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hile the medical experts Wand scientists are busy looking for a cure and vaccine for coronavirus, in several parts of the country people have started worshipping corona as a “goddess’ to appease its worth. There have been several instances of people offering animal sacrifices and puja in parts of UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and West Bengal to 
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   8;  items have been waived off for School Education Department    any institution. letter No. F 50-4/2020/20-3, hopal Sahodaya Complex There have been deliberate date May, 2020, stated that B,an association of CBSE and malafide efforts by certain schools should recover tuition affiliated schools in Bhopal, groups to misguide parents fees during lock down period.    8;  vation of human skull was of here on Monday, in a meeting from paying school fees. The schools have not made any two types. ,shared serious concerns about Initially they demanded the increase in last year's fees struc- ndira Gandhi Rashtriya First, skulls of the critical condition of the waiver of school fees for three ture, as per Govt guidelines. IManav Sangrahalaya relatives were preserved since CBSE schools due to non-pay- months, now they are cam- They have kept option for par- (National Museum of they believe that the soul of a ment of fees as the schools are paigning not to pay the fees till ents to pay monthly fees. Mankind) has taken up many person resides in the skull closed due to lockdown. schools reopen. Though fee is The school management new initiatives to face the after the death of a person; Sahodaya Complex has not received, yet all the schools may consider individually if a challenges posed by Covid 19 secondly, the skulls of enemies been formed to take care of are conducting online /offline parent has financial difficulties pandemic. In one such step, it were displayed in their youth mutual concerns and cooper- classes in a blended approach for a few months, and his fee is coming up with a new dormitory called Morung as a ation. The Complex on during lock-down through var- may be payable in the remain- series entitled “Exhibit of the sign of bravery and achieve- Monday held its executive ious electronics methods avail- ing months of the same year. Week” to showcase its collec- ment. committee meeting along with able. It is to be reiterated that the tion from all over India. This object is a pride principals of few member These modes have been bus/ transportation fees which Under this series, The Nagas’ possession of a Naga warrior schools, at Campion School. approved by Central schools charge are directed Head hunting trophy of the collected from the Sahodaya sought co-oper- Government and the State gov- towards meeting out the cost, Konyak Naga Tribe from Changlangshu village in ation from all the parents to ernments across the country so 70-75% of which are fixed in Nagaland, India was displayed Nagaland, who took the head have a sensitive and consider- that academics does not suffer. nature i.e. salary of staff (dri- in the audience as the third of a person from the Phom ate approach towards the Under these circumstances, ver, conductor, female atten- Exhibit of the June, 2020 tribe in 1895. Changlangshu   how to Building Team, planner, schools, respecting the Guru- schools were striving to pay dant), GPS, periodic mainte- through Facebook. is a large Upper Konyak    8;  assignments, etc and how we can shishya legacy of our country. full/ part salaries to staff till last nance, road tax, insurance pre- Headhunting was preva- village in Mon district,   overcome from all the Changing Also, the online/ offline class- month. But now, after more miums, EMIs, depreciation of lent among the Naga Tribes of Nagaland. n interactive two-day    face of New online Teaching and es should be recognised so than three months with no rev- vehicles etc. Fuel costs are Nagaland as a tradition until The village was known for AOrientation-cum-clarifi-     give all the students a comfort- that teaching should continue enue, it has become impossible hardly 25% of that cost and can the first half of the 20th cen- its famous warriors who cation session on the Topic able level in this online teaching, unhampered. for schools to sustain further. be allowed as a concession tury. The remnants of this tra- waged war with other com- “How to give Stress free online     Role of Effective PK Pathak, Vice President It was, therefore, resolved accordingly. dition can still be seen in var- munities and villages. Education to students” was  Communication (Verbal/Non appreciated the actions taken in the meeting to appeal that a Private school education ious art and craft traditions The skull has a hole in the organised at Campion School   Verbal) by online software, Time by the Central and State large number of parents have sector is being left out by the among the different Naga frontal bone, possibly the Bhopal under the guidance of stress and Management, How to Governments to deal with the not yet paid the school fees government in the special eco- tribes who have preserved permanent mark of a wound principal, Fr Dr Athnas Lakra  teach the students of 21st pandemic COVID-19. since April 2020 and even last nomic package. Schools should them as a mark of social sta- created by the spikes of a SJ, and Ganesh Xalxo. Century, Awareness of linkages Fr Athnas Lakra, Principal, year's fee is also pending, the get financial assistance per staff tus. pointed dart or an arrow. The main objective of con- among Society. Campion School and President schools should be allowed to member in addition to the Naga scholar Dr G Kanato The skull is transformed as a ducting this orientation session ers explored and understood the This two-day session for of Sahodaya Complex, in his request the parents of all the employers share in EPFO to be Chophy said that the human trophy by decorating with for all the teachers of the Primary fundamental elements of being teachers is organised in school address shared that Schools are registered students to pay, at compensated for reimburse- skull had a special place in the the horns of Buffalo. and Secondary Sections of school an effective educator of every premises with full safety pre- dependent only on fees as rev- least the tuition fees, for the ment till the schools are closed. Konyak Naga culture since it It is tied with cane twist- is to guide teachers how to teach subject by this online study. cautions like mask wearing, enue to fulfil their all financial lockdown period as early as In this context, Sahodaya was related to masculinity, ing across the nasal and Education through New Online The idea behind conducting hand sanitise and social dis- obligations. The assumption possible. Complex has submitted a mem- and most importantly, with orbital cavity. Education method to all the stu- this Orientation session is to how tancing. Principal Fr Dr Athnas that, during lock-down, schools It is pertinent to mention orandum to KK Diwvedi, the tattoo tradition. The handle of this tro- dents in a very simple and easy teachers will teach all the Lakra SJ also said few words on have no other expenses but that in the press conference at Deputy Secretary, School A person could tattoo his phy is prepared with a cross- manner for Stress free online students through Microsoft this online teaching. salary, is completely wrong. Indore on June 8, Chief Education, Govt of MP, on June body only when he has taken frame of bamboo props. studies by Microsoft Team. By Team Online teaching App and Vice Principal Fr Amritlal The schools have to pay loan Minister Shivraj Singh 6, 2020 who assured to look into a human head, which was Visitors can see this this online teaching how can fulfil the affected loss of the stu- Toppo SJ, Headmistress Sr Lily EMIs, insurance, taxes, Bank Chouhan stated that the par- the matter favourably and said considered an ultimate form object from home through teachers transform into learning dents on their studies due to D'Souza AC, management interest, maintenance of school ents should pay tuition fees that the parents must pay tuition of social status. the Facebook site of the and creative teachers. Covid 19. member Mahendra Kothari was premises and other establish- during lock down period. Even fees during lock down period as The Konyak Naga preser- museum. In this session, all the teach- In this session they learn also present on this occasion. ment costs. 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Sect College of Professional Kalyani were given. issues on the labourers, the This was a one of its kind media which showed that PCC chief Kamal Nath Education B.Ed., like every The competition was like Centre for Labour Laws (CLL), initiatives, with other law col- Chouhan actually spoke to a also jumped to his defence year, also celebrated an extravagance for the little National Law Institute leges in India following CLL’s     scribe during the Congress calling the FIR slamming the Environment Day this year. painters and the spectators as University, Bhopal decided to lead. With the help of Ankur Government rule and was lash- action against Digvijay Singh But due to Covid 19, the format well, as they have used their launch CLL Legal Aid Wing Rajput (Faculty, NLIU), the ing the then CM Kamal Nath’s and said that this indicates of celenration this time was dif- brilliance of painting blended (CLL LAW) which will provide Centre is now extending the    P excise policy. malicious and vindictive intent ferent. with the perceptions displayed free legal aid to these migrant website to address the legal Upset with the video, sev- of the BJP government. “BJP This time the theme of on the painting sheet. labourers with assistance from grievances faced by the labour-    8;  Government and the eral BJP MLAs approached leaders who persistently Environment Day drawing, Further the little artists the District and State Legal ers by preparing answers to Ministry of Human police and lodged a complaint defame Congress leaders poster making, was laid. Posters also displayed the uniqueness Services Authority (DLSA and general problems being faced by nline education has made Resource Development in this with the Crime Branch against through dirty politics are lodg- were sent on mail and what- and beauty of a peaceful world SLSA). the labourers, and by posting Othe process of teaching area and termed it as the need Digvijay Singh for ‘defamatory ing fake police complaint sapp by B.Ed. students. through the variations of This is for the first time that videos to spread awareness more democratic. Now stu- of the hour. content’ against Chouhan on against Digvijaya Singh,” said Based on the same, first, colours was commendable. such a project targeted towards about their rights as well. dents can learn the subjects of Pro. Dwivedi said that the social media. Nath. second and third prizes were On this occasion, the providing legal help to aggriev- Amar Tandon, convenor of their choice by joining 21st century is the century of An edited video aiming to BJP spokesperson Rajneesh awarded. Among the first and Principal of the college, ed labourers is being undertak- the centre, told that under the thescholars of different disci- information and the more defame Chief Minister Shivraj Agrawal however claimed that second year students, the first Neelam Singh, in his Ashish en by students of any law uni- guidance of Prof. V. plines without facing the chal- information a society has, the Singh Chouhan went viral in Congress leaders including prize was given to Reena Vachano made all the students versity in the country. Prasun Vijayakumar, Vice-Chancellor, lenges of more powerful andprosperous social media and an FIR has Rahul Gandhi, Priynka Gandhi Chaurasia and the second prize aware of the new opportunities Tiwari and Harshdeep Singh, NLIU and Mahendra Soni, traditional teaching said it will be. Giving the example been lodged in this connection and others repeatedly present was Riru Shukla and the third to enhance the future in the Co-ordinators for LAW initiative Chairperson of the Centre, in Chancellor of Makhanlal of Makhanlal Chaturvedi under cyber act and the mat- distorted facts and figures on prize was Suman Gupta. field of art and encouraged tells that such legal assistance will addition to the free legal aid, Chaturvedi National University, he said that ter is being probed, DIG police social media and defame oth- Among the first year stu- them to be as energetic as the include not only those issues that CLL LAW will also run a legal Journalism and the students of the univer- Bhopal Irshad Wali said. ers. dents, Amita, Shruti and sun in the future. need to be resolved by statuto- awareness programme. Communication University sity made more than 250 videos Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi , at using the same medium during online lecture on 'Online lockdown. ;
.   , &+   Media: Role of Education and He said that the scope of New Directions’ organized by digital media is large at this !" !    'MP Post' to mark the comple- time, there are immense pos- tion of two decades of estab- sibilities in this field.  ?D # lishment. Training programs to pre-         He said that in a country pare teachers to suit online like India where traffic is not education are required. Shimla: Over two lakh people    4 7 The Chief Minister, point- accessible, online education Techno-friendly teachers will belonging to Himachal ing out that Punjab has been at has reached every corner of the be able to use these mediums Pradesh have been brought xpressing Punjab’s reserva- the forefront of ensuring food country. Today, a student sitting more effectively. back from different parts of the Etions, Punjab Chief security for the country, said that in the far corner of the coun- He also discussed exam country by special trains and Minister Capt Amarinder assured procurement at mini- try can also join the distin- and assessment challenges for buses and not even a single Singh on Monday urged the mum support price (MSP) by guished scholars of the coun- online education. person was made to suffer in Prime Minister Narendra Modi FCI in the notified markets, has try, this is a big opportunity. The Corona era has creat- other States in this hour of cri- to review the three recently played a key role in building up He also appreciated the ed new opportunities for online sis, Chief Minister Jai Ram issued Central Government buffer stocks and making the efforts being made by the education. Thakur said on ordinances related to the farm- country self-reliant. Monday. ing sector, in the interest of the Referring to the specific Addressing the virtual rally farmers, and taking into ordinances, the Chief Minister of BJP Seraj Mandal of Mandi account the spirit of ‘coopera- said that the Agriculture district through Video tive federalism’ which the let- Produce Marketing System in !2    Conferencing from Shimla, ter has always strongly cham- Punjab had stood the test of time Thakur said that he was pioned. and served the State and the delighted to interact with the Underlining the need for the country well over last 60 years. people of his vidhan sabha area Centre and States to work “A well-developed infrastructure (  ,  digitally, although it was not together to secure collective has been created in Punjab, possible to interact with them good of people of the country, both for open marketing and personally due to Covid-19. He who reside in the States, the storage of produce and seamless said that the people of Seraj Chief Minister has, in a letter to transportation of produce from   ! have contributed about 25 Modi, sought a reconsideration farm-gate to mandis and lakh towards HP SDMA of three ordinances — for per- godowns. The Government is in !    *3# 3  !    4     
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     has witnessed a total 21 deaths, are the contacts of previous pos-    4 7 screened for coronavirus by a and has the highest 633 posi- itive cases. team of doctors from the tive cases. Mohali had 11 fresh cases, special IndiGo flight Punjab Health Department.  ;7 wearing mask and Besides deaths, Amritsar including nine with travel history Afrom Dubai with 177 After their screening, the not following social also reported 20 fresh cases, of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and stranded Indians on board passengers were received by ndore administration is act- distance in the including 14 new cases of Mumbai, while Patiala added 10 landed at the Chandigarh respective state government Iing tough on the people industry. Influenza-like Illness (ILI), new cases, including three with International airport on representatives. who are flouting norms of Fine of 5,000 while four are the contacts of travel history of Delhi and Monday. The flight ''IGO They will be quarantined social distancing, not wearing on sales staff of positive cases, and two are the Rajasthan. 1428'' had 168 passengers as per government protocols, mask, spitting in public and country made “new cases” with no travel or Of the two cases reported from Punjab; two each from they said. opening shops without per- liquor shop abhi- contact history. from Pathankot, one has the Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, All logistic arrangements mission or beyond the per- lahsa nagar Among the fresh cases, travel history of Haryana, while Jammu and Kashmir and were made by the Chandigarh mitted time. harshwardhan food Ludhiana, for the second con- another is the self reported case Chandigarh; and one from airport as per the current On the instructions of industry laksh- secutive day, reported the high- with no travel or contact histo- Uttarakhand, airport officials guidelines for handling oper- Indore collector Manish mipuri ondoor lasu- est number of cases. Out of ry. said. ations during the Covid-19 Singh the Indore municipal dia mori sawaria total 33 cases, 22 are the con- A prisoner has been tested All passengers were pandemic. corporation is keeping a strict agarbatti palda. tacts of positive cases, four are positive in Kapurthala which vigil in the Indore city and on Besides, spot the new cases of Influenza-like reported two cases, with anoth- travel history of Delhi has been include 50 active cases. The the instructions of IMC com- fine of Rs 1500 was Illness (ILI), one of Severe er being a “new case”. tested positive. Gurdaspur also cases were reported from Bapu missioner Pratibha Pal all the imposed on Indian Acute Respiratory Illness Ropar has a new case with reported a positive case with Dham colony (BDC), Sector 52 checking team of IMC on coffee shop in (SARI), while six TB patients the travel history of Delhi. In travel history of Haryana, and Khuda Jassu village. Monday checked different Indore commis- were also tested positive for the Moga, a police official with a The “new cases”, with no “A 60 years old male was spots of Indore city sioner office travel or contact history, were admitted to GMSH-16 on June The team of IMC health premises. Rs 2500 spot fine    n rs 3000 on Madhya kanadia road bank of india reported from the districts of 12 as a case of hypertension with officer Vivek Gangrade on sky luxury construction Pradesh gramin vikas bank branch mahalakshmi nagar Faridkot (one), Hoshiarpur interstitial lung disease and imposed fine on the groom site      kanadia road d mart store were spot fined. (two), Ferozepur (two), Tarn serve acute respiratory infection Dharemendra Nirale who Taran (one), SBS Nagar (one), (SARI). He was diagnosed pos- was moving in the tavera car and Fatehgarh Sahib (one). itive for Covid-19 and died on with the marriage party for A health department official June 14,” stated Chandigarh which Rs 1100 fine was maintained that the new cases, Health Department’s evening imposed for not following without any known contact with bulletin. The deceased has four social distancing by the mar- a positive person, may be exam- family contacts and all of them riage party in the car and ples of community transfer. have been sampled, the bulletin another 1,000 fine was As per the health bulletin, stated. imposed for not wearing total 2,443 persons have recov- A 30 years old pregnant mask by the groom and mar- ered so far, while nine were on lady from Sector 52 is tested pos- riage party. oxygen support and only one itive. She has been diagnosed A total of 2,100 was person was critical. with Covid at Kharar hospital taken as spot fine from the and has seven family contacts. groom. Deputy commission- ONE DEATH, FIVE FRESH Her delivery is due next week, er Arun Sharma imposed a CASES IN CHANDIGARH it stated. fine of 1,000 on the sales- A 60-year-old man from A 65 years old female from man of foreign liquor shop Bapu Dham colony, who was BDC is also tested positive. She for not wearing mask in zone admitted at the Government has six family contacts and all of 19. Multi Specialty Hospital in them are sampled. Other posi- A fine of 5,000 each on Sector 16 has died of Covid-19. tive cases are of a 32 years old Vaikanteshan industries He is the city's sixth Covid-19 male and 32 years old female Babulal nagar and suresh fatality. from Khudda Jassu. Both are rel- rameshchandra firm babuna- Five fresh cases were also atives of an already positive gar and 2,100 on duniya reported in the city taking the case in the enterprises Babulal nagar as total number to 357 which village. their employees were not  /     !"#$#$  0  %     
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Saturday that troops of India pointed out that in the last one China’s nuclear arsenal has The decrease in the over- n the ongoing process to and China are “disengaging” year both the nations have gone up from 290 warheads in all numbers was largely due to Idefuse tension at the Line of in a phased manner from the increased their nuclear 2019 to 320 in 2020 while the dismantlement of retired Actual Control(LAC) in standoff areas along the bor- weapons stockpile. While India’s arsenal has gone up nuclear weapons by Russia and Eastern Ladakh, Brigadier der following the series of India’s arch rival Pakistan too from 130-140 warheads in the US which together possess and Colonel level officers of ground talks and lot of dis- has added to its strength, world 2019 to 150 in 2020. Pakistan’s over 90% of global nuclear bilities but in 2019 the US must join any future nuclear armament, arms control and India and China on Monday engagement has happened in over all the nuclear weapon- arsenal was estimated to be weapons. administration ended the prac- arms reduction talks, which non-proliferation programme. held talks at the LAC. The the Galwan river area. possessing nations also con- between 150-160 in 2019 and Observing that availability tice of publicly disclosing the China has categorically ruled Russia and the US have focus of the talks was to After the month-long tinued to modernize their has reached 160 in 2020. Both of reliable information on the size of the US stockpile, the out. already announced extensive resolve the ongoing stand-off standoff at several locations nuclear arsenal. China and Pakistan continue to status of the nuclear arsenals report stated. “The deadlock over New plans to replace and modern- in the Galwan area. The two on the border, at the Corps The annual report was have larger nuclear arsenals and capabilities of the nuclear- The US and Russia have START and the collapse of the ize their nuclear warheads and sides also reviewed the pace of Commanders level talks released on Monday. than India. armed states varies consider- reduced their nuclear arsenals 1987 Soviet–US Treaty on the delivery systems. “Both coun- mutual disengagement from between Lt General Harinder In its report, SIPRI also The nuclear arsenals of ably, the report said, “the gov- under the 2010 New Strategic Elimination of Intermediate- tries have also given new or other face-off sites, Singh and Major General Liu noted that as per numbers the nuclear-armed states other ernments of India and Pakistan Arms Reduction Treaty (New Range and Shorter-Range expanded roles to nuclear Giving details of the lat- Lin last week, both sides China and Pakistan have more than the US and Russia are make statements about some of START) but it will lapse in Missiles (INF Treaty) in 2019 weapons in their military plans est round of talks, sources mutually agreed on five loca- nuclear warheads than India. considerably smaller but all their missile tests but provide February 2021 unless both par- suggest that the era of bilater- and doctrines, which marks a said here the parleys took tions of conflict, Patrolling “China is in the middle of a sig- these states are either develop- little information about the ties agree to prolong it. al nuclear arms control agree- significant reversal of the post- place in the Galwan area and Point (PP) 14, 15, 17A, North nificant modernization of its ing or deploying new weapon status or size of their arsenals.” However, discussions to extend ments between Russia and the cold war trend towards the centred on de-escalation at bank of Pangong Tso and nuclear arsenal. It is develop- systems or have announced The US has disclosed New START or negotiate a new US might be coming to an end,” gradual marginalization of Patrolling Points (PP) 14 and Chushul. ing a so-called nuclear triad for their intention to do so, it important information about treaty made no progress with the report cited Shannon Kile, nuclear weapons,” the report 17A. They said ground level They also agreed on par- the first time, made up of new noted. its stockpile and nuclear capa- the US insistence that China Director of SIPRI’s nuclear dis- added. military talks have been going tial disengagement from some on regularly to resolve the of these places. standoffs and it is an incre- Officials said at Galwan mental process, sources stat- area limited “disengagement” -    ,.   %)/  ed. had commenced earlier and With both the countries such limited de-escalation at having announced their will- PP 15, 17A and Gogra areas graphical, historical and cultural but countries came under strain after defence minister said. map of the country laying claim over ingness to address the con- was agreed at the Corps    0   also spiritual. India can never forget Singh inaugurated a 80-km-long Singh, however, reiterated India''s the strategically key areas, more than frontations through diplo- Commander level. this reality and Indians can never have strategically-crucial road connecting stand that the 80-km road had been six months after India published a new matic and military talks, at It was also learnt that in efence Minister Rajnath Singh on any bitterness towards Nepal, the the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in built in Indian territory, while map in November. least five rounds of talks took all areas except the Finger 4 DMonday cited India’s roti-beti defence minister added. Uttarakhand on May 8. acknowledging that this had caused At pains to highlight the deep ties place in the last few days. area of Pangong Tso are see- (livelihood and marriage) relation "Our relations are not only of this Nepal’s Parliament had on some misunderstanding in Nepal. between the two countries, the defence They included Major General ing some disengagement and with Nepal to iron out differences but world, but also of the ''other world'' and Saturday unanimously voted to amend The road will shorten the duration minister spoke about the valour of the level talks, of which two can be resolved at the local at the same time asserted that the they cannot be changed even if some- the Constitution to update the coun- of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage Gorkha regiment, whose soldiers are rounds were held last week level. Pangong Tso remains a Lipulekh-Dharchula road falls very one wishes so," he said at a BJP’s vir- try''s new political map, laying claim by six days, according to Singh. mostly drawn from Nepal, and noted after the Corps Commander major area of concern where much in India. tual rally for Uttarakhand, the state in over three strategically key areas, Nepal had reacted sharply to the that its battle cry is "Maha Kali, Aayo level talks on June 6. There the Chinese troops have Conveying the Modi whose border region the road has been including Lipulekh, along the border inauguration of the road, claiming that Gorkhali" (Goddess Kali, Gorkhas have also been a series of talks moved up to Finger 4 area Government’s willingness to sort out built. with India. it passed through Nepalese territory. are here). at the Brigadier and Colonel and dug in in Indian territo- the "misunderstanding" with the "These are no ordinary ties and we "If the Lipulekh-Dharchula road India rejected the claim asserting that "How can the India-Nepal rela- level. Officials also said the ry. The next round of Corps neighbouring country through dia- are bound by ''roti'' and ''beti'' (liveli- has given rise to some misunder- the road lies completely within its ter- tions be broken?" he asked. "No mat- limited “disengagement” Commander level talks have logue, Singh stressed on the centuries- hood and marriage). No power in the standing among the people of Nepal, ritory. ter how much fencing one does across agreed between both sides not been decided yet where old ties between the two counties, not- world can break it," Singh said. I believe we can sit together to address Nepal had last month released the Dharchula, these ties cannot be ended," earlier is work in progress and this issue will come up, they ing that they were not only social, geo- The bilateral ties between the two it. We can do it through dialogue," the revised political and administrative he said. is underway. said. 4)
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The second vic- the airport itself. ,  he “Selfish Giant” who returned to tim however survived the attack and senior Minister in Mamata “The infected persons who Thaunt a North Kolkata locality after currently battling for his life in a ABanerjee’s Cabinet has belong to East Midnapore dis- he death toll due to covid- he threw off two toddlers from fourth Kolkata hospital. accused the Union Government trict are irresponsible but what Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh reported 246 T19 in Tamil Nadu touched floor balcony has confessed to the Gupta a real estate broker with a and a private airlines of crimi- about the Airlines and the new coronavirus cases till 9 am on Monday, 479 with 44 persons succumb- police that he was irritated by the din small transport business is known have nal negligence in letting two Ministry who put at risk the taking the state's total tally to 5,086 and active ing to the pandemic on the little ones created while playing in told the police that he could not toler- corona infected passengers to fly safety of so many passengers cases to 2,231, the state Nodal Officer said. Monday, according to the med- front of his door. ate the din created by the children even in from Chennai to Kolkata. who travelled with them on the With 2 more corona deaths in the 24 hours ical bulletin issued by the State The heart-curdling incident took as they played around. Bengal Minister Subhendu said day?” the Minister asked. till 9 am on Monday, the total death toll Government. failure the guidelines issued by place on Sunday in the Burrabazar area He had repeatedly warned their par- Adhikary on Monday said that Meanwhile, the Bengal BJP climbed to 86. One death was reported in This is the highest number the Government, viz, wearing of Kolkata where a characteristically ents and even had picked up altercations a person called Indrajit Dolui on Monday staged rallies at Kurnool district and another in Anantapur dis- of deaths recorded on a single face masks and maintaining angry man Shiv Kumar Gupta threw with them. who tested positive for the virus various points of Kolkata trict. day since the pandemic broke social distancing. “The gov- two-year-old Shivam off the fourth floor “He always complained about the along with an acquaintance was protesting against the lack- On Monday, Andhra Pradesh's mortality out early this year. The State ernment is doing everything at common balcony that led to his and his children playing at the balcony. He allowed to travel in a private air- adaisical approach of the State rate dipped to 1.33 per cent from 1.43 per cent also saw 1,843 persons testing its disposal and going the extra neighbours’ doors while the toddler was would shout whenever a ball entered his lines to Kolkata compromising Government in tackling the earlier on. As per data released on Monday, positive for coronavirus on steps to control the pandemic. playing with his sister and elder broth- room. But we thought that he was an a number of other passengers Corona cases. “Already we have Andhra Pradesh holds 9th position on this Monday taking the total num- Tamil Nadu has tested a total er Vishal, who is about 5-year-old. intolerant eccentric and ignored him. safety. crossed 10,000 mark and the count among the Indian states. India's mor- ber of cases tested positive till of 7.29 lakh persons till date for The accused confessed to the police But we could not think in wildest of our “The swab of this man and number of infected patients are tality rate was 2.86 per cent on Monday. date in the State to 46,504. the pandemic. On Monday that he was a habitual boozer and could dreams that he would do this to the lit- his acquaintance was collected increasing by the hour… where- As many as 47 more patients were dis- The bulletin said a total of more than 18,000 persons were not control his anger when he was tle children,” a neighbor said adding the on June 12 where after the as the Government seems to be charged from hospitals on Monday, taking the 25,344 patients have been tested all over the State, said the drunk. He reportedly confessed that the parents were forced to let the youngsters reports came out three days sleeping,” said BJP leader Locket state tally to 2,770. The state tested 15,633 sam- cured of the disease and dis- minister. children were first lured with some play in the balcony as they were afraid later. Both of them tested posi- Chatterjee. ples on Sunday, and 15,173 in 24 hours till 9 charged from hospitals across Out of the 44 who breathed chana choor (dry snacks) before he of their getting infected with corona if tive. In spite of that they pur- Elsewhere, the Eastern am on Monday, the officer said. the State and this has brought their last on Monday, 11 died caught Shivam, the youngest one and they were sent to play in the chased tickets of a Kolkata Railways have started conduct- Monday also witnessed an increase in down the number of active without comorbid conditions threw him off the balcony. The victim parks. bound flight and travelled back ing feasibility study of starting corona cases among returnees from other coronavirus patients in the while the remaining 33 had co- died instantly. Meanwhile the man who was arrest- to this city,” Adhikary alleged suburban train service in and states -- 1,159 cases compared with Sunday's State to 20,678. morbid issues (they were suf- The victim’s sister however managed ed on Sunday was remanded to 14-days’ saying “this is the instance of around Kolkata. The reports 1,107 cases. As many as 22 persons in this cat- Addressing the media, fering from serious ailments to wriggle out of Gupta’s clasp and ran judicial custody, sources said adding he utmost and criminal negligence would be submitted before the egory were discharged from hospitals. Health Minister Dr C Vijaya like Diabetes/Miletus, kidney to safety before calling in her parents has been charged with Section 302 not only on the part of the authorities in a week’s time, Among foreign returnees, 6 new cases Baskar pleaded with the people related diseases and hyperten- and the neighbours. (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) Airlines but also the Civil sources said adding decisions were detected, taking the total to 210 and active in the State to observe without sion, said the bulletin. Meanwhile, eliminating the tot of the Indian Penal Code. Aviation Ministry,” which would be taken thereafter. cases to 187 on Monday. IANS 0+1   8
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But Inspector skeletal services on their Government. seeking inputs from the investors to Ayyal Raju of Subramanyapuram Police Station respective main suburban lines, Both the Railways – as he administration of the Union establish private colleges and universi- in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district was in for a sur- while the CR operated services also the state government-- TTerritory of Jammu & Kashmir is ties and to explore opportunities to prise when he came across a person who ‘robbed on the Harbour line to cater to will ensure multiple rounds of keen on inviting private investors to attract private investors for the same. people to preach Paul’. the essential category employ- checking to ensure only essen- invest in the education sector through The meeting was convened to discuss The person arrested turned out to be Vijayan ees of the Maharashtra tial workers board these trains. Education Investment Policy-2020 (EIP- implementation of EIP-2020 with sev- Samuel, a pastor who was into full time evange- Government. The state government will 2020). eral private stakeholders. lisation and proselytization in Madurai city and The Western and Central have to ensure all those allowed Chairing a high level meeting on The meeting was attended by suburbs. He was having plentiful harvests as there Railway resumed their ser- to travel are done so after Monday, Principal Secretary, School Commissioner Secretary Higher was no dearth of souls in the region. But ‘Paul’ vices in the wake of repeated ensuring that they are med- Education Department, Dr Asgar Education, Talat Parvez Rohella; smelt rat somewhere along Samuel’s harvesting and requests by Maharashtra Chief ically fit and do not come Hassan Samoon said the government is Directors of School Education the pastor is cooling his heels in the Minister Uddhav Thackeray from a containment zone. committed to facilitate private players Jammu/Kashmir and Chairperson J&K Thirumangalam prison since Saturday. Samuel was who felt that the resumption of To allow adequate social to further improve the education sce- Board of School Education, Veena the rising star among all the evangelists working suburban train services for the distancing in the coaches, nario in the region. Pandita via video conferencing. Mission in Madurai as he preached, prayed and prosely- ongoing unlocking process. unlike its seating capacity to While welcoming investment in Director, Skill Development tised all across the city. Luck ran out on Saturday The Western and Central accommodate about 1,200 per- the education sector, Dr Samoon said Department, besides several private morning when his scooty developed an engine Railways together started 440 hrs and 23.30 hrs. The sengers/public and will be sons, only about 700 com- that the government is committed and stakeholders also attended the meeting. trouble. Anxious to reach the prayer meeting in services. Maharashtra government will strictly for those engaged in muters shall be allowed per wants to create a conducive atmosphere The meeting also discussed various time, Samuel took the two-wheeler to a roadside While the Western Railway be the nodal authority for this essential services only. train. for creation of a state-of-art education- suggestions from the prospective garage.The mechanic in charge of the workshop is 60 pairs of its 12 car subur- purpose. Travelling authority will Further the state govern- al ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir by investors and it was informed that in this who attended to the complaint identified the vehi- ban services - total 120 - in Approximately 1.25 lakh be applicable as per normal ment has been advised to stag- fostering the spirit of creativity and nur- regard an empowered ‘Single Window cle which belonged to one of his regular customers. both direction between employees of essential services procedure over WR and CR ger the timings of its offices for turing a culture of scientific temper and Clearance Body’ would be made oper- He rang up the owner of the vehicle to check Churchgate and Dahanu Road, of state government are expect- and certain booking windows workers coming from different critical thinking. ational soon for granting time bound whether the latter had disposed off the vehicle. The the Central Railway is running ed to commute by these special will be opened for the same. areas to ensure there is no Maintaining that there is scope for approvals and clearances for setting up real owner told him that his two-wheeler has been 100 services on either side on limited services. During nor- The Railway workman spe- crowding at the stations and the establishment of private universities of new private schools/ residential missing for the last two days. As Samuel left for its Main line – from mal times, more than eight mil- cial trains will continue to run inside the trains. in J&K, Dr Samoon said there is a need schools / colleges/technical education the prayer meeting, the mechanic alerted the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj lion commute daily on the and the RPF will be deployed The WR and CR to attract the investors for the estab- institutes/ universities etc. On the occa- Subramaniapuram Police Station. A team under Terminus (CSMT) to Thane, suburban networks of both at various stations. spokespersons have requested lishment of these private universities. sion, the private investors also gave their Ayyal Raju reached the garage and waited for the Kalyan, Karjat and Kasara and the railways every day. According to the the state government employ- Large number of students study outside inputs and suggested several measures arrival of Samuel. By this time the original owner 70 services on either sides of The Western and Central spokespersons of the two rail- ees not to rush to the stations Jammu & Kashmir in the absence of to raise the educational standards in J&K too had come to the workshop. When Samuel Harbour line – CSMT to Panvel Railways have stated these spe- ways, entry will be given at sta- but follow medical and social professional colleges and other infra- while maintaining that they are ready to turned up, he was taken into custody by the police. The WR and CR will oper- cial suburban services. These tions through ID cards of protocols as mandated for structure support. invest in the education sector through The Pastor did not object but went on delivering ate their services between 05.30 services are not for general pas- employees but later the state Covid-19. According to official sources, the EIP-2020. the message of St Mathews to the cops. "   
"       9 ##6 temple complex. they had in their were facing miseries and strug- But ever since nationwide pocket they had gling to cope up. Without earn- F" ithun Kumar, a Mehndi lock down started in the last spent the same to ing a single penny only we know Martist from Bhagalpur dis- week of March 2020, these sustain them- how we have managed to sur- trict of Bihar has made Jammu, shopkeepers and daily wage selves. Now they vive during these tough times “.  popularly known as 'city of earners have been struggling to are struggling to “No one from the government temples', his second home for cope up and sustain them- survive. We are came to inquire about our Agra: The number of Covid-19 the last 17 years. He is current- selves. out of work for plight”. patients rose to 1,035 in Agra ly running a designer 'Mehndi' Last week, when the centre about three Pawan Kumar, President of with 15 new cases reported till shop outside the Bahu Fort Government circulated stan- months now. the Bahu Fort shopkeepers asso- Monday morning. One more premises. A famous 'kali' mata dard operating procedures How do we sur- ciation is lending a helping person died due to the disease temple is located inside the ahead of reopening of religious vive in future we hand to large number of beg- taking the death toll to 62, fort. places from June 8, hopes of really don't know”. gars, destitute staying in the area health officials said. Before the lockdown start- Mithun Kumar and others were When asked since lock down. District Magistrate P.N. ed, Mithun used to earn at-least raised but the local authorities why he didn't +  ,       +  * #,  
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He said, no one has gone up, as villages were Along with Mithu, more Mithun Kumar said, “it is high here, how do we leave this ment to provide them some beneficiaries as we were listed as ,”before Navratra festival start- approached us during the lock reporting new cases each day, than 200 other shopkeepers, time the Government should place and go back to our village. help. outsiders”. He claimed, “we sur- ed we have to shut down our down period.All the shopkeep- after the return of migrant selling pooja material, sweets allow them to reopen their We have nothing left behind”. Talking about hardships vived on help from each other shops due to outbreak of Covid- ers in the area are suffering in workers. Agra now has 43 con- and snacks were dependent on shops so that they can survive”. “Even if we go back, how will we they faced during the lock down in the market area during these 19”. the absence of reopening of reli- tainment zones in urban areas pilgrims/tourists visiting the He said, “whatever savings survive even there. There are no period, Mithun Kumar told tough times. “For over two months we gious places . and 27 in rural areas. IANS     !"#$#$  3 7)$2$%''7!" !*=  <   *= = &,.=%>&!!%) R              *        ,             +  * 2      3   " ! "  !"     .                     "O& "!  +       .   $   +    *  S       +S              S            S          (  ,     3 S  (                     ,                      +      . 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These amend- 0   S                 89:= ments, which were carried out by the     868: - #       +       Provisional Parliament, were meant to overcome judicial verdicts that struck      4            3    (  down laws that affected the Press and  3  # 4 3    3         individual freedom.  "      S             ( The statement of Objects and Reasons appended to the First   4                     Amendment Act said that certain dif-                      ficulties had cropped up in the work- It is indeed a fascinating restrictions imposed on the “reasonable” or not. unconstitutional legislation  89     4    +         ing of the Constitution because of story with many sub-plots such freedom of speech and expres- Former President Rajendra when he is under oath to “pre- judicial decisions, especially with as the debate over “reasonable sion in the name of “public Prasad, Syama Prasad serve, protect and defend” the $      /      S     regard to the fundamental rights. The restrictions.” Nehru wanted to order”, “friendly relations with Mukherjee, Acharya Kripalani, Constitution.       <=89   +           citizen’s right to freedom of speech and impose “restrictions” on free- foreign states” and “incitement HN Kunzru and many other The First Amendment also     2  4  , *        ( expression, guaranteed under Article dom of speech and expression to an offence.” Senior parlia- leading parliamentarians ques- introduced Article 31(B), to 19(1)(a), “had been held by some in the light of some cases per- mentarians, including mem- tioned Nehru’s intentions and add the Ninth Schedule, which                 + ( courts to be so comprehensive as not taining to the media. In Romesh bers of the Congress, wanted warned him about the danger- the author describes as a   +          3 to render a person culpable even if he Thappar vs the State of Madras, the restrictions to be circum- ous precedent he was creating. “Constitutional vault,” to bar ,             .   advocates murder and other crimes of the Supreme Court had held in scribed by the word “reason- But Nehru was adamant — the judicial review of laws placed in violence.” Therefore, restrictions were May 1950 that a Madras State able.” Nehru did not like it one judiciary and the Press had to the schedule. Syama Prasad               5       * sought to be fortified in the name of law barring entry and circula- bit. In the midst of the raging be reined in. The leaders felt Mukherjee warned Nehru          +S           “public order”, “friendly relations tion of the petitioner’s magazine, controversy, he wrote to TT that the Constitution should, if against creating such a prece-                  7   *  ( with foreign states” and “incitement Crossroads, on the ground that Krishnamachari, Congress necessary, be amended after the dent and said, “any nonsensi-  @              (   to an offence.” it disturbed “public order” was leader and MP, and confessed first general election and the cal law can be put there” and There is much debate on the use unconstitutional as the that he did not like the word constitution of the two Houses placed beyond judicial review.    (    ,   ! +  -  +S  (  ( and misuse of the sedition law these Constitution did not provide for “reasonable” before “restric- — the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sure enough, Nehru’s daughter,                     days but what is not well known is that it. Further, it said, “liberty of cir- tions” because it would be an Sabha. They argued that a sin- former Prime Minister Indira              "      ( one of the purposes of Nehru’s First culation is as essential to that invitation for every such case to gle chamber, the Provisional Gandhi, misused this provision Amendment was to fortify Section 124 freedom (of propagation of go to the courts. Parliament, was not competent on many occasions.            ,   *       " ( A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) ideas) as that of the publication.” However, eventually, he to amend the Constitution Tripurdaman Singh calls                    5  under which the charge of sedition is In Brij Bhushan vs the State of yielded when he found that when Article 368 prescribed the Ninth Schedule “constitu-            *     ( pinned on individuals for speaking or Delhi (the Organiser case), the there were many in the the procedure to be followed by tional skulduggery” and says it writing against the State. magazine was subjected to pre- Congress Parliamentary Party the two Houses. granted constitutional protec-   +   7S        * $  A *$B Credit goes to Tripurdaman censorship because the then (CPP) who disagreed with him. During the debate, tion to the Constitution’s                        $  5  Singh, a post-doctoral fellow at the Nehru Government did not In fact, as the author notes, 77 Kameshwar Singh accused abusers. All the evidence he $ 4  P$ Q  5 4  +        Institute of Commonwealth Studies, like what it was saying about MPs wrote to him asking for a Nehru of “sowing the seed of gathers compels the author to University of London, for throwing Pakistan. The magazine chal- free vote on the First executive despotism.” Syama deliver a harsh indictment. He                       light on the politics surrounding this lenged the order and the Amendment. That was when Prasad Mukherjee had said says, “In the reckless, impetu- >  *                 #     event in his exceptionally readable Supreme Court held that pre- Nehru realised that the game that Nehru was “disfiguring” ous bid to establish the  *                   book, Sixteen Stormy Days — The censorship violated Article was up and he gave in to the the Constitution by bringing in Government’s supremacy and Story of the First Amendment to the 19(1)(a). In Master Tara Singh’s popular demand to make the “public order” as a restriction. open the constitutional doors +     ,       +       Constitution of India, published by case, the East Punjab High restrictions “reasonable.” He said, “It is the beginning of to the Congress’ social revolu-       *            $  Penguin. Court had held that Section Thanks to Syama Prasad the encroachment of liberty of tion…all caution had been    +               The First Amendment needs to be 124(A) (sedition) and Section Mukherjee, Acharya Kripalani the people of free India.” His thrown to the wind. The cre- remembered for many things, includ- 153(A) of the IPC were violative and other stalwarts in the words have proved to be ation of the Nehruvian State             -  7 9=         ing the first major clash between the of the fundamental rights guar- Congress, the Supreme Court prophetic. demanded constitutional    A0+B      * ,            President and the Prime Minister; the anteed under Article 19. has had the constitutional man- The President repeatedly blood — and the Prime       S        *    introduction of “reasonable restric- Nehru felt frustrated by date over the last seven decades clashed with Nehru on the lat- Minister and his acolytes were tions” in Article 19(2) in the these judicial pronouncements to examine whether the laws ter’s proposals and even asked willing to spill it...”                      Constitution; and the idea of placing and wanted to remedy the sit- made by Parliament and the senior Congress leader, Alladi (The writer is an author spe-     )                * legislation in the Ninth Schedule so as uation via the First State legislatures, imposing Krishnaswamy Aiyyar, whether cialising in democracy studies.            to insulate them from judicial review. 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It would reduce the cost of mon- mandatory water harvesting. crore citizens by the Government is an     >             However, it is not clear how these measures are 47;68A itoring as it is easier to monitor employ- In 2015, the society became the first unachievable goal.              going to be monitored. The MHA has issued penal- ? 46 ers rather than employees and may residential society in Bengaluru to apply It is true that law enforcement agen-      +  @          ty provisions to hold any person violating these mea- &;7# ;7 increase compliance at the end. to the KSPCB to recharge the groundwa- cies like the police are keeping a watch on         sures liable under the Disaster Management Act, &;7#  In the case of leather exports, the ter table. The society has also installed a citizens in many cities and imposing fines 2005. Nevertheless, there is no reliable mechanism Government took a few additional mea- Sewage Treatment Plant to comply with if they are found violating social distanc- 7 2 E +             to spot violations and ensure compliance. In the case ? 6 ;* sures and with the help of the Central the KSPCB’s discharge norms, although ing norms. But this is not very effective      ,           of offices, employers have been entrusted with the 4;B7# Leather Research Institute (CLRI), small it is yet to comply with it fully. Through as they cannot monitor everyone, always.             *    ) responsibility of ensuring installation of the Aarogya # A#; ;7 tanneries were imparted technical know- the peer monitoring system, the society For instance, people would reposition            7  Setu app by all employees. This measure has drawn ;A  how and guidance to use the approved ensured compliance within and upheld its themselves as and when the police patrol                 a lot of flak as the responsibility has been shifted ? 6 ;% chemicals. Plus, the chemical and dye responsibility to obey Government rules. vehicle approaches the shopping centres,    +             ( to a non-State actor who might find it difficult to    67 manufacturers were encouraged to inno- The two cases discussed above show only to huddle back when it leaves. It         ensure compliance with the SOPs. People are ques- ;6#; ;7 vate and make approved dyes, which they that citizens or stakeholders have to should be the responsibility of the mar- +             ( tioning the fairness of this move.   B 6 ?* did. In this whole exercise, compliance was share the responsibility of compliance with ket associations to maintain social distanc-      <;   +          To address this question, let us go back in time. &  not State-driven. any Government regulation. It is impos- ing norms. They should develop rules by         ,            In the 1990s, the Indian leather industry was hit after 4;B7# Meenu Tewari and Poonam Pillai in sible for the Government to ensure full which they can impose fines on shopkeep- Germany banned two commonly-used chemicals, their research paper, Global standards and acquiescence due to the prohibitive mon- ers who fail to enforce the norms among      +S   88      ( pentachlorophenol (PCP) and Azo dyes. At that time # ? ; the dynamics of environmental compliance itoring cost if stakeholders are many and customers. If every shopkeeper does so,  +              + ( the leather industry was the fourth-largest foreign #; ;7 in India’s leather industry, published in segregated. then customers would also appreciate it S      S  %      exchange earner for India and Germany was the    B 6 % Oxford Development Studies in 2005 Conformity is plausible only when cit- and fall in line. The police may in turn 7           largest export market. PCP and Azo dyes were wide-   argued that the Government engendered izens take the responsibility of peer mon- hold the association responsible for the       (  #      ly used in the tanning and dyeing of leather as they ;6 ;6 7 a process of negotiated collective action, itoring within a group by setting up a for- enforcement of rules and sanction those                    were cheap and easy to produce. Banning the use 7;8# taking into account the exporters, firms mal or informal institution. The who fail to maintain order. +                of these chemicals was ineffective from the point ;&;# ?? ; across the value chain, business associa- Government may monitor only the insti- This does not suggest that the                of view of compliance as nearly 75 per cent of India’s  ;## ?? ; tions, research and development institutes tution, which in turn would monitor the Government remains passive about com-               tanneries were small in scale. The banned chemi- and regional environmental agencies. individuals. If the Government attempts pliance with norms. It should facilitate the          cals could have always entered the value chain The conformity was based on a peer-mon- to monitor each individual, then it would process to make offices, business or citi- through spatially-fragmented upstream processes. itoring system; hence the Government was encounter the problem of omission and zens’ associations responsible. It should 7              30 However, if these chemicals were not checked, then not overburdened with the cost of com- commission. provide more timely and clear informa- *  %        *7F+(89    the products sent to Germany would have got reject- pliance. The resultant acquiescence was Hence, if the Government has tion to avoid the spread of the disease. The 5 G=  2 E -          ed after testing and exports would have incurred widespread even among the small firms entrusted the employers to ensure that the Government should counsel and train        )      huge losses. This would have impacted the liveli- that were difficult to monitor. employees download the Aarogya Setu offices and associations on the formation                   hood of thousands of informal workers in tanner- Let us consider another, more recent app, then it is a rational policy decision. of local institutions.           )     H ies. case. This is the success story of a society Thus, the cost of monitoring would get The most important element of a local #              This situation is very similar to the present one, in peri-urban Bengaluru in complying internalised by employers, in whose inter- institution is provision of penalty for not .             %   where it is very difficult to ensure compliance and with improved water management prac- est the lockdown was relaxed. The offices conforming. This would develop trust      +            non-compliance would cause loss of life and liveli- tices and the Karnataka State Pollution should be held responsible to implement between the implementing authorities and             0    hoods. However, the Government of that time han- Control Board’s (KSPCB) zero liquid the SOPs and the offices that are not fol- other stakeholders and further between dled the situation deftly. It bought time from discharge norms. A residential society, lowing the rules should be penalised for the authorities and the Government.      S         Germany to reorganise the process and initiated Rainbow Drive on Sarjapur road made their failure to do so. Compliance can only be co-produced by       A    %  B    technology transfer from Germany for testing of fin- constant efforts to build institutions at the However, it is imperative to build con- both the Government and citizens            ( ished leather goods. It also banned production of level of the society for sustainable water fidence that the data will not be misused. through development of trust between            -        ( the prohibited chemicals and dyes. It was easier to management and finally comply with State The trust and confidence between the them. It cannot be produced by only one                  3 monitor the chemical producers as 60 per cent of norms. Government and its citizens is the key to of them.            the industry’s output was coming from large firms Without sustainable water manage- success in the war against the Coronavirus. (The writer is Associate Professor, A    B and 40 per cent from small and medium firms. Thus, ment practices, the society would have The citizens or stakeholders should form Institute of Rural Management, Anand. The the input producers became enforcers of the ban. encountered a major water crisis in the local institutions within their group to views expressed are personal) 8                        E           

courses in a post-Covid world, as same during his conversations with Model by Daniel Bell captures this of dynastic fall. The political elite have question of succession. In the present the countries. many experts are putting it. party officials. economic transformation in the last both the knowledge and resources to situation, it remains unclear who will By unapologetically absolving Across the globe, mistrust among The book titled, Comprehensive four decades. Once a “secluded challenge the system. In the name of succeed the current presidency in itself from the responsibility of the allies is high, cooperation remains Mirror in Aid of Governance, was empire”, China is now the world’s promoting the “rule of law”, since China. Most certainly, the way they outbreak and increasing the military non-existent and many countries published in 1084 and was edited by largest exporter and second-largest 2012 the Communist Party of China handle this subject shall be a “posi- build-up across the Indian border and seem inclined to go their own nation- Sima Guang. He was a Chinese his- destination for Foreign Direct (CPC) leadership has been running tive indicator” regarding the future the South China Sea, China seems to alist way. While the nature of the pan- torian, an intellectual and politician Investment (FDI). Given the context, an “anti-graft campaign” targetting political landscape of China. be shifting to “more assertive politics.” demic is certainly global, the fight in the Northern Song dynasty. The the book that Mao cherished holds high-level party and military officials, The pandemic, the ongoing This not only limits the Chinese “soft  9 9:8  8 (8 5 against the crisis is being fought on book was an insightful account on some key lessons for the present rul- some business and State-owned US-China trade war and the playing power” appeal and its gains from sus- several loosely-tied and fragmented Chinese history and lessons on gov- ing establishment in China. The enterprises (SOEs) heads on account up of “hegemonic politics” around the tained economic growth, but proves n international politics, one has to unilateral fronts. ernance from great Chinese emper- first lesson being that no dynasty can of corruption. crisis is weakening the foundations to be a “judgment in a hurry” by the be watchful about learning lessons I gather this argument from ors. Mao’s obsession with the book rule forever. The once-powerful Tang The campaign has found over 1.5 of global humanitarian relief works Chinese leadership which is failing to Ifrom history. Else, in the words of some classical readings into the was primarily cultivated by the core regime in China (618-987) had to million Government officials guilty and the role of key international agen- learn lessons from its own past and Winston Churchill, “Those who fail “practices and policies” pursued by challenge, which many rulers face in come to an end after 289 years. of a variety of corruption-related cies. At the time, when the idea of is drawing global attention on bleak to learn from history are condemned the supreme Chinese leadership in history: How to stay in power? Nevertheless, while the “right to be charges, also drawing political ben- “developmental partnership” as diplomatic moves. to repeat it.” This applies to China the past, led by Chairman Mao. Contemporary China is very ruled” simply rests with Chinese cit- efit for the presidency but dissuading pushed forward by Prime Minister From AB Vajpayee’s visit to more than ever as it is responding to This is well explained in The China different from the ancient one. It is izens, history does hold some lessons a large section of political elite in Narendra Modi in relation to China China in 1979 to the Chennai infor- global criticism over the pandemic Questions. Basically, in 1912, a young no more a traditional agrarian, social for them on the subject. The erosion China. was gathering acceptance and the mal summit in 2019 under Modi, the with aggressive posturing; by precip- Mao was gifted a book by his teacher economy and is a well-developed of the long-practised system of “col- The third lesson holds the view “Wuhan Spirit” was positively reshap- series of Chinese endeavours at the itating a deeper crisis in Hong Kong that became the “guiding thought” for modern State with “high economic lective leadership” and “power con- that emperors who designate loyal ing bilateral discourse, the present border does nothing except “raising and a stand-off with India at the bor- his life and politics. From the Long prowess” backed by big urban centres, solidation” in present-day China, and competent successors are likely stand-off on the border and frequent the trust deficit” in India-China der. The same logic applies to the March in 1934 to his guerrilla war high production and manufacturing does face harder times to come. to be successful. In Indian history, cases of Chinese incursions across the relations. contemporary global politics amid days in Yanan, Mao kept the book by bases, rapid connectivity and a grow- The second lesson states that elite too, many conflicts arose as incum- Line of Actual Control are severely (The writer is Assistant Professor, the outbreak and its reshaping dis- his side and frequently referred to the ing knowledge economy. The China rebellion is the most important cause bent rulers failed to address the affecting mutual ties between both Deshbandhu College, DU.)     !"#$#$  + 


 

  
 



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digits at 11.91 per cent, against sources and industrial estab-
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Moreover, even if   collected by the Govt at the cent as compared to its provi- rates and the actual market stood at 11,571 per square buyers somehow purchased retail level, which was released sional levels of 1 per cent report- prices of property in the major foot in 2015 and currently, it is property below the circle rates, rices in the wholesale mar- last week, showed a year-on- ed on April 14, 2020, the min- cities has declined over the past 15,143 per square foot, an they will bear an additional tax Pket fell to a 4.5-year low level year rise in food inflation at istry said. ICRA Principal few years, according to a report increase of over 31% in 5 years. burden as the difference in May, recording a deflation of 9.28 per cent in May, led by Economist Aditi Nayar said, by Anarock Property The market value of property between two rates is taxable, 3.21 per cent, due to sharp pulses, meat and fish, and oils while the rise in prices of some Consultants.The report showed during this period increased both in the hands of the buyer decline in fuel and power items and fats. In fuel and power bas- commodities like crude oil, may that over the past five years, the only 6%, from 16,300 per and seller. even as food articles turned ket, deflation stood at 19.83 per arrest the fall in the WPI going rise in circle rates have been square foot in 2015 to 17,280 “Reducing RR rates would expensive. The Wholesale Price cent in May, as against 10.12 ahead, easing food price pressure much more than the growth in per square foot. reduce stamp duty on proper- Index has hit its lowest level per cent in the previous month. portend a welcome moderation market price of properties. Dwarka Expressway in ty purchase, thereby boosting since November 2015, when Manufactured products in retail food inflation. It noted that from a more Gurugram saw circle rates rise buyer demand and also pro- deflation was 3.7 per cent. too witnessed deflation of 0.42 The minutes of the than 100% difference between by 43 per cent in the last four viding relief to developers as “The annual rate of infla- per cent during the month. Monetary Policy Committee’s the two rates in certain areas in years, from Rs 2,900 per square the multiple premiums they tion, based on monthly WPI, Due to the nationwide last meeting revealed a con- Mumbai, Pune, Gurugram and foot in 2016 to nearly Rs 4,133 pay to the state governments stood at (-3.21 per cent) (pro- lockdown imposed on March siderable degree of alarm from others in 2015, some localities per square foot in 2020. are linked to the RR rates,” Puri visional) for the month of May, 25, the ministry had released some of its members, she said. now show a mere 6 % variation. However, market values in this said. The report noted that the 2020 as compared to 2.79 per truncated WPI inflation data “Accordingly, we expect Ready reckoner rates, also period increased only by 10 per major advantage of this cent during the corresponding for the month of April, with fig- the MPC to continue to priori- known as circle rates or guid- cent, showed the report. Other reduced gap is that it discour- month of the previous year,” the ures of food, primary articles tise alleviating the pain caused ance values, are the minimum cities show some equally inter- ages ‘black money’ transac- Commerce and Industry and fuel and power. by the fall in economic activity, values set by a State Govt esting trends, it said. tions. The primary sales mar- Ministry said on Monday. However, it has advised its over management of inflation below which a property cannot Anuj Puri, Chairman of ket in tier-I cities currently However, inflation in food field offices to collect price data that will almost certainly turn be registered.Each area within Anarock Property Consultants, offers limited scope for unac- articles during May stood at through electronic means and out to be moderate in the near a city has its own RR rate on said: “The gap between market counted cash infusions because 1.13 per cent, as against 2.55 the final index for the month term. Therefore, we expect which stamp duty is calculat- values and RR/circle rates in of the minimal gap between the per cent in April. would be released next month. another 25 bps cut in the repo ed. In the last 4-5 years, most many areas is as low as 6-7 per state-notified circle rates and WPI inflation in pulses “Price data is collected rate, whenever the MPC choos- state authorities regularly cent, equal or even negative.” the market value quoted by continued to remain in double from selected institutional es to meet next,” Nayar said. increased the circle rates in He said that registering a developers in such regions.       $+    9     4+ ,   2   
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As per a study, worldwide 80 per- flight response by inducing the secretion cent of the COVID-19 cases show mild symptoms. of cortisol hormone into the blood stream, Attack on brain which in turn effects physical, mental, and All serious viral respiratory illnesses may be complicated emotional wellbeing if not handled prop- with neurological complication. erly. In long term it acts as a factor for There are three ways in which COVID-19 may impact the weight gain, as cortisol is also a significant brain: appetite stimulant, hence we are always  Direct involvement of the brain or vessels or nerves by the looking out for food. virus. For example Loss of smell is a very prominent feature The body is currently working under of COVID-19 infection which can be the beginning of man- emotional response system, which triggers ifestation of COVID-19. f we talk about pre-COVID-19 The concept of blood donation our brain to eliminate the disturbance  Immunological damage to the brain or nerve phase, there is a huge gap is wide, it is not merely limited to the caused due to stress and anxiety, hence  Involvement of the brain by the systematic factor. Eg sep- Ibetween demand and supply of units of blood, it is more about the &P "     going for some amount of emotional eat- sis, metabolic disturbances including low oxygen or high car- blood in our country. One need to components of blood needed for dif- ing is okay, after-all they are called com- bon dioxide. understand that blood donation is a ferent diseases:- fort foods for a reason. In case eating is Serious manifestation of brain universal phenomenon globally.  Red blood cells are kept at 2 to 6°C lood donation is a normal the hospital for each and every per- the only way by which you are coping with COVID-19 may also affect the central nervous system with Data suggest that this gap is more in for up to 42 days Bprocess and a greatest way to help son including donors. Only one this situation, seek professional help. neurological symptoms like low income countries than high  Plasma can be stored for one year mankind which doesn’t involve any donor is allowed in the donor room We all are dealing with the difficult  headaches, dizziness, loss of income countries where voluntary at -40°C or lower risk if done with every related pre- and after proper sanitisation of the times, something none of us were pre- taste and smell, and impaired blood donation is more which can be  Platelets at 22°C for 5 days caution. It is blessing in itself. donor’s couches and equipments pared for. Our priorities have shifted from     consciousness. Some patients linked to awareness and education. Platelets can be separated on a All aseptic precautions will be next donor is called, each and every being a gym freak to just surviving the  experience formation of clot in Now, considering COVID-19 machine as per the requirement in taken at the time of blood donation precaution is maintained like use of hardships, or recreating the foods that we multiple circulation resulting pandemic era, the imposition of a short span. and only disposable instruments face masks, social distancing and all crave. !  in strokes, heart attacks, pul- lockdown which was very much We need to spread adequate (use and throw) will be used for safe- sanitisation measures to prevent This year has been screaming in so !  monary embolism, and other needed, but the entire pandemic par- information and awareness about ty. You cannot get any infection/dis- any infection. many ways that we are overpowered by complications. tially hit the blood donation process. blood donation and encourage peo- ease by donating blood however Donors are asked to call and negative thoughts and emotions. We all  A stroke occurs when There are guidelines issued by ple to donate blood. minor local reaction may occur. inform the blood bank if they feel any need to accept that it is okay to be wor-  ( there is an interruption of a National Blood Transfusion Council $   & !+ /!  Talking about COVID-19 time, flu like symptoms within 48 hours or ried, but we can’t be just that. We need to flow of blood to the brain (NBTC) in regard to blood donation  FG/&  it is completely safe to donate blood, 14 days after donating blood. feel the emotion and get out of it, shift the ! either as reduced/flow or and precautions to be followed while $   +   but don’t go in groups. 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 2/  , 47)&')<* )  87#     8 7# 4 # still in a fantastic position then we will pos- ayern Munich coach Hansi  847  sibly talk about that,” said Wilder. BFlick wants his side to “seal heffield United manager Chris Wilder and “But at the moment we have quarter of the deal” and wrap up an eighth motional Novak Djokovic SAston Villa boss Dean Smith said they a season to go, near enough. I am sure that consecutive Bundesliga title on Ebroke down in tears in front were aware the eyes of the world would be you have seen the fixture list as such as I have Tuesday with victory at relega- of an enthusiastic home crowd in on their match when they relaunch the seen it. There are some incredible chal- tion-threatened Werder Belgrade after he failed to make Premier League on Wednesday. lenges in front of us.” Bremen. the final in the first leg of his The high-flying Blades travel to Villa Top scorer Robert Balkans charity tennis tourna- Park for the first game in the English top-   Lewandowski and Thomas ment on Sunday. flight after a three-month suspension. Villa manager Smith, whose side are Mueller, one shy of the record “I am not crying because I Later on Wednesday, Manchester in the relegation places, said it was an for assists in a single season, are missed the finals. I am just over- City host Arsenal, with 92 games packed honour to be playing the first game in the both available again after miss- whelmed by emotion because into just five-and-a-half weeks. English top-flight since March. ing Borussia this reminds me of my child- “First game back is going to be a little bit Victory over the Blades, their game in Moenchengladbach match due hood,” the world number one different, what we understand is the magni- hand over their relegation rivals, would take to suspension. told 4,000 fans packed into the tude of the game, the coverage of the game,” them out of the drop zone with nine match- Victory at Bremen, where Novak Tennis Centre on the Wilder said at his pre-match video press con- es remaining. Bayern have won all 12 games banks of the Danube. ference on Monday. “The eyes of the world will be on us and over the last decade, will clinch “It’s been an emotional few against late call-up Nikola “Villa-Sheffield United was a we are looking forward to it,” said Smith. a record-extending 30th league days and I want to thank every- Milojevic. Djokovic’s win against Championship game last year and “The players have been itching to get title, and the first leg of a one who supported the event and Zverev on Sunday was not would possibly have been seventh or back,” he added. potential treble in Flick's debut made it happen.” enough to secure him a place in eighth on (BBC’s) Match Of The Day Smith questioned the temporary season in charge. To a standing ovation, the the final which saw Thiem defeat and now it is 6:00 pm on the TV and rule change to allow five substitu- “We want to finish the '"'% )'% 33-year-old added: “I love you all Krajinovic 4-3, 2-4, 4-2. worldwide coverage. tions during games, saying it job on Tuesday. That is and thank you so much for On June 20 and 21, the “From our point of view we would benefit certain clubs. our goal. We have an $'*"<)" coming.” Adria Tour tournament will want to put on a good show and Teams can also name nine sub- excellent run and want to !&.!).!!,@, Mueller, who is sitting on 20 Third-ranked Dominic , move to Zadar, on Croatia's make sure we play well.” stitutes instead of seven. continue our winning assists, also got on the score- number seven Zverev and Grigor Adriatic coast. Sheffield United, who have 10 “I wasn’t for it,” he said. “I streak," said Flick, who clear before second-placed sheet when Bayern thrashed Dimitrov, the world 19, also Djokovic will be joined there games to play, are seventh in the just believe we started the sea- stepped in when Niko Borussia Dortmund, who Bremen 6-1 when the sides met took part in the Adria Tour event by Croatia's 2014 US Open win- table, chasing Champions League son with certain rules and now Kovac was sacked last have three matches left, in December. that got underway on Saturday. ner Marin Cilic and Borna Coric. football. we have changed it. I suppose it November. host strugglers Mainz on Poland star Lewandowski The four headline stars were The final stop in Bosnia They could move up to fifth helps the clubs with the bigger “The target is to win Wednesday. has struck 45 goals in all com- joined by Serbian ATP players — will be in the northwestern town place with three points at Villa squads. “There was talk to change again in Bremen. We “It’s our plan to bring it petitions this campaign and Viktor Troicki, Filip Krajinovic of Banja Luka on July 3 and 4. Park, but Wilder will not allow it because there is more risk of want to just seal the deal.” (the trophy) back home," said needs one more to establish a and Dusan Lajovic. The tournament will close himself to get distracted by talk of injury but having more subs does- Bayern have won their last midfielder Leon Goretzka. new Bundesliga personal best, Two big surprises marked on July 5 with an exhibition Europe. n’t help that. I just wanted it to stay 10 league games and another Lewandowski, the league's having also reached the 30-goal the first day — Djokovic lost to match in Sarajevo between “If it gets to the situation where as it was. I think Sheffield United victory on Tuesday would leave leading scorer with 30 goals this plateau in 2015-16 and 2016- Krajinovic in three sets and Djokovic and Bosnia’s Damir we are one or two games out and we are were the same.” them an unassailable 10 points term, netted twice while 17. Dimitrov went down in two Dzumhur. Q2 . (,  ;)'&)#' *$'' Hima Das nominated for Khel Ratna award

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'%< "$ ountry's top sprinter India's first track ath-  #6#8 CHima Das, who had lete to win a global title at a stellar 2018, has been U20 World ormer India opener Gautam Gambhir  #8;67 nominated for the presti- Championship in Fbelieves that Mahendra Singh Dhoni gious 'Khel Ratna' by the Tampere, Finland in would have been a different player with all tar Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is the state government of 2018, Hima will com- =  batting records in his kitty had the Indian Sbest fielder in the game right now, according Assam. pete with ace javelin captain opted batting one down in 50-over to Australian batting star Steve Smith, who also Assam sports secre- thrower Neeraj Chopra, !  format. rated KL Rahul as the most impressive among the tary Dulal Chandra Das wrestler Vinesh Phogat, Gambhir was asked to chose between younger crop. sent the letter of recom- TT player Manika Batra,  ? 4 current India skipper Virat Kohli and Smith, who mendation to the sports women's hockey captain Dhoni, to chase down a target. answered questions ministry on June 5. Rani Rampal and crick- ormula One chiefs want to stage two “It’s very difficult to compare both of sent in by his fans on The 20-year-old from eter Rohit Sharma for Fraces in Shanghai this season after them because one bats at No. 3, one bats Instagram on Sunday, Dhing village in Assam is country's highest sport- the Chinese Grand Prix was postponed at No. 6 or 7,” Gambhir said on Star Sports also said the Indian one of the youngest nom- ing honour. because of the coronavirus, the city’s show ‘Cricket Connected’. Premier League is his sports boss said on Monday, adding According to Gambhir, with the kind favourite tournament there was no final decision. of flat pitches on offer and quality of cur- to play in. @A   The Chinese Grand Prix, original- rent bowling attacks in world cricket now, Jadeja known for ly scheduled for April 19, was post- the Jharkhand dasher could have broken his quick and sharp     poned in February but Formula One most of the records had he batted at three. fielding tactics has appears determined to race in the coun- “Probably, I would have taken MS earned praise from   try — one of the sport's key markets — Dhoni. MS Dhoni batting at No. 3 on flat several former players in the second half of this year. wickets, with the quality of bowling attack and respect from the ohammad Azharuddin would not Asked if there would be two Grand now in world cricket. current stars and Mbat an eyelid and jump at it Prix in Shanghai instead of the usual "Look at Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, West Smith is no different. straight away if he is given the oppor- one, Xu Bin, director of the city’s Indies, in the current situation, with the Asked who the best fielder in the current lot tunity to coach the Indian cricket team sports bureau, told Shanghai People’s kind of quality in international cricket there of players Smith simply replied stating it was in the future, the former India captain Radio: “This was proposed by the F1 is, MS Dhoni would have probably broken more runs, he would have broken many Jadeja. has said. management company. most of the records,” added the southpaw, more records.” When quizzed about which Indian player has “Yes, I am ready to give it a shot. If “Everyone knows that F1 has offi- who is a member of both 2007 and 2011 However former India speedster Irfan impressed him the most, the Australian batting I get an opportunity to work with the cially announced that they have World Cup winning Indian team. Pathan had a different viewpoint. mainstay said: “KL Rahul. Very good player!” Indian team, I would jump at it with- resumed the first eight European races Dhoni in his career usually batted lower Pathan said that if one compares Rahul, who has played 36 Tests, 32 ODIs and out batting an eyelid,” Azharuddin this year, but none of them are in Asia.” down the order and was more of a finish- Dhoni to Kohli at number three, Kohli 42 T20Is for Indian, has become a regular mem- told Gulf News in an interview. Xu added: “We are still communi- er. would have been a better option. ber of the national team in white-ball cricket. Azharuddin wondered why too cating with F1 to see if there is any pos- The former left-handed opener felt that “But MS had all the chance to bat at No. Besides showcasing his skills with the willow, many ‘support staff' travel with teams sibility of hosting two races in Shanghai, Dhoni would have been the most exciting 3, he didn't. Look, I really believe that if you Rahul also bears the responsibility of being the these days. but there is no final decision yet. cricketer in the world had he not captained compare Virat and Mahendra Singh Dhoni wicketkeeper in the limited overs format. “I am amazed to see so many peo- “Of course we should see how the India and batted up the order at number batting at No. 3, I still feel Virat has a bet- The Rajasthan Royals batsman, who rated his ple accompanying the team these days. virus is being controlled.” three. ter technique. first innings his 144 at Birmingham in the first. ! !        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