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Midnapore. allowed to vote,” she said. The The death toll at 459 was the The doctors are yet to discover India is facing an increas- Though elections were con- Commission, however , sought     "# highest in nearly four months. the effect of the new variant on ingly severe and intensive sit- ducted in 30 constituencies a detailed report of the alleged This has taken the total the patients. It is feared that the uation in some districts, but the across four districts, Nandigram violence, sources said. She also Covid-19 tally to 1,22,21,665 new variant, N-440, is likely to entire country is potentially at — from where Mamata is fight- attacked Prime Minister   Assembly constituencies against Sarma over allegedly and deaths at 1,62,927. weaken the body’s immune sys- risk, the Centre said on ing against her protégé-turned- Narendra Modi for breaking Sipajhar recorded 83.30 per making threatening remarks The Covid surge in the tem. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tuesday. challenger Suvendu Adhikari of the model code of conduct say- early 77 per cent of 73.45 cent voter turnout, Nalbari against Opposition leader country is due to a new strain Kerala, Chhattisgarh and the BJP — remained at the cen- ing, “being a Prime Minister how Nlakh voters exercised their 86.69 per cent, Marigaon 81.24 Hagrama Mohilary of the and the situation is exactly Punjab cumulatively accounted tre stage of all controversies can he use Government facilities franchise in 39 Assembly seats per cent, Laharighat 87.29 per Bodoland People’s Front. like the one in the UK when the for 78.9 percent of the total (  with Mamata bringing charges of to campaign and that too on in Assam during the second cent, Katlicherra 80 per cent, The second phase of elec- virus underwent a mutation active cases in the country. rigging and violence by BJP election days… It is strange that phase of polling on Thursday. Kalaigaon 80.87 per cent, tions were conducted for 39 around Christmas, Dr Randeep Maharashtra alone accounts for    supporters. Just as the Chief he is coming here on every According to the EC, Jagiroad 83.72 per cent and Assembly Constituencies in Guleria, chief of Delhi’s All more than 61 per cent of the Minister personally intervened election date using the entire Bokajan recorded 76.25 per Dalgaon 81.70 per cent. Assam. More than 73 lakh India Institute of Medical active caseload of the country. entering a booth at Boyal village Government machinery to influ- cent turnout; Cachar 72.28 per Reacting to the EC’s notice, electorates across 10,592 Sciences, told a news agency. A total of 459 deaths were )  % following reports that BJP men ence the voting pattern… is this cent; Darrang 80.81 per cent; the AIUDF leader Maulana polling Stations are registered Maharashtra with 39,544 reported in a day, the highest had turned TMC polling agents not a violation of model code of Dima Hasao 74 per cent; Badruddin Ajmal tweeted that to exercise their franchise in cases took the lead followed by so far this year, with six States    out of the booth, hundreds of conduct.” Hailakandi 78.94 per cent; Sarma scared of losing election, this phase. The election and Chhattisgarh (4,563) and accounting for 83.01 per cent supporters from two sides armed Hojai 75.71 per cent; Karbi that’s why using NIA as a police officials said that no inci- Karnataka (4,225). India’s active of the new deaths. Maharashtra ollowing surge in Covid- with brickbats and lathis gath- Anglong 75.93 per cent; threat. His statement came as dent of violence was reported caseload has reached 5,84,055 saw the maximum casualties F19 cases in Delhi, students ered in the area shouting slogans. )    Karimganj 73.02 per cent; a reaction to the EC’s notice so far from the 13 districts. and now comprises 4.78 per cent (227) followed by Punjab at 55 will continue to attend virtu- Even as the police and Morigaon 84.03 per cent; There were reports of EVM of the country’s total infections. daily deaths. However, in a al classes and this was con- Central forces had a trying time  '  R    Nagaon 77.25 per cent; Nalbari glitches from some polling sta- A net rise of 31,489 cases has major relief, at least 14 States firmed by the Delhi to keep the two sides away from 86.69 per cent; Rangia 73.38 tions and upon their immedi- been recorded in the total active reported zero deaths. Government on Thursday. each other, the TMC chief got New Delhi: The EC on per cent. ate replacement voting contin- caseload in a span of 24 hours. It announced that stu- trapped inside the booth for Thursday asked two poll Meanwhile, the EC issued ued uninterrupted, an elec- India’s cumulative recov- "      dents of any class should not more than two hours. The observers to submit a report on a showcause notice to Assam tion official said. A significant eries stand at 1,14,74,683 with be called to schools physical- administration had to arrange for complaints by West Bengal Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma number of women voters were 40,382 recoveries being regis-    (  ly in the new academic session a large contingent of security Minister Mamata Banerjee as the for allegedly making threaten- seen turning up early to exer- tered in a span of 24 hours. till further orders. The men to escort her back to her State witnessed the second phase ing remarks against Opposition cise their franchise. At most A new coronavirus variant New Delhi: The Centre has Directorate of Education temporary residence at Reyapara. of voting across 30 Assembly leader Hagrama Mohilary of places, voters were found wear- reported from Chhattisgarh decided to keep all public and (DoE) also told schools that This, apparently to protect seats. “A separate hand written the Bodoland People’s Front. +  )   ing masks and maintaining has become a cause of worry private sector Covid-19 teaching and learning activi- her from hundreds of people complaint was received from He has been asked to   ' )    social distancing as they stood for the Government. Vaccination Centres (CVCs) ties, which started on April 1, standing on road at various Chief Minister via CEO West respond to the notice by 5 pm    (  + inside the rings drawn at six- According to reports, the operational throughout April, for students should continue pockets raising Jai Shri Ram slo- Bengal today in the late after- on April 2. +'   (    ft distance outside the polling State has confirmed the new including on gazetted holi- through digital mode for aca- gan. At Reyapara a furious Chief noon,” the poll body said. The EC data shows that ,      - stations. variant in five different samples. days. demic session 2021-22. “It is clarified that stu- dents of any class /            should not be called physically       in school for the academic session 2021-22 till further    Wednesday reduced interest whether the U-turn was an Minister. orders,” the DoE said in an rate by up to 1.1 per cent “oversight” or an “election-dri- “Madam FM, Are u run- official order. across various small savings ven hindsight”. Congress leader ning a ‘Circus’ or a Schools in Delhi were      schemes, including the Rahul Gandhi alleged that the ‘Government’,” Surjewala asked. closed in March last year National Savings Certificates small saving rates would be “You have no moral right ahead of a nationwide lock-     (NSC) and Public Provident reduced soon after elections. to continue as FM,” he said. down to contain spread of   letin. More than five ment data. The recovery rate in Fund (PPF). “There was already loot on “One can imagine the novel coronavirus. While sev- residents have died of Covid- the State was above 98.60 per   “Interest rates of small sav- petrol and diesel and soon functioning of economy when eral States partially reopened    19 infection in the state this cent in the first week of March. ings schemes of GoI shall con- after the elections end, the such duly approved order schools in October, the Delhi week and at least three casual- was the only district he Centre on Thursday tinue to be at the rates which small saving rates will be affecting crores of people can Government let schools to he active Covid caseload in ties were reported in Ranchi, to report a triple-digit-spike in Tdecided to withdraw the existed in the last quarter of reduced and there will be a loot be issued by an ‘oversight’. reopen for students in Classes TJharkhand crossed the the worst-affected district in cases on Thursday. Among order to drastically cut interest 2020-2021, i.e, rates that pre- on the savings of the middle- Who is the competent author- 9 to 12 for practical works and 3,000 mark for the first time in terms of caseload and growth other districts, East Singhbhum rate on small savings schemes vailed as of March 2021. Orders class. This Government is of ity referred in order,” he said on remedial lessons, from 2021 on Thursday as at least rate of infection. reported 71 fresh cases, while to the relief of millions of issued by oversight shall be jumlas (rhetoric) and the loot Twitter. Senior Congress leader January 18 to February 5. 690 people, including 369 in The growth rate of Covid Dhanbad reported 31 fresh small savers and prompting the withdrawn,” Sitharaman said in of common people,” Gandhi P Chidambaram said when “It is reiterated that the Ranchi alone, were found infection in Jharkhand also cases of infection, stated a bul- Congress to link the U-turn to early morning tweet. said in a tweet in Hindi using inflation is at about 6 per cent students of classes 9 to 12 (ses- infected by the mysterious reached 0.30 per cent on letin released by the NHM. the ongoing State Assembly Interest rate on PPF was the hashtag “oversight”. and expected to rise, the BJP sion 2020-21) may be called to virus, figures compiled by the Thursday against the national As per Government data, elections. reduced by 0.7 per cent to 6.4 Congress leader Priyanka Government is offering inter- school only for providing the National Health Mission average of 0.37 per cent. As per more than 1.24 lakh people A day after delivering a per cent, while NSC Gandhi Vadra said, “Really est rates below 6 per cent hit- academic guidance and sup- (NHM) highlighted. NHM records, the growth rate have been infected by the massive jolt to depositors, was to earn 0.9 per cent less at Nirmala Sitharaman ‘oversight’ ting the savers and the middle port to the students for mid- A bulletin released by the in Jharkhand was 0.10 per cent Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand so Finance Minister Nirmala 5.9 per cent. in issuing the order to decrease class below the belt. term exams, pre-board NHM revealed that the state in the beginning of March. As far, and over 1.20 lakh of them Sitharaman on Thursday said The steepest fall of 1.1 per interest rates on GOI schemes “The BJP Government had exams/ annual exams/ board reported only 162 Covid recov- per government data, the dou- have recovered. More than the Government will withdraw cent was effected in the one- or election driven ‘hindsight’ in decided to launch another examinations, practical eries against the over 650 cases, bling rate too has dropped to 35,000 of these cases were orders to cut interest rate on year term deposit. The new rate withdrawing it?” assault on the middle class by exams, project work, internal which took the count of active 229.73 days in Jharkhand from reported in Ranchi. small savings schemes and was brought down to 4.4 Party general secretary and slashing the interest rates and assessment following the cases in Jharkhand to 3,352 on above 2,500 days back in March Meanwhile, the state on assured to restore the rates to per cent as compared to 5.5 chief spokesperson Randeep profiting itself. When caught, Standard Operating Thursday. Ranchi reported 59 first week. The data indicates Thursday administered the last quarter of the financial year per cent. Surjewala hit out at Sitharaman the FM is putting forward the Procedure for COVID safety Covid recoveries on the day, that it would take around 229 first dose of Covishield vaccine ending on March 31. The Congress hit out at the and said she has no right to lame excuse of ‘inadvertent and with the consent of the and the active caseload here days for the number of Covid to as many as 21,318 people, Her own Ministry had on Finance Minister and asked continue as the Finance error’,” he said on Twitter. parents,” the DoE added. jumped to 1,872, which is cases to double in Jharkhand at including over 19,500 senior more than 50 per cent of the the current pace. citizens, thereby achieving 44 total active cases in Jharkhand. With fresh cases outnum- per cent of its target for the day. Another Covid patient, a bering recoveries almost every As many as 3,667 beneficiaries,            ! " resident of Dumka, died dur- day since mid-March, the around 74 per cent of the reg- ing treatment on Thursday, Covid recovery rate in istered beneficiaries, were taking the Covid toll in the state Jharkhand has also dropped to administered the second dose    are a sign of development, so NH 23 Road Strengthening to 1,114, NHM stated in its bul- 96.42 per cent, reveals govern- of the vaccine on the day. quality care should be taken in and Reconstruction, Simdega-   the construction of roads. With Bansjor NH 23 Road Repair this, roads should be con- and Reconstruction, RCC P  structed within the stipulated Bridge Construction on time frame. Chindnala on NH-23, RCC Officials of NHAI told the Bridge Construction on Local    Chief Minister that under Sewer on NH 23, 79 to 117 km Bharatmala project in Road on NH 99 Widening hief Minister Hemant Jharkhand, about 1,000 km and strengthening, widening CSoren on Thursday said roads are being built in which and other works of road during the construction of about 400 kms of roads have between 11 to 30 km on NH roads, there is a lot of envi- been completed while 600 kms 22, widening and other work of ronmental negligence, espe- of roads are under construc- road between 48 and 62 km on cially in a State like Jharkhand, tion. The CM told NHAI offi- NH 100, widening of road hills and forests are being cut cials that the remaining work between 23 and 62 km on NH and roads are being made, it is of road construction should be 133 and other works, Annaraj a matter of great concern for completed within 6 months. Valley on NH 345, improve- the future. And special care Union Minister Nitin ment and other work of curved              should be taken to conserve the Gadkari will perform online   "   # $       & '   road in Garhwa, widening and forests, he said. inauguration of 21 road pro-     (  other work of Kudu Ghaghra to The CM, on Thursday, took jects of National Highways lane road, strengthening and (% * #%    % +,  detailed information of the road Authority of India on April 3. cost is about 2,433.66 crore. Jaintagarh Road strengthen- reconstruction of road between projects, which will be inaugu- Chief Minister The 14 road projects to be laid ing, Mahulia-Bahragoda Road, 10 to 54 km on NH 218,    rated on April 3 by the Union will also be present on this on the same foundation have a Bijupada-Kudu Fourlane, canopy on NH 99 Road Transport and Highways occasion. The online ceremo- total length of 184.8 km and Kachhari Chowk Ranchi-Piska Construction of ROB at NH here are superstars and then there is Rajinikanth, the most glittering perhaps in the Indian Minister Nitin Gadkari during ny will have the inauguration about 754.71 crore will be More-Bijupada Fourlane, 114, Strengthening of road and Tcinematic firmament whose demi-god status has spawned an entire “Rajini culture” of jokes, a review meeting with the offi- of 7 road projects and the spent on it. Barahi-Hazaribagh, Piska other works at 68 to devoted fandom and box-office success that is almost always more about him than his film. cials of the Road Construction foundation stone of 14 road The roads projects that More-Palma Section Fourlane. 87 km on NH 114, Bridge at Rajinikanth, who was on Thursday named for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the Government’s Department and National projects will be laid. The total will be inaugurated include The foundation stones of NH 114, A at 245 and 260 km highest honour for Indian cinema, is cast in classic matinee idol mould with stories of mass adu- Highways Authority of India. length of the roads to be inau- Ghaghra-Gumla Road the road projects that will be and Bridge construction at 46 lation on a scale rare for even the biggest stars. The CM said good roads gurated is 245.19 km and the strengthening, Hatgamharia- laid include Kolebira-Simdega km of NH 419.     

"  '(   3 /)5"&0)/& ,+&"0"6) 5/+207 "- +!/ # %        %     . ( - ing a nominal growth of 0.3 per 5 open-cast mines of the com- conversion from road mode to Connectivity projects after company Gandhi Nagar and    cent ending FY’21. OBR is an pany Magadh, Amrapali, rail mode in coal transportation receiving the necessary green Ramgarh treated about 1400 Bokaro: Bokaro district has    important performance para- Ashoka and KD Hesalong was another major step which clearances. FMC refers to Covid patients with a 99per witnessed a major spurt in   .   2  meter that exposes the over- recorded their highest growth helped the company attain 12per transport of coal from pit- cent recovery rate during the fresh Covid cases again. The   #) laying material making future varying between 13 per cent and cent rise in rail despatches. heads to despatch points. pandemic rage. district recorded 11 new posi- he Dhanbad railway divi- coal production easier. 109 per cent during 2020-21. A record high of 80 rakes CCL contributed Rs 26 Currently about 8000 peo- tive cases on Wednesday. Total Tsion( DRD) of the East    Despite Covid-19 slow- CCL undertook various were loaded on 26th March, Crores towards Prime Minister ple have been administered number of infected people in Central Railways has topped in down CCL could produce 62.6 consumer friendly initiatives to 2021 which is the highest for Cares Fund and Jharkhand Covid vaccine through the 9 the district has now risen to 74, revenue among different divi- entral Coalfields Limited Million Tonnes (MTs) of coal ramp up its off-take during any single day since inception. State Disaster Management hospitals of the company. The out of which five people were sions of Indian railways. C(CCL), the Jharkhand during the just concluded fiscal pandemic clampdown which In a step towards environment Fund besides Rs 1.25 Crores company likewise distributed recovered and returned to their The revenue remained based subsidiary of Coal India while its off-take was 65.4 MTs. include keeping reserve price for friendly seamless mechanized contribution to 8 district thousands of food packets, dry home, informed an official. highest though in freight load- Limited extracted 103.62 mil- There was decrease of coal e-auction of coal at par with transportation of coal, CCL administrations where the ration, water bottles to migrant Concerned over rising ing it was slightly behind lion cubic metres of Over demand during the lockdown. notified price for two quarters awarded contracts for execu- company’s operations are locat- labourers, villagers etc. during number of positive coronavirus Bilashpur division , according Burden Removal (OBR) post- However, on positive side, ending September’20. Allowing tion of 3 First Mile ed. The Central hospitals of the Covid period. cases across the district, Deputy to a statement issued by DRD Commissioner Rajesh Singh spokesperson PK Mishra. asked Civil Surgeon Dr Ashok The division earned a 0 & )+    ./0 1            Kumar Pathak to collect data of record Rs 14,277 crores during senior citizens (above 60 years) the financial year that con- ( 8              !"#"$#"!"&#" so that vaccination of such peo- cluded on March 31/   ,  ! . /  '' ple can be done by conducting 21.Duriing the given period the Jamshedpur: TV Narendran, CEO Ranchi: Giridih has now been Mahato. According to the a campaign. Singh also asked division loaded132 MT freight & managing director, Tata Steel,   1 5 included in the corona affect- information, Dumri BDO had Jamshedpur: CSIR-National Pathak to coordinate with the according to the statement. took his first shot of Covid-19 vac- ed districts of the state. On taken both the shots of vaccine Metallurgical Laboratory Social Security, District Food Divisional Railway cine at TMH today along with his own’s people born before 1977 will have vaccination Thursday also 16 new Cobvid- doses 25 days earlier. (NML), Jamshedpur signed a Supply Department, District Manager Asish Bansal has spouse Ruchi Narendran. Tfacilities almost in their wards on April 4 and 5, said 19 cases were reported. In a This is the first case of a memorandum of understand- Treasury Office, and other hailed the performance of To contain Covid-19 pandemic, deputy commissioner Palamu, Shashi Ranjan. shocking case, even after tak- beneficiary being infected after ing at IIMT, Bhubaneswar for departments to get the data any- entire workforce of the division the Government of India started the Ranjan said it is a big offer to people and they should ing both doses of corona vac- taking both doses of the vac- the technology development how by April 2. PNS for the achieveme. Covid Vaccination programme in take the best of it. cine Block Development cine in Giridih district. for Holistic Utilization of Red January 2021. To streamline the Covid He asked the health and municipal corporation offi- Officer, Dumri turned Covid Block office staff are afraid Mud, a waste generated from Vaccination, Tata Main Hospital start- cials to have the vaccination session site inside the ward positive. His test reports came after the BDO was found Aluminium Industry. ed the Online Slot Booking facility for and not right on the road. positive late on Wednesday infected. Here, the medical The signing partners were Covid Vaccination through the TMH Daltonganj has 35 wards which have been divided into evening. This has been con- officer in charge of the Dumri three research institutes name- Vishwas portal or App. Vaccination is 7 zones for vaccination. firmed by the BDO himself has also said that he is a Covid ly CSIR-National Metallurgical being made available to those eligible While DC Palamau Shashi Ranjan has his focus on the along with the Block Medical suspect and may go to Home Laboratory (NML), as per the existing guidelines of interiors in the wards of the municipal corporation in Officer of the area, Rajesh Isolation. PNS Jamshedpur, Institute of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Daltonganj for Coronavirus vaccination jabs, DDC Minerals and Materials Government of India. As per govern- Palamau S Jamuar asked the officials to make it a surety Technology (IMMT), ment guidelines, all people above 45 that no one goes from the vaccination site without the jab 2  )    Bhubaneswar and Jawaharlal years, irrespective of the comorbidities, as this pales all achievements and efforts into insignificance. Nehru Aluminium Research , are eligible for vaccination from April The DC and DDC along with the civil surgeon sat with  %  %  (  , Development & Design Centre, 1. Advance appointments can be the ward councillors, business bodies but the mayor Aruna Nagpur and three major booked through cowin.gov.in. Shanker was not there in this important meeting on the DALTONGANJ: Interstate football tournament in Daltonganj Aluminium producing Praising the process of vaccina- vaccination jab in the urban areas here said sources. has been cancelled, said Vibhakar Narain Pandey, one of the Industries namely National tion, Narendran said, “I am happy to It was deputy mayor Mangal Singh who filled the gap patrons of the organising committee of this tournament. Aluminium Company Ltd get the first dose of Covid vaccine as this man showed enough intentions Pandey said this tournament was to start from April 4 which (NALCO), Hindalco Industries today. It is a simple and painless and determination to make the April 4 and 5 drive a big would have gone up to April 12. He said this tournament was Ltd, and Vedanta Ltd. process. As the Covid-19 cases in success in the town and other municipal corporation pock- in the memory of martyred cops here. Nine states were to play Dr Indranil Chattoraj, India are rising, I urge everyone to ets of this place. this tournament, he said. Director, CSIR-NML said that come forward and take the vaccine to Sources said had mayor Aruna Shanker taken pains and President of the organizing committee Sanjeev Kumar, who every year India generates 9 mil- protect themselves and their families. care to take part in this meeting today it would have given is SP Palamau said the eruption of cases of the Coronavirus has lion tonnes of red mud, which With this small step, we can control a push to the vaccination in the municipal corporation areas forced us to shut this tournament before the start. is dumped in ponds causing the spread of Covid-19.” PNS among the women eligible for the jabs. PNS environmental load. PNS

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Only asympto- be pasted outside the house of told the circle officers of Cthe State capital will must the facilities available at the res- care facilities and isolation matic and mildly symptomatic Covid patients. Argora, Kanke and Badgain. either get consent for home iso- idence of the patient and then centres,” said Ranjan, directing patients will be allowed home When Covid cases peaked The deputy commissioner lation from an incident com- take a call accordingly. officials to ensure that all home isolation, officials added. in the State last year, the also directed teams in the dis- mander or move to a dedicat- Owing to the sudden spike isolation rules are followed As per government data, Government started pasting trict to hold surprise inspec- ed Covid care facility within 48 in Covid cases, the district before any Covid patient is Ranchi alone accounts for more warning posters outside the tions of containment zones hours since testing positive, administration has decided to allowed to stay at home. than half of the active Covid residence of infected people and ensure that the rules Ranchi Deputy Commissioner ensure strict adherence to the Home isolation was not a cases in Jharkhand. Of the and used barricades to prohibit regarding containment zones Chhavi Ranjan said on home isolation norms, said default right of every Covid 2,825 active patients in the entry of outsiders in such prop- are not flouted at any cost. Thursday. Ranjan, adding that medical patient, but a privilege given state, at least 1,562 are residents Chairing a meeting with all teams will inspect all patients only to those who fulfil all the of Ranchi. 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() !A na positive cases. and legislative body meet will Congress spokespersons said Banna Gupta, MLAs, MPs and %%%$$!#%"",&% Jamshedpur Notified Area be attended by JMM executive that though the candidate is others will camp in Madhupur =>=>6=( Committee (JNAC) city man- president and chief minister from JMM but Congress party taking part in campaign. .)/ %-   ( ager, Ravi Bharti said they Hemant Soren apart from other is contesting elections. Congress other spokesper- would seal both the schools so leaders. According to JMM Dubey said that this elec- son Rajesh Gupta said that the as to prevent the spread of the sources, in the meeting party tion is to remember and pay BJP has already accepted defeat coronavirus. + )'              ( leaders will chalk out a strate- tribute to the late Haji Hussain in the election by inducting a “We are taking every step          2 (   (  gy for giving momentum to Ansari, who laid the founda- person from other party and to prevent the spread. As large campaigning. tion for the development and making him candidate in a number of students use to a teacher was tested positive, District civil surgeon, AK The JMM has fielded the communal harmony in the hurry. Gupta said that with come to these schools, there is the school was closed from Lal said after a rise in the Covid son of late Haji Hussain Ansari region in his 40-year political induction of Ganga Narayan always great chance of the Thursday till further instruc- cases, the deputy commission- and state minority affairs min- career in Madhupur. Singh in BJP camp there is a lot virus to spread. We have decid- tion by the administration. er held an important meeting of ister Hafizul Hasan from Dubey claimed that on the of resentment within BJP and ed to seal these schools and are Court of Chief judicial health and administrative offi- Madhupur by poll. A JMM other hand, there is BJP which AJSU the party from which  1!%"9%"%$:?".,"%,$" waiting for the deputation of magistrate was also closed on cials today when it was dis- leader requesting anonymity had already suffered two defeats Singh switched sides joining  !9",%$,&,!,$$$ magistrate,” said Bharti. Thursday after a judicial clerk cussed as to how can maximum said, “JMM leaders will focus in Dumka and Bermo by-poll BJP. 9 %,2%%9+0,!9%@D%$A9 5,D9% “A nine standard student was tested positive on number of test can be done and on Madhupur by poll after claiming that Grand Alliance In Madhupur seven candi- @.A9+ 04!9%@ !!A9 0 &9% was tested positive on Wednesday. A special drive how to prevent the killer virus April 3, the last date for with- will repeat the same story in dates are in fray including @A"/ 00"9 419""$$"%!#$%  Wednesday, the student in ques- was carried out throughout from spreading further.” drawal of candidature. Senior Madhupur too. Ganga Narayan Singh (BJP), "%$%,&"& 2%%&%,%" tion was at his home when this the East Singhbhum district on Meanwhile, the district party leaders including some Congress Shahdeo said that Hafizul Hasan (JMM), Ashok  1!$%##&%%:?""!%%"% happened. Moreover, we kept Wednesday when 121 Covid administration has also ministers will camp at the last date for withdrawal of Kumar Thakur, Ashok Kumar !#$%! !%$%$%!$%$ !#$ the school closed on Thursday cases were detected. increased the mask-checking Madhupur for ensuring Sharma, Uttam Yadav, !#%"%?>$""%"$%,%!$% keeping in view of district health Meanwhile, in view of the drive in the city along the hel- victory of JMM candi- Kishun Kumar Barthwal $%"""%%%"  1&!% department’s directive,” said an rising Covid cases in the dis- met checking. A police official date.” and Rajendra Kumar (all  "&"%""%"!!%!%$",&%$ official of the school. trict, deputy commissioner, revealed that they have carried JMM allies independents). %"$%,%!#$",&"%!%%, She said following admin- Suraj Kumar held a meeting out the drive at the points Congress too has pre- #,%%&%$%%  1%&%&%$ istration’s directive they have with the health department which are known as checking pared strategy for $      also informed parents of all the officials on Thursday after- drive, but shortly such drive Madhupur seat. $()(+)0'   ./)( / students studying from standard noon when it was resolved will also be conducted at the Jharkhand Pradesh &/(  6  ,     (  +2#,+9  VIII upto XII for getting them that the drive for roads unknown for helmet or Congress Committee &%%"! all subjected to Covid test. At Covid will have to be increased masking checking drive to nab (JPCC) spokesperson       (  $$$=>=(6==%# the Andhra Association School, immensely. the violators. Alok Kumar Dubey, Lal "#%!$!,$"  $",%"%,$$! %$$%,"%$  % $$&$% " !&%9% *2'/  O  P $$!&% $ 4"9"% (('  ( #O$"$ ,&!%!%%&% $%,"%$% "% 0       %( % $$$ $$%$ ""!%%$#$    ""%$%,"%$,% %%$#%"%!  %% JP Legislature $%%"!$$$9%$%,"%$% %##%,% BParty leader and %#$$%##$$$&%%,&%$9$" former Chief Minister #$ $$!,!%"%%++&  % Babulal Marandi on ! "%"%"!$$$9%&#%!$! Thursday said that the "D,$$%%%$%%$!!&% present Government is misleading people /   .   on fund expenditure of State budget. He *2  (  *'" said the present gov-   ( *2 .   ernment kept on cry-    1 "  ing on non-coopera- tion from the Centre in releas- and corruption had gone up in ing funds during the corona the state. Marandi also said that pandemic, but today the gov- in the Madhupur by-poll ernment is once again mis- Tamar episode will be repeat- leading people by claiming ed. Marandi addressing the that the Government has spent media persons at the party 1 (    (       , "      (  more than 80 per cent of bud- office said, “In Tamar by poll N+ $!=>=(61" $ $% $$O9 get allocation. then Chief Minister Shibu &"1 9!#%%$ 8,9%&9"$$ Targeting the present gov- Soren and his entire cabinet %&",%"%$%,"%$%%!N " ernment, Marandi said expen- had to resign after he suffered &O !#%%$&"%$%,"%$ 2P)   ('      diture of budgetary allocation defeat in the hands of opposi- $$$4 %G  %8, !#%%6 ,$!,%%&&" can be understood when there tion candidates. In Madhupur %$%#$%0, "" !& "5&&"% is some developmental work, by-poll too, State minority $""%"#$%$#%  %#%&!#%%9 3       4  5%  ( % but in present government no affairs minister Hafizul Hasan, 0,$2%&%%$%#$% ,$0$" "% developmental works has been who is presently not a member 0,!"%$""%"#$%$#%  %    The newly constructed updated on the website, this carried out. of Assembly has to resign from &$$$!#%%9+$%  %&&"%$%# building of Sadar Hospital information can be accessed by He further said that in the his post once he loses  0,!" %+!&&"%$""%"# he Government of Dhanbad has been notified as a the patient and hospital man- past one year neither any new Madhupur by-poll.” $#%  %"$$ !#%%9+!"%#, TJharkhand is committed centre with modern medical agement. The government road projects have commenced In January 2009, then Chief %$%#$%0,!"+ $+!&&" itself to secure the health of the facilities. To achieve improved plans to add other govern- nor have any new hospitals Minister Shibu Soren lost the %$""%"#$%$#% State’s citizens. Chief Minister outcomes, the government has ment hospitals of the district to been constructed. “The present bye-election to Tamar Hemant Soren has always been appointed medical officers, the existing system. government has failed in set- Assembly seat to Jharkhand .    instructing officials to ensure paramedical staff, and other After the implementation of ting up any industries, provid- Party candidate Gopal Krishna &$$"$%%#$"%2+&$"!"%/ better health care facilities for the hospital workers at Sadar the online health management ing jobs to unemployed Patar, aka Raja Peter by a mar- &!%&%%$%%$#$%$&$ $ people of the State. The instruc- Hospital Dhanbad. Further, to system, the administration is youths,” he said. Marandi tar- gin of 9,062 votes. The defeat ,"#"$%%$%$"#"%% tions and different measures ease the process of check-up also witnessing improved effi- geted JMM/Congress govern- cost Soren Jharkhand chief %$%$"!" "!""$%&%$ are now yielding positive results. appointments, an Online Health ciency of the hospital staff as the ment for the pitiable condition minister’s seat. $!$%"%%""$%$ Major initiatives taken in Management System has been system is also being used to of farmers, labourers and other Chief Minister Hemant this direction include the estab- initiated at the hospital. assign duty hours/ schedule to sections of society. Soren eyeing minority and   /  lishment of modern trauma This health management the workforce. People coming The former Chief Minister sympathy votes in February ""$%%"!$%%$"""%"%$% centres, up-gradation of the system is equipped with login for the treatment at the Sadar dared the Chief Minister and this year made Hafizul Hassan, #$$&$!&!2"$%2&%2%",$$%" Shaheed Nirmal Mahto facilities for both, the patients, Hospital Dhanbad are also Finance Minister to disclose elder son of JMM minister Haji !%! "$$% !%&" Medical College and hospital in and the hospital staff. By log- appreciating this positive effort facts about 80 per cent of bud- Hussain Ansari, who died last "#,%!!$$%"  ,$#%$$ "% Dhanbad, MGM medical col- ging into the health manage- by the Government. getary expenditure. He said year as a minister in his cabinet. $,%%,$$$%##"$",$$%"$%%%$% lege and hospital in ment system website, one can To get the appointment or when he was chief minister The BJP leader also target- #$$&$!",%" Jamshedpur along with other easily book an appointment tors in the hospital and sched- other information related to the works of Rs 3000 crore were ed JMM/Congress government divisional hospitals. with the available doctors as ule an appointment with them Sadar Hospital, one can visit visible in the State, but today no saying that the government * ...    /  An important initiative per the requirements of the by registering online through “hospital.egovdhn.in”. By enter- work is visible when the State has lost grip on administration !&"!!%%"$,"%$#%"%$ that was recently launched at patient. This has helped reduce the portal. Apart from this, the ing Name, Email ID, Mobile budget is Rs 80,000 crore. He as a police officer dares to call 2 $%%9#$",$"  =*66"!9 the Sadar Hospital in Dhanbad the unnecessary gathering and availability of blood in the Number, Date of Birth, Age said that during the tenure of three time MP from Godda  ,0,!5$9$"%5$ 9!!%%"$," is the online hospital manage- overcrowding at the hospital. blood bank is also made avail- and Blood group, one can eas- former chief minister three Nishikant Dubey asking him to &&$% %%,$%%% % ment system. Developed by Earlier, people coming from able with regular updates. ily sign up on the website. After medical colleges were opened come for interrogation. He said +%%2 "$%% "%$#%"$%%" $%&%&%$ $""%$#%"%! DMFT PMU team and DCIP far-off areas of the district If a patient books an signing up, using the same in the State but due to lack of that the police attitude suggests +%"&%!%$,"D,$"%%%# interns, the initiative will not used to face difficulty in access- appointment through the email ID, one can log in to the proper infrastructure there was that Jharkhand police are act- $%% 9?)66"!!!%%"$," only facilitate the patients with ing regular treatment due to the online registration portal, website for any further infor- no MBBS admission in these ing on the lines of Maharashtra &&$!%!## "$"$$"% ease of treatment but also help lack of information. his/her health information, mation related to the medical colleges. police, the officials here are act- $4!9%$4! "%$#%" the government to keep the With the help of this health such as, treatment report, test Government hospitals and Marandi said that the State ing at the behest of the gov- % %"%$#$$$$"$%%%%+,6$ health history of admitted management system, one can reports, surgery, prescriptions, book appointments for the government was promoting ernment exceeding their con- $#% $#$%!%!  patients. check for the availability of doc- medicine details get regularly treatment. the loot of mineral resources stitutional limits.      + +     (+(3 %  ) , ) !4  8  &   0$    2    

  Government is offering inter- ,  ' 7$  est rates below six per cent, hit- ollowing Finance Minister ting the savers and the middle   these nodes. FNirmala Sitharaman’s class below the belt. This initiative will accrue announcement of withdrawal “The BJP Government had n order to fast-track synergy advantages in terms of saving of of the interest rate-slashing decided to launch another Iamongst the three Services manpower, economise utilisa- order, the Opposition on assault on the middle class by and cut down costs, Chief of tion of resources, besides finan- Thursday hit out at her asking slashing the interest rates and Defence Staff(CDS)General cial savings. Successful func- whether the U-turn was an profiting itself. When caught, Bipin Rawat on Thursday oper- tioning of these three nodes will “oversight” or an “election-dri- the FM is putting forward the ationalised the third Joint prove to be important stepping ven hindsight” and even sought lame excuse of ‘inadvertent Logistics Node in Mumbai. The third node in Mumbai stones for opening of more her resignation. error’,” he tweeted. This node will supply ammu- was operationalized by Rawat such centres in different parts of The Congress asked the withdrawing it?” Congress The Trinamool Congress nition rations and fuel besides from New Delhi through video the country. Finance Minister to clarify if the leader Priyanka Gandhi wrote took a dig at the Modi   enhancing soldier comfort other items to the Army. Navy conferencing. These nodes will The nodes would enhance interest rates would not be on Twitter. Government with its MPs while ensuring the survivabil- and IAF. Earlier, the services provide integrated logistics joint inter-operability between reduced after the ongoing Addressing a press confer- While Derek O’Brien and ith the objective of ity. This technology reduces the used to have their own set-ups cover to the Armed Forces for the Services and go a long way Assembly elections and ence here, party leader Rajeev Mahua Moitra calling it an Wachieving self-reliance in weight of the medium sized to cater to these needs thereby their small arms ammunition, in improving the logistics demanded a guarantee on that. Shukla said Sitharaman should April’s Fool joke even as the the defence sector, the Defence jacket from 10.4 to 9.0 kilo- enhancing expenses and dupli- rations, fuel, general stores, civil processes of the Armed Forces It also asked whether the ruling clarify whether the order has new entrant in the party and Research and Development grammes. Very specific mate- cation. hired transport, aviation cloth- in accordance with Prime BJP was running a “circus” or a been withdrawn, postponed or former Finance Minister Organisation (DRDO) has rials and processing technolo- With the rapidly changing ing, spares and also engineering Minister Narendra Modi’s direc- Government on the manner in would be re-implemented later. Yashwant Sinha tweeted, “Roll developed a light-weight bul- gies have been developed in the nature of war fighting and oper- support in an effort to synergise tions to enhance the jointness which the order was issued by Congress general secre- back Modi’. letproof jacket which meets the laboratories for the purpose. ational preparedness, all future their operational efforts. among the three Services. “oversight” and later withdrawn. tary and chief spokesperson “What is the biggest April qualitative requirements of the Defence Minister Rajnath conflicts will be conducted by Speaking on the occasion, The CDS also emphasised Congress leader Rahul Randeep Surjewala said Fool’s joke here? That a now Indian Army. Singh congratulated the DRDO Tri-Service in an integrated Rawat said establishment and on the need to work towards Gandhi alleged that the small Sitharaman has no right to rolled back small savings rate Giving the details here on scientists and Industry for manner. Keeping this objective operationalisation of joint nodes greater logistics integration with saving rates would be reduced continue as the Finance cut was issued by ‘oversight’? Thursday, officials said the developing the light weight in focus and to enable the is a very important first step in national logistics, which has soon after the elections in four Minister. “Madam FM, Are u Or that Nirmala Sitaraman is DRDO laboratory, Defence bullet proof jacket to make the Indian Armed Forces to con- the direction of logistics inte- been provided renewed impetus States and a Union running a ‘Circus’ or a Fin Min of this country?” Materials and Stores Research soldiers more comfortable. duct successful operations, it is gration of our three Services. in the recent past by saying it Territory.”There was already a ‘Government’? You have no Moitra tweeted. O’Brien said it and Development Secretary Department of essential that they be provided Acceptance of each other’s lim- would help the Armed Forces to loot on petrol and diesel and moral right to continue as was egg on face again. “Because Establishment (DMSRDE), Defence R&D and Chairman with sound logistics support itations and learning from each take benefit from the infra- soon after the elections end, the FM,” he wrote on Twitter. MO-SHA too busy throwing Kanpur has developed the light DRDO G Satheesh Reddy con- during all stages of the war, offi- other’s strengths and best prac- structural and logistics improve- small saving rates will be reduced “One can imagine the func- petals from trucks and crack- weight Bullet Proof Jacket gratulated the DMSRDE team cials said here on the need for tices is essential to help improve ments taking place at the nation- and there will be a loot on the tioning of economy when such ing April Fool jokes of false weighing 9.0 kilogrammes. for the development. such nodes. the functioning and efficacy of al level. savings of the middle-class. This duly approved order affecting promises at election rallies,” he The Front Hard Armour The infantry soldiers Government is of jumla crores of people can be issued mocked at the BJP leadership. Panel (FHAP) jacket was test- guarding the Line of Actual equipment including the government ordered procure- against small arms and ammu- (rhetoric) and the loot of com- by an ‘oversight’. Who is the Sinha made a tongue-in- ed at Terminal Ballistics Control(LAC)facing China and rifle, spare ammunition, com- ment of more than 1,80,000 nition was released in 2019. mon people,” he said in a tweet competent authority referred in cheek remark. “I am very sad Research Laboratory (TBRL), the Line of Control(LOC)with munication set and other relat- jackets worth over  650 crores. Now, India has its own using the hashtag “oversight”. order,” Surjewala added. today. I thought I alone had the Chandigarh and met relevant Pakistan besides troops ed items for fighting effective- The entire lot, more or less, has Standard for Bullet Proof “Really Nirmala Senior Congress leader and monopoly of roll backs. This govt BIS standards. deployed in counter-terrorist ly. been delivered. Jackets (BPJ)which prescribes Sitharaman ‘oversight’ in issu- former Finance Minister P has outdone even me. Labour The importance of this operations need these jackets. Till about ten years back Incidentally, the first ever minimum requirements of bul- ing the order to decrease inter- Chidambaram said when infla- laws, small savings interest rates vital development lies in the The jacket has to be light there was a shortage of more India Standard (IS) on Bullet letproof jackets against small est rates on GOI schemes or tion is at about six per cent and are a couple of examples. Roll fact that each gram of jacket yet able to stop the bullet as the than three lakh bullet proof Resistant Jacket specifically for arms and their evaluation pro- election driven ‘hindsight’ in expected to rise, the BJP Back Modi,” he tweeted. weight reduction is crucial in soldier carries lot of other jackets. However, in 2016, the Indian armed forces to protect cedures. &'  (   9: +!8   &!#  #$&!! / ((  "$!&#"   (   0"6 ( P     0   $$H,9$9  &'!# +     %$%$ #  *    cination,” it said in a statement.   ",& $$!92#$ However, health experts  against s the Covid-19 vaccination feel that it’s time to cover the stablishment of alternate    Himanta Afor all those above 45 began entire population as the coun- Efunding through voluntary Biswa on Thursday, health experts try is witnessing the second crowd and corporate funding, able to address any public he Election Commission he Election Sarma for have called for inoculating every wave. “Today we’ve got a crisis and increase in assistance for   meetings, rallies, press con- T(EC) has seized liquor, TCommission allegedly adult above 18 citing studies that upon us with infections and patients needing one-time ferences or even give media unaccounted cash, narcotics, on Thursday making the new Covid variants are deaths registering new high treatment from 15 lakh to  20 he Election Commission interviews until April 3. . If a freebies worth 366.09 crore issued a show- threatening more threatening to younger every passing day. We should lakh and identifying centre for T(EC) on Thursday barred leader is a “star campaigner”, till the second phase of polling cause notice to remarks people. vaccinate the entire adult pop- excellence are some of the key former Union Minister and his campaigning expenditure in Assam and West Bengal. Assam Minister and BJP leader against opposition leader However, the Government ulation and provide them with features proposed by the Union DMK leader A Raja from are borne by the party and not The total seizure is over six Himanta Biswa Sarma for Hagrama Mohilary of the is presently more keen on vac- a walk-in option to get the jab Health Ministry in the newly- campaigning for 48 hours by the candidate himself. times higher than the total allegedly making threatening Bodoland People’s Front. The cinating those 45 years since this at any vaccination centre. Our drafted Rare Disease Policy. with immediate effect and “The Commission also combined seizure of 60.91 remarks against Opposition Bodoland People’s Front is an age group is reporting high vaccination pace is not so As per the policy, rare dis- dropped him from the list of advises you to be watchful and crore during the assembly polls leader Hagrama Mohilary of ally of the Congress in Assam. mortalities. impressive given the huge pop- eases have been earmarked DMK’s star campaigners in not to make intemperate, in 2016. “Till date 112.54 the Bodoland People’s Front. Assembly elections in “Those above 45 years are ulation we have,” said Dr Rahul under three categories based on poll-bound Tamil Nadu, over indecent, derogatory, obscene crore has been seized in Assam He has been asked to respond Assam are being held in three considered to be at highest risk Bhargava, senior hematologist the nature of treatment. They his “derogatory” and remarks and lower the digni- (as against a total seizure of to the notice by 5 pm on April phases. While the first phase -- 90 per cent of Covid-19 from Fortis Hospital, are disorders amenable to one- “obscene” remarks against ty of women in future during 16.58 crore in 2016) and a 2. was on March 27, voting in the deaths in India have been in the Gurugram. time curative treatment, dis- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E election campaign,” the order total of 253.55 crores for West “...the Commission is, second phase is underway on category of those above the age He agreed with AIIMS eases requiring long term or K Palaniswami. read. There have been Bengal (as against a total prima facie, of the view that Thursday. The last phase is on of 45. director Dr Randeep Guleria’s lifelong treatment having rela- The EC also advised Raja instances where the EC has seizure of 44.33 crore in that Sarma has violated the April 6. “This step has been taken view that more kids and tively lower cost of treatment “to be watchful and not to mentioned the exact time 2016),” the EC said. above said provisions of the The notice to Sarma cited after detailed deliberations with younger people are getting and diseases for which defini- make interpretate indecent, when the ban would end. Model Code of Conduct. Now, various provisions of the model the states and Union Territories infected during the second wave tive treatment is available but derogatory, obscene remarks In his reply to the EC, therefore, the Commission code, including the one dealing on March 31 to optimally utilise as compared to the first wave challenges are to make optimal and lower the dignity of Raja had defended his state- masses. This was in response gives you an opportunity to with refraining from making all COVID-19 Vaccination reported in August and patient selection for benefit, women in future during the ment saying that in Tamil to the CM’s repeated allega- explain your position in mak- unverified allegations against Centres across the public and November last year. The mor- very high cost and lifelong election campaign”. oratory, simile is a well- tions that MK Stalin has ing above statement on or political rivals and, avoiding private sectors to ensure rapid bidity and mortality due to the therapy, like Lysosomal Storage The order did not specify accepted norm. In my never worked hard to before 5 pm of April 2, failing “corrupt practices” and offences increase in the pace and cover- deadly virus is higher in elder- Disorders (LSD) like Gaucher the exact time the ban would speech, evolution of the become a leader. Hence, if which the Commission shall under the election law, such as age of Covid vaccination,” the ly people. Disease, Hunter Syndrome and end, but if the communication political heights and their the full text is considered by take a decision without any fur- bribing of voters, intimidation Union Health Ministry said. “At a time when the Fabry Disease. was received by Raja this means of MK Stalin and the committee, I’m hopeful ther reference to you,” the of voters, impersonation of “This decision is in line with Government has itself warned The policy comes on the afternoon, he cannot cam- Edappadi K Palaniswami that it will wipe out the insult notice read. voters. the graded and pro-active that the situation is going from last day of the deadline given by paign till the afternoon of were compared through a and consequent injury The notice was issued by It also quoted a transcript approach employed by the gov- bad to worse, our efforts should the Delhi High Court which April 3. The 48-hour ban simile as new born babies for inflicted on me,” the former the EC following a complaint of the speech provided by the ernment of India along with the be to scale up vaccination pace has asked for the government’s means that Raja would not be the easy understanding of the Union minister added. filed by the Congress party state election machinery. states and UTs for Covid-19 vac- and cover maximum people. entire unspent budget allocat- ed to rare diseases for the past three years to be immediately $%",%9/ % $%#%,% ;: 7<  (    moved into the rare diseases ,-+ 7   fund. However, the policy is      (  silent on this aspect. !#,"&",$% Instead, the policy pro- " ( "   poses the formulation of an   ing processes and reducing Higher Education Secretary,   ment of Punjab has been alternative form of funding to compliance burden. The inter- Professor DP Singh, delayed to April 10 due to a   namely Ranga Reddy, help patients of rare diseases. o streamline the forms actions have begun online Chairman, University Grants he Government has pro- spike in Covid-19 cases in the Hyderabad, Medchal- This includes voluntary crowd- Tand processes in reducing amongst the stakeholders. Commission and Professor Tcured 78,392 tonnes of state. he NIA has conducted Malkajgiri and Medak. funding treatment by setting up the compliance burden on A senior education min- Anil D Sahasrabudhe, wheat in the first fortnight of Last year also, Punjab had Tsearches at 31 locations in The case relates to fur- a digital platform for voluntary the higher education sector, istry official said repeat Chairman, All India Council the fresh procurement season delayed procurement for 10 Andhra Pradesh and thering the activities of the individual contribution and the Ministry of Education demand for information by for Technical Education which began on March 15, days due to the pandemic. Telangana in Munchingput proscribed organisation, CPI corporate donors to voluntar- and the University Grants regulatory bodies leads to a lot (AICTE) was also present. 2021 as compared to the 60 The procurement estimate Maoist case of Hyderabad (Maoist) in Andhra Pradesh in ily contribute to the treatment Commission (UGC) have of repetitive work and there- During the online inter- metric tons last year during for wheat has been fixed as relating to furtherance of the the guise of frontal organiza- cost of patients of rare diseases. started interactions with all fore only information that action, representatives from the same period. 427.36 LMT for the year ultra-Left agenda. tions. Noting that India has close the stakeholders to further provides value addition Industry Associations such as According to the Ministry 2021-22. On Wednesday, the NIA The case pertains to to 50-100 million people affect- ease out the system. should be insisted on from CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, and of Consumer Affairs, the pro- During previous year conducted searches at 31 loca- seizure of revolutionary liter- ed by rare diseases or disorders, Certain areas including HEIs. Vice Chancellors from sever- curement has started only in 2020-21, a quantity of 390 tions spread across eight dis- ature of CPI (Maoist), press the policy report said almost 80 governance and regulatory The first such online al central, state, deemed, pri- Rajasthan, Gujarat and LMT procured in the central tricts of Andhra Pradesh-- notes, medicines, wire bundles per cent of these rare condition reforms, and reengineering workshop organised in the vate universities and technical Madhya Pradesh. It is likely to pool and benefitting 43.36 Visakhapatnam, Guntur, and explosive substances from patients are children and a of processes and increased series was chaired by Amit universities shared their views pick up pace as it takes off in lakh farmers. The harvesting Prakasam, Srikakulam, accused Pangi Naganna , who leading cause for most of them use of technology to ease stu- Khare, Secretary, Higher on reducing compliance bur- Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar exercise will pick up in a Kurnool, Krishna, East was intercepted by not reaching adulthood is due dents, faculty and staff have Education, Ministry of den in Higher Education Pradesh and Uttarakhand couple of days with procure- Godavari and Kadapa besides Munchingput Police during to the high morbidity and been identified for streamlin- Education. Apart from the Institution. from April 1. The procure- ment. four districts of Telangana vehicle checking. mortality rates of these life- threatening diseases. It also seeks to provide ,  nearly constant speed, it said. assistance for patients needing - + (  (  9  ,  .  )  -  ''  However, this algorithm one-time treatment for rare   "P could not be applied to the diseases increased to 20 lakh (   ' inner corona observations due from 15 lakh.   +( 9 < *P   '  to the vast acceleration expe- “Assistance to be provided /12 rienced by these eruptions. under the Rashtriya Arogaya    officers (JCOs) and soldiers Turkey, Kingdom of Saudi - P     This severely limited the Yojana,” the policy said adding from the Dogra regiment will Arabia, Kuwait and Singapore capability to track the erup- that the beneficiaries of the he Indian Army will par- participate in the exercise will also be in attendance limited CME observations in tions as CMEs accelerate in assistance are not limited to the Tticipate in a four-nation ‘Shantir Ogroshena’ (front throughout the exercise,” it    Thursday. interplanetary space, the DST the lower corona. Moreover, BPL families but extended to military exercise in runner of peace), they said. said. The new technique will be statement said. with the advancement in almost 40 per cent of popula- Bangladesh from April 4 to 12 Besides armies of The year 2021 marks the cientists have developed a used in India’s first solar mis- A software named space technology, there has tion eligible under the Pradhan which is being organised to Bangladesh and India, the 50th anniversary of the liber- Snew technique to track the sion Aditya-L1. Computer Aided CME been a tremendous increase in Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. mark the birth centenary of exercise will be participated by ation of Bangladesh and the huge bubbles of gas, threaded As the ejections from the Tracking Software (CACTus) the amount of data obtained The policy also notes that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Royal Bhutan Army and Sri birth centenary of Rahman. with magnetic field lines, which sun, technically called Coronal based on a computer vision from spacecraft, according to as the number of persons suf- Rahman and 50 years of that Lankan Army, the defence In reflection of close ties, are ejected from the sun dis- Mass Ejections (CMEs), cause algorithm was so far used to the statement. fering from individual rare country’s liberation war, offi- ministry said. India is also hosting a number rupting space weather and various disturbances of the detect and characterise such Identifying and tracking diseases is small, they do not cials said on Thursday. “The theme of the exercise of events to mark the 50th causing geomagnetic storms, space environment, forecast- eruptions automatically in the solar eruptions in huge num- constitute a significant market A 30-member Indian is ‘Robust Peace Keeping anniversary of the 1971 war satellite failures, and power ing their arrival time is very outer corona where these ber of images can become for drug manufacturers to Army team comprising offi- Operations’. Military that led to liberation of outages, the Department of important. However, forecast- eruptions cease to show accel- tedious if done manually, the develop and bring to market cers, junior commissioned observers from the US, UK, Bangladesh. Science and Technology said ing accuracy is hindered by erations and propagate with a statement said. drugs for them.      3 %   7  -  "6* %R   5  84  Kashmir range Vijay Kumar J&K Police. My prayers for the Thursday said, "four Lashkar-e- departed soul and sympathies  (  2! (     Toiba terrorists including two with his family. Such coward- from Srinagar carried out the ly acts are against humanity & attack on the guard post of the perpetrators shall be brought to       visit toJasoreshwari Kali Temple UP who she alleged had infil-   ) 4 house of senior BJP leader in justice". in Jessore and Matua headquar- trated Bengal to vitiate theelec- Nowgam area". The IGP said Condemning the attack, rime Minister Narendra ters at Orakandiin Bangladesh he toral process. “After taking oath % 4% two of the four terrorists several senior BJP leaders said PModi on Thursday made a said “is visiting a Kali Temple or and sitting on a constitutional- involved in the act have been that the killers of humanity strong Hindutva pitch at the hus- the temple ofHarichand Thakur post you cannot abuse the citi- .     5 / identified as Shahid Khursheed cannot be heroes for anyone. tings attacking Bengal Chief a crime … but here the Chief zens of any other state … it isun- and Obaid Shafi. “Both belong National General Secretary, Minister Mamata Banerjee for Minister is abusing mefor visit- constitutional,” he said. burqa clad Lashkar-e- to Lashkar-e-Toiba. The identi- BJP & Prabhari J&K, Tarun deriding those who wear saffron ing these temples too.” Even on Thursday she told ATayyeba (LeT) terrorist ty of two others is being ascer- Chugh expressed anguish over robes, and sport tilak or chotis Speaking about her repeat- the media at Nandigram how along with three other gun tot- tained who are also believed to this highly deplorable incident (ponytails). ed personal attacks and even use “hundreds ofcriminals have been ing associates on Thursday be from Lashkar,” he said and stressed that exemplary Modi who was addressing a of slangswhile referring to him brought in by the BJP from UP targeted the house of a local "This is the second terror- punishment will be ensured to rally at Joynagar in South 24 the Prime Minister said, “I and Bihar and otherStates to rig BJP leader in Nowgam area of ist attack on me, Anwar Khan killers. He said that these Parganas aconstituency --- with understand that shehas a grudge the elections and do crime here.” Srinagar in which one of the told reporters in Jammu". He reporters, "he left his home before escaping. Anwar Khan Repeated terror attacks cannot a healthy population of minor- against me which is why she Reiterating that the BJP security guards deployed on said as BJP is gaining popular- early in the morning as he was said, his minor son was also weaken democracy in the region. ity Muslims --- roundly invoked keeps on abusing merepeatedly would win more than 200 seats guard duty attained martyrdom ity in different parts of Kashmir scheduled to travel to Jammu. present near the front gate of J&K BJP President, Hindutva saying, “Earlier she was … I don’t mind that but I will not Modi said thatinitial trends of while all the family members attempts are being made to cre- Anwar Khan said, "I have seen his house when terrorists tar- Ravinder Raina strongly con- irritated by chants of Jai Shri allow her to insult theheritage of polling showed that TMC was including minor son of the BJP ate a sense of insecurity among the CCTV footage and it is geted the security person- demned the attack and said that Ram and was loath to allow Bengal … I will not allow her to going out of power.“Didi you are leader escaped unhurt. the party leaders". clearly visible when the terror- nel.With the grace of God the whole humanity is feeling immersion of idols during Durga denigrate the basicvalues upheld losing the elections … TMC is The BJP leader identified Last year, over half a dozen ists, one of them clad in a almighty he escaped unhurt, he shocked and ashamed of these Pujas … but now she has by the likes of Baba Saheb gone.” as Mohd Anwar Khan was not BJP leaders, sarpanches, cor- burqa, knocked at the main added. repeated attacks. He said that become so intolerant towards Ambedkar and enshrined in Taking a dig at the Chief present inside the house at the porators were targeted by the door and the security guard In Jammu, Lt-Governor being soldiers of democracy the those who wear saffron attire or theConstitution of India.” Minister her said “Didi always time of the attack. The securi- terrorists to discourage them opened the door. While he was Manoj Sinha strongly con- social and political activists sport tilak and ponytail that she The Prime Minister was says cool,cool, cool, but ty guard martyred in the attack from participating in the grass- seen opening the door two demned the terror attack on a work tirelessly in strengthening even call them rakshasas … the apparently referring to the Trinamool is not cool … it is a has been identified as roots politics aimed at strength- other terrorists opened indis- BJP leader's house in Nowgam, the democracy, but terrorists, people are watching this.” repeated attack byChief Minister shool (trident)because she has Constable Rameez Ahmad Itoo ening all three tiers of criminate firing and his service Srinagar. In a condolence mes- their bosses and their sympa- Referring to the Chief of outsiders particularly the anti- killed the State’s democracy with of Anantnag. Panchayati Raj Institutions. weapon was taken away by sage Lt- Gov Manoj Sinha said, thizers absolutely do not want Minister’s criticism of his recent social elements fromBihar and shool”. Inspector General of Police Anwar Khan told another member of the group "We lost our brave jawan of people to prosper.  &!&&&!  (  (    69: 4  %    # &-   (       %  ) &."!$# &! !!      /2 ficult to breathe --was on Pravin Ashtikar to meet him. .     5 / ,   the TTD Act, 1932 is a chari- Wednesday evening taken to a Minutes later, Kole was taken   4  table organization of interna- KOCHI: Poll pundits and N Gopalaswamy, former n a tragic incident that government hospital where the to a civic hospital, where he n a landmark decision aimed / tional repute with a proven political analysts in Kerala were Chief Election Commissioner, Icaused a major stir in the officials provided him an Oxygen died in the small hours of Iat boosting the pilgrim traf- track record of activities in the flabbergasted as Leader of the told The Pioneer that there was north Maharashtra city, a 38- mask and cylinder. However, he Thursday. fic to Jammu and Kashmir the  ' 5/6 spiritual, cultural, social, and Opposition Ramesh no chance of the court inter- year-old Covid-19 patient -- did not get admission even in the Kole’s Oxygen levels had Administrative Council (AC) 4 '  educational sphere". Chennithala late Wednesday vening in the issue at this with plummeting Oxygen lev- government hospital. come down to 37 per cent Thursday approved the pro- )   " Its arrival in J&K will tap night uploaded the names of juncture. “The Chief Electoral els-- died in the small hours of In his effort to draw the against the normal 95-96 per posal to allot 496 Kanal 17 7  the tourism potential particu- 4.3 lakh bogus voters and mul- Officer has to reply to this Thursday, hours after he staged attention of the civic authori- cent, when he was rushed to Marla to the Tirumala 2  larly pilgrim tourism in tiple entries on a website. charge. How this many names a protest along with an Oxygen ties, Kole --sporting a yellow T- the NMC hospital. He was Tirupathi Devasthanams Jammu, the City of Temples, Chennithala had filed an were included in the electoral cylinder near the main shirt, blue jeans and wearing finding it very difficult to (TTD) for building of Temple  besides enhancing economic appeal in the Kerala High roles? What was the CEO doing entrance of the Nashik the oxygen mask connected to breathe. He breathed his last and its allied infrastructures. activities". Court seeking deleting or freez- all these months?” asked the Municipal Corporation (NMC) a cylinder, sat in a chair near after the efforts by doctors at The decision was taken years to construct pilgrim "Once developed, the TTD ing the fake and counterfeit former CEC. for allegedly not getting admis- the entrance of the NMC build- the NMC Hospital to revive during an Administrative amenities Complex, infrastructure will be an attrac- names in the electoral rolls. G Rajagopal, counsel for sion in district civil, municipal ing on Wednesday evening to him failed. Council (AC) meeting held in Vedapatasala, tion for the pilgrims and Earlier in the day, a Division the ECI said the situation was hospital and private hospitals. protest against the lack of a Meanwhile, the Nashik Jammu under the chairman- Spiritual/Meditation Centre, tourists in addition to the Mata Bench consisting of Chief very grave but one the poll After making unsuccessful Covid bed for him in the civic Municipal Commissioner has ship of Lieutenant Governor Office, Residential Quarters Vaishno Devi Shrine and Justice S Manikumar and process begins nothing could rounds to various private and and other hospitals at Nashik. asked the Nashik Police to Manoj Sinha. and Parking". "In future, there Amarnathji Shrine. It will Justice Shaji P Chaly directed be done to stop it. “The only municipal hospitals seeking Before long, a crowd gath- investigate and identify the According to a press state- would be medical and educa- enable tourists to come and stay the Election Commission to option is to ensure that the fake admission, one Babasaheb Kole ered around him and the mes- persons who ‘instigated’ the ment issued by the Department tional facilities also on the longer in Jammu city. The permit voters to leave the voters who managed to get into – a resident of Kamatewade sage reached NMC patient to go on a protest in of Information and Public campus", the statement added. future development on the polling booths only after the the rolls do not cast the votes,” locality of Nashik's CIDCO area Commissioner Kailash Jadhav, front of NMC headquarters Relations, "the piece of land The DIPR statement fur- campus will also contribute to indelible ink is dried. said Rajagopal. who had tested positive on who rushed Additional and what their “ulterior would be made available on ther read, "TTD, a board estab- economic growth of the Kerala goes to the polls on The view was echoed by K Tuesday and was finding it dif- Municipal Commissioner Dr motives”. lease basis for a period of 40 lished by Government under region", the statement added. April 6 to elect the 140 mem- Ramkumar, senior advocate, ber Legislative Assembly in a Kerala High Court. He was of single phase polling. Though the view that it was not possi- Chennithala said there were ble to hold fair election based O) !0  -   (  ((P only 4.3 lakh fake voters in the on the rolls prepared by the rolls, Prof Stanly Sebastian, an CEO. educational entrepreneur-cum- “I am shocked at the indif- 5 6 5 + - : # )) #  % ) #   % social activist claims there are ference shown by the officials more than 20 lakh fake voters while preparing the electoral &%    6 6    .  # % #    in the State’s electoral rolls. rolls. There is widespread irreg- The CPI(M) which has ularities in this list but at this New Delhi: Minister of State cuted in 5 states using the delivery. lation, technology enables vir- gone on the defensive follow- juncture, it is too late to go for for Jal Shakti Rattan lal Kataria Internet of things (IoT) tech- He cited that even at the tual connect with the social ing the disclosures by the any legal recourse. There is a expressed his pleasure and nology. This has been done in time of following strict quar- world and helps one to work Leader of the Opposition said political party in the State, the congratulated the officials as Jal collaboration with Tata antine protocols for social iso- and contribute. the party would initiate crim- cadre of which are past masters Jeevan Mission crossed the 4 Community Initiatives Trust inal action against Chennithala in casting fake votes,” said crore mark in providing new (TCIT) & Tata trusts. The vil- for disclosing State Secrets in Ramkumar, State’s leading civil functional household tap con- lages spread across 5 states the public domain. rights activist. There are 2.67 nections to rural households. namely /0 "'$&12/3 M A Baby, polit bureau crore voters in the State, out of As on date, 57 districts, 709 Uttarakhand,Rajasthan,Gujarat member, who is the chief ide- which 1.37 are females and 1.29 blocks, 44,409 ,Maharashtra & H.P, covering ologist of the party, said that males. Panchayat,86,886 villages have various Agro-climatic zones, . '&# "2/  Chennaithala would have to Tikka Ram Meena, CEO, ensured 100% coverage of were identified for this pilot. face legal action for uploading who is known for his close con- FHTC. Kataria, who tested The IoT shall provide real the names of 4.3 lakh fake vot- tacts with the chief minister, positive for Covid-19 last week, time information to public "& & & # & ers in a website by name oper- feigned ignorance about how is admitted in a hospital at health officials,members of ationtwins.com. “Who autho- this many names found their Gurugram. He shared his pics Village water supply commit- rised Chennithala to upload the way to the rolls. Prof Sebastian on Social Media yesterday tee (VWSC), general public names of such voters in a por- said he has been alerting all where he can be seen dis- regarding the quantity and unfit water, arrest leakages and Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana & tal? Has he taken the permis- concerned, including the Chief charging important work quality of water supplied to provide valuable info to VWSC Arunachal Pradesh have float- sion from the voters before dis- Election Commissioner, PMO, through the Digital platform. users. It shall make use of sen- to plan for source development ed tenders and other states are closing the names through the home minister, chief minister Mr Kataria was apprised sors to observe flow, pressure and augmentation. in state of initiating this process portal,” asked Baby, a Marxist of Kerala and all political par- about the successful Pilot pro- level, chlorine analyzer as well The success of Pilot project Mr Kataria acknowledged leader held in high reverence by ties about this discrepancy ject for effective monitoring of as the level of ground water. It has motivated states to active- the importance of technology the party cadre. since 2018. PNS water supply in villages, exe- shall help prevent supply of ly deploy this technology. in improving public service

     /2 3,56,243 to 3,66,533. The 4#& $P! 89  *  /: fatality rate in the state he second wave of Covid- dropped from 1.94 per cent to T19 turned into a crisis in 1.92 per cent. 6 &'7"!!"6& &#.8!  '   Maharashtra on Thursday, as There are a maximum of the daily infections touched an 64,599 “active” cases in Pune, Gandhinagar: Sparks flew in has only mentioned that the religion and in no religion it is Lucknow: Controversies, one Barabanki RTO officials, so-called ambulance Mukhtar all-time high of 43,183 cases followed by Mumbai (54,807) the Gujarat Assembly on the daughters of the Hindu com- written to forcibly convert any- after another, seem to be chas- who did not wish to be named, Ansari in which Mukhtar and 249 more people died of Nagpur (48,806), Thane concluding day of the Budget munity are targeted by men one to accept that. In this Bill, ing mafia don and BSP MLA said that apart from the regis- Ansari was presented in court? the pandemic in various parts (42,151), Nashik (36,292), session on Thursday with from a specific community. only one community is specif- Mukhtar Ansari. Now it is the tration, the fitness of the vehi- It should be of the state. Aurangabad (14,482), Jalgaon Congress legislator Imran Daughters, be it from any reli- ically targeted with words like ambulance that took the jailed cle had also expired in investigated. A day after the state (6959), Amaravati (2983) and Khedawala tearing a copy of gious community, will always be 'Jihadi'. I opposite this Bill and don to Punjab's Mohali court 2017. Whether it was an ambu- recorded a staggering 39,544 Akola (4054). the Bill proposed to amend the our daughters. I too have over I'm tearing down its copy," that has raised a storm. What is intriguing is why lance or the luxury vehicle of infections were recorded, the With 18 fresh deaths, the 'Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom hundred testimonies of Muslim Khedawala said as tore the The vehicle had a registra- was an ambulance from Uttar the mafia don should also be Covid-19 situation in Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose of Religion) Act, 2003 aimed to girls marrying into other reli- copy of the Bill which he had tion number belonging to Uttar Pradesh used to take Mukhtar investigated. Maharashtra worsened on from 11,690 to 11,708, while combat forceful religious con- gion. I am deeply hurt by the in his hand. Pradesh. Ansari to a court in Punjab Under what circumstances Thursday, as the daily the infected cases went up by versions, better known as 'love words of the minister." The gesture was followed The registration number of from Ropar jail. did the vehicle of UP registra- caseloadA rose to an alarming 8646 to trigger a jump in the jehad', that was tabled in the On hearing this, the by an uproar from the BJP the ambulance, UP41 AT 7171, The Punjab Police, on tion number reach Punjab and 43,183 and the death toll infections from 4,14,773 to House by the ruling Bharatiya Speaker of the House, Rajendra members in the House. belongs to Barabanki district Wednesday, had produced how is the mafia don roaming increased to 249 as against 239 4,23,419. Janata Party (BJP). Trivedi, interrupted the The proposed amendment and had expired in 2017. It has Ansari before the court in in this car?" fatalities registered on Pune district, which con- While speaking on the pro- Congress legislator but seeks to prohibit and punish not been renewed since then. connection with an alleged Mukhtar Ansari is charged Wednesday. tinued to be the worst-affect- visions of the amendment Bill, Khedawala stuck to his words. religious conversions promis- Also, the name of the hospital 2019 extortion matter. with the murder of Alka Rai's With 43,183 fresh cases, ed city-district in Khedawala said, "Home "Nobody can force any- ing better lifestyle, divine bless- in which the ambulance was Meanwhile, BJP MLA Alka husband Krishnanand Rai who the total infections in Maharashtra, saw the total Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja body to marry into a specific ings and impersonation.IANS registered is dubious. Rai, said, "Who provided the was shot dead in 2005. IANS Maharashtra climbed from number of cases increase from 28,12,980 to 2,85,61,63. 5,36,262 to 5,44,287, while the Similarly, with 249 new total number of deaths in  %%%&$"%$,$"%&N#%%!O%4 deaths, the total Covid-19 toll Pune rose from 8325 to 8343. rose from 56,649 to Thane district remained New Delhi/Mumbai: Cricket ed 'protection money' during cartels." Naresh Gor, a big time India's west coast from Gujarat located in posh south Mumbai cer of ATS, Mumbai adding, 54,898. in the third spot --after Pune betting syndicates linked with cricket season at the behest of bookie, was Vaze's pointsman to Karnataka. According to area of Mumbai. "In fact Vinayak Shinde, a As 23, 600 patients were and Mumbai – after the total underworld gangs operating former crime branch officer, who targeted illegal betting ATS Mumbai, Naresh Gor pro- Sources said as the cricket tainted cop also involved in the discharged from the hospitals number of infections rose primarily in Gujarat, highly placed sources revealed rings operating in the state, and cured dozens of SIM cards on betting racket operates in India murder had earlier introduced across the state after full recov- from 3,39,590 to 3,44,385 Maharashtra and Karnataka to IANS. collected huge amounts from fake IDs from a trader in through mobile phones and Gor to Vaze." Sources said ery, the total number of peo- while the total deaths climbed allegedly paid "protection Commenting on the Vaze's them. The extortion racket Ahmedabad. The trader iden- other similar gadgets, Naresh through Vinayak Shinde, book- ple discharged from the hos- from 5970 to 5970. money" to disgraced Mumbai multi-crore extortion racket, requires a thorough probe to tified as Kishore Thakkar has Gor was specialised in procur- ie Gor made connections in the pitals since the second week of Of the 1,99,75,341, sam- crime branch officer, Sachin reportedly patronised by key unmask the real faces behind now been detained by the NIA, ing SIM cards, phone sets, wifi underworld and started tar- March last year went up to ples sent to laboratories, Vaze, presently being interro- people in Maharashtra gov- this hafta vasooli," Ram which is probing the Mansukh routers and dongles in bulk on geting top bookies to extort 24,33,368.. The recovery rate 28,56,163 have tested positive gated by the National ernment, the BJP spokesperson Kadam, three times MLA from Hiren case. Bookie, Naresh fake ids."On Vaze's instruc- protection money on behalf of in the state dropped from (14.3 per cent) for COVID-19 Investigation Agency (NIA) at Ram Kadam said that besides Mumbai told IANS. Gor was arrested in murder of tions, Naresh procured 93 SIM Vaze. Most of the online betting 85.34 per cent to 85.20 per until Thursday. its Mumbai office. Vaze's aide extorting large amount of 31-year-old Naresh Gor, Mansukh, the owner of the cards, 14 mobile phones syndicates operate from Middle cent.. Currently, 19,09,498 peo- Naresh Gor, a well known money from dance bars and who hails from Kutch, was explosive laden SUV, parked between March 3 to March 5, East countries and are further Meanwhile, the number ple are in home quarantine bookie in Mumbai, identified clubs, Vaze's men were minting associated with top cricket bet- near billionaire Mukesh to execute the plan for killing linked to the Dawood Ibrahim of “active cases” total cases in while 18,432 people are in betting syndicates and extort- money by sheltering betting ting syndicates spread across Ambani's famous house Antilia Mansukh Hiren," said an offi- gang. the state increased from institutional quarantine.      

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This has The holy grail of electrifi- that electric vehicles can be a suc- additional range. But what coincided almost perfectly cation is of course a wide-scale cess as they have almost com- about buses that get used a bit  3/+ .9 with the rise of online com- changeover in passenger vehi- 9"  pletely replaced cycle-rickshaws less? Airport buses, for exam-   + 1 merce. While changing from cles and public transportation. across major urban centres. ple. At many airports across the LCVs, colloquially known There are several technology The reason for this success India, buses are still used to +   as “Chhota Hathi”, will be dif- issues that remain to be sorted was simple; there was a need for transport passengers and crew 14  + ficult with little charging infra- out; should India look at last-mile transportation, which is to and from planes. Why can’t structure and uneven roads, hybrids as a middle step, for non-existent in India. those and many other airport  11  the metropolitan areas can example, or should investments Transportation from bus stops, infrastructure vehicles such as 4 / + .3 insist on a changeover to elec- be made in hydrogen? There Metro and railway stations using baggage tractors and airline trifying such vehicles. are also serious cost questions auto-rickshaws was expensive cars be electric? The addition- 23 1+   However, this cannot be abrupt but, most importantly, the pub- and while cycle-rickshaws cost al costs of such equipment can 1  1+  and must not happen thanks to lic has to be convinced of the the same amount per ride as an be passed on to airline passen- 1 3 1  the fiat of a bureaucrat or utility of such vehicles. e-rickshaw, they took longer. As gers, which amortised over Minister, let alone a judge in a This is the third part of a such, these e-rickshaws have not millions of passengers will be 6 0+  court. But happen it must; a series on electric vehicle adop- been a ‘replacement’ of a mode of a few rupees per ticket. +  planned switchover in a cou- tion and policy issues around transport, rather they have been What about school buses ple of years will not only give the same in India. additive. While there have been and other transport for stu- the industry an opportunity to (The author is Managing some legal wrangles around reg- dents? Most such transport is scale up manufacturing, it will Editor, The Pioneer. The views istration and sales, an estimated used only twice a day over a also aid in the creation of expressed are personal.) 2%,,%$; , ,,<% % ",$ SOUNDBITE

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he Coronavirus-induced lockdown, which left millions of workers unemployed, recently had Tits anniversary on March 25. Unfortunately, this  ; < /#%$)%% coincides with the start of the second wave of the out- break of the deadly virus. During the lockdown, eco-    $  <    <      ( nomic activities came to a standstill and so did the     ;   *BG4(2E(      ( income of millions. The pandemic has pushed mil- >    4             lions of labourers and their families deep into pover-                  ( ty. Many labour-intensive industries were shut down    #                 during lockdown and even afterwards. The mass exo- dus of migrant workers from cities and industrial towns  %     .        / on foot and by other means reminds us of the pain         that they and their family members have gone through. -          (         ( The Government aid, inoculation drives and policy                4  stimuli certainly endeavoured to extend a helping hand;                ;   yet the damages to jobs, income and social equality    2EH0        :     are irreversible. Economists and multilateral agencies have expressed grave concerns on the rising levels of        IE7        012E(01  ( poverty and inequality. In the current scenario dom-                 inated by recession and uncertainty, it becomes vital  9         (       .   ( to study the factors that can help alleviate poverty in  1                ( India.  :K         /         B   4 However, poverty and inequality are not new 1.               (   issues in our country. Rather, they have been the co- 1/  1 travellers with the journey of our economic growth  4+            R   S    ( and have started turning more severe recently due to 4  +9 1 the pandemic and subsequent uncertainty that looms ..1 1 large on the economy. At the international level also, 1  1 alleviation. In contrast, the States that the lowest growth in agriculture but compared to agriculture and industry, the World Bank’s Millennium Development Goals put 1. /  exhibited a high growth in rural highest growth in industry and services guarantees a higher level of income the objective of ‘poverty eradication’ on priority. 13 unemployment (Assam, Jharkhand (Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal and contributes significantly in pover- Eradication of poverty lifts the living standard of indi-   1 and Chhattisgarh) had to pay the cost Pradesh) outperformed the other ty eradication. This is substantiated by viduals in terms of education, health and social sta-   1  of slender poverty alleviation. It con- States in attaining the poverty allevi- the findings of the instant study: The tus, thus bringing equality in the society. Poverty is 1 4  cludes that the rural employment in the ation objective. In other words, it is not top six States in poverty reduction — directly linked to employment which is a derivative 14 39 States holds the key to eradication of agriculture but industry and services Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal of productive sectors which differ in States. Thus, the poverty. sector that buttress poverty alleviation Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tripura and poverty levels in various States are also significantly 13 India, where more than 65 per across States in India. Between indus- Kerala — are the ones with the high- different from one another. However, the common   1 cent of population lives in villages, can- try and services, services turned out to est growth and share of services in       4 -     ; S      /   +            4 *   objective of all the States is ‘poverty alleviation’. not afford to ignore the role of rural be more influential in poverty reduc- State GDP. The historical data from as many as 23 States were +1  employment and income generation. tion. Conclusion: State-wise poverty    )  4            studied in terms of poverty reduction and associated 1   To alleviate poverty, employment gen- This finding echoes the theory of reduction is quite heterogeneous due     R     S            factors. including unemployment and growth of pro-     eration in rural areas is more impor- economic growth and structural to differences in the employment                 ductive sectors — agriculture, industry and services. / 2    tant than that in urban India. This change presented by Nobel laureate scenario and sectoral growth of States.     )  4         An attempt was made to empirically fathom the rela-  +  +  aligns with the fact that rural India and American economist Simon While some States outperformed the  4        %       tionship between poverty reduction and associated .   exhibits more poverty ratio than urban Kuznets. According to the theory, a others in poverty alleviation, others are /   ;          <    ( macro-economic factors. The latest State-wise data on areas. The major source of income in developing economy shifts from agri- still struggling to lift their people up poverty for 2004-05 and 2011-12 were sourced from G 2 + rural areas is believed to be agriculture culture (primary) to industry (sec- from poverty line. It is important to           (    #  the Reserve Bank of India’s ‘Handbook of Statistics on 1 14 3 and the allied services. ondary) and then to services (tertiary) understand the factors impacting             ;  Indian States’. With the increasing levels of industri-  1  Further, the association of pover- sector — a process of ‘structural poverty reduction in the States of India :   #  4 .;:#4/   ;   4 :  alisation, the States have managed to reduce poverty / 2   +  ty reductions with growth of produc- change’. In this process, employment from historical evidences. In terms of .;4:/               levels in a span of seven years. Goa, Andhra Pradesh,  51 tive sectors — agriculture, industry and shifts from the lower to higher produc- employment, it is the rural employ- <       S      Himachal Pradesh, Tripura and Uttarakhand witnessed +1/ 1. services — in different States is tive sector, yielding an overall produc- ment that drives poverty alleviation.                ( highest poverty reduction of more than 65 per cent.  1  analysed. As expected, the correlation tivity and income gain in the econo- Whereas, in terms of productive sec- In contrast, Assam, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh bare- between poverty reduction and the my. India, being a developing econo- tors, it is the services sector that is the                     /   + + ly lifted their people from poverty, with less than 20 2 4 growth rates of all productive sectors my, treaded this path of structural major source of employment genera-      *        per cent reduction in it. The poverty ratio had declined 12 is significant with varying magnitudes change, however, bypassing industri- tion and hence poverty reduction.        #     (   from 37 per cent in 2004-05 to 22 per cent in 2011- //  and directions. The productive sectors, alisation and tertiarisation. The key of poverty alleviation lies   S                 12. Historically, rural areas witnessed a higher pover-  with their varying productivities, serve At present, even if industrialisa- with employment generation in the                   ty ratio (26 per cent) as compared to urban (14 per  + 4 + employment as well as generate income tion is promoted with the primary rural India that houses two-third of     cent). which helps people lift from poverty. objective of poverty reduction, India India’s population. More than agricul- Poverty reduction rate in States is found to be neg- Interestingly, growth in agriculture is may not gain much in terms of ture, industry and services sectors ;       4        ( atively correlated with growth in the rural unemploy- not sufficient to absorb the increasing employment. This is due to the capi- development— industrialisation and    R     S ;      (   * ment in a significant manner, but was found not asso- job requirements in rural India and tal intensification facilitated by high- tertiarisation— must be promoted in )          ; S ciated with the urban unemployment growth. This hence is alone not capable of poverty er fixed-capital investment in indus- rural India. The current wave of pri-           4        ( implies that the States with higher reduction in rural reduction. The States with a higher tries, making them capital intensive. vatisation and production-linked             ,         unemployment (Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, growth in the agriculture sector Collectively, this issue of dispropor- incentive schemes must consider the    ;           4S R  Kerala and Punjab) excelled in poverty reduction. Swapnil is senior research (Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh), exhib- tionate growth in employment as inclusion of rural areas. At the same However, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu scholar at IISc, Bengaluru, ited lowest gains in poverty reduction. compared to output growth is termed time, skill development in rural areas  S        *S ( ;   ! 4 and Madhya Pradesh are exceptions to this. These and Majumder is an inde- Notably, these States could not thrive as ‘jobless growth’ in industries. In con- is the need of the hour to enable the .;!4/ # ;!4              pendent researcher. The States, despite exhibiting a higher growth in rural views expressed are personal. in a higher growth of industry and ser- trast, the services sector, being more rural population to join the workforce           4 B   unemployment, managed to gain higher in poverty vices sectors. In contrast, the States with productive and labour-intensive as in higher productive sectors.     4($  #   (  J (    4               (      *        ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT   4    4S         ;  ;  4  <(:   #   , *  .;4<:#,*/  . .  '  ) ))'      (. .   .  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he initial bootless launched with its six key a budget of 12,000 crore. the hour. Another factor sector, too, plays a crucial role models adopted by the State, skilling setup in India components aiming to skill However, it could achieve which serves as a major gap in the vocational training there seems to be a lot of Twas nothing but a one crore youth by 2020. only approximately 50 per in the skill development framework. Initially, the pri- untapped potential for the notion of a lopsided skill Various studies suggested cent of its set target by 2019 framework is the ignorance vate sector was quite alien to same, which called for anoth- development. The potential that the respondents were and thus failed to stop the of quality by the training this Government initiative; er initiative, called the of India’s demographic div- satisfied with the skills train- mass migration triggered by institutes, which further however, it did not remain PMKVY 3.0, introduced by idend was realised with the ings imparted to them, the pandemic. The case hampers the trust of the secluded for long. The the Government on January launch of Skill India Mission  < *1 "%  %           ' "  3  1 6 R ) #   rotesters in Myanmar on    & PThursday marked two months since the military  # #   seized power by once more "  "0 8    8  defying the threat of lethal  3  1 Hluttaw, the national Parliament, violence and publicly demon- made the announcements on    +  1 sion was warranted as the pan- strating against the toppling of pponents of Myanmar’s social media. demic continued to disrupt the democratically elected gov- Omilitary government The 2008 constitution, S President Joe Biden on American’s lives, and high lev- ernment. declared the country’s 2008 implemented under army rule, UThursday let the ban on els of unemployment and job The February 1 coup has constitution void and put for- ensured the military maintained foreign workers visa, in par- loss were still been met with massive public ward an interim replacement its dominance during the coun- ticular H-1B, lapse as the noti- presenting serious economic resistance that security forces charter late Wednesday in a try’s decade of progress toward fication issued by his prede- challenges to workers across have been unable to crush major political challenge to democracy, such as by reserving cessor Donald Trump expired, the US. through escalating levels of the ruling junta. it a quarter of the seats in a move which is likely to ben- Biden did not issue a fresh violence, including now rou- The moves, while more Parliament and retaining respon- efit thousands of Indian IT pro- proclamation for the ban on H- tinely shooting protesters. symbolic than practical, could sibility for state security. The fessionals. 1B visas to continue after Outside efforts including sanc- help woo the country’s armed junta that seized power from the Amidst a national lock- March 31. tions imposed by Western ethnic militias to ally themselves civilian government February 1 down and the Covid-19 crisis, He had promised to lift the nations on the military regime with the mass protest movement cites emergency provisions in the Trump in June last year issued suspension on H-1B visas, say- have failed to help restore against the military’s seizure of charter as giving its takeover con- a proclamation that suspended ing Trump’s immigration poli- peace. power in February. stitutional legitimacy. entry to the US of applicants for cies were cruel. In Yangon, the country’s The actions were taken by The CRPH also presented several temporary or “non- The H-1B visa is a non- biggest city, a group of young + (   ((   (   (     ( = "  + the CRPH, an underground, a Federal Democracy Charter immigrant” visa categories, immigrant visa that allows US people shortly after sunrise self-styled alternative govern- as an interim constitution. It including H-1B, companies to employ foreign Thursday sang solemn songs for the fall of the junta, the Mandalay and elsewhere. retail shops owned in whole or ment established by elected law- aims to end Myanmar’s long arguing that these visas pre- workers in specialty occupa- honoring the more than 500 release of deposed leader Aung The demonstrations fol- part by Myanma Economic makers who were not allowed to history of military dictatorship sented a risk to the US labour tions that require theoretical or protesters killed so far. They San Suu Kyi and the return of lowed a night of violence Holdings Limited, which is an take their seats when the military as well as meeting the long- market during the economic technical expertise. Technology then marched through the democracy. including police raids and sev- investment arm of the military, staged the coup and ousted and standing demands of its myri- recovery. companies depend on it to hire streets chanting slogans calling Protests were also held in eral fires. In Yangon, several went up in flames. The shops detained civilian leader Aung ad ethnic minority groups for On December 31, Trump tens of thousands of employees are the targets of boycotts by San Suu Kyi. The Committee greater autonomy in their extended the order to March each year from countries like -  " -   '  the protest movement. Representing Pyidaungsu regions. 31, 2021, noting that an exten- India and China.  )&  '  !>,$/P(  '  -  8?  %   . %%      7   /   1+ de facto leader Aung San Suu obtained by PTI, Special Envoy    )  Kyi and President U Win of Secretary-General Antonio he influx of refugees from Myint. The coup sparked Guterres on Myanmar London: The most senior job as a special adviser for civil “divisive” report. TMyanmar at the Indian protests and other acts of civil Christine Schraner Burgener Black adviser to UK Prime society and communities in “(There is a) crisis at No. 10 and Thai borders and else- disobedience, leading to the said that a robust internation- Minister Boris Johnson has May, as had “been his plan for when it comes to acknowledg- )) %  where is “ominous” and likely deaths of hundreds in military al response requires a unified resigned, the government said several months.” ing and dealing with persistent just the beginning, UN crackdown. regional position, especially Thursday, the day after a report It denied the resignation race inequality,” Woolley said.  1  @  .1  A building’s second-floor walk- Secretary General’s special The 15-nation Council with the neighbouring coun- on racial disparities concluded was related to Wednesday’s Kasumu had considered way and in a courtyard. envoy on Myanmar has told the held closed consultations on tries leveraging their influ- that Britain does not have a sys- publication of a report by the quitting in February. He wrote shooting at a Southern Amat had no details about Security Council, warning that Myanmar on Wednesday, days ence towards stability in temic problem with racism. government-appointed a resignation letter, obtained by ACalifornia office building the confrontation, what may regional security could deteri- after the country witnessed the Myanmar. The government denied Commission on Race and the BBC, that accused Johnson’s on Wednesday killed four peo- have sparked the attack or why orate further and no country in bloodiest day since the demon- “The regional security and any link between the departure Ethnic Disparities, which con- Conservative Party of pursuing ple, including a child, and a child may have been at the the region would want a “failed strations against the February economic consequences are of Samuel Kasumu and the cluded that Britain is not an “a politics steeped in division.” injured a fifth person before building at 202 W. Lincoln state” as their neighbour. 1 coup began, with security getting worse and could dete- much-criticized report, which institutionally racist country. He was persuaded to stay in his police shot the suspect, police Ave. Signs outside indicated a Myanmar’s military top- forces killing at least 107 indi- riorate further. The influx of has been accused of ignoring But Simon Woolley, a former job temporarily to work on a said. handful of businesses were pled the country’s government viduals — including seven refugees at the Indian and the experiences of ethnic- government equalities adviser campaign encouraging people Shots were being fired as located there, including an on February 1 and seized children, on March 27. Thai borders and elsewhere is minority Britons. and a member of the U.K. House from ethnic minorities to get officers arrived at a two-story insurance office, a financial power for one year, detaining In her remarks to the ominous and likely just the The prime minister’s office of Lords, said Kasumu’s exit was vaccinated against the coron- office building on Lincoln consulting firm, a legal services top political figures, including closed meeting of the Council, beginning,” she said. said Kasumu would leave his connected to the “grubby” and avirus. AP Avenue in Orange, southeast of business and a phone repair Los Angeles, at about 5.30 pm, store. Lt. Jennifer Amat said. By 7. pm, the situation  %    :   >$     )R  “An officer-involved shoot- had been stabilised and there ing occurred” and the suspect wasn’t any threat to the public, '  was taken to a hospital, Amat police said. In a tweet, Gov. ? '%4     said, but she didn’t immediately Gavon Newsom called the  '&   know his condition. killings “horrifying and heart-  1 01 on other charges related to his Q  The shooting was on the breaking.” pro-democracy activities.   second floor of the building, “Our hearts are with the even Hong Kong pro- They were convicted for  R 27+ Amat said. Media reports said families impacted by this ter- Sdemocracy advocates were their involvement in a protest    +  1 bodies could be seen on the rible tragedy tonight,” he wrote. convicted Thursday on charges held on Aug. 18, 2019.  11 of organizing and participating Organizers said that 1.7 million he US state of Alabama has in an unlawful assembly during people marched that day in Tblocked a yoga bill that uropean nations’ immu- massive anti-government opposition to a proposed bill would have lifted a decades-old Enization campaigns against protests in 2019 that triggered that would have allowed sus- ban on the popular age-old Covid-19 are “unacceptably a crackdown on dissent. pects to be extradited to main- Indian practice in public slow” and risk prolonging the The seven include media land China for trial. schools after objections from pandemic, a senior World tycoon and founder of the The activists, apart from conservative groups who feared Health Organization official Apple Daily tabloid Jimmy Lai, those who have been remanded that followers of Hinduism said Thursday. as well as 82-year-old Martin in custody on other charges, were could engage in conversion, Dr Hans Kluge, WHO’s Lee, a veteran of the city’s granted bail on condition they do according to a media report. regional director for Europe, democracy movement. Lai had not leave Hong Kong and must Pushed by conservative said vaccines “present our best already been held without bail hand in all their travel documents. groups, the Alabama Board of way out of this pandemic,” but Education in 1993 had voted to noted that to date, only 10% of prohibit yoga, along with hyp- Europe’s population has nosis and meditation in public received one dose and that schools in the southeastern only 4% have been fully pro- state. Last year in March, the tected with two doses. Alabama House of “As long as coverage Representatives voted 84-17 remains low, we need to apply to pass the “Yoga Bill” which the same public health and was moved by state legislator social measures as we have in Jeremy Gray from the the past, to compensate for Democratic Party. delayed schedules,” Kluge said. 2% ,$,,"#

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K>>>$)9=?9>>>%#$#"%!#$%)9(*9>>> ery post pandemic. than the GST revenues in the melled the economy, as is back to normal. at 50,029.83, driven by gains in In the previous trade, it %#$$% Closer monitoring against same month last year,” the demand dried up and non- ICRA Principal Economist banking, IT and energy stocks. had closed at Rs 43,820 per 10 fake-billing, deep data analyt- ministry said in a statement. essential businesses were shut- Aditi Nayar said the healthy Of the Sensex stocks, 25 closed gram. Silver also gained Rs    / /   . ics using data from multiple During the month, rev- tered. In the April-June quar- GST collections in March 2021, in the green. 1,071 to Rs 63,256 per kilogram " %,%$"$+!$%"," sources including GST, income enues from import of goods ter, the economy contracted by along with the additional devo- Similarly, the broader NSE from Rs 62,185 per kilogram in "#%!%! $%% KB=>>?6 2P tax and customs IT systems were 70 per cent higher and the the steepest ever 24.4 per cent, lution of Rs 45,000 crore to the Nifty rose 176.65 points or 1.2 the previous trade.  "%"=="!9=>>? %%%%$,"% and effective tax administration revenues from domestic trans- and 7.3 per cent in September state governments for the just- per cent to settle at 14,867.35. %$+$%! &$%%9%,%9$%!%9 have also contributed to the action were 17 per cent more quarter. However, in October- concluded fiscal, confirm the IndusInd Bank, Kotak Bank, “Domestic equities ,"!&!%9%"$9,%9% &,%"% steady increase in tax revenue than the revenues from these December it came back in rating agency’s view that the tax ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, Bajaj shrugged-off COVID-19 spikes .   %9=>(? 9%$$!%%$ over past few months, it added. sources during the same month positive territory with 0.4 per revenues in FY2021 have Finance and Ultratech Cement on favourable global cues and #%&%+!#$%"%.  The gross GST revenue last year. cent growth. exceeded the Revised were prominent gainers. State- recovered sharply mainly led by %  "%$%!%!#!%%+9 collected in March 2021 stood The GST revenues declined As restrictions were grad- Estimates. run SBI rose 1.7 per cent amid strong buying in financials and %%"%##$!&$#%$,$+ at 1,23,902 crore. Of this, 41 per cent and 8 per cent in ually lifted, many sectors of the “We continue to expect a rally in public sector banks. automobile stocks. 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"+!% !" #9%@.A non-resident Indians in Gulf had tweeted a picture of an than 2.38 crore taxpayers in per cent stake sale in Chinese cent stake in CYEC through its additional coal supply in the . countries would continue to be amendment in Finance Bill, 2020-21. road asset, Chongqing Yuhe step down Singapore-based country during 2020-21, which exempt from tax in India. 2021, saying the “complicated This include 87,749 crore Expressway Co Ltd (CYEC), subsidiary, ITNL International prompted customers to opt 90          Quoting a tweet of TMC words” in the amendment is “in personal income tax refunds to which would help the compa- Pte Ltd (IIPL). million tonnes of domestic .6  O ""$%%!%"",&"$% MP Mahua Moitra, Sitharaman reality a Special Gulf workers 2.34 crore taxpayers and 1.74 ny to address debt of about Rs The balance 51 per cent coal instead of importing it ,"#$$&"%%!,%%$%&$ clarified that the Finance Act tax”. lakh crore worth corporate tax 2,600 crore. stake in CYEC is held by from abroad. At the end of "H,%""$$"9#"#%$ L."%% 2021 has not brought in any “FM going back on her refunds in 3.46 lakh cases. It sold the stake to China Chongqing Expressway Group COVID-19-hit 2020-21, Coal $$$9$%#91##"P$%6 new or additional tax on Indian words. Hardworking Indian The refunds issued in Merchants & PingAn (CEG). India Ltd’s (CIL) silver lining, %$%%&%""$$%#!!,%%9M$"4 workers in workers in 2020-21 marks an increase of Infrastructure Phase 1 Equity PingAn had bid at an amid output and offtake chal- "9 19."$P 6 9%."$$& Saudi/UAE/Oman/Qatar. Saudi/UAE/Oman/Qatar to be almost 43.2 per cent, the I-T Investment Fund (Tianjin) Co aggregate equity valuation of lenges, came in the form of ,9 ++1   94 !0 9 ,#&&%9 The minister said the said taxed EXTRA,” Moitra tweet- department said in a statement. Ltd (PingAn), a fund jointly $281 million for 100 per cent curbing coal imports to the &,%%9$"9L,$$9%"%9,$ amendment in the Finance ed. Sitharaman’s office tweeted: “Central Board of Direct owned by PingAn Insurance stake. This valued IIPL’s 49 per tune of 90 million tonnes (MT), 6%6,%!"%$9""%$,##!%$$!& Act, 2021, has merely incor- “No going back on words. The Taxes (CBDT) has issued and China Merchants. cent stake at around $140 mil- the public sector undertaking  M porated general definition of Finance Act, 2021 hasn’t refunds of more than 2.62 This is the largest transac- lion and PingAn had agreed to said in a statement.Also, beat- the term “liable to tax” in the brought in any additional or lakh crore to more than 2.38 tion for IL&FS since the sale of take over the Rs 1,600 crore ing the previous estimates, the . =+B)    / . Income Tax Act to provide clar- new tax on hardworking Indian crore taxpayers from 1st April, its wind energy assets to Orix, debt (as of December 2018) in state-owned coal major booked ! < 1K>#%%$#%"&,$ ity. workers in 2020 to 31st March, 2021,” the IL&FS said in a statement. the CYEC.The transaction was an all-time high of 124 MT in ,%$,&!$!9"&%%"&$ % “This amendment has not Saudi/UAE/Oman/Qatar.” statement said. IL&FS has duly received Rs completed post receipt of its e-auctions.Sustaining its "+#+"=>=( L$9 "$ altered the taxability of salary The minister also said The total refunds issued in 1,035 crore ($141.3 million) in approval from retired Supreme growth trajectory throughout  &!!""#%&%"%$%%&%9 income earned by non-resident that drawing conclusions with- 2019-20 were worth Rs 1.83 Singapore as part of this trans- Court Justice D.K. Jain and the the fiscal, over burden removal %"%$$%,!%$ & Indian citizens in Gulf coun- out comprehending the facts is lakh crore. action. 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The government’s mated thirteen different labour health and working conditions plex and disrupted world, as The market certainly does privatisation policy may not legislations and is aimed at sim- standards, pertaining to facto- per a report by Kotak not have a favourable view of achieve strategic (value max- plifying the laws regulating ries, docks and construction Institutional Equities. the future prospects of the imisation) and financial (asset the occupational safety, health work,” the ministry said in a The report said PSU com- PSUs given the large erosion in monetisation) objectives and working conditions in statement on Thursday. panies have already become market capitalisation of most either,” it said. establishments. “The central PTI     1   O"#$ %#& '  % #$ ) ) # '%  P L ,%- .  $## '/00   0#0

duction or long hours of monotonous reading. Another robust case can be made for learning languages, which under- standably has considerable market potential. Whenever someone wants to LISTEN, VISUALISE learn a new language, the most crucial element in the process is to listen to the content in the language carefully. It will help people attain a knack for the lan- AND guage, develop better pronunciation and fluency, and eventually make learn- ing much less complicated. Let us also look beyond students or LEARN learners for developing life skills. There is another vast use case of learning through audio in corporate L&D for multiple industries like hospitality, 0  (     travel, food delivery, e-commerce, taxi service, etc. All the mentioned indus- ))  ?+(  tries are operations-intensive and have professional requirements to train their  ((    people on SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) many times over. With (       minimal infrastructure or device requirements, audio becomes the       smartest choice for corporates to train their employees on SOPs without tak- 0>$#=+, 6@#- ing additional time from their work schedule or their lives. Audio helps to convert any activity time into learning time, unlike other mediums/formats, which require dedicated schedules to consume the content. In the next three years, AI-based   (( voice assistants will take learning to the next level. Further to this, voice assis- tants will seamlessly deliver quizzes,  )! facts and interaction-based knowledge in such streamlined ways that people arineeti Chopra is basking in the good will start preferring them over tradition- Previews that she has got for her powerful and al teaching methodologies. This can be versatile performances in three back to back films attributed to the convenience and per- — The Girl On The Train (TGOTT), Sandeep Aur sonalisation that these voice assistants Pinky Faraar (SAPF) and the recently released istening empowers you to see chance of facing distraction and are capable of providing. Saina. Pari reveals that going forward she will with your eyes closed. Yes, visual- ergonomic difficulties in learning With the extent of transformation only look to ‘shock and awe’ people with her film Lisation is what I am talking about. through video/VR-based education. brought to us every day by AI, machine- choices that will allow her to showcase her act- Since the beginning of humankind, Even though these formats offer great learning, data-analytics, and other tech- ing skills effectively. whenever a person wanted to focus on entertainment and leisurely experi- nologies, it won’t be surprising to see big Pari says, “I’m currently over the moon with something or listen carefully to remem- ences, it does not suitably address the leaps in human productivity. A lot of the the reviews that I have got for TGOTT, SAPF and ber or absorb knowledge, the first step above concerns, especially considering developments will be linked to the con- Saina and I realised that what the audience and was to close the eyes primarily to cut the post-COVID scenario. During the sumption of content through audio as critics loved was my decision to pick versatile off the mind from the outer world (visu- pandemic, screen times have skyrock- people are preferring to multitask and roles that helped me shine as a performer. Going als) and remove every distraction. In eted, and as a positive measure, people cater more time to learning. Rather than forward too, my film choices will be instinctive, earlier times, whether people used to are turning to less captive formats to wasting precious time in transiting for bold and hopefully I will be able to shock and travel to different parts of the save their time and health. work, moving physical things like awe people like I have done with these three back country/world without any map service Audio-based learning answers all books, tablets, and computers around, to back films.” or understand a process, they used to these concerns so well that some of the they would prefer to operate devices For Pari, 2021 has started on a good note and close their eyes and listen carefully to subjects/topics are now made available through voice-commands for a hassle she intends to capitalise on this positive momen- create a mental image to remember the in audio formats. These topics can be and stress-free lifestyle. We are already tum. She says, “They have been praising my work directions and memorise. best learned on audio, hence, the term witnessing disruption through fresh and saying things like Parineeti 2.0, return of We have enough instances from our ‘Audio First’ was coined to describe it. ideas like voice recognition, wherein, an Parineeti, the power packed hat-trick of Parineeti mythology or history about the impor- For instance, if an individual has to AI and machine learning-based tech Chopra. It feels very special and rare as no actor tance of sound, especially in learning. study history by reading a book, the delivers customised content after recog- has achieved this feat of releasing three films in Today, even though the ecosystem is process itself is so long and monotonous nising the owners’ voice. The possibil- one month and I cannot believe it. It’s been a dynamic and the invention of newer that the student loses interest to con- ities for the future are immense, and good start to my year because people have real- technologies like VR, 4D, AR, etc, are sume the relevant pointers. If you try peoples’ love for audio will be at the cen- ly liked what I have tried to do on screen.” providing multiple means to consume to learn the same subject through ter of new learning experiences. The She adds, “Their love is a big validation that content and learn, the importance of video, content production becomes next generation of technology in audio I should always get out of my comfort zone and audio as the fundamental means of unaffordable and time-consuming. will be embraced with open arms, just shake things up for myself. It’s a big lesson that transferring knowledge cannot be dis- However, the same can be taught in like radio, MP3 devices, and audio apps I have learnt and I’m going to ensure that I counted. Moreover, with so many for- audio most effectively without worry- have been in recent years. apply this when it comes to my film choices mats of content, there is an increased ing about the high cost of content pro- (The writer is the COO of Khabri.) going forward.”

mong the zillion other things that EAT MINDFULLY Athis pandemic has changed in our Mindful and intuitive eating prac- lives, it has changed the way we eat. tices are not diets. They are mindsets This means different things for differ- that require you to trust your natural ent people. instincts and listen to your body’s While many of us used the time hunger and fullness cues. Mindful eat-  -"570 0+ /)%)%!)/ at home to turn to cooking and bak- ing is about rethinking food choices ing and completely did away with and practices; going back to tradition- ordering in and takeaways — there- al ways of eating and engaging your 2)  )  %     +CB  AR D %   )  by eating cleaner and healthier; there senses by noticing colors, smells, were also those who had to juggle sounds, textures, and taste. Work your &     4 !CB52 5!+! WFH and household chores and way up to eating mindfully every day didn’t find time to streamline their and forgive yourself when you don’t. n American author, Mary fried. But it also had elements of diets. It can take weeks, months so be Antin, once said, “Among sushi. It had tempura fried aspara- On the contrary their lifestyle patient with yourself, and enjoy the Athe liveliest of my memories gus, carrot wrapped with Japanese became more sedentary and eating process of building a stronger mind- are those of eating and drinking...” rice and seaweed flavoured with habits more disorganised. Not to body connection and improving your Well, I won’t deny it either. Recently, spicy Japanese mayonnaise. To say mention the physiological reasons for relationship to food. for instance, I, along with three of the least, sushi is often a disap- turning to food when the world has my friends, each distinct from the pointment for me but this partic- turned upside down. START AN INTUITIVE JOURNEY other, headed towards Gurugram’s ular one wasn’t... for sure. In short, people are struggling 32nd Milestone. Climbing up a They say an Asian menu is with their eating right now and Honour hunger: Keep your body white spiral staircase, we made our incomplete without dim sums probably in different ways than biologically fed with adequate energy way into an Asian-themed bar and and momos. It’s true! So we tried they’re used to. An expert on Tata Sky and carbohydrates. Once you reach the diner — RYU. their Veg momos and Bok choy Family Health, Mona Johar, moment of excessive hunger, all inten- The dragon was the prime ele- asparagus. The momos had Functional Integrative Nutrition and tions of moderate, conscious eating are ment of the bar that distinctly minced vegetables as the stuffing Co-Founder Mechanism Wellness, fleeting and irrelevant. dominated the first floor’s visuals as and were steamed to perfection. lists down ways of mindful eating in the concept creator of the restaurant The dim sums filling had steamed the time of work from home. Don’t eat for the wrong reasons: Get believes that every dragon has a per- bok choy, asparagus and corian- in touch with your feelings and don’t sonality of its own, thus, inspiring der. It was served with hot chilli STRUCTURE YOUR DAY let food become an excuse for not deal- people to delve deeper into their sauce. You know the dim sum, if Not having the usual comfort ing with emotions such as anger, anx- layers and exploring different ver- literally translated, means “touch zones like socialising, travelling to iety, or loneliness. sions of themselves as they relax the heart”. And this one just did work or spending time outdoors in comfortably at the restaurant. that. nature, has pushed us towards eating Make peace with food: Buy food you Walking past the interiors, we We were pretty near satura- disorders in the last one year. And of feel like eating. Listen to your food moved towards the rooftop and tion and we ordered a Veg kebab course, the havoc caused by the cravings, it is alright to indulge every found a comfortable spot — a cor- platter, which included oven- absence of a routine. It is important once in a while. ner table. But I was overcome with I am not a huge fan of mushrooms, comfort food at its best. fourth — Junglebird, with its strong cooked paneer tikka, malai broc- for people to carry on with a sched- curiosity about the meaning of I found myself indulging and going I wanted to pair beer with the flavours — made the best impact on coli and hara bhara kebab. It was ule, to try to wake up at set times and Stop when full: Listen for the body RYU? To find out the same, I for a second round. meal, however, one can’t help but my already impressed tastebuds. served along with mint chutney. go to sleep at certain times. This will signals that tell you that you are no googled the name and came to Thai crispy vegetables which look at the menu when it has a wide Another reason was the presenta- While paneer tikka and hara give them a purpose and do away with longer hungry. Observe the signs that know that RYU is a fictional had broccoli, carrots, bell peppers, range of cocktails to choose from. tion. It came in a bird-shaped bhara kebab were exactly how ‘pandemic boredom’. Once there is a show that you’re comfortably full. Japanese fighting character and cabbage and cauliflower wok-tossed Taking suggestions from the mixol- glass, which was surrounded by a they are served everywhere, malai structure, things like diet, exercise and the protagonist of Capcom’s Street in lemon, chilli and a few other Thai ogist Nikit Singh, we ordered nest-like arrangement, which jus- broccoli was the exception. As it sleep will automatically fall into place. Don’t over-exercise: Check in with Fighter series. Sitting under the herbs was served next. To ensure around five drinks, each with a dif- tified its name. A twist to a is I am fond of broccoli and I have your body, do not exercise hard when shade of an intricate Japanese that these remained crunchy even ferent base. While Pandarama was Malaysian classic, this version been a fan of cheese for as long as DESKTOP DIET exhausted, opt for a gentler routine. umbrella, I, then, realised that the after turning a bit cold, the execu- a sweet mixture of vermouth, pas- infused jackfruit and thyme rum, I can remember — it was a per- When life revolves around a table Have a variety of workouts at your dis- restaurant is inspired by the culture tive chef Lekh Bhadur Khadga sion fruit, orange juice, thyme & tiramisu syrup, Campari, pineapple fect fusion for me as it was and chair for most parts of the day, posal and pick and choose based on and tradition of Japan, China and Magar used rice flour. This garlicky, lime float with flamed absinthe juice and lime. Last, the fifth was flavoured with cream cheese. thanks to home-schooling and WFH, how your body’s feeling. Malaysia. The warm, dim yellow super crunchy dish was certainly (anise-flavoured spirit) and cinna- gin-based Flower power. It came in I must say — if not for the the obvious conclusion is meals on the lights and soft music in the back- the star of the night, not only for me mon, Sex on the roof had malibu wine glasses, shaken with elder- delectable bites, people must visit desk (read more snacking)! While Exercise and move for enjoyment: ground set our mood for the night. but for my pals as well. rum, Midori, banana puree, pineap- flower yuzu, thyme and lemon RYU for its exceptional signature snacking may help in keeping your Not expressly for weight loss or calo- We started with Chilli garlic Next up was the Classic veg ple and lime. It reminded me of the juice topped with in-house salted cocktails. 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&-"8"!!"4#!& IPL will benefit Eng during T20 WC: Stokes & !   * '   (  -      ( 8      010  you’ve got the pressure of the franchise on you. eturning to action after “Being constantly exposed Rserving a one-year ban, to that is a huge benefit to us Bangladesh star all-rounder as a team, especially with the Shakib-Al-Hasan is ready to T20 World Cup coming up at play any role that his IPL side the end of the year in India; it’s Kolkata Knight Riders expects a great chance for the English from him in the upcoming guys to get more experience in season. these conditions,” Stokes said. The Bangladesh super- After being held in the star, who was part of KKR United Arab Emirates last title-winning campaigns in year due to the Covid-19 pan- 2012 and 2014, played just demic, the IPL returns to three matches for Sunrisers India and Stokes hopes fans Hyderabad in 2019 before the would be allowed back in the ban spelt his ouster from the stadiums soon. game. “It’s great for the compe- The ICC had banned tition that it’s come back to its  *(  1  6   $ +  ' +* 1     him for two years, with one roots after taking place in   &  * . ?1     . '       D *  year of that sentence sus- Dubai last year, which was an pended, after he accepted achievement in itself. three charges of breaching the You have to keep an open “Fingers crossed that fans recent tour of India — even is optimistic about the season season: we had some great ICC anti-corruption code. mind, keep training hard and will be allowed back in at though 100 per cent of the ahead. ones followed by some pretty Now in his second need to make sure whenever some point during this IPL crowd were against us! Being “Last year was obviously poor performances. innings at KKR, Shakib is not you get a chance, you grab the because they are a huge part back in the thick of that disappointing. Yes, we fin- “But every year is a clean averse to open the batting like opportunity with both hands.” of this game and why we play. atmosphere was amazing!” ished bottom of the table but slate and we are really excited Sunil Narine or play the role In the post-Gautam “It was an amazing feeling The Royals had a disap- I think it’s not as simple as that. about the prospects of what we of a finisher, beside bowling Gambhir era, KKR have to have fans back in the pointing campaign last year, We ebbed and flowed with our are able to do on the field this those tidy left-arm spin — to missed playoffs for two years grounds on our (England’s) finishing last. However, Stokes performances throughout the year,” he added. seal his place. in a row and Shakib hoped “I’m open to anything to things would change this time be honest,” the 34-year-old, round. *$ )'  8   2*  2  who was bought by his former “From outside, you can ) )  - '      @0-   +F   3     4 > ( franchise for 3.2 crore said. see it in different ways. This Since his ban ended in team has grown in last two   /2  English players in the IPL October last year, he has years. This is the year I think has probably grown in the last   /2  many formats, so I am really perspective, it would be more played only for his domestic KKR will be able to deliver the he increased participa- five or so years,” Stokes, who free about that.” from my side to get some side Khulna in the performance that fans have tion of English players will turn up for the Rajasthan ajasthan Royals’ new After the IPL auctions, extra tips from Sanga Bangabandhu T20 Cup. been asking for. I’m very Tin the IPL, where there Royals, told Sky Sports. Rrecruit Shivam Dube says Sangakkara had said that (Sangakkara), so I can per- “I’m very much confi- much optimistic, KKR will get is constant pressure to per- “Not only is that great for he is ready to bat at any Dube’s batting will be the form well in the tourna- dent, it’s just that I need one the result.” form, will benefit them during the individual but it is also position for his team and is main focus and “if there is an ment.” good game to get it going. If KKR also have included the T20 World Cup to be held great for the players involved looking to get some “extra opportunity for him to bowl, Dube said he is solely I can start well, I think I can veteran India off-spinner in India later this year, reck- in the England set-up; it gives tips” from Director Of Cricket it would be very rarely and focused on winning the tro- do well for the team.” Harbhajan Singh to an already ons star all-rounder Ben them experience in the most Kumara Sangakkara to very few overs, if at all.” phy for his team. In his last stint for SRH, strong spin lineup featuring Stokes. high-profile competition in improve his batting during Dube said he is looking “First of all ... If I am play- he only played three match- Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav Over the years more and the world but not only that — the IPL. forward to getting some ing for any team, I just expect es, while at KKR too he may and Varun Chakravarthy more English players have you are under constant pres- Dube, who has featured “extra-tips” from the Sri my team and myself to aim not be a regular as he’s primar- among others. chosen to take part in the sure to perform,” the impos- in one ODI and nine T20s for Lankan legend, with whom for the trophy. I don’t expect ily seen as a back-up option “We got a very good spin lucrative league. This year, ing all-rounder added. India, was brought by the he will be working in the (anything personally)... for Sunil Narine. department, having said that there are 14 England crick- India is set to host the T20 Rajasthan Royals for a whop- upcoming season. Because as a professional you Shakib said it indeed we have got a great pace  eters contracted to play IPL, World Cup later this year and ping 4.40 crores. $ 0'( (   “... He (Sangakkara) has know what you want and affects the overseas players to bowling lineup too. All in all, including white-ball skipper Stokes feels it is the perfect “I think, I have played at   & '''  played a lot of cricket and he what teams will give you, sit out in a game but with the we have got a very good Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, opportunity for English play- many positions, so I don’t care    - D&  is going to watch me and what roles you have to play options being limited he has bowling lineup,” he conclud- Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen ers, who were a part of the much about what I can do, I going to tell me what I need and that you will get from the to have an open-mind ed. Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, recently-concluded tour of care much about what teams number, early in the innings, to add in my game to improve coach... approach. The two-time champi- Sam Billings, Liam India, to get more familiar needs from me,” 27-year-old and if they want me as a fin- and to be a better left-hand- “The one thing I would “There are 8-10 overseas ons will kick-start their cam- Livingstone, Jason Roy, Chris with the Indian conditions. Dube said. isher in any game, I can do ed batsman,” he said. always be grateful is that I will players in each team and paign against Sunrisers Woakes and Dawid Malan. “You’ve got billions of “So if they want me to bat that also. “Many things would be be playing for Rajasthan and only four can play. You can- Hyderabad in Chennai on “Yes — the percentage of people watching you and up the order, I can bat at any “I have played the roles in there, but from a batting they will be trusting me a lot.” not blame the team selection. 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  21/  Then potentially the T20 World Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders  / 0  Cup leading into the Ashes, so batsman Nitish Rana was on ustralia and Chennai Super it’s a big 12 months. Thursday cleared to train with ew Zealand beat AKings fast bowler Josh “As it always is with his teammates after testing NBangladesh by 65 runs in Hazlewood has pulled out of the Australia, and I want to give negative for Covid-19, more a rain-shortened third T20I at upcoming edition of the Indian myself the best chance to be than a week after returning Eden Park on Friday to claim Premier League to take a small mentally and physically ready for positive for the infectious dis- a series clean sweep. break from cricket and keep that,” he added. ease. With their innings reduced himself fresh for the Ashes and The right-armer follows The 27-year-old lefthander to 10 overs due to bad weath- the T20 World Cup later this compatriots Josh Philippe (RCB) had tested positive a day after er, Bangladesh were all out for year. and Mitchell Marsh (SRH) in his arrival in Mumbai on 76 with three balls to spare, well Hazlewood was to depart withdrawing from the IPL, while March 21, following which he short of the 142 target set by with other Australia’s IPL-bound some other Australians may went into isolation in the team ed himself and was tested again New Zealand. players and join CSK but decid- consider opting out also, accord- hotel. today. We are glad to report The Black Caps made 141 ed to skip the cash-rich league, ing to the report. “Nitish Rana had checked that he has tested negative. We for four after losing the toss and which will start on April 9 and With the pulling out of the into the KKR team hotel in expect him to start training being asked to bat, with Finn go on till May 30, and spend IPL, Hazlewood is now available Mumbai, on March 21 with a with the team shortly and be Allen hitting 71 from 29 balls. time at home for the next two for the back end of the domes- negative Covid report which fully fit well before the start of Spinner Todd Astle was the ,C '  +(    ;   D- months. tic season. He is expected to be was done on March 19... He the season.” standout bowler, taking four The 30-year-old played Australia in the next two available for NSW for the was tested on March 22, dur- Rana had scored 352 runs wickets for 13 runs in his two and we’ve played some good run away with the match. three games for CSK in the IPL months,” Hazlewood was quot- Sheffield Shield final if they ing his quarantine and the in 14 matches during the IPL over spell. cricket and seen a lot of guys “We’re not playing good last season. ed as saying by cricket.Com.Au. qualify. “I haven’t been bowling report showed that he was 2020 season. Captain Tim Southee said come into the environment cricket in batting and fielding,” “It’s been a long 10 months “We’ve got a big winter a great deal ... Workloads are a positive,” KKR said in a state- It remains to be seen it was satisfying for the New and do well,” he said. he said. in bubbles and quarantine at dif- ahead. The West Indies is going bit too low … hopefully I can use ment. whether he will be fit to play for Zealanders to notch their sev- Bangladesh captain Liton “We’ve been very good ferent times, so I decided to have to be a long tour, with the next two weeks to build up “He has had no symptoms their season-opener against enth home series win of the Das said mistakes cost his side, bowling but that’s cost us. a rest from cricket and spend Bangladesh (T20 tour) potential- and if we’re in the Shield final I and has been completely Sunrisers Hyderabad in season on all formats. including a series of dropped We’re a young team and we’re some time at home and in ly thrown on the end of that. can play that,” the pacer said. asymptomatic since. He isolat- Chennai on April 11. PTI “It’s been a great summer catches that allowed Allen to learning.” O) ) ( 3E   -( %   5    ) P     %   0   striker has now scored only two