He was followed by when Pakistan still required 31. Kohli. little bit of a worry that what if days. cially around the boundary, not Rizwan, out without scoring and His remarkable 193, certainly Asked about his strike-rate my Test cricket gets spoiled? The second-wicket stand letting the bowlers down, though South Africa were clear favourites gave the opposition a fright, is the which will always be highlight- Then there will be some techni- between Quinton de Kock and the total had reached 287-3, with now. highest individual ODI innings in ed because of his lack of power- cal error once the IPL gets over. Temba Bavuma, the ex and cur- five overs still to go and big-hit- Anrich Nortje’s short ball South Africa and for any batsman hitting, Pujara said that he will “But now I am over that. rent South Africa ODI captains ting David Miller, capable of worked for Danish Aziz as well, batting second in the 50-years his- rely on timing like his national What I realised over a period of respectively, showed how good changing the picture in no time. who could not cope with the tory of this format. He only need- team skipper Kohli or his deputy time is my natural game, my the jigsaw-look Wanderers wick- He hit Faheem for two massive bounce and edged behind and ed 155 balls, out of which 74 were Rohit. strengths, will never go away,” et was worth 300 plus. De Kock leg-side sixes, the second off a free Pakistan were limping on 85-4 after dots, and a tally of 18 fours and 10 “...When it comes to strike Pujara said. was the first to get to his fifty and hit and in this mood is often 15 overs. Nortje’s spell of 5 overs sixes, didn't deserve to be on the rate, yes, I agree that I’m not a And what helped him were played on to his stumps, having unstoppable. Pakistan kept him had rocked the opposition with 3- losing side. power-hitter. But at the same words of wisdom from Rahul time, you learn from players like Dravid, when they had interact- Virat (Kohli). Rohit (Sharma), he ed many moons back. is not purely a power-hitter, but “This advice I got from # ) :* &$4 he is one of the best timers of the Rahul bhai (Dravid) long ago, ball I have seen in the shorter but I would still like to mention formats,” Pujara told ESPN it. He told me that your natural 88 6 Cricinfo. game will not change although Even the likes of New you try playing different shots. elhi Capitals assistant coach Zealand skipper Kane “I started playing cricket at Mohammad Kaif said most of his The move came after 10 “Look, even if there is a lock- Williamson could be a great an early age. I made my first- Dplayers, including new skipper groundsmen of the Wankhede down, the teams are in bio-bub- example to emulate since he class debut in 2005-06. So it is Rishabh Pant, are in good rhythm going ormer India skipper and Stadium and a few event man- ble and also it's a closed-door plays all cricketing shots. almost 15 years now where I’ve into the IPL as they aim to go one better FHyderabad Cricket agers had tested positive for the event. So we are still confident that “You learn from players like played this game. compared to last time when Mumbai Association president, deadly virus, IPL games in Mumbai will be held Kane Williamson. Even Steven “So if I am playing the T20 Indians dashed their dreams of a maiden Mohammed Azharuddin on “In these difficult times there as per schedule with Delhi Capitals Smith. All of them score runs by format now, when I prepare for title. Sunday offered the state body’s is all the more reasons for us to playing Chennai Super Kings on just playing cricketing shots, a Test series I won't forget Test “We want to go one step further this facilities to BCCI to host the stand by each other. Hyderabad April 10 on the second day of the and at the same time they will cricket. Adapting to T20 format year and that’s the Delhi Capitals team goal. upcoming IPL matches in case the Cricket Association would like to tournament,” he had said. be innovative,” Pujara said. and moving into Test cricket We have the players to win the title,” said games are shifted out of COVID- offer its facilities to @BCCI to “But Hyderabad and Indore “I also have that mindset, again won't be an issue, for sure.” Kaif, who attended his first practice session hit Mumbai. ensure that IPL2021 is conduct- are there on stand by in case the that if I want to be successful, I “I definitely think so, espe- with the team at the Cricket Club of India The BCCI has decided to ed in safe and secure venues,” situation goes out of hand.” also need to be innovative, but cially the way the white ball trav- here on Saturday. keep Indore and Hyderabad as Azharuddin wrote on his twitter As of now, none of the teams at the same time you can still els. It is just about making the “We were very close last year and the stand by venues for the upcoming handle. currently in Mumbai — Delhi score runs by playing cricket mental change. I feel that men- plus point for this season is that most of IPL beginning on April 9 follow- A senior BCCI office-bearer Capitals, Mumbai Indians, shots. You need to get better at tally if you are ready to make the players such as Rishabh Pant have been ing a massive surge in COVID-19 on Saturday exuded confidence of Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings — generating power, I won't deny some adjustments, you don’t playing a lot of cricket. cases in Mumbai, which is sched- hosting the games in Mumbai have access to the Wankhede that, but ultimately cricketing need to take a lot of pressure,” he “They have been in touch with the uled to host 10 games. even if the situation worsens. Stadium. sense is what I feel will be your said. game and therefore they are in good rhythm going into the IPL.” Delhi boasts of the likes of middle-order or higher up. I’m Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, !7 # =3'' up for anything,” he said. Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Ishant trike-rate is kind of overrat- Asked to pick his favourite Sharma and overseas players such as Steve Sed,” asserted India’s emerging format, Gill said, “Honestly, All Smith, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje— star Shubman Gill, for whom a an interview ahead of the debut Down Under, Gill endured the three formats have their all of whom have played some cricket or batsman’s biggest strength is upcoming IPL. a lean patch in the home series own excitement and have their the other in the last few months. adapting to different situations “It’s all about how you adapt against England, hitting just own experiences.” The 40-year-old said Kaif said the team without having a fixed batting to a certain situation. If the one-half century from seven “In Test matches there’s a dif- focussed on taking catches under lights style. team demands you to play with innings. ferent type of rush and excite- during their practice session on Saturday. He was one of the architects a strike rate of 200 you should be “I don’t think it will affect ment. In ODIs, there’s a differ- “The players have been carrying out of India’s historic Test series tri- able to do it. If the team demands anything because we have almost ent kind of rush and when batting and bowling drills in the last few umph Down but Gill has played you to play at a strike rate of 100, 10-12 days before our first match you’re playing T20s, it’s different. days. As a coaching group we decided to just three ODIs and is yet to you should be able to do it. It’s against Sunrisers Hyderabad All three are different but all focus on fielding skills in today’s practice Ponting will be attending his first training make his T20I debut. just about adapting to the match (April 11) so there’s plenty of three are really exciting.” session. session after completing his quarantine The youngster is may still situation,” he said confidently. time for me to prepare,” he said. Gill will have an ever-lasting “The players took some catches under period. not be in team’s white-ball “There shouldn’t be a certain Last year he was seen don- memory of the Test series Down lights. It was a great session. I got to meet “I am looking forward to meeting scheme of things due to his slow pattern to your game where you ning the opener’s role for KKR Under where he scored 259 runs many young players in the team and the Ricky in person. I have been in touch with strike-rate but it is not a cause of are only able to play one kind of but Gill is ready to play any role in three matches. experienced ones as well. I had a good chat him on the phone. We will chalk out a concern for him. game and not being able to that his captain Eoin Morgan “It was not a great feeling with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya training plan with Ponting for the upcom- “I think strike-rate is kind of adapt to different situations,” demands. “I’ll be pretty comfort- when you see the best batting Rahane.” ing days once he joins the team on the overrated,” the Kolkata Knight he added. able and up for it whether the lineup in the world getting bun- Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky field,” Kaif said. Riders star batsman told PTI in After his spectacular Test team requires me to bat in the dled out for less than 40 runs. * #8!) , 8%G8

8 8 2 Alyssa Healy (65), Ellyse Perry (56 not out) and Ashleigh Gardner (53 not he Australian women’s cricket team out) then struck impressive half cen- iverpool continue its win- Twon its 22nd consecutive match and turies to make easy work of the chase Lning run in the Premier surpassed Ricky Ponting’s 2003 side to with 69 balls to spare and lift the cur- League as they beat Arsenal 3- set a new one-day international record rent world champions past Ponting's 0 in the away game at in a six-wicket victory against New star-studded 2003 team with a 22nd Emirates stadium in London Zealand on Sunday. straight victory. on Saturday night to reach The tourists were rarely troubled at “It’s a great achievement from this within two points of Chelsea Mount Maunganui with player of the group over a long period of time,” (51 points), who is fourth in match Megan Schutt taking 4 wickets Lanning said after the match. the league table and occupy to restrict New Zealand to 212 all out “Those wins have come over three final place for the Champions after Australia captain Meg Lanning years, which I think just shows how League spot next season. won the toss and elected to bowl first consistent we’ve been at this format.” After a goalless first half, in the opening game of a three-match The Southern Stars have not lost an Jurgen Klopp’s side burst into series. ODI since October 2017. life after the break and opened the scoring in the 64th minute when substitute Diogo Jota, who replaced left-back Andy Robertson just three minutes ago, headed in a superb cross from Trent Alexander- 88 Andreescu's foot, and after anoth- the start of the coronavirus pan- Arnold. er game the injury-plagued demic. Five other women have Mohamed Salah makes it sh Barty pushed a forehand Canadian reluctantly called it earned consecutive Miami titles: two from a cool finish after Awinner into the open court as quits. Stefanie Graf, Monica Seles, getting better of Arsenal strong case for his selection in her opponent, Bianca Andreescu, The tournament was the first Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, Venus defender Gabriel and then the starting eleven against On Sunday, Spurs missed laid on her back in the far corner, in the United States for the 20- Williams and Serena Williams. Jota made it three in the Los Blancos. the chance to leapfrog Chelsea injured yet again. With that, the year-old Andreescu since she The match between Barty 82nd minute to seal Alexander-Arnold who after playing 2-2 draw against Miami Open final was decided. won the 2019 U.S. Open. She sat and Andreescu was their first, and Liverpool’s third consecutive was dropped by Gareth Newcastle United at St James Andreescu limped through out 2020 because of injuries and a potential friendly rivalry looms. away win. Southgate for England's Park. 11 more points before she retired, the coronavirus pandemic and Barty dominated from the start of Liverpool had beaten World Cup qualifiers also Joelinton puts Magpies crying, shaking her head and now faces another possible layoff. the final with her strong serve and Sheffield United and Wolves sent a reminder of his capa- ahead in the 28th minute but trailing 6-3, 4-0. On Sunday, 19-year-old all-court game. away before the internation- bilities to the English manag- two back to back strikes from The No. 1-ranked Barty won Italian Jannik Sinner will try to Barty was playing outside of al break and this three goal er. league top-scorer Harry Kane her second successive Miami become the youngest men's Australia for the first time since win will keep them in good Liverpool next play host (19 goals) in span of four title Saturday, and the Australian champion in tournament histo- February 2020, and she arrived in spirits ahead of the away to Aston Villa in the league minutes helps Spurs take the was already in control of the ry when he plays No. 26-seeded Miami after a trip that took 45 Champions League quarterfi- this weekend but before that lead at break. match when Andreescu turned Hubert Hurkacz of Poland. Each hours because of two canceled nal clash against Real Madrid they will look to repeat the They were on course of her right foot while hitting a fore- is seeking the biggest title of his flights. It did. Barty was one point on Tuesday. Emirates performance against securing three points before a hand and sprawled to the hard career. from defeat in her opening match Liverpool started with the Real, who is also missing late strike by Arsenal loanee court. Barty hit one more shot to Barty made her own break- against Kristina Kucova, but she usual front three of Salah, players due to injuries, and Joseph Willock cancels win the point, and play continued. through by winning the 2019 gained momentum from there Roberto Firmino and Sadio advance in to the European Mourinho's celebration and But during the ensuing Miami championship. The tour- and will keep her No. 1 ranking Mane. But it was Jota who semis to keep hopes alive of they were forced to share the changeover, a trainer taped nament was canceled last year at next week. steals the show and made a winning a silverware. spoils.