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Pradesh (UP), with a massive over,” he said when asked about The districts where corona outreach programme involving the party’s performance in the he Government has used curfew was lifted on Sunday one lakh party workers Panchayat polls. Troughly 4,500 crore of the included , Gautam After the BJP and RSS About his meeting with the total 35,000 crore meant for Buddha Nagar, leaders held several round of Governor and the Speaker he procuring the Covid-19 vac- and . , talks with Ministers and MLAs said that it has been more cine. , and in Lucknow to prepare the than six months since he came “4,488.75 crore has been will continue to be road map for the crucial to UP. “During this time I released to HLL Lifecare under the corona curfew as the Assembly polls and assess the could not meet any senior Limited (the procurement active cases in these districts are political damaged cause by the leader”, he said. agency for the Union Health (295 + five per cent GST). So, hearing on the coronavirus more than 600. outbreak, BJP national gener- Last week, BJP’s national Ministry) till date towards pro- the 4,488.75 crore has been situation in . Apart from On Sunday, 1,165 fresh al secretary Radha Mohan general secretary organisation curement of Covid-19 vac- used for the procurement of two calling the Government’s pol- cases were reported in the state Singh called on UP Governor       ! " #  BL Santosh and Singh had vis- cines Covishield (21 crore Covid-19 vaccines at the unit icy “arbitrary and irrational”, while 2,446 patients recovered. on Sunday.    $ % &' ited Lucknow for three days. doses) manufactured by M/s cost of 157.50 including taxes the court also said that the The cases came down to single At the same time, BJP pres- During their visit Santosh met Serum Institute of India and (150 + five per cent GST). Union Government justifying digit in 36 districts while the ident JP Nadda held discussions ings as a courtesy call. Minister Kamal Rani and senior Ministers and both the Covaxin (7.5 crore doses) man- “The procurement of the its lower prices (for vaccines) Covid positivity rate in five dis- with party general secretaries, On possible Cabinet Revenue and Flood Control Deputy Chief Ministers Dinesh ufactured by M/s Bharat Covid-19 vaccine and vacci- on account of its ability to place tricts is between 1 and 1.2 per States-in-charge and Morcha reshuffle, he said, “There are Minister Vijay Kashyap – have Sharma and Keshav Prasad Biotech International Limited nation is an ongoing process," large purchase orders, raises the cent. In the remaining dis- chiefs for two days in New vacancies in the Ministry and died of Corona. Adityanath Maurya separately. at the unit cost of 157.50 the RTI response added. issue as to why this rationale is tricts, it is under 1 per cent. to review the relief and they can be filled. Chief has so far not allocated their Meanwhile, in Delhi after including taxes (150 + five per Earlier, the Supreme Court not being employed for acquir- In Lucknow, 42 fresh Covid awareness programme and laid Minister will Ministry to other Ministers as the two-day meeting, Nadda on cent GST),” the Government on May 31 had asked the ing 100 per cent of the month- cases were detected while 159 out the road map to intensify take a call on these vacant posts additional charge. Sunday also asked the party’s said in its response to a Right Union Government to clarify ly CDL doses. recoveries were recorded. The efforts in the coming months. at the appropriate time.” UP with 403-members in ST Morcha and Mahila Morcha to Information plea filed by how the 35,000 crore ear- The Union Budget for the active cases came down to 999 The meeting between “The organisation and the the State Assembly can have 60 to reach out to people with the activist Saurav Das. marked in the Union Budget Financial Year 2021-2022 had while five patients succumbed Anandiben Patel and Radha Government are running like a Ministers – including Cabinet, Central Government’s schemes The Government’s reply, for procuring vaccines had earmarked 35,000 crore for to the deadly infection. Mohan Singh has created more well-oiled machine. The Independent and State of Van Dhan and Nutrition for dated May 26, also said that ini- been spent so far. Further, the procuring vaccines. “In light of The total active cases have speculation over a possible Government is very popular Ministers. Earlier there were 56 Women and Children. tially, through the PM-Care top court had asked why these the Liberalised Vaccination come down to 17,928 even as Ministry expansion in UP and there is no reason to bring Ministers with four vacancies. Kisan Morcha has also funds, the Government pro- funds cannot be used for giv- Policy, the Central Government 10,141 of them are under treat- which is going to the polls in a change in the party and the With the death of three minis- been directed to train farmers cured 5.6 crore doses of ing free vaccination for those in is directed to clarify how these ment in home isolation. the next seven months. Government,” he said. ters Yogi Adityanath can now for Farmer Producer Covishield at the unit cost of the age group 18 to 44 years. funds have been spent so far The total fatalities report- Later in the day, Singh Three Cabinet-rank accommodate seven more Organisations, according to 210 including taxes (200 + The apex court posed this and why they cannot be utilised ed in the last 24 hours were 85, met UP Assembly Speaker Ministers – Home Guard and Ministers to fulfil the BJP national general secretary five per cent GST) and one crore question to the Union for vaccinating people aged with Shahajahanpur account- Hriday Narayan Dikshit. Singh, Family Pension Chetan Constitutional obligation. Arun Singh. doses of Covaxin at the unit cost Government in the suo motu 18-44 years,” the Bench said. ing for the maximum (11) however, described these meet- Chauhan, Technical Education Singh said that the party Continued on Page 11 of 309.75, including taxes case that the top court was Continued on Page 11 deaths.    *&$   + ,   ! P  '     !          Q+      ( )  )            Q"   ## reason behind rejecting this   scheme is because the ration is    $  provided by the Centre and the 2    2 n what the BJP leadership Delhi Government cannot take  Q  +   3 Icalled Mamata Banerjee “pol-  credit for it. itics of vendetta”, the East    Appealing to Prime     Midnapore police have lodged Minister , an FIR against BJP leader %&   '( Kejriwal said, “Believe me, Sir,     and his      I am not doing this work for brother Soumendu for alleged-         even the slightest credit. I have he relentless post-election ly looting away hundreds of tar-     only one aim: Somehow the Tviolence in Bengal claimed head killing him on the spot”. paulin and other relief materi- elhi Chief Minister Arvind poor should get their full yet another life when a BJP The pieces of his blown skull als — kept to be distributed in !  !  DKejriwal on Sunday urged ration. Please let me implement worker on Sunday was bombed were strewn around the area the cyclone-hit areas — worth the Centre to allow the State this, and all credit will be given to death by alleged Trinamool when the MP rushed in. several lakhs of rupees      Government to launch to you. I will tell the whole Congress goons, sources said. The victim’s mother was from Contai municipal school education outcomes. doorstep ration delivery. Kejriwal said the Delhi world that this scheme was The incident took place on grievously wounded and had godown. he Centre on Sunday “The PGI helps the The CM said crowded Government was completely implemented by the Prime a day when Governor Jagdeep been admitted in a local hos- A complaint lodged by one Tapproved the Performance States/UTs to pinpoint the gaps ration shops are corona hotspot prepared to launch the scheme Minister.” Dhankhar launched a fresh pital, sources said. Ratnadip Manna, a member of Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 and accordingly prioritise areas and these shops could poten- in next week. Continued on Page 11 twitter attack on the State Bombs had been raining in Contai Municipal for States and Union Territories for intervention to ensure that tially turn into Covid-19 super- “All necessary tenders com- Government for the “extreme- the area since Saturday evening, Administrative Board, alleged (UTs), which is designed to the school education system is spreader zones in the city. pleted, and arrangements were ly alarming” law and order sit- complained Singh. “Repeated that tarpaulin “worth lakhs of catalyse transformational robust at every level," said Kejriwal said, “If pizza, done,” he said. ,   uation and called Chief complaints to the police have rupees” were “taken away” by change in the field of school Education Minister Ramesh smartphones, and garments “In corona times, ration Secretary HK Dwivedi to brief yielded no result… on Friday “forcefully and illegally break- education. Punjab, Chandigarh, Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in a state- can be delivered to doorsteps, shops are corona hotspots, and him about the steps taken by night about 100 bombs were ing the locks” at the instance of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and ment. then why not ration?” with the launch of the scheme,     the administration to contain charged in the Jagaddal area Adhikari and his brother and Nicobar Islands and Kerala According to the report His reaction came a day many people could avoid what he called “retributive vio- barely a mile from Bhatpara,” former Municipal Chief occupy the highest grade of released by Nishank, Andaman after the Chief Minister Office crowding in these shops,”   !  lence”. he said, adding “these are poor Soumendu Adhikari of Contai A++. Most of the States and and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal (CMO) claimed that Kejriwal said, adding, “For the Jayprakash Yadav, a BJP people who work in the local Municipality. UTs have improved their Pradesh, Manipur, Puducherry, Lieutenant Governor Anil last 75 years, ration mafia ruled New Delhi: Deputy Chief worker, was bombed to death jute mills … there only fault is The complaint was regis- grades in PGI 2019-20 com- Punjab and Tamil Nadu have Baijal again rejected the Delhi and they looted ration. Minister Manish Sisodia con- in broad daylight hardly a fur- that they have supported the tered on a when day Rakhal pared to the earlier years. improved their overall PGI Government’s “revolutionary” Doorstep delivery would have demned the Bharatiya Janata long away from local BJP MP BJP in the last elections … not Bera a close associate of However, no one reached the scores by 10 per cent. doorstep delivery of ration been a revolutionary initia- Party's protest against refusal of Arjun Singh’s residence when only our men are being mur- Adhikari was arrested on Level 1 (951 – 1,000) PGI Andaman and Nicobar Islands, scheme. tive.” the scheme and criticised the the victim was returning home dered but their houses are charges of extorting cash from score category. Lakshadweep and Punjab have However, according to L-G According to the Delhi Centre for not allowing it. "We from a local party office, being looted … it is free for all people promising them jobs. First published in 2019 for shown improvement of 10 per office, he did not reject the Government, the city current- want to stop the black market- alleged the MP, saying three … the TMC goons are looting He was arrested from his the session year 2017-18, the cent or more in the ‘Access’ scheme but only advised that ly has 1.78 million ration card ing of ration at once so that TMC workers, including Lallan property and cash from these Maniktala residence in North index aims to drive States to domain, said a statement from constitutional procedure holders. every household can practice Singh, Chandan and Tuntun people’s houses.” . undertake “multi-pronged the Ministry of Education. should be followed. Sources in the Central their right to basic ration," he threw a bomb “straight on his Continued on Page 11 Continued on Page 11 interventions” for optimal Continued on Page 11 In a virtual briefing, Government claimed that the said. )  & $     &  !  ! .! %      from the doctor to the cook she took part in the celebrations.        .0 had made all arrangements,” “The next day, we left for &1 &1 &' Pramanik said. Ghaziabad. My daughter was  . On April 2, a day before the very happy to see us. The couple went to Ghaziabad to mother and daughter talked the   /'             bring their daughter to whole night where Mita   Lucknow, they hosted a party explained the arrangements      China is not willing to do so am guilty … God has pun- at their home. she had made in Lucknow for and has so far not given any Iished me for my decisions,” ! 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I &" # #$ Some of my friends sug- “As Mita always wanted engaged in a stand-off for the last withdrawal from both the am alone in this world,” he said gested that we should get a Navanita’s first baby to be born one year at three friction points. armies from southern and with tears in his eyes. The elderly couple was listed the city's top nursing 'P'$  Covid test done. But I refused in Lucknow, I brought my Favouring dialogue at the northern banks of the Pangong Just 45 days ago, Pramanik planning to bring Navanita, home where the delivery would because I did not see any daughter and son-in-law to military and diplomatic level, Tso(lake)in late February. had a happy family. His wife who was seven months preg- take place. ' $ # $ Covid-like symptoms and her Lucknow. I was confident that India has all along maintained The lake was the first place Mita was a chirpy and much- nant, from Ghaziabad to “Mita was very happy fever came down within a day,” I would manage because Mita that disengagement and de- where the stand-offs began loved woman. They had a Lucknow. They wanted their because our daughter was $# #  Pramanik said. had made all the arrangements. escalation have to be complete last year in early May when an daughter Navanita, who lived daughter’s first delivery to take going to have her first child On April 2, over 50 people My daughter also wanted to from all face-off sites to ensure Indian patrol was stopped by in Ghaziabad with her hus- place in Lucknow. They had after nine years of marriage. ! "   # came to their house. Mita stay with me,” he said. long lasting peace and tran- the Chinese. band. spoken to a doctor and short- She had so many plans. Right greeted everyone and actively Continued on Page 11 quility at the LAC. 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  available by the Central govern- ment soon,” he said. ttar Pradesh has crossed Yogi also told the officials Uthe milestone of adminis- that to meet the July target, tering 2 crore cumulative vac- more than 100,000 healthcare cine doses and also emerged as professionals (as inoculators) a leader by crossing the 30 would be required to vaccinate lakh-mark in the 18-44 age cat- the entire adult population. egory, the highest in the coun- “About one lakh additional try. Enthused by the response, vaccinators, including the nurs- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ing students, amongst others said the state must intensify the should be trained to meet the vaccination drive to prevent a new target,” the CM said. severe third wave and start tar- In a bid to encourage geting at least 10 lakh doses a women to take the vaccine jabs, day from July onwards. The tar- special pink booths will start get is to vaccinate at least 10 operating in all the 75 districts crore people in the next three from Monday. The UP govern- months, he said. ment has directed the districts “Till now, we have admin- to initiate at least two women istered more than 2 crore special booths each for focused (2,02,34,598) doses of vaccine. immunity-booster drives. In view of the huge population Around 150 special pink of , we have to booths in total are being set up speed up the vaccination drive. in all the districts — one for the We must now work upon 18+ category and another for expanding the ‘Mission June’ the 45+ women will be set up target by three times in July,” "   # %     in each district. The govern- Yogi said while addressing a ment has issued instructions to high-level Covid review meet- have been fully vaccinated. 8.9 per cent of the total doses. strategy should be prepared to set up these camps in District ing on Sunday. It is notable that so far, In the last 24 hours, around meet the target of 10 lakh vac- Women Hospitals or District So far, around 1,66,27,059 India has administered around 3.88 lakh people were vaccinat- cine doses a day in July. Joint Hospitals. Depending people have received the first 22.80 crore vaccine doses, of ed in the state. “There is no shortage of upon the need, such camps will dose of vaccine while 36,27,433 which UP accounts for around The CM said a district-wise vaccines. More vaccines will be be set up in tehsils as well. *  ) :       & &+,         each in Hind Medical Colleges   reservation rules have been Appointment letters given of Barabanki & , two in followed to provide employ- away to 1,438 newly-selected ith an aim to make the Muzaffarnagar Medical ttar Pradesh Chief Minister ment to the poor and deprived junior engineers of Irrigation Whospitals in Uttar College, one in Subharti UYogi Adityanath claimed sections of the society,” and Water Resources depart- Pradesh self-sufficient in oxy- Medical College (Meerut), one that under Mission Rozgar, the CM said. ment and later, the 37,000 gen generation, the Uttar in NCR IMS (Meerut) and government jobs have been A government spokesper- selected assistant teachers of Pradesh government has set up two in Venkateshwara Medical provided to about 4 lakh youth son said on Sunday that under government primary schools 72 oxygen plants in the state so College (). in the state in a fair and trans- the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate were given appointment letters. far, of which 25 plants have A government spokesman parent manner in the last four Services Selection Commission, As many as 3,209 fresh started functioning. The gov- said that with the help of the years. Eligible candidates were exercise instructors, regional appointments were made for ernment has a target of setting Central government, two oxy- recruited in a time-bound man- youth welfare and regional the operators of Irrigation and up 416 oxygen plants and work gen plants have been made ner following rules, he said, development officers (general Water Resources department. is underway for 344 more. operational in the Government adding the recruitment process selection) and regional youth Besides, jobs were given to In UP, 37 new oxygen Medical College, Saharanpur. A will continue in a transparent welfare and regional training 1,065 Ayurveda/Homeopathic plants are to be set up from the new plant has been made func- manner in the future too. officers have been appointed. medical officers of the depart- PM Cares Fund, of which 14 tional by the state government The CM said that the gov- The final result for the selection ment of AYUSH, 436 assistant have been installed while three at Uttar Pradesh Medical ernment is working with full of 531 candidates of Vikas Dal teachers of government sec- are in process. The state gov- Sciences University, , Dr commitment to the welfare of Adhikari has been declared. ondary schools, 97 sub-divi- ernment has approved 64 oxy- Ram Manohar Lohia Institute the poor, villagers, farmers, The spokesman said that on sional officers in the State gen plants, of which six have of Medical Sciences (Lucknow) labourers, women and youth. October 16 last year, appoint- Subordinate Services and 271 started functioning and work is and Government Medical “Under Mission Rozgar, more ment letters were distributed to block education officers under in progress for 58. College (). Principal and more youth have been 31,277 assistant teachers of the the Basic Education depart- Apart from this, 80 plants Secretary, Medical Education, provided jobs and self-employ- Basic Education Council during ment. The Uttar Pradesh have been set up by sugar Alok Kumar said here on ment. The recruitments are the corona pandemic. After Public Service Commission mills and the Excise depart- Sunday that as many as 48 oxy- done by the state government that, online appointment let- has selected candidates for the ment even as 90 oxygen plants gen generator plants are being with complete transparency ters/posting orders were issued posts of deputy superintendent are to be set up from MP and installed. Of these, 16 oxygen and honesty, providing oppor- to 3,317 assistant teachers of of police in the Provincial MLA funds. Of these, eight generator plants are being set tunities to talented youth. The government secondary schools. Police Service. have started and work is going up by the Central government, on for 82. Under Corporate 24 by the state government, one Social Responsibility (CSR), a from the MLA fund and seven *     total of 120 plants have been by the corporate institutions.     ) proposed to be set up, of which “The process of establishing 18 have already been installed. and making oxygen generator   Twelve new oxygen plants plants functional in all medical have started functioning in institutions in the state sector is    *    private medical colleges in the going on continuously. All the state. These include two in plants are likely to become ( '! ! Rohilkhand Medical College functional from the last week of (), two in Narayana July to the first week of August,” Lucknow (PNS): Samajwadi )+    Medical College (), one the spokesman said. Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday that farmers are the worst sufferers during the   the spread of coronavirus,” he -   BJP government in the state as added.  $.  their economic condition has ttar Pradesh government “Delhi and Maharashtra gone from bad to worse in the Uspokesman and cabinet registered a massive spike in Lucknow (PNS): Two more last four years. minister Sidharth Nath Singh daily Covid cases in the sec- patients of black fungus died Yadav alleged that the con- on Sunday slammed the ond wave, whereas UP, with at KGMU in Lucknow on dition of farmers has worsened opposition for questioning a population of 24 crore, has Sunday. The deceased includ- the most in the state under the the success of the UP model brought the daily caseload to ed a 55-year-old man from present BJP government. The of Covid management. He nearly 1,000 cases now,” Singh Hardoi and a 59-year-old SP chief said the main cause for said that UP boasts of the said. man from . KGMU the breakdown of the agricul- highest recovery rate, lowest “In a sharp contrast to media spokesperson Dr ture economy is the three farm- positivity rate and highest Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra Sudhir Singh said that 17 ing laws introduced by the BJP testing. reported over 14,000 new new cases of black fungus government at the Centre. “UP’s COVID-19 cases on Saturday. While the came up during the last 24 Attacking the BJP govern- response outperforms that of test positivity rate remained hours, taking the tally to 308. ment over farm laws, Akhilesh Maharashtra and Delhi as it at 0.3 per cent in UP, it was Two black fungus patients Yadav said: “There is a big has recorded a drastic decline recorded at 16.26 per cent in were also discharged from the movement of farmers against in deaths besides fresh and Maharashtra and 0.68 per hospital. these new farm laws. Even after active cases. The micro-plan- cent in Delhi, which is 1/10th over six months, the anger of the ning, early detection and of UP’s population,” he point- farmer has not subsided. The proper treatment helped flat- ed out. unity of farmers will shatter the ten the curve in UP. Those He said swift measures, arrogance of the BJP. The farm- who question the efficiency alertness and bold decisions ers did not get remunerative of the UP model time and coupled with presence of prices for their crops during the again should first take note of medical resources and BJP government.” its success,” Singh said. planned short-term corona “The BJP government’s Lashing out at the oppo- curfew have resulted in lim- promise of doubling the income sition, Singh said that Covid iting the outbreak in UP, of the farmers has proved to be cases in the most populous whereas Maharashtra and damp squib and a tool to attract state (UP) have seen a dras- Delhi, even with complete the votes of farmers. To mislead tic decline all because of the lockdown, have not been able the farmers, the BJP govern- effective implementation of to limit the number of fresh ment made tall promises about an aggressive T3 regime and cases and Covid deaths. the minimum support price planned partial corona cur- The case fatality rate while the fact is that the farm- few by the chief minister (CFR) has also been at 1.2 per ers have been forced to make with a view to safeguarding cent in UP while it stands in distress sale of their produce. both life and livelihood. “It is Maharashtra at 1.71 per cent The MSP of wheat at Rs 1,975 evident from UP’s Covid fig- and in Delhi’s at 1.7 per cent. per quintal continues to be ures that the raging pandem- He said that deaths per available only in advertisements ic has been tamed and con- million have been the highest whereas in reality, the farmers trolled in the state,” the min- in Delhi (313), followed by have to sell wheat to middlemen ister said. Maharashtra (127) as com- at throwaway prices,” Yadav “Major states such as pared to UP (26). As Covid alleged. “Sugarcane farmers are Delhi and Maharashtra have recovery rate in UP continues badly hit in the state. Even in the been reeling under the devas- to go upwards, the minister crushing season, their produce tating impact of the second said that the state has also has not been procured. Even wave that has led to an alarm- recorded the recovery rate at today, sugar mills owe farmers ing spike in daily cases. UP, a remarkable 97.7 per cent, more than Rs 20,000 crore,” he under the leadership of Yogi surpassing the national added. Adityanath, has controlled average.

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Asked if living in hygienic protect them from TB, they ing that both are working fine. come to meet her because he It may come as a surpris- Vice-Chancellor of Atal conditions worked against peo- have less severity of Covid as Singh made the rebuttals view that Yogi Ji is the most workers? had not been able to meet her ing finding that several slums Bihari Medical University AK ple in urban areas, he every- compared to people in affluent while talking to PTI after his competent person to fulfil the “Our 17,000 workers have for some time. “After becom- have shown few corona cases Singh said those living in the thing has its advantages and parts of the world who are not meeting with Governor dreams of Modi Ji,” he said. been adjusted in the UP gov- ing the party’s in-charge of UP, and deaths because these are slums have better immunity disadvantages. routinely administered these Anandiben Patel, which he The BJP vice president also ernment. Had they been in I have not met the governor,” congested areas where the because of several factors. “One cannot propagate vaccines,” he reasoned. described as a personal one. discounted reports on likely power, they would have adjust- he said. norms of hygiene are not usu- “First, they have been exposed that living in unhygienic con- He said it has always been Asked about a TV news changes in the party or the gov- ed their family members,” he When she was the Gujarat ally followed. to infections earlier in life too; ditions is desirable but what it said that wherever the children channel report claiming an ernment leadership in UP, said. chief minister, I was the agri- Responding to the fact that second, their body may be is to be noted is that living in are exposed to the earth and imminent Cabinet expansion terming them as a figment of Talking to reporters too culture minister. I had an old 18 slums in the city have shown more rugged and sturdy. sterile or close to sterile condi- the earthly substances, they are in UP, Singh told PTI, “No imagination . immediately after his meeting association with Gujarat. As I fewer corona cases and deaths, Exposure to all kinds of infec- tions is also harmful because it naturally exposed to many expansion is going to take “This is a figment of imag- with the governor, Singh had could not meet her in the past Additional CMO and District tions makes them sturdy and makes you vulnerable to the organisms many times. place now. Everyone is focussed ination. No question arises of discounted reports on Cabinet six months, I met her today. Immunisation Officer Dr MK they are able to survive more. attacks of these organisms “Sometimes it happens that on the election of zila panchay- it. Both the government and reshuffle. This was a personal meeting, Singh said that immunity is one The response of the body and when there is a breach in the the children may take ill but at chairpersons. the organisation are working Asked about the possibil- he said. of the features that can help one the ability to withstand the protected environment and they also develop immunity When it takes place, it will fine,” he asserted. ity, he said there is nothing like Singh also met UP fight the virus. virus load is governed by pre- you succumb to it,” he said. against these organisms and be known, he added. Singh also dismissed that . Assembly Speaker Hriday “It is possible that living in vious exposures. People who Nodal officer for Covid at this kind of exposure in the The reports appearing in Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh However, on being asked Narayan Dixit. tough conditions has made are brought up in controlled Lok Bandhu Hospital Dr Arun slum areas can give rise to anti- newspapers and news channels Yadav’s recent claim that dis- about the Cabinet expansion Talking about the meeting, them immune. They weather conditions and climates are Tewari said as far as slum- bodies,” he said. do not make any sense, he sent and rebellious attitude of to fill some ministerial berths, Dixit told PTI that it was a per- quipped. BJP workers have left the party Singh said some seats are sonal and not political meet- Singh also junked reports leadership in shock and shot vacant but they are not major ing. “We enquired about each criminal bearing a cash reward on the alleged rift between back, What does he know of a ones. others’ well being. There was   !"#$ of Rs 50,000 from Thane in Modi and Adityanath, describ- party? He runs a company. “As far as vacant seats are some ‘gappbaajee’ (chit chats). Maharashtra on Sunday. He ing the CM as the most “com- “He will be having infor- concerned, the chief minister Neither he discussed anything   tion and another with three Yadav and Shyam Singh, was was wanted by and petent person to fulfil PM’s mation about the company he may take a decision at an political, nor did I.” rounds of cartridges. The planning a dacoity in Gujarat police. He was identi- dream.” operates, the company of his appropriate time,” he added. “The meeting lasted for he UP Special Task Force ADG said the criminal was Lucknow. The team worked on fied as Umar Ahmad of “If you look at newspapers, family members,” Singh said, There has been specula- nearly 40 minutes. It was a T(STF) gunned down a wanted in several cases in the tip-off and came to know . The police recov- you will see that Modi Ji was reiterating What knowledge tion earlier in media that for- personal meeting and a cour- notorious sharp-shooter in an Lucknow and Ambedkarnagar that Jeetu was going to an ered a mobile phone and Rs the first to greet Yogij Ji (on does he (Akhilesh Yadav) and mer IAS officer A K Sharma, tesy call. We have known each encounter in Chiluatal area of districts. under-construction building 500 in cash from him. birthday). In fact, we are of the Rahul Gandhi have about party considered close to PM Modi, other for a long,” said Dixit. Gorakhpur on Sunday. Parvez, Meanwhile, a team of STF behind a hotel in the area. The on whom the UP Police had nabbed a hardened criminal team reached there and sur- announced a reward of Rs one bearing a cash reward of Rs rounded the building, asking lakh, was a part of Khan 25,000 from Vibhuti Khand Jeetu and his aides to surren- Mubarak gang. police station area on Sunday. der. One of his aides, Chandan ADG (STF) Amitabh Yash The accused, identified as Jaiswal, managed to flee the said Parvez was wanted in sev- Vishwajeet Jaiswal aka Jeetu of scene. The police recovered a eral cases of murder, kidnap- Pratapgarh, was wanted in a country-made pistol, a car- ping, etc. A native of dacoity at a petrol pump in tridge, a mobile phone and Rs Makhdumpur area of Jaunpur on May 14. He was 1,200 in cash from Jeetu’s pos- Ambedkarnagar, Parvez was arrested on a tip-off from an session. The police said Jeetu killed in an encounter under under-construction building. was involved in heinous crime Pipiganj police station area. The team was informed cases. The STF recovered a pistol that Jeetu, along with his aides In another success, a team with five rounds of ammuni- Chandan Jaiswal, Baljeet of UP STF nabbed a hardcore 5 2     !  -/0   $  $   Q  R    $ 

  latter refused to explain. 1121$. On June 4, Chand Ram team of Mahila Police asked Prince to send his wife to  34 AStation of Barabanki Barabanki as he was unwell, and nabbed eight natives of Gujarat Prince sent her to his home to on Saturday for allegedly pur- take care of his father. On June chasing a woman for Rs 80,000. 5, Sahil, along with his father Victim’s father-in-law Chand and relatives, reached Barabanki Ram Verma and two villagers and Ramu Gautam arranged a (Ramu Gautam and his broth- hotel room in Barabanki. er-in-law of Barabanki), were On June 5 evening, Chand also said to be involved in the Ram told his daughter-in-law crime and the police launched that his health had improved a manhunt for them. and asked her to accompany Those arrested were identi- Ramu Gautam to Ghaziabad. Lucknow (PNS): Two former fied as Sahil Pancha and his rel- In the meantime, Prince’s custodians of an ATM booth atives Pappu Bhai Sharma, brother-in-law tipped him off and the mother of one were Apoorva Pancha, Geetaben, about the illegal act of Chand arrested on the charges of steal- Neetaben, Shilpaben, Rakesh Ram and he reached Barabanki ing money from an ATM in and Sahil’s father Ajay Bhai (all on June 5 but did not find his Madiaon. Those arrested were of Gujarat). Sahil is acquainted wife and his father at home. He identified as Shailendra Singh, with Ramu Gautam who used grew suspicious and went to the his mother Nanhi Singh and to work in Gujarat. Sahil, who auto-rickshaw stand to inquire their aide Ravi Singh, all of is unmarried, had asked Ramu if his father hired any vehicle. Madiaon. Police recovered Rs 5 to arrange a woman for his mar- He was told that his father, lakh each from Shailendra & his riage and offered him money. along with Prince’s wife and a mother, and Rs 1.15 lakh from Ramu, who returned home few others, had gone to Ravi (Rs 11.15 lakh in total). following the Covid outbreak Barabanki railway station. He As per their confession, and subsequent lockdown, reached the railway station and Ravi and Shailendra are friends talked to Chand Ram Verma called the police. In the night, and worked as custodians for a about Sahil’s marriage propos- the police arrested Sahil, his Bank of Baroda ATM. They al. Chand Ram’s son Prince had father and other relatives and also used to refill the machines a love marriage with an also recovered Prince’s wife. and keep inventory. Ravi knew Assamese woman and he was Prince’s father and his aides fled the code of an ATM in unhappy with Prince. He agreed the scene when the police Mohibullapur locality and to sell Prince’ wife to Sahil for reached the railway station. together with Shailendra, he Rs 80,000 and took Rs 40,000 in It later surfaced that Prince planned to steal the money. On advance and transferred Rs fell in love with the girl in 2019 May 18, they went to the ATM 20,000 in Prince’s bank account while working as a taxi driver in booth. Shailendra went inside on June 4. Ghaziabad and had a love mar- the booth to withdraw the On getting a message of riage with her at a temple in cash while Ravi and Nanhi money transfer in his bank Barabanki. He, along with his stood outside. They collected account, Prince, who was in wife, started living in Ghaziabad the cash from the ATM and Ghaziabad at that time, inquired and sent her to Barabanki on went back to their houses. the same from his father but the being asked by his father. Ravi was given a token amount while they decided that the money would be distribute after the police were over with their probe. Manager of cash loading agency Srikant Mishra lodged a case with police on May 29. He said his staff tallied the cash on May 20 and it was short by Rs 11.15 lakh. The police said that during the probe, they were tipped off about the accused who were nabbed. Meanwhile, the Gomtinagar police arrested a man who was named in a rape case and was absconding since May 20. The accused was iden- tified as Mohammed Tehzeeb of Ujariaon in Gomtinagar. Police said the miscreant was accused of sexually exploiting a woman and forcing her to abort the child. He was also ,         )   #  -  accused of threatening the     )  /'   )  ) )  )   woman with dire consequences   )      if she approached the police.  !  #$% & '()*)+  & )   !      5 $&           %   52-  52- lleging that they were being paid less aking stern action, District & %% #$  =>>  5% Athan what was promised to them at the TMagistrate Kaushal Raj time of appointment in the Pt Rajan Sharma issued an order to seal Varanasi (PNS): In a hours, the death toll stood at provided by the health depart- Mishra Hospital of Banaras Hindu a hotel in Cantonment area for major relief, the active 758 on Sunday evening. ment. The total active cases University (BHU) established on tempo- a week for violating the Covid COVID-19 cases in Varanasi As many as 116 COVID- decreased to 544 from 638 on rary basis by the Defence Research & protocol. He also issued a district dropped below the 19 patients recovered during Saturday. Development Organisation (DRDO) of the notice to the management of a 600-mark for the first time in the past 24 hours, 112 in Chief Medical Officer Dr Defense Ministry, the outsourcing employ- hotel asking why its license the last two months. home isolation and four in VB Singh said that two special ees of the hospital on Sunday staged a should not be cancelled. Twenty-three people test- hospitals. With this, 80,669 women's vaccinations would protest demanding payment of full wages. It may be mentioned here ed positive for novel coron- COVID-19 patients have been be opened from Monday -- at It may be mentioned here that when that the video of a party organ- avirus infection in the district cured in the district – 74,473 the District Government the COVID-19 cases were at peak and the ised by some youths in Hotel during the past 24 hours tak- in home isolation and 6,196 in Women Hospital in Kabir district was facing acute crisis of medical Comfort Inn in Cantonment ing the tally of confirmed Covid hospitals. Chaura and community health facilities including beds, oxygen, ventila- area went viral on social media cases to 81,971, as per the fig- In the first report of the centre (CHC) in Arajiline. tors, etc to treat the patients, the DRDO two days ago and the district ures released by the Health day, 18 positive cases were On Friday, 10,753 people had set up a 750-bed temporary Covid administration had also department on Sunday found out of 2,618 test reports were vaccinated, including hospital at Amphitheatre Ground in BHU received a complaint. evening. received and this figure 7,008 aged between 18 and 44 with 250-bed intensive care unit (ICU) on When the district admin- With one more COVID- increased to 23 out of 4,558 years and 3,745 aged above 45 the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra istration inquired about the 19 death during the last 24 samples tested as per report years. Modi to face the situation which had then viral video, the complaint was gone out of control. Besides the person- found to be true. and violation of the Covid ering in one room, putting the The DM has directed the nel of army medical personnel, employees ,    001  )    *2 3      Taking a serious note of it, protocol. life of hotel staff at risk by hotel management to make had also been appointed through outsourc- the DM directed registration of The DM ordered sealing of allowing gathering of guests in clear within a week why the ing for various works, including in the ICU. The outsourced employees said they removed from duty. an FIR against the hotel under the hotel till June 12 and also a room during the curfew registration of the hotel should On Sunday morning, the outsourced were discharging their full duty but despite On getting information of the protest, sections 269, 270 and 271 of the issued a notice to its manage- period at night, failing to fol- not be cancelled employees staged a protest at the main gate this, the full wages were not being given the authorities in the university proctor- Criminal Procedure Code and ment for deliberately violating low Covid guidelines such as He also restricted the hotel of the hospital, alleging that they were to them. ial board reached the spot and held talks Section-3 of the Epidemic the Covid curfew restriction, social distancing, use of face from doing any kind of busi- being given lower wages than what the They alleged that when they raised with the protestors, who agreed to call off Diseases Act, 1997 for organ- putting the life of many guests masks and provision of saniti- ness as long as it remained authorities had promised them at the time objections over this attitude of the author- their protest on the assurance that efforts ising a party despite restriction at risk by allowing their gath- sation. sealed. of appointment. ities, some of their colleagues were would be made to sort out the problem.  %    #% &  677 . $         %  #"%%%  1  84 & )  1$    =  Varanasi (PNS): The admission   1 Probationer, and for 25 years in   $ process for undergraduate (UG) and various capacities as anesthesi- post-graduate (PG) programmes in   1 (Finance and r Rupa Kapil joined as ologist and later as additional  52- various universities across India, Revenue) MK Dnew Medical Director of chief health director (ACHD) including Banaras Hindu University anjay Kumar Khatri took over as the dis- Singh, City Central Hospital of North administration. ommissioner of Police A (BHU), has been affected by the Strict magistrate of Prayagraj. He replaced Magistrate Central Railway, Prayagraj. She is basically an anesthe- CSatish Ganesh on Sunday COVID-19 pandemic. Bhanu Chandra Goswami. Rajneesh Mishra "A new era of women siologist and an alumnus of directed the police officers to This year, admissions to these pro- A 2010 batch IAS officer, Sanjay Kumar and other officers empowerment for NCR has Madras Medical College. She behave friendly with the com- grammes in BHU were proposed Khatri has been the district magistrate of were present in begun as all the three major has many awards and recogni- mon people and warned them through Central Universities Common and Rae Bareli. He was posted as the meeting. hospitals will now be headed by tion to her name, important of punitive action if there was Entrance Test (CUCET). However, so joint managing director in Jal Nigam before Meanwhile, lady doctors," said the NCR being the GM award she got a complaint of misbehaving far no guidelines have been received being posted as district magistrate of newly appointed GM VK Tripathi. twice in her career. with people. from the University Grants Prayagraj. District Dr Abha Jain is CMS of To keep herself updated, Chairing a meeting at Commission (UGC) or the Union Bhanu Chandra Goswami has been Magistrate Sujit Divisional Hospital in , she has undergone various Police Lines here to review the Ministry of Education regarding made the CEO of Rural Road Development Kumar took Dr. Shobha Dayal is CMS of training courses and confer- law and order situation in the admissions through CUCET. Agency. charge in the Divisional Hospital in ences in her subject and DNB city, The CP said that misbe- According to a press release issued Sanjay Kumar Khatri's transfer order was Kaushambi district late on Saturday evening. while Dr S Dutta is Chief from Perambur Railway haviour of some police person- +"  !        by the BHU, no final decision has been issued in the morning itself and in the The government has given a new posting to Health Director, NCR Central Hospital, Chennai. nel with people had come to his 3    taken with respect to the admission evening he took over the charge of district the District Magistrate Amit Kumar, who Hospital. Dr Rupa Kapil is taking knowledge and warned that it process of UG and PG courses. It said magistrate. was here on the post of special secretary The NCR gets its new head over the crucial assignment at would not be tolerated at any few by applying their senses the statement of the vice-chancellor on Sanjay Kumar Khatri had started a cam- (urban development). as Dr Rupa Kapil, an officer of a time when the nation is cost. He said stern action would and ensuring that no one was a television discussion show should not paign against the mining mafia during his Originally from Bihar province, Sujit Indian Railway Health Services fighting a battle against the be taken if there was a com- harassed in the name of follow- be taken out of context. It said the earlier posting in Jalaun and as district mag- Kumar has done engineering in chemistry. who joined as Medical invisible virus and Central plaint against any cop of mis- ing the Covid protocol. He said BHU gave top most priority to the istrate of Ghazipur, he had opened a front Earlier, he had served as district magistrate Director. Dr Rupa Kapil was Hospital in Prayagraj is setting behaving with people. He said women and children should be interest, health and safety of students against a minister of the state government. in Deoria and districts. On Saturday, serving as MD in CH ECoR benchmarks in providing being a friend of people, the dealt with cautiously and and any decision regarding the admis- Immediately after taking charge here, he the new DM took charge after reaching the Bhubaneswar. health services to the city. police personnel should try to politely. sion process would be taken keeping held a meeting with the officers. He took treasury office at the collectorate. After tak- She has a close association She said that her priority resolve the problems of the He said Operation Dastak in view the prevailing COVID-19 information about the preparations being ing charge, he first inspected the Covid con- with North Central Railway would be early diagnosis, treat- common man. should continue and stressed condition and UGC or Union Ministry made to contain coronavirus infection. trol room. He said that any kind of informa- and Prayagraj. She had earlier ment and vaccination and strict The CP directed the police on solving kidnapping cases of Education guidelines in the best Chief Treasurer Vivek Kumar Singh, tion related to coronavirus should be taken served at Railway Hospital implementation of Covid officers to enforce Covid cur- within a week. interest of students. ADM (City) Ashok Kumar Kanojia, ADM seriously. Prayagraj as ADMO appropriate behaviour. 6  6 1.  ## #%   %  3' # 3%"O% "@

  1 reaching the ghats daily was not  %  considered necessary. On the he issue of burial of dead contrary, on the joint order of Tbodies on the banks of the the DM and the DIG, investi-  52- Krishna Kumar Yadav. sender has to update the book- Ganga was probably the main gation was ordered into a viral The PMG said to avail this ing details including Speed reason behind removal of the video in which some people any people lost their loved facility, a person would have to Post barcode number, on the former District Magistrate were seen removing the Mones during the novel register on the portal of Om portal of Om Divya Darshan Bhanu Chandra Goswami. This shrouds from the dead bodies. coronavirus pandemic but Divya Darshan, http://omdi- Sanstha,” the PMG said. issue was covered not only in There was a lot of contro- could not perform their last vyadarshan.org . After registra- According to Yadav, once the country but also in the for- versy about this, which is still rites properly. There is a tradi- tion for asthi visarjan or shrad- the packet is received at the eign media but the DM did not going on. The government had tion of asthi visarjan (immer- dha on the ODD portal, the post office, it will be delivered break the silence which went to face the displeasure of many sion of ashes of the dead) in the packet of asthi can be sent by to Om Divya Darshan's against him. social organisations along with river Ganga and people hope the said person through the address. After that, Om Divya The decision to set up an the opposition on this issue. for the peace of the departed post office by Speed Post to Darshan Sanstha will immerse inquiry in the matter of remov- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, souls by immersing the asthi in Varanasi, Prayagraj, Haridwar the asthi and perform the ing shrouds from the dead BJP leaders, a section of MLAs the holy river and performing and Gaya. shraddha through the empan- bodies also went unnoticed by were angered with Goswami's shraddha rituals in Varanasi, “The asthi packet should elled pundits on the pre-decid- many officers, who also com- role in the matter of burial. Prayagraj, Haridwar and Gaya. be packed properly and Om ed date and time slot and it plained to the people sitting at Apart from this, a section of the Now the ashes can be sent to Divya Darshan should be would be live webcast to the the top in the government. In leaders was also angry with the the post offices at these places inscribed on it in bold letters so family members of the such a situation, as soon as working style of the DM. It is through Speed Post, where that it can be distinguished. deceased. Thereafter a bottle of there was some relief from the being said that apart from the asthi visarjan and shraddha rit- The sender will write his/her Gangajal will be booked by the second wave of COVID-19, the BJP, a senior leader of the RSS uals will be performed by Om full name, address, mobile ODD and delivered to the Yogi Adityanath government Development Agency. light. There were complaints of desecration of the dead bodies had also complained to the top Divya Darshan (ODD), a number etc. on the packet. The family members of the came into action mode on this During the second wave of hundreds of bodies being but the administration leadership a week ago. Since socio-religious platform, Speed Post charges will be deceased through Speed Post issue and called Goswami to COVID-19, the issue of burial buried daily at the ghats like remained silent on this issue. then the transfer of Bhanu informed Postmaster General borne by the sender. After from Parliament Street Post Lucknow. He has been made of dead bodies on the banks of Shringverpur, Phaphamau etc. Even the need to calculate Chandra Goswami was decid- (PMG) of Varanasi Region, booking the Speed Post, the Office, New Delhi. the CEO of Rural Road the Ganga in Prayagraj came to There were also complaints of the number of dead bodies ed. 1    -0 #%& .&% "&%9 %&%% "% % & $% 9  . '! R     ! $343   ' !    52- $ >  !       1 iming at boosting the morale of police   1 Apersonnel who are working for 24 (PNS): Ravi he Prayagraj city was completely free hours without caring for their health in the Prakash took over as president roperty worth Rs 25 crore, belonging to mafia- Tof containment zones on Sunday. It present COVID-19 pandemic, non-govern- of Allahabad Management Pturned-politician and former Samajwadi Party MLA is a matter of great relief for the mental organisation (NGO) Tejaswini Association. Khalid Azeem alias Ashraf was attached by the authori- denizens of Prayagraj that the spread of Strongman Foundation (TSF) on Sunday Allahabad Management ties in Kasari Masari area under the Dhoomanganj police coronavirus infection has reduced sig- gifted some oximeters, infrared tempera- Association held a virtual meet- station. nificantly in the district. Due to this, on ture monitors, masks, sanitisers and sani- ing of its executive committee Ashraf, younger brother of Atique Ahmad, faced this one hand, where people are now able to tizer sprayers to police officers. on Saturday to elect its new action under the Gangsters Act. According to the police, breathe a sigh of relief, at the same time, The foundation held a meeting with office-bearers for 2021- 2022. Ashraf had taken over this huge plot of land at gunpoint, the city has started buzzing with activ- Additional Commissioner of Police Ravi Prakash, Chairman Big and the district magistrate had passed the attachment order ities. Akhilesh Kumar and handed over some Skills, was elected as president. earlier, but owing to COVID-19 pandemic, action had been The good thing is that no one has oximeters, infrared temperature monitors The other office-bearers postponed for the time being. died in the district due to the coron- and sanitiser spray machines. The founda- elected are OP Goel About a dozen more such actions are on the cards avirus infection in two days. The num- tion members also handed over these to IPS (Secretary), Pramod Bansal against the gang members of Atique Ahmad and Ashraf, ber of new infected cases is also less. At officer Arti Singh, CO Dashaswamedh members that the police personnel would was working for the empowerment of (treasurer), AK Prasad (vice- officials said. the same time, now there is no contain- Awadhesh Kumar Pandey and SHO, Lanka extend their full cooperation if it made an women. Minu Upadhyay, Shashank president), Shalabh Kumar It may be mentioned here that before the COVID-19 ment zone in the city. police station Mahesh Kumar Pandey. effort to solve the problem of women by Shekhar Tripathi and other members of the (vice-president) and Dr Ajay second wave hit Prayagraj, scores of unauthorised pala- According to an official report, ACP Akhilesh Kumar lauded the holding chaupals. Chairperson of founda- foundation were also present on the occa- Shanker (joint secretary). tial buildings of Atique Ahmad and his close associates 48 COVID-19 patients recovered effort of the foundation and assured its tion Rashmi Rai said that the organisation sion. The executive committee had been razed to ground. during the past 24 hours -- two in members also agreed to create Covid hospitals and 46 in home isola- a special post of PRO. The first ' !  tion. :;36<=     PRO of the association will be Some goons, allegedly from the Atique Ahmad gang, On the other hand, now only 20 Dr Shanti Chaudhri. She will be entered a private hospital and thrashed Dr Abdul Wahid active cases are left in Level- 3 Covid Varanasi (PNS): The long wait has come to an end with the of inspection report, the executive council of the Veterinary assisted by a new young team. and some patients in Karasi Masari area of Dhoomanganj. Hospital. Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Council of India had recommended to the Central government The newly-elected office The doctor has lodged an FIR in this connection. The COVID-19 cases may have giving recognition and the inclusion of the faculty of veterinary for inclusion of BVSC&AH degree to be awarded by the BHU bearers thanked the executive According to Dr Wahid, some musclemen wanted to reduced but the campaign for vaccina- and animal sciences (FVAS) at Rajiv Gandhi South Campus in the First Schedule under Section 15 of the Indian Veterinary committee and assured to take own the land on which he developed a private hospital. tion is going on. On Sunday, more than (RGSC), Barkachha under Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The Council (IVC) Act, 1984 with the condition that the universi- the association to newer When they could not succeed in their mission, they start- 10,000 people were vaccinated. So far Dean of FVAS, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, had sent ty would fill up the post of professors and associate professors heights under the guidance of ed harassing and threatening him, and ultimately they 1.25 lakh people have been vaccinated a request in January last in this regard. In a letter, the Director and comply with the other deficiencies as pointed out in inspec- the parent body All India attacked him with lathis. Some patients who tried to inter- in the district. (LH) of the ministry Dr G Krishna Kishore, said that on the basis tion report within a period of six months. Management Association. vene were also thrashed.  ! #$% & '()*)+  '

9      $ && & " "&      8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $( -+#. system has been installed at nine places. He said water recycling plants have been set up at    !   (   $  eneral Manager, North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur-situated New Coaching Complex G(NER), Vinay Kumar Tripathi, on World and Old Coaching Complex and at Chhapra  2 would impact a huge population as self-sustaining medical units in  2 Environment Day, on Saturday started the Junction. Apart from it approval has also been was seen in the second wave. terms of oxygen, rather than exter- plantation programme by planting a sapling at given for its installation in Tanakpur and irector of University Institute of Dr Katiyar said another chal- nally dependent infrastructure, n India over 30 per cent of the food is adul- his residence. President of NER Women’s Lalkuan. Under waste management, organic DHealth Sciences, CSJM lenge was to give momentum to vac- which in turn depended upon indus- Iterated, some to dangerous levels, and despite Welfare Organisation (NERW- waste converters have been installed University, Kanpur, Dr Pravin cination and this could be done only trial units for such a critical input. strong laws adulteration continues unabated. WO) Meena Tripathi also did at 26 stations. At mechanical work- Katiyar, speaking at a CME on the if the fear in the minds of the peo- He said as advised by the World This year’s theme of World Food Safety Day is plantation on the occasion. shop premises, PCME Arvind Kumar ‘Challenges of the Third Wave of ple was removed by potent and exact Health Organisation, countries need ‘Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow’ and this Plantation was done in NER’s Pandey, CWE BS Dohare, CRSE COVID-19’, said COVID-19 had result delivering efforts. He said as to now focus on solar powered oxy- engenders the need to make the existing various departments and hospi- Yogesh Mohan, DyCME/ ENHM ushered in a new era of innovations, apprehended, the third wave would gen air separation units and other Section 272 of the Indian Penal Code more effec- tal. GM said that last year a total Omkar Nath Singh along with other giving momentum to emerging tech- impact majorly the children and if solar powered technologies to make tive with harsher punishment as done across the of nine lakh plants were planted senior railway officers did plantation. nologies. it did then it would lead to a big and store medical oxygen. world. in this railway. This year also In the Accounts Department premis- He said COVID-19 brought in chaos in the country and thus every Dr Katiyar said last but not the This was stated by Food Safety and about eight lakh saplings will be es, PFA, Dr Tanuja Pandey and other modern diagnostic tools, new med- effort was needed to muster support least, India had to take initiative to Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Joint planted. He said the target has senior railway officers planted saplings. icines, new vaccines, improvised from all sections of the society to bring out a cure for this deadly dis- Director Jaspreet Kaur while addressing as a been set to make Indian Railways In the Commercial department hospitals and above all gave practi- effectively combat this apprehended ease and the country had enough tal- guest speaker at a webinar organised by JNK a zero carbon emitter by 2030, premises, the PCCM SC Prasad, cal experience in dealing with a pan- wave. ent and could certainly do it. He said Inter College on Sunday. which is poised to become the CCM/PM Radheshyam, DyCCM/ demic. He said when the second wave efforts need to be made to minimise She said the Central government was mak- world’s largest ‘Green Railway’. In PM, Dhirendra Prasad, and others did He said as it was apprehended inundated the rural areas then only the replication of the coronavirus. ing every effort to make food quality tests from NER, electrification of 73 per cent broad plantation. In Personnel department office premis- that the third wave of COVID-19 it brought to fore the fact that the He said the second wave brought the grassroots level and the Central and state gauge routes has been done and the rest will be es PCPO Rita P Hemrajani, CPO /Administration, would strike somewhere in October rural areas were not prepared for to fore the most dangerous so- authorities were working out plans to curb this completed by December 2023. As many as 34 Nuruddin Ansari, Dy CPO/HQ RP Chandra and 2021 and thus the biggest challenge such pandemics and lacked medical called "virus" that was corruption menace. She said till date the FSSAI was itself trains are being run with Head on Generation SPO Basant planted saplings. In LNM Railway was understanding symptoms in infrastructure and thus it was essen- which raised its head menacingly incharge of food safety but now Central and state (HOG) system, which has resulted in reduction Hospital premises Medical Director Dr Kumar clusters and enabling oneself to tar- tial to build sustainable infrastruc- and this was a major cause of the governments and non-governmental organisa- of carbon emissions along with saving of 21 Umesh and senior medical officers and supervi- get the causative strain. He said ture both in urban and rural areas. large numbers of deaths in India tions (NGOs) would be assigned the task of crore in railway revenue last year. Tripathi said sors did plnation. Passengers were made aware another challenge was how early He said it would not be an exag- which could have been avoided if the ensuring that there was strict quality control of bio-toilets have been installed in all 3,355 coach- about environmental protection through posters could India identify this strain and geration to state that the country preparations had been made in this all the edible items. es of this railway and added that water harvesting and banners at Gorakhpur Junction station. successfully contain its spread which needed to focus on the creation of direction. It may be mentioned that Kanpur Nagar Nigam has a team of officials and medical offi- cers who are assigned the task to regularly check P& $$!'$$Q )**#$ $ food material being sold in the market for con- sumption. Ironically, the food inspectors just file 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '()*+,  Group MD Satish Pai to everyone. Thereafter, minimum cases per year as per the assigned the head of the Safety and Environment quota and majority of them are working hand n the occasion of World Environment Day Department, Mukesh Mittal, administered in glove with people who either dangerously Oplantation was done at Hindalco, Renukoot. the ‘Green pledge’ to all. Addressing those pre- adulterate edible items or misbranded it. The tar- COO N Nagesh gave the message of conserva- sent on the occasion, Nagesh said, “human life gets of food adulteration are mainly poor vil- tion and promotion of nature by is nothing without lagers who bring milk to the city and they make planting a sapling. Along with it nature. No matter how up the major quota of the food inspectors who all employees and officers were luxurious live humans later wash their hands off the responsibility. motivated to be environmental- live, they will feel a sigh Addressing the session, Ajay Prakash said ly conscious. The theme of this of relief, peace and the most important and critical stakeholder in year’s Environment Day - tranquility only by con- food safety was the consumer, who was direct- ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ necting with nature.” ly impacted by the safety of food in the coun- announced by the United He said now that every- try. He said it was necessary for the authorities Nations means- restoration of ecosystem i.e. one should be very aware about the environ- to stay engaged with the consumers and apprise bringing the earth to a better state once again. ment. It is necessary to respect natural wealth them of the emerging trends in food safety so This time emphasis will be on activities that can and not pollute nature in any way and try to use that their concerns were appropriately reflect- restore the world’s ecosystem. Emphasis should cycles as much as possible as it is good for both ed in the food safety system in the country. The be placed on natural responses and emerging nature and health. On the occasion plants head vote of thanks was proposed by Shireesh green technologies. On the occasion Nagesh — Shabdendu Mohan, BJ Alexander, Jagannath & 60    $+ $"  &        -   +     Trivedi. first read out the message sent by Hindalco Nayak and other senior officials were present. 6$  .   .'% 8 & #       + *  #$ -               QDPI@@S I@XT T@SWD8@  / )'0 and maintaining social distancing and without # &  &%$&% gathering crowd registered their participation  >    8& Kanpur (PNS): The Central Board of n World Environment Day on Saturday in environmental protection by taking a clean- condone the tax on the trans- Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided ONER’s organised several liness pledge and planting saplings. On the occa-   porters. to introduce coding and data science programmes on this year’s theme ‘Ecosystem sion 250 saplings were planted and a pledge was Kanpur (PNS): On the occasion of World He said maintenance of courses from the current session and cir- Restoration’ at its various units and stations, taken to conserve them. Plantation was also done Environment Day, Rotary Club of Kanpur Vinayak he Tourist Transport trucks and buses and the culars in this direction have been sent to the including Varanasi divisional office. DRM Vijay by the heads of departments in various units of Shri, Arogya Dham and Paryavaran Sewa Sansthan TAssociation (TTA) of Uttar salaries of the staff had been affiliated schools. Kumar Panjiar inaugurated the the division and posters on envi- jointly distributed saplings, masks, sanitiser, fruits, Pradesh has made a fervent another burden on the trans- The online teaching of the two subjects newly-constructed Ayush Udyaan ronmental protection were dis- biscuits and chocolates to over 100 children of appeal to Chief Minister Yogi porters and thus the appeal was will be carried out online. With special in Coaching Depot, Manduadih played in all departments. Apart Mission Muskan School on Saturday. Adityanath to condone the based on genuine ground. He stress on coding and the importance of data complex. ADRM Praveen Kumar from it SMS to become sensitive Speaking on the occasion, senior homeopathic road tax on transporters in said the movement of goods science across the world it is a decision and Regional Officer, Pollution towards environmental protection practitioner Dr Hemant Mohan of Arogya Dham, view of the lockdown due to had also been stopped and taken by the CBSE timely. Control Board, Kalika Singh, and extending support to it were Gwaltoli, said people should be concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic. entry and exit was closed and This was stated by head of computers planted medicinal plants and laid sent. The division’s various units, everything, including tree, water, air, noise, plastic It said that due to COVID- the worst hit were the trans- department at Woodbine Gardenia School, special emphasis on awareness workshops, DEMU shed and and rain water harvesting and they should ensure 19 and lockdown, trucks and porters majorly because they Manitosh Sharma, on Sunday. among railway employees about training centres in association minimum use of plastic and protect trees to protect buses remained off the road brought goods from different Explaining the importance of coding properties of medicinal plants in with voluntary organisations nature. He said people would have to pay a big cost from April 2020 to September states and this was their only and data science, he said coding was the view of Covid-19. SDME SP and schools, organised a paint- for deep digging of earth to construct hi-rise build- 2020 and the transporters were means of survival. need of the hour and the students were able Srivastava, SDSTE Tryambak Tiwari and ing competition on environmental-related ings one day. already reeling under the He said there had been no to understand the technology across the Coaching Depot Officer Shailesh Singh were pre- topics. On Saturday under the joint aegis of Senior homeopathic gynecologist Dr Arti Mohan impact of petrol and diesel booking of tourist buses as world. He said if the children at the tender sent on the occasion. The station superinten- Varanasi Division of NER and Sunbeam School, stressed on formulating a 10-year plan to protect price hikes. people dreaded coming out age were exposed to coding then they would dents/station managers/station masters of major Lahartara, following social distancing in view of nature. UP Tourist Transport on the roads and thus travel be prepared for the future as it would help stations of the division like Manduadih, Covid-19 an online painting competition on the Rtn Sachin Dixit, Rtn Prabhat Bajpai and social Association president Ankur had been the worst hit, impact- them with communication, creativity, math, Azamgarh, , Chhapra, Deoria, Ghazipur, topic of environmental protection was organised worker Srikrishna Dixit 'Badeji' also addressed the Anshwani said the worst hit ing those who depended on it. writing and instilled confidence. Mau and Siwan while following Covid protocol in which children participated enthusiastically. children. were the transporters as inter- He said when the chief minis- He said Woodbine would introduce At the end, Dr Hemant Mohan said as children state traffic had been stopped ter was considering sympa- coding courses and make students adept in needed to be protected from the third wave of novel and even interstate buses had thetically other sectors hit by developing their own websites, apps and # +      4$55 coronavirus outbreak, use of homeopathic immunity come to a grinding halt. He said COVID-19 lockdown, he computer software. booster medicines was the cheapest and easily avail- there had been weak business should consider the issue of Sharma said coding education could 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $( -+#. special train will run on June 10. able treatment. since last year’s lockdown. transporters as well. also be beneficial for students who were not MUMBAI CENTRAL – MANDUADIH Other activists present on the occasion includ- He said the transporters Association’s secretary Atul necessarily interested in pursuing computer he railway administration for the conve- SUPERFAST: As per the changed timings, ed Ankit Shukla, Shivam Khanna, Ashish Yadav, had in a meeting decided to Kesarwani spoke on the occa- programming, but would like to gain a bet- Tnience of passengers has extended the run- 09035 Mumbai Central – Manduadih superfast Radha Shukla and RN Khanna. appeal to the chief minister to sion. ter understanding of technology. ning period of the following special trains and special train will leave Kota at 10.35 hrs, Sawai made changes in the stoppage timing of some Madhopur at 11.55 hrs, Bharatpur at 14.25 hrs of them at some stations. Besides rake compo- and at 16.25 hrs. In the return journey 7 "$&' &'  $&' ' $#.& .&% sition of 09087/09088 Udhna-Chhapra-Udhna 09036 Manduadih – Mumbai Central Superfast special train has been changed. All coaches in special train will leave Kota at 14.55 hrs and these trains will be of reserved class and pas- Sawai Madhopur at 13.35 hrs.   efficiently, which will be facilitated online teaching-learning platform arrived at IIT Kanpur recently, profes- sengers traveling in them will have to follow the GHAZIPUR –VALSAD SPL: The 09124 with the launch of the latest course. mooKIT was being used for this pro- sors were unable to identify it. It was Covid-19 prevention, CPRO PK Singh said. Ghazipur–Valsad special train as per the n a move to augment the technically The training programme started on gramme. very difficult to decide whether the test- MUMBAI CENTRAL-MANDUADIH changed timing will leave Bharatpur station at Iequipped workforce for operating the virtual platform for the first batch ing of the material should be assigned SPL: The 09035 Mumbai Central-Manduadih 18.02 hrs. oxygen production units, the Indian of trainees from Wednesday. This inau- 7'    to professors of the mechanical engi- superfast special train will run on June 8 and 11. Institute of Technology, Kanpur has gural event was marked by the presence    & neering department or the chemical MANDUADIH–DADAR SPL: The 09036 "   '  &    developed a week-long programme for of Neelam Shammi Rao, Director The professors of engineering engineering department but later the Manduadih– Dadar Superfast special train will In 09087/09088 Udhna-Chhapra-Udhna training such individuals. General, Directorate General of department of the Indian Institute of issue was resolved and the testing run on June 10 and 13. special as per the changed rake composition, a total Working in collaboration with the Training, and Suresh Puri, DG & CEO, Technology, Kanpur have started the started, he added. BDTS– GHAZIPUR CITY SPL: The of 20 coaches, including two of SLR, six of gener- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Central Medical Services Society. testing of californium worth crores of It may be mentioned here that cal- 09123 Bandra Terminus (BDTS)– Ghazipur al second class and 12 of sleeper will be attached. the IIT-K mechanical engineering A total of 100 nominated individ- rupees recovered from Ghazipur area in ifornium, the second costliest chemical City special train will run on June 7. LJN-AGRA FORT SPL: The railway admin- department has developed an online uals from MoSDE will be trained under Lucknow recently. element of the world, was first synthe- GHAZIPUR CITY-VALSAD SPL: The istration for passengers’ convenience has decid- coaching course. this scheme. Subsequently, they will help The cost of over 340 gram cali- sised in a laboratory of California in 09124 Ghazipur City-Valsad special train will ed to run 02179/02180 Lucknow Jn-Agra Fort- Through this initiative, the IIT-K in the training of operators and tech- fornium recovered by the police is said 1950 and hence named 'californium'. It run on June 9. Lucknow Jn superfast special from June 7 till fur- aims to develop a group of trained pro- nicians, to be deployed at the new to be $27 lakh/gm (around Rs19 crore). is a kind of radioactive chemical ele- UDHNA-CHHAPRA SPECIAL: The ther orders five days in a week i.e on every fessionals for operating and maintain- plants. Californium is considered to be the sec- ment with the symbol Cf and atomic 09087 Udhna-Chhapra special train will run on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and ing the oxygen plants. "The training is being coordinated ond costliest radioactive substance in number 98. It is also used as a portable June 11. Likewise the 09088 Chhapra-Udhna Friday (except Saturday and Sunday). All coaches IIT-K Director Prof Abhay by Dr Sameer Khandekar and Dr the world and is not easily available in metal detector which helps in detecting special train wil run on June 13. in this train will be of reserved class and passen- Karandikar informed through his Malay K Das, with active support from markets. gold and silver in mines. BDTS-MAU SPL: The 09099 Bandra gers will have to follow the Covid-19 norms, CPRO Twitter account that 500 PSA oxygen Chandra Shekhar Goswami (technical IIT-K Director Prof Abhay It may be recalled that eight people Terminus– Mau special train will run on June said. The train will run as per its pre-scheduled generation plants are being set up superintendent) from the mechanical Karandikar said the complete testing of were arrested from Ghazipur area of 8. Likewise the 09100 Mau-Bandra Terminus route, stoppage, timing as well as rake composition. across the country and with this, there engineering department,” the director the substance would take around 3-4 Lucknow a few days ago for allegedly is an urgent need for trained manpow- said in a tweet. days. selling what was suspected to be er to make sure that the plants operate He also informed that IIT's own When the sample of californium radioactive substance californium. + Q* $.#*$#00*.* '  !'*!' #$ 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  20 3#. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1.) t a meeting chaired by DM PK Laxkar at N ."% # # #$#  & %%&"%  %.O ACollectorate on Saturday, work plan of Kachawaan n World Environment Day plantation nagar panchayat, Chunar and Ahraura nagar palika and Owas done by DM Priyanka Niranjan in  2 fessor in the chemistry depart- were losing and destroying the mals, man had created ideal underlying all others was the Mirzapur NPP were approved for year 2021-2022 under the camp office. Thereafter ment and lead auditor, Forest foundations of survival at an conditions for pathogens, integration of environmental, the specified grant for infrastructure under 15th Finance she planted saplings at hrist Church College, Certification, DIN CERTCO, alarming rate. She said it was including coronaviruses, to social, and economic concerns Commission. After proper dis- Town Hall and CKanpur in association with Germany, said that ecosystem depriving the world of carbon spread. into all aspects of decision- cussion 11 proposals of Mirzapur Government Medical the Federation of Indian restoration was a global under- sinks, like forests and peatlands, YS Garg, chief advisor, making. NPP were approved to carry out College. She inaugurated a Exports Organisation,(FIEO), taking at a massive scale. She when humanity could least FIEO Kanpur, congratulated He said environmental sus- works related to tubewells, mini- newly- installed water cool- Kanpur organised a webinar on said from forests to peat lands afford it. the college for addressing such tainability concerned the nat- tube wells, pipeline, hand- er in the medical college. ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ on to coasts, the humans and Dr Bhattacharya said glob- an alarming issue. ural environment and how it pumps, spare parts to strength- Principal Dr Dwijendra Nath World Environment Day. The wildlife depended on healthy al greenhouse gas emissions The keynote speaker was endured and remained diverse en the potable water schemes. welcomed the DM. She said conference aimed at bringing ecosystems for survival. had grown for three consecu- Dr Dipankar Saha, former and productive. The proposal of Chunar nagar residents of the district and the academia and entrepre- She said ecosystems were tive years and the planet was additional director, Central He said since environ- palika to lay new pipeline for potable water along with voluntary organisations should plant more and neurs on a common platform defined as the interaction hurtling towards potentially- Pollution Control Board and mental sustainability required rainwater harvesting project and solid waste man- more trees. Dr Manoj Rajpoot, Dr Jitendra for effective deliberations on between living organisms -- catastrophic climate change. presently an expert member of society to design activities to agement were approved. Approving the proposed works Mishra, Dr Ravindra Rajpoot, Dr Veerendra environmental restoration and plants, animals, people -- with She said the emergence of Environmental Appraisal meet human needs while pre- of Kachchawaan nagar panchayat and Ahraura nagar - Gupta and matron Suman were also present. sustainability for the benefit of their surroundings and this COVID-19 had also shown Committee, Ministry of serving the life-support systems ka the DM made it clear that responsibility should be fixed REVIVAL WORK: Under DM’s lead- society. included nature, but also man- how disastrous the conse- Environment, Forest and of the planet. on sanitation workers in all local bodies for sanitation work ership the revival work of Noon river has Addressing the gathering, made systems like cities and quences of ecosystem loss Climate Change. He empha- Organising secretary Prof and no laxity will be tolerated. He directed all the offi- started from Ragauli village under MGNRE- convener of the conference, Dr farms. could be. She said by shrinking sised that the key principle of Ravi Prakash proposed the cials concerned to ensure that there was no encroachment GA scheme. DM said first step is the cleaning Anindita Bhattacharya, pro- She said human beings the natural habitat for ani- sustainable development vote of thanks. in the cities and launch a drive against it, if needed. of river in order to maintain its proper flow.  ! #$% & '()*)+ ( '          !    ( )      $ ? $  "& % # =>B %%  $     & # %%  %&  "&

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The Council for human consumption at dif- “Given these two inde- However, the death toll aking a case for vaccinat- for vaccination, ‘’ said the Scientific and Industrial ferent dose levels. pendent experimental stud- from the pandemic increased Ming pregnant women, a group of medical experts led by Research (CSIR) in collabora- Dr Ram Vishwakarma, ies, Niclosamide has now from 263 to 320 during the report by a group of doctors Dr Yamini Sarwal. tion with Laxai Life Sciences Advisor to DG-CSIR, emerged as a promising drug period. and CISF—recorded close to and CISF which is roughly 80 from a Central Government Their observation is in line Pvt. Ltd., has initiated Phase- explained that in a screen to candidate for clinical trials in As on May 7, the paramil- 80 percent of the total Covid per cent of the cases across all hospital in Delhi has pointed with the global studies which II clinical trials with this repur- identify drugs that can inhib- Covid-19 patients.” itary forces had recorded cases among the Forces that the seven forces. The remain- out that it can have dual ben- have made the case for vacci- posed drug. it syncytia formation, Dr Srivari 68,998 cases of coronavirus also included the ITBP, SSB, ing 16,204 cases were from efits—both the mother and nating pregnant women against “Having received approval Niclosamide was identified as Chandrashekhar, Director infection of which 60,169 NDRF and NSG. The com- other paramilitary forces, ITBP, newborn get antibodies which the influenza virus. “It is from the drug regulator, the a promising repurposed drug CSIR-IICT Hyderabad, high- patients were cured and 263 bined figure of the total Covid SSB, NSG and NDRF. have been demonstrated in appears to have a significant clinical trial has been initiated by a research group from lighted that the Active patients died due to the viral contractions in CRPF, BSF The CRPF has topped the cord blood and breast milk. positive effect on birth weight this week at different sites and King’s College, London, who Pharmaceutical Ingredient disease. and CISF was 54,782 out of parameters of Covid infection Currently, a pregnant in babies,” said a study pub- we hope that the trial will be collaborated in this project. (API) is being made by Laxai On June 4, the total num- grand total of 68,998 cases with 23,987 cases and 22,939 woman is either not included lished in CMAJ (Canadian completed within 8-12 weeks. “The syncytia or fused Life Sciences based on ber of Covid-hit patients stood among all the seven forces. recoveries besides 122 casual- for vaccination or the policies Medical Association Journal). Based on clinical evidence cells observed in the lungs of improved technology devel- at 81,216 including 77,486 By June 4, the total num- ties. The number of active are not clear as the decision for Hence, evidence is emerg- generated during clinical trials patients with Covid-19 prob- oped at IICT and the lab is a recoveries and 320 casualties. ber of infected personnel rose cases as on June 4 in the CRPF inoculation is left on the ing of the safety and efficacy of in Indian studies, emergency ably results from the fusogenic partner in this important clin- Till May 7, the three para- to 81,216 of which 65,012 was 926 which is slightly lower woman herself, the report pre- Covid vaccination, which along use authorisation may be activity of the SARS-CoV-2 ical trial which could provide military forces—CRPF, BSF cases were from CRPF, BSF than 1,024 cases in the BSF. pared by doctors from with benefits of passing on the sought so that more treat- spike protein and Niclosamide cost effective therapeutic Safdarjung Hospital and protection to the newborn, ment options are available to can inhibit syncytia forma- options for patients if trial is Vardhman Medical College in call for including pregnant Covid-19 patients,” said Dr tion,” he said. successful. a 70 per cent increased risk of sequences for the mother. viduals within Washington Delhi said as it made a case for women in the high priority death among symptomatic The study, which followed state. their vaccination on a priority group for vaccination, it said. pregnant women as compared 240 pregnant women between The study also found that basis in the routine protocol for Observing that pregnant issue of protecting such women Arguing for prioritisation, require hospitalization, admis- to non-pregnant ones. March and June 2020, found pregnant women with Covid- antenatal care. women are known to be at sig- is critical. the report said pregnant sion to ICU, receive invasive In fact, a study in that the Covid-19 mortality rate 19 had 3.5 times higher Covid- “For Covid not to further nificantly higher risk for severe Vaccination has emerged women experience more severe ventilation and extracorporeal American Journal of Obstetrics in the pregnant women was 19 associated hospitalization aggravate the already heavy Coronavirus-related compli- as a reliable protective measure COVID-19 disease than non- membrane oxygenation when and Gynecology has said that significantly higher when com- rate than the similarly aged burden of maternal and under- cations compared with non- against severe COVID-19 pregnant women. compared with non-pregnant contracting COVID-19 while pared to the Covid-19 mortal- general population in five mortality, there is a strong pregnant women, it said, the infection, the report noted. They are more likely to women, it said, adding, there is pregnant can have deadly con- ity rate in similarly aged indi- Washington state. * $$'$#$ )    $$ .$ 3* # -  *. $*12    .   $.'*) #$. $      %      he Congress and the BJP on ith climate change posing TSunday sparred over the Wchallenges in various sec- ongoing Twitter row. Former     tors and daily life, researchers Congress President Rahul from across the States under Gandhi took a swipe at the the aegis of Department of Modi Government, saying it is  :   Science and Technology ( DST) fighting for a blue tick while are tracing the impact of glob- leaving people to become “aat-      al warming on the country, manirbhar” (self-reliant) to get finding new ways to track the Covid vaccines. Hitting back, ahul and Priyanka also global problem, improving the the BJP said he should get out Rcommented on the con- projection of climate, its impact of social media and work on troversy over Delhi as well as vulnerability to pre- the ground. The BJP also asked Government-run Govind pare for the future. him to speak to Chief Ministers Ballabh Pant Institute of Post For instance, Dehradun- four Indian Institute of structure and utilization of of Congress-ruled States Graduate Medical Education based researchers have found Technologies – Delhi, Bombay, water resources. "A technique regarding alleged scams and and Research asking its nurs- that small-sized glaciers in Kharagpur, and Madras, are is known as “pseudo global irregularities in the Covid vac- es not to converse in Sikkim are melting at a higher working on improving climate warming method” has been cination programme there. Malayalam. magnitude as compared to projection models to make adapted and successfully used Rahul’s remarks came a The hospital order has, other Himalayan regions in a them more comprehensive and for prognostic understanding day after outrage over the however, been revoked. study published in ‘Science’ accurate, said the official. of how cyclones originating in removal of ‘blue tick’ badge “Malayalam is as Indian as any conducted by the Wadia For it's part, the Centres of the Bay of Bengal would The active cases have reduced September 16.It went past 60 from the personal accounts of other Indian language. Stop Institute of Himalayan Excellence (CoEs) Centre for behave in the near future      to 14,77,799 comprising 5.13 lakh on September 28, 70 Vice President M Venkaiah language discrimination,” Geology. Researchers from the Climate Change, IIT Delhi, (2025) and in far future (2075) per cent of the total infections, lakh on October 11, crossed Naidu and RSS’ top func- Rahul tweeted. Priyanka same institute have also found has contributed to significant under different RCP scenarios ndia reported 1,14,460 new while the national Covid-19 80 lakh on October 29, 90 tionaries, including Mohan tweeted in Malayalam saying: that black carbon from agri- improvements to the base (a greenhouse gas concentra- Icoronavirus infections, the recovery rate has improved to lakh on November 20 and Bhagwat, by Twitter, only to “This order is a violation of the cultural burning and forest model, moving towards devel- tion trajectory adopted by the lowest in 60 days, while the 93.67 per cent. A net decline of surpassed the one-crore mark restore it later. basic values of our country. It fire has alerted over the years opment of the India Centric Intergovernmental Panel on Covid-19 death at 2,677 was 77,449 cases has been record- on December 19.India crossed “The Modi government is is racist, discriminatory and may influence melting of Climate Model (ICCM). Climate Change)."It is pre- the lowest in 42 days even as ed in the COVID-19 caseload the grim milestone of 2 crore fighting for the blue tick. If you utterly wrong.” Gangotri Glacier. Connection between dicted that cyclone damage the active cases also dropped in a span of 24 hours. on May 4. want a Covid vaccine, then be Similarly, a team of scien- monsoon and irrigation prac- potential will increase signif- below 15 lakh, as per the data Recoveries continue to The 2,677 new fatalities self-reliant,” he said in a sar- tists from IIT Kanpur has tices has been established by icantly in future. This strate- updated at 8 am on Sunday, outnumber daily new cases include 741 from castic tweet in , using the by 28 per cent between found that aerosols like black DST Centre for Excellence in gic knowledge is essential for said the Union Health Ministry for the 24th consecutive day. Maharashtra, 443 from Tamil hashtag “#Priorities”. September 2020 and January carbon and dust, which makes Climate Studies, IIT Bombay. all the studies related to adap- in a statement here. The number of people who Nadu, 365 from Karnataka, Taking a dig at the former 2021. the Indo-Gangetic Plain one of "They have underlined the tation of coastal infrastruc- With the fresh cases, the have recuperated from the 209 from Kerala, 120 from Congress chief, BJP spokesper- “Is the health of Indian cit- the most polluted regions of the need for representation of ture, water resources man- total tally of coronavirus cases disease surged to 2,69,84,781, Uttar Pradesh and 118 from son said doing izens less important than the world, have led to increased irrigation practices, farmer’s agement in coastal areas and in the country climbed to while the case fatality rate West Bengal. politics on Twitter is his Central Vista project?” she incidents of high rainfall events behavior, and vegetation- land preparedness of coastal com- 2,88,09,339 while the death toll stands at 1.20 per cent, the A total of 3,46,759 deaths (Rahul’s) “most important sub- asked, alleging that the in the foothills of the and atmosphere interactions munities to extreme events in has touched 3,46,759. Also, data stated. have been reported so far in ject” and “biggest platform”. Government has declared the Himalayan Region, said a to improve model predictions the future. 20,36,311 tests were conduct- A total of 23,13,22,417 the country including 99,512 Patra asserted that the project as an essential service senior official from the Union and also develop agricultural Historical climate data for ed on Saturday taking the total vaccine doses have been from Maharashtra, 31,260 Modi government has done an with people working day and Ministry of Science and vulnerability maps at the the Indian Ocean region has cumulative tests conducted so administered so far. “A total of from Karnataka, 26,571 from admirable job in spearheading night to complete it by 2023. Technology. National level," added the been used by Center of far for detection of COVID-19 1,63,85,701 COVID-19 vac- Tamil Nadu, 24,557 from such a big inoculation pro- “When every expert in the In another work support- official. Excellence (CoE)- IIT in the country to 36,47,46,522. cine doses are still available Delhi, 21,151 from Uttar gramme and providing free country, the Parliamentary ed by DST, IISc researchers Meanwhile DST Centre Kharagpur to understand the The daily positivity has with the states and UTs to be Pradesh, 16,152 from West ration to the poor. Committee on Health and their showed that a planetary wave for Excellence in Climate temporal variability of wave further declined to 5.62 per administered,” it said. Bengal, 15,009 from Punjab For her part, Congress gen- own sero-surveys warned them from the North Atlantic is Change Impact on Coastal height (SWH) over the Bay of cent . It has been less than 10 India’s COVID-19 tally and 13,192 from Chhattisgarh. eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi that additional beds would be capable of derailing the Indian Infrastructure and the Bengal (BoB) region for the per cent for 13 consecutive had crossed the 20-lakh mark The ministry stressed that Vadra alleged that the Modi needed for an inevitable second monsoon on which the Indian Adaptation strategies, IIT period 1997-2015, which have days, the ministry said. on August 7, 30 lakh on more than 70 per cent of the government reduced oxygen wave,” she said as part of her economy is heavily dependent. Madras is developing suit- been published in reputed The weekly positivity rate August 23, 40 lakh on deaths occurred due to beds by 36 per cent, ICU beds ‘ZimmedarKaun’ (Who is In fact, Centres of excel- able climate change adaptation international and national has declined to 6.54 per cent. September 5 and 50 lakh on comorbidities. by 46 per cent, ventilator beds responsible) campaign. lence in Climate Change in measures for coastal infra- journals.   O    P +  3  )    O+P      gerated in media,” the ministry Singh Puri had recently lashed said. out at the Congress for its eeking to counter the Further, the ministry “bizarre” objections.      SOpposition, especially rejected the charge of diverting Amid demands for stop- Congress’ unrelenting criti- funds from public healthcare ping the work, the Ministry ith the Centre and the cism of the under-construction and Covid-19 response to the said that doing so at this stage WState continuing to be at Central Vista project amid the Central Vista Project. The will entail creating liabilities for loggerheads, a Union Home pandemic, the Ministry of ministry said that in Union the government under the Ministry team, headed by a Housing and Urban Affairs on Budget 2020-21, there was a existing contracts and the Joint Secretary, will visit West Sunday came out with a docu- 137 percent increase from pre- workers’ interest. It also cited Bengal to assess the damage ment titled “Myths and vious year’s budget estimate in inflation as a key issue if the caused by Cyclone Yaas. The Realities”, wherein it talked allocation for public healthcare project is delayed. Central team, constituted by about the funds for the project and well-being expenditure. Justifying the need for a Ministry of Home Affairs and environmental issues sur- way. Expenditure incurred on opment works, the Ministry “35,000 crore of the new Parliament house, the (MHA), will visit the State for rounding it among others. these 2 projects till March maintained. annual allocation has been Ministry said that the present three days for spot visits and Prime Minister Narendra ministry for the IAS officers, Rebutting the Opposition 2021 is 195 crore and budget It also rubbished the allocated as a one-time grant Parliament House, completed discussing the situation with Modi conducted an aerial sur- summoned Chief Secretary charge that the Centre was provision for 2021-22 is 790 reports that 13,450 crore is towards Covid-19 vaccination, in 1927, was never designed to the State Government officials. vey of the cyclone-affected Alapan Bandyopadhyay for spending 20,000 crore on the crore.” being incurred on new house significantly more than the accommodate a bicameral leg- Recently Chief Minister area of West Bengal on May 28 serving in the central govern- ambitious project and the funds The ministry said that the for Prime Minister. The esti- cost of the Central Vista rede- islature for a full-fledged Mamata Banerjee had said that and later called a review meet- ment. could have instead been uti- redevelopment plan was envis- mate includes multiple pro- velopment project. Thus, the democracy and it is already as preliminary assessment, the ing at the Kalaikunda air force However, he did not come lized to fight the Covid-19 aged in 2019 much before the jects, including 10 buildings, one-time amount for vaccina- highly stressed. “If the strength cyclone had led to a damage of station. to the capital and chose to pandemic, the Ministry said: outbreak of the pandemic. It is the ministry said, adding that tion for FY 2021-22 is 175% of the Parliament is increased an estimated 20,000 crore to The Chief Minister did retire on May 31, instead of “Till date, only two projects of a generational infrastructure the construction work for the more than the total budget for after the freeze on its expan- the property and agriculture. not attend the meeting chaired accepting a three-month New Parliament Building with investment project, involving Prime Minister’s residence has the Central Vista project, sion lifts in 2026, it will be nec- She had also said that 18 lakh by the Prime Minister, leading extension sanctioned to him by tendered cost 862 crore and multiple projects spread over not yet been tendered and no which is expected to be com- essary to ensure that people were affected by the to the Centre issuing several the state and Central Redevelopment of Central six years and the 20,000 crore sanction has been accorded by pleted by 2026,” the ministry Parliament House has the facil- cyclone and around 2. 21 lakh notices to the Chief Secretary. Government. Subsequently, he Vista Avenue with tendered being talked about is a gross the Government. “The cost for said. ities for a larger Parliament to hectares of crops and 71,560 The Department of was appointed as the chief cost 477 crore have been rough estimate of all the the PM’s residential complex Union Minister for hous- function,” the ministry’s release hectares of horticulture area Personnel and Training advisor to the State awarded and works are under- planned development/redevel- has been mischievously exag- ing and urban affairs Hardeep said. suffered damage. (DoPT), the cadre controlling Government by Banerjee. /  ! #$% & '()*)+

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'& "    “There are more than 100 Meanwhile 93 retired civil   32 TKerala BJP, K Surendran, Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief C P Radhakrishnan, the fishing boats operating from servants from across the coun- who is held responsible for the Minister). party leader in charge of Kerala he week beginning on each of these islands and how try have sent a letter to Prime wenty-four cases have been registered in different police election debacle of the party by Rajasekharan alleged that affairs had flown ito Kochi to pre- TMonday will see a series of are they ging to post govern- Minister Narendra Modi Tstations across eight districts of Tripura for attack on the entire State leadership, had to the CPI(M) and CPI with the side over the meeting. agitations and demonstrations ment officials in all these boats? against the controversial deci- journalists since 2020, police said on Sunday. field former Governor of help of the media were selectively “It is really shocking to note in the hitherto peaceful islands It is these kinds of laws that sions by administrator Praful The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of police (law Mizoram K Rajasekharan to save targeting the BJP and its president that the Kerala Police did not of Lakshadweep against the make us alien in our own Patel. The former officials said and order), Subrata Chakraborty said, the Director-General himself from the grilling by the Surendran in connection with the allow a meeting which move to introduce “reforms” by land,” said Faizal. the move to bring in reforms as of Police (DGP) has taken note of the recent reports pub- media on Sunday. Interestingly, heist and seizure of hawala was to be addressed by a Union the Administrator Praful Patel. Wajahat Habibullah, a for- desired by Patel would alienate lished in newspapers, expressing his concern over the the presence of Union Minister money of 3.5 crore, reportedly Minister and a two-time member Fearing a backlash from mer IAS officer who was a the islanders. increasing incidents of violence against journalists and the V Muraleedharan did not go well belonging to the Hindutwa party. of the to take place. the people, the Lakshadweep highly revered bureaucrat and “Each of these draft regu- alleged failure of the police to take action against the attack- with Kerala Police and they stood “A part of the money was seized Rajasekharan is correct when he Development Authority by a was the Administrator of lations is part of a larger agen- ers. "The Director-General of Police (DGP) VS Yadav held their ground that the meeting from Dharmarajan. It was the BJP stated that this was an act of vic- special order on Saturday asked Lakshadweep for many years da that is against the ethos and a detailed review meeting with the district superintendents would not be allowed come what leadership that approached the timization by the CPI(M),” said all non-residents and outsiders said that the reforms interests of the islands and of police on June 5. may. police with a complaint that the a political commentator based in to leave the island immediate- announced by the present islanders,” said the officials "During the discussion with the SPs, it was found that The 11-member core com- money meant for election cam- Thiruvananthapuram. ly. People from Kerala and administrator were something stating that these decisions 17 cases were registered in 2020 and 7 cases were regis- mittee of the party which was to paign has been stolen. If it was The BJP in Kerala is facing other States who have come to which the islands could do were taken without tered in 2021 as on date", the AGP said. meet at Ernakulam’s Bharat hawala money, do you think we the worst crisis it has come the islands as visitors and con- without. consulting the people of Chakraborty said that out of the 24 cases registered, Tourist Home, to take stock of the would have approached the across during the last four tract workers have to leave the He cautioned the authori- Lakshadweep. 16 cases have ended in charge sheets, three cases were com- situation arising out of the BJP’s police? Moreover, Dharmarajan decades. Sundara, an indepen- archipelago by Monday, said ties that the slew of draft leg- The Kerala High Court by promised by the parties involved while the remaining five wash out in the Assembly elec- is an activist of the BJP and we do dent candidate who had filed his the order. islation will have wide ranging a special order issued last week cases are still under investigation. tion had to be shifted to the dis- not have any issues in accepting nomination from Manjeswaram “Ours is a peace-loving impact on the islands. had asked the Lakshadweep "In some of these cases where the victims were unable trict committee office following our links with him,” said had alleged the other day that he population and we are happy if “Lakshadweep with its land Administration to submit its to identify the miscreants, all-out efforts were made by the instruction of the Kerala Rajasekharan. was forced to withdraw from the we are left alone,” Mohammed ownership constitutionally pro- explanation and affidavit with police to identify them. Consequently, more than 15 per- Police that a meeting of this mag- Though Union Minister race at the instance of Surendran Faizal, MP, told The Pioneer on tected be opened to interna- respect to the draft resolu- sons were identified during the investigation and charge- nitude could not be allowed in a Muraleedharan and former who had paid him 2.5 lakh and Sunday. He said a latest order tional tourism not as a means tions within a fortnight. sheeted. The investigation of cases registered was carried hotel. Kerala chief were present during a mobile phone. issued by the Administration for generating wealth for The retired officials have out purely on merit and evidence", the police official said. Before moving out of the the media conference along with He also said that he had been that all fishing boats operating investors from the mainland asked for the immediate recall He informed that the arrests were made in cases where hotel, the State leaders including Surendran, they maintained offered licences to open two from the islands should have a but to bring prosperity to the of the administrator and the the punishment was more than seven years as per the laid Rajasekharan and union minis- silence. liquor outlets in Government official in them islanders,” he pointed out in a appointment of a serving down procedure and applicable sections of the Criminal ter of State V Muraleedharan When asked why the Karnataka if Surendran wins the was bizarre. recent article on the issue. bureaucrat in his place. Procedure Code. In other cases, notices were issued. addressed the media and alleged Enforcement Directorate could election. .# +*'*!) <@   $.    / %  !*# '*$7# 8'$ $$   R    7$

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'& "    Sashi Tharoor (both former would not accept any organi- that the actor has been diagnosed with After the meeting, Nadda, Santhosh union Ministers), K sational responsibilities if the hespian Dilip Kumar was admitted bilateral pleural effusion and kept on he BJP on Sunday concluded a and the general secretaries of the party he Kerala Pradesh Muraleedharan, Benny High Command appoints Tto PD Hinduja at Khar in north- oxygen support in the Intensive Care Treview of the relief work done by its went to meet Prime Minister Narendra TCongress Committee finds Behannan, K Sudhakaran (all Sudhakaran,” said a former west Mumbai on Sunday morning, Unit ward, where “his condition is sta- workers in the wake of the second wave Modi at his official residence. itself between a deep sea and MPs) ,P T Thomas MLA and leader of the KPCC. after he complained of breathless- ble”. of COVID-19 and said in the coming Talking to reporters outside Nadda’s devil syndrome. Following the K C Joseph, former Minister. Tariq Anwar, the special ness. His condition was described in Nationalist Congress Party days, it will train one lakh health vol- residence, BJP general secretary disastrous performance of the The information trickling representative of Sonia Gandhi the evening as “stable” by the doctors President Sharad Pawar, who visited unteers across the country to operate said a report was pre- party in the recent Assembly out of Indira Bhavan (KPCC is in the capital city to know the attending on him at the hospital. the PD Hinduja hospital and enquired medical devices and perform other sented to the party chief on the relief election, the reigning KPCC headquarters) at pulse of the other leaders. “Dilip Sahab has been admitted to after the actor’s health from Saira Banu essential medical services. work carried out by the party amid the chief M Ramachandran has Thiruvananthapuram is that Though Anwar held a series of non-Covid PD Hinduja Hospital Khar in the afternoon, tweeted: “Visited leg- BJP president JP Nadda had called pandemic. expressed his desire to quit. The former Chief Minister meetings with all the leaders for routine tests and investigations. He’s endary actor Dilip Kumarji at Hinduja a meeting of the party’s general secre- It was decided that the party will decision has been hastened by Oommen Chandi and Ramesh who matter in the KPCC, the had episodes of breathlessness. A team Hospital today to check on his health taries and the presidents of its different train one lakh health volunteers across the appointment of V D CVhennithala are cut up with name of the new chief remains of healthcare workers led by Dr. Nitin and treatment, with the veteran actress wings to take stock of the preventive and the country, including imparting tech- Satheeshan as the Leader of the the move by the High a mystery. Gokhale is attending to him. Please Saira Banu. I wish Dilip Kumarji a relief work carried out by the saffron nical knowledge, to operate ventilator Opposition in place of Ramesh Command to bring in a new “The person who is keep Sahab in your prayers and please speedy recovery and good health!”. party during the second wave of the pan- and other essential medical devices, he Chennithala was was ousted leader as the party chief. K appointed as the KPCC presi- stay safe,” the official Twitter handle of Minister of State in the PMO Dr. demic and its performance in the added. from that post. Sudhakaran, popularly known dent by the Congress High Dilip Kumar said. The veteran actor's Jitendra Singh said in a tweet: “Wishing recently-held Assembly polls. The Scheduled Tribe (ST) wing of Though a team of AICC as Kerala Simham (Malayalam Command would command all official twitter handle is managed the living legend, the ultimate thespi- The leaders also deliberated on the party was asked to focus on pro- observers led by Mallikarjun for Lion), and has proved his support from all sections. personally by the thespian’s actress-wife an, clearly the last word in the school post-poll violence in West Bengal, BJP moting the Centre’s Vandhan Yojana Kharge who were deputed by organisational skills is the There is no confusion in it,” Saira Banu. acting and our all-time favourite… a general secretaries told reporters after for tribals. Similarly, the kisan morcha party president Sonia Gandhi preferred leader of the new Chandy told reporters at “Don’t believe in WhatsApp for- speedy recovery”. the meeting. will facilitate the training of farmers at held many rounds of talks with generation of Congressmen Kottayam. The incoming wards. Saab is stable. Thank you for Dilip Kumar, who turned 98 on The meeting was held at Nadda’s res- the farmers producers organisations the new legislators and the though he is 70. KPCC president would have to your heart-felt duas and prayers. As per December 11, 2020, did not celebrate idence and was attended by all the eight (FPOs) across the country and the former chiefs of the KPCC, a But Oommen Chandi and lift the party from the abyss of doctors, he should be home in 2-3 days. his birthday as he lost his two younger general secretaries of the Bharatiya women's wing will promote the ‘Poshan solution remains elusive. A Ramesh are totally opposed to defeat as the Congress has lost Insh’Allah,” the veteran actor’s twitter brothers --Ehsaan Khan and Aslam (BJP), its general secretary Abhiyan’ among women, which aims to number of leaders have pitched Sudhakaran becoming the two successive elections to the handle said later in the evening. Khan –who died of Covid-19 during (organisation) BL Santhosh and the pres- achieve a malnutrition-free India, in for the coveted post and this KPCC president .”Both of them assembly, something unheard Meanwhile, pulmonologist Dr. last year. idents of its yuva, kisan, mahila, OBC, Yadav said. include Kodikkunnil Suresh, have made it known that they of in the last four decades. 3   )" -# 30 &% & 7! ?.5    ! ) ! .#. '%    =D>  %% 2+      -   $& #. &     ./   Puducherry: Puducherry reported 640  32 this vaccine allocated for cines are audited daily in the  "" 881 in the state rose from 95.01 per cent to fresh coronavirus cases during last 24 reached . official document of the Health C>CC 3 $% 95.05 per cent. hours as the overall tally rose to 1,09,079, eople have not yet forgotten That too when these vac- Department. n a relief to the health authorities, the The total “active cases” in the state a senior official of the Department of Pthe incident of getting 29   6 ICovid-19 infections in Maharashtra dropped 1,88,027 to 1,85,527. The fatality Health and Family Welfare Services said vaccine filled syringes in the dropped to a low 12,557 on Sunday, even rate in the State rose from 1.71 per cent to on Sunday. dustbin at Jamalpur Urban 45   $ he Goa Forward Party on as the State – with 618 new fatalities – 1.72 per cent. Mumbai logged 20 deaths The new cases were identified at the Primary Health Center TSunday wrote to the breached the grim milestone of total 1 lakh and 786 infections. As a consequence, the end of the examination of 9,215 swab sam- (UPHC) of Aligarh, a new Election Commission of India deaths. Covid-19 toll in the metropolis increased ples projecting a positivity rate at 6.95 per case has came to limelight in    to ensure a "prioritised vaccine A day after the State logged 13,659 from 14,951 to 14,971, while the infected cent, Director of Health Department S which the vaccines which were drive" against Covid-19 in the infections and 741 deaths, the daily infec- cases went up by 786 to trigger a jump in Mohan Kumar said. The 640 new cases allotted to Aligarh's State as it would be facing tions went down by 1102 and the deaths the infections from 7,09,857 to 7,10,643. were spread over Puducherry (470), Naurangabad UPHC were Aligarh: An inquiry has been Noida. In this, the health Assembly polls in early 2022. dropped by 123. Of the 618 deaths report- Pune with 21,216 cases continued to be Karaikal (136), Yanam (15) and Mahe (19). being administered in Noida's set up in Noida's Jaypee Greens department team of Noida had In the letter, GFP chief Vijai ed on Sunday, 233 were current ones while remain first in terms of maximum num- Fifteen people succumbed to the Jaypee Greens Society. Society in connection with the vaccinated the people of the Sardesai said campaigns in five the remaining 385 were previous unac- ber of “active cases” in the state, while virus during the last 24 hours ending 10 The officials of health vaccination of Naurangabad, society. poll-bound States recently were counted fatalities. Kolhapur with 18,734 “active cases” stood AM Sunday pushing the toll to 1,628, he department are in denial on the the urban primary health cen- People's heads were shak- conducted without adherence With 618 deaths reported in second, followed by Mumbai (18,041), said, adding seven of the victims had no one hand, but also on the ter of Aligarh. en when the people there got to Covid-19 norms which led Maharashtra on Sunday, the total number Thane (16,672), Satara (15,151), Sangli comorbidities. The Health depart- other hand they are saying to The CMO has constituted a the certificates of the Urban to a spike in cases. of deaths in the state breached the one lakh (10,349), Nagpur (9244), Ahmednagar ment Director said as many as 1,138 take strict action against the two-member panel of doctors Primary Health Center of "It is our firm belief and mark of total deaths as the fatalities rose (7278), Ratnagiri (6109), Nashik (5981), patients were discharged after recovery defaulters. for the investigation. This panel Naurangabad in Aligarh and hope that a prioritised vaccine from 99512 to 1,00,130. Similarly, with Solapur (5878), Sindhudurg (5870), Beed during the last 24 hours from hospitals. Now the question arises will submit the report in a different dates were written drive and allocation of doses 12,557 new infections, the total number of (4277), and Raigad (4932). The number of active cases in the that when the vaccine cannot week. on them. Whereas the camp for poll-bound states would cases climbed from 58,19,224 to 58,31,781. Of the 3,65,08,967 samples sent to var- union territory stood at 8,270 (1,236 in go from one center to another Vaccination camp was was held for only one day. massively help reduce the risk As 14,433 patients were discharged ious laboratories across the state so far, hospitals and 7,034 in home isolation), he center in the district, then how organized in the last week of When the complaint was made, of spreading the virus," Sardesai from the hospitals across the state after full 58,31,781 have tested positive (15.97 per added.The total recoveries so far climbed did the entire consignment of May at Jaypee Greens Society, there was a stir. said in the letter. recovery, the total number of people dis- cent) for COVID-19 until Sunday. to 99,181 with the 8,270 on Sunday. charged from the hospitals since the sec- Currently, 13,46,389 people are in Mohan Kumar said 11.03 lakh samples ond week of March last year increased from home quarantine while 6426 people are in have been examined so far and 9.51 lakh  &  +D $$ 0     )" 55,28,834 to 55,43,267. The recovery rate institutional quarantine. of them turned out to be negative. PTI & .%&#  %  $  ) # '%& - #  .&' $&%   ) # Agra: Lockdowns due to the tions in Agra - Agra Cantt, Agra    coronavirus pandemic have hit Fort, Raja Ki Mandi and Idgah. coolies at Agra's railways stations Another coolie at the Agra olice on Sunday took 34 people and 24 cars into hard, forcing many of them out of Cantt station, 40-year-old Fakira Pcustody in a case filed against Samajwadi work. shared that he now also pulls a Party leader Dharmendra Yadav and 200 others Some of them now pull rick- rickshaw as there is no work at the under the Disaster Management Act for taking shaws, others work as labourers. railway station since the outbreak out a procession in violation of COVID-19 Sharing his ordeal, Munna of the second wave of Covid. protocols. Khan (50), a coolie at Agra Cantt "I come to the station in the Yadav, the party’s Yuvjan Sabha chief of Auraiyya, railway station, told PTI, "There hope of getting work but spend took out the procession involving a cavalcade of four- are 102 coolies at the station who the entire day sleeping. At night wheelers after he was released from the prison are divided into two shifts. In one I pull a rickshaw to fulfil the needs on Saturday, Senior Superintendent of Police Brijesh shift about 52 coolies are allowed of my family," he said. Kumar Singh said. to work, but these days only 10- Talking about the difficulties, This prompted the police to file the case against the 25 coolies are coming due to less Rajveer said he spends Rs 150 on SP leader and 200 other people at the Civil Lines police number of passengers." travelling to the Agra Cantt station station here, he said. "Moreover, the passengers from his home, which is about 15 “Police have formed eight teams, and on Sunday, 24 avoid taking our service due to kms away, in the hope to earn cars and 34 people were taken into custody,” Singh said. fear of COVID-19. This adverse some money. He added that while Yadav was still at large, police situation is forcing us to do other "At the station, I spend my have seized a car belonging to the SP leader. work to run the house," he added. entire day sleeping or waiting for “Efforts are on to nab the main accused and the rest,” There are about 240 coolies passengers. Most of the day, I don't the SSP said. working at four major railway sta- get any money," he said. PTI =   )        &'  ! #$% & '()*)+ 0

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Taiwan, besides its attempt to strategy. India has also explic-  -   towards the Indo-Pacific. While it becomes aptly subvert the liberal international itly indicated its desire to 2-3  2-9 India’s open willingness to clear that the current phase institutions. Consequently, these work with the US to promote work with the US in recent of the triangular relationship moves by China, coupled with an security, openness, democra-   9 -   times has been an encourag- is tilted towards India and increasing trade surplus with cy and development in the  -23  ing development for the the US, its future direction the US, have directly challenged region. In turn, India and the   3 American administration. largely depends on Biden’s America’s eminent position in US have taken a slew of mea- For India, the relationship China policy. 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 5:)"5 oday as India battles the corona virus pan-  6 !45           @ ! demic, the old saying "adversity uncovers      !     the real nature of your friends and foes" is " being put to test. If there was ever a time              Tto forget ideological and political differences and                 use co-operative federalism to protect our citizens, "   "        ! this was it. Yet many politicians chose human suf-          $  $ 2   -  fering as a laboratory for their debauched politics.  -  0 $   A;<     A<<<< ! Through their malevolent toolkits and through their   B;<<<         B<<<<    ! controversial actions, they weakened a nation's fight       (      against a common enemy. For every Opposition      leader like Naveen Patnaik who chose to walk on #              the path of statesmanship, we got a Mamata Banerjee who chose to stoke her pitiful ego over common                ! good. unfortunately saw a man at the helm of affairs who peddled untruths to hide his Government's lackadaisical attitude in the fight againstCovid. This article is a fact checking exer- cise against their claims. One of the most contentious issues that the Chief Minister and his fellow leaders had against the Centre was the availability of oxygen. Starting   24 had given the ventilators sanctioned fromApril 22 till the better part of May, the Chief under PM Cares Fund Minister, the health Minister and Rajasthan's - -   to private hospitals which were Congress unit chief levelled allegations of step-moth-  2 CH9 charging a princely sum of Rs. 35- erly treatment towards non-BJP ruled states in oxy- 716 40,000 per day from patients. gen allocation. On April 29 and 30 the Numerous ventilators that were       "            - -  4555 (        6    '  ! ChiefMinister gave media bites on the issue, but the leased out to private hospitals were   "          ) , truth was something different. 8 2- 29 listed down as faulty to cover this Data clearly shows that on April 29, non-BJP  -32 9 fraud. The State government's asser- 2      2  C<<;     , states like Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Kerala, Punjab tion of faulty ventilators has to be  7         6   '  "  and Tamil Nadu were allocated more oxygen than  29 61 viewed with clinical suspicion and                ! demanded, with Rajasthan getting exactly 205 MT  8   the truth shall soon be uncovered         "      ! of oxygen that it had demanded for. Further on May  2  after proper audit by the 14 when the Chief Minister expressed his unwill- Uniongovernment.                 82 M43  " (             ingness in lifting oxygen from sanctioned plants in After oxygen andventilators, the eastern India and demanded for an increase in allo- state Government's tirade against the 7 6        2 A C<45      8 9 cation from Gujarat's Jamnagar plant, the Centre Uniongovernment didnot stop even              covered up for his inefficiency and swiftly increased  26-  for vaccines. India had a reputation               ! the allocation from the plant from 70 MT to 120 3 3 M4 of being a laggard in vaccination pol-    6            MT, while increasing overall allocation of oxygen C>) 8 0 icy before 2014. For example, polio               ! from 330 MT to 380 MT. These are just two of the M43     vaccination in India started in 1979,                many instances when the Chief Minister was pur- a quarter century after it was        "         posefully using lies to hide his ineptitude in han-  8 launched in USA, and India was dling the corona crisis. declared polio free only in 2014, after                Similarly, on the issue of ventilators, the state's a full 26 years. In contrast India               Congress unit went all out against the Centre, and became one among an elite club of '              on May 14, 15 and 17 levelled allegations and went 12 countries which has been able to              as far as calling them "kabad" and "kachra". A sim- develop their own vaccine within one        +  ple fact-check shows that 1500 ventilators sent to year. Yet, Rahul Gandhi and his tri- " 6 !45         ! Rajasthan under PM Cares Fund were lying umvirate of Chief Ministerslaunched month of June as more than 12 crore criminally high.               unused since the last 10 months. While the Centre a malicious campaign against domes- doses will be made available. Vaccine It is impossible to overlook the provides ventilators, installation and maintenance tic producers and the Centre. administration in Rajasthan howev- fact that a state which was showing   "  @      !!   is the work of the State governments. Despite know- What could one expect from the er tells a different story. During the reasonable progress in vaccination         ing fully well their mistake, the Congress party still Congress party which had side- subsequent weeks of May 15-21 and reporting miniscule wastage "               had the temerity to call indigenously built and inge- stepped Bharat Biotech's vaccine for and 22-28, when the vaccine admin- suddenly screeched to a grinding halt           "    niously designed ventilators as "Kabads". If the encephalitis and Rota Virus for istration in India grew by 26 per cent, in mid-May. Knowing that vaccina-      !        ! Central government could provide a ventilator (The author is Minister Chinese vaccines, effectively hand- Rajasthan saw a decline of 27 per tion is our only shield against a third      "        ! worth Rs 4 lakh, what stopped the Gehlot govern- for Jal Shakti, ing our vaccine security to foreign, cent. The reasons behind the decline wave, vaccine wastage done unknow-                 ment from spending Rs 300 to operationalise and Government of India. particularly Chinese,companies. This has to be viewed suspiciously citing ingly is an unpardonable mistake, but maintainthem?Even the Rajasthan High court The views expressed government, post-2014, put vac- the disturbing news of 500 vials of if done knowingly is downright                while replying to a PIL on ventilator related deaths are personal.) cine security at the centre of the uni- vaccines being discovered in the trash seditious in nature. The article does-     in Sirohi sought clarifications from the State gov- versal immunisation program. bins of 35 centers in Rajasthan. The n't insinuate anyone but as a princi- '    6 !45        ernment on why 1500 ventilators were not put to At the end of May, nearly 1.75 wastage of vaccines in some parts of pled member of the political frater-           #     use. Crore doses were still available with Rajasthan like Churu (39.7 per cent), nity, one cannot be blind to the polit-                 Another shocking case of apathy came to light the states. Vaccination is going to Hanumangarh (26.40 per cent), ical machinations being played at the             ! when it was discovered that the State government gather considerable speed in the Bharatpur (17.13 per cent),etcis cost of human lives.   )           !      " 6  2  (                        " ,                     "      ' %     % "   "     !             0 2   & + 5 ! P !"   P   5 ! 5" ! "  % & +" " & '       +        !  %  ! !      5 " 5    !    !  +               L! " " &   L   %          % !'                            $  $   5;"8  *! $)*. . $)$7*' #$)$7'$0#)$$ **# !!$$7  #0 '#;

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$& & $& $&%         said for 72 lakh card holders, the centre gives a monthly    .>B  )1  elhi subsidy of 126 crores while D(BJP) president Adesh the Kejriwal Government is cation of taxing rights, with 02 3 Gupta on Sunday said the Aam spending 1000 crores rupees market countries awarded tax- Aadmi Party (AAP’s ) claim yearly on publicity . Can’t it ing rights on at least 20 per cent 5 -8 - that Centre is not allowing the spend 126 crore for Delhiites? of profit exceeding a 10 per cent launch of the doorstep ration He asked adding in past seven margin for the largest and   delivery is false. years 70 lakh people got regis- most profitable multinational Citing the National Food tration for ration cards but have enterprises. We will provide for Security Act, Gupta said, “The not received it till now and the appropriate coordination       Central Government is already CM is talking of distributing between the application of the distributing free ration to 80 ration to households. It shows new international tax rules ndia is likely to benefit from crore people for May and June addition to this, he can buy it Kejriwal’s double speaking, he and the removal of all Digital Ithe global minimum 15 per cent works well for the US gov- also 72 lakh card holders have on the notified rate and neither charged and people are realis- Services Taxes, and other rele- cent corporate tax rate pact ernment and most other coun- also benefited.” centre nor anyone would object ing it,” he added. vant similar measures, on all inked by the world’s richest tries in western Europe. “Kejriwal Government is to that. But to describe center New Delhi MP Meenakshi    ing and training their work companies. nations as the effective domes- However, some low-tax hiding their failures. CM policies as his own is low level Lekhi said the Kejriwal forces and investing in research “We also commit to a glob- tic tax rate is above the thresh- European jurisdictions such Kejriwal is coming up with politics,” he charged. Government wants to raise an he G7 group of leading and development and infra- al minimum tax of at least 15 old, and the country would as the Netherlands, Ireland such lies while the fact remains If he really wants to do army of middlemen so that it Teconomies have reached “a structure. per cent on a country by coun- continue to attract investment, and Luxembourg and some in under PM Gareeb Kalyan something for the poor, he can get its share. historic agreement” to reform “Today G7 Finance try basis. We agree on the tax experts said on Sunday. the Caribbean rely largely on Yojna in May and till June 5, should implement one nation, “Instead of improving the the global tax system to make Ministers and Central Bank importance of progressing The Finance Ministers of tax rate arbitrage to attract Delhi got more than its fixed one card yojna,” he added. condition of 2000 odd ration it fit for the global digital age. Governors chaired by agreement in parallel on both G-7 countries, comprising US, MNCs. quota, that’s it has got 72,782 Leader of Opposition, shops by linking them with Speaking outside Winfield Chancellor Rishi Sunak agreed Pillars and look forward to UK, Germany, France, Canada, “The global pact would Mt. Of this, the State Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said the Aadhar and making them House in London’s Regents a landmark deal on global tax, reaching an agreement at the Italy and Japan, on Saturday face the challenge of getting Government has so far lifted ‘CM Ghar Ghar ration yojna’ modern, the Kejriwal govern- Park on Sunday, the US and ways to build a strong, sus- July meeting of G20 Finance reached a landmark deal on other major nations on the only 53000 Mt and of this, only that Kejriwal is talking about is ment’s intention seems to be Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tainable, balanced and inclusive Ministers and Central Bank taxing multinational compa- same page, since this impinges 68 per cent has been distrib- actually PM Gareeb Kalyan using these middlemen for said the minimum rate of at global economic recovery,” the Governors. nies as per which the minimum on the right of the sovereign to uted,” he added. Yojna under which ration is sending ration to these ration least 15 per cent would end “the G7 said in a tweet. “I am delighted to global tax rate would be at least decide a nation’s tax policy,” “While Kejriwal distributed to state govern- shops. Whether the ration race to the bottom in corporate A G7 statement said: “We announce that the G7 Finance 15 per cent. They also agreed Nangia added. Government gives only 2 sub- ments. Kejriwal now claims it reaches its destination is sec- taxation”. strongly support the efforts Ministers today, after years of to put in place measures to India had in September sidy on per kg wheat the Centre under his own CM scheme. “It ondary as long as he keeps get- In a tweet later, she added underway through the discussions, have reached a ensure businesses pay taxes in 2019 slashed corporate taxes gives 23.73 while on rice smacks of a conspiracy. ting his share from these mid- that global minimum tax G20/OECD Inclusive historic agreement to reform the countries where they oper- for domestic companies to 22 Kejriwal gives only 3 per kg When this ration reaches dlemen, she charged, adding would end the race-to-the- Framework to address the tax the global tax system to make ate, a move aimed at plugging per cent and to 15 per cent for subsidy while center gives the poor’s home, it will be sold that he does not want the bottom in corporate taxation, challenges arising from glob- it fit for the global digital age loopholes in cross-border tax- new domestic manufacturing 33.79 He said if Kejriwal at a higher price due to pack- ration distribution system to be and help the global economy alisation and the digitalisation and crucially, to make sure that ation. units. The concessional tax wants to distribute ration in ing and delivery charges. He transparent,” she added. thrive, by levelling the playing of the economy and to adopt a it’s fair so that the right com- Nangia Andersen India rate was extended to the exist- field for businesses and encour- global minimum tax. panies pay the right tax in the Chairman Rakesh Nangia said ing domestic companies as aging countries to compete on “We commit to reaching an right places,” Sunak said in a the G7 commitment to global well, subject to certain condi- positive bases, such as educat- equitable solution on the allo- video clip posted on Twitter. minimum tax rate of 15 per tions. :.    $$$    7  #  -1$ .17@8 - 1 &% #% " $          based citizens through phone agents were caught,” said the  "   5    ! A service over the Internet (VoIP) DCP. “During interrogation, it % & !5 ith the arrest of 21 people, and posed as HMRC (Her was revealed that these fraud- # "&  % %.&&% & $ %& Wthe Delhi Police on Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, sters were engaged in using ille-  &# .  ) & $  8$ Sunday claimed to have busted United Kingdom) officials who gal techniques, VOIP calling, by 6.  .'' an illegally run international call then duped them claiming that passing the legal International %% # &  .$ C>9>>>  10 5- ? centre in West Delhi’s Naraina discrepancies were found in Long Distance (ILD) Gateways $&&  & involved in allegedly duping the audit of their income tax. and thus causing wrongful loss "&!  .'       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The culprits even sent Crime police station led by after technical work and &&F fake arrest warrants, the police ACP DLF and ACP Udyog Nisharg of Gujarat who used to "&  % said on Sunday. Vihar raided the call centre talk with their clients. GI! " & %  L7 "$&   2  # $$%   M &&# ' #  L#% 0.#M % .#  #'& "&  - -&% ." $& %%. & $"&%9 %.$9 3 8' ! & ''&% &  9 . # 7   !  "& $%& &%  ! "$% ' - %.$9 38  %# && &% .P. && ''&% & 5# %&"& &%  &%  $%&  $%& "& # %& & $%& $&% &.!  .& %&%%# && &  .' .'%&% & %$&      to reduce debt. !  + !  !  . &. #   . %..#'%!    The Board approved seek- he Board of Directors of ing approval of the members of  & " 7    ! !  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"%  & %" structure in such a way that Värde Investment Partners LP. Vehicles (SPVs) in several high 35-year-old husband Anil Sahu, found to identity them,” said statements,” said the DCP.   #  CH& # +>&  6. C>C(! 0 " #&% %& there will not be any addition- The funds raised would be growth sectors such as power, who ran a placement agency, Parvinder Singh, the Deputy “However, after sustained !%"%&!#.!! "&%   #.&# &.' "& al outgo, which, in turn, may utilised for long term resources, roads and Metro Rail in the often used to beat her. Commissioner of Police interrogation, she told police that $&#  "# G28I!  %& #&  $$&  reduce the monthly take home for general corporate purpos- dnfrastructure space and the In order to get rid of him, (DCP), Outer district. a long-standing dispute was -286   C>& 6. C>C(  % ! -&.#&%   pay. es, fund future growth, and also defence sector. she along with one Raj, with “Later, it was found that going on between them due to P.# & %. "&  # "  & & &"  '%&&! whom she was also having an five people, including the which, she had also lodged a affair, hatched a conspiracy to deceased’s wife, his two minor case against Sahu last year at !      &&&   ! 2O% 04C( 2 %% "$# P.&  '% kill him and later tried to mis- children and two maids, were Dhanwar police station in  ! % lead investigators by narrating present at home at the time of Jharkhand. But after arriving at  &% % & .%"      mental details. Driving 2G to Projects & Property a fake story, police said. The the incident but none of them a compromise, they had started 6"".9 5 #29 2-  4G transition is the key focus Management Services was also accused, Raj, has been could disclose anything relat- living together,” the DCP said. %&&# $&& # & IL’s FY21 Annual Report area for Jio. Shift to renewables elevated at $2.1bn. 4&%9 1'& '9 Rshowed improved quality of for captive consumption, RIL net debt declined to 6"".!  $&& # & earnings, elevated capex, cash- increased ESG focus and high- S$13bn, expect sharp reduc- .% & &%   8%9 flows impacted by repayment er chemical conversion are tion in FY22E. Net debt 0?  &   &&$9 &9 2F.9 %& of interest-bearing liabilities focus areas in O2C, the report including spectrum debt and & % & # ! -$ ' and sharp reduction in net said. RIL extinguished $4.6bn capex creditors declined 70 per  & % & .%"9 debt, as per a report by Jefferies. capex creditors in FY21. Retail cent y/y. This should fall below   'B ;   6"". %# L"#%& & Digital and omnichannel capex was elevated at $1.4bn $6bn in FY22E on realization .$#&# 5 7(H $#" are focus areas in Retail where partly led by Jiomart rollout. of balance rights issue pro- && % $.&  & & ." disclosures didn’t include seg- Facilities capex under Reliance ceeds and FCF.         On Saturday with a positivity health bulletin on Sunday. &&% # &'9 & %  %%&  & .%" #.%& rate of 0.53 per cent. The day Delhi Chief Minister # #%&&% & & %.%& & # &  '& &%! t least 381 fresh cases of the before, Delhi had recorded 50 Arvind Kejriwal had on 1# # "&  & % & %$% &    .% & N#7(H  & & "$& #O% ' %&O ACovid-19 were reported deaths and 523 new cases with Saturday said the coronavirus  " "#.  . # &% # #%% & "" & on Sunday while the positivi- a positivity rate of 0.68 per cent. situation in Delhi is quite under "$&  & %%&"M!       with PTI, Chand said that India’s month of May, with the begin- ty rate dipped to 0.5 per cent in The national Capital had control. iti Aayog Member policies on subsidy, price and ning of the month of May, and the national Capital on Sunday. recorded 623 cases and 62 Kejriwal had held two key   "    F     N(Agriculture) Ramesh technology have remained too agriculture activity in the month According to the health deaths on Tuesday, 576 cases meetings on Friday to discuss "4.80104 -& '  %  # G-I  % Chand on Sunday said the sec- much in favour of rice, wheat and of May is bare minimal, partic- bulletin issued by the Delhi and 103 fatalities on preparations for the anticipat- . (C " &%   G I  .% $&%  & ond Covid-19 wave will not sugarcane, and there is need to ularly land-based activities,” he Government, 34 more people Wednesday, and 487 cases and ed third wave of the coron- .&! - & 39 "  29 # &%  & impact the Indian agriculture sec- make the procurement and min- added. “...It (May) is a peak sum- have succumbed to the disease 45 deaths on Thursday. avirus pandemic. He held an %  & +>& .#& #  -!  - M9    tor in anyway as rural areas saw imum support price policy mer month and no crop is sown, in a day, taking the total count As per the report, a total of important meeting with the & &9 ' #& # & &'  " .$ & spread of infections in May when favourable to pulses. no crop is harvested except little to 24,591. 76,857 tests, including 55,786 expert committee and then 1'..    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=49,@ &,,4/9%&41 &1 1@'/ ?35% 9  <$  1    !     !    $$     8  staked a claim to form the new opt-out of the bench. of river materials from the government under Article 76 This forced Chief Justice Chure range could lead to  12-- - the closer cooperation between new Constitutional Bench (5) of the Constitution, have Rana to reconstitute the bench desertification of the Tarai, Moscow and Minsk in recent Aof the Nepal Supreme also filed a petition in the to hear the writ petitions filed and thus it was an anti-nation- ATO Secretary General months. Court was formed on Sunday Supreme Court seeking rein- against the dissolution of al and anti-people move. NJens Stoltenberg on "We have had to learn in to hear a bunch of petitions statement of the House. Parliament. The alliance also con- Sunday warned Russia and the past that Russia has mas- against the May 22 dissolution President Bhandari reject- Meanwhile, the Opposition demned the government move Belarus against threatening the sively violated the territorial of the House of Representatives ed the separate bids of both alliance issued a joint statement to allow middlemen and rack- alliance's allies, following the integrity of states such as after differences among justices Prime Minister Oli and the on Saturday condemning the eteers to supply iodised salt. forced landing of a passenger Ukraine, Georgia and over its composition delayed Opposition alliance's claims to Cabinet reshuffle done by the Nepal plunged into a polit- plane within the European Moldova." He did not want to the crucial hearing, according form a new government, say- Oli government. ical crisis on December 20 last Union (EU0 by Belarusian speculate too much, to media reports. ing the “claims were insuffi- Oli on Friday reshuffled year after President Bhandari authorities. Stoltenberg said, noting, The bench was formed by cient.” the Cabinet. The new Cabinet dissolved the House at the rec- "We are of course ready, in "NATO is a defensive alliance." Nepal's Chief Justice Cholendra the second time in five months formation of the Constitutional A controversy erupted after has three Deputy Prime ommendation of Prime an emergency, to protect and Lithuania, Latvia and Shamsher Rana on the senior- and announced snap elections Bench. a lawyer of Deuba raised Ministers, 12 cabinet ministers Minister Oli, amidst a tussle for defend any ally against any Poland, all members of NATO, ity and expertise of the on November 12 and Chief Justice Rana had ear- questions over two justices and two state ministers. power within the ruling Nepal kind of threat coming from share borders with Belarus. Supreme Court Justices. November 19 on the advice of lier picked justices Dipak picked as members of the Oli has made a mockery of Communist Party (NCP). Minsk and Moscow," dpa news On May 23, Belarusian The new Constitutional Prime Minister K P Sharma Kumar Karki, Aanand Mohan Constitutional Bench given constitutional and democratic Oli's move to dissolve the agency quoted Stoltenberg as President Alexander Bench includes justices Dipak Oli, heading a minority gov- Bhattarai, Tej Bahadur KC and their previous decision on the values by reshuffling the House sparked protests from a saying to the Welt am Sonntag Lukashenko forced a Ryanair Kumar Karki, Anand Mohan ernment. Bam Kumar Shrestha for the case of reviewing the Cabinet at a time when his large section of the NCP led by newspaper. commercial flight between two Bhattarai, Mira Dhungana, Following the illness of bench to hear about 30 peti- Communist Party of Nepal's move dissolving the House is his rival Pushpa Kamal Dahal "We are vigilant and we are EU capitals, Athens and Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada and Justice Bishwambhar Prasad tions registered against the unity and registration. sub judice in the Supreme 'Prachanda'. following what is happening in Vilnius, to make an emergency the chief justice himself, The Shrestha, his successor justices "unconstitutional" dissolution, After the justices under Court, the Opposition alliance However, two months later, Belarus very closely," he said. landing in Minsk. Himalayan Times reported. Bhattarai and Khatiwada were the report said. question -- Tej Bahadur KC said in a statement. Chief Justice Rana-led Belarus is becoming "more Dissident journalist Roman Nepal President Bidya Devi included in the Constitutional As many as 146 members and Bam Kumar Shrestha -- The five-party alliance also Constitutional Bench on and more dependent" on Protasevich and his girlfriend Bhandari dissolved the 275- Bench. of the dissolved House, includ- decided not to leave the bench, said the government's February 23 overturned the Russia, he added. Sofia Sapega, passengers on the member House of Earlier, the hearing was ing Nepali Congress President two other justices picked for the announcement in the budget decision and reinstated the Stoltenberg said NATO plane, were arrested and are Representatives on May 22 for affected due to a dispute in the Sher Bahadur Deuba, who had Constitutional Bench chose to that it would allow the export House of Representatives. was seriously concerned about being held in custody. 8$   B ! !   9,       ?  %    $+ 74   A          %     ;  &-     opening up vaccines to the under-30s and so we are getting  C    3 8 GI atmospheric extremes of stages with the first investigat- he Delta variant of Covid- a step closer to the point when  !  Venus, and compare the results ing the entire atmosphere. T19, or the B1.617.2 variant we've been able to offer the vac-   1 63 or decades, the exploration to what we see back home. The probe will be looking first identified in India, is cine to all adults in this coun-    tranche of at least 80 million Fof our solar system left one But, the extreme surface at the composition of the around 40 per cent more trans- try," he said. hina has authorised the doses to be distributed global- of our neighbouring planets, conditions are one of the rea- atmosphere in detail, providing missible than the Alpha or so- "Everybody must go and Cemergency use of he US will give Taiwan ly. Most of the first tranche, Venus, largely unexplored. sons planetary exploration mis- information on each layer as it called Kent variant of concern get their second jab though CoronaVac, a Covid-19 vaccine T750,000 doses of COVID- including Taiwan's, will be sent Now, things are about to sions have avoided Venus. The falls. We know sulphuric acid (VOC), UK Health Secretary because the first isn't as effec- manufactured by Chinese firm 19 vaccine, part of President Joe through COVAX, a U.N.- change. high temperature means a very is confined to cloud layers at Matt Hancock said on Sunday. tive on its own. We all need to Sinovac, for children aged Biden's move to share tens of backed program to distribute In the latest announce- high pressure of 90 bars (equiv- around 50km (30 miles) up, The senior Cabinet minis- go and get vaccinated and that between 3 and 17 years, millions of jabs globally, three vaccines to low and middle- ment from Nasa's solar system alent to roughly one kilometre and we know that the atmos- ter said the spread of the Delta way we will break this link Sinovac Chairman Yin American senators said Sunday, income countries. The island of exploration programme, two underwater) which is enough phere is 97 per cent carbon variant, behind a recent rise in between the number of cases Weidong said. "But when the after the self-ruled island com- 24 million people, which lies missions have been given the to instantly crush most plane- dioxide. coronavirus infections in the and the number of hospitali- vaccine will be put into (emer- plained that China is hindering 160 kilometers (100 miles) off go-ahead – and they're both tary landers. It might not come But studying trace ele- country, had made the unlock- sations," he added. gency) use, and starting from its efforts to secure vaccines as China's east coast, is desperate bound for Venus. The two as a surprise, then, that mis- ments can provide information ing plans set for June 21 more Asked if there could be a what age in the group has yet to it battles an outbreak. for vaccines after a sudden out- ambitious missions will launch sions to Venus haven't always on how the atmosphere ended difficult. However, he pointed delay to the June 21 timeline be decided," he was quoted as Democratic Sen. Tammy break that started in late April between 2028 and 2030. gone to plan. up in this state. The second out that a majority of those in for an end to all lockdown saying by the state-run Global Duckworth of Illinois, who caught authorities by surprise. This marks a considerable Most of the exploration stage will be looking at lower hospital as a result of the Delta restrictions in the country, Times on Sunday. Sinovac has made a three-hour stop in Japan shipped 1.2 million doses change in direction for Nasa's done so far was carried out by altitudes to measure weather variant had not had a vaccine Hancock said the government finished the Phrase I and II clin- Taiwan with fellow Democrat to Taiwan on Friday, opting to planetary science division, the then Soviet Union between properties such as wind speed, at all and only a "small minor- is “absolutely open” to a delay ical research stage, involving Christopher Coons of skip the COVAX process in the which hasn't sent a mission to the 1960s and the 1980s. There temperature and pressure in ity” had had both doses of a if it needs to happen and if all several hundred volunteers in Delaware and Republican Dan interest of speed. It was unclear the planet since 1990. It's excit- are some notable exceptions, detail. Covid-19 vaccine, which the the requisite tests set as part of this age group, which has Sullivan of Alaska, said their when the 750,000 American ing news for space scientists such as Nasa's Pioneer Venus The last stage take surface minister said reflects the sci- the roadmap are not fully met. proved that the vaccine is as safe visit underscores bipartisan doses would arrive. like me. mission in 1972 and the images in high resolution. entific advice that one vaccine One of the four critical tests set and efficient as it is for adults, US support for the democrat- Taiwan has accused China Venus is a hostile world. Its European Space Agency's While this is very common for is not quite as effective against by the government for a Yin told China Central ic island that Beijing claims as of blocking its efforts to reach atmosphere contains sulphuric Venus Express mission in 2006. Mars, it has always been a chal- the Delta VOC as against the reopening is that the assess- Television (CCTV) in an inter- its own renegade territory. a deal with BioNTech to import acid and the surface tempera- The first landing happened lenge on Venus. The thick Alpha variant but both doses ment of the risk from the view on Friday. The Wold Taiwan faces a severe vaccine the vaccine co-developed by tures is hot enough to melt lead. in 1970, when the Soviet cloud layer means visible light are just as effective. deadly virus is not fundamen- Health Organisation (WHO) shortage and has geopolitical the German company and But it has not always been this Union's Venera 7 crashed due is reflected, so observing from “That figure, around 40 per tally changed by new VOC. has granted approval on June 1 significance as a flashpoint in Pfizer. Beijing has said it is will- way. It is thought Venus start- to the parachute melting. But it Earth or from orbit isn't prac- cent more transmissible, is the The other three tests cover to China's second COVID-19 US-China relations. ing to supply vaccines to ed out very similar to the managed to transmit 20 min- tical. The intense surface con- latest advice that I have. That the vaccine deployment pro- vaccine, Sinovac, which was “I'm here to tell you that Taiwan, including BioNTech, Earth. So what happened? utes of data back to Earth. The ditions also mean rovers are means that it is more difficult gramme continuing success- expected to strengthen China's the United States will not let through Chinese partner While on Earth, carbon is first surface images were taken impractical. One suggestion to manage this virus with the fully; evidence showing vac- vaccine diplomacy. you stand alone,” Duckworth Fosun, and that the island's mainly trapped in rocks, on by Venera 9, followed by has been a balloon mission. new Delta variant, but crucial- cines are sufficiently effective Earlier, WHO granted a said at the airport after landing government is to blame for Venus it has escaped into the Veneras 10, 13 and 14. We have a low resolution ly we believe that with two in reducing hospitalisations similar approval to China's on a US military transport putting politics above the lives atmosphere – making it rough- The descent mission image of the surface of Venus, doses of the vaccine you get the and deaths in those vaccinat- Sinopharm. Besides adminis- plane. “We will be by your side of its people. Taiwanese law ly 96 per cent carbon dioxide. The first of the two select- thanks to Nasa's Magellan mis- same protection as the old ed; and infection rates do not tering the vaccines at home, to make sure the people of bans the import of Chinese- This has led to a runaway ed Nasa missions will be sion in 1990, which mapped variant," Hancock told ‘Sky risk a surge in hospitalisa- China has been donating and Taiwan have what they need to made medicines. greenhouse effect, pushing sur- known as Davinci+ (a short- the surface using radar. News'. tions, which would put unsus- exporting the vaccines to num- get to the other side of the pan- Foreign Minister Joseph face temperatures up to 750 ening of Deep Atmosphere of The Davinci probe will The minister also con- tainable pressure on the NHS. ber of countries as part of its demic and beyond.” Wu, welcoming the senators at kelvin (470 degree celsius or Venus Investigations of Noble take surface images using firmed that vaccines would be Three out of the four tests vaccine diplomacy. China's Taiwan was included on a the airport, said that Taiwan is 900 degree Fahrenheit). Gases, Chemistry and infrared light during its opened up to the next age are currently being met, with National Health Commission long list of places announced fortunate to have like-minded The planet's history makes Imaging). It includes a descent descent. These pictures will not cohort of under-30s in the the risk assessment from the said on Sunday that over 763 last week that would receive 25 countries showing support, it an excellent place to study the probe, meaning it will be only allow better planning for next few days by the National Delta VOC the only unknown million doses of COVID-19 million doses from the United which he said is about sus- greenhouse effect and to learn dropped through the atmos- future missions but also help Health Service (NHS). factor ahead of June 14 when vaccines had been adminis- States in what the Biden taining freedom and democ- how to manage it on Earth. We phere, taking measurements scientists investigate how the "This week we will be the government is expected to tered across China so far. administration says is the first racy in the face of autocracy. can use models which plot the as it goes. The descent has three surface formed. @.94 5)7 ?

5 7-22 16 16 8   Nandigram seat by about 1,900 votes. He “The Statewise performance in PGI Also, the CM highlighted instances of Ladakh region witnessed a bloody brawl has been chosen by the BJP as the State 2019-20 shows that 33 States and UTs have "Centre vs States" ongoing conflicts nam- on June 15 last year in which 20 Indian 2   - 02 - -7 5  Opposition Leader. improved their PGI scores in 2019-20 as ing West Bengal, Jharkhand and personnel including the commanding Yadav said that the party also discussed Such is the condition that a large num- After interrogation of Bera some compared to the previous year. The major Maharashtra also farmers' protest over the officer were killed. At least 35 to 40 and reviewed Assembly poll results and ber of people have fled their homes, he more names have come up, the police said purpose of PGI is indeed to create an envi- three controversial farm laws. Chinese soldiers were also killed but lashed out at the Trinamool Congress added. adding people were coming forward with ronment that nudges States/UTs to con- Beijing is yet to make the casualty figures Government for the post-poll violence in Local TMC MLA Partha Bhowmick their complaints. One such complaint tinuously improve their performance,” 0 253 14 public. In an effort to reduce tension at the West Bengal. denied Trinamool hands in the attack say- alleged that Rs 2 lakh was taken from him said the Minister. LAC, the two countries have so far held 11 “BJP has been strengthened in West ing, "It is all between the old BJP and the with promise of a job in Irrigation and “The difference between the maxi- 52-9 5 -  rounds of Corps Commander level talks Bengal. Bengal post-poll violence is the new BJP … those who joined the BJP Waterways Ministry in 2019. Adhikari was mum and minimum PGI scores is more 82 -  since May last year. The last round was doing of TMC. Even today we get frequent recently are attacking the older workers then the Minister in charge of the said than 380 points in 2019-20. The main pur- held on April 9. news of political violence in the state. and Singh is accusing the TMC." Department. pose of PGI is to make all the States and On April 10, Navanita developed The two countries also opened up the Women are being insulted and TMC None had been arrested when reports Adhikari's father Sisir Adhikari a for- UTs aware of the areas where there is scope Covid symptoms and her sugar levels shot diplomatic route with senior officers of leaders are denying supplies, it was all con- last came in even as a senior district police mer Union Minister and a sitting MP said, for improvement. We aim to ensure that up. She was taken to the doctor and was India and China foreign ministries hold- demned in the meeting,” Yadav said. officer said, "We are investigating the "We will fight the case in the court… all the States and UTs are at the highest admitted to a nursing home. On April 18, ing dialogue under the aegis of the The national general secretaries meet- case… some names have been given … everyone know why Suvendu is being level,” he added. she breathed her last. Working Mechanism for Consultation ing which was held at Nadda’s residence soon arrests will be made." framed." The PGI exercise envisages that the “I lost my wife, my daughter and her and Co-ordination(WMCC). and reviewed poll preparedness in UP, Earlier referring to the ongoing vio- Index would propel States/UTs towards unborn baby in less than two weeks’ time. They have so far held seven rounds of Uttarakhand, Goa, Gujarat (all BJP-ruled) lence the Governor tweeted, 'Extremely  8O- 3 - -  undertaking multi-pronged interventions I am left alone in this world now. Everyone talks since the stand-offs started and are and Punjab was attended by Arun Singh, alarming law & order scenario. Security that will bring about the much-desired whom I loved the most, has left me,” he likely to have the next round soon after the CT Ravi, D Purandeshwari, , environment is seriously compromised. In     5  optimal education outcomes. The PGI is said. 12 th round of Corps Commander talks, Tarun Chugh, Dushyant Gautam, Kailash such a grim situation called upon (the) structured in two categories, namely, After a long pause he lamented: sources said here on Sunday. Vijayvargiya, and Yadav and Joint-General Chief Secretary to brief me on the law and While there are none in the Level 1 Outcomes and Governance and “When my wife died I took solace in the While the two commanders agreed in Secretary (Organization) Shiv Prakash and order situation on Monday 7 and indicate (951 - 1000) PGI 2019-20 score category, Management and comprises 70 indicators fact that my daughter was there. When she the last round to continue the process of Santosh. all steps taken to contain post poll vio- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala, in aggregate with a total weightage of 1,000. was coming with me on the train she told parleys, there was no breakthrough in hav- lence." Chandigarh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu fall in Others figures in Level 4 (801 - 850) me she would take care of me. When I saw ing a road map for disengaging troops ND9)>> 2 0 +)9>>> 2 Alleging that the State police was act- level 2 (901 - 950) Grade I++; Dadra and Grade I; Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, her lifeless body on the stretcher of the from the remaining friction points includ- ing as an "extension of ruling dispensation Nagar Haveli, Rajasthan, Gujarat, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, medical college, her promise to take care ing Chang Chemmo-KongKa La area -  3  5 to let loose vindictiveness on political Maharashtra, Haryana, Puducherry, Delhi Karnataka, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh; Level of me haunted me. It is my fault. I should which lies between Galwan and Pangong 61-O opponents," the Governor complained under the level 3 (851 - 900) Grade I+. 5 (751 - 800) Grade II Goa, Jammu and not have taken Mita to Ghaziabad. If we Tso. The People’s Liberation that several lakh people had left their hous- Thirteen States and UTs have shown Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, had not gone to our daughter's house she Army(PLA)has adopted delaying tactics by The court said that if the Government's es and their properties worth crores had improvement by 10 per cent or more in Manipur, Lakshadweep, Telangana, would have been alive now. I am guilty … insisting that local commanders of the rank unique position as the monopolistic buyer been destroyed in what he called a "tar- ‘Infrastructure and Facilities’ while Sikkim; level 6 (701 - 750) Grade III; sometimes I feel I have killed my wife and of Brigadiers or Colonels from both the is the only reason for it receiving vaccines geted violence." Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Odisha , Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Mizoram; daughter. This thought keeps me awake the sides should hold talks regarding Hot at a much lower rate from manufacturers, He said the State was in the grip of have improved their scores in the domain level 7 (651 - 700) Grade IV; Arunachal whole night.” Springs and Gogra. "it is important for the court to examine "unprecedented post poll retributive vio- by 20 per cent or more, the Education Pradesh, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh; Level 8 (This is the first of a six-part series on These two sections saw stand-offs in the rationality of the existing Liberalised lence at unimaginable scale, with lakh of Ministry said. (601 - 650) Grade V Meghalaya; Level 9 how Covid-19 ravaged families). late May last year after the Chinese army Vaccination Policy against Article 14 of the people being displaced and property In ‘Equity’, Arunachal Pradesh, (551 - 600) Grade VI; Level 10 (0 - 550) objected to Indian patrolling there. 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he 21st-century Indian fashion advances in digital tools and technolo- industry is way beyond fabric, gies are transforming the fashion Tcolour and patterns. It is now industry landscape. approaching numerous other ever- The major and new fashion mod- evolving factors such as the modifica- els like customer segmentation, com-   tion of technology, lifestyle, the impor- munication, value proposition and A recently widowed father with two daughters is encour- tance of Artificial Intelligence, customi- distribution channels are among a few aged by his friends to re-enter the dating scene. Surprisingly sation and value-adding services to models that the fashion industry to both him and his friends, he becomes the most sought expand the customer base. Technology revolves around. Also, the trends after single guy due to his description as an attractive work- has played a major role in boosting the include the ever-increasing impact of ing father. The show starts on June 15, airing weekdays at industry. The significance of digital evo- faster fashion, discounting offers, social 10 am on Zee Cafe. lution is, indeed, escalating at a substan- influencers, increasing e-commerce, tial pace in the fashion industry and is global extension, consumer approach bolstering its growth like never before. and more. Catering to the changing needs of the consumer, upgrading Why invest in both creativity and themselves according to the buyer’s technology to adapt and outperform needs are the need of the fashion indus- peers? try in India. It is viewed as a way to compete and survive in the industry and provide Demand, usage and benefits for AI value-added services to the customers With the changing times, the fash- in order to achieve several important ion industry has witnessed a massive milestones in the fashion industry. demand, usage and benefits of AI in the Basically, innovation in this industry is apparel industry. Designers are using AI the profitable implementation of ideas analytics to hyper-personalise the shop- that deliver quality and value to the cus- ping experience and stay updated. tomers. Among many other key The technology caters to various seg- mantras of innovation, comfort, cus- ments of customer’s demands, like         tomisation, flexible strategies and sus- sewing patterns, fittings, patterns, mak-    tainability matter the most. These fac- ing it easier for the customers to com- A modern take on Charles Dicken’s classic tale of a tors speak volumes about the brands in pare and choose, aligns prices and style young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles. the market and also help in attracting as per customer’s preferences. It releases on Amazon Prime Video on June 11. the business. Making use of algorithms to The undeniable fact is that the cre- analyse previous styles and trends is one ative industries — espeically fashion — Fashion brands are leveraging cutting- of the major benefits of using Artificial run, compete, survive and jump on the edge technology to simplify the com- Intelligence and is helping the brands ability to generate ideas that fascinate plete production process. The Indian to make future decisions. They now use the customer base. Design capabilities fashion brands are boosting the indus- AI to recognise the needs of customers have emerged as progressively more try by working towards building a plat- and enhance their shopping experience important in the fashion industry. form of smart clothing with sensors that based on their history of purchases, Design-centric products and aestheti- can help them to iterate with features favourite colours, fabrics etc. cally rich styles are predominant fac- such as touch, gesture, posture recog- tors that businesses, trends and markets nition, navigation in order to provide Summing up... cannot afford to ignore. Indian fashion the best services in the domains of Innovation, technology and new brands are now focussing more on the health, fitness, wellness, et al. business models are the influencing fac- design-centric way of dealing with the tors that are boosting the Indian fash- present fashion scenario. Brands offer- New digital trends reshaping the massive benefits, nationally and glob- experts, around 80 per cent of cus- ion industry. Technology and innova- ing uniqueness, effective marketing, fashion industry ally as well. tomers are attracted to a brand that tion are indeed transforming most of trends with comfort, and serving Understanding the customer’s There are several softwares avail- offers personalised experiences. the aspects of the fashion industry in according to the customer’s need, dis- demands and tastes is reshaping the able in the market for clothes design- the country. In today’s world of style and play the ability to convert internation- approach to the clothes designing ing that enable customers to come for- Change in consumer behaviours and vogue, brands and retailers are al runway trends into a viable commer- process and predicting what cus- ward and design their own items and rise of customisation: Role of innova- focussing on intangible innovations like cial concept which is a key strength of tomers will want to wear next is yet scale up the level of satisfaction. Ready- tion business models, innovation and net- a brand that wants to survive in the long another factor that is reshaping and to-use software is easily available in the Customised apparel has a good working to fetch long-term benefits and    run and outperform its peers. redefining the fashion industry. By market and it is easy to integrate into demand and customers now look for- the market seems to have an upward Over the years, Indian brands harnessing the data directly from an existing e-commerce website or to ward to customising their apparel growth trajectory, all thanks to the A jaded forest officer (Vidya Balan) leads a team of have realised the significance of invest- users, brands are finding their way to offer customisation services. Moreover, according to their liking. Today, the adoption of cutting-edge technological trackers and locals intending to capture an unsettled ing in professional design teams to work reach customer’s hearts and minds. “I designed it myself, for myself” product customisation software costs solutions. tigress, while battling intense obstacles and pressures, towards a highly complex and ambiva- Predicting fashion trends with leaves a huge impact on the market and less money and is easily available. (The writer is the founder of a fash- both natural and man-made. The film releases on lent process of product development. machine learning is now fetching future businesses. As per the industry Several fashion trends driven by ion brand — DressBio.) Amazon Prime Video on June 18. 3 &  .7"; 996 ong gone are the times when teachers and have incorporated AI-powered or real-time Leducators would rely on blackboard-based chatbots in their university websites to allow  $ & knowledge transfer to provide information to 4 $! #*! ! students to interact better with the institution. students. Shared documents, presentations and Managing incoming student or parent queries, online lectures are the current modus operan- managing fee payments, and training students ctress Amyra Dastur shared a di and the efficiency of education is all the bet- C  %3"0%   for future job prospects, are some of the most Asocial media note talking about ter for it. pressing concerns that Indian university her father’s experience with Covid- Online learning platforms and video .  $&     officials have. To counter these issues, there 19. She says she’ll never forget the feel- hosting services are the norms in the COVID-       $ $&& are several software in the market that man- ing of utter terror and helplessness. predominant world. While transitioning to age student recruitment and job training. This Amyra posted a string of pictures online education was a lot harder on school 36="6= :>9?3?85 video interview training, especially benefits with doctors and healthcare workers. educators, it’s important to note that most all students venturing into the professional Alongside the image, she wrote, “My Indian degree-level institutions have been using Indian students stated that they would study world. father was admitted into hospital on online learning methods in tandem with their abroad despite the global pandemic. This fact the 12th of May 2021. What started daily teaching. This clearly indicates the will- being presented in the middle of the second ONLINE PROCTORING IS THE KEY as fever and a cough developed into ingness of Indian educators to adapt to edu- wave of COVID-19 clearly indicates the intent TO UNBIASED EVALUATION pneumonia caused by covid (even cation technology processes and acknowledge of Indian students who plan on studying This factor may be slightly unexplored in though all his tests were negative). His the benefits of edtech for Indian students. abroad. However, applying to universities the Indian education system but I have no O2 dropped and his body began dete- abroad can be a slightly confus- doubt that it won’t be the case for long. Data riorating to the extent he had to be THE ROLE OF GOOGLE IN CLASS- ing process. That, along with from the Human Resource Development shifted into the ICU. It was touch and ROOM EDUCATION the fact that, most tradi- Ministry states that the Indian students pur- go over that weekend.” Google has always been at the forefront of tional education consul- suing higher education increased by 8,00,000 The actress said that she will most game-changing technologies. Google tants in India prefer the in 2018-19 as compared to the previous year. never forget that feeling of helpless- hope in their eyes for all their apps are a staple in most mobile phones and offline The statistics have undoubtedly increased in ness. patients. It truly was something else.” systems. As a result, Google Clould’s simple the year 2020-2021. As a result, schools and “I’ll never forget that feeling of She then spoke about violence tools such as Gmail, Docs, Calendar and Drive colleges in India often face problems proctor- utter terror and helplessness... (which) against doctors. “I just want to end offer many benefits of technology in high- approach, made things very ing students’ exams and struggle with time- almost all the families in India have this post by requesting everyone not er education and are very commonly difficult for Indian students. ly assessments. With the use of AI and ML experienced or are currently experi- to harm doctors or nurses. As some- used. These technologies allow multi-user That is where online education technologies, several companies have devel- encing. Dad managed to stabilise by one who’s been on the other side, see- editing and real-time collaboration between platforms like iSchoolConnect oped technologies that assess students dur- the 17th of May but had to undergo ing their loved one almost taken from students and faculty at all times. This proves come into the picture. These ing their exams and allow educators to eval- other tests which basically lead to him them, I can only try to imagine the to be immensely useful for joint projects, espe- platforms assist students uate them based on the data gathered. needing a double bypass that was pain some families have gone cially during the pandemic-ridden times. with their end-to-end Change in the way Indians approached conducted in Masina Hospital,” she through. I can’t imagine what I Google Docs, in particular, allows educators study abroad applica- several education processes was imminent wrote. would've done if I lost my father but to build out templates in the cloud so tions and address the long before the global pandemic. It was evi- Now, her father is back home and attacking doctors and nurses surely that they don’t lose the formatting. All major student prob- dent in the way Indian students overcame the recovering. “Dad came home yester- isn’t fair.” these tools allow students to maintain lems involving essays, education-based hurdles during COVID-19. day. Still recovering but definitely bet- She concluded, “They truly are easy communication with educators, university interview assis- The impact of edtech in educational process- ter. That’s only because of the amaz- working their hardest and they need make citations, coordinate group projects tance, and more all with es runs much deeper than we thought and ing doctors and nurses who made our support. We can’t afford to hurt and so much more. the help of advanced AI with the newer AI-powered edtech entering sure he fought everything and truly the people who are risking their lives technology. the game, Indian students only stand to reap took care of him. I can’t thank these to save ours. #stopattacksondoctors STUDY ABROAD APPLICATIONS more and more benefits from these advance- heroes enough,” she said. #staysafe everyone and take care of DIGITISED EFFICIENT STUDENT MANAGE- ments. Amyra added, “The long shifts yourselves and your families.” In a recent survey by edtech leader, MENT PROCESSES (The writer is the founder and CEO of an they’re working and with constant L'"- iSchoolConnect, more than 36 per cent of For many years now, universities abroad edtech company — iSchoolConnect.) .7"; 65C7. P    : - &   ! N ##   ' " #  ! N %$& .  5   Q  %&&$# .%       -  ' .& &     " $%%9 " &7   .% "$' &  ' % & " %& & # &   &  &%%  '! 9 $$. %   '%& T& !  & %& %%"!  $%&# % % & & #  &! &O% '&      # && % %  7  '  # ''# &  # '  %&'"9 &.7  "&%! O .%# .% % % '& & #%  & & %'  .& & .' ' $% "  % "%9 " " %'% .%  7    #.& & # 3' &       %"$ .  & -.%& -' 2F$.&  & &9       !     " % " & %" & & &.'! # L %  .%   %& # L  ' .$  &% %& ## &"&9 O # &!  &9 &.'  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They vent their anger medicinal plants such as peepal, neem, tulsi (basil), -2 122 containment zones, the policewomen by killing innocent people and take delight in brahmi (water are deployed at vaccination centres spreading terror and fright. But they forget that by hyssop), giloy akshi is one of the 204 women deployed at Behin during the con- dated at any place, at short notice, and markets to prevent chaos during doing so, their cause is not fulfilled. Another les- (heart-leaved Spolice officers roped in for tainment period was quite effective. with bare minimum facilities,” she relaxation of curfew and to ensure son that can be learnt from this episode is that evil moonseed), COVID-19 duties in Kangra district, “Three camps for Covid-19 testing informed.“There are times when that Covid-19 protocols are fol- men can be eliminated but evil does not end with ashwagandha one of the worst affected by the sec- were organised successfully as these we manage to get good food, while lowed. They make sure that people them. The world, even now, fears retribution by (winter cherry) ond wave of the pandemic, in the hill police personnel made sure proper there are days when we are not so follow rules of social distancing and his supporters who have vowed to avenge their and lemongrass state of Himachal Pradesh. Hailing protocols were followed. These lucky. However, we have learnt to that the shops close on time. They are leader’s killing. It creates a vicious circle of end- have amplified. from Palampur, Sakshi was deployed women police officers had built a manage. We are always ready with also posted at traffic points to make less violence and hatred that is kept going by per- All across India, at the Behin village, a containment good rapport with the people and our bedding and other necessities so sure that COVID-19 appropriate petrators and defenders. Thus we must all realise nurseries have zone under Dehra police station, till there were no untoward incidents that we can move swiftly whenever behaviour is being followed at all that violence can never end violence or evil. been doing May 24. After that, she moved to during containment,” he explained. and wherever we are asked to go,” times.” Violence begets more violence. Hence, to create a brisk business Shantala Containment Zone for Sakshi is among the 76 women shared these two young, gutsy crime-free society we must understand the law of selling plants. some days before being stationed at police personnel from the Indian women officers. Over the years, "    !5'  karma that is very clear and straight. We sow what There is the the Police Lines in Dharamshala. Reserve Battalion who can be they have learnt to strategise to " &  we reap. Nobody can escape the law of karma. humming of a While in Behin, Sakshi stayed in a deployed anywhere in the state based make their stay a little less uncom- These women have to confront Whenever a person commits a wrong deed and healthy lifestyle. school building along with four on the requirement at any particu- fortable especially during physically unruly, uncooperative, rude and even if he is not caught or punished by the law of Undoubtedly, sometime in the past, we discon- other women constables who cooked lar time. Sakshi, who had joined the and mentally demanding times like aggressive behaviour when violators the land, he will suffer by living in fear, guilt and nected from our roots. Our nation was renowned all after a strenuous day’s duty that police force in 2018, has been on the these. “We are assigned duties in are warned to follow the relevant pro- restlessness. Just like most of the global terrorists over the world as one where the citizens lived in close included standing guard at the village move since then. Last year, when the shifts. This way, whoever is not on tocols. Additionally, long hours of and their group members have been living like a harmony with nature. However, that is not the case entry points or patrolling to ensure first wave of the novel Coronavirus duty, cooks for others. This arrange- duty, lack of washroom facilities are prisoner in their hideouts. The global terrorist who anymore. We need to think about our detachment that no one entered the village had strengthened its grip across the ment works well for the five of us some of the challenges that they have got killed, could not move around freely and had from nature and if possible, adopt a reverse gear with through fields or other routes. If the country, she was deployed for six deployed here,” explained Aarti who to take in their stride. When these cut off all communication lines to avoid being respect to our mentality regarding nature. force was curtailed because of some months at Baddi, which was a was deployed in Behin since April 12. policewomen are deployed at places traced but he was finally tracked down. Connecting with the earth, healthy and organic exigency, then they had to be on duty hotspot. Then, Sakshi was sent to for a long time at places which do not In the last few years, it has been observed and living are terms we have all heard in the past few years. for 10 to 12 hours including the night manage crowds during the Navratri 7 '    '  even have the basic facilities, they do experienced that that evil can be vanquished only Saturday, June 5 was celebrated as World Environment shifts. festival at the Naina Devi temple. “Yes, the risk of being infected is feel a little dispirited. But this by spiritual power. Because violence is born in the Day. The government initiates tree plantation drives “We are in constant touch with This was followed by stop-gap duties always there,” said the women offi- momentary feeling is nothing com- minds of men and spiritual wisdom can help them and there are multiple trusts and NGOs which obtain the Panchayat Pradhan of the village. in Mandi, a district that had the sec- cers. However, they are provided with pared to the happiness and satisfac- understand their true inner self and further help grants for this but whether this does anything sub- With his help and only after check- ond-highest number of COVID the necessary gear like masks, gloves, tion they derive from serving the to control and transform their violent tendencies. stantial or not, that is another discussion altogether. ing the necessary documents, do we cases during the first wave. sanitisers and PPE kits. “Last year, nation. “I feel proud of being a part Spirituality gives us the clarity and power to realise, We need to admit that just like other creatures on allow people to enter the village. We during the first wave, while I was of the force that ensures law and observe, choose and change our pre-conditioned this planet, we too are dependent on Mother Earth. need to be vigilant and patrol all the    "   posted on the Baddi border, I had to order in the country and protects thoughts, beliefs and responses towards people and It is somewhat narcissistic to consider ourselves as the points that could be used for enter- Aarti, another women constable, wear a PPE kit the entire time to pro- people,” shared Sakshi. Police are situations. Remember, peace and love are the innate smartest beings on the Earth and to declare ourselves ing the village including agriculture also deployed in Behin village shared tect myself and others,” informed often at the receiving end, but these qualities of every human being and spirituality to be at the top of the food chain. We should not abuse fields,” Sakshi informed. Explaining that their duty demands them to Sakshi. It is not just the officers post- plucky policewomen are risking enables us to live life embedded with these core nature as per our whims and fancies and instead make how these police officers helped the adapt as they move from place to ed on site who are at risk but the their own lives to ensure that we are values even when faced with adverse or negative plans and policies centred around the well-being of village contain the spread of the virus, place. “Sometimes, we have to stay in women police personnel posted in safe, like so many other frontline things. Thus, the answer to terrorism is not more our environment. Tarsem Kumar, the Gram Panchayat schools, panchayat bhawans or even thanas (stations) have also been workers in these trying times. violence. Spiritual empowerment is the key to (The author is a journalist with Lok Sabha TV.) Pradhan, said that the police force police stations. We can be accommo- assigned roles as frontline workers. 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AFP  #7#' H!**% &  & (>>" &  a half hours until 12:45 Sunday "&'  0# # " & %&7 morning to reach the last 16 with a %&%&  &"! 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 win His performance won rave fired up is inspirational to me. Do over 59th-ranked Dominik Koepfer. reviews from rivals following the what you love.” SWEDEN SEE OFF ARMENIA He was due back on court on match on television. Daniil Medvedev beat Cristian  -#  # & . C>C>   Monday to tackle Matteo Berrettini “I’m not bothered by the out- Garin 6-2, 6-1, 7-5 Sunday. $%& & & +7(   "  for a place in the quarter-finals. come of this match at all,” tweeted Medvedev is seeded No. 2, but few " #%$& &  %  F.# V& However, having undergone two Britain’s Andy Murray, a former envisioned his current run of success  "!  " .&  &$ & & knee surgeries in 2020, the Swiss star world number one and three-time because he arrived in Paris with a 0#%  & % & '% " " had admitted there were doubts over major winner. career record of 0-4 at Roland 0% '9 8.% % # 8.% 1'! whether he’d make it. “Just seeing Federer at 39 off the Garros. An intriguing showdown Federer is playing only his third back of 2 knee surgeries playing to looms Tuesday when Medvedev BCB INVESTIGATE BUBBLE BREACH  ?  $     0  6 ) $)  )        ) ? 1    !"' 1'#%  & 1# % tournament since last year’s    !      " an empty stadium at 12.30am getting plays No. 5-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas. Australian Open and has always said '. %&'&'  $&&   & Wimbledon is his main goal. “The Roland Garros tournament ''   " '.R% 7 .  He is chasing a ninth title at is sorry about the withdrawal of & -   %7# 8""# Wimbledon which starts on June 28. Roger Federer, who put up an B* $<*#'$* ) *# ) 3 = -$&' . & & &  & &%! 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We wish Tbecame the first woman from seeded former US Open winner Elsewhere, Anastasia SIFAN SETS NEW WOMEN’S WR Garros debut in 1999 and was him all the best for the rest of the sea- Slovenia to reach the quarter-finals Bianca Andreescu in the first round Pavlyuchenkova has reached the "   - %% %&%   # champion in 2009, was playing a son.” of a Grand Slam when she defeat- where she had twice been just two quarterfinals for the first time in 10 #  & "R% (>9>>>"  -.#! night session for the first time in his After winning his match, ed Romania’s Sorana Cirstea at the points from defeat. years at Roland Garros. %%9 CL9  # CH" >=!LC% & & third round tie. Federer said that he was pacing him- French Open. “For me, the key was to start to The 31st-seeded Russian beat ' "&9 %"%' & $.% %& %& However, the almost empty self in his recovery. World number 85 Zidansek really believe that I can beat the top 2013 semifinalist Victoria Azarenka  &$ "  GCH(*!D)I  15,000-capacity Court Philippe “All the matches I’ve played won 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 and will face players, to believe that I am better 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. ' 3# & & C>(= 2 3"%! Chatrier was eerily silent due to a since the injury are information for either 2019 runner-up Marketa than them and that I belong there,” Pavlyuchenkova lost her only Covid-19 curfew. the rest of the season,” he added. Vondrousova of the Czech Republic said the Slovenian. quarterfinal in Paris in 2011. DARUVALA BOUNCES BACK It is likely that this was Federer’s “It gives me great pleasure to be or in-form Paula Badosa of Spain Zidansek, a keen snowboarder She has also reached the quar- '#  6 . $$#  final appearance at the tournament. able to play 3hr 30min at a high level for a place in the semi-finals. in her winter off-time, finished run- ters at the Australian Open and  $#.& .&'   F &  His return this year was only his sec- against a very good player. It shows The 23-year-old had never pre- ner-up on clay in Bogota in April. Wimbledon but has never reached %& $ %  & &.   & ond participation since 2015. that I’m on the right track.” viously got beyond the second However, before seeing off the semifinals at any major. 0 0". C O%$  -.#! "   ). 0  & '$$!!$0'0$##*    !" !*.<$0  * < # "   C  $+; .  1  881 form there. Cricket should ergio Perez won the   881 profile team and they are getting continue happening, every SAzerbaijan Grand Prix in a to play two Test matches before pinner Kuldeep Yadav is player is sad when he is not in two-lap shootout after cham- ack of match practice the Test (World Test Sdisappointed at missing out the team, everyone wants to pionship leader Max Lbefore the World Test Championship final). on India’s tour of England for remain in the team but some- Verstappen crashed while Championship final is not a big “So it is important... It is a the World Test Championship times the situation is such that leading with a tire failure and worry for Virat Kohli but the slight advantage to New (WTC) final against New you are not part of the team,” Lewis Hamilton went off legendary Dilip Vengsarkar Zealand... Because they have Zealand and a five-match Test Yadav told India News. course trying to seize the win believes that it ‘may hurt’ the already played two Test match- series against the hosts. He India will play the WTC on the standing restart. Indian captain. es before they start (of the WTC hopes he would get picked for final in Southampton from Verstappen was four laps Kohli-led India reached final), they are acclimatised to upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. June 18, followed by a five-Test away from a second consecu- England on Thursday and head- the conditions,” reckoned “I am disappointed not to series against England, starting tive victory Sunday when his ed into a three-day quarantine Vengsarkar. be part of the Indian team August 4 in Nottingham. Red Bull suddenly slammed in Southampton, the venue for “What I feel is that India because I wanted to go and per- Yadav, who has played only hard into the wall with a the eagerly-awaited match from should have played games, you form and contribute to the seven Tests and has taken 105 puncture to his left rear tire. June 18. know matches, at least two-three team’s win. These things hap- wickets in 63 ODIs, feels that The Dutchman climbed from Vengsarkar, a veteran of games before the Test match pen, yes you are sad, but at given the way the team has his car, inspected the tire and 116 Tests, said that Kohli and (WTC), to get acclimatised to the same time you are been playing in the last kicked it in anger before          #  )    ?5!   Rohit are in very good form, but the conditions.” ready to perform in few years, it is better stomping off in disgust over  ? 1         " lack of competitive time in the The former captain feels that the next opportu- placed than New Zealand the race-changing failure. middle might affect their perfor- even the bowlers will should nity,” Yadav said. to win the WTC final. “Is he OK?” radioed rival resume with a standing start the team. mance at least in the tour-open- have got some practice before However, the “The sort of cricket we and seven-time champion for a two-lap sprint to the fin- Four-time champion ing WTC final. the game. Chinaman bowler are playing for the last Hamilton. ish. Sebastian Vettel took second “Well Kohli has been match practice may hurt them “It is advisable to play was hopeful of three-four years and the Verstappen was fine but Perez was the leader but for Aston Martin after an around for a long time. He is in the first Test match that is matches and spend time in the securing a spot in positive atmosphere in the Red Bull was furious over a Hamilton shot past him in his impressive drive after qualify- one of the best batsmen in what I feel,” Vengsarkar, the for- middle, both for batsmen as well the limited-overs team, even when we second failure of a Pirelli tire attempt to win the race and ing 11th. Pierre Gasly was world cricket at the moment. mer chairman of selectors, said as for bowlers. A match practice series against Sri play away we treat it as in the race and asked for a reclaim the points lead from third for AlphaTauri. Players like Virat or Rohit on Sunday. is ultimate, you may have net Lanka in July. a home series, the stoppage to allow tire changes Verstappen. But he failed to It was the second career Sharma, they are world class Vengsarkar reckoned that practice, you know a match “I haven’t gone way the team played for safety reasons. Lance Stroll brake in the first corner and win for Perez, who is in his players, they take a lot of pride New Zealand could have slight stimulation, but playing a match there (to in Australia and then had crashed earlier in the his Mercedes slid off track. first season with Red Bull in their performance and pride advantage given that they are in the middle and spending time England), so against England, I race after his own unexpect- Hamilton dropped to 15th, and it somewhat salvaged the in winning matches for India. already in the zone competitive- in the middle always helps, hopefully I will feel we ed tire failure. snapping a streak of 54 con- race for the team that had “It is a good thing and both ly. “India is a better team and in when you play the big game,” go to Sri Lanka should and Formula One red-flagged secutive races of earning a been headed toward a 1-2 fin- are in very good form. But hav- great form. The advantage with said the former batsman, who and get the we will win,” the race and brought the field points position finish. ish before Verstappen’s tire ing said that, I think lack of New Zealand is that it is a low has three centuries at Lord’s. chance to per- he said. to pit lane before deciding to “So sorry, guys,” he told failed. %    1E !   . %  '   P         November 2015 in a 1-0 result    nightwatchman Neil Wagner unbeaten on $ F% &" against Guam in a 2018 World two. winless India desperately Cup qualifying round match in oss Taylor led a brisk batting display Robinson, who took 4-75 in the Aneed a positive result against Doha: India midfielder Bengaluru. Rby New Zealand as the tourists pressed tourists’ first innings and then made 42 neighbours Bangladesh in their Anirudh Thapa, who tested Historically, 105th-ranked for an unlikely win on the fifth and final with the bat, continued an impressive on- joint World Cup and Asian Cup positive for Covid-19 a few India have the edge over day of the first Test against England at field debut early in Sunday’s play. qualifiers match here on days back, on Sunday Bangladesh (184th). India had Lord’s on Sunday. The Sussex quick, whose perfor- Monday, if they want to avoid rejoined the team after being beaten Bangladesh twice in the Both sides had seen their chances of mance has been overshadowed by the the ignominy of playing in the cleared by the organising World Cup qualifying round, victory in the first of this two-Test series republication of racist tweets he first post- qualifying play-off round of the committee doctor. The 23- though the wins were registered diminished by Friday’s total washout. ed as a teenager, had Wagner (10) caught continental showpiece. year-old Thapa had tested way back in 1985 (2-1 result in But when rain forced an early lunch by debutant wicketkeeper James Bracey off India are already out of positive on June 3 and had both double-legged matches). on Sunday, New Zealand were 169-6 in a miscued hook. contention for a World Cup been under quarantine in a India cannot be complacent their second innings following Taylor’s 33 But Taylor hoisted Robinson for six. berth but still in the reckoning separate room in the team as Bangladesh can be tough off 35 balls, including two sixes. Latham (36), however was lbw to for a place in the 2023 Asian hotel here since then. PTI opponents as they had shown in That meant they had an overall lead Broad — the England great’s first wicket Cup. the first leg of this qualifiers in of 272 runs with 75.3 overs still left in the in a Test in his last 81.2 overs, since he dis- But with just three points finishers, six teams have more 2019 in Kolkata where they day — plenty of time in which to declare missed Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews in the from six matches, India are at the points than India currently. had taken an early lead. An 88th against an England side without several first innings at Galle in January. fourth spot in Group E and are That would mean that Igor minute header from defender batsmen well-suited to a run chase in Taylor hoisted Robinson for another not yet guaranteed an automat- Stimac’s men will have to beat Adil Khan helped India to draw injured all-rounder Ben Stokes and the six before his breezy innings ended when ic berth in the third round of the Bangladesh to have any chance that match in front of a huge rested Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow. an edged drive off fast bowler Mark Wood Asian Cup qualifiers. of an automatic berth in the crowd at the Salt Lake Stadium. New Zealand, who, after next week’s was well caught by Bracey, diving to his Only the best four fourth- tom place finishers of the eight third qualifying round of the At the bottom of the group second Test at Edgbaston, face India in the right. place finishers in each of the groups will play in a play-off Asian Cup. with two points, Bangladesh inaugural World Test Championship final England captain Joe Root then struck eight groups directly qualify for round from which eight will re- A win on Monday will also are coming into Monday’s match at Southampton starting on June 18, with his occasional off-spin when he had the third round of the Asian Cup enter the qualifying process be India’s first in six years in the after a 1-1 draw against resumed on 62-2. Henry Nicholls well taken at slip by Burns qualifiers. The other four fourth- again. World Cup qualifiers. The last Afghanistan and they would also Tom Latham was 30 not out and &    ,   " before rain stopped play. place finishers and all the bot- Among the fourth-place win for India had come in be desperately looking for a win.