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TFriday said the bail grant- Ramasubramanian termed as UAPA has been “turned upside The Delhi Government is ed by the Delhi High Court to “troubling” that the High Court down” by the high court in making its preparations based three student-activists in Delhi has written 100 pages dis- granting bail in the case, the on the possibility of likely riot cases will continue but the cussing the entire anti-terror bench said that the issue is 37,000 and maximum 45,000 since the pandemic.According bail could not be treated as law UAPA while deciding the important and can have pan- corona cases per day during to a senior official, the Chief precedent in cases under the bail applications in the case and India ramifications. the possible third wave. Minister discussed in detail Unlawful Activities said it will require interpreta- “We would like to issue “A State-level task force, about the State-level task force (Prevention) Act (UAPA). tion by the apex court. notice and hear the other side,” more healthcare staff and a constituted by the Delhi Solicitor General Tushar While refusing to stay the said the bench. Mehta urged special task force for treatment Government to increase the Mehta, representing the Delhi High Court verdicts granting the apex court to stay the high of children are part of the number of health workers and Police, argued that the Delhi bail to the three accused, the court verdicts saying the find- Delhi Government’s action pediatric task force to stream- $ HC’s bail order given to JNU bench said that these judg- ings arrived at in these judg- plan to deal with the third line effective treatment of chil- students Natasha Narwal and ments will not be treated as ments “virtually record acquit- wave,” the Chief Minister’s dren from corona. Devangana Kalita and Jamia precedent by any party before tal for these accused” and other office tweeted. The Chief Minister also '() student Asif Iqbal Tanha had any court. co-accused would also seek A presentation inclusive of informed the L-G about totally turned upside down “It is clarified that release bail relying on them. “The all the extensive preparedness “Pressure Swing Adsorption” * the UAPA provisions. This bail of the respondents (Narwal, way the Act has been inter- measures was made to the L- (PSA) oxygen plant, Cryogenic order has gone like a mini trial Kalita and Tanha) on bail is not preted, probably it will require G, highlighting the enhanced Plant, LMO Storage Plant, on the UAPA enacted by interfered with at this stage,” the interpretation by the Supreme healthcare infrastructure that Oxygen and bed management Parliament, said Mehta. bench said. Taking note of Court. That is why we are the Delhi Government has in hospitals, arrangement of The vacation bench of Solicitor General Tushar issuing notice,” the bench said. been persistently building medicines and vaccination. committee, the CHSE has he Central Government is ) taken the decision. Tlikely to hold discussions $$% ! && Alternatively, marks will be with all regional parties in $ 0123 awarded to the Regular Jammu & Kashmir before the Examinees in Theory Papers end of this month as part of its 2: and Theory Components of initiatives to bolster political 4 papers on basis of the perfor- processes, including holding > mance of the examinee in the assembly elections, in the 0 >4>7 75 82/7 88, Keonjhar 81, Koraput 77, 10th Board Examination. union territory, officials said Malkangiri 75, Bargarh 58, # For this, a detailed subject here on Friday. hubaneswar on Friday reg- 47 9 Gajapati and Sambalpur 45 each, mapping has been prepared. The Central leadership ! Bistered 443 new Covid-19 463- Kalahandi 43, Subarnapur and 5 ! Scores in Theory Papers for may even invite National positive cases, with which the Ganjam 36 each, Boudh 35, Ex-Regular Examinees will be Conference chief Farooq State capital city’s total tally 26$9 Kandhamal 34, Nuapada 31, awarded on the basis of their Abdullah, PDP chairperson " increased to 86,070. $-,-6/ Deogarh 30, Balangir 28 and 7!9) performance in the previous Mehbooba Mufti, Altaf This was an increase from Jharsuguda 19. CHSE Examination. Bukhari of the Jammu & the 419 infections reported on BHUBANESWAR: The Covid- Besides, 95 cases were Scores will be awarded in Kashmir Apni Party, People’s # the previous day. Out of the 19 positive cases increased mar- reported from State pool. The >4>7 75 the Practical and Project Conference head Sajjad Lone new cases, 355 were local con- ginally to 3,806 on Friday from active cases in State stood at Component of a paper both for talks, the officials said. >4>7 75 tacts and 88 were from quar- 3,631 on Thursday. With the new 43,338 while so far 8,23,599 he State Government on for Regular and Ex-Regular Both Abdullah and antine. cases reported from the 30 dis- patients have recovered. TFriday cancelled the Examinees at their Higher Mehbooba had served as Chief hief Minister Naveen The local contacts includ- tricts and State pool, the total However, as many as 37 more Annual Higher Secondary Secondary School level. Minister of the erstwhile State CPatnaik on Friday inaugu- ed 28 cases in Patia, 23 in tally rose to 8,70,498. patients succumbed to virus in Examination, 2021 of the The Scores awarded at the of Jammu & Kashmir. rated 20 oxygen generation Chandrasekharpur, 22 in A total of 64,850 samples 14 districts of State in last 24 Council Higher Secondary High Secondary School level The meeting is likely to be plants in various health infra- 24,000 litres of medical oxygen Laxmisagar, 19 in Dumduma, had been tested in last 24 hours. hours, mounting total death toll Education (CHSE) keeping in will be scrutinised and mod- chaired by Prime Minister structures, liquid medical oxy- per minute. While stating that 17 in Nayapalli, 13 each in Out of new cases 2,172 were to 3,508. Khordha district report- mind the health and safety erated. A student not satisfied Narendra Modi and attended gen (LMO) plants and pressure the Covid situation has Rasulgarh and Khandagiri, 12 from quarantine and 1,634 were ed maximum five casualties, issues of the students, teachers with the result can opt to by Union Home Minister absorption systems in eight improved significantly in the in Old Town and 10 in Niladri local contacts. Khordha district including 4in Bhubaneswar, fol- and parents in view of Covid- appear at the examination in Amit Shah and other central districts through videoconfer- State, Patnaik said, "We have to Vihar.Currently, the active again reported highest daily lowed by four each in Cuttack, 19. the offline mode which will be leaders. encing. be more careful. There are cases stood at 2,494 in the city. cases at 617 followed by Cuttack Jharsuguda and Kalahandi, three Earlier on June 5, the conducted when the Covid Asked about the prospect The districts included going to be some difficult deci- Meanwhile, four more patients with 393, Jajpur 346, Baleswar each in Bargarh, Puri and Government had constituted situation improves. of talks with the Centre, Jharsuguda, Bhadrak, sions for Government." succumbed to the disease in the 220, Puri 200, Angul 175, Sundargarh, two each in an expert committee to sug- The details of the notifi- CPI(M) leader and spokesper- Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Alerting people about a city, increasing the total death Mayurbhank 159, Bhadrak 158, Balangir, Deogarh, Kendrapada gest objective criteria for alter- cation will be uploaded in the son of the People’s Alliance for Subarnapur, Nayagarh, possible third wave of Covid, he toll to 396. However, 615 per- Kendrapada 145, Nayagarh 134. and Rayagada districts and one native assessment of the con- CHSE website. The results Gupkar Declaration MY Sundargarh and Mayurbhanj. urged people to wear a double sons recovered on day, increas- Jagatsinghpur 130, Sundargarh each in Gajapati, Mayurbhanj cerned students. On the basis will be declared in the second Tarigami said there has been These 20 plants can produce mask and get vaccinated. ing total recoveries to 83,159. 119, Rayagada 111, Nabarangpur and Sambalpur. PNS of the recommendations of the week of August. no word from New Delhi. !"#"
Q( 1 $)* ) ! ! Q R "! ) R mitted its requisition to Odisha ! Public Services Commission (OPSC) for recruitment of 385 Assistant Professors for TEIs on >4>7 75 + ) emergency basis. Though the OPSC has already taken up the >7 75 he move of the Culture >4>7 75 recruitment process, it is get- TDepartment to relocate the ting delayed due to the pan- he Sadar police here on warrior-horse statue from he Odisha Government has demic,” Mishra has written to TFriday arrested two noto- FE "5 despite repeated complaints, Master Canteen Square to Raj Turged the National Council the NCTE. rious highway looters, who are the authorities are yet to repair Bhavan Square in Bhubaneswar for Teacher Education (NCTE) Odisha is the only State involved in a number of crimes n an act of protest, BJP mem- it, as a result of which com- is snowballing into a major seeking permission for admis- which has the Government in the district. Ibers led by Goutam muters are suffering a lot. controversy with some organ- sion into BEd and MEd cours- Teacher Training Institutions to he arrested duo was iden- Samantray did ‘fishing’ in a Samantray said that now due to isations gearing up to embark es in the State’s 15 Teacher cater to the needs of trained Ttified as Tapas Kumar Sahu huge pothole in the middle of monsoon rains the road con- on agitations opposing the Education Institutions (TEIs) teachers for elementary, sec- (26) of Madhusudanpur under a busy damaged road here and dition has worsened. If no decision. whose recognition was with- ondary and higher secondary the Sadar police station and urged the authorities to get the repair work is done on a war On Friday, Congress mem- drawn last year. educations and no TEIs are Prafulla Das (27) of road repaired immediately. The footing, the BJP would block bers staged a demonstration In a letter to the NCTE allowed for teachers training Patnarajpur under the Remuna road to Ambaguda from the the road, for which the admin- near the iconic sculpture at Chairperson, State Higher courses in the State. police stations. highway is damaged; and istration would be responsible. Master Canteen Square Education Principal Secretary “Due to withdrawal of The cops have seized Rs demanding withdrawal of the Saswat Mishra has requested to recognition of these TEIs by the 57,000 cash and bikes used in decision.The agitators belong- revoke the withdrawal recog- NCTE, it has become impossi- the crimes, from their posses- ing to the party’s student, youth constructed in the area without Smart Janpath project. nition in order to enable the ble to meet demand of the State sion. Sadar PS IIC Ashok and women wings led by shifting the statue," said Jatni The Bhubaneswar Smart State Government to start BEd for trained teachers,” the letter Nayak said, “The accused duo Bhubaneswar City Congress Congress MLA, Suresh City Limited (BSCL) had pro- and MEd programmes in the stated. used to target micro finance Committee president Biswajit Routray. “I request the Chief posed relocation of the sculp- TEIs from the current acade- Mishra has sought neces- companies’ agents on isolated Das held placards and posters Minister to listen to the appeal ture as part of the development mic session 2021-22. sary approval to engage the spots on the highways and and shouted slogans against the of the people and cancel the works near Master Canteen. The recognition of the 15 required number of guest fac- loot cash from them.” BHUBANESWAR: The final College administrations have decision of the Culture plan to relocate the sculpture," The decision to shift the stat- State-run was withdrawn by the ulties having essential qualifi- “Their modus operandi semester examinations of been asked to take necessary Department. he said. The Congress also ue was approved at a meeting NCTE during the academic cation in all TEIs till regular was they used to keep a watch undergraduate (UG) and post- steps to ensure smooth conduct "The horse is not a mere submitted a memorandum in on June 8 by the Culture session 2020-21 on the ground recruitment by the OPSC and on the movements of collection graduate (PG) students would of the examinations. The deci- stone sculpture. This is the this connection addressed to Department. of having less number of fac- start courses from this acade- agents and when they returned be held online in July and sion has been taken keeping in symbol of the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Meanwhile, BJP leader and ulties than required. mic session. with the money two youths ter- August this year. Plus 3 and PG view the adverse (Covid-19) Government. There is nothing and the Chief Secretary. Union Minister Dharmendra Meanwhile, all the TEIs of “Considering the shortfall rorized them and snatched the students can appear in the situation,” said the Minister. smart in the city. Waterlogging According to the decision, Pradhan on Friday also disap- Odisha have been transferred in faculty positions, the 15 money from them. exams from their homes or at However, the exact dates is rampant in many areas; the iconic replica of the sculp- proved of the decision to relo- to the administrative control of Teacher Education Institutions, In the latest incident on their nearest degree colleges. for conduct of the examina- roads are in poor conditions in ture of famous Konark Sun cate the statue and urged the Higher Education Department whose recognition has been June 18 they looted Rs. 42,000 This was informed by tions would be decided by the many parts and there are many Temple carved by late Padma State administration to launch from the School & Mass withdrawn, may be allowed to from the agents of Spandan Higher Education Minister authorities of the universities other civic problems. Vibhushan Raghunath beautification of Master Education Department with run the normal courses with Finance Limited near Palasia Arun Sahoo after a virtual and autonomous colleges. The concerned officials Mohapatra, which is a land- Canteen Square by retaining effect from June 1, 2021. reduced intake number of stu- Chhak in Haldipada,” Nayak meeting of Vice-Chancellors of Students can also give exams should focus on solving these mark in the city, would soon be the sculpture as it is now a cul- “Before such transfer, the dents vis-a-vis the sanctioned added. The two were forward- universities held on Friday. for their previous or back problems instead of shifting the relocated to Raj Bhavan Square tural symbol of the State capi- Higher Education Department strength of faculties,” the letter ed to court after being booked “The VCs have decided to papers online in July and horse statue. A flyover can be to make way for a Rs 80-crore tal city. on March 9, 2021, had sub- added. under relevant section of IPC. conduct the exams online. August, he added. PNS P P Q
down. There was more expec- officials informed.The own tax Thus, many farmers from Q tation of funds from the Union revenue collection by May 31, Kalahandi were forced to sell Government with targets set 2020 was Rs 1,928.21 crore and paddy to private millers at less for share tax of Rs 30,136.68 the nontax revenue collection than 50 % of market price suf- , talking about it and the BJD, >4>7 75 crore and grant of Rs 37,963.32 was Rs 1,083.49 crore. But as on fering a huge loss,” he told. which was for long accusing the crore. May 31, 2021, collection of own >4>7 75 Government procured almost Patra also said that the Central -./ 0 Centre of not revising the coal ven though Odisha is By May 31, the State has tax has gone up by Rs 5,408.54 all non-Basmati rice of Punjab Government has purchased in ! and other minerals royalties, is Eexpecting Central grants received Rs 3,547.67 crore as crore registering a 180.50% on Resident Odia (NRO) and Haryana that was con- last one year more paddy in maintaining a stoic silence and share from taxes in ade- share tax, which is 16.77% growth compared to the cor- NProf Digambara Patra of sumed in other States. Punjab and Haryana to mini- after the Modi Government quate quantities, on the con- less, and Rs 4,075.24 crore as responding period of last year. the American University of Interestingly, these two States mize the anger of the farmers came to power. trary, the funds flow from grants, which is 20.78% less, as The own tax collection in May Beirut has urged Chief Minister are not a major consumer of in the two States who have been ( , “The State has lost at least Central kitty has slowed down compared to corresponding was Rs 2,446 crore. Naveen Patnaik to demand a rice and cultivate paddy sub- continuing an agitation against Rs 12,000 crore during the last from the very beginning of this period of last year. Nontax revenue collection decentralised paddy procure- stantially for commercial gain the Modi Government. seven years as its royalties for financial year, which has turned During 2020-21, Odisha has skyrocketed with Rs 5,890 ment system from the Central using the centralised procure- However, this is at the cost of mineral resources. out to be a matter of concern had received Rs 50,295.90 crore crore, registering a growth of Government where the State ment policy. a State like Odisha. ! Since 2015, the Centre has for the State Government. from the Central transfers, 443.62% over the correspond- Government would directly On the other hand, the In the last year, procure- further cut down 30% royalty With its total revenue which included share tax and ing period of last year. The purchase from the farmers in procurement percentage of rice ment of paddy in Punjab >4>7 75 from the State’s share of the receipt target of Rs 1,25,600 grants. However, as even as the nontax revenue collection in the State for the FCI to meet the was lower in major rice con- increased substantially while in District Mineral Fund (DMF) crore, the State Government State is eyeing more from the May was Rs 3,454.98 crore, PDS and food security require- suming States like Odisha. Odisha it decreased by 30 %, he he Congress has alleged and diverted it for the benefit has expected to get Rs 68,100 Centre it is getting much less. which is also an all-time high. ments on its own instead of Though compared to West said. Odisha’s farmers are suf- Tthat both the BJD and the of new mine leaseholders,” crore from the Union In such a situation, the Both tax and nontax col- depending on a centralized Bengal, Bihar and UP, pro- fering as their shares are taken BJP are ignoring the State’s Kanungo stated. Government as shares in taxes State is trying hard to improve lection in May 2021 was Rs system. curement of paddy/rice in by paddy farmers in Punjab. In legitimate right of mineral roy- It is matter of great concern and grants during 2021-22 fis- its collections from both own 5,900.98 crore, which is a pos- “Paddy farmers in Odisha Odisha and Chhattisgarh has such a case, a decentralised sys- alty revision. that the BJD has never protest- cal. tax and nontax revenue itive growth of 275% over the are increasingly struggling to substantially increased in the tem would be ideal, said Prof Former Minister of ed against the Union Minister’s However, by May 31, 2021, sources. The target for both tax corresponding period of May sell their produce in Mandis in past 10 years, the Odisha farm- Patra. Finance Panchanan Kanungo reply in Rajya Sabha that there the State Government has and nontax revenue for 2021- 2020. the past couple of years. After ers are presently still unable to He also said this would in a statement said that while would be no more revisions of received only Rs 7,622.91 crore, 22 is Rs 57,500 crore, out of So, more collection of tax carefully looking at the Central sell all their paddy in Mandis, reduce additional cost in trans- the BJD and the BJP are accus- mineral royalties. which is nearly 19% less as which Rs 37,500 crore is from and nontax revenue is helping Government’s purchasing data he told. portation of rice from other ing each other over the issue of The Congress leader also compared to what it received in own tax and Rs 20,000 crore the State Government in fund- from various States through He cited the trend of dis- States like Punjab to Odisha for sale of unsold iron ore, they added that during the UPA May 2020. Up to May 32, 2020, from nontax sources. ing more developmental pro- FCI, I found that in the present tress sale of paddy all over PDS purposes, besides mini- have allowed mining mafias to Government in 2012, the cess the State had received Rs An overdrive for these col- jects, officials admitted. centralised procurement sys- Odisha after the targets are said mizing the environmental cost, loot the State’s mineral levied on coal per every tonne 9,406.52 crore whereas during lections has resulted in a pos- However, they apprehend that tem Punjab and Haryana are to be met by the procurement like air pollution, due to fossil resources. was Rs 50; it has now increased the first two months of2021-22, itive way. While own tax rev- due to the Covid pandemic, tax taking great advantage in agencies every crop season. fuel consumption, during long Kanungo said the BJP, to Rs 400. He questioned the it has got Rs 1783.61 crore less. enue collection registered over and nontax collection is likely paddy procurement under- “In the last Kharif season, pri- distance transportation. which has over a long time where the cess worth crores of This has caused concern in the 180% growth compared to cor- to go down in June as eco- mining interest of States like vately farmers were told, par- Further, increase in procure- been raising the issue of min- rupees is going. “Is it not loot- State administration as the col- responding period of 2020, nomic activities have slowed Odisha,” he said in an open let- ticularly in Kalahandi, that the ment capacity will boost local ing corruption and mineral ing the State’s money?” ques- lection of the State’s own tax nontax revenue collection down due to lockdown restric- ter to the CM. He said in the target was achieved for millers and employment in loots, has suddenly stopped tioned Kanungo. and nontax revenue has slowed growth has gone up by 443%, tions. last four years, the Central Government procurement. Odisha, he said. !"
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For # &# % , effective prevention, guidelines 4 # 6 ! have been issued for regular inspection of source sites and $ !! potential mineral deposit areas, ! at least once in a fortnight by Revenue Inspectors and at least , ! >4>7 75 once in a month by tehsil-level teams. otwithstanding Covid-19 Stepping up enforcement D57 7& Npandemic impacting eco- activities to check illegal min- 7 nomic activities during pro- ing/ theft of minor minerals, a ductive parts of the financial record number of 39,621 raids/ septuagenarian retired year, revenue collection from checks have been conducted by Aheadmaster has hogged minor mineral sources in tehsil/ sub-division/ district the limelight for spending his Odisha has registered a jump of management of information level squads/ teams in the year. pension in plantation and 41.47%. & monitoring for real time data While 31,758 cases of ille- encouraging students in It has increased to Rs 962 generation and other technol- gal mining have been detected schools and colleges to plant crore against Rs 680 crore in ogy based approaches for effi- and 19,806 vehicles and other trees to save the environment. been on this green mission by are the Earth's natural filtering 2019-20 primarily due to sus- cient and transparent admin- equipment have been seized, F #! /4) '# ! Meet Dwarikanath encouraging the locals to plant system, capable of absorbing tained endeavour in minor istration of minor minerals enforcement has earned a total F #! !# ! Senapati, the retired headmas- trees. According to Senapati, he pollutants, carbon dioxide and mineral administration by the which has resulted in remark- of Rs 68,52,87,987 towards ! 6 D # # ! '# ! !6 ter, who is a resident of has planted 40,000 trees in last storing carbon in their sedi- Department of Revenue and able increase of revenue. royalty and penalty, he said. 7 % !# ! " 7 ) D! D % 5" Pakhada village under one decade. He has been ments, thereby lessening the Disaster Management of the During 2020-21, as many To have real time and reg- D 8 )%# ) ) # Garadapur block. But for last spending money from his pen- impacts of global warming, State Government, said as 506 new minor mineral ular access to the information 6 15 years, he has been planting sion to distribute tree saplings stated Senapati. Principal Secretary Bishnupada sources including 12 large river regarding the minor mineral trees in his locality. He was an among the locals and request- Senapati has won acco- Sethi, adding that a target of Rs sand beds with area more than administration in the State, $ ideal teacher and has fame for ing them to take care of the lades and bagged several prizes 1,000 crore had been appor- 50 acres have been identified technology based approach has F #! / > % F # ! % his literary activities as well. plants till they grow big. and felicitations from different tioned to the districts. and brought into the process of been adopted for information # Though the soft spoken Forest plays an important organizations for encouraging Stating that the depart- operation. management and monitoring, % ) 65# !! teacher is an ordinary man but role in protecting from the cat- plantation among the youths. ment is hopeful of taking Since operation of more he said. # # ! # his ambition is an extraordi- astrophes like cyclone and Besides, he has formed a trust minor mineral administration minor mineral sources is the “Optimal use of Dynamic #)# % F # 6 ! # nary. He targets to see all the tsunami, besides maintaining and also set up a library in the to a new height of efficiency key to increase in quantum of Web Information System for O ' # 6 schools, unused lands, road ecological balance and con- name of his late youngest son, and result yielding, Sethi said, mineral exploration and Tehsils (DWIST) portal has . 5# 6 sides and river embankments trolling the environmental pol- who died in a road mishap, to “Efforts are on to bring into address to the scarcity market been made with inclusion of turn green. Since 1982, he has lution. Even mangroves species help the needy ones. place technological interven- of raw materials for develop- three separate modules for MP > tions for more sustainable and ment works, prevention of and EC approval status, F #! / ! # # !96C: scientific mining of minor theft/ illegal mining and Revenue Collection and Minor % 5 2:%:::% ! minerals. increase of government rev- Mineral Source Inspection 6 ! >) % & ' ! ()$! $ The schemes/ policies enue, constant co-ordination data,” the Principal Secretary ' ! ! ) 5 8 % which are in pipeline are; with stakeholder authorities said, adding that a WhatsApp > ! D! 6 ! Integrated Minor Minerals like SEIAA, Directorate of group has been created having # '# 6 >4>7 75 Olympic Games 2020. The the final selection of 16 players Mines Management System Geology has been made to all ADMs, Sub-Collectors and Hockey India announced the as there is a lot of quality and (i4MS) which will bring the clear the bottlenecks in obtain- Deputy Collectors/ Assistant P$ wo defenders from Odisha, 16-member squad on Friday. ambition in this group of play- entire administration to online ing environmental clearances Collectors in charge of Minor F #! / 7 ! 5 # TBirendra Lakra and Amit Lakra had missed the chance of ers. The performance levels of platform, e-auction of sairat and approval of mining plans. Mineral Section/Branch of the > ! ) # 6 Rohidas, have made their way being a part of the squad dur- all the athletes are at an opti- sources, formulation of sand While 2772 mining plans Collectorates as Group mem- ! 5 8 > % " ! F ) into the Indian Men’s hockey ing Olympic 2016 due to a mum level and more impor- policy, etc.” have been approved by the bers. D 6 ) # D!8 6 team, which will represent the major knee injury. “It has not tantly they work well together. Minor mineral being a Authorised Officers under the Besides being used as a country at the upcoming Tokyo been an easy process to make They know what it means to potential source of state rev- Directorate of Geology, SEIAA platform for instant share of $8 $? represent the country at the enue, thrust is being given on had a record number of 52 official correspondences, this 7 / ) Olympics. optimisation of its exploitation meetings in the year and grant- group has been used to moni- 7 >) # We are now focused on in the most scientific and sus- ed 1000 Environmental tor daily enforcement activities 5 8 > ! training with the same intensity tainable manner, he said, Clearances. As many as 1546 at Tahasil level, addressing # ! and our goal is to put forward adding the year 2020-21 is sources were in operation at the query/ clarification needs of our best performance as a col- notable in minor mineral end of the year, Sethi said. field level officers, appreciating & lective unit in Tokyo,” said administration in the state in as In a bid to prevent theft/ good work done be them # 7 Chief Coach Graham Reid much as it witnessed invigo- illegal mining which has been which could be valuable source # while speaking on the team rating efforts in identification a great challenge in minor of their motivation, he said. In *! selection. of new sources, acceleration in mineral administration in the essence, WhatsApp group has 6 > ! The Odisha Sports the process of operationalisa- State, pillar posting for bound- been used as a key platform to # # ! Department congratulated tion of the sources, regular ary demarcation of sources bring the wide ranging issues ## Lakra and Rohidas on their enforcement activities leading have been completed in respect under the control of the senior 6 selection and wished them to minimisation of illegal min- of 2665 sources and DGPS sur- officers of the Department, ) good luck for the Olympics. ing and theft, technology based vey has been completed in Sethi pointed out. ## 6 $R , - +5- * + - ! >57 7 45 P Aditya Mahakur said efforts of Jeypore Town and Sadar Jeypore-Borrigumma NH he Government ITI ), were underway to identify are already overburdened, the which passes near the police TBerhampur is ranked num- the smugglers involved in the seized ganja is now being stations for unavailability of ber one among six best in Odisha D57 77 Rs 20,000 by threatening to crime and nab them under diverted to Barinput, space. Meanwhile, demands and secured 12th rank in coun- make her nude photos and the Narcotic Drugs and Gaganapur and Ambaguda are increasing for a Narcotics try. According to a Directorate 24-year-old youth has videos viral. He also threatened Psychotropic Substances outposts for storage. Unit at Jeypore which will General of Training (DGT) com- Alanded in jail for black- to kidnap her. When the victim (NDPS) Act. Adding to the woes, the help the district police to muniqué issued by Director mailing his former girl friend’s girl brought the matter to her DGP Abhay making it clear Amid the massive crack- seized vehicles are being kept break the chain of those ganja (Project) Sanjay Kumar, the family and posting nude pho- parents’ attention, the accused FE "5 that action against drug traf- down on ganja cultivation in the open on the side of smugglers. selection was conducted out of tos of her in social media here. allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 ficking remains a top priori- and smuggling in Koraput total 12,352 ITIs in country The incident occurred in a from her parents. he Covid wave has not ty of the Odisha Police, the district, the Jeypore police are which participated in process to remote pocket under the He threatened to make her Tdeterred ganja smugglers district police have intensified now faced with a peculiar get grading in phase-II with all Talachua Marine police station. nude photos and videos viral in from carrying on with their crackdown against the ganja problem. their credentials received as per According to Talachua social media if the money was covert operation. Rather it has mafia in the region in recent There is an acute shortage prescribed framework and Marine police station IIC not paid. On June 3, opened new avenues for them months. of space both in court methodology uploaded on DGT Sreekant Barik, one Dhanajaya Dhananjaya allegedly sent the to keep their illegal trade SP Varun Guntupalli said, malkhana and police station website. Biswal (24) of Balisahi under nude photos and videos of the thriving. “The Koraput police are premises to accommodate the The DGT under Ministry of Jajpur Sadar police limits had girl to some of her relatives in Jeypore Sadar police led always alert to maintain law seizures made under the Skill Development and come in contact with a girl of their Whatsapp numbers and by IIC Aditya Mahakur is suc- and order. Our men in uni- NDPS Act In the last few Entrepreneurship (MSDE) con- Baradia under Talachua Marine also uploaded the nude photos cessful in seizing a total of 16 forms are always carrying out years, Koraput has become ducted a grading in phase-II police station through tiktok by opening a fake account in tonne of ganja whose market surprise raids and regular the most preferred destination based on “framework and social media about one and a the Facebook. value is more than Rs 16 checkups in the bordering for ganja peddlers from across methodology”. ITI Brahmapur half years ago. The victim’s father later crore in last two years. The areas and also inside the dis- the country. Principal Dr Rajat Kumar Later, he pretended to love lodged an FIR against police have registered 42 cases trict to rein in the ganja More than 100 of ganja Panigrahi said it is a great the girl and taking advantage of Dhananjay. “Accused Dhanjaya and arrested 131 persons in smugglers.” smugglers belonging to moment for institute. The stu- the simplicity of the girl, the Biswal was arrested by police various cases of seizure of Jeypore SDPO Arup Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar, dents, teachers and parents have youth allegedly collected the under various Sections of IPC ganja in the district. Avhisek said many ganja traf- Chhattisgarh, Delhi and a reason to celebrate. Since last nude photos and videos of the and Sections 66 (C), 66(E) While 37 culprits are fickers transporting cannabis Haryana have been lodged in two years, the ITI has been girl. and 67(A) of IT Act and pro- absconding, the police have from Koraput, Machkund, Jeypore and Koraput jails in awarded and increasingly getting Even, he allegedly invited duced before the JMFC court seized cash of Rs 20,39, 869 Malkangiri and Chitrokonda the last one and a half years recognitions from several insti- the girl to Pentha and com- of Rajnagar on Wednesday during raids, apart from 18 pockets to different parts of However, the police are now tutions across country for its pelled her to keep physical ,where he was remanded in jail trucks, 17 motor cycles, two the State and outside. But finding it difficult to get prop- innovations and technological relationship with him. But custody after his bail plea was containers, 19 cars ,11 Bolero many of them have been er space to store the seized advancements in developing when the girl refused, rejected by the court,” said jeeps, one pistol, three live caught red-handed. contraband. low-cost machineries. Dhanajaya demanded a sum of police. bullets and 26 mobiles. With Jeypore Sadar PS IIC While the police stations $) *+
higher education sector in the district stood at the top in male it is 22.1% and for female University, five institutes of average enrolment is on par increased from 17.8 to 20.3 scenario. The data belong to the country. This is the 10th in the terms of number of colleges, it is 19.4%. During the nine national importance, sixteen with the national average, but marking an addition of 1.5 per pre-pandemic period and series of reports that has i.e., 1,009 followed by Jaipur years’ period, the overall GER State Universities; three the number of colleges is to be cent for male and 2,5 per cent things have changed now. revealed the status of higher with 606 colleges. Top 50 dis- increased by 6.3% whereas a Deemed Private Universities, increased to have a justified fig- for female students. There is a The setback made by the education in the country which tricts have about 32% of the 4.8% increase marked by the six private universities and one ure enabling eligible students to considerable progress in the pandemic to the sector is dif- assumes much importance in colleges. The number of col- boys and an impressive State Open University. Apart pursue higher education. There GER of Scheduled Castes and ficult to overcome in the near the background of the National leges per lakh of population in increase of 7.9% in case of girl from this, there are 1,087 col- was a considerable growth in Scheduled Tribe during the future. With much cuts and Education Policy (NEP) 2020 the age-group of 18-23 years is students. The Gender Parity leges, of which 33% are the number of universities in last five years. The GER of adjustments, one precious aca- implementation in the near the lowest seven in Bihar and Index (GPI), a ratio of pro- Government colleges and 67% the State which increased from Scheduled Caste students demic year was saved and future.There are 1,043 univer- the highest 59 in Karnataka as portional representation of private, aided and unaided col- 21 in 2015-16 to 23 in 2019-20. increased from 14.7 to 19.7 attempts are going on to save sities, 42,343 colleges and compared to the all-India aver- female and male, in higher edu- leges. There are 24 colleges for But the growth in the number adding a growth of five per cent yet another. The task before the 11,779 Standalone Institutions age of 30. cation is 1.01 in 2019-20 against one lakh population in Odisha of colleges is slow from 1,076 during the five years period. Government is to solve the listed on AISHE website of Total enrolment in higher 1.00 in 2018-19 and 0.91 in against the national average of to 1,087 adding 11 colleges dur- Similarly, the GER of immediate problems like exam- which 1,019 universities, 39,955 education has been estimated 2015-16. The growth of GER 30. ing the five years. Scheduled Tribe students ination, evaluation and admis- colleges and 9,599 Standalone to be 38.5 million with 19.6 and GPI of female students in Similarly, the average The GER is Odisha is far jumped from 9.4 in 2015-16 to sions and all the stakeholders Institutions have responded million boys (51%) and 18.9 the country reflects the dedi- enrolment in the colleges is 659 below the national averages 13.5 in 2019-20 witnessing a are to extend their cooperation > during the survey 2019-20. million girls (49%). Gross cated efforts of the planners for whereas 680 is the national necessitating desired steps to growth of four per cent during to Government to create the Uttar Pradesh, Enrolment Ratio (GER), which improvement in the access to average. The estimated enrol- boost in the coming years. the five years period. new normal. he Report of All India Maharashtra, Karnataka, is calculated for the 18-23-year higher education by the female ment during the year is around The GER, which stood at 19.6 However, in all the cate- TSurvey of Higher Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, age group in higher education students in comparison to their 9.95 lakh, of which girls con- in 2015-16, increased to 21.7 in gories cThe AISHE report pro- (Dr Biswal is Head, Education (AISHE) for the Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh in India, stood at 27.1, for male male counterpart. stitute 47% against 49% at the 2019-20 against the national vided valuable data which can Department of Commerce, year 2019-20 released by the and Gujarat are the top eight population is 26.9 and for Let us take a glance at the all-India level. However, the average of 27.1 lagging far be analysed and suitable poli- Nowrangpur College, Union Education Minister on States in terms of highest num- female, it is 27.3. higher education scenario in enrolment in the previous year behind. The GER of male stu- cy measures can be taken by Nabarangpur-764063. Mob: June 10 provides important ber of colleges in India. Among In 2011-12, the GER for all Odisha. As per the report, the stood at 10.19 lakh, which dents grew from 21.5 to 23 and the Government for strength- 9437125286. bhaskarnathbisw- data on the performance of the districts, Bangalore Urban categories stood at 20.8%, for State possesses one Central decreased by 0.24 lakh. Our the GER of female students ening the higher education [email protected]) !"#" 0 + 6 !
111 training centers across 26 society, institution or individ- states in the country. The uals, he said adding India took * 7 $ ,! , Union Minister of Skill up this challenge and status of Development and PPE kits, testing and other Entrepreneurship Mahendra medical infrastructure related Nath Pandey was also present to covid care and treatment - , ,! during the launch. bears testimony to the efforts. This course is designed Modi pointed out that far- . these six courses as per under the Central Component flung hospitals are being pro- demands of the states and of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal vided with ventilators and oxy- - autioning that coronavirus union territories. This training Vikas Yojana 3.0 and the total gen concentrators. More than Cis “present and the possi- should be over in two-three sanctioned amount for this 1,500 oxygen plants are being / bility of mutati on is also there”, months, he said programme is 276 crore. established at war footing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi The training will be to our youth. The Prime Minister Amidst all these efforts, on Friday said India needs to imparted to Covid warriors in The Prime Minister said reminded us that the pandem- skilled manpower is critical. >$ stay prepared to meet the chal- six customised job roles name- that the Corona period has ic has tested the strength of For this and to support the cur- lenges and training one lakh ly Home Care Support, Basic proved how important the every country, institution, soci- rent force of corona warriors frontline workers is a step in Care Support, Advanced Care mantra of skill, re-skill and up- ety, family and person of the one lakh youth is being trained. escribing the new that direction. Support, Emergency Care skill. world. At the same time, this This training should be over in DParliament building as a Launching the ‘Customised Support, Sample Collection Modi said that the pro- alerted us to expand our capa- two-three months, said the “necessity”, Lok Sabha Speaker Crash Course programme for Support, and Medical gramme would be available at bilities as science, government, Prime Minister. Om Birla on Friday said no Covid-19 frontline workers’, Equipment Support. This will lawmaker had raised an objec- Modi said the second wave of include fresh skilling as well as tion when a request for it was the pandemic illustrated the upskilling of those who have made by both the Houses — kind of challenges that the some training in this type of ! ) % Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha — virus may present to us. work. This campaign will give to the Centre. He regretted that The Prime Minister fresh energy to the health sec- some of the MPs were object- informed that the top experts tor frontline force and will # # 7/ ing to it now. of the country have designed also provide job opportunities About MPs from ing at Parliament Annexe to asked all States and Union were examples of them being Opposition parties including count on his two years in the #!# ! Territories to review in detail stigmatized and even violence former Congress chief Rahul office as Speaker. ! # ) G and ensure prompt steps for the resorted to against healthcare Gandhi opposing the project, Birla said the existing safety and wellbeing of health- workers,” Agarwal pointed out. Birla said it was both the Lok building cannot be expanded #! /"> care workers while strictly Recently, there have been Sabha and Rajya Sabha which and does not cater to the needs implementing the amended reports of physical violence had requested the Central of changing times. “The exist- F Epidemic Disease Act. against doctors, healthcare Government for a new parlia- ing building is a historical one. peaking on the faction “Healthcare workers are workers and other profession- ment building. “When the Many historic decisions were Swar in Lok Janshakti Party the most crucial resources in als particularly from Assam, request for a new parliament taken in this building. But it (LJP), Lok Sabha Speaker Covid-19 management on all West Bengal and Karnataka, building was made by both the cannot be expanded further Om Birla said a dispute in the fronts,” said Joint Secretary in Agarwal said. houses, no MP had objected to and therefore a new building is party is an issue out of the the Union Health Ministry “Such incidents impact the it. No one has approached me a necessity,” he said. purview of the Speaker’s Lav Agarwal in a letter to morale of our healthcare work- opposing it,” Birla said. Birla mentioned the new- office. “Their Parliament additional chief secretaries, force who have shown exem- Opposition parties and the age green building is being built leader, the chief whip, filed a principal secretaries and health plary commitment against all BJP are engaged in a political at a cost of about 900 crore. plea that five members have secretaries of all states and odds in COVID-19 manage- slugfest over the construction “We have been saving money in elected a leader. We record- Union Territories. ment. of the new building. The oppo- Parliament workings and over ed the change. We don’t look The Government move “Considering the impor- sition parties say the project 400 crore has been saved so at who the president of the came after a series of protests tance of the issue, it is request- should be stopped to save far in two years by cost cutting party is. They stay with LJP. by the medical fraternity led by ed that all states may undertake funds for management of the measures,” he said. We can’t act till a petition is the Indian Medical a detailed review and ensure Covid-19 pandemic. On the Lok Sabha produc- received under the anti- Community and other doctors that prompt and necessary Birla said the construction tivity ever since he assumed defection law and is dis- associations like FAIMA steps are taken for healthcare activities are going on at a good charge in the current Lok posed of,” Birla said. against the attack on their col- workers safety and wellbeing pace and is presently running Sabha, he said the lower house >$ leagues by the relatives of the besides strict implementation 16 days behind the scheduled has operated at 122 percent 90% of them were replied to by patients. of the amended Epidemic completion date October 2022. productivity. “107 bills have the ministers. In these two “Our endeavours to man- Disease Act,” he said. “We were (initially) 27 days been passed,” he said. Birla said years, on one day, 161 members aking cognisance of inci- age Covid-19 are replete with The Centre had brought an ahead of schedule. But after the that legislative business has raised issues of public concern,” Tdents of violence and examples of commitment by ordinance and later notified it outbreak of the Covid-19 pan- increased and discussions have said Birla. On the occasion he attacks against doctors and our healthcare workers at all as an act, under which violence demic (second wave), the con- lasted longer than the sched- mentioned that 440 Lok Sabha , & health staff from various parts levels. While the country at against healthcare personnel is struction is now 16 days behind uled time over the years. “A his- MPs have informed the Lok of the country, the Union large has applauded the efforts a non-bailable and cognisable schedule,” Birla said during toric number of issues have Sabha that they have taken '- Health Ministry on Friday of the health fraternity, there offence. the special offline media brief- been raised in the House and Covid vaccines. Secretary Organisation K C 1) -& Venugopal and I have also ith the deadlock in been engaged with Pilot,” WRajasthan politics con- Maken said at the backdrop of Empowerment of Persons with development… Early inter- the child. Secretary, DEPwD, Anjali are now 21 categories in the tinuing, Congress president reports about Pilot failing to Disabilities (DEPwD). vention can provide specialised “In 2022, we are also work- Bhawra explained that disabil- disability category instead of 7,” Sonia Gandhi is now likely to meet Priyanka during his visit ith an aim to provide Through the centres, which support and services for infants ing towards setting up such ity in children is a matter of she added. intervene in the year-long polit- to national Capital last week- Wsupport to infants and have been started as a pilot, and young children at-risk or centers in all CRCs. As a result serious concern. According to ical feud between Rajasthan end. young children at risk of or Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, with disability and/or devel- of which the facility of Cross the 2011 Census, there are Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Asked about the demand of with disabilities, the Union Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal opmental delay and for their Disability-Early Intervention more than 20 lakh children and rebel leader Sachin Pilot. the Pilot camp for an expansion Social Justice and Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya families to help them in their Centers will be available in with disabilities in the age This even as Congress General of the State cabinet and polit- Empowerment (SJE) Ministry Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, overall development, well- about 25 States and Union group of 0-6 years, who belong Secretary Incharge of Rajasthan ical appointments, Maken said has launched 14 cross disabil- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, being and participation in fam- Territories,” the Minister said. to the categories of visually affairs Ajay Maken sought to discussions are on with the ity early intervention centres Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh ily and community life,” said Screening of children and impaired, hearing impaired, dispel rumours that no leader Chief Minister, State Congress across the country. and West Bengal are covered. Gehlot. referral to appropriate rehabil- locomotor disability etc. “This from the party high command president Govind Singh SJE Minister All its 21 composite regional Minister Gehlot further itative care; speech therapy, means that around 7 percent of was talking to Pilot to placate Dotasara, Vidhan Sabha Thaawarchand Gehlot virtual- centres would have early inter- said that there is a need to iden- occupational therapy and phys- children in this age group suf- 0 him. Maken asserted that Speaker CP Joshi, Pilot and the ly inaugurated the centres vention centres gradually, said tify children with disabilities or iotherapy; parental counselling fer from some form of disabil- Congress General Secretary cabinet ministers. He said the recently that are located at an official from the DEPwD. infants who are at risk of devel- and training and peer coun- ity. These are expected to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has interests of all groups and sec- seven national institutes and “Research studies suggest oping a disability, and provide seling are among various ser- increase with the enactment of been speaking to Pilot. tions of the society will be kept seven composite regional cen- that early childhood [0-6 years] them early assistance, so as to vices being provided at these the Rights of Persons with he Congress on Friday Sonia’s intervention, sources in mind while executing tres of the Department of is a time of remarkable brain ensure optimal development of Centres. Disabilities Act 2016, as there Tdemanded that the Gov- said, has been necessitated as changes in the cabinet and ernment make a full disclosure Gehlot is playing the hard ball carrying out political appoint- of the nature of black money and has made himself unavail- ments. and names of the individuals able on health grounds for the As attacks and counter- HH " who have stashed it in Swiss next two months to delay the attacks between the Gehlot banks, and asked it to bring a entire process of inducting and Pilot camps have placed I 'G *! white paper on how much of Pilot’s loyalists in his council of the differences within the it has been brought back to the ministers. More so, since Rajasthan Congress out in the country in the last seven years. Gehlot’s stance came despite the open, the AICC General % Congress spokesperson party high command assuring Secretary advised the MLAs he Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued an order under Prevention Gourav Vallabh said the gov- Pilot of meeting his demands against making public com- Tof Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against one Subrahmanya Srinivas held 11 rounds of talks, the last being on ernment should also come and asking the Chief Minister to ments. Pinninti, freezing his investments worth Rs 88 lakh made in India out of January 22, to break the deadlock and end out with a complete list of go for his Cabinet expansion at Maken's statement gains the proceeds of crime acquired in Qatar. nion Agriculture Minister Narendra the farmers' protest. Talks have not measures that it has under- the earliest. significance in the backdrop of The freezing order was passed after search action under PMLA which USingh Tomar on Friday ruled out resumed following widespread violence taken to check the stashing of Maken said Pilot is a senior Pilot and his loyalists making was initiated following a Letter Rogatory (judicial request) received from repealing the three new farm laws but said during a tractor rally by protesting farm- black money in foreign banks. leader of the Congress and that their restlessness evident with the Embassy of Qatar here. Money laundering investigation by ED revealed the Government is ready to resume ers on January 26. The demand came after it is impossible he will not get regard to promises made to that Pinninti had transferred suspected funds from his Doha National Bank talks with protesting farmer unions on Thousands of farmers, mainly from Switzerland's national bank - any appointment from any them by the party high com- account to his Indian bank accounts with Axis Bank and HDFC Bank. provisions of the legislations. Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar — Swiss National Bank — leaders of the party as the for- mand. “The money trail revealed that he has invested Rs 45 lakh out of these “Government of India is ready for talks Pradesh, have been camping at Delhi's released data of funds parked mer Union Minister is a big Among the expectations of funds in various mutual funds in the name of his wife and self. And he also with farmers. Except for repeal, if any borders for more than six months in in Swiss banks that showed asset for the grand old party the Pilot camp is adequate acquired a few landed properties,” the agency said in a statement. farmers' union wants to talk on provisions protest against the three laws that they say that deposits by Indians and always star campaigner. representation in the Gehlot On Tuesday, the ED had conducted a search operation at Pinninti’s res- of the Act even at midnight, Narendra will end state procurement of crops at increased to 286 per cent in “Priyanka has not been in cabinet and appointments in idence in Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam and it was found that he had Singh Tomar will welcome it,” the agri- MSP. The Supreme Court has put on hold 2020, the highest in the last 13 Delhi for the last 10 days but boards and corporations, acquired three residential plots in his name in Vizianagaram and culture minister said in a video posted on the implementation of the three laws till years. Congress's chief she has been constantly talking besides being prominently Visakhapatnam districts, Andhra Pradesh. The current guidance value of his Twitter account. further orders and set up a committee to spokesperson Randeep to Pilot. AICC General placed in the organisation. the three plots is approximately Rs 43 lakh, the agency said. The government and unions have find solutions. 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$ 1 . & '% - $!! &'"DO ! ( ')* ) H:: ! & # 2 "5 + % ! 7" F !1D D"D77 The Chief Minister had on transferred to some other judge’s >$ Direct Recruitment vacancies Thursday filed a petition in the bench.” Before he took up his D"D77 F7 4 in the Armed and the Executive n a bizarre development, the Calcutta High Court challeng- present assignment the stated Wing, through a combined ITrinamool Congress on ing the election of Opposition judge had been the additional he BJP on Friday petitioned Bengal Assembly Speaker upreme Court Judge Justice iving a fresh impetus to the examination, will be main- Friday sought the transfer of a Leader Suvendu Adhikari from solicitor general of India. TBiman Banerjee seeking the disqualification of Trinamool SIndira Banerjee on Friday Grecruitment process which tained for ensuring smooth case related to Chief Minister Nandigram seat from where he Meanwhile, the hearing of Congress leader Mukul Roy as a member of the State recused from hearing a plea had slowed down in wake of career progression of the Police Mamata Banerjee’s election from defeated Banerjee by a wafer- the case was deferred till next Assembly because he had defected to the TMC after win- filed by the kin of two BJP the ongoing Covid pandemic, officers. a designated Calcutta High thin margin of 1,900 votes. Thursday. ning his seat from the Krishnagar North seat on a saffron workers, who were killed in Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Pertinently, the announce- Court judge’s bench mentioning In her petition the Chief Reacting to the TMC’s alle- ticket. State Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari submit- poll related violence on May 2 Sinha Friday approved the pro- ment of recruitment comes his past alleged saffron leanings Minister doubted the neutrali- gation senior advocates of the ted the petition to the in West Bengal, seeking court posal of recruitment of 800 Sub two days after the Lt Governor and speculating over his “pos- ty of Election Commission offi- High Court including Bikash Speaker --- through party MLA Manoj Tigga --- seek- monitored probe and Inspectors in the Jammu & noted that the UT administra- sible” neutrality while passing a cials in letting Adhikari go off Ranjan Bhattacharya, a CPI(M) ing the disqualification of Roy under anti-defection laws. transfer of cases to CBI or Kashmir Police. tion is moving ahead in direc- judgment in the case. with the victory badge. Earlier Rajya Sabha member said “if the In the petition Adhikari sought the disqualification Roy, Special Investigation Team In the same go, the Lt tion of expediting the process Posting a picture where the she had claimed that an EC offi- picture referred to pre-dates and wrote “I request you to dispose of the same (case) as soon (SIT). Governor also approved the for recruitment of the 25,000 said Judge is seen attending a cial was coerced by Adhikari’s the judge’s appointment as a as possible…” Roy a former BJP national vice president who As soon as the matter was selection process of all Non- promised jobs in the public sec- BJP meeting as a former advo- men to fudge the counting judicial officer then there is no crossed over to that party from the TMC (an outfit he co- taken up Justice Indira Gazetted level posts in all the tor/government departments cate of the Calcutta High Court process and declare him the reason to question his neutral- founded with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) in 2017. In Banerjee said, “I have three departments i.e., Police, to empower the youths of TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek winner. ity … legally the demand to 2021 Assembly elections Roy won the Krishnagar some difficulty in hearing this Prisons and Fire & Emergency Jammu & Kashmir. He O’Brien tweeted, “Who is that TMC spokesperson Kunal remove the case from his court North Assembly seat on BJP ticket and within a few days matter. Let this matter be list- Services departments through observed that around 18,000 person ‘circled’ in both pics? Is Ghosh went a step ahead of holds any water.” of the elections he defected to the Trinamool Congress before ed before another the Services Selection Board posts have been advertised by he Justice … of Calcutta High O’Brien demanding the transfer Reacting to the issue Bengal being appointedits national vice president. bench”. (SSB). Services Selection Board (SSB) Court? Has he been assigned to of the case from the said Judge’s BJP president Dilip Ghosh said Earlier attacking the TMC he said “the Trinamool can- The vacation bench also The selections to the posts for recruitment in various hear the Nandigram election bench. “We do not have any- “the question that is being raised not get away with by engineering such defections because I comprising Justice M R Shah will be based on written and departments and more posts case? Can the judiciary sink any thing personal against the hon- by the Trinamool Congress can know how to get the anti-defection laws implemented… if ordered, “List the matter before physical test. The Committee are being identified gradually. lower?,” letting a large number ourable Judge … but as things also be raised when you talk of the Speaker does not take a decision then we will move the another bench in which Justice for physical endurance test Outlining that the youth of of legal luminaries from Kolkata stand today and going by his other such constitutional posts court to get justice.” He had also said, “Todna-Jodna (break- Banerjee is not part”. Justice shall be constituted by the SSB J&K have a key role to play in to wonder whether the Bengal past political affiliations we are as the Speaker of a House … can ing and joining) is part of TMC’s dirty politics. They have Banerjee started her career in consultation with the the overall development of the ruling party leaders knew “ABC sufficiently apprehensive of the you legally challenge the neu- been doing this for the past 10 years and nobody opposed from Kolkata High Court Government and the number region, the Lt Governor assert- of how the judiciary runs,” and fate of the case … In such a case trality of the Speaker … this is it. But it is being opposed now and action will be taken under thought of rescuing from the of people to be called for phys- ed that J&K Government is whether “the corridors of judi- the honourable judge should by simply making a fuss by deni- the anti-defection law… We will get this law implemented politically sensitive case from ical fitness test will be based on planning to reach out to 50,000 ciary should be kept away from himself release the case from his grating the status and prestige of … and whosoever wants to change parties is free to do so her home state, said many the pattern adopted by some of youth for financial assistance dirty politics.” court or the case should be the judiciary.” but before that one should resign the post of MLA. legal experts. the States/Union Territories. under the next leg of Back to The entire process for fitness Village program, the details of test shall be duly video-graphed which would be finalized soon. for the purpose of transparen- He noted that, as on date, the ( ,, ; 1Pakistan and those who had to Shah asked for the comple- directed officials to immediate- country,” said the statement. after every five years, the elec- constitution. 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D" which three are to be built on place 25,000 to 35,000 people The 135 km stretch of the State Government hurriedly 4 >7 last year increased from elevated platforms, one to be from their land. Where will rail passes through Thrissur, pushing the semi speed Silver 56,85,636 to 56,99,983. The 22%;C2 he widely publicised Semi underground and the remain- they go? Does the government Palakkadu and Malappuram Line Project, for political gains, he Covid-19 infections recovery rate in the state THigh Speed Silver Line ing ones to be in ground level. have alternative arrangements districts and this too would is a misadventure. The align- Tdropped marginally to 9,738 dropped from 95.64 per cent to %3: Project of the Kerala All these points are music to rehabilitate and resettle these lead to the destruction of envi- ment chosen is flawed and not in Maharashtra on Friday, even 95.73 per cent. The total “active Government that proposed to to the ears while the Kerala people in this land starved ronment and ecology, said accepted by the Railways. as the State logged 642 pandemic cases” in the state dropped from connect Thiruvananthapuram Government has kept a studied State?” asks Neelakantan. Neelakantan. John says the 70 Railways have not approved the deaths. 1,39,960 to 1,34,747. The fatal- in the south with Kasaragod in silence on the economic, eco- John adds that the 1,200 km long mangrove (popularly technical parameters. Its cost A day after the state record- ity rate in the state went up from the north in four hours has logical, environmental and hectare land to be acquired known as kandal kaadu) which has been brutally suppressed. ed 9830 infections and 636 1.95 per cent to 1.96 per cent. come under the scanner fol- social impacts the stand-alone belong to minimal, small and saves northern Kerala from More than 25,000 families will deaths, the fresh cases went Mumbai recorded 19 deaths lowing reservations expressed rail route would cause, points medium farmers. “The unique- soil and sea erosion too would be displaced. In its present down to 9738, while the deaths and 758 infections. As a result, by eminent technocrats like E out C R Neelakantan, an engi- ness of this land is that it is fer- be chopped away to facilitate form the Railway Board will rose marginally by six. Of the the Covid-19 toll in the metrop- Sreedharan, former head of neer-turned-environmentalist. tile where farming operations the constriction of the high not clear this project. I find no deaths registered on Friday, 198 olis increased from 15,247 to Metro Rail and environmental John Peruvananthanam, could be held round-the year. speed railway. “No social and future for the Silver Line were fresh ones and 454 were 15,266, while the infected cases experts like C R Neelakantan. noted environmentalist, told While the Government takes ecological impact has been Project,” Dr Sreedharan told “old and unaccounted” fatalities. in Mumbai went up from The Left Democratic The Pioneer that he shudders over the land, it is robbing the held by the Kerala Government The Pioneer much before he With 642 deaths reported on 717590 to 7,18590. Front-led Government claims at the thought of the ecologi- poor farmers of their liveli- till date . An agency with dubi- contested the last assembly Friday, the Covid-19 toll in the Mumbai with 18,764 cases that the state-of-the-art railway cal and environmental disasters hood. The Government will ous track record was entrusted election. state jumped from 1,16,026 to emerged as the first in the state line would change the eco- waiting to happen in the State not be able to offer them fer- with the task of completing the There are more issues for 1,16,674. With 9,738 fresh infec- in terms of maximum number nomical and social life of once the Government moves tile land in return for the land ecological impact. The people which the State Government tions, the total infections in the of “active cases” in the state, Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Kerala once the Silver Line ahead with the construction. which is acquired,” said John. are not convinced with the owes the people explanations state rose from 59,44,710 to while Pune with 17,888 stood on Friday reported 11,361 new Project to be executed at a cost The project requires 1,383 The project in its current assessment made by this body,” and reasoning, said 59,54,508. second, followed by Thane coronavirus cases and 90 more of Rs 63, 940 crore. The yet to hectare land for completion of form would destroy 135 km said Neelakantan. Neelakantan. He said the pro- As 14,347 patients were dis- (13,970), Kolhapur (11,453), deaths, taking the caseload to be named Silver Line Express the rail route. Neelakantan said long ever green farm land in Dr Sreedharan, who could ject has begun just now and he charged from the hospitals Sangli (10,545), Ratnagiri (7766) 27,85,304 and the death toll to would traverse the 529.45 km that out of the total land three districts of Alappauzha, be regarded as India’s last word along with others would come across the state after full recov- Satara (7149), Sindhudurg 11,833. distance in four hours chugging required, 1,200 hectare land Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and on railway projects is of the out with disclosures about the ery, the total number of people (5372), Nagpur (4745), Nashik A total of 12,147 persons at a speed of 200 km per hour. was with private people. “The part of Kollam district, point- view that the Silver Line Rail unviability of the Silver Line on discharged from the hospitals (4502), Ahmednagar (4247) and recuperated from the disease, There are 11 stations, out of land acquisition would dis- ed out John and Neelakantan. Project is a misadventure. “The another occasion. since the second week of March Raigad (4210), taking the number of those cured to 26,65,354. Currently, there are & 1,07,682 persons under treat- = ment, and 4,69,522 under
2 ! observation of which 27,905 are in isolation wards of various the CBSE on July 31. The " > hospitals. Board will not publish any State Health Minister he CBSE on Friday issued merit list of the top 0.1% of stu- Veena George said 1,11,124 Ta notification to all the dents this year, nor will it issue 4 >7 Corporation (BMC) to hold a doses for around 1,260 each, samples were tested in the last school principals regarding the merit certificates. private vaccination camp at the for which the society paid 24 hours and the test positivi- Information Technology sys- The Centre had on he Mumbai police on Hiranandani Heritage Society around 4.92 lakh. However ty rate (TPR) was 10.22 per tem being developed in-house Thursday announced the cri- TFriday arrested five persons at Kandivali (west) in north the vaccination facilitator did cent. to aid them. teria for the cancelled class 12 for allegedly defrauding a city Mumbai on May 30. not provide receipts for the Till now 2,17,32,157 sam- “This system will ease CBSE Board exams by adopt- housing society and fleecing The arrests came 72 hours money taken. ples have been tested. down the calculation work, ing a 30:30:40 formula for money from its residents while after the office bearers of On their part, the KDAH Among the districts, reduce time taken and so many evaluation of marks based on organising a Covid-19 vacci- Hiranandani Heritage and the Nanavati Hospital had Thiruvananthapuram recorded other hassles. This system will the results of class 10, 11 and nation camp on its premises on Residents’ Welfare Association distanced themselves from the the highest number of positive also pre-populate the marks of 12 respectively. The results will May 30. (HHRWA) lodged a complaint questionable vaccination camp cases today--1,550, followed Class X of the students passed be declared by July end. Three days after the resi- with them, ther Kandivli police by saying that they had noth- by Kollam with 1,422 and from CBSE. Efforts will also be The Government informed dents of Hiranandani Heritage arrested the five persons ing to do with the vaccination Ernakulam with 1,315 cases. made to take other Boards’ the Supreme Court that 30 per Society alleged a fraud in the behind the alleged fraud.. camp conducted at "Of those found infected Class X data,” said the notifi- cent marks will be based on vaccination camp held by a pri- The HHRWA office bear- Hiranandani Heritage Society. today, 64 reached the state cation. The portal to check and class 10 board exam, another vate agency in their housing ers had earlier told the police They said that they were not from outside while 10,667 con- update Class 10 results for all 30 per cent from class 11 and society, the police arrested five that the three alleged fraudsters approached by the housing tracted the disease from their students will be available from 40 per cent marks based on the persons –identified as collected Rs 4.92 lakh from 390 society. contact.The source of infection Monday, while other software performance in the unit, mid- Mahendra Kuldeep Singh (39), residents, housekeeping staff, The residents got suspi- of 567 is yet to be traced and 63 modules for the other compo- term and pre-board tests of Sanjay Gupta (25), Chandan security guards, drivers or cious after as none of the ben- health workers are also among nents will be provided after class 12. Singh (32), Karim Akber Ali domestic helpers on May 30 for eficiaries were given the vacci- the infected," the minister said that. The Supreme Court (21) and Nitin More (32) in conducting a vaccination camp. nation certificates. They also in a release. According to the tabulation accepted the formula of CBSE connection with the alleged The camp was conducted noticed that the vials used for According to the health policy, schools have been asked and CISCE to evaluate the fraud. by three facilitators, including vaccination camp bore 'Not For department, there are 178 local to form their Results Class 12 students, whose board Confirming the arrests, Rajesh Pandey and Sanjay Sale' stamp. The society mem- self government bodies with Committees by June 23, and examinations were cancelled Additional Police Gupta, who claimed to repre- bers approached one of the TPR over eight per cent, 633 upload all marks — including due to the Covid-19 pandem- Commissioner (Mumbai sent leading private hospitals facilitators Sanjay Gupta for LSGs with TPR betweeneight Class 11 theory scores and ic. CISCE has though formed North) Dilip Sawant said that like the Kokilaben Dhirubhai vaccination certificates. and 20 per cent, 208 LSGs with Class 12 unit tests and pre- a different criteria to evaluate the organisers had not taken Ambani Hospital (KDAH) and However, Gupta said that the TPR between 20 and 30 per board scores — by July 15. The the marking system of the class any permission from the the Nanavati Hospital. They certificates would be given cent and 16 LSGs with over 30 final results will be declared by 12 students. <! ! , Brihanmumbai Municipal agreed to provide 400 vaccine after 3-4 days. per cent TPR. PTI !"#" 5
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My professor demand- Like Marcel Proust’s evocative / What was the State of my your thoughts on, your clever- ed that I write everyday a aroma of Madeleine dipped in inner being? I was like a charac- ness and your intelligence. You paragraph of a serialised story tea I missed the smell of coffee ter from the stream of conscious- were in an uncertain, isolated for the next three months. in the café at L’Alliance / ness novels of Virginia wolf or space internally as well as exter- With all types of bizarre and Francaise du Madras and with James Joyce. Thoughts ran riot nally. The fragility, the =74 shameful mistakes of syntax it the great joy of the wobbly unconnected, memories good ephemeral, the ‘passing’ of all and grammar I wrote a roman- words and sentences in French. and bad coursed on the Autobahn, the existence never appeared so ". "E tic tale of a Paris ballerina and How suddenly the small joys absurd irrationalism surmounted, real, so magnified, and so an artist every day as part of my that you miss out become so and to wrap it all the fear of dying imminent. The Buddhist com- '" " obligatory promise. Gracefully precious! How random choic- $")! struck like a sledge-hammer. passion which is essential for E my professor never pointed es the virus makes! We do not The ghost of Covid had deconstructing a preoccupied out my mistakes and I had to go know who will suddenly be snatched away the parameters of self became more clear to me 6 on writing. Thus at B1 i.e. stuck and then survive or be life. But then as time passed I in living all the time in a 20 ft ""D"7 third level of French language deprived of life. found a new meaning, a new X15 ft room. People who need studies, I looked forward each I spent six month in this vision and an ability to override help in these difficult times 5 day to carry forward the French new world that I created the fear and the confined life. must be helped by me, I ""D57 romance between two artists in around me in that room which Maybe I was changing…meta- thought. my devastatingly poor French. I occupied in Chennai. Then morphosing into a Gregor Samsa The value of money got But the good was that all the with air space opened for flights of Franz Kafka! No more the sales- demoted in my mind. I cooked autumn brown evenings that I and with positive encouraging man caught in an annoying rou- on an electric cooker and need- .""6 had spent in Paris by the Seine words from my friend, I took tine of life, rather maybe like ed little food. You had no need E"47 rushed back to me, the paint- a flight to Delhi. It was a great Samsa I had become a giant spi- to dress for the world. ings of Modigliani laced me realisation and discovery anew der stuck on a wall in a room! I Meanwhile my French classes " with a great feminine charm, of the people, the things and now had time to look at the sky became online, a virtual world "5 the expressive sculptures of the feelings that I had hither- to see its changing chromes, its as near as my imaginary world Rodin overwhelmed my soul to taken for granted. variable moods; I smelled the cool that I mostly inhabited. A ."5 and I relived the fragrance of (The writer is a painter, sea air that blew in the morning small imaginative paragraph France in my little romantic tale. author, director and curator, and evening, I observed the birds that I wrote in French to a "5 This was another creative gift India Asia, European Artists who sang on the trees in joy and friend got misdirected to the that my Covid-19 confinement Association Velbert Essen for first time in life I enjoyed the WhatsApp group of my class. bestowed on me. Germany. The views expressed silence even while being in a big When I realised the mistake I I would telephone my boy- are personal.) $ 7! " 66' 6+66)7$6+' SOUNDBITE 3 # Sir — The Union Ministry of Social Justice ! " " "!! ! ) , , , and Empowerment has inaugurated 14 Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centres 6>! *! ## # & ! # ,! 2-3 , R , , for children aged zero to six years at seven # ) ! 6! national institutes and seven Composite # & # # * !#($+! , ( ! 6 # # # & 6 Regional Centres in a groundbreaking " %& <=&" + (-. effort. Dehradun, Delhi, Mumbai, ! % !## ) ! ! K Secunderabad, Kolkata, Cuttack, Chennai, Surendranagar, Lucknow, Bhopal, ! 6 #! ) ' Rajnandgaon, Patna, Nellore, and ! ! #) Kozhikode are among the 14 Early 6 67 # ( Intervention Centres that have opened. 7! > !% " ( Under one roof and in a contiguous ) % > " # % O + / O manner, the centres provide screening ! !# 6) % D # ) * and identification, rehabilitation, counsel- ## 6 ing, and therapy treatments for a variety of # ! # % ! & disabilities. Parental counseling and train- ! & % ) %7 : !"&<<!& &" )<&B"&= " O * $ ing, as well as peer counseling, are all part # 6 # # " # ! # 67 ! & K 78 ) of these centres’ mission to help parents ! & ' )E8 % /S " ( cope with the requirements of their differ- !6 # !) ) !& ently-abled children. According to research, ! E8 6 the first 1,000 days of a child’s life are crit- ! # ' ! ) !! ( ical for healthy development, thus it’s crit- # ' #! ! ! # 1 ical to identify high-risk instances early on 6# ! # 6 !# & ! # ! ! ! & so that the severity of the disability can be ! # # decreased by suitable interventions. State ## & ' Governments should increase early detec- 6 % ! %!& ! ' 6 ( tion and intervention programmes at the # # & ! #6 # grassroots level to reduce the risk factors % % ! % ! ! 6 &B"&= "?& &" ) 2 K7'! + (-. , 3 4 + * that contribute to disability. To support chil- % ! ) ! = I ::| dren with special needs, there must be a # 2 ! O ! need for community awareness. washing hands constantly with soap, and research and development of the Covid vac- / !#($+! Amit Singh Kushwaha |Satna maintaining physical distancing. All of cine. The affidavit also states that the # these must be continued relentlessly till our Indian Council of Medical Research spent ) )O , ( # country achieves vaccination coverage of at about 44 crore for clinical trials and the 6 ! Sir — Experts say that the third wave of the least 80 per cent. Government paid about 2,520 crore by way % / Novel coronavirus outbreak in India could 6 + (-. 5 Ranganathan Sivakumar | Chennai of advance to purchase the vaccine on May be as intense as the second. But its impact 10. Discarding the Government’s own affi- # can be minimised by prioritising two B=:" davits the Prime Minister told the nation K ) 8 # % + (-. ( things - improving the health infrastructure, that they funded thousands of crores for including in rural pockets and vaccinating Sir — Doubts arise over the Prime Minister’s # 6 ( development of vaccines. We do hope that E!O# the maximum number of people of all age assertions about funding of research and in the next submissions, the Attorney- groups as fast as possible. Besides vaccina- development of vaccines by the Central General will correct his statements and let = 6 ! tion, we should also aim to enhance the sur- Government. What the Prime Minister said / the country know about the thousands of ) * veillance systems with regard to identifica- and what was submitted by the crores spent for the development of the vac- O tion of cases by increasing the level of test- Government’s law officers to the Supreme (+ 2 cine programme. O ing and strict isolation mechanisms. Court do not match. 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0 0 )6@ # ? 6@ # @ FIRSTCOLUMN 9 ! 240423 972: 58:54$$782 , (126 6)$: & *! , , ! , ! # ## , , !! Q R , ! hen the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world over a year ago, the first public reaction was that of disbelief. The stereotype modern lifestyle has Whampered our ability to think beyond the rou- !2)+7&% tine. Unfortunately, the pandemic turned out to be something very real, driving the world into a state of uncertainty and fear. Lockdown or arti- $ ficial house arrest, unknown to the democratic B*$+C # ( world, became the order of the day. # ( Life changed completely between phases of ( strict lockdown and subsequent relaxations. ( O + + / Work From Home became routine; schools and # " ( colleges, too, started teaching online. But the human race rose to the occasion remarkably well *$+ # / and the world soon learnt new ways of living. + 4 # D B/+#DC The new life was particularly hard on the sports fraternity. With the postponement of the ( Tokyo Olympics, the sports world began to understand that it was facing its greatest chal- *$+ ( lenge for survival since World War II. Sports activities came to a standstill everywhere. Most # ( " sports coaches in schools, practically all over the world, lost their jobs. # D $ B D$C <8<8 Sports organisations representing popular dis- ciplines soon came up with ‘damage control’ steps, "7 # finding new ways to amuse their fans by bring- # ( # ing in online versions of their sports. However, .575 E the online versions proved to be quite different from the real ones. Online play required complete- 7 4 ly different qualities in sports like cricket, foot- 57 '7 ball or tennis.Online versions, in general, failed " 4"4 E to meet the requirements of the sports fans. 57 ' Chess, however, drew a completely different 7 = sion. Work From Home and online that players from one city gather at campaign and has already conduct- response. Unlike other sports, playing chess online 7E5 academic education provided all the one place and play under surveil- ed chess training webinars for was in existence for over two decades due to por- >7 % extra time needed to start some- lance of International Arbiters. over 1,500 trainee coaches. The day tals such as Chess.com, Li-Chess, Chess24, thing new and it was online chess At the moment, most of the city is not far when every Indian child Internet Chess Club (ICC), etc. Membership of that attracted large sections of the and district chess associations in will learn chess in his/her school. these portals was hassle-free, quick and inexpen- ""4 society. India are not able to provide venues The high point for chess so far sive.As a result, online chess tournaments and "5 The proactive role played by the for such tournament, but eventual- is that PogChamps 3, hosted by training already existed before the pandemic hit E>5 FIDE during the pandemic has ly hybrid tournaments are going to Chess.com in February, 2021, saw the world. been commendable and an inspi- be the major form of the game in the participation of 7.5 million The major difference between online chess "457 ration to chess organisers all over future primarily because it is cheap players, a number unparalleled in * D / and other sports is that the skill set is the same 7 the world. While both, the on account of negligible travel and any other sports discipline. Chess S in chess for the original sport and the online ver- International Olympic Committee accommodation costs. The All has indeed reached its peak and the 57 6 ( sion. The world soon sensed that playing chess and the FIDE were compelled to India Chess Federation (AICF) is pandemic has contributed a great ( online was no different from playing in person indefinitely postpone the 2020 committed to create ‘hybrid chess deal to its growth. 7 " and this resulted in the beginning of “achhe din Olympic Games (Japan) and 2020 arenas’ in all the major cities in the However, one should not be (good days)” for chess globally. Chess Olympiad (Russia), respec- country. complacent about the boom. In = / ( The president of the International Chess tively, the FIDE immediately came The greatest individual contrib- March, 2021, the ‘Chess Insider’ ( Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich was up with an ingenious alternative — utor to chess during the pandem- cautioned that all is not as well RF S 5 quoted by the ‘New York Times’ in May, 2020 as Online Chess Olympiad. The Chess ic is none other than world cham- because “the new-found popular- # ( saying that the number of online chess players had Olympiad format was modified to pion Magnus Carlsen who not only ity is diluting the game’s essence”. / ( at least doubled by the first six months after the suit all sections of players with the sponsored several online tourna- I perfectly agree with this view as * pandemic began. This is because in March-April inclusion of women, boys and girls ments but also facilitated mega I too see certain (avoidable) dan- # 2020, most chess portals started conducting online in national teams. (The Online events like Meltwater Champions gers involved. In order to curb the tournaments round-the-clock and that enabled Chess Olympiad 2020 was jointly Chess Tour, with 10 major online incidences of cheating, all chess # //# the world to start a new connect with the mys- won by Russia and India.) tournaments scheduled between portals are conducting more and tery of 64 squares. Online Chess has its disadvan- November 2020 and October 2021, more Blitz (3 minutes) and Bullet 3 To understand the reason for such an tages too. Chess-playing engines are with the participation of most of (1 minute) tournaments, but none *$+ ( upsurge in the number of players one also needs more formidable than the strongest the top players. The tour has seen with regular and classical time con- / to refer to surveys conducted by chess organisa- chess players these days and that emergence of several young talents trol. In such rapid tournaments, 2 tions from time to time. The one by former world tempts many players to use engines reaching the highest level. Former factors like speed of internet con- chess champion Anatoly Karpov is the most rel- to win games by unfair means. world champion Garry Kasparov, nection, efficiency in handling evant. Karpov and his team deduced that over 30 Though there were no instances of too, made a great contribution in the mouse and chess reflexes out- R ((( S # /+#DS per cent of the population of developed countries cheating in the Online Olympiad, assisting the direction of the Netflix weigh chess skills. A serious chess $ 3 played chess reasonably well (way back in 2008) the online World Youth Chess series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, t h e player, therefore, should refrain and that it was only their inability to go and play Championships, unfortunately, saw story of an orphan American girl from playing Blitz and Bullet in chess tournaments that had kept them away; several instances of wrong-doings. becoming a world champion by games regularly. Now that the # * ? ? that is why the low participation in tournaments The writer is an Indian The FIDE took prompt measures defeating the mighty Russians in chess fraternity has succeeded in did not really reflect the true picture of chess’ pop- chess Grandmaster and against both cheating and the pan- the 1960s. creating a continuously increasing + B*??+C ( ( seven-time national chess + ularity. champion. He is also an demic by coming with an innova- In India, the newly-elected active player base, it is time to con- With chess portals starting regular, online Arjuna awardee. tive concept of a ‘hybrid Chess tour- members of the AICF has begun its duct more Hybrid Chess 26G* ( tournaments since March, 2020, these latent chess The views expressed nament’ — which is basically an term with a bang. 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t the recent G7 summit, to poorer countries in Asia, some of them more infectious arrived. (Modi doesn’t like that Since there was no war, no ‘Variant D’ infection was only US President Joe Biden Africa and Latin America. Most and/or more deadly, and will phrase, so we’re now supposed natural disaster, no other plague detected in England in April, Apromised to distribute are sold at close to cost price, spread into the countries that to call it ‘Variant D’.) striking Madhya Pradesh at but it already accounts for 90 500 million doses of Covid-19 and sometimes, for the poorest, think they have made them- The new variant swept that time, it makes sense to per cent of new infections vaccines free to the poorer with cheap credit as an added selves safe. through India like a scythe, with assume that the huge surge in there, and the UK has just countries by the middle of next attraction. Around half of all the Take India, for example. It daily death tolls as high as Brazil deaths was mostly due to extended its lockdown mea- year. That’s more than a drop in 5466-7:' doses going to the less-devel- had a quite good first wave, with or the US in their worst Covid-19. But on that assump- sures for another month. the bucket, but not much more. oped countries are Chinese. apparently low Covid casualties. moments. But of course India tion, Covid deaths in Madhya Nobody is safe until every- A tablespoon in the bucket, per- China is not sacrificing its Everybody knew that there has four times as many people Pradesh in May were not five body is safe. Relative safety haps. own people for this: It has was some under-counting of as the US, so it wouldn’t really times higher, but up to 42 would require having 40 per And the other six ‘Gs’ already vaccinated about 40 per fatalities, but the worst-case esti- be all that extraordinary even if times higher than the recorded cent of the world’s population (Canada, France, Germany, cent of its population, roughly mate was that the real Indian its true death toll from Covid- Covid mortality figure. vaccinated by January, and 60 Italy, Japan, and the UK) have the same ratio as the US. Yet its death rate might be five times 19 were up to five times high- Rukmini S did a similar per cent by mid-2022 — at a pledged around the same num- share of the vaccines used in higher — which would still be er. investigation for the State of total cost, according to the ber of free jabs for poor coun- developing countries is likely to they shouldn’t claim that they no worse than France. Recently, however, an Andhra Pradesh, and got sim- International Monetary Fund, tries on the same timetable. So rise even further. have to vaccinate all their own Only three per cent of enterprising Indian data jour- ilar results (34-fold higher). of around $50 billion. around a year from now the Well, good for China. Sure people first. Instead, try being Indians are vaccinated, but nalist called Rukmini S, writing This is what happens when you The billion doses promised seven richest Western countries it is buying influence with its equally generous. Prime Minister Narendra for the online news site Scroll.in, have a still largely unvaccinat- by the G7 for mid-2022 just will have given out around one generosity, but what’s wrong But generous is actually Modi’s Government got so checked out the official statis- ed population and you take don’t cut it, and even an extra billion free doses of Covid vac- Gwynne Dyer’s new book with that? If the G7 countries the wrong word. ‘Self-interest- cocky that it authorised all tics in the State of Madhya your eye off the ball. The virus billion from China is not cines. Pretty generous, no? is ‘Growing Pains: The want to counter it, they should- ed’ is a better word, because sorts of crowd events like elec- Pradesh. It turned out that mutates, and it spreads like enough. Two doses each for five No. China leads all the G7 Future of Democracy n’t resort to cheap propaganda leaving large populations tion campaigns and religious total recorded deaths from all wildfire. billion people is what’s needed. (and Work)’. The views countries combined in the expressed are personal. about Chinese vaccines being unvaccinated anywhere guaran- festivals — and then in early causes, known or unknown, Even a half-vaccinated pop- Or we can choose to live with number of doses it has delivered ineffective (they’re not), and tees that new variants will arise, 2021 the ‘Indian variant’ had tripled in April and May. ulation is not safe. The first the killer variants instead. !"#" < 2439-8$4;7$$891782 3$4 6 , , $ crowd made racist chants. 3! In Gaza, meanwhile, activists mobilised by the ter- ritory’s militant Hamas rulers have sent incendiary balloons F54 7 across the frontier into Israel, setting fields and farmland D7 74 any action on a decision taken alestinians protested after ablaze. by the President based on the PFriday prayers at the Al- Israel launched airstrikes sserting that the House of Constitution without the rec- Aqsa mosque compound in on Wednesday and Thursday, ARepresentatives was dis- ommendation of anyone,” Jerusalem and briefly clashed targeting what it said were solved as per the constitution- President Bhandari asserted. with Israeli police, leaving three Hamas facilities. al provisions, Nepal’s President “And the court cannot issue demonstrators wounded. There were no casualties Bidya Devi Bhandari has told a mandamus order to appoint A series of far more violent from the strikes, but the vio- the Supreme Court that it can- a certain person. To make such clashes at the site in April and lence risked unraveling the not overturn her decision on a demand itself is an issue May helped ignite last month’s truce brokered by Egyptian the matter or subject it to a against the Constitution.” 11-day Gaza war. The site is the mediators, who have been judicial review. Oli, 69, on his part, said third holiest in Islam and the meeting with both Israel and President Bhandari, at the government formation is a holiest for Jews, who refer to it Hamas to solidify it. recommendation of Prime political process and that the as the Temple Mount because Israel swore in a new gov- Minister K P Sharma Oli, dis- court cannot decide on this it was the location of the bib- ernment last weekend, ending solved the lower house for the matter. lical temples. Prime Minister Benjamin second time in five months on become a subject of any peti- “The court has the author- It has frequently been the Netanyahu’s 12 years in power. May 22 and announced snap tion and this cannot be an issue ity to interpret the scene of Israeli-Palestinian vio- ! !$ $! ) ! ! $!! ! ! / ' $ !> >! It relies on a fragile coalition of elections on November 12 and for a judicial review,” the Constitution, but it cannot lence. This time, the police !> $ ) 5!P! ( parties from across Israel’s November 19. Prime Minister President said in the clarifica- play the role of the legislature refrained from entering the political spectrum, and is Oli is currently heading a tion presented to the court or the executive,” said Oli in his compound and appeared to act be seen throwing stones at “Death to Arabs” and “May fire halted the Gaza war on expected to try and sideline the minority government after los- through the Office of the response. with more restraint, possibly on police stationed at an entrance your village burn.” The May 21. Palestinian issue as much as ing a trust vote in the House. Attorney General. “Forming governments the orders of Israel’s newly to the compound, who fired Palestinians protested against Tuesday’s rally was held to possible. President Bhandari, Prime “While taking the deci- based on parties’ claims is the sworn-in government. The Red stun grenades and rubber- insulting Islam’s Prophet celebrate Israel’s capture of east Israel captured the West Minister Oli and Speaker Agni sion, the President ascertained fundamental characteristic of Crescent emergency service coated bullets. Muhammad, after online video Jerusalem, including the Old Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem Sapkota separately presented whether the prime minister to the parliamentary system. Our said two Palestinians were Hundreds demonstrated showed some of the partici- City and its holy sites, during in the 1967 war, territories the their clarifications in writing to be appointed as per the Article Constitution does not imagine wounded by rubber bullets after Friday prayers in response pants in the Tuesday march the 1967 war. Police forcibly Palestinians want for a future the apex court on the govern- 76(5) could get a vote of con- party-less practices. If we run and a third by a stone that was to a rally held by Jewish ultra- denigrating him. cleared Palestinians from the state. The peace process ground ment’s May 21 decision, The fidence or not. This can be Parliament and the govern- thrown. nationalists on Tuesday in Tensions have remained route of the march and pro- to a halt more than a decade Khadmandu Post reported. done only by the President and ment as demanded by the peti- Young Palestinians could which dozens had chanted high since an informal cease- vided security as many in the ago. The Constitutional Bench that’s exactly what the President tioners, this could revive a on June 9 had asked them to did.” party-less system like the furnish their clarifications in President Bhandari Panchayat.” = 72272:$3$2-74< 7 writing. referred to Clause 16 of the As many as 30 petitions 7 N O While the President and Remunerations and Benefits of have been filed at the Supreme ) Prime Minister defended their the President and Vice Court against Oli’s House dis- ! decisions, Speaker Sapkota has President Act-2017 that gives solution move. One of them called the House dissolution an immunity to the President. was filed by the Opposition & R !! /'! unconstitutional move. Clause 16 of the Act states alliance led by Nepali Congress Sheetal Niwas, the presi- that no cases would be prose- President Sher Bahadur Deuba. 4 7 " dential office, even argued that cuted in any court of law on the The court is set to start the 4>7 F54 7 the President’s decision cannot actions taken by the President final hearing from June 23, but ecretary General Antonio be a subject of judicial review. while administering his/her it has said the hearing on other ran voted on Friday in a pres- SGuterres on Friday pledged to srael said Friday it will trans- “Any action carried out by duties whether the person petitions would resume after Iidential election tipped in the “do everything” in his power Ifer around 1 million doses of the President as per Article 76 holds office or is retired. finalising the petition filed by favour of a hard-line protege of during his second innings as the soon-to-expire coronavirus of the Constitution cannot “So the court cannot take the opposition alliance. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali UN chief to contribute to a bet- vaccines to the Palestinian Khamenei, fuelling public apa- ter future for all as the Covid-19 Authority in exchange for a thy and sparking calls for a boy- pandemic revealed the world’s similar number of doses the cott in the Islamic Republic. shared vulnerability, inter-con- Palestinians expect to receive A+ ! State-linked opinion nectedness and absolute need for later this year. polling and analysts put hard- collective action. Israel, which has reopened line judiciary chief Ebrahim Guterres said this soon after vaccinating some 85% of Raisi as the dominant front- after the 193-member UN its adult population, has faced runner in a field of just four General Assembly appointed criticism for not sharing its vac- 4 7 " San Suu Kyi, President Win ratic transition, though any candidates. Former Central him as the Secretary General cines with the 4.5 million Myint “and all those who have nation can call for a vote. Bank chief, Abdolnasser for a second five year term Palestinians in he UN General Assembly is been arbitrarily detained, Hemmati, is running as the from January 1, 2022- the occupied West Bank and Texpected to approve a res- charged or arrested.” race’s moderate candidate but $! ! )! $ ) ! December 31, 2026. Gaza. olution calling on Myanmar’s The 193-member assembly hasn’t inspired the same sup- ! $ ! 0& > President of the 75th ses- The agreement was junta to restore the country’s is scheduled to consider the $ port as outgoing President sion of the General Assembly announced by the new Israeli democratic transition and for resolution, which has more Hassan Rouhani, who is term trying to save Tehran’s tattered including reformists and those Volkan Bozkir administered government that was sworn in all countries “to prevent the than 50 co-sponsors, on Friday . < limited from seeking the office nuclear deal with world pow- aligned with Rouhani. the oath of office to the 72- on Sunday. It said it would flow of arms into Myanmar,” afternoon and its sponsors are again. ers, as it enriches uranium to Khamenei cast the ceremonial year-old former Portuguese transfer Pfizer vaccines that will diplomats said. hoping it will be approved by Bangkok: A court in Myanmar If elected, Raisi would be the closest point yet to vote from Tehran, prime minister. expire soon, and that the PA The draft resolution also consensus to send a strong has extended the detention of the first serving Iranian presi- weapons-grade levels. where he urged the public to “This is a solemn moment. would transfer a similar num- condemns deadly violence by message to the military of American journalist Danny dent sanctioned by the US Tensions remain high with take part. I find myself experiencing a ber of vaccines when it receives security forces and calls on the global opposition to its Feb 1 Fenster for another two weeks, government even before enter- both the U.S. And Israel, which “Through the participa- whirlwind of emotions and them from the pharmaceutical junta to unconditionally release takeover and support for a while the US State Department ing office over his involve- is believed to have carried out tion of the people the country thoughts. I am deeply hon- company In September or the ousted civilian leader Aung return to Myanmar’s democ- urged that it be granted con- ment in the mass execution of a series of attacks targeting and the Islamic ruling system oured and grateful for the trust October. sular access to him. political prisoners in 1988, as Iranian nuclear sites and assas- will win great points in the you have placed in me to serve Israel has carried out one of Online news and business well as his time as the head of sinating the scientist who cre- international arena, but the as the Secretary-General of the most successful vaccination magazine Frontier Myanmar, Iran’s internationally criticized ated its military atomic pro- ones who benefit first are the the United Nations for a second programs in the world, allow- where Fenster is managing judiciary — one of the world’s gram decades earlier. people themselves,” Khamenei term. Serving the United ing it to fully reopen business- editor, said he faces a charge top executioners. Polls opened at 7 am local said. “Go ahead, choose and Nations is an immense privi- es and schools. This week, that carries a potential three- It also would firmly put time for the vote, which has vote.” But by mid-day, turnout lege and a most noble duty,” authorities lifted the require- year prison term. The charge, hard-liners in control across the seen widespread public apathy appeared far lower than Iran’s Guterres said in his remarks to ment to wear masks in public, used frequently against dissi- Iranian government as negoti- after a panel under Khamenei last presidential election in the General Assembly after his one of the last remaining dents and journalists. AP ations in Vienna continue over barred hundreds of candidates, 2017. oath of office. restrictions. ! 3 > 4 ! B7 United Nations/Geneva: The Friday. According to the Covid- B.1.617 without further speci- Covid-19 Delta variant, which 19 Weekly Epidemiological fication of lineage at this time.” Brussels: A Belgian court ruled was first identified in India, is Update issued by the WHO on The B.1.617.2 Delta variant Friday that coronavirus vac- becoming the dominant variant June 15, the Delta variant is now was first detected in India cine-maker AstraZeneca had globally because of its signifi- being reported in about 80 around October 2020. committed a “serious breach” of cantly increased transmissibil- countries around the world. “The whole situation is so its contract with the European ity, WHO chief scientist Another 12 countries and areas dynamic because of the variants Union amid a major legal battle Soumya Swaminathan said on are “reporting the detection of that are now circulating and...The over delivery obligations that has Delta variant is well on its way to tarnished the company’s image. becoming the dominant variant The court ordered globally because of its signifi- AstraZeneca to deliver a total cantly increased transmissibility,” of 80.2 million doses to the EU Swaminathan said. PTI from the time the contract was agreed up until Sept. 27. The ruling said the company did not appear to have made a “best reasonable effort” to meet the delivery schedule because it had not used its UK Production sites. But the Anglo-Swedish company claimed victory, say- ing that this was far fewer than the 120 million doses that the EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, was seeking in total by the end of June. AP " !"#"
"* + $ ! $ $ = / - ! %$ > C % 9* D )$ $ ! 5 @ 4 >7 active conventional and uncon- Bank to operationalize the 022 ventional measures and to MPC's guidance on an ongoing eserve Bank Governor effectively channelling the sys- basis by ensuring congenial arkets regulator Sebi on 4 >7 RShaktikanta Das has temic liquidity to alleviate stress financial conditions across the 4 >7 Sectorally, power, utilities, MFriday extended the pitched for policy support from of critical sectors which have system as well as for specific metal, oil and gas, basic mate- deadline till July 20 for sub- isinvestment-bound Air all sides -- fiscal, monetary and borne the brunt of the second sectors, instruments and insti- he BSE Sensex staged a rials and realty indices fell up mitting public comments on DIndia is looking to raise sectoral -- to nurture recovery wave, he said. tutions," he said. Tsmart recovery to end in to 2.77 per cent. the suggestions made by the 200 to 300 crore by selling of the economy hit by the sec- Das, and the other five RBI Executive Director the positive terrain after diving While, BSE telecom, technical group on social stock commercial and residential ond wave of the coronavirus members of the MPC -- Mridul K Saggar said the solace over 722 points during the FMCG and consumer durables exchange in the wake of ongo- real estate assets in different pandemic. Shashanka Bhide, Ashima is that economic growth has session on Friday, as heavy- indices ended with gains. ing coronavirus pandemic. parts of the country. The dent on economic Goyal, Jayanth R Varma, not fallen off the cliff in Q1 as weights Reliance and HDFC Broader midcap and small- Earlier, public comments Air India on Friday sought activity due to the second wave Mridul K Saggar and Michael it did a year ago. duo saved the day for the cap indices dropped up to 0.89 were sought till June 20. bids for a slew of properties, of the pandemic during April- Debabrata Patra -- had voted It is possible that that ini- benchmark. per cent. "In view of the requests including flats and plots. May necessitated continuation for keeping the policy repo rate tial GDP estimates do not pro- After swinging over 985 During the week, the received from stakeholders "Air India through MSTC of monetary measures to sup- unchanged at 4.0 per cent. vide full visibility and the points during the day, the BSE Sensex declined 130.31 points seeking extension of timeline invites e-auction bids for sale of port the process of economic RBI Deputy Governor impact on informal and unor- gauge ended 21.12 points or or 0.24 per cent, while the Nifty for submission of comments the properties located across recovery to make it durable, Patra observed that unlike in ganised economy may be deep- 0.04 per cent higher at fell 116 points or 0.73 per due to COVID-19 pandemic, it India," according to a public The bids would be open on Das had said while participat- the first wave, supply condi- er, he said. 52,344.45. cent. has been decided to extend the notice. July 8 and close on July 9. ing in the meeting of the tions have remained relatively Also, if the economy does On the other hand, the "The market continued to timeline for seeking public A residential plot and a flat The government is in the Monetary Policy Committee resilient in the second wave, but expand by 9.5 per cent this year, broader NSE Nifty slipped 8.05 be in the consolidation phase comments to July 20, 2021," in Mumbai, five flats in New process of deciding on the (MPC) earlier in the month. aggregate demand barring net the output level in 2021-22 will points or 0.05 per cent to close witnessing broad-based selling, Sebi said in a notice. Delhi, a residential plot in final contours for the disin- "Overall, the second wave exports has been dented and be just 1.6 per cent higher than at 15,683.35. Intraday, the index taking cues from the Fed pol- A Sebi-appointed panel in Bangalore, and four flats in vestment of loss-making Air of COVID-19 has altered the needs counter-pandemic poli- in the pre-pandemic year 2019- touched a high of 15,761.50 icy and mixed global markets. May suggested a detailed Kolkata, are among the prop- India. near-term outlook, and policy cy support. 20, he added. and a low of 15,450.90. US bond yields have cooled off framework for onboarding erties that have been put on A special purpose vehicle - support from all sides – fiscal, Even the turnaround in net He further said inflation is In the Sensex pack, 18 from its high as global markets social enterprises and non- sale. - Air India Assets Holding Ltd monetary and sectoral – is exports is fragile and heavily expected to stay elevated from shares suffered losses and 12 seem to have digested the lat- profit organisations on the Besides, a booking office (AIAHL) -- has been set up to required to nurture recovery dependent on the strength of the target but below the upper ended with gains. ONGC was est Fed comments,” said Vinod proposed social stock and staff quarter in hold the non-core assets of Air and expedite return to nor- the vaccination propelled tolerance level through the the top loser in the Sensex Nair, Head of Research at exchange. Aurangabad, a residential plot India group. malcy," Das said, as per the revival in external demand, year. The government has pack, shedding around 4 per Geojit Financial Services. Under the framework, cor- along with Airline House in AIAHL was set up for minutes of the meeting released which may be partially offset by tasked the RBI to retain infla- cent, followed by NTPC, China's plan to sell metal porate foundations, political Bhuj, six flats in Nashik, book- warehousing accumulated on Friday. the terms of trade loss on tion at 4 per cent with a mar- PowerGrid, M&M, Nestle reserves to check recent price and religious organisations, ing office in Nagpur and a res- working capital loan not Going forward, the gover- account of the rise in interna- gin of 2 per cent on either India, SBI and HCL Tech. hikes has pulled down the sec- among other entities should not idential plot in backed by any asset along with nor said the pace of vaccination tional commodity prices, par- side. On the other hand, HUL, tor's sentiments, he added. be allowed to be on the bourse. Thiruvananthapuram and two four subsidiaries -- Air India and the speed with which the ticularly crude oil, he External MPC member Bajaj Auto, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Elsewhere in Asia, bours- The panel had also listed 15 flats in Mangaluru are for sale, Air Transport Services Ltd, second wave can be brought noted. Jayanth R Varma said inflation Finserv and IndusInd Bank es in Hong Kong and Seoul broad activities that will make a as per the notice. Airline Allied Services Ltd, under control will have con- Patra further said the MPC rates have been consistently were major gainers. Index ended on a positive note, while social enterprise (SE) eligible to "We are expecting the auc- Air India Engineering Services siderable bearing on the evolv- has created the necessary con- well above the mid point of the heavyweights Reliance Shanghai and Tokyo closed be onboarded on the exchange. tion of these properties should Ltd (AIESL) and Hotel ing growth as well the inflation ditions for supporting growth tolerance zone for an extend- Industries as well as HDFC lower. In its report to Sebi, the fetch around Rs 200-300 crore Corporation of India Ltd (HCI) trajectory. by maintaining the policy rate ed period and are forecast to Bank and HDFC too logged Stock exchanges in Europe panel, under the chairman- for AIAHL," a senior official -- and various non-core The Reserve Bank remains at its lowest level ever. remain elevated for some gains – helping the Sensex end were largely trading with loss- ship of NABARD former chair- told PTI. assets. committed to undertake pro- "The onus is on the Reserve time. in the green. es in mid-session deals. man Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, had deliberated on aspects related to the ecosystem devel- )) )+!$ !& /) ! 6 % * opment, especially on social ') ! )! ;+ auditors. ! !C 7 SEs eligible to participate in social stock exchange should be !& + ! !! !$ entities -- non-profit organisa- ! ! & !! cent and 10.21 per cent in May tion (NPO) and for-profit $$ $) last year. social enterprise (FPE) having ) , etail inflation for farm and All-India CPI-AL and CPI- social intent and impact as their he Department of Pension Rrural workers rose to 2.94 RL for May this year rose eight primary goal. )! 9:2;3AB inter alia provides pre-school T& Pensioners' Welfare on per cent and 3.12 per cent, notch each to 1,049 and 1,057 non-formal education and Friday carried out their second, respectively, in May as certain points, respectively. upplying food to schools hence, anganwadi is covered by in a series, vaccination camp to food items turned The major contribution 4 >7 lar selling from few foreign Sunder mid-day meal the definition of educational protect their staff and officers costlier. towards the rise in general banks and IPO related inflows scheme, pre-schools and institution (as pre-school). from the Corona virus. During The inflation rates in April index of agricultural labour- he rupee on Friday broke well supported Rupee," said anganwadis is exempt from "...It is clarified that services this camp officers, staff and their had stood at 2.66 per cent and ers and rural labourers came Tits eight-session losing Dilip Parmar, Research GST, the Central Board of provided to an educational family members from 18 to 44 2.94 per cent, respectively. from food, with (+) 6.67 streak to end 22 paise higher at Analyst, HDFC Securities. Indirect Taxes and Customs institution by way of serving of years of age were administered "Point-to-point rate of points and (+) 6.16 points, 73.86 against the US dollar, tak- Parmar further noted that (CBIC) has said. food ( catering including mid- the Covishield vaccine. The inflation based on the CPI-AL respectively. This was mainly ing cues from stronger Asian near-term focus will remain on Issuing a set of clarification day meals) is exempt from Department in order to ensure (Consumer Price Index for due to a rise in prices of currencies and lower crude oil crude oil, dollar index and on certain decisions taken by levy of GST irrespective of its safety of the staff and officers Agricultural Labourers) and wheat atta, meat goat, fish prices. capital flows for the rupee the GST Council in its 43rd funding from government undertook this task and includ- CPI-RL (Consumer Price Index fresh, mustard oil, groundnut At the interbank foreign trend. meeting on May 28, the CBIC grants or corporate donations. ed the family members as well, for Rural Labourers) stood at oil, pulses, and vegetables and exchange market, the domestic On the domestic equity said it had received representa- "Educational institutions as in order to make the protection 2.94 per cent and 3.12 per cent fruits. unit opened lower at 74.10 per market front, the BSE Sensex tions regarding applicability of defined in the (GST) notifica- drive of the employees more in May 2021," the labour min- dollar from the previous close ended 21.12 points or 0.04 per GST on the issues as to whether tion include anganwadi. Hence, effective. Dr Jitendra Singh, istry said in a statement. of 74.08. cent higher at 52,344.45, while serving of food in schools under serving of food to anganwadi MoS(PP) graced the occasion in It added that the inflation It touched a low of 74.27 the broader NSE Nifty fell 8.05 mid-day meals scheme would shall also be covered by said the presence of Secretary rates based on CPI-AL and during the day following a points or 0.05 per cent to be exempt if such supplies are exemption, whether sponsored Pension & Pensioners' Welfare CPI-RL in April 2021 had weak trend in domestic equi- 15,683.35. funded by government grants by government or through and other officers and staff of stood at 2.66 per cent and 2.94 ties, before clawing back lost Brent crude futures, the and/or corporate donations. donation from corporates," the the Department. per cent, respectively; and 8.40 ground to end at 73.86. global oil benchmark, fell 0.64 Under the goods and ser- CBIC said on June 17. About 150 people were per cent and 8.12 per cent dur- The domestic currency had per cent to USD 72.61 per bar- vices tax (GST), any catering EY Tax Partner Abhishek vaccinated during this drive ing May 2020. lost 128 paise in the last eight rel. service, including mid-day Jain said the clarification by the which was organised in the Food inflation based on trading sessions till Thursday. Foreign institutional meals, provided to an educa- government that the GST CSOI premises of the Ministry CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at Meanwhile, the dollar investors were net sellers in the tional institution is exempt exemption on catering ser- of Personnel, PG & Pensions. 1.54 per cent and 1.73 per cent, index, which gauges the green- capital market on Thursday as from the levy. 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for me is like this door which takes me to all these other incredible trea- sures. I started reading him at a very ( OLD STORIES, young age and for me he was my introduction to serious literature. , D, R * , , Undoubtedly, choice works of some of the most prolific Urdu and ,5 $ )( ? ?( Hindi writers were handpicked for this project. But which one of une 20 is the day when we absence? How can he find NEW VOICES them do you hold most dear, Jcelebrate fatherhood and solace in a world that has putting Manto and Qurratulain acknowledge the important denied him the protection and Haider’s Nazara Hai Darmiyan role that fathers play in shap- warmth of a father figure? Will aside? ing our lives. Here is our pick fate intervene? How will he 7 As they say in Hindi and Urdu, of the films that will remind help heal his grieving mother? meri kya aukaat. Who am I to you of the warm and caring This Aijaz Khan directorial % choose from such great legends or paternal presence in your life. starring the luminous Rasika % 75 7 create a hierarchy of preferences? Duggal, Vikas Kumar and Each one has something so unique KD: This 2019 Yoodlee produc- young Talha Arshad Reshi in a D"" 7 5 E and extraordinary to offer. But if I tion was critically acclaimed for national award winning role is were to choose anyone apart from refreshingly humanising a a stirring adaptation of the play =75' Manto and Qurratulain Haider, it patriarch rather than glorifying Phone No. 786 by Mohd. Amin would be Asad Muhammad Khan him as a Bhat. Its heart-breaking and yet # for his story ‘Kokon’. His work proverbial uplifting narrative reminds us belies the perception that Urdu fic- pillar of of the unaddressed pain of tion and literature have not grown strength. bereaved children when # beyond a certain decade post the There is an tragedy deprives them of the Partition. Writers like Asad inner child sheltering presence of a father Muhammad Khan are still alive and within our figure. not only experimenting with their 70-some- he storytelling tradition, craft and genres but creating incred- thing pro- Piku: This sweet and salty Dastangoi, comes from two ible literary milestones. Their work tagonist 2015 Shoojit Sarkar directori- TPersian words Dastan, mean- is so easily relatable and for the lack Karuppu al captured the highs and lows ing ‘story’, and goi, meaning ‘to tell’. of a better word, so modern and Durai (Mu of a co-dependent relation- Traditional bards, called dastango in postmodern. Their work generates Ramaswamy) who wakes up Persian, acted out tales in parts of hope because it is evolutionary and from a long illness and escapes the Arab world, Persia and India. shows that more diverse experi- from his home and children Yaar Julahay, a new offering by ments in Urdu literature can still who are all set to euthanize Zee Theatre brings to life the stories unfold . So I would choose, Kokon him. The joy he feels when an of progressive Urdu and Hindi writ- for its content, storytelling, style and eight- year-old wisecracker ers like Gulzar, Saadat Hasan Manto, particularly for its genre which, in Kutty (Nagavishal in a National Ismat Chughtai, Munshi my limited knowledge, is not award-winning role) bonds Premchand, Amrita Pritam, explored often enough. with him, shows us how wrong Qurratulain Haider, Balwant Singh, we are when we look at old age Asad Muhammad Khan, Ghulam How relevant are the stories as an ending rather than a Abbas, Rajinder Singh Bedi and showcased in Yaar Julahay in the beginning of new adventures. Intezar Hussain through dramatic present day context? Directed with wit and sensitiv- readings. The name of the series is As far as the relevance is con- ity by Madhumita, this engag- inspired by a Gulzar poem and pays cerned, I think, one needs to contex- ing Tamil film is a heart-warm- a tribute to writers who craft stories tualise what kind of relevance are we ing and eye-opening reflec- with the deftness of master weavers. talking about. In any case, relevance tion on relationships, life and Pakistani actor, Mahira Khan is an essential quality of great liter- death. It is an affirmation that featured in the opening episode of ature and every memorable story age does not extinguish the ship between a hypochondriac the 12-part series, reading Ahmad stands the test of time. These stories desire to fulfil dormant ambi- father and his spunky daugh- Nadeem Qasmi’s classic story, have stayed with us for decades and tions and should not prevent ter. There is a certain role Guriya. Some names who will be some have been told and retold for anyone from enjoying life’s lit- reversal here as the father featured in the series are Sarmad over a century now. They do speak tle and big pleasures. monopolises the attention of Khoosat, Sarwat Gilani, Nimra of different generations and connect his daughter while she has to Bucha, Fawad Khan, Sania Saeed, with different people differently but Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil parent his mood swings, com- Irfan Khoosat, Yasra Rizvi, Samiya at their core, there is always a uni- Girl: This 2020 Dharma pro- plaints and bouts of anxiety Mumtaz, and Faisal Qureshi. versal human emotion. Such narra- duction, essayed a father’s sup- about little and big things. The Humsafar maker Sarmad, who tions of real life and even fictional port for his daughter beautiful- two constantly fight, bicker has directed Yaar Julahay with his works come from sensitive, univer- ly in a world where patriarchal and talk over each other but sister Kanwal Khoosat also appears sally resonant observations. When I attitudes more often than not also share a bond that nothing in the second episode with a rendi- compare my 14 years of compulso- and nobody can weaken. tion of Qurratulain Haider’s Nazara retained. Also I feel, people are so with them on the journey to collec- What would you put down your ry education of history, which is Produced by N P Singh, Ronnie Hai Darmiyan, talks to us during a overstimulated by visuals and tively execute a certain idea with fascination with Manto to? mandatory in Pakistan, to even just Lahiri and Sneha Rajani, the break as he recovers from COVID- imagery that the essence of a story integrity and purity. We are lucky to I think my fascination or almost a bunch of short stories written by film reminds the audience that 19. gets lost. Stories have to be heard in be acquainted with a lot of celebrat- obsession with Manto is no secret Manto, I think the latter inculcated there will come a time when a a pure, direct way, I feel. Storytelling ed, seasoned and experienced actors anymore and I don’t think about it much more empathy and under- parent who has always been the While a post pandemic world essentially comes wrapped in the who we know are on the same wave- too actively. It’s almost like ‘ishq’ and standing of historical events in me. source of strength will grow has encouraged the growth of process of listening, especially in length as us. These are people we it is here to stay and nothing can The experience of reading these writ- older, weaker and will need audio-visual media through the Dastangoi where the spoken word is have worked with and who are change it. I also think Urdu litera- ers is richer than what you can find care, time, patience and uncon- internet, Dastangoi is an intimate the primary force. known for their command on the ture, of the subcontinent in partic- in many history books put togeth- ditional love. The film starred and somewhat personal art form. What we have done in Yaar craft regardless of their mainstream ular, cannot be complete without his er. Literature and art have that Deepika Padukone in the titu- With it being “interpreted in a con- Julahay is to open a new avenue for appeal. For some, this format was works. His work is like a pillar that power of conveying meaning and lar role along with Amitabh temporary way” for Yaar Julahay, the audience which may not have new because they do not come other literary movements and writ- substance in a way that is timeless Bachchan and Irrfan Khan. how was the essence of Dastangoi discovered the magic of Dastangoi. from the background of theatre but ers lean against and derive inspira- and stays with you forever. retained during the series? So even if the stories are recorded, they were note-perfect after spend- tion from. The flavour of his writ- Hindi Medium: This 2017 Saket As far as retaining the essence the audience ‘listen’ to them as ing enough time in the preproduc- ing is very unique and there’s no one Do you foresee a scope for Chaudhary directorial was a of Dastangoi in this audio-visual opposed to say, watching film or TV tion phase and rehearsals. I think we like him. Writers like Manto, such collaborations which tran- good-natured critique of the medium which is not theatre, is con- shows that offer so much visual have a very interesting blend of per- Rajinder Singh Bedi, and scends the Indo-Pak borders in the irrational ambitions of parents, cerned, I think, we started right at stimulation. We do have sets and formers. Also what made things eas- Qurratulain Hyder give us a very future? snuff out the dreams and ambi- especially when it comes to the the beginning with getting the basic props but there is only one actor and ier was that the narration style was interesting insight in terms of our I don’t know if I foresee a scope. tions of young women. The education of their children. The expression right. The way it is the atmosphere is not flashy. What not didactic and did not need to be history and their works are not I wish there was one. I wish there Sharan Sharma directorial voice of reason in this film made, makes it theatrical for the remains in the end is the story that projected towards a live audience. about nationality or geography but were more collaborations. I wish the based on the life of Gunjan belongs to Raam Batra, the eter- actors because for them the tech- has been told without any distrac- Everyone wore microphones and all of us, all sorts of people, commu- exchange the two nations started a Saxena, one of the first Indian nally caring husband and father nique is very similar to a live per- tions or interventions in a consis- though the format was unfamiliar nities and characters who have few years ago, had continued. It’s female Air Force pilots in com- formance. So it’s not shot in broken tently minimal environment. for many, every single actor brought inhabited this region. So Manto of almost tragic that art which aims to bat, had a sterling performance segments and has that flow in a per- something personal, unique and course was not to be missed. The transcend borders and boundaries by Pankaj Tripathi who plays formance which is essential for the- Your sister and you are special to their narration. journey of curating other stories was and is essentially about connecting the wind beneath his daughter atre. It has that sort of an uninter- known to approach a project with also an interesting process of discov- and bonding people, is subjected to Gunjan’s (Janhvi Kapoor) rupted kind of delivery which is a a certain artistic sensitivity and Your biopic on Manto, which ery and rediscovery. I re-read Bedi such harshness and unfairness. I wings. Calm, soft-spoken, wise very important aspect of theatre and deep respect for the material you achieved critical acclaim back in and was floored and with Amrita hope there are opportunities for and nurturing, he stands up to we retained it through rehearsals are working with. For a project as 2015, is said to have piqued the Pritam, I had mostly read her artists and creative people on both his wife and son to encourage and the performance exercises. unique as this on what premise interest of the masses towards the Punjabi poetry and went on to dis- sides of the border, to connect and Gunjan to soar and proves Clearly, we had to shoot the sto- were the storytellers chosen, apart life and works of one of the finest cover her short stories. And then I work together. that fathers, too, can play an ries for the camera but the basic dis- from their mainstream appeal? Urdu writers of the 20th century. explored the works of contemporary (Yaar Julahay will be screened on important role in empowering cipline which has kind of become With artists, what really matters Fast forward to 2021, Yaar Julahay writers like Asad Muhammad Khan DishTV D2H Rangmanch Active their daughters. redundant for TV and screen, was is how much time you can spend also features a story by Manto. sahab and many more. But Manto throughout this week.) Hamid: This 2019 Yoodlee production is a moving story about what happens when a loving father and husband goes who is happy with the success of 6 missing. How can a young his boutique in Chandni Chowk child make sense of his and content with his family life. However, egged by his wife’s ctor Tahir Raj Bhasin is Tahir says, “It really feels dubbing for Looop Lapeta. As Tahir says he felt disori- hero opposite Taapsee desire to admit their daughter to Adelighted that he has great to be back in Mumbai soon as I finish this, I will be ented when the shooting Pannu, in Bulbul Tarang a prestigious school, he is will- resumed working in and start working after the starting to work on a new had to be paused in Mumbai, opposite Sonakshi Sinha and ing to go through any amount of Mumbai, a city that was country was engulfed in the project that I’m supremely the home to the Hindi film Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, in stress till he can no longer forced to shut down due to deadly second wave. excited about. I have been industry. which he has been paired ignore the truth. The film starred the second wave of the Mumbai has a very different also finishing my brand He says, “This is a city of with Sweta Tripathi. He will the effortlessly brilliant Irrfan Coronavirus pandemic. With energy and I have loved commitments here before I dreams and it’s always on also be seen in the Ranveer Khan with Saba Qamar, Deepak the rise in cases, the projects every bit of my time here. It dive into my film commit- every second of the day. Singh starrer 83, directed Dobriyal and Dishita Sehgal that Tahir was filming for, is a city that has given me ments. I had left the town to That’s the charm of Mumbai. by Kabir Khan, in which he and commented on not just the had all shifted their shooting wind beneath my wings to shoot in different parts of the So it’s disorienting to have plays the role of the leg- warped education system but locations outside Mumbai. aspire and soar creatively country as cases spiked. So, seen it shut, for the industry endary Indian cricketer Sunil how unhealthy the obsession to He is finally back in the city and I’m eternally thankful to it’s great to see Mumbai to be paralysed and for peo- Gavaskar. With four good keep up appearances can be. The after three months and has the city for helping me to coming back to normalcy ple to not have work.” projects under his belt, Tahir film was produced by Dinesh started dubbing for his forth- chase my dreams.” and for the industry to Tahir will be seen in is set to charm the audience Vijan and Bhushan Kumar. coming release Looop Lapeta. He adds, “I have started restart.” Looop Lapeta as a romantic with his acting skills. !"#" !! -(( .566 6(6 +%6++(6)=+'7 - 2"4" . % .% 0 ,7(2+"4 1(7-+-
t the age of 50, on May 22, 2019, whelmed by the admiration and adulation is now used to train management folks. “I was documenting almost every crit- Rights and You), an NGO which has Aditya Gupta was coming to terms that came his way after getting back, but Such interactions happened to be very ful- ical juncture on the way to the top. been helping vulnerable children survive Awith the overwhelming joy of being he quickly got over it. He told us that he filling and lent substance to the purpose Revisiting those images rekindled my and thrive in a post-Covid world. We ask at the summit of Mount Everest. Just five wanted to do a lot more with his experi- of sharing my experience. Thinking back, memories. Whole thing was playing in my him whether there is any one lesson that days after being on top of the world, he was ence than just acknowledging compli- even three months after coming back I mind. The weeks that led to the climax of he would say is more prominent than the back home in Delhi and could not help but ments. could not not get over my feat and kept the summit push, all those dicey situations. others. His response? revisit the memories of the past few “As someone who had a considerable thinking that I need to do more. That is That is when I realised that the book could- “I cannot possibly explain how hard it weeks. Replaying the dicey situations, he reach on social media, I quickly got accus- when I decided that I should put togeth- n’t simply be about climbing Everest. Okay, is to pick, which is why I just elaborated tells us that things could have gone south tomed to people congratulating me. I had er a book highlighting my journey,” said Everest is the content but the context is on seven. I could have just as easily men- real quick. climbed Mt Everest and yes, it was no mean Aditya thoughtfully. about life, in a larger sense. And when I tioned 25 lessons. You have to understand “Climbing Mt Everest is a constant bat- feat, ‘thank you very much’ but I remem- In August 2019, he started piecing went down this path, I did not realise the that the prominence of the lesson depends tle. You are walking past dead bodies which ber thinking that surely there was a lot together his experience, bit by bit. And he effort it would take. It was like climbing on the circumstances you are dealing with. serve as landmarks for those who are alive. more that I could do with my experience. tells us it was not as easy as it might have another mountain altogether. It took me Everest is just a metaphor. The book serves It teaches you that there is something Following up on this though process, I seemed. Shortlisting over 300 photographs more than a year to finish the whole thing the notion that life need not be about deeply unexplainable which is helping you. accepted offers to give talks at from 3,500 - 4,000 was just one and the pandemic slowed the process climbing a mountain called Everest. It is It also serves the reminder that you are not schools and other organisa- humongous task among many down, but I am glad I took my time since about taking on large goals which others alone while enforcing the power of good tions. After I came back and others but, behind the scenes, it helped enhance my vision. It is just like would not even consider pursuing. wishes of my family and friends. You know, clear skies on side while the other half of put up my story on social he felt that the book was that saying, ‘all good things take time’,” Bottomline is, if someone as ordinary as it is not recommended for people to stay the sky was cloudy. It was an extraordinary media, someone from about so much more than Aditya shared with a smile. me could climb Everest with a body that on the summit for more than 10-15 min- view and we ended up staying on the sum- Baroda reached out to scaling Mt Everest. On April 2021, amid the raging pan- was half a century old, anyone can do any- utes, because getting there is only half the mit for over half an hour. We should not me, seeking permission demic, he launched 7 Lessons from Everest, thing. You just need to apply yourself job. The summit push can’t be regarded as have overstayed, however, God was kind to use my experience in as a colourised, coffee table book. While according to the need of the moment,” a successful one until you get back, but I and we made it back without any untoward the formulation of a the book in itself was about so much more Aditya wrapped up nonchalantly. was spellbound, and could not help incident,” Aditya recounted. management based game. than scaling the highest peak on the plan- That last statement piqued our curios- myself. Since I am an avid photgrapher I Ace mountaineer, TEDx speaker and I eagerly agreed and they et, Aditya’s appreciation for life was under- ity and we can’t wait to flip through his was constantly looking around, overcome founder of a leading sustainable home- successfully developed that lined by the fact that all proceeds from the book to see what other pearls of wisdom by gratitude since we were treated with grown decor brand, Aditya was over- gamified experience, which sales of the book went to CRY (Child he has in store for us.
GBTQ+ activist, performer even people in remote villages Land the winner of 2014 Mr and smaller towns, understand Gay India, Sushant Divgikar P) Q what drag is. says it is “preposterous that Despite homosexuality some people think dehumanis- being decriminalised, there ing an entire community of remain cultural and psycho- people is “funny and that it is '>IO 4 7 =' D75 logical barriers to its accep- OK to do so.” tance. Your thoughts. The singer and drag icon !O # % This is because some peo- also released and featured in a ple in power (not generalising) music video titled Diamond against time and time again, you all. What are your thoughts are extremely toxic and don’t and has recently crossed a mil- will instantly realise that a queer about the song and video? want to accept ground realities. lion followers on social media. person’s life is met with by Yes, that’s right. I thought of They would rather be blissful- The influencer-activist is struggles and hurdles at every creating Diamond, along with ly unaware about things they also known under his drag alter juncture. We need to be more my fellow bandmate, amazing don't know that confront what ego Rani Ko-He-Nur. Divgikar mindful and be more inclusive musician and dear friend, makes them uncomfortable — joined the country’s singing as well as empathetic to sexual Arthur Lobo along with our uncomfortable because they competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, minorities and other minority manager Niki (Parambir Kaur). don’t have a clear conscience. which was broadcast on nation- groups that are glazed rather We have spent a lot of time on I agree. The psychological al television in 2018 — the subconsciously by toxic patri- this baby and we wanted people and cultural acceptance has same year the Indian Supreme archy, toxic preconceived to experience what I personal- still to grow in India but I Court repealed the Section 377 notions and unsettling, contin- ly have experienced more than believe that day is not far. Till law criminalising homosexual- uous conditioning! once, empowerment. that day comes, I just want to ity. Empowerment because of self tell trolls and haters that your Having been in the enter- Do you find enough main- love and self acceptance. The opinions and statements about tainment space since a decade stream representation of peo- song speaks of identifying one’s me or anyone else, can never Don’t compare formats: Swara and a half, Divgikar has been ple from the LGBTQIA+ com- self worth and then celebrating and will never dictate our real- roped in by corporate houses munity? What are some stereo- it to become the truest, most ities. and non-profits alike to discuss types we can do away with? authentic version of themselves. equality and equity and support Absolutely not! Queer peo- Each and every one of us is a People from the communi- ulshan Devaiah and Swara Bhaskar story has everything to do with the story. their respective inclusion and ple are, in fact, misrepresented diamond in our own right and ty often have trouble finding Gappear in the short film Dobara Alvida, One cannot concise a story that demands diversity campaigns. Using his nearly all the time. We need to that's what the song portrays. LGBTQIA-friendly psycholo- and we struck up an interesting conversa- a feature format into a short film!” art to break barriers and by do better, collectively! We have gists and therapists. Being a tion with the duo about the notion of audi- Gulshan does not agree that people embracing his masculine and a lot of blood on our hands Do you think ‘Drag’ as a psychologist too, how do you ence span getting shorter by the day. have a shorter attention span these days, feminine side, he inspires peo- because of the way we have so concept is understood in India view this inaccessibility to “If you are good with your craft, you as many believe. The actor explains, “I ple from all over the world to conveniently made queer char- outside designated safe spaces? non-judgmental mental health can create the effect using any short format think it is nothing but a myth that people find courage to live their life acters in mainstream pop cul- Yes I do. I actually think we care for people who are often — whether it is a short film, ad-film, poet- have a shorter attention span now. A sec- fiercely and freely. He is also an ture and media, the laughing don’t give as much credit to our even more sidelined by the sta- ry or Haiku. One shouldn’t compare tion of people always has a shorter atten- industrial psychologist. Excerpt stock at every given opportuni- audiences as we should give. We tus quo? between formats because every format, tion span. There were always TV serials of the interview: ty. It is preposterous that some are quick to judge the audience Mental health professionals whether it is feature or short, brings its and feature films as well as short films. In people think dehumanising an without even understanding who judge their clients should magic. I think these days, the short format the last few years, we have also started You have been an active entire community of people is that they are open to learning immediately resign! That’s all. of storytelling works better because people adopting the habit of binge-watching and part of the entertainment and 'funny’ and that it is OK to do and understanding the content There’s nothing more or less to consume content on the move more. Also, that is how web series are giving us lifestyle industry for quite a so. they consume. More often than add or subtract. Plain and sim- people’s attention span is shorter,” Swara changes to show elaborate characters. I few years. Would you say the One of the certain stereo- not, we put forth rubbish, sense- ple. It is against ethics to judge says. think the whole jazz of ‘people have short journey to fame and success is types we need to do away with less and mediocre content for and discriminate against your Gulshan adds, “If we look at advertis- attention span’ is a marketing strategy and more challenging for people is that every queer person them to consume because we client, especially if you’re a ing or ad-films, we can see the power of how content creators want to monetise with non-cishet identities? should only be shown as over- think, they might not be evolved mental health professional. storytelling in short format, as short as 15 their videos or short stories. If you want Yes. Now that you remind- ly flamboyant. Another ridicu- enough to understand intellec- On the occasion of Pride seconds. So, yes, the short format of sto- 5,000k views within two hours, obviously ed me , it’s been 15 years I have lous and catastrophic stereotype gay characters literally looking tual and stellar content. But Month, do you have any mes- rytelling surely does create an impact accu- you need a two-minute content that goes been actively part of the enter- we have we do away with is like sexual predators and being how can we judge the audience sage for those who are reading rately. I think overall creating impact viral with repeat view. It is all about cre- tainment industry. I wouldn’t say queer characters made to look disrespectful and bitchy all the when we haven’t even tried? this? through storytelling depends on skill of the ating trends.” one person’s struggle is more or like their libido is constantly time. My audience didn’t know I just want to tell everyone storyteller and not on the format. With a Gulshan and Swara’s short film Dobara less than another’s but if you see touching the ceiling and that what drag is. But today with the out there, regardless of whether web series or a feature film, the challenges Alvida is directed by Shashank S Singh, and an entire section of society such they will throw themselves at You have released your power of art, social media and you’re part of the rainbow fam- are different — like raising money — and has released on the digital platform Royal as the LGBTQIA+ community, every person in the room. I music video Diamond this other mediums of communica- ily or not. Live and let live and for a short film it is about bringing popu- Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films as well that has constantly been dehu- especially detest instances where year. It speaks of rising above tion, such as radio, television love and let love. lar actors on board. 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Group C. 27 against a third-place finisher. ! ! !) “It’s emotional for me because many things Depay made no mistake De Boer said coming into happened in these last two years that were diffi- from the spot in the 11th minute the Euro that the 1988 champi- 5 >45' It was Sweden who almost cult, complicated,” said Neymar as the tears after David Alaba’s foul on ons were “between the fourth made the breakthrough twice flowed. Denzel Dumfries was spotted by and eighth-best team” and mil Forsberg’s second-half before the hour mark, as Two years ago he missed Brazil’s Copa tri- the Israeli referee only after he already they can see their path Epenalty sealed Sweden a 1-0 Newcastle stopper Dubravka umph on home soil through injury, although had come across to review the opening up to the quarter-finals. win over Slovakia in Saint tipped away Ludwig before the tournament began he was accused of images. They will still need to Petersburg on Friday as the Augustinsson’s header and rape, a case that was dismissed over a lack of evi- Dumfries, so impressive in improve if they are to stand a Scandinavians moved top of Marcus Danielson nodded over dence. the thrilling opening 3-2 win chance of going any further, but Euro 2020 Group E. from the resulting corner. His 68th goal in 107 games for his country over Ukraine, added another they appear to be finding their Janne Andersson’s men, who Sweden continued to press took him to within nine of the record set by Brazil midway through the second half, feet in the 3-5-2 system that De played out a goalless draw with for the winner, as Alexander great Pele. his second goal of the tourna- Boer has controversially opted Spain in their opener, now look Isak’s header looped onto the “It’s an honor for me to be part of the Brazilian ment. for. set to reach the knockout stage roof of the net. Isak then almost national team history. To be honest, my dream The Dutch were comfortable As for Austria, they can nev- for the first time since 2004. scored one of the great Euro was always to play for the Selecao, to wear this at home in the Johan Cruyff ertheless still qualify for the last A point in their final game goals, weaving past four defend- jersey. I never imagined achieving these numbers.” Arena and Frank de Boer’s side 16 with a game against Ukraine against Poland at the Krestovsky ers before seeing a low strike Earlier, Venezuela held out under intense are so far making a success of to come. Stadium on Wednesday would saved by Dubravka at his near pressure in a fractious local derby against their first major tournament Whoever comes second in be enough to be sure of a top- post. Colombia to secure their first point at the Copa appearance since the 2014 World this group will play the Group A two finish in the group. Sweden finally forged ahead, America after a 0-0 Cup. winners — either Wales or Italy Slovakia could have quali- though, in the 77th minute, as draw in Goiania. That is great news for De — in London on June 26. fied with a game to spare with a RB Leipzig midfielder Forsberg Goalkeeper Boer, whose predecessor as If the Dutch King and Queen win, but still have their fate in beat Dubravka from the penal- Wuilker Farinez national coach, current were present at their first match, their own hands ahead of their ty spot after the ‘keeper had made a string of fine Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman, this time FIFA president Gianni final match against Spain in brought down substitute Robin saves, particularly in was among the spectators. Infantino was in the stands, as Seville. Quaison. the closing stages, to Ukraine beat North well as Koeman. 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