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$ %'( $) & / 4'889 anyone the right to declare if we’re people of Congress or not, itching for a strong nobody has that right. We’ll PCongress leadership at the build the party and strengthen Centre in order to corner the it. We believe in the strength Narendra Modi-led and unity of the Congress”. Government, the group of 23 His Cabinet colleagues Congress leaders, known in the Kapil Sibal and Manish Tewari party circles as “dissident” voic- also batted for a strong es, on Saturday launched a Congress leadership at the top. ( 0/ :;( fresh offensive questioning the Sibal said, “We had gathered top brass of the party why it together earlier too and we ligible Covid-19 vaccine failed to utilise the services of have to strengthen the party Easpirants in the country an “experienced” leader like together”. will have to shell out 250 per Ghulam Nabi Azad when it Sibal questioned as to why shot — 150 cost of vaccine needed him the most. the Congress was not utilising plus 100 service charge — if At least seven leaders the rich experience of Ghulam they opt to get themselves belonging to this “group of dis- Nabi Azad. “He is one such inoculated at the designated senters”, assembled in Jammu leader who knows the ground private hospitals during the sec- to attend Shanti Sammelan reality of Congress in every dis- ond phase of the vaccination organised by the Gandhi trict of every State. We were drive beginning March 1 to States and UTs on the vacci- vate hospitals empanelled Global Family. saddened when we realised cover people aged above 60 nation of age-appropriate under Ayushman Bharat Interestingly, the “show of that he is being freed from years and those over 45 with groups through a video con- PMJAY, over 600 hospitals strength” was organised by Parliament. We didn’t want comorbidities. ference (VC) on Saturday. empanelled under CGHS and these leaders a day after the him to go from Parliament”. However, the Government “There would be other private hospitals empan- announcement of the Assembly Referring to the treatment hospitals will be providing the Government health facilities elled under State Governments. polls by the Election "#$ meted out to Azad by the party jab free, the cost to be borne by which will be used as Covid “Health Insurance Schemes Commission of India (ECI) in high command, Sibal said, the Centre. “The private hos- vaccine centres such as medical can participate as CVCs. Health five States, including Kerala, “What is the real role of pitals can charge up to 250 per college hospitals, district hos- Departments of State Assam, Tamil Nadu and West Apart from Ghulam Nabi Pradesh Congress Committee, ation should connect (to the Ghulam Nabi Azad ? A person dose of Covid-19 vaccine. pitals, sub divisional hospitals, Governments have already ini- Bengal. Azad, former Cabinet Ministers including its chief GA Mir, party). We’ve seen good days of who flies an aircraft is an expe- However, the jab will be given CHCs, PHCs, Health Sub tiated dialogue with these pri- In one voice all these lead- Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari, attended the event. Only loy- the Congress. We don’t want to rienced person. An engineer free of cost at Government Centres and Health and vate hospitals so that they can ers sent out a clear message to Anand Sharma, former alists of Ghulam Nabi Azad see it weakening as we become accompanies him to detect hospitals across the States. The Wellness Centres. Geo refer- be encouraged to participate in the Congress leadership to Haryana Chief Minister from the Kashmir Valley and older.” and repair any malfunctioning cost will be borne by the ence maps with GPS coordi- this drive as CVCs. A list of all start working towards strength- Bhupinder Singh Hooda, par- Jammu region attended the In a veiled attack on the in the engine. Ghulam Nabi ji Centre,” said Union Health nates of all these health facili- these private hospitals has been ening the party before it’s too liamentarians Raj Babbar, and event in full strength. party leadership, the former is experienced as well as an Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a ties have been prepared that uploaded on the website of late. The tone and tenor of the Vivek Tankha attended the Leading the charge from Union Minister went on to add, engineer”. statement here. will serve as CVCs and these Ministry of Health and Family speeches made by these leaders event in Jammu. the front, one of the senior “All of us have covered a long Echoing similar sentiments “250 will be the ceiling — Geo referenced maps are being Welfare and National Health clearly indicated the Congress Wearing saffron headgears, most members of the group distance to reach where we’re Anand Sharma also said, 150 cost of vaccine plus 100 shared with the States,” a senior Authority,” said the official. party is headed for a major all these leaders also openly Anand Sharma said, “The today. Nobody among us has “There has never come such an service charge. This arrange- health official added. So far, 77 per cent of “shakeup” in the days to come. came out in support of the Congress has weakened in the come through the window, all occasion after 1950 when there ment will remain effective till To ramp up the Covid vac- healthcare workers have been These leaders also made it demand for restoring “state- last decade. Our voice is for the of us have walked through the is no representative of Jammu further orders,” Bhushan said in cination capacity manifold, sig- administered with the first clear they will not sit idle as the hood” to Jammu & Kashmir. betterment of the party. It door. We have come through & Kashmir in the Rajya Sabha. a statement here following an nificantly a large number of dose and 70 per cent got the country was facing numerous None of the office-bearers should be strengthened every- the students’ movement, the This will be corrected”. interaction with Health private facilities are being second dose, the official added. challenges. of the Jammu & Kashmir where once again. New gener- youth movement. I’ve not given Turn to Page 4 Secretaries and MDs (NHM) of involved. “Around 10,000 pri- Turn to Page 4 %&' ( # !"$% &$" /& (( ;00'( While the Congress-DMK talks are in a deadlock, the ith the Election AIADMK scored a major point ! WCommission of India on Friday by enacting a legis- declaring the poll schedule for lation that granted 10.5 per cent #$% the Tamil Nadu Legislative reservation for the 2 crore "# Assembly on Friday, the DMK strong Vanniyar community in $ and the Congress are finding it the Government service. This ( 0/ :;( %#%# difficult to arrive at an amica- has been a long standing & ble seat sharing agreement. demand of Dr Ramadoss, he Centre on Saturday $ A national leader of the founder of the PMK. This Tadvised States and UTs — Congress told The Pioneer that brought in some cheer to the Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, &' the DMK is proving to be a AIADMK as it has pacified Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, ( tough taskmaster when it is three of its major allies, the BJP, West Bengal, Telangana and ( ( ( (( '*+ #$% ''&" time for seat allocation. “The the PMK and the Puthiya Jammu & Kashmir — to ( & "#$ ( )'(* + maximum they had offered as Tamilakam. enforce Covid-appropriate $ till Saturday 2 pm is just 20 ( ( ) ( # The DMK, which has been behaviour by dealing firmly surveillance strategies in tion in testing, and increase + , seats. Please remember that the # ( "#$ on an aggressive mood till with violations and ensure respect of potential super RT- PCR tests in districts hav- -. Congress was allocated 40 seats early last week, has suddenly effective surveillance in case of spreading events,” the Union ing high antigen testing. / $ during the 2016 Assembly elec- 40. “The DMK is winning elec- led Narayanasamy mellowed down and main- potential super spreading Health Ministry said in a The States and UT were tion and we won eight seats,” tion by making use of the Government in Puducherry taining a silence. Meanwhile events so as not to let the situ- statement. directed to focus on surveil- said the senior leader who did goodwill enjoyed by the which lost vote of trust because TTV Dhinakaran, general sec- ation go out of hand. The need for effective test- lance and stringent contain- ' ' ) not want to be identified. Congress in Tamil Nadu. There of the resignation of the lone retary of the AMMK and These States and UTs have ing, comprehensive tracking, ment in selected districts ( ( Last week the team of is a strong anti-DMK feeling in DMK member. nephew of VK Sasikala, been reporting a high Covid- prompt isolation of positive reporting reduced tests/high #$% & Congress leaders deputed by the State, but the Congress will The Congress negotiators Jayalalithaa’s former aide, 19 active caseload or an cases, and quick quarantine of positivity and increased cases. " " & party chief Sonia Gandhi called survive because it has showed were led by former Kerala declared that he would be the increasing trend in new cases close contacts were also strong- They have also been & . on the DMK headquarters and the world that the party does Chief Minister Oommen Chief Ministerial candidate of in the last week, noted Cabinet ly emphasised. advised to carry clinical man- 0 O+ 0 held a round of meeting with not require power to become Chandi and Karnataka leader the front to be led by his party. Secretary Rajiv Gauba while During the review meeting, agement in districts reporting the second rung leaders of the strong,” said the leader who was Dinesh Gundu Rao. The This means that there are four chairing a high-level review States were advised to under- higher deaths and promote Dravidian major. accompanying Rahul Gandhi absence this time of Ghulam CM candidates in Tamil Nadu meeting with Chief Secretaries take vaccination on priority in Covid-appropriate behaviour &*('+ “It was not a pleasant expe- to Thoothukudi on Saturday. Nabi Azad has surprised as on Saturday, the other three of States/UTs. districts reporting higher cases to ensure effective citizen , rience,” said another leader, a What comes out of the TNCC leaders. “Azad was the being incumbent Edappadi “They were advised not to and monitor strains and clus- communication to not let -$.% 2 + O close aide to party scion Rahul Congress leaders’ comments is leader who knows the func- Palaniswamy, MK Stalin lower their guard, enforce tering of cases for early hotspot complacency set in, 3 )2+3* 24+" Gandhi. the fact that there is a trust tioning of the DMK inside (DMK) and film actor Kamal Covid appropriate behaviour identification and control. especially in light of the vacci- '$5 $ The leader said the grand deficit between the party and out. But he was conspicuous by Haasan (MNM). Tamil Nadu and deal firmly with violations. They have also been asked nation drive entering the next 6 N5 ' O old party of India would not be the DMK. This was visible in his absence this time,” said the goes to the poll on April 6 to It was strongly underlined that to improve the overall testing phase. $ & happy with anything less than the downfall of the Congress- leader. elect 234-member Assembly. they need to follow effective in districts reporting a reduc- Turn to Page 4 $' $& ' R ! "#""! ! $ ') * ' + Manipur; 30 districts of list while vegetables for 107 dis- aim of increasing the income of Odisha, 23 districts of Punjab, tricts and spices for 105 dis- the farmers. These identified , ,-* 4 districts of Sikkim, 36 dis- tricts are at the second and the products will be supported tricts of Tamil Nadu; 8 districts third position in the list. Paddy under the PM-FME scheme ! ,/& 0/ :;( for exotic vegetables; East Delhi of Tripura, 75 districts of Uttar will be promoted in 40 districts, (PM Formalisation of Micro for namkeens, and South-west Pradesh, and 18 districts of wheat-5 districts, coarse cum food Processing Enterprises ( /';(05<0 s part of its effort to boost Delhi for milk-based prod- West Bengal. nutri cereals in 25 districts, Scheme) of the Ministry of Afarm exports, enhance ucts. As many as 13 districts pulses 16 districts, commercial Food Processing Industries audi Arabia’s Crown Prince farmers’ income and raise rural Similarly, Kupwara is to be each of Uttarakhand and crops 22 districts, oilseeds 41 which provides incentives to SMohammed bin Salman jobs, the Centre on Saturday developed for walnut; Andhra Pradesh, 11 districts districts, plantation 28 dis- promoter and micro-enter- (MBS) likely approved the finalised a list of products from Ganderbal for honey; each of Delhi, Meghalaya, tricts, floriculture 2 districts, prises,” the Ministry said. killing of US-based journalist agriculture and allied sectors Bandipora for processed poul- Mizoram and Nagaland; and 33 honey 9 districts, animal hus- At the governing council Jamal Khashoggi inside the under the “One District One try/mutton; Durg and Koriya districts each of Assam, bandry/dairy 40 districts, aqua- meeting last week, the NITI Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Focus Product (ODOFP)”, in Chhattisgarh for tomato- Gujarat, Rajasthan and culture/marine fisheries 29 dis- Aayog also reiterated that food according to a newly declassi- scheme that will be promoted based products; Surguja for Telangana have been included. tricts and processed products processing and export under fied US intelligence report. in a cluster approach in 728 dis- litchi; Batod in Gujarat for That apart, three districts 33 districts. The Ministry said One District One focus But the Biden Administration tricts across the country. guava; Porbandar for gram- of Andaman & Nicobar Islands; that the list of products have Product scheme not only aligns is not going to sanction MBS. For instance, Uttar based products; North Goa total three districts of Dadra been finalised after taking perfectly with district-level The intelligence findings Pradesh’s Ballia district is to be for jackfruit; Ambala for onion and Nagar Haveli and Daman inputs from the States/UTs crop diversification, but will were long known to many US promoted as Bindi ( tikuli) and Kinnaur for fruit wine and Diu; two districts each of and Indian Council of also help raise rural jobs and officials and, even as they cluster; Deoghar and Dumka in under the ODOFP scheme. Besides, also help to provide districts of Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Puducherry; one Agricultural Research (ICAR). income of farmers. remained classified, had been Jharkhand for Peda products According to the Ministry, jobs in rural sector. 24 districts of Jharkhand, 20 district each of Chandigarh “These products will be “This future development reported with varying degrees hub; Rajouri for spices; the product chosen in the dis- The list includes 25 dis- districts of Jammu & Kashmir; and Lakshadweep are part of promoted in a cluster approach of agriculture with rise in of precision. But the public Anantnag for trout fish; trict for promotion, having tricts of Arunachal Pradesh; 38 31 districts of Karnataka; 14 this exercise. through convergence of the income will augment shift in rebuke of MBS is still a touch- Ayodhya for Jaggery; Auraiya export potential which will districts of Bihar; 28 districts of districts of Kerala; 52 districts According to the Ministry, Government of India schemes, demand towards processed stone in US-Saudi relations. for food processing desi ghee; boost farm exports and Chhattisgarh; 2 districts in of Madhya Pradesh; 36 districts fruits have been identified for to increase the value of the food and thereby furthering Turn to Page 4 Srinagar for flowers; Budgam enhance farmers’ income. Goa; 22 districts of Haryana; 12 of Maharashtra; 16 districts of 226 districts, the highest in the products and with the ultimate this cycle,” it said. +,- +.+/
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''( Have also told DCP South ''( 0/ :;( They said that the dastardly ''( 0/ :;( “Efforts are being made to 0/ :;( East that CCTV footage will be rape and murder of the Vth trace the accused who are res- made available from all near- elhi Congress president Standard Dalit girl was the lat- elhi Chief Minister Arvind idents of JJ camp, Giri Nagar in enior Aam Aadmi Party by CCTV cameras so that the DAnil Kumar on Saturday est incident of attacks against DKejriwal on Saturday ques- the area of Govindpuri,” said S(AAP) leader and MLA of investigation can be assisted," visited the family of the Dalit girl Dalit women and the tioned the law and order situ- the DCP. Kalka Ji constituency Atishi on she said in another tweet. from Kalyanpuri and demand- Kichiripur rape was a repeat of ation in the national Capital school in southeast Delhi's Earlier, two days ago, a Saturday said that neither Atishi said, "It is very ed a probe by a retired Supreme the Hathras’ Dalit girl rape and and urged Union Home Kalkaji area. “The injured boy, body of a nine-year-old girl, women nor school-going chil- ((L,D unfortunate that the national Court or High Court judge to murder crime. “If the Delhi Minister Amit Shah and a resident of Sarvodaya camp who was kidnapped from east dren are safe under Delhi capital of India is going “unravel” the truth and 1 crore Police and Uttar Pradesh had Lieutenant Governor Anil in Kalkaji Nagar, was taken to Delhi’s Khichripur three days Police. 903<,90' through such a miserable law compensation to the family. acted on time, the criminals Baijal to take action citing two AIIMS Trauma Centre for ago, was found in the sugarcane Atishi said that a girl was and order situation. Kumar promised the full could have been caught,” they crimes in the last 36 hours. treatment. He was shifted to fields of a village in Modinagar, molested by some men at ;'; "Today I met the family of support to the family of the girl added. Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal Operation Theatre so he could near Ghaziabad, on Friday Kalka Ji just 100 metres away the survivor and assured them who was allegedly kidnapped, Jaikishan said that Delhi tweeted, “Deeply concerned not be examined,” he said. morning. from the police station while 0'(<0': '+(': that the AAP will stand beside raped and murdered. Senior Chief Minister Arvind, who by the murder of a 8-yr-old girl “In her statement, the vic- The police had said that the she was returning from school <3(0 ('(5<(05 the family and help them. I also Delhi Congress leaders accused was an expert in sitting on dhar- in Khichdipur and attack on a tim's sister said that on Friday autopsy has ruled out sexual and her brother was stabbed went to the ICU to see the boy. the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party nas demanding safety and secu- 17-yr-old boy in Kalkaji. Delhi's while she was with her broth- assault. Four alleged kidnap- when he tried to save her. ;,<95;9 ;' The doctors have informed me leaders of protecting the crim- rity of women, was silent on the law and order situation is in a er, three boys followed her pers, who live in the same She said that the law and that the condition of the boy is inals involved in the kidnap- rape and murder of a girl from serious turmoil, I appeal to and passed indecent remarks neighbourhood as the girl’s order situation in the entire 8(,'2::'/ improving," she said. ping, rape and murder of the a poor Dalit family and it expos- Hon’ble Home Minister and on her. When her brother family, have been arrested in city is crumbling, criminals "I have met the DCP of the nine-year-old girl. es his double-standard. Lt. Gov to take appropriate objected to it, they all started connection with the kidnap think that they can kill anyone '0 <, , area and requested stringent action to address the situation.” beating him and one of them and murder. and they will not face any pun- (9'(<0 action and the quickest action His tweet came after a 17- stabbed him on left side of The arrested persons were ishment. against the culprits. The CCTV year-old boy was beaten up and abdomen and fled from the identified by their first names — "The survivor's family will footage of the culprits is also 5 ." 8:;< stabbed for allegedly opposing spot,” said the senior police offi- Johnny alias Shiva, the key sus- get all kinds of help from our port. Also spoke to the doctors available. So the police must three boys who were stalking cial adding that he was shifted pect, his cousin Naresh, Kailash party and the government, at the AIIMS Trauma Centre, arrest the culprits at the earli- his sister and passing"inde- to AIIMS Trauma centre where and Tarun. “In the kidnapping went to the ICU to see the boy," who said that the boy is stable est. We demand stringent cent remarks" on her in south- he is still unfit for statement. and murder case of Kalyanpuri, she said. and recovering." action against the culprits and east Delhi's Kalkaji area. “Police have registered a four persons have been arrest- Atishi Tweeted, "Met the "Have also spoken to DCP it should become an example According to a senior case under section 307 (attempt ed and the weapon of the family of the boy who was east Delhi and asked them to in front of everyone so that no & " 6(=5 police official, the incident to murder), 354 D (stalking), offence has been recovered,” said stabbed in Kalkaji yesterday. ensure that the perpetrators are such incident takes place here- took place on Friday near a 509 (Word, gesture or act a senior police official. Have assured them of full sup- swiftly located and arrested. after," she added. ''( 0/ :;( , 9) elhi Bharatiya Janata Party 4 !! 7! &" D(BJP) president Adesh Gupta on Saturday said that the " Delhi Government has spent ! 9! ''( 0/ :;( only 1.6 per cent of 883 crore 5 % 8 collected from the people in the 55 year-old Assistant Sub name of green cess to control !. AInspector (ASI) of Delhi pollution which has now ''( 0/ :;( Police, who was attached with reached an alarming level. the Police Control Room (PCR) Addressing the media, he ''( 0/ :;( charred body was recov- unit, allegedly shot himself with charged the Kejriwal govern- Aered after a fire broke out his service pistol while he was on ment with having completely for all this,” he said. woman and her 19-year- at a factory in Pratap Nagar duty at Zakhira flyover in west failed in controlling the Extensively quoting from Aold son were allegedly area of North Delhi in the early Delhi on Saturday morning. increasing pollution level and an NGO’s Greenpeace stabbed by a group of four boys hours of Saturday. Police said The deceased has been said the apathy of the govern- Southeast Asia report, he said when they raised objections for that no one has been reported identified as Tej Pal and he was ment has resulted into Delhi 54,000 people died of pollu- making noise in west Delhi's injured. presently residing at Rajnagar in becoming “a capital of dust”. tion-related diseases in the Punjabi Bagh area on Saturday. According to Delhi Fire Ghaziabad. “The chief minister is only capital last year alone or a daily Police said that both the Services (DFS), one of the fire- According to a senior police interested in political expansion average of 148 deaths and it injured boy Moin and his men sustained minor injury on official, cops received informa- of his party that has led to the caused a monetary loss of mother, aged around 48, were his finger during the fire-fight- tion about the incident at around worsening overall situation in Delhi to the tune of 58,000 taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay ing operation but was given 7 am and said no suicide note the city where most of the peo- crore. hospital where they are being first aid at the spot. was recovered from the spot. ple are compelled to live in mis- Talking about the Green given treatment. knife and injured him on his “A call about the fire was “During enquiry, it came to erable conditions,” he added. budget of the Kejriwal govern- “In his statement, Moin left thigh,” said the senior received at around 3.47 am notice that ASI Tej Pal, was on Citing reports by some ment, Gupta said even on stub- told police that four boys, all police official. and 18 fire tenders were duty and allegedly shot himself medical experts, he said coro- ble burning, he made a lot of residents of his locality on “A case has been regis- pressed into service. Later, 10 . ) ( - ) ( " on his chest with his service pis- na pandemic would not have hue and cry, but figures show DDU camp area of Punjabi tered and during investiga- more fire tenders were rushed % "#$ tol inside a PCR van. He was taken a monstrous turn in last year the government spent Bagh were making noise. tion, it has come to notice that to the spot and the fire was rushed to ABG hospital by the Delhi had air pollution been only 40,000 in buying bio When his parents tried to stop all the accused involved in the brought under control while “The fire broke out on the charred body was recovered PCR van driver where he was under control. “If people are decomposer units while 24 them, they started fighting and incident are below 18 and are the cooling process is under- first and second floor of the fac- from the first floor of the fac- declared brought dead by the suffering from lung cancer, lakh was spent on their distri- one of the boys stabbed his presently absconding,” he said. way,” said Atul Garg, the tory. The plastic and nail pol- tory. The cause of the blaze is doctors on duty,” said the senior heart disease, asthma, TB, it is bution and another whopping mother on her chest with a Director, DFS. ish materials caught fire and a being ascertained,” said Garg. police official. Kejriwal who is responsible 9 crore on its publicity. "" /" " 012 34 ( ( ) 34 ( " ''( 0/ :;( Delhiites can take the pledge to dented globally. As the nodal switch to an EV or install a dept, Transport dept will leave . R ""! ince the launch of the Delhi charging point in their premis- no stone unturned to ensure a S‘Electric Vehicles’ (EVs) pol- es in the next 3 years. smooth transition. CM ' ? ''( Punjab Faridkot and were sent DCP in a statement issued on icy in August 2020, 465 new EVs The Delhi Government @ArvindKejriwal's call for 0/ :;( to Delhi at behest of one per- Saturday. have been registered and more issued an order on Thursday @SwitchDelhi marks a start of son identified as Prince alias “While they were on the are being registered every day. saying that all Delhi the EV revolution”, tweeted wo residents of Punjab Lutti. lookout for a rented accom- Delhi Chief Minister ership of the electric cars by up Government departments, Gahlot. Thave been arrested in “During interrogation it modation in South West Arvind Kejriwal tweeted "This to 30 per cent. An individual can autonomous bodies, and grantee Delhiites who have switched Delhi’s RK Puram area on was revealed that Prince, is a District they were nabbed by will go a long way in curbing save 1,050 per month by institutions will replace their to electric cars came forward to charges of conspiring to kill an childhood friend of Lakhan the local police of RK Puram pollution in Delhi. Delhi is fast switching to EV from a diesel existing fleet of hired conven- share their experiences of activist who is quite vocal on and facing murder trial in police station on specific becoming a modern city. Every car," he said. tional fuel vehicles with an elec- switching to EVs under the ''( 0/ :;( Kashmir. Faridkot and facts of which are inputs,” said the DCP. Indian is proud of Delhi”. The third week of the Delhi tric vehicle. 2,000 cars will be #DilliKeGreenWarrior initia- “Two pistols, two country- being verified,” he said. “A case under section Transport Minister Kailash Government’s Switch Delhi elec- impacted by this decision and tive. 28-year-old woman was made guns and four live bullets “They were promised 10 25/54/29 Arms Act, 120B Gahlot said, “Since the launch of tric vehicle campaign that transition will happen to EVs in Anju Jain, a Delhite and an Aallegedly killed by her hus- have been recovered from lakh cash if they kill one (Punishment of criminal con- Delhi EV policy, 465 new EV focused on sensitizing Delhiites the next 6 months. EV owner said, “Buying an EV band following a quarrel them. The seized pistols are of Sushil Pandit who is Human spiracy) 115 IPC (Abetment of four-wheelers have been regis- on the benefits of electric four- The Transport Department was so convenient and it offers between them in Budh Vihar the kind, manufactured in Rights Activists and CLO of offence punishable with death tered. Incentives of up to 3 lakh wheelers along with the incen- of Delhi will be the nodal a very smooth and noiseless area of Rohini. Police said that Pakistan”, police said. Hive Communications India or imprisonment for life) has are provided under Delhi EV tives that EV adopters can avail department to monitor the drive. Driving an EV is way prima facie, it appears that the The accused have been Pvt Ltd. been registered in RK Puram policy, which includes 1.5 lakh under the Delhi Government’s progress of the transition from better than driving an ICE woman was thrashed and hit identified as Sukwinder Singh “The duo also revealed police station,” said the DCP subsidy, registration, and road EV policy received overwhelm- existing diesel or petrol vehicle vehicle in terms of speed and with stick by her husband who (25), a resident of Faridkot and that they were provided with adding that further investiga- tax exemption.” ing support from Delhiites. fleets to EVs. It will also be nec- performance. All thanks to was suspected to be under the Lakhan (21), a resident of four pistol, two of which are tion going on. “This is the highest subsidy The Switch Delhi pledge is essary for all departments to Delhi Govt’s EV policy, I got influence of alcohol during Kotpura. Country made pistol and two “Considering the nature in India and makes the total cost available on produce monthly action reports benefits of around three lakhs the time of incident. According to Ingit Pratap are foreign made pistol along of the case and that foreign of ownership of an electric car ev.delhi.gov.in/pledge has been on the transition to EVs to the and also, a waiver of the road The accused has been iden- Singh, the Deputy with four cartridges and one hand may be involved in the in Delhi the same as a diesel car. launched to encourage more and nodal department. tax and registration fee. I tified as Chetan Prakash Commissioner of Police mobile phone containing pho- case, the case is now being Subsidies provided on electric more Delhiites to be a part of the “Delhi govt's commitment charge my EV at my home Solanki while his wife has been (DCP), Southwest district, both tograph of Sushil Pandit, pro- transferred to Special Cell of cars in Delhi EV policy are EV revolution and help to make to switch all its hired cars to through a 15A plug point and identified as Geeta. The couple of them are acquaintance from vided by Prince,” said the Delhi Police,” said the DCP. reducing the total cost of own- Delhi the EV capital of India. Electric in 6 months is unprece- it runs for around 220 km.” has a seven-year-old daughter and the accused husband is a driver by profession. /, According to a senior *" / - " police official, the incident took place on Friday night after a quarrel broke out " between Chetan and his wife ''( 0/ :;( entrance to ensure the safety of mances by Sid K Official in Geeta over some dispute. the visitors during CORONA partnership with Radio FM, “On reaching the spot, eople from all age groups times.” our official radio partner. The "& police broke out the door and Pvisited the 34th edition of Two visitors from Kashmir performance was thoroughly found the injured woman while the Garden Tourism Festival in shared, “It is a beautiful display enjoyed by the crowd as many ''( South MCD and poster her husband was also found large numbers. They were seen of flowers and we are having a were seen dancing to his tunes. 0/ :;( removal drive is part of it. lying unconscious in the room. experiencing the floral arrange- great time with our friends. Sunday 28th February, The drive was started on The two were rushed to BSA ments, and unique displays of Seeing the beauty of nature, we 2021, will witness perfor- n view of Swachchh Saturday from 85 locations hospital where the woman was hanging baskets, dahlias, cut feel like we are home. We mances by Punjabi artists ISurvekshan-2021, South including Najafgarh Road, New declared brought dead and her flowers, recycled floral dis- thank the organizers for such Praveen Sharma and Ravinder Delhi Municipal Corporation Mahavir Nagar, Govindpuri husband was also admitted to plays and tray gardens. Many a thrilling experience.” Kaur, presented in collabora- (SDMC) carried a sanitation Metro Station, Kalkaji, Chirag the hospital,” said the senior were keen on gaining experi- In order to revive tourism tion with Punjabi Academy, and poster removal drive in all Delhi, RK Puram, Pushp Vihar police official. ence to create their own home themed ‘#Colours of Nature Wind Chime, Five Senses in the city, Delhi Tourism has Govt. of Delhi. its zones. Under the drive, Ramphal Chowk, Palam “During enquiry, neigb- gardens and were seen inter- has been this year. Unlike a through Five Seasons dotting modified this event in order to With the Garden Tourism posters were removed from Flyover, Sagarpur, Dabri, hours told police that there was acting with buyers at the three-day format that was the lush green expanse, Garden extend the experience to more Festival, it calls out to all gar- public places, markets, metro Ganesh Nagar, Tilak Nagar, a quarrel between the couple. Garden Bazaar while purchas- being followed previously, of Five Senses is the largest col- visitors, keeping safety in mind. den enthusiasts and city pillars, roads, key places etc. Dwarka, Malviya Nagar, On the statement of the ing products. Delhi Tourism has extended lections of public art in the This will enable a guided move- dwellers to teach more about Nearly 2,000 posters, banners Greater Kailash-2 and Tagore woman's brother, a case of The event was graced by the festival to three weeks, to Capital. ment that will adhere to all the this skill and also help make and hoardings were removed. Garden. murder was registered and the his excellency Walter J. give a safe, socially distanced A 95 year old lady visiting norms of COVID-19 guide- Delhi a greener city. A special The drive will be continued till Jain said that to aware peo- accused husband has been Lindner- German Ambassador and memorable experience to the festival shared, “I was vis- lines. Digital payment facility display of hydroponic plants March 2. ple about Swachh Survekshan- apprehended in connection to India. Over the first week of its visitors. iting the festival for the first has also been available at the has also been set up to show- Nodal Officer of Swachh 2021, sanitation drives are with the incident,” he said. the event, visitors The venue, Garden of Five time and I thoroughly enjoyed. ticket counters along with case how certain plants can be Bharat Abhiyan Rajiv Jain said being conducted at various “Chetan is being interro- With the objective to cre- Senses spread over 22 acres of Everything from the flowers online bookings on Paytm grown without the use of soil. that in order to improve rank- places. He said that drives are gated to ascertain the sequence ate awareness about the envi- land is a unique venue appeal- displays to the ambience of the Insider, enabling cashless trans- Delhi Tourism will also ing in Swachh Survekshan- being conducted at various of events and the reason that ronment and showcase the ing to the five senses. With Garden is very fascinating. I actions. provide free electric shuttle 2021, theme based sanitation roads, parks, colonies, markets, led to a quarrel between them,” rich floriculture of Delhi, the sculptures like Prayer of Peace, also appreciate the medical The second weekend of service from Saket Metro drives are being carried in the bus stops, metro stations, police said, adding further three-week extravaganza is Tree of Infinite Knowledge, facilities provided at the the festival witnessed perfor- Station to the venue and back. area under jurisdiction of schools, vacant plots etc. investigation is underway. +,- +.+/ #
, " 8 & $ - ) 5 $ ) & 6 $ 7 United Nations: India has by many rights groups. mobilisation of support for the emphasised the need for an Myanmar doesn’t recognise developmental needs of the Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will early return of displaced Rohingya as an ethnic group local people is crucial. India has 7* * ! receive the CERAWeek global energy and environment Rohingyas from Bangladesh to and insists that they are been consistently encouraging leadership award during an annual international energy Myanmar, saying that it has the Bangladeshi migrants living ille- stakeholders to find practical Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan cannot go together and has asked Islamabad to take conference next week. The prime minister will also deliv- highest stake in resolving the gally in the country. and pragmatic solutions,” he on Saturday welcomed the ceasefire agreement with demonstrable steps against terror groups respon- er the keynote address at the CERAWeek Conference-2021, issue since it is the only nation Myanmar military seized said. He emphasised the need for India but said the onus of creating an “enabling envi- sible for launching various attacks on India. which will be held virtually from March 1 to 5, its organ- that shares a long border with the power on February 1, detain- an early resolution of the issue ronment” for further progress in bilateral relations On Thursday, India said it desires normal neigh- iser, IHS Markit, said on Friday. both countries. ing the country''s de-facto leader of Rohingyas. rests with New Delhi. bourly relations with Pakistan and is committed to Prominent speakers at the conference include US spe- Speaking at the informal Aung San Suu Kyi. The military Underscoring that a “col- In his first comments since the militaries of resolving all issues bilaterally in a peaceful manner. cial presidential envoy for climate John Kerry, Co-chair UN General Assembly meeting coup took place at a time when laborative and consensus-based India and Pakistan jointly announced on Thursday “On relations with Pakistan, as we have said ear- of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and founder on Friday on the situation in Bangladesh was spearheading a approach” is key to arriving at a that they have agreed to strictly observe all agree- lier, India desires normal neighbourly relations with of Breakthrough Energy Bill Gates and president and CEO, Myanmar after the military desperate campaign for safe meaningful and practical out- ments on the ceasefire along the Line of Control Pakistan. We have always maintained that we are Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser. staged a coup this month, India’s return of some 1.1 million come, Tirumurti said the inter- (LoC) and other sectors, Khan said Pakistan committed to addressing issues, if any, in a peace- “We look forward to Prime Minister Modi's per- Permanent Representative to Rohingyas. national community must work remains ready to move forward to resolve “all out- ful and bilateral manner,” Ministry of External spectives on the role of the world's largest democracy and the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti, addressing the to address the challenges that the standing issues” with India through dialogue. Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said in New are pleased to honour him with the CERAWeek Global Tirumurti said that it must be issue of displaced persons from concerned stakeholders contin- “I welcome restoration of the ceasefire along the Delhi. Energy and Environment Leadership Award for his com- ensured that the recent devel- the Rakhine state of Myanmar, ue to face so that this humani- LOC. The onus of creating an enabling environment India and Pakistan issued a joint statement on mitment to expanding India's leadership in sustainable opments in the country do not said India has the highest stake tarian problem is resolved in a for further progress rests with India. India must take Thursday to strictly observe all agreements on cease- development to meet the country's, and the world's, future impede the progress made so far in resolving the issue of repatri- timely manner. necessary steps to meet the long-standing demand fire along the LoC and other sectors after the hot- energy needs,” IHS Markit vice chairman and the con- and the international commu- ation of the displaced persons “India will continue to work & right of the Kashmiri people to self determina- line discussions by their Director Generals of ference's chair, Daniel Yergin, said. nity must encourage and sup- since it is the only country that with both the governments of tion according to UNSC resolutions,” Khan tweet- Military Operations. The decision by the two coun- In charting its path towards economic growth, port positive steps. shares a long border with both Bangladesh and Myanmar to ed. tries came into effect from the midnight of poverty reduction and a new energy future, India has Bangladesh is hosting over Bangladesh and Myanmar. enable the earliest return of dis- “We have always stood for peace & remain ready February 24/25. emerged at the centre of global energy and the environ- 1.1 million Rohingya refugees in “We have continued to placed persons to their homes in to move forward to resolve all outstanding issues India and Pakistan signed a ceasefire agreement ment, and its leadership is crucial to meet climate objec- Cox''s Bazar, who fled Myanmar counsel our partners on the need the Rakhine State in a manner through dialogue,” Khan said in a series of tweets. in 2003, but it has hardly been followed in letter and tives for a sustainable future while ensuring universal ener- facing military crackdown, often for a balanced and constructive that is safe, speedy and sustain- India has told Pakistan that “talks and terror” spirit over the past several years. PTI gy access, he said. PTI considered as “ethnic cleansing” approach to this issue. For this, able,” he said. PTI / & 6 >& C B24+ ( +':'CC' tice as they were reportedly Asked about senior BJP Gopeshwar: One more body of which 41 bodies have been being targetted, and had sought leader Shobha Surendran's was recovered from the banks identified, he said adding 132 he NDA in Kerala would stringent action against it. recent statement that IUML of the Alaknanda at Marwadi persons are still missing. Tbring in a law to prevent “Love Jihad is more preva- was welcome to the NDA if near Joshimath taking the toll Meanwhile, the NTPC prevent 'love jihad” in the state, lent in Kerala than in Uttar they leave behind their 'com- in the recent avalanche in whose Tapovan-Vishnugad if voted to power in the April Pradesh and a law is required munal agenda' and accept the Uttarakhand's Chamoli dis- hydel project was one of the 6 assembly elections, as such to prevent it. leadership and policies of the trict to 72. The 72nd body was worst-hit by the February 7 dis- cases are 'more prevalent' here The christian community Narendra Modi led govern- recovered late on Friday aster, has deposited a sum of Rs than in Uttar Pradesh, BJP in the state is worried and have ment, the state chief said the evening, Chamoli's Disaster 3.52 crore in the chief judicial state chief K Surendran said sought stringent action against party would join hands only Management Officer N K Joshi magistrate's court to be paid as here on Saturday love jihad.. This is of serious with those who leave their said on Saturday. compensation to 25 affected 'Love Jihad' is a term used concern for them,” Surendran affiliation with the IUML, Meanwhile, rescue opera- families as per a list issued by by right wing activists to refer told reporters here. Congress and CPI(M). tions in the avalanche hit-areas the state government, a com- to an alleged campaign of BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh “The BJP in Kerala will not continued for the 21st day on pany spokesperson said. Muslims forcing Hindu girls to and Madhya Pradesh had ear- join hands with the IUML, CPI Saturday, he said. The rest of the families will convert in the guise of love. lier brought in religious free- (M) and the Congress. We will So far 72 bodies and 30 also be paid compensation Surendran said the dom laws to stop conversions accept only those who leave human body parts have been after the state government Christian community was now through marriage or by any their affiliation with these par- recovered from different places issues death certificates of their ( ( ) - ) "#$ more worried about the prac- other fraudulent means. ties,” Surendran said. in the avalanche-hit areas out missing kin, he said. PTI "# %: ) $ 85 ) 9:9* 5 '* ? $ .C S H# Bengaluru: If things go as planned, the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra mission of NSIL, which is under- of diversified agriculture across the " an Indian rocket will launch a Pradesh's Nellore district, about taking it under a commercial Brazilian territory,” an ISRO state- Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala on returnees in the southern state was Brazilian satellite for the first time 100 kms from Chennai. arrangement with Seattle, US-based ment said. Saturday crossed the 10 lakh mark 94. from Sriharikota spaceport on These co-passenger satellites satellite rideshare and mission man- In view of the strict COVID-19 in terms of total COVID-19 recov- Among them, 11 people were Sunday. include Satish Dhawan Sat (SD agement provider, Spaceflight Inc. pandemic norms in place at SDSC eries, while reporting 3,792 new earlier found infected with the new It's also Indian Space Research SAT) from Chennai-based Space “We are eagerly looking forward SHAR, Sriharikota, gathering of ( ;D ,'2' positive cases and 18 deaths. strain of virus, she said. Organisation's (ISRO) first launch Kidz India (SKI). A picture of to the launch. We are very proud to media personnel is not planned With the addition of the fresh Stating that the state has tested of 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launch the first Brazilian-built satel- there and launch viewing gallery will ight people were on Saturday cases, the infection count surged to 73,710 samples in the last 24 hours, Subject to weather conditions, been engraved on the top panel of lite, Chairman and Managing be closed. EArrested for allegedly slaugh- 10,56,498 and the death toll to 4,182, the minister said the test positivity the blastoff is scheduled at 10.24 this spacecraft. Director of NSIL, G Narayanan, told However, the live telecast of the tering 16 cows in Siddipet dis- state Health Minister K K Shailaja rate was 5.14 per cent. hours from Satish Dhawan Space “This is to show solidarity and PTI. The 637-kg Amazonia-1, which launch will be available on ISRO trict of Telangana, police said. said in a release here. Till now, 1,14,13,515 samples Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, gratitude for his (PM's) will be the first Brazilian satellite to website, Youtube, Facebook and Acting on information that As many as 4,650 people have have been tested. where countdown commenced at Aatmanirbhar initiative and space be launched from India, is the opti- Twitter channels. the cows were slaughtered on the recuperated from the disease on “Among those found infected 08.54 hours on Saturday for the privatisation”, said SKI, which is also cal earth observation satellite of The 18 co-passenger satellites outskirts of Siddipet on Friday, Saturday, taking the total cured in the today, 112 people reached the state PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 mission. sending up “Bagavad Gita” in SD National Institute for Space Research are: four from ISRO's Indian a police team reached the spot state to 10,01,164, she said. from outside while 3,418 contracted PSLV-C51 rocket, which is the (secured digital) card. (INPE). National Space Promotion and and arrested the eight. Currently, there are 50,514 peo- the disease from their contacts.The 53rd mission of PSLV (Polar Satellite It's also a big day for Bengaluru- “This satellite would further Authorisation Centre (three The district Police ple under treatment. source of infection of 236 are yet to Launch Vehicle), will launch headquartered ISRO's commercial strengthen the existing structure by UNITYsats from consortium of Commissioner D Joel Davis said The minister said no UK be traced while 26health workers are Amazonia-1 of Brazil as primary arm NewSpace India Limited providing remote sensing data to three Indian academic institutes a case was registered under rel- returnee had tested positive in the last also among the infected,” the minis- satellite and 18 co-passenger pay- (NSIL). PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 users for monitoring deforestation and the SD SAT from SKI) and 14 evant sections of the IPC, 24 hours.So far, the total infected UK ter said. PTI loads from the first launch pad of is the first dedicated commercial in the Amazon region and analysis from NSIL. PTI Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act and Prohibition of Cows Slaughter Act. ) , $$ Citing preliminary infor- ( & 6 ; 4 mation, police said the arrested people used to purchase aged - ( > . ) & ( * cows from farmers and took them to a poultry shed for &-9% 2 $&; Bengaluru: A rare 10.9 gram gram, is almost uncirculated. Aizawl: The Mizoram government has decided to reopen ( ;',( /', 10,000 Ashwamedha Yagnas. allegedly slaughtering them to gold coin of Kam Bakhsh, the So it's unique,” Maru, who is colleges, universities and other higher educational Though the notification for a sell beef. fifth son of Mughal emperor organising the auction, said. institutions from March 1, an official statement said. akhs of devotees from different COVID-delayed Kumbh Mela has Meanwhile, members of BJP $ $. Aurangazeb, is going under According to a statement A meeting of Education and Health department offi- Lparts of the country took a dip not been issued yet, it would have and VHP and other organisa- $ the hammer here. on Marudhar Arts' portal, Kam cials chaired by Higher and Technical Education in the Ganga at Har ki Pairi here been the fourth important bathing tions held a rally on Friday, 3 & $ Marudhar Arts, a leading Bakhsh took active part in the Minister Dr R Lalthangliana on Friday decided to reopen on the occasion of Maghi Purnima day on Saturday if the event was demanding the arrest of those & ' " numismatic auction house wars. colleges, universities and higher educational institutions on Saturday. held on time. responsible for the slaughter, 6 & 4 + 6 here, is holding the auction at In 1707, he seized the con- from March 1, the statement said. Devotees had begun to gath- The devotees said they prayed the police said. 3 & a price ranging between Rs 45 trol of the Bijapur fort and The meeting instructed all college authorities to er at the famous ghat from Friday to mother Ganga for the wellbeing The situation is peaceful in $ lakh and Rs 50 lakh. declared himself the king. undertake mandatory thermal screening at the entrance itself for a bath in the river on the of their families and for freeing the Siddipet, they added. E According to Rajendra Gradually, Kam Bakhsh and to strictly follow Standard Operating Procedure occasion which has a special reli- world from the coronavirus pan- $ $. Maru, the CEO of Marudhar sway extended across much of (SOP), it said. gious significance for Hindus. demic. $ Arts, the gold 'Mohur' of Deccan winning control over Lalthangliana, who is also the Health Minister, urged According to teerth-purohits, The mela area was divided Bijapur Dar-uz-Zafar mint has Hyderabad, erstwhile Gulbarga authorities of schools, colleges, universities and other taking a bath in the Ganga on the into nine zones and 23 sectors for a Persian legend. (now Kalaburagi), Shahpur institutions to adhere to COVID-19 protocols and guide- occasion of Maghi Purnima gives the smooth conduct of Maghi “The coin, weighing 10.90 and Wakinkhera. PTI lines made from time to time. PTI one as much spiritual benefits as Purnima snan. 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M $ M $& M $ ' R ' 3 ($$ )'3(*M From Page 1 ') CC Meanwhile, Azad, who reached Jammu on Friday said the Congress party will contest the coming Assembly elections in From Page 1 four States and a Union Territory with its full might. He said, It leaves no doubt that as the prince continues in the fight is not over yet. “I may have retired from Parliament but his powerful role and likely ascends to the throne, not for the politics”, Every time I received this treatment I have Americans will forever associate him with the brutal bounced back,” he thundered. killing of a journalist who promoted democracy and Addressing the ‘Shanti Sammelan Azad said, “Be it Jammu human rights. or Kashmir or Ladakh, we respect all religions, people and castes. Yet even as the Biden administration released the We equally respect everyone, that is our strength and we will con- findings, it appeared determined to preserve the tinue with this”. Saudi relationship by avoiding direct punishment of the “In the last 5-6 years, all these friends did not speak any less prince himself despite demands from some congres- than me in Parliament over Jammu & Kashmir, its unemploy- sional Democrats and Khashoggi allies for significant ment, stripping off of statehood, finishing off industries and edu- and targeted sanctions. cation, implementation of GST,” the former Rajya Sabha MP Questioned by reporters, Secretary of State Antony added. Blinken defended the approach. Raj Babbar also addressed the event and emphasised that the “What we’ve done by the actions we’ve taken is not G-23 leaders want the Congress party to be strong. People say to rupture the relationship but to| “G23”, I say Gandhi 23. “With the belief, resolve and thinking recalibrate it to be more in line with our interests and of Mahatma Gandhi, this nation’s law and Constitution was our values,” he said. “I think that we have to formed. 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3 " " $ P ) 3 ) ( ) ) ) ( ))( 7* )( (- ,/& 0/ :;( ( 0/ :;( tion was led by Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Union Home he Election Commission ndia and Bangladesh on Secretary.Sh. Mostafa Kamal T(EC) has decided to keep in ISaturday decided to finish Uddin, Senior Secretary, abeyance Assam Government’s the early completion of border Public Security Division, decision of transferring and fencing and tackle the menace Ministry of Home Affairs of posting over a dozen police of cross-border terrorism. At Bangladesh led the officers after the announce- the virtual Home Secretary Bangladesh delegation. ment of poll schedule. ( 0/ :;( level talks, headed by Union “India and Bangladesh The poll body has written Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla attach highest importance to to chief secretaries and chief rime Minister Narendra and Bangladesh Mostafa Kamal their bilateral relations. Both electoral officers of five States— PModi on Saturday said the Uddin, Senior Secretary, Public Secretaries reiterated their West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Government has prepared a Security Division, it was reit- commitment to further Nadu, Assam and ‘National Toy Action Plan’ that erated that either country expand and strengthen mutu- Puducherry—going for the electioneering work and also the Central Government under includes 15 ministries and should not be used for any al cooperation in the security polls, drawing the particular shall not make use of official provisions of their laws, on departments to make the activity inimical to each other’s and border related issues. Both provisions of model code of machinery or personnel during equitable basis. industry competitive and pro- interests. sides reaffirmed not to allow conduct to the party in power the electioneering work.” There “This shall be subject to vide it with a global platform. “The 19th Home the territory of either country and immediate enforcement shall be a total ban on use of condition that such accommo- The Prime Minister said Civilisation. The world has tainment and psychology. Secretary Level Talks (HSLT) to be used for any activity of the MCC. official vehicle by any political dation is not already allotted or the ancient toy culture of the studied the toys of the “Take Lattu (top) as an between India and Bangladesh inimical to each other’s inter- According to the EC, the party, candidate or any other occupied by election related country reflects the practice of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappan example. When children learn were held virtually today in ests. Both sides discussed early Assam Government ordered person connected with election officials or Observers. Such reuse and recycling, which is era,” he said. to play with Lattu, they learn the backdrop of completion of pending fencing the transfer of 12 IPS and 6 (except officials performing political functionaries shall not part of the Indian lifestyle. Prime Minister had in his about gravity and balance. In ‘MujibBarsho’and 50 years of along the Indo Bangladesh APS officers on the day the any election related official carry out any political activity He said India has the ‘Ma’am ki baat’ radio pro- the same way, a child playing Bangladesh Liberation War Border (IBB) as agreed by the election schedule was duty) for campaigning, elec- while staying in the potential to take the world gramme also stressed the role with a slingshot inadvertently and establishment of diplo- Prime Ministers of the two announced. The Commission, tioneering or election related Government Guest back to eco-friendly toys. played by the toys in shaping starts learning basics about matic ties between the two countries,” said Union Home therefore, decided to keep the travel during elections. The Houses/Rest Houses or other The fair that will continue mind and reflected on the kinetic energy and potential countries. The Indian delega- Ministry in a statement. transfer/posting of these police government transport includ- Government accommodation from February 27 to March 2 rich and varied Indian tradi- energy. Puzzle toys develop officers in abeyance till further ing official air-crafts, vehicles, etc,” it said. aims to bring together all stake- tion of toy Making. strategic thinking and prob- orders. In West Bengal, the poll machinery and personnel shall The poll body further said holders including buyers, sell- Addressing the Toy Fair lem-solving thinking, “ Prime ? % body replaced the top cop in not be used for furtherance of that no advertisements shall be ers, students, teachers, design- that he inaugurated, the Prime Minister sight to explain. charge of law and order for the the interest of the party in issued in electronic and print ers, etc on a virtual platform to Minister said that India has Modi said that the new State. Jag Mohan, who was power,” the EC said in its com- media highlighting the achieve- create sustainable linkages and given the world some of the National Education Policy also C $ previously DG (Fire Services), muniques. ments of the government at the encourage dialogue for the most popular games like Chess incorporates play-based and has been named as the new The EC also stated that cost of public exchequer. “If any overall development of the and ludo. activity-based education. ( 0/ :;( The attached assets are sit- ADG and IGP (Law and public places such as maidans advertisement has already been industry, according to a “Chess, which is so popu- “This is an education sys- uated at Nelamangala, Order), replacing Jawed etc., for holding election meet- released for telecast/broadcast Government statement. lar in the world today, was ear- tem in which logical and cre- he Enforcement Koratagere, Chikkabalapura, Shamim “with immediate effect ings, and use of helipads for air- or publication in the print Speaking at the India Toy lier played in India as ative thinking can be increased TDirectorate (ED) has Srirangapatana and Bengaluru and in the interest of public ser- flights in connection with elec- media, it must be ensured that Fair 2021 here that he also ‘Chaturanga or Chaduranga’. in children through riddles attached immovable assets in Karnataka and at vice”. Shamim will now take tions shall not be monopolised the telecast/broadcast of such inaugurated, the Prime Modern Ludo was played as and games. Special attention (agricultural and non-agri- Madakasira in Andhra over the DG (Fire Services) by itself. Other parties and ads on electronic media is Minister said the Government ‘Pachisi’. In our scriptures too, has been given to this,” he said. cultural land, buildings, resi- Pradesh. position. candidates shall be allowed the stopped forthwith and that no has prepared a National Toy there are descriptions of young The Prime Minister assert- dential flat and factories) The ED initiated investi- In a letter, the EC said use of such places and facilities such ad is published in any Action Plan. It includes 15 lord Ram, and lord Krishna’s ed that in the field of toys, worth 84.40 crore held by gation on the basis of a com- “…the particular provisions of on the same terms and condi- newspapers, magazines, etc., ministries and departments toys,” he said. India has tradition and tech- Kanva Group of companies) plaint received from the Office Model Code of Conduct relat- tions on which they are used by i.e. in print media, from today to make the industry compet- Modi said that even today nology coupled with concepts and related entities besides of the Registrar of ing to the ‘party in power’ the party in power,” it said. itself and it should be immedi- itive, ‘Aatmanirbhar’, and to Indian toys are simpler and and competence. those of Founder Director Cooperative Societies, which inter alia says that the The EC further points out atelywithdrawn,” it said. provide it with a global plat- cheaper than western toys and “We can take the world and President of Bengaluru- Bengaluru and various regis- party in power whether at the that rest houses, dak bungalows The MCC is a set of rules form. appealed to the manufacturers back towards eco-friendly based Sree Kanva Souhardha tered FIRs wherein it was Centre or in the States con- or other government accom- put in force by the Election “This first Toy Fair is not to make toys that are better for toys. The National Toy Action Co-Operative Credit Limited alleged that the entity has cerned, shall ensure that no modation where elections have Commission of India to guar- just a business or economic both ecology and psychology. Plan has been prepared which (SKSCCL), Harish S. collected 650 crore deposits cause is given for any complaint been announced or are taking antee free and fair elections. It event. This programme is a “Try to use less plastic in includes 15 ministries and The accused individuals from the members of public, that it has used its official place can be given to the polit- is a set of norms that have link to strengthen the coun- toys. Use such things that can departments to make the and the entities had collected assuring high rate of interest position for the purposes of its ical functionaries who are pro- evolved with political parties try’s age-old culture of sports be recycled,” he said. industry competitive, 650 crore from the public through commission agents, election campaign”. vided security by the State in Z consenting to abide by the and gaiety. India toy culture is Indian toys, he said, con- Aatmanirbhar and take India’s and total attachments in the without maintaining required “The Ministers shall not scale or above or equivalent by principles embodied in the said as old as the Indus Valley tain elements of science, enter- toys to the world,” he said. case is about 340 crore. liquidity. combine their official visit with various State Governments or code. O ) 4( ) >( P $ ) ( # "
( //( 0/ :;( cacies from every region of the ) ) ( ) country at “Bawarchikhana” nion Minister for Minority section. UAffairs Mukhtar Abbas Besides, different cultural ( 0/ :;( Naqvi on Saturday said here and musical programmes were ))(- ( that the “Hunar Haat” is play- daily presented by renowned attling insolvency pro- ing “phenomenal and perfect” artists of the country such as Bceedings, The Pioneer role in making “Vocal for Vinod Rathore (21 Feb); ( 0/ :;( “During investigation, it media group is gearing up to Local” campaign a “mass Nizami Brothers (24 Feb); was revealed that Panna Lal undergo a major facelift. The movement” and as of now Sudesh Bhonsle (26 Feb); Sl he NIA on Saturday filed a Mahto, the kingpin of human group is planning to augment given employment to over five Kailash Kher (27 Feb) and Tchargesheet against four trafficking racket, along with his its revenue, improve its con- lakh people and ‘still counting.’ others. persons in a case relating to wife, Sunita Devi, was operat- tents, and radically change its Speaking at the “Hunar Naqvi said that the “Hunar human trafficking in the guise ing a Human Trafficking net- digital presence through the Haat” in Jawaharlal Nehru Haat” has, as of now, provid- of running placement agencies work in the guise of six introduction of new technolo- Stadium here Naqvi said that ed employment and employ- before the NIA Special Court, Placement Agencies in Delhi. gy, new marketing strategy “Hunar Haat” has been becom- ment opportunities to more Ranchi under various Sections They used to traffic poor and and revamping of its circula- ing “Kumbh of backers of bril- than 5 lakh 30,000 artisans, of the IPC, Provisions of the innocent minor boy and girls tion. liance”. craftsmen and artists . Inter- State Migrant Workmen from Jharkhand on the pretext The senior employees of Naqvi said that more than The Union Ministry of (Regulation of Employment of providing them jobs in Delhi the newspaper both from the 12 lakh people have visited the Minority Affairs will provide and Conditions of Service) Act, and neighbouring States. management and the editorial “Hunar Haat”, started from craftsmen. Naqvi said that indige- employment and employment 1979 and the Juvenile Justice However, the victims were side met on Saturday under the 20th February and become More than 600 artisans nous handmade products such opportunities to 7 lakh 50,000 (Care and Protection) Act, exploited and were never paid leadership of NCLT-appointed “Proud Promoter” of Prime and craftsmen from more than as Applique work, dry flowers, artisans and craftsmen 2015. the promised remunerations,” Interim Resolution Professional Minister Narendra Modi’s 31 States and UTs participat- jute-cane, brass products, through 75 “Hunar Haat” Those charged are Panna the NIA said in a statement. (IRP) Ranjeet Kumar Verma “Vocal for Local” campaign by ing in the “Hunar Haat”. wooden and clay toys, Ajrakh which will be organised by Lal Mahto, Sunita Devi During the investigation, where it was decided to effec- purchasing handmade prod- Artisans and craftsmen from Block Print, Blue Art Pottery, completion of 75 years of the (absconding), Gopal Oraon two other accused Gopal Oraon tively tackle the “existential” serious issues flagged by them ucts of indigenous artisans Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Pashmina Shawl, Khadi prod- country’s independence. and Shiv Shankar Ganjhu. and Shiv Shankar Ganjhu, both challenge the one of the oldest regarding their remuneration and craftsmen worth crores of Bihar, Chandigarh, ucts, Banarsi Silk, Wooden The “Hunar Haat” is avail- The case was initially reg- residents of Khunti district media houses in the country is and staff shortage. “I will do rupees. Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Furniture, Chikankari able on virtual and online istered as FIR No. 07/2019 at were arrested. Both were close facing. everything possible to create a The number of visitors is Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Embroidery, Chanderi Silk, platform http://hunarhaat.org AHTU police station in Khunti, associates of the kingpin Panna “I am here as a representa- proper atmosphere so that likely to go above 16 lakh in Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Lac bangles, Rajasthani jew- and on GeM Portal also where Jharkhand on July 19, 2019 in Lal Mahto, and were actively tive of the court and my main everyone can contribute to the the next two days, he said. This Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, ellery, Phulkari, Oil Painting, the people of the which the accused Panna Lal involved in trafficking vulner- objective is to keep The Pioneer revival of the company,” he said. “Hunar Haat” will be con- Ladakh, Madhya Leather products, Khurja pot- country and abroad can buy Mahto, aged about 37 years, of able persons from Jharkhand, it group as a going concern. I’ve He said he didn’t believe in cluding on March first, 2021. Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, tery, Sandalwood artefacts products of indigenous arti- village Ganaloya under Murhu said. no score to settle or no axe to a witch-hunt, but he expected The 10-day “Hunar Haat” Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, sans and craftsmen police station, Khunti was Investigation has also grind. I want the cooperation everyone to help him imple- was inaugurated by Defence Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Jute products from West digital/online. arrested for running a Human revealed that both were owners of everyone to make The ment the court’s order in letter Minister Rajnath Singh. Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Bengal, rare antiques made of Next “Hunar Haat” will be Trafficking network in of three Placement Agencies in Pioneer a vibrant brand again, and spirit. Several Ministers, MPs, Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West glass, mats and carpets etc organised in Bhopal (12 to 21 Jharkhand and New Delhi. Delhi, involved in human traf- both in Hindi and English,” The Delhi bench of the senior government officials, Bengal etc are participating in were available for sale and dis- March 2021); Goa (25 March The NIA had taken over ficking racket. Another accused Verma said during the course National Company Law various Diplomats, renowned the “Hunar Haat to display and play at the “Hunar Haat”. to 04 April); Kota (9 April to the investigation on June 13 last Sunita Devi, wife of arrested of an exchange of idea session. Tribunal (NCLT) last month industrialists have come here sale of their indigenous hand- Naqvi said that the visitors 18 April); Surat (23 April to 2 year after re-registering the accused Pana Lal Mahto, is He added that he expected the initiated insolvency proceed- to encourage the artisans and made products. also enjoyed traditional deli- May). case as RC-09/2020/NIA/DLI. absconding. company operation to return to ings against the CMYK normal in a short while. Printech , which runs the oper- The IRP assured the ation of The Pioneer newspaper, employees that their priority following a plea by one of its 4$P ' - ( would be look into a range of directors. O P ' ( 0/ :;( Minister of MSME Nitin ufacturing Khadi products Gadkari has lauded Khadi’s from any financial burden. ( 0/ :;( Communications. Wan, the Esther Aboodi hadi and Village Industry successful e-commerce ven- “All expenses incurred on “If their beneficial effect Assistant Professor of O (P ( KCommission’s (KVIC) ture saying this provided a operating Khadi e-portal is eople who took statins — bears out in randomized clin- Medicine in Cardiology and foray into the online market- wide marketing platform for borne by the KVIC. While in Pwidely used cholesterol- ical trials, statins could poten- Cardiac Electrophysiology ing segment has found various Khadi and village case of other e-commerce lowering medications – may tially prove to be a low-cost and a cardiac electrophysiol- tremendous public patron- industry products to a larger sites, product cataloguing, have reduced risk of develop- and effective therapeutic ogist at NewYork Presbyterian ) 6 age. Testimony to this is the population. “E-marketing of packaging and dispatch are ing severe Covid-19 disease, a strategy for COVID-19,” adds /Columbia University Irving gross turnover of over Rs Khadi is proving to be a the responsibility of the team of researchers said co-lead author Mahesh V Medical Center, one of the ( 0/ :;( Narendra Modi’s words as 1.12 crore in just 8 months of game-changer. Our efforts respective sellers, KVIC has adding that they were approx- Madhavan, cardiologist at study’s senior authors. Gujarat Chief Minister to urge the launch of Khadi’s e-por- should be to reach a turnover a policy that the Khadi insti- imately 50 per cent less likely NewYork- “As cardiologists, statins he Congress Saturday the government to reduce the tal www.khadiindia.gov.in. of Rs 200 crore per year,” tutions and PMEGP units are to die if hospitalised for the Presbyterian/Columbia naturally came to mind,” Taccused the Modi high tax components on petro- Launched on July 7, 2020, Gadkari said. exempted from any such infection. University Irving Medical Gupta says. “In addition to Government of ignoring the leum products. Singhvi said the Khadi e-portal has delivered KVIC has developed the financial and logistical bur- “Our study is one of the Center. their well-known cholesterol- woes of common man and common man is already hurt orders to over 10,000 cus- e-portal in-house without den. This saves them a lot of larger studies confirming this Gupta, Madhavan, and lowering effect, statins are asked it to shed its “arrogance” due to rising inflation and job- tomers out of the 65,000 peo- spending a single rupee on money and, therefore, Khadi’s hypothesis and the data lay the study’s leadership group known for their anti-inflam- and reduce the tax imposed on lessness amid a decline in the ple who visited the e-portal web-developing. Unlike other e-portal is a unique platform the groundwork for future are cardiologists who cared matory, anticoagulant and petrol, diesel and LPG. economy post-pandemic. till date. The KVIC has also online portals, the KVIC for lakhs of Khadi artisans,” randomized clinical trials that for hospitalized Covid-19 immunomodulatory proper- Addressing a press confer- The PM may ignore the delivered more than 1 lakh takes care of all logistics and KVIC Chairman Vinai are needed to confirm the patients in the spring and ties.” ence here, Congress spokesper- Congress’ demand, but he articles/commodities to these infrastructure support like Kumar Saxena said. benefit of statins in Covid- summer of 2020 when the Based on their observa- son Abhishek Singhvi said the should at least listen to his own customers. During this peri- cataloguing, product photo- Khadi’s online sale that 19,” said Aakriti Gupta, car- first wave of the pandemic tions, the authors looked at government should immedi- words as Gujarat CM during od, the average online pur- shoot, maintaining online started with just Khadi Face diologist at swept through New York City. outcomes for 2,626 patients ately roll back the additional the UPA regime at the Centre, chase has recorded at Rs inventory and packaging and Masks during the Covid-19 NewYorkPresbyterian/ “We observed that with Covid-19 who were taxes of 23.78 and 28.37 per or may heed RBI Governor 11,000 per customer, which is transportation of goods to lockdown, has evolved into a Columbia University Irving patients who got very sick and admitted to a quaternary aca- litre on petrol and diesel Shaktikanta Das’s advice that an indication of Khadi’s ever- the customers’ doorsteps. This full-fledged E-market plat- Medical Center and one of the required hospitalization had demic medical center in respectively, which will help the rising fuel prices will have growing popularity and the saves Khadi artisans, institu- form with nearly 800 prod- co-lead authors of the study high rates of hyperinflamma- Manhattan during the first 18 bring down fuel prices. a cascading effect, the Congress diversity of its product range. tions and PMEGP units man- ucts. published in the Nature tion and clotting,” says Elaine weeks of the pandemic. He quoted Prime Minister leader said. +,- +.+/ (
8 . " , " ' / & refused to apologise and claimed hat (identity theft), 66D (cheating by “Duniya kahan se kahan pahunch to go. We have to make this place ( the two had been romantically personation using computer gayi magar mera silly ex abhi bhi (world) absolutely safe for woman”. 8982'( involved in 2014. She sent a counter- resources) of the Information waheen hai usi modh pe jahan yeh Kangana’s comments against notice to Hrithik Roshan, asking him Technology Act against an unknown waqt dobara laut ke nahi jane wala”. Hrithik had come three days after the " ! &65 he controversy over a host of to take his notice back or face a crim- person at the Cyber Police Station. This is not the first time that actor tweeted in the midst of “Me Temails sent allegedly by an inal case. As part of the investigations, the Kangana has made fun of Hrithik. In Too” movement: “It is impossible for Kolkata: With the stage set for high- a poll slogan- “Bangla Nijer Meyekei “impostor” pretending to be In his legal notice, Hrithik had Cyber Cell of the Mumbai police had October 2018, the actress had me to work with any person if he/she Octane Assembly elections, poll Chaye”, portraying Chief Minister Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan to that he was being harassed mental- also taken Hrithik’s laptop and slammed Hrithik by saying that is guilty of such grave misconduct. strategist Prashant Kishore on Mamata Banerjee mascot with a Kangana Ranaut resurfaced on ly by Kangana. The notice claimed phone for investigation. “people who keep wives as trophies I am away and have access to only Saturday exuded confidence of TMC focus on women voters and Bengali Saturday, as the crime branch sleuths that Kangana had sent him a stag- In the past, the police forensic and young girls as mistresses should sporadic information. I have request- returning to power as the people of sub-nationalism. of the Mumbai police recorded the gering 1,439 emails, to which he experts could not ascertain any facts be boycotted”.”There are men who ed the producers of Super 30 to take West Bengal are ready to bring back The BJP, however, mocked Kishor statement of “Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai” never responded. He had also alleged about the email ID which was traced make false promises of love and mar- stock of the apparent facts and take their rightful leader. and said he has no idea about the actor. that the actress was telling people to the US and hence filed a nil report riage to a girl to get them into a rela- a harsh stand if need be. This is not Kishor, whose team I-PAC is ground reality in Bengal. Four years after the actor lodged that she was in a romantic relation- in June 2017. In December last year, tionship that is also a type of harass- to be hushed or brushed under the working in planning TMC's election Earlier, in a tweet in December, a complaint with the Mumbai police ship with her. Hrithik’s lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani ment. There are married men who carpet. All proven offenders must be campaign, in his latest tweet said that Kishor had vowed to quit Twitter if alleging that someone impersonat- Among other things, Hrithik had approached Mumbai Police keep their wives as trophies and keep punished and all exploited people one of the key battles for democracy the BJP crossed double digits in the ing him was sending e-mails from a had claimed that Kangana had been Commissioner Param Bir Singh young girls as their mistresses like must be empowered and given in the country will be fought in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections. bogus e-mail ID between 2013 and in touch with was an imposter, pre- and requested him to look into the Hrithik...They lure young beautiful strength to speak up.” West Bengal. The people of the state Kishor then wrote that BJP would 2014 to Kangana, the officials of the tending to be Hrithik Roshan. actor’s complaint, after the case was girls with the promise of marriage Hritik’s comment came in want its daughter back and the pub- struggle to secure even double digits Crime Intelligence Unit of the Crime On her part, Kangana had transferred to the Crime Branch's and later try to prove them mad. respect of Bahl, who is the director lic could hold him to this tweet on in the West Bengal assembly election. Branch-CID recorded Hrithik’s state- claimed that the particular email ID CIU. Nobody should work with such of Super 30, a biopic on the life of May 2, the day the results of the elec- His tweet was in response to ment in connection with the inves- used for exchanging mails with him Hrithik's lawyers had told the people. They should be boycotted,” mathematician Anand Kumar and tions will be declared. Home Minister Amit Shah setting a tigations into his complaint. had been given to her by Hrithik Police chief that despite the Kangana had told a news television his educational programme Super “One of the key battles FOR target of winning more than 200 out It may be recalled that Hrithik Roshan himself. She had also said Magistrate's order directing the channel Justifying the treatment 30. Incidentally, Kangana's Queen DEMOCRACY in India will be of 294 seats in West Bengal assembly had in 2016 lodged an imperson- that the email had been kept private police to return the actor's laptop and being meted out to film maker co-star Nayani Dixit had accused fought in West Bengal, and the peo- polls in 2021. ation complaint with the police so as to prevent it from having a neg- mobile phone submitted for the Vikas Bahl, a former member of the Bahl of sexual misconduct. ple of Bengal are ready with their The Election Commission has after a spat with Kangana, with ative impact on the divorce pro- probe, he had not collected it yet to now dissolved Phantom Films who After a reported affair between MESSAGE and determined to show announced eight-phase elections in whom he had acted Kites (2010) and ceedings between Hrithik Roshan enable the police complete the probe has been accused of sexual harass- the two during the filming of Krrish the RIGHT CARD - West Bengal from March 27 to April Krrish 3 (2013). and his wife Sussanne Khan that was and catch the real culprit. ment by a couple of actresses, 3, Kangana and Hrithik have been #BanglaNijerMeyekeiChay (Bengal 29. Results will be declared on May Earlier, in the wake of Kangana going on then. On her part, an unfazed Kangana said: “There are many engaged in a legal war. While the Only Wants its Daughter) PS: On 2nd 2 along with the three other poll- calling him a “silly-ex” during an Based on Hrithik’s complaint, Kangana called Hritik “mera silly-ex people like Vikas Bahl, he is not the actress has all along insisted that she May, hold me to my last tweet,” he bound states and the union territory interview, Hrithik had sent her a legal the police had registered a case under and made fun of him as the actor only one. We still have a lot of work had affair with Hrithik, the actor has tweeted. of Puducherry. notice demanding a public apology section 419 (cheating by person- appeared before the Crime branch to do so, we should not start the cel- steadfastly denied any relations Planned and conceptualised by West Bengal has a 294-member from her. However, Kangana Ranaut ation) of IPC and sections 66C sleuths to record his statement ebrations as yet. We have a long way between them. I-PAC, TMC last week had unveiled assembly. PTI Q ( "+. : & 9 "$ " $ 4JC' $ $ $ $ Jammu: The foot soldiers of the Indian alert and made possible what was strongly,” Lt Gen Joshi said.Without .N $$ E 8982'( referred to the recent Delhi court’s recent Army, deployed in the hinterland to believed impossible by the bravery, grit naming China and Pakistan, he said order granting bail to climate activist effectively tackle any threat from the ter- and determination of its personnel in Indian Army has maintained its dom- Ballia (UP): Upset with non-payment of honorar- aharashtra Minister of State for Home, Disha Ravi for allegedly editing a social rorist outfits, would continue to par- the face of challenging situations along ination on its borders with the neigh- ium, a 30-year-old woman ‘gram sevak' allegedly MIT, Housing, Transport, Parliamentary media material or toolkit on the ongoing ticipate in the counter terrorism oper- the border. He said 2020 was historic bouring countries and helped in main- committed suicide by hanging herself in Ballia dis- Affairs and Ex-Servicemen Welfare Satej farmers’ protests. ations in Jammu and Kashmir, Lt-Gen in many ways for the Army which taining peace in the hinterland. trict, police said on Saturday. Patil on Saturday hit out against the Centre “The Centre’s move is nothing but an YK Joshi, GoC-in-C of the Northern demonstrated its mettle in eastern He said there has been a tremen- Maya Pande, who worked as a gram sevak under for its recent move to regulate social media act to suppress the voice of those who are Command headquarters in Udhampur Ladakh by its “grit, determination, self- dous improvement in the basic deploy- MGNREGA in the Chitroli village under Bansdih and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, saying exercising their freedom to speech,” Patil said on Saturday. confidence, bravery and steadfastness”. ment and preparedness and the efforts Kotwali police station of the district, was found hang- that it was nothing but act of infringing the said. “Recently, the Director General of In Kashmir, he said, the overall securi- in this direction will continue. “The ing in a room of her house in the same village on privacy of individuals and free speech under The Centre had on February 25 Military Operations (DGMOs) of India ty situation saw a great improvement in measures we have put in to strengthen Friday, SHO Rajesh Singh said. the Constitution. announced sweeping regulations for social and Pakistan have announced an agree- the previous year as there has been a our defences, the same efforts were She was rushed to the district hospital by her Dubbing the move as an act of “sup- media firms such as Facebook and Twitter ment to uphold a ceasefire along the considerable reduction in terrorist-ini- made to maintain peace,” he said. family members, he said, adding the woman died pressing” the voice of those exercising their as well as OTT players such as Netflix, LoC from February 24 and 25 midnight. tiated incidents, stone-pelting activities During the ceremony, the Army com- there later. freedom of speech, Patil said: “This move requiring them to remove any content I want to assure that this ceasefire will and protests as a result of tireless efforts mander presented two Bar to Sena The victim's family members told police that she by the Centre needs to be fought tooth and flagged by authorities within 36 hours and have no bearing on the counter-terror- of the security forces and the people of medals (gallantry) and 50 Sena medals was not getting her honorarium for the past two nail. Such ‘dictatorial’ regulations will not setting up a complaint redressal mechanism ist operations and we will maintain our Jammu and Kashmir. (gallantry) to the brave soldiers.He months. be accepted by the people of this democ- with an officer being based in the country. alertness,” Lt Gen Joshi said at the “The northern command has also presented three Sena medals (dis- She was also not keeping well and had asked for ratic country.. Some bureaucrats passing the The regulations also make it mandatory Northern Command investiture cere- always stood like a shield against the tinguished) and six Vishisht Seva medals leave which too was not granted, the family mem- judgement on what needs to be published for platforms such as Twitter and WhatsApp mony. attempts by our neighbouring countries for selfless service to the nation. bers told police, adding these reasons drove her to or not on any media platform is nothing but to identify the originator of a message that He said the northern command, to spread disturbance and it will con- Lt Gen Joshi also awarded unit take the extreme step. an attack on the freedom of press in India”. authorities consider to be anti-national and which looks after the security of the twin tinue to remain so in the future. appreciation to 26 units for their over- The body has been sent for post mortem exam- “Such orders will not have any stand- against security and sovereignty of the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir Whenever anyone raises an evil eye on all outstanding performance in the ination and further investigations are on, the SHO ing in court of law,” the minister said, as he country. and Ladakh, remained on the highest our country, Indian Army has replied command theatre. 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Palakkad (Kerala): The moth- shave her head and campaign the protest weeks after the Justices A Hariprasad and M R " 56 er of two minor sisters, who across the state against the LDF government handed the Anitha had set aside a October were found hanging in their hut Left government if it did not probe of the death of the minor 2019 order of POCSO (Special after an alleged sexual assault take action on the police per- Dalit girls over to the CBI. Protection of Children from ( ' - &P on them, tonsured her head on sonnel for the alleged lapse. The High Court had also Sexual Offences Court acquit- >" Saturday to protest against Besides her, two activists ordered a re-trial in the ting the five accused in the case 8982'( smooth session unless Rathod the district collector and Police alleged inaction against the tonsured their heads, express- Walayar case last month. for want of evidence. is removed from the Cabinet,” Superintendent to submit a Ahmedabad: In view of the police. ing solidarity with the victims' Allowing appeals filed by The oldest of the siblings, mid speculation that Shiv state BJP president and former report to the State Chief recent spike in coronavirus The police, she said, had mother. the state government and the aged 13, was found hanging in ASena Minister Sanjay revenue minister Chandrakant Secretary on the issue. cases, the Gujarat Government allegedly committed lapses in People raised slogans seek- mother of the children, the their hut in Walayar in Rathod has already been Patil said. It may be recalled that on has decided to extend the night the probe of the death of the ing justice for the women and court had, on January 6, Palakkad district on January 13, advised by his party to put in Informed sources in the February 8, Pooja had alleged- curfew in four major cities of girls in 2017. She shaved her her deceased daughters. ordered the re-trial by observ- 2017, and the younger one (9) his resignation over alleged ruling Shiv Sena, meanwhile, ly committed suicide by jump- the state, including head after staging a month- Congress leader and MP ing that there were serious on March 4 the same year. links with a 22-year-old Tik said that at a meeting he had ing off the Heaven Park build- Ahmedabad, by another 15 long satyagraha here since Remya Haridas and Mahila lapses in the investigation and Both were allegedly sexu- Tok star committed suicide in with Rathod on Wednesday, ing in Pune’s Wanwadi locali- days. January 26. Congress president Lathika that there has been a miscar- ally assaulted. The mother of Pune early this month, the Maharashtra chief minister ty on the intervening night of The ongoing night curfew The woman recently Subhash were also present. riage of justice. the girls had earlier sought a Opposition BJP on Saturday Uddhav Thackeray asked the February 7 and 8. in Ahmedabad, Surat, announced that she would The woman resorted to A Division Bench of CBI probe. PTI rooted for the minister’s resig- minister to resign before the Following her death, the Vadodara and Rajkot, was to nation by organising “Chakka start of the budget session of Opposition BJP on Saturday end on February 28. jams” (traffic blocades) in sev- the State Legislature on March had upped the ante over the An official statement issued eral places across the state. 1. Uddhav had also told the alleged of a 22-year-old Tik- on Friday night said, the gov- Ahead of the start of the Sena minister that if he did not Tok star Pooja Chavan, by ernment decided to extend the budget session of the State resign before the start of the rooting for the arrest of Rathod, night curfew by another 15 Legislature beginning on budget session, he would have who was reportedly in love days in view of the recent rise March 1, the BJP’s women no alternative but to sack him with the deceased woman. in coronavirus cases in four wing organised “Chhaka Jams” from the State Cabinet. BJP leaders Radhakrishna municipal corporations. (traffic blockades) in several On their part, the Shiv Vikhe-Patil, Kirit Somaiya and This is the fifth extension towns across the state. Sena’s ruling alliance partners party’s woman leader Chitra of the night curfew, which first While BJP’s Mahila – the Congress and NCP – have Wagh had said that the minis- came into force in November Morcha president Uma Khapre told the chief minister that he ter had no moral right to con- last year after a spurt in led the protests at Mulund in should put in his papers imme- tinue in the office. “In fact, he COVID-19 cases in these cities north Mumbai, Seema Hire diately otherwise the MVA should be booked abetting post-Diwali. and Mrs Vidya Thakur organ- government will face consid- Pooja’s alleged suicide and The ongoing night curfew ised the protests in Nahsik. erable embarrassment and arrested immediately,” Wagh starts at midnight and ends at Uma Khapre claimed that opposition during the budget said. 6 am. Although the statement her party’s women activists session of the state legislature. Maharashtra’s former chief about the extended night cur- held protests in 100-odd places. However, Rathod tried to minister and senior BJP few does not mention the time, “Twenty days have passed since brazen it out by staging a show Devenra Fadnavis had the existing schedule is likely to 22-year-old Pooja Chavan died of strength and denied the demanded that Pooja’s death be continue. In view of increasing under suspicious circum- allegations linking him with the investigated in view of the fact COVID-19 cases, the govern- stances, but the Maharashtra suicide by Tik-Tok star Pooja that the telephonic conversa- ment has decided to expedite government has not taken any Chavan. tions between her and the the vaccination drive, the state- action against Rathod who is Taking serious cognisance minister had gone viral on ment said. linked to her death. This is of the violation of Covid-19 society media. The Opposition The statement was issued despite the fact that so much protocols at a huge gathering of leaders alleged that Pooja was followinga meeting chaired by evidence has surfaced against people who had come to greet pregnant at the time of death Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on him in the media,” Khapre Rathod at Pohradevi fort in and that there were reasons to Friday evening to review the said. Washim district, the chief min- believe that the minister was coronavirus situation in “We will not allow a ister ordered a probe and asked responsible for her pregnancy. Gujarat. PTI '*+6 .$ @ & )
Mumbai: Mumbai Police has registered a case against three marriage halls for allowing more number of guests than the prescribed limit of 50 on the complaint of the city civic body, an offi- cial said on Saturday. At each of these three marriage halls, locat- ed on CST Road in Kalina, at least 200 guests had assembled on Friday, the civic official said. He said many guests gathered at these halls were not wearing a face mask and social dis- tancing norms were also not adhered to. “Officials of the BMC's (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's) health department who were on supervision duty on Friday night spotted the violations at the three halls,” the offi- cial said. Accordingly, action was taken against these halls and an FIR was lodged at Vakola police station against officials concerned of each marriage hall for violating the COVID-19 rules, he added. PTI +,- +.+/ * " " "
( D'05<0 The reports could not imme- diately be independently con- , R% olice in Myanmar escalated firmed but appeared credible, Ptheir crackdown on demon- with both photos and identifi- strators against this month’s cation of the victim. The reports military takeover, deploying from Monywa also said dozens " " early and in force on Saturday or more people were arrested. as protesters sought to assem- The military takeover ( 90( 0'(<0 ble in the country’s two biggest reversed years of slow progress cities and elsewhere. toward democracy after five yanmar’s UN ambas- Security forces in some decades of military rule. Suu Kyi’s Msador strongly opposed areas appeared to become more party would have been installed the military coup in his coun- aggressive in using force and for a second five-year term in try and appealed for the making arrests, utilising more office, but the army blocked “strongest possible action from plainclothes officers than had Parliament from convening and the international community” previously revealed themselves. detained her and President Win to immediately restore democ- Photos posted on social media Myint, as well as other top racy in a dramatic speech to showed that residents of at members of her government. the UN General Assembly least two cities, Yangon and At the General Assembly in Friday that drew loud applause Monywa, resisted by erecting New York, Myanmar’s UN from many diplomats in the makeshift street barricades to ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tun, 193-nation global body. try to hinder the advance of the declared in an emotional Ambassador Kyaw Moe police. speech to fellow delegates that Tun began his statement saying $ - ) 7#4 & 7 Myanmar’s crisis took a he represented Suu Kyi’s “civil- he represented Aung San Suu & # ) ') ) ) ( dramatic turn on the interna- ian government elected by the Kyi’s National League for '( & ) ( ) 7 tional stage at a special session " ( ) (- & & " people” and supported the fight Democracy “civilian govern- 7 . " of the United Nations General against military rule. ment elected by the people” in Assembly on Friday when the biggest cities, Yangon and November. Police have increas- kilometres northwest of He urged all countries to November, and supported their won by Suu Kyi’s NLD party. with UN Secretary-General country’s UN ambassador Mandalay, where demonstra- ingly been enforcing an order Mandalay, used force against issue public statements strong- fight for the end of military rule. He also urged stronger inter- Antonio Guterres “that mili- declared his loyalty to the oust- tors have been hitting the by the junta banning gatherings protesters. Both cities, with ly condemning the coup, and to He urged all countries to national measures to stop vio- tary coup is not acceptable in ed civilian government of Aung streets daily to peacefully of five or more people. populations of less then refuse to recognise the military issue public statements strong- lence by security forces against this modern world and the San Suu Kyi and called on the demand the restoration of the Many other cities and 200,000 each, have been seeing regime. He also called for ly condemning the military peaceful demonstrators. coup must cease.” world to pressure the military government of Suu Kyi, whose towns have also hosted large large demonstrations. stronger international mea- coup, and to refuse to recognize “It is time for the military “We will continue to fight to cede power. National League for protests against the Feb. 1 Social media carried sures to stop violence by secu- the military regime and ask its to immediately relinquish for a government which is of There were arrests Democracy party won a land- coup. Police in Dawei, in the unconfirmed reports of a pro- rity forces against peaceful leaders to respect the free and power and release those the people, by the people, for Saturday in Myanmar’s two slide election victory in southeast, and Monywa, 135 tester shot dead in Monywa. demonstrators. fair elections in November detained,” Tun said, agreeing the people,” he vowed. .+/ '+ ,-. (6 & / " ! * ' & ' ;02 ' 2 Q! " R H & . $ ( /';(05<0 bers of Congress were notified groups the US deems respon- " "," ! 0 before the strikes as two Air sible for recent attacks against & resident Joe Biden said Force F-15E aircraft launched US interests in Iraq. ( /';(05<0 it was done by Senator Chris Dubai: Iran’s impoverished percent of the population access- 0 PFriday that Iran should seven missiles, destroying nine In a political twist for the Coons. Indian-American law- southeast experienced wide dis- es the internet only through their 8 0 "2 6 view his decision to authorize facilities and heavily damaging new Democratic administra- s many as 140 Democratic makers Ami Bera, Ro Khanna, ruptions of internet service over phones, rights groups said, crip- ' + US airstrikes in Syria as a two others, rendering both tion, several leading Congress Alawmakers have reintro- Pramila Jayapal and Raja the past week, internet experts pling the key communication warning that it can expect con- “functionally destroyed.” He members in Biden’s own party duced a legislation in the US Krishnamoorthi are among said Saturday, as unrest gripped tool. Residents reported a 8 sequences for its support of said the facilities, at “entry denounced the strikes, which Congress to prevent future those who are supporting the the remote province after a restoration of internet access. militia groups that threaten US control points” on the border, were the first military actions Muslim bans and prohibit dis- bill. The legislation strengthens string of fatal border shootings. “This is Iran’s traditional interests or personnel. had been used by militia he authorized. crimination on the basis of reli- the Immigration and Several rights groups response to any kind of protest,” ( / “You can’t act with impuni- gion. Nationality Act to prohibit dis- reported in a joint statement Amir Rashidi from Miaan 2#9 +.O ty. Be careful,” Biden said when The Muslim travel ban, crimination on the basis of reli- that authorities shut down the Group, a human rights orga- a reporter asked what message * A' D) introduced by former US gion, and restores the separa- mobile data network in the nization that focuses on digital he had intended to send with the President Donald Trump, tar- tion of powers by limiting restive provinces of Sistan and security in the Middle East, told airstrikes, which the Pentagon " " 70 8 geted several Muslim-majority overly broad executive Baluchistan, calling the dis- The Associated Press on & said destroyed several buildings nations and restricted the entry authority to issue future travel ruptions an apparent “tool to Saturday. . in eastern Syria but were not Washington: The White House wake of recent attacks on US of people from Iran, North bans. conceal” the government’s “Shutting down the internet $& intended to eradicate the mili- has said that through the interests in Iraq, including a Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, “When the Trump harsh crackdown on protests. to block news and pictures get- tia groups that used them to airstrikes in Syria, President Joe rocket attack last week which Somalia and Venezuela. Administration issued its The reports of internet inter- ting out makes (authorities) feel facilitate attacks inside Iraq. Biden protected US personnel killed a civilian contractor and President Joe Biden ended the xenophobic Muslim ban, it ference come as Iranian author- more comfortable opening fire.” ?( @4 444 Administration officials and facilities, and deterred the injured a US service member Muslim ban on his day one in was immediately apparent that ities and semi-official news agen- The week saw a series of esca- , *' & defended the Thursday night risk of additional attacks “over and other coalition troops. the office last month. it was unconstitutional, dis- cies increasingly acknowledge lating confrontations between $8 ( O; 8 airstrikes as legal and appro- the coming weeks”. “The president is sending In the House of criminatory, and morally rep- the turmoil challenging local police and protesters. Crowds priate, saying they took out On Thursday, airstrikes in an unambiguous message that Representatives, the National rehensible,” said Nadler. authorities in the southeast — a with light arms and grenade >%%%% $ facilities that housed valuable Syria targeted facilities belong- he’s going to act to protect Origin-Based “I am grateful that highly sensitive matter in a launchers descended on Kurin $ “capabilities” used by Iranian- ing to a powerful Iranian- Americans, and when threats Antidiscrimination for President Biden took bold country that seeks to repress all checkpoint near Iran’s border ' , ; 8 backed militia groups to attack backed Iraqi armed group, are posed, he has the right to Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) action on day one to repeal this hints of political dissent. For with Pakistan, Abouzar Mehdi American and allied forces in reportedly killing one take action at the time, and in Act was reintroduced on Friday ban and reunite families, but three days starting Wednesday, Nakhaie, the governor of $ Iraq. fighter and wounding several the manner of his choosing,” by House Judiciary Committee we cannot risk the possibility of the government shut down the Zahedan, said in comments ( L M John Kirby, the Pentagon’s others. White House Press Secretary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and any future President reinstating mobile data network across carried by Iran’s semi-official chief spokesperson, said mem- The strikes came in the Jen Psaki told reporters. PTI Judy Chu, while in the Senate this heinous policy,” he said. Sistan and Baluchistan, where 96 ISNA news agency. AP & . $ & )P' (/ & ( ) '. . 5 & $ 6- + # 0 % *#%8 5 $O: . $ " O 1 $ ' Damascus: Attackers struck a many of which are outside Islamabad: Terrorists attacks Institute for Peace Studies. 4 / gas pipeline in eastern Syria on government control. are on the rise in Pakistan amid “Unfortunately, instead of ( +<,"'9"+,(0 );'((* fugitive until his 2019 arrest on au-Prince, and other commu- ; "/ " Saturday, leaving it ablaze but SANA said the attack a growing religiosity that has helping to inculcate better ethics charges including rape, kid- nities, including some in causing no casualties, state news occurred in the area known as brought greater intolerance, and integrity, this phenomenon aitian authorities napping and murder. Artibonite, which is Haiti’s / agency SANA reported, the lat- Abu Khashab in the eastern prompting one expert to voice is encouraging a tunnel vision” Hannounced Friday that Joseph was riding on a largest department. ' ?) * est incidence of sabotage against province of Deir el-Zour that concern the country could be that encourages violence, intol- more than 400 inmates escaped motorcycle through the Authorities have not yet /% ' 9. Syria’s oil and gas infrastructure. borders Iraq. overwhelmed by religious erance and hate, he wrote and 25 people died in a prison Artibonite area in the town of provided much details on the "# As in the past, no one Sleeper cells of the Islamic extremism. recently in a local newspaper. breakout, making it the coun- L’Estère on Friday a day after breakout except to say that 60 & . claimed responsibility for the State group are known to be Pakistani authorities are “Religiosity has begun to try’s largest and deadliest one his escape when he was spot- inmates have been recaptured 6 attack. Syria’s nearly 10-year active in the area and have tar- embracing strengthening reli- define the Pakistani citizenry.” in a decade, with the prison ted at a checkpoint, police and the investigation is ongo- $ conflict, which has killed about geted government forces and gious belief among the population Militant violence in Pakistan director and a powerful gang spokesman Gary Desrosiers ing. State Secretary Frantz half a million people, has also US-backed Kurdish fighters in to bring the country closer togeth- has spiked: In the past week leader among those killed. told The Associated Press. He Exantus said authorities have badly affected oil and gas fields, eastern Syria. AP er. But it’s doing just the opposite, alone, four vocational school Some believe on Thursday’s said Joseph pulled out a gun created several commissions to creating intolerance and opening instructors who advocated for jailbreak at the Croix-des- and died in an exchange of investigate who organized the up space for a creeping resurgence women’s rights were travelling Bouquets Civil Prison in north- gunfire with police. breakout and why. Among D) in militancy, said Mohammad together when they were east Port-au-Prince was to free Joseph ruled Village de those killed was the prison Amir Rana, executive director of gunned down in a Pakistan gang leader Arnel Joseph, who Dieu, or Village of God, a director, identified as Paul " " the independent Pakistan border region. AP had been Haiti’s most wanted shantytown in downtown Port- Joseph Hector. R " " 0-*7) )5,( ( /';(05<0 " legislation has been intro- " ! Aduced by a group of influ- " ential Republican senators to end China’s access to 10-year multi-entry visas until it is 5A certified that Beijing has ceased ( ,<8 its campaign of economic and ( :<0 <0 talks to secure a sovereign, demo- industrial espionage against UN investigation into the cratic and united Afghanistan, the US. Aattack on a humanitarian K Prime Minister Boris and to preserve the gains made by The legislation, Visa convoy in Congo that killed the UJohnson has reiterated civil society and women and girls,” Security Act, was introduced by Italian ambassador, his body- Britain’s support to Afghanistan in the Downing Street spokesperson Senators Marsha Blackburn, guard and driver will look into its fight against the Taliban, as part said. Tom Cotton, Rick Scott, Ted whether the long-planned mis- of the wider North Atlantic The US-Taliban Peace Cruz, and Marco Rubio on sion’s security protocols were Treaty Organisation (NATO) Agreement also mentioned a Friday. It would prohibit followed and whether infor- alliance. pledge from the Taliban to prevent Chinese nationals from receiv- mation might have leaked to In a phone call from Downing militant forces from operating in ing 10-year B-1/B-2 visas until the unknown gunmen involved Street in London with Afghan its areas, and dialogue between the the Secretary of State certifies in the ambush. President Ashraf Ghani on Friday, Taliban and the Afghanistan gov- that China has ceased its cam- The deputy communica- Johnson also agreed on the impor- ernment. paign of economic and indus- tions director of the World tance of making progress in peace Besides regional matters, trial espionage against the Food Program, Greg Barrow, talks to secure a sovereign, demo- Johnson and Ghani discussed the United States and ended its told an online briefing Friday cratic and united Afghanistan. Covid-19 crisis and global efforts provocative and coercive that the February 22 mission to “He [Johnson] reiterated the around access to vaccines to com- behaviour towards Taiwan. bring Ambassador Luca UK’s longstanding support for bat the pandemic. The B-1/B-2 visas are Attanasio to a WFP school the Afghan government’s fight “The Prime Minister and issued to those who come to feeding program in eastern against the Taliban as part of the President Ghani also discussed the US for business, visit or Congo had been in the works NATO coalition,” a Downing global efforts to tackle the pan- tourism purposes. since 2020. Street spokesperson said. demic and the rollout of vaccines Under this legislation, Advance planning and In February last year, the US in Afghanistan and the UK,” Chinese citizens would be eli- security meetings as well as and Taliban signed a peace agree- Downing Street said. gible for one-year multi-entry security briefings took place up ment in Doha, Qatar, which pro- The conversation between the visas. This policy would repre- to the moment the seven- visioned withdrawal of all two leaders comes amidst a review sent a return to the pre-2014 member team took off from American and NATO troops from of the US-Taliban peace deal by the visa status quo and does not Goma, in Congo’s east, in a war-torn Afghanistan by May 1. Joe Biden-led US administration, apply to Taiwan or certain res- two-car convoy bound for the “They agreed on the impor- creating uncertainty over the idents of Hong Kong. program in Rutshuru, he said. tance of making progress in peace future course of events. 2 +,- +.+/
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Similarly, the he Centre on Saturday said the Ministry of Food promoter and micro-enter- TYear (ICOTY) 2021 and aspects of Speaking to The Pioneer, Centre’s focus on higher spend- issuances of commercial paper Tthat the list of One District Processing Industrieshas prises.Many products also the Indian Motorcycle Of Aspi Bhatena, Editor of Bike ing especially on infrastructure (CP) by corporates have fallen, One Focus Product (ODOFP), finalised the products for One include convergence of The Year (IMOTY) 2021 Magazine and Chairman of will give a boost to FY21 cred- due to a lesser requirement which will be promoted in a District One Focus Product , resources and approach from awards were announced at a the IMOTY jury said that the it growth, India Ratings and amid fewer rollovers. cluster approach through con- said an official statement. the other departments. The glittering ceremony here in award was proof of how Research (Ind-Ra) said. “The CP yields however vergence of the various The list of products have Ministry of Agriculture and Delhi. Indian manufacturers have The agency’s February have largely seen an upward schemes, has been finalised. been finalised after taking Farmers Welfare will support The winner of the ICOTY motoring, progressed. “In all the years 2021 edition of its credit mar- revision, owing to the Reserve The products have been iden- inputs from the States/UTs ODOFP from its ongoing cen- was the Hyundai i20 and the some are targeted at enthusi- we have given this award, we ket tracker showed an upgrade Bank of India’s announcement tified from agricultural, horti- and Indian Council of trally sponsored schemes such IMOTY award went to the asts and other are targeted at have not given it to a ‘lemon’, to its FY21 credit growth esti- of the restoration of liquidity cultural, animal, poultry, milk, Agricultural Research (ICAR). as Mission for Integrated Royal Enfield Meteor. The practicality. all our winners have enjoyed mates to 6.9 per cent from 1.8 management operations.” fisheries and aquaculture, These products will be Development of Horticulture ICOTY award, which is cel- This in addition to the immense commercial suc- per cent. Besides, demand from marine sectors for 728 districts promoted in a cluster approach (MIDH), National Food ebrating its 16th year this independent judges who cess and some like the 2019 Accordingly, the agency fund houses for corporate across the country. through convergence of the Security Mission’ (NFSM), year is well-established as come from various other winner, the Royal Enfield said that amid the pandemic, bonds and short-term funds Fruits have been identified Government of India schemes, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana India’s top car award and publications and almost all of Interceptor have had the credit offtake in the bank- has increased by “Rs 52 billion for 226 districts, the highest in to increase the value of the (RKVY), Paramparagat Krishi similarly IMOTY is India’s us have been evaluating cars immense global success.” ing system has remained and Rs 10 billion, respective- the list while vegetables for 107 products and with the ultimate Vikas Yojna (PKVY). leading two-wheeler award. for at least a decade makes At a function held at the muted, which led to lesser ly”. ditstrics and spices for 105 aim of increasing the income of The implementation of Speaking to The Pioneer, this award the most influen- Andaz attended by the senior issuances of certificates of On the other hand, the districts are at the second and the farmers. These identified ODOFP by State Governments Yogendra Pratap, Editor of tial in India. management of several auto- deposits (CDs). agency said that CP issuances the third position in the list. products will be supported will benefit farmers and pro- Auto Today and the Our judges have over 350 motive companies, both “The CD issuances for by non-banking financial com- The chief food crop paddy has under the PM-FME scheme vide support for realizing the Chairman of the ICOTY jury years of combined experience awards firmly established January 2021 increased for panies and housing finance been identified for 40 districts (PM Formalisation of Micro expectations of value addition said that ICOTY will always evaluating cars and because themselves as India’s leading public sector banks, whereas companies have remained while wheat for 5 districts. food processing Enterprises and subsequently enhancing remain as India’s top car we are not part of a ‘single’ and most credible awards for that for private banks have encouraging, both in terms of The Ministry of Scheme) of the Ministry of agricultural exports. award and not just because of publication, I believe ICOTY the industry. remained muted. total amount and volumes. 2: - !"Q -" ) O)( ( ( 9:'9* $$% P $# & ( 0/ :;( bring the stories of India to the ( 0/ :;( Government hereby specifies 0119A ( 0/ :;( Khadi’s successful e-commerce world,” he said. fifty lakh registered users in venture saying this provided a 0/ :;( rime Minister Narendra While referring to the tra- he Government has fixed India as the threshold for a he e-market portal unveiled wide marketing platform for PModi on Saturday exhorted ditional toy industry, the Prime Tfifty lakh registered users as social media intermediary to be 0/ :;( Tby Khadi and Village various khadi and village ountry’s petrol and diesel toy manufacturers to use less Minister underlined the need the threshold for defining ‘sig- considered a significant social Industries Commission industry products to a larger Cprices continued its north- plastic and more eco-friendly for promoting Handmade in nificant social media interme- media intermediary,” the noti- he new series of Sovereign (KVIC) has achieved a gross population. He said e-mar- ward march on Saturday, after and recyclable material in a bid India. diary’, which will have to fication said. TGold Bonds 2020-21 will turnover of over Rs 1.12 crore keting of Khadi is proving to be a three-day break, taking its to increase the share of the If there is a demand for adhere to additional obligations Earlier on Thursday, the be opened for the period in just eight months of its a game-changer. Gadkari also retail rates to unprecedented domestic industry in the glob- Made in India today, then the and compliance under the new government announced the March 1-5, 2021. launch, the MSME Ministry said the effort should be to levels and burning holes in the al market. demand for Handmade in IT rules that seek to crack tightening of the rules govern- The issue price of the said on Saturday. reach a turnover of Rs 200 crore consumers pockets. Inaugurating the first India India is also increasing equal- down on misuse of social ing social media and streaming Bond during the subscription “Launched on 7 July per year.KVIC Chairman Vinai Oil marketing companies Toy Fair, the Prime Minister ly, he said, adding “today peo- media platforms. companies, requiring them to period shall be Rs 4,662 per 2020, Khadi e-portal has deliv- Kumar Saxena said all expens- raised the pump price of petrol said, “We have to become ple do not only buy toys as a The new rules, announced take down contentious content gram. ered orders to over 10,000 cus- es incurred on operating Khadi and diesel by 24 paise and 15 Aatmanirbhar in the toy sector product, but also want to con- earlier this week, require ‘sig- quicker, appoint grievance The Settlement date under tomers out of the 65,000 peo- e-portal are borne by KVIC. paise per litre on Saturday. and also cater to the global nect with the experience asso- nificant social media interme- redressal officers and assist the Series XII scheme had ple who visited the e-portal till “While in case of other e- With this, petrol is now market”. ciated with that toy. So, we have diaries’ to follow additional investigations. been fixed for March 9. date. KVIC has also delivered commerce sites, product cata- priced at Rs 91.17 a litre and Observing that India’s to promote Handmade in India due diligence, including the The move aims to make The Government in con- more than 1 lakh articles/com- loguing, packaging and dis- diesel Rs 81.47 a litre in the share in the USD 100 billion as well”. appointment of a chief com- social media platforms like sultation with the Reserve modities to these customers,” patch are the responsibility of capital. global toy market is very small, The Prime Minister pliance officer, nodal contact Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter Bank of India has decided to an official statement said. the respective sellers; Across the country as well and 85 per cent of the toys in appealed to the manufacturers person and resident grievance and Instagram - which have allow discount of Rs 50 per During this period, the KVIC has a policy that the the petrol and diesel prices the country are sourced from to make toys that are better for officer. All three officials will seen a phenomenal surge in gram from the issue price to average online purchase has Khadi institutions and PMEGP increased between 20-30 paise abroad, Modi said there is a both ecology and psychology, have to reside in India. usage over the past few years in those investors who apply been recorded at Rs 11,000 per units are exempted from any per litre depending on the need to change this situation. using less plastic and more of They will have to publish a India - more accountable and online and the payment is customer. MSME Minister such financial and logistical level of local duty at the state “In the field of toys, India such things that can be recy- monthly compliance report responsible for the content made through digital mode. Nitin Gadkari has lauded burden,” Saxena said. level. has tradition and technology, cled. and details of the contents hosted on their platform.Social India has concepts and com- Referring to the initiatives removed proactively. media companies will have to petence. We can take the world of the government, Modi said At present, the country remove contentious content B ( ( back towards eco-friendly toys. the countryhas now graded has 53 crore WhatsApp users, flagged by the government or " Through our software engi- the toy industry in 24 major 44.8 crore YouTube users, 41 court orders within 36 hours neers, computer games can sectors. crore Facebook subscribers, and take down posts depicting ) ( "4 9B6 3- 21 crore Instagram clients, nudity or morphed photos while 1.75 crore account hold- within 24 hours of receiving a 0/ :;( “Tractor industry whole- ers are on microblogging plat- complaint, as per the latest sales should grow strongly at form Twitter.”...The Central intermediary rules. holesale growth is more than 25 per cent on bet- New Delhi:The Government Product’ (ODOFP), an official Wexpected to continue for ter retails and channel filling.” on Saturday said it has finalised statement said. tractors, passenger vehicles and “Volume growth is expect- a list of products from agri- Inputs from the States/UTs two-wheelers said equity ed to be positive across culture and allied sectors that and Indian Council of research firm Emkay. regions.” will be promoted in a cluster Agricultural Research (ICAR) As per its sectoral update, According to the update, approach in 728 districts across have also been taken to prepare channel checks indicate better PV industry volumes are like- the country as part of its effort the list. retail sales for tractors and ly to remain in the positive ter- to boost farm exports and “The products have been PVs, while it remains subdued ritory, with industry growth at enhance farmers income. identified from agricultural, for 2Ws on a YoY basis. over 15 per cent. The agriculture min- horticultural, animal, poultry, istry, in consultation with food milk, fisheries and aquaculture, processing industries ministry, marine sectors for 728 districts has finalised the products for across the country,” the state- ‘One District One Focus ment said. C9 + " 7 8
New Delhi: People from all age interacting with buyers at the groups have been enjoying the Garden Bazaar while purchas- 34th edition of the Garden ing products. Tourism Festival. With the objective to cre- The event was graced by His ate awareness about the envi- Excellency, Walter J. Lindner- ronment and showcase the German Ambassador to India. rich floriculture of Delhi, the Over the first week of the three-week extravaganza is event, visitors were seen expe- themed ‘#Colours of Nature riencing the floral arrange- this year. ments, and unique displays of Unlike a three-day format hanging baskets, dahlias, cut that was being followed previ- flowers, recycled floral display ously, Delhi Tourism has and tray gardens. extended the festival to three Many were keen on gaining weeks, to give a safe, socially experience to create their own distanced and memorable home gardens and were seen experience to its visitors. +,- +.+/ 3
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The 26-year-old plun- In other games, Services beat kipper Shreyas Iyer’s fluent For Rajasthan, left-arm spin- dered six sixes and 16 fours in his Haryana by 112 runs and Bengal S116 and an impressive show ner Shubham Sharma (3/59) did knock from 130 balls to propel win by 82 runs against Jammu & by India speedster Shardul the bulk of the damage. Saurashtra to a massive 388 for 7 Kashmir. Thakur powered Mumbai to a Chasing 318, Manender Singh after Chandigarh opted to bowl. 67-run win over Rajasthan in an (40) and Mahipal Lomror (76) In reply, Chandigarh, who UTTARAKHAND, ASSAM WIN Elite Group D game of the Vijay tried to take the game deep with have been impressive in their Chennai: Uttarakhand notched Hazare Trophy here on their 101-run third-wicket stand, debut Elite season with three wins up their fourth straight win beat- Saturday. but medium pacer Akash Parkar on the trot, could manage 326 for ing Mizoram by eight wickets in This was Mumbai’s fourth broke the partnership after trap- 7. their Plate group match. successive win, having earlier ping Singh in front of the wicket. The win helped Saurashtra Uttarakhand are currently on defeated Delhi, Maharashtra Shardul castled Lomror to leave consolidate their lead with 16 top of the standings with 16 points and Puducherry. Rajasthan at 160/4. points, four clear of Chandigarh to from four matches, sharing the Opting to bat at the KL From thereon, it was an uphill close in on a quarterfinal spot. position with Assam, who won Saini stadium, Mumbai rode on task for Rajasthan and they were The No 4 batsman paced his their match against Sikkim by Iyer’s 103-ball knock to post a eventually bowled out for 250. innings brilliantly taking 53 balls four wickets. competitive 317/7. The elegant In other matches of the group, for his half-century before he Leg-spinner Dikshansu Negi right-handed batsman led from India opner Shikhar Dhawan’s 153 stepped up to race to his second took 6 for 21 in a brilliant bowling ( 0/ :;( Shwetha Verma, along with the the front before his bowlers helps Delhi beat Maharashtra by List A century in the next 39 balls. performance to help Uttarakhand seasoned Sushma Verma, are the bundled out the opposition for three wickets at Sawai Mansingh There was no stopping Prerak bundle out Mizoram for a paltry eteran medium pacer two keepers in both formats. 250 with Thakur (4/50) doing Stadium. While Puducherry win by as he took another 27 balls to cruise 117. VShikha Pandey was on Pandey’s exclusion was the bulk of the damage. 104 runs against Himachal to 150. He was dismissed by Jagjit In reply, Uttarakhand knocked Saturday dropped from India’s more to do with the selectors Iyer anchored the innings Pradesh. Singh in the final over but the dam- off the required runs in just 10.5 ODI and T20 squads that will wanting to check out the pace before toying with the Rajasthan age had been done. overs. take on South African women in bowling bench strength and attack, scoring his second cen- PRERAK SLAMS 174 Chasing the target, In another match, Assam a twin series starting March 7. rookie right-arm medium pac- tury of the tournament with the Kolkata: In Group E clash, middle- Chandigarh skipper Manan Vohra chased down a target of 246 set by The most debatable decision ers C Prathyusha and Monica help of 11 fours and three sixes. order batsman Prerak Mankad (50) and Arslan Khan (61) put on Sikkim in the 48th over to main- by the Neetu David-led selection Patel were included in both the He found able partners in took Eden Gardens by storm with a century-plus stand and then tain their all-win record in the committee, however, was the squads. Sarfaraz Khan (30) and a sensational 174 to power Ankit Kaushik chipped in with 54 group. exclusion of teenage batting There is also young seamer sensation Shafali Verma in the Simran Dil Bahadur, who is part ODI squad which has plodders of the T20 Internationals team. like skipper Mithali Raj and Left-arm spinner Yastika . /%0" % Punam Raut, whose strike-rates Bhatia has made way for Ekta have come under the scanner Bisht in the 50-over squad while time and again. Veda Krishnamurthy, after a ( 4<;0E year hiatus. the 50-over World Cup that negative over a week ago has %DE "2" With 19 T20 Internationals prolonged lean phase, has been The three matches of the year. been ruled out of the T20 series. under her belt and an amazing dropped from both squads. eteran batsman Chris Gayle T20I series will be played on He had earlier said that the A West Indies spokesman '( '9 C:'0 Women’s T20 World Cup last ODI squad: Mithali Raj Vhas returned to the West March 3, 5, and 7 at the 2019 World Cup matches would added that fast bowlers Sheldon year, Shafali is a box-office (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Indies squad for Coolidge Cricket be his last appearances for West Cottrell and Oshane Thomas, community coronavirus cricketer. Jemimah Rodrigues, Punam the first time in Ground in Antigua, Indies. along with batsman Shimron Aoutbreak in Auckland has “It will be interesting to Raut, Priya Punia, Yastika nearly two years which will be making “Chris Gayle has performed Hetmyer and all-rounder forced New Zealand cricket know whether skipper Mithali Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur, D for the three- its International very well in recent tournaments Roston Chase have all failed to bosses to hastily reschedule two Raj, who herself loves to bat at Hemalatha, Deepti Sharma, match T20I series debut. and the selection panel thinks reach the minimum fitness T20 matches against Australia as the top of the order and con- Sushma Verma, Swetha against Sri Lanka, The big-hitting that he can still add great value standard in time to be consid- other affected sports assessed sumes more deliveries than per- Verma, Radha Yadav, beginning on Gayle last played for to our team,” Roger Harper, ered for selection. their options. missible, had at all wanted Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan March 3. West Indies in their Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) T20I squad: Kieron Pollard Prime Minister Jacinda Shafali in the ODI squad,” a Goswami, Mansi Joshi, The 41-year-old home series against lead selector, said. (c), Nicholas Pooran, Fabian Ardern has ordered Auckland, senior BCCI official, who Poonam Yadav, C Prathyusha, top-order batsman India in August “As we build towards the Allen Dwayne Bravo, Fidel New Zealand’s largest city and Wednesday, will go ahead but sounded miffed with the move, Monica Patel was recalled to the 2019 after defence of the T20 World Cup, Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Chris the centre of the outbreak, into without spectators. told PTI. T20I squad: Harmanpreet 14-man squad under the opportunity is being taken Gayle, Jason Holder, Akeal a seven-day lockdown from Game four, scheduled for “Her absence means that Kaur (Captain), Smriti Kieron Pollard on the to determine our best team Hosein, Evin Lewis, Obed Sunday, requiring people to stay Auckland on Friday, has been India lack firepower save Mandhana, Shafali Verma, basis of his good per- and squad as we go forward.” McCoy, Rovman Powell, Lendl at home except for essential moved to Wellington and, again, Harmanpreet and Smriti. We Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti formances in recent The selection panel also Simmons, Kevin Sinclair. shopping and work. will be played behind closed lost out on a big hitter,” he added. Sharma, Richa Ghosh, tournaments, includ- named the squad for the ODI ODI squad: Kieron Pollard (c), The remainder of the coun- doors. The selectors, though, have Harleen Deol, Sushma Verma, ing the IPL and series against the visting Sri Shai Hope, Fabian Allen, Darren try faces Level Two restrictions The spokesman said they included a lot of rookies based Nuzhat Parveen, Ayushi Soni, Pakistan Super Lankans to be played between Bravo, Jason Holder, Akeal which limit the size of public would wait for Government on their last season’s domestic Arundhati Reddy, Radha League. March 10-14 at the Sir Vivian Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Evin gatherings. advice on whether crowd restric- performances as well as A and Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Senior fast bowler Richards Stadium in Antigua. Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Jason A New Zealand Cricket tions are to be lifted before B team series against Poonam Yadav, Mansi Joshi, Fidel Edwards, 39, is All-rounder Andre Russell Mohammed, Nicholas Pooran, spokesman said the third match deciding if there will be specta- Bangladesh. Monica Patel, C Prathyusha, also back in the nation- is recovering from contracting Romario Shepherd, Kevin in the current T20 series, to be tors at the final game of the series Rookie keeper-batsman Simran Dil Bahadur. al squad after a nine- Covid-19, and despite testing Sinclair. played in Wellington on in Tauranga on Sunday. +,- +.+/ 88 bagged the winner with a fine )314) strike after the break. City are enjoying the longest NO FANS ALLOWED FOR PUNE ODIS ever winning streak by an Pune: "$< ( & ( English top-flight team, with 14 + & of those 20 victories coming in . "# 8 the league to leave their title . $ rivals trailing in their wake. & 8 '$56 “It was really difficult. After . 8 ? 10-15 minutes today we realise GERMANY THRASH INDIAN WOMEN'S 5-0 we are not going to paint any- Dusseldorf: / 0 5 $& . ( thing beautiful,” Guardiola said. $ E . $ >"% $ “Second half we were much "$ + 8 )%E better than the first half. 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PSG was two points ahead Striker Samuel Kalu put " of Lyon, which could reclaim Bordeaux ahead in the 13th second spot it wins on Sunday. from Youssouf Sabaly’s cross. ( 2'82<:(8 Moise Kean gave vis- After defender Thomas iting PSG the perfect start Delaine equalized in the disha FC prevailed over ( 0/ :;( own. after five minutes. 71st with a fine curling OSC East Bengal 6-5 in a But Asenov, despite being Mbappe and defender shot from the left, Vagner crazy 11-goal thriller as the ndian boxer Deepak Kumar’s visibly jaded, had done enough Abdou Diallo combined met Thierry Ambrose’s Indian Super League on Istupendous run at the 72nd to seal the issue by that point. down the left to find near cross at the back post. Saturday recorded the most Strandja Memorial tournament “It is disappointing that I the penalty spot the Italy On Sunday, Marseille’s goals in a match through teams ended with a Silver medal in could not win the Gold but these striker, who shifted the fans will be in a better whose season was blighted by Sofia, Bulgaria after he lost a last few days have been nothing ball onto his right foot and mood for the home game their inability to score. fiercely-contested flyweight short of a dream come true. I squeezed it inside the right against Lyon after unpopular Doubles from two Indian (52kg) final on Saturday. was determined to make a mark post. president Jacques-Henri Eyraud youngsters Paul Ramfangzauva Deepak, an Asian Silver- in this tournament especially Mbappe netted a penalty in was replaced and Jorge (49’, 66’) and Jerry winner, was up against Bulgaria’s when I got an opportunity to the 32nd following a handball Sampaoli was named as the new Mawihmingthanga (51’, 67’) Daniel Asenov, a two-time play against a Champion oppo- and has converted all five he has coach. enabled Odisha to end the sea- European championships Gold- nent like Shakhobidin Zoirov in taken this season. Lille faces lowly Strasbourg son on a high, with S Lalhrezuala medallist. The bout ended in a the semis. I am very happy that Five minutes after the break, and Monaco looks to make it 12 (33’) and Diego Mauricio (69’) split verdict in favour of the local I could come out a winner. % 3 ( 3 ( ) ( ( he clipped the ball into the bot- league games unbeaten when it chipping in. favourite. Though a lot of work still needs % ( ) ( C (-E tom left corner after neatly hosts Brest. Goals from Anthony The Indian had created to be done and I will be focus- being set up by Rafinha for his Niko Kovac’s Monaco side Pilkington (24’), Aaron Joshua quite a flutter in the tournament ing on it along with my coach- 18th goal. Center half Danilo has not lost since mid- Holloway (60’, 90’), Jeje when he stunned reigning es as I go return to India,” & .2 headed in the fourth from a December and comfortably Lalpekhlua (74’) and an own Olympic and world champion Deepak added. corner late on. won at PSG at 2-0 last weekend. goal from Ravi Kumar (37’) — Uzbekistan’s Shakhobidin A Naib Subedar in the Elsewhere, Metz hit two late Lyon will move top on goal made up East Bengal’s tally. Zoirov — in his semifinal Indian Army, Deepak is ( <,890 him to Old Trafford. before sending it to the right for goals to win at Bordeaux 2-1 difference if it wins and Lille However the result had no showdown. also a former India But is now in red-hot form, Lewandowski to score. with a last-minute goal from loses. affect on the points table. On Saturday, the Open Gold-medallist. adon Sancho brought up his as he has four goals and four Defensive errors from Bulgarian seemed the busier Earlier, Naveen J50th Bundesliga assist as the assists in his last seven games in David Alaba and Jérôme of the two boxers in the Boora (69kg) settled Borussia Dortmund forward all competitions. Boateng allowed Ellyes Skhiri opening round and was for a Bronze medal starred in his side’s 3-0 win over pull one back for Cologne after $ ( (( ) sharper in his counter-attack- after going down to Arminia. 2 FOR LEWA & GNABRY the break, but Lewandowski ing game. Asian Games Gold The 20-year-old became Bundesliga top scorer killed off any notions of a sur- Asenov’s consistent- medallist Bobo- the youngest player in Robert Lewandowski bagged prise when Thomas Müller set '( ' :'( ly high guard also Usmon Baturov Bundesliga history to reach that two goals as Bayern Munich up his second in the 65th. denied Deepak a of Uzbekistan milestone as he also grabbed a routed Cologne 5-1 to end its Müller had only been on rench Open tennis cham- clear shot for in his semifi- goal from the penalty spot. two-game winless streak and the pitch a minute, after mak- Fpion Iga Swiatek crushed most part. nal bout. The England international consolidate its league lead. ing his comeback from his world No 12 Belinda Bencic in Deepak’s With laid off the ball to teammate Lewandowski took his sea- coronavirus infection. straight sets to claim the second this, India Mahmoud Dahoud who then son tally to 28 goals as Bayern goalkeeper Adelaide International at round was signed off fired into the back of the net at Bayern moved five points Manuel Neuer almost Memorial Drive on Saturday. better and with two the start of the second half. clear of Leipzig, which gifted Cologne a way The 19-year-old Pole was he also put medals at Sancho then cooly netted hosts Borussia back when he lost the in ruthless form as she up a the event from the spot to make it 2-0 to Mönchengladbach in the ball to Dominick downed her Swiss opponent stronger this year, Dortmund before Reinier late game. Drexler, but the mid- 6-2, 6-2 to claim the second defensive per- one less Carvalho made it three with Leon Goretzka, fielder’s effort came title of her career. formance but the than what the nine minutes to go. making his first league back off the post. Swiatek burst onto the judges ruled in country man- He has now reached the 50 start since recovering from the Serge Gnabry, who came scene at Roland Garros last favour of Asenov. aged in the pre- assists milestone in just 99 coronavirus, lifted a cross for with Müller in the 64th, year when she claimed the In the final three vious edition. league games and has 36 goals Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting to sealed the result in the 82nd French Open crown, defeating $ - ( ) ) C D - minutes, however, it None of the to go along with that. No other open the scoring in the 18th and wrapped up the scoring then world No 6 Sofia Kenin was Deepak who Indian women players has ever reached that minute, then brilliantly set up in the 86th. in the final. Swiatek went into the was won by Chilean-US pair called the shots for boxers could mark before playing 100 times. Lewandowski in the 34th. Schalke moved another step She started strongly tournament as world No 18 Alexa Guarachi and Desirae most part, effortless- make the medal Sancho had a relatively slow Goretzka received the ball closed to relegation with a 5-1 against Bencic and never but will now rise to a career- Krawczyk, who beat Hayley ly dodging his rival’s rounds and were start to the campaign following from Lewandowski, turned and loss at Stuttgart, and Hertha eased up, breaking her twice high 15th as a result of the Carter of the US and Brazil’s relentless attacks and eliminated by the fallout of Manchester played the ball through Cologne Berlin’s winless streak continued in each set to wrap up a com- win, her first hard-court title. Luisa Stefani 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, also launching some the quarterfinal United’s failed attempts to bring defender Rafael Czichos’ legs, in a 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg. fortable victory. The women’s doubles final 10-3. strong ones of his stage. $$8 +,- +.+/ O$ P - ( ( ) ) P What is keeping you busy these It’s a dark comedy. It stars Radhika When you started back in 2016, did judged by the amount of money it has days? Madan and I. It is also a Netflix film and you have the fear of people drawing made at the Box Office. This, for me, I am towards the end of shooting for will release sometime in May. comparisons with your father? is a strange fact. I always wonder how a Netflix Original project. I can’t reveal 9 I don’t want to waste time or ener- only money and not the hard work of too much details, but it is a thriller Your monologue AK VS AK caught 9 gy thinking about the comparisons the team and the meaning of the film drama. It stars myself, Anil Kapoor, a lot of attention. Some memories that being made. I don’t want to spend my matters. If a film earns good, it gets Fatima Sana Shaikh, Mukti Mohan and you have to share. : $ career trying to replicate what my father good reviews. If it doesn’t, the reviews Satish Kaushik. It will release towards the When I got the film, though the part ; did in the 80s and 90s. I am different. I will also reflect the same. This is what end of this year. I have also shot a film was small, but it was a seven-page long , know whenever you try to do something I have learnt in the industry. for Vasan script. If I talk about the monologue, it different it takes people time to under- Bala. was a unique one because the character stand it, but eventually your work An advice that your father has was putting on a performance for ; speaks for itself. My focus is on doing given to you. Anurag Basu. I got the material and unique and progressive films and that is It’s a simple one: Be true to your- worked on it. I was trying to create a 9 what I am working towards. self and don’t try to imitate anyone. character of myself. In reality, I am not at all like it. It’s just that the char- ;, Are you careful about your career Do you go to him for tips and acter is called Harsh and is Anil $ choices or do you believe in going with tricks related to acting? Kapoor’s son, but apart from that 9 the flow? I have always been saying this that I don’t share any similarities I don’t strategise a master plan to acting is a personal thing and you can’t He was recently seen in AK VS AK on with it. I am not an extrovert or 5<50, : choose films on the basis of how much take tips from anyone. It is about you Netflix, though short, his role is receiving an attention seeking person in $ it will earn at the Box Office and how and how you play the character. a lot of appreciation from the audience. my real life. I just played it like ;, much fame I will get from it. My think- Everyone has their way of playing a any other character. That was all ing is if I like Vasan’s film Mard Ko Dard character. If we talk about monologue Kapoor speaks with Musba Hashmi the preparation part. Not to Nahi Hota, I know if he is offering me a in AK VS AK, I can’t ask my dad how about the show-stealing monologue, mention, it was great to be togeth- film it will be different from the previ- will he do it. er in a project with dad, Sonam ous ones. I know he will push me to deliv- Because it is personal and you have people drawing comparisons with and Boney chacha which was direct- er, just like Vikram did for AK VS AK. to do it your way. But when it comes his father and how he doesn’t ed by Vikramaditya Motwane. I have to career choices, yes I do take advice take acting advice always dreamt of something like this. Is there a lesson you learnt in the from him because of his expertise in Also, I have done a lot of improvisations industry? the field. 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The sarily brought forward from the future. realism. resulting lockdowns of countries has However, the growth that these industries are brought national economies to a stand- seeing may not sustain once people begin to It is said that innovation and creativity love Istill. Salary and job cuts are happening step out for leisure and entertainment. crises and constraints. Crisis brings out con- What makes a leader is not just thinking throughout the world. Lives versus livelihood And then there are big winners in this straints and makes innovation almost a forcing about self but for the larger community. Be it is a constant debate. No one living in these crisis. Industries like video conferencing, function. Leaders often leverage consultants to giving back to the community in cash or kind times has experienced a crisis that can be online grocery delivery, digital payments get a fresh, outside perspective on their organi- or even gestures where one takes care of people remotely equated to this one. And things are have seen a huge spike in adoption and have sations to find opportunities to innovate. A cri- who are not directly on the organization’s pay- still unfolding. reached levels they would have otherwise sis can have much the same effect, putting the roll but on the frontline; leaders showcase how When we are not going out to eat out but expected to reach in order of months to spotlight on vulnerabilities, problem areas; it is not enough if the organization alone pro- cooking more at home; when we prefer ser- years. These are likely fundamental customer great and small, that we’ve been ignoring or are gresses. 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These are industries that are mostly opportunities for innovation are staring us in no self-interest whatsoever. If anything, the cri- gy. Covid-19 has impacted every sphere of the constrained on their supply side to handle the face. sis will make leadership more humane and corporate world. the exponential growth in demand. The current crisis is bringing a whole new above self-interest. The pandemic has had a varied impact on Few years down the line, leadership and set of innovations. Services like medicine, edu- different industries. Across the globe, there business lessons from this crisis will be taught cation, industrial plant set ups are all going have been industries where revenue has gone as crisis management case studies in B-schools. digital. Google and Apple are collaborating on In times of crisis, the acceptance of failure negative; for some it has even gone down to Which of these lessons will be permanent contact tracing. 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These industries are shifting their Ever since the world reported its first case, to ensure that they deliver nothing short of There are often external circumstances present revenues into the future. The immedi- every day has been a roller coaster ride. 05'(LS3<,<8( excellence in their products and services to our beyond one’s control. Leaders are kind to your- ate focus is on cash conservation. Situations on the ground have evolved rapidly. ;'L05<0 # ( ) ( ) - F P F & !"# $ % & ' (&() & ) )( '&))( )*!)'&' ) ) +)&, ,& ) + ! -!. ! mar prem ki nagari mein aapka on giving rise to poetry and folklore. Hindola Mahal, named thus because its '< swagat hai (welcome to the city As I climb up Rani Roopmati’s pavil- sloping outer walls give the impression that of eternal love), a green- ion, I imagine her standing under one of the palace is swaying. As per our guide, the coloured board greets us as we the canopies gazing at her beloved structure is built without a foundation and , enter Mandu, a small town 100 Narmada on the one side and at the Baz to ensure that it remained standing for cen- Akm west of Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Bahadur palace on the other. Rani turies it was built at a 77 degree angle. HOW TO GET THERE Myths, legends and Mandu seem to be Roopmati’s pavilion which is on top of a During the monsoons swings were hung in Mandu is located about a 100 km made for each other. As you drive through hill was originally a watch tower. Besides the main hall for the queens to sway. from Indore and the only way to get there lush green fields dotted with palaces and the two canopies, Baz Bahadur built a Hindola Mahal has an elegant façade and is by road. pavilions it is easy to lose yourself in the water reservoir (Rewa Kund) so that beautiful symmetrical arches. town’s stories of romance, courage and Narmada water could be provided to Because Mandu changed rulers so HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED betrayal. Roopmati. The water was supplied in the many times various structures were built, You can cover Mandu’s main sights The most fascinating of all tales is the whole building through an aqueduct. destroyed and rebuilt. It has over 3,000 including the Jahaz Mahal, Hindola royal love story of Baz Bahadur, the last sul- There is a clear view of Baz Bahadur’s structures from the 12th to the 16th cen- Mahal, Roopmati Pavilion, Baz Bahadur’s tan of Malwa (1555-1562) and his beau- palace from Roopmati’s Pavillion. The tury in a 26 sq km area. You cannot walk Palace and Jami Masjid in a day trip from tiful consort Roopmati. In these parts, Baz palace is a medley of Rajasthani and more than a 100 feet without spotting a Indore, if you are prepared to walk quite Bahadur and Roopmati are no less than Islamic styles of architecture. While beautiful monument, that tells its own story a bit. If you wish to slow down the pace Romeo-Juliet, Heer-Ranjha or Laila- strolling through the long corridors, adding to the agelessness of the place. and explore some of the lesser known Majnu. Legend has it that once when Baz arched entrances and domed pavilions I It was Mandu’s geographical location monuments, then you can spend two days. Bahadur was on a hunting trip, he saw a could sense the echoes of a glorious past. which made it such an important city. It beautiful woman singing. He was so smit- It was to acquaint the visitors to this prospered greatly under the Sultans of WHERE TO STAY ten by her beauty and melodious voice that historic past of Mandu — as also art, cul- Malwa for nearly 200 years. At its peak, There are a few hotels in Mandu and he asked her to accompany him to his cap- ture and heritage — that Madhya Pradesh Mandu had a population of over 9 lakh peo- most are fairly basic. The best option is ital, Mandu. Roopmati agreed but had only Tourism Board recently organised a two- ple. The small town today has a population the MPTDC Hotel — Malwa Retreat one condition, she needed to set eyes on day festival. One that I was apart of. of just 15,000. Built primarily as a fort, mul- located next to one of Mandu’s Lakes. her beloved river Narmada every day. tiple ancient gates herald you every few Thus, two canopies were built on top of a metres, transporting you to a bygone era. WHEN TO GO watch tower within 48 hours (if our guide The first written inscription about The peak season in Mandu is the is to be believed) so that Roopmati could Mandu is from the sixth century. But over monsoon, when there is lush greenery all see the river Narmada, 23 km away, come the years, it changed hands several times. around. Besides that the weather is pleas- rain or shine. The Parmar rulers moved their capital If the numerous monuments in Mandu ant in the winter months from November- Unfortunately, for the lovers, their from Dhar to Mandu in 1261, seemingly will take your breath away, the presence of February. romance was short lived. In 1562, Mughal to take advantage of its strategic location several baobab trees, native to Madagascar emperor Akbar decided to invade Mandu on top of a plateau. The weakening of the and mainland Africa, will leave you won- HOW TO GET AROUND and sent his general Adam Khan to cap- Parmar rule and the attacks from Delhi dering. These massive, towering trees Mandu doesn’t have autos or cycle ture Mandu. Baz Bahadur’s small army was intensified in the last years of the thirteenth bereft of leaves and with bulbous trunks dot rickshaws as of now and so to get around no match for the great Mughal army. century and in 1305, Alauddin Khilji cap- the Mandu landscape leaving one bewil- you need to have your own vehicle or the Mandu fell easily and Baz Bahadur escaped tured Malwa. Another hundred years dered. Where did they come from? There hotel can organise it for you. to Mewar. Adam Khan who had heard of later, when Delhi was being ruled by seems to be no satisfactory answer. Roopmati’s beauty requested to meet her. Mohamed Shah Tughlaq, his governor My guide says it was probably gifted WHAT TO EAT Sensing her fate, she poisoned herself and Dilawar Khan Gori and his son Hoshang heard during prayers all across the large One of the most striking structures in by a traveller from those regions in the Do try ‘Mandu ki imly’. It’s sold at stalls avoided capture but not before she wrote Shah ruled Mandu for several years and mosque. Mandu is the Jahaz Mahal built by Sultan mid-15th century but there doesn’t seem outside Jami Masjid. the following poem: renamed it Shadiabad or the City of Joy. Jami Masjid is no longer an active Ghiyasuddin Khalji, supposedly to house to be a record of the same. While the pres- Chitt Chanderi, sabe Malwa, It was they who turned the town into mosque but in its heydays it could accom- his harem of 15,000 women. It is believed ence of the trees surprises tourists like me, MUST WATCH Jiyo bhayo udas, an architectural marvel by building icon- modate over 5000 people. that Mughal Emperor Jehangir, who vis- for the locals they have always been The light and sound show at Hindola Kyonki bhag gaye Bahadur Baz, ic structures like the imposing Jami The tomb of Jami Masjid’s creator, ited Mandu in 1617 and spent nearly seven there. The baobab tree’s fruit is sold in the Mahal is a must watch. The half an hour Preet meet ke din gaye, Masjid, modelled after the Umayyad Hoshang Shah, lies next door to it. months there, writing extensively about local market as ‘Mandu ki imly’. Break open show provides a good overview of Gaye Bahadur Baz, Mosque in Damascus (Syria). Considered Considered the first marble mausoleum, Mandu in his memoirs Jehangirnama the elongated fruit and you find a cluster Mandu’s history and legends. Ab na jiyo jaat hai, one of the finest and largest models of local folklore claims that Shahjahan was called the palace Jahaz Mahal because built of white-coated seeds. The texture is Yahan kahan hai kaz Afghan architecture in India, the red sand- inspired by this tomb while constructing between two lakes — Munja and Kapur — powdery and not fiberous like imly but it THINGS TO KNOW (My heart is sad seeing the sunrise in stone mosque has a sprawling courtyard the Taj Mahal. its shadow looks like a ship. The beauti- is tangy. Network is a major issue but if the Mandu since Baz Bahadur has run away. enclosed by huge colonnades with perfect- Whether that’s true or not, Hoshang ful palace with its gorgeous halls, ceno- As I leave Mandu, I imagine it in all plan is to be cut-off from your daily life The days of meeting my lover are over. It’s ly symmetrical archways, pillars, bays Shah’s tomb built entirely in white marble taphs, and striking pools is an architectur- its glory as it lives on in its palaces and and enjoy Mandu’s serenity then it works. difficult for me to live now and I have no and domes. The variety of domes are not is a beautiful structure with lattice-work, al wonder. pavilions, its ballads and legends and I take There are a couple of ATMs in the main more work to do here). meant only for ornamental purposes but arched openings, domes and jalis giving The Jahaz Mahal is part of a larger com- a bit of its charm and romance back home market. But digital payments are accept- History or legend? The love story lives ensured that the Imam’s voice could be it an elegant look. pound that includes the very interesting with me. ed by most. Hotels accept credit cards. cross called the “Cross of Sacrifice”, a very common feature in any World War cemetery with more - 4 6 ! than 40 graves. This cross of sacri- fice was designed by Reginald Blomfield. Row upon rows of head- $$ / $ ,4 .& $ 2 ( <80059+' stones tell a saga of pain, pangs and excoriated sacrifices. Every headstone mentions the nce the summer capital of five. This reflects the impact of the were high casualties of soldiers. name of the soldier, his designation undivided Bihar, known for war on the region as a maximum Many a brave-hearts lost their lives. and his age at time of death. Every Oits wild beauty and cool number of Allied soldiers were sta- Only some got decent burials as headstone is decorated with the reg- weather, Ranchi now looks like the tioned here to protect India from a many returned home as badly muti- imental badge of the dead and a per- poster boy of an unplanned probable Japanese invasion in the lated bodies. It was a dark moment sonal line dedicated to him by his urbanised over-populated city. early 1940s. in time. family. Despite being the capital of a rela- One needs to go back in the his- As it did at the end of the First The cemetery is the final rest- tively new state, Jharkhand, town tory to recall that the fall of World War, Commonwealth War ing place of soldiers belong to reg- planning is noticeably missing here. Singapore and Rangoon in 1942 in Graves Commission began organ- iments such as the Royal Australian As the state tourism is working the hands of Japan, had caused great ising the Army cemetery across the Air Forces, Royal Canadian Air to put the state on a larger travel panic in British India. By 1944, the globe. The project in Ranchi was Forces, East Yorkshire Regiment, map, there do exist some hidden Axis forces had already entered undertaken in 1952. Relics of the West African Army, Royal Army gems of history waiting to be discov- India, with Netaji Bose’s INA, and fallen soldiers were taken to Ranchi Ordinance, East Lancashire ered. had overtaken a large area near from various battle fields and other Regiment, Westmorland & Close to the old Hazari Bagh Imphal, Manipur. The eastern part military and civil cemeteries and a Cumberland Yeo, among others Road’s Netaji Nagar locality (at of India had a very weak defence small war cemetery was designed that lost their lives to lost cause. It Kantatoli Chowk), and right behind with only seven divisions of the with all international features. This is heart breaking to see that many the old bus stand, a small piece of army and almost no air fields. place was well organised and opened soldiers were as young as 20 years history sleeps in oblivion. This is By May 1942, the Allied forces to visitors in 1952. 704 graves from old. The pain of the loved ones is Ranchi Commonwealth War had started amassing their army across India were identified and reflected in the memoriam lines Cemetery, where many fallen sol- from the Commonwealth coun- shifted here. Today, the cemetery has etched on the stones. diers of Second World War got their tries and started building logistics 51 gravestones of Indian soldiers, of Though the cemetery is not easy final resting place. These soldiers infrastructure in form of new air which four belong to the Bihar to locate and gets only few visitors, lost their lives in India and Burma strips and army bases. By the end of Regiment. This cemetery houses it is very well maintained. So next while protecting the glory of the 1944, places such as Calcutta, three non-war graves as well. There time you visit Ranchi, do make time Queen of England. Guwahati, Kohima and some other are 200 graves from 12 other civil to visit this piece of history. As reads Interestingly, of the eight World frontiers of Assam and Bengal were Britain, New Zealand and India. British and American Army officers however, remained unaffected dur- cemeteries. a message at one of the resting War cemeteries in India, eastern flooded with the American and Around the same time, a secret gave training to the Chinese soldiers ing the war. Green open field lends a sad places: Thoughts go back to bygone states such as Manipur, Nagaland, Commonwealth soldiers arriving army training camp was opened at back from the front. Clearly Ranchi Elsewhere in Assam, Manipur, beauty to the cemetery. At the cen- days. Life moves on but memory Bengal, Assam and Jharkhand house from Canada, Australia, Great Ramgargh near Ranchi where was abuzz with action. The suburbs, Arunachal and even Calcutta, there tre, stands a long freestanding Latin stays. uvitiut 3 4 ) (%& %0%$ 1 "0 " he Mahinda Rajapaksa trapped on the coast at the end and deadly extremist outfits in TGovernment in Sri Lanka is of the war. Besides thousands the world and the world should in trouble again. The horrors of went missing and the Lankan be concerned about the outfit the three decades of Lankan security forces were blamed for as they had inspired networks Civil War are revisiting the the disappearance of the Tamil worldwide, including the al- Government. The two brothers rebels who either surrendered Qaeda in Iraq. The brutal tac- — Mahinda and Gotabaya — or captured. tics and the employment of are holding the two crucial Recently in a meeting with child soldiers by the LTTE posts, Prime Minister and a UN envoy, Lankan President were causing concerns across President, respectively. Gotabaya acknowledged for South Asia in its heydays. Earlier, Mahinda served the first time that more than Further some reports indi- as the President from 2005 to 20,000 people who disappeared cate that women were also 2010, when Gotabaya was the during the country’s Civil War forced to join the organisation. Defence Secretary. During this were dead. Only after seven years of its for- period, both the brothers Further his office released mation in 1983, the organisa- crushed the Liberation Tigers a statement that steps would be tion opened its Women’s Front 0.$ 9%#2 of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and put taken to issue death certificates of the Liberation Tigers under an end to the longest Civil War for those missing. This has cer- the leadership of Vithusha. :##%8;E0 in the country. tainly dampened the hopes of Like many other African terror ::0-8.%#%.8 However it was the lead- those who were expecting a groups, the LTTE used to ership of former Lieutenant positive response from the recruit children for combat G-2.%:E0.$:%92 Colonel Gotabaya, who final- Government. forces. :099%..-%8;.$ ly led the Lankan Army to the Sri Lanka, the island As per the estimates of the successful war against the nation, had witnessed the Sri Lankan Directorate of %%#1 $ dreaded LTTE leadership of scourge of terrorism for about Military Intelligence, as much Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2009. three decades. The terror as 60 per cent of the outfit’s 0898.2$0-# It was good that an ethnic ter- fuelled by the monstrous LTTE fighters were below 18 years. It $#.$0-821 ror movement came to an end had claimed many lives, includ- was also revealed that the fight- that took the lives of many in ing the civilians, soldiers and ers of the Tamil Tigers who .$%2 .$ the past. And the armed forces high-profile political leaders were killed in the war were #.%082$%7.8 of this tiny island nation and its within and outside the country. mostly between 9 and 18 years. political leadership breathed a The LTTE under the lead- These were some of the .$%8$#2 sigh of relief. Prabhakaran’s ership of Prabhakaran was harrowing episodes of the 9G0%.8.$2. torture regime was over with simply running a parallel LTTE that rightly underlines his killing in May 2009 at the Government in the North- how the terror organisation 0-#.%0. hands of the Lankan Army. Eastern parts of Lanka. Today, was simply twisting and under- This had not only shattered the Tamils and other minority mining the epithets of basic the command structure of the groups like the Muslims and human rights. Initially, it Tamil Tigers, but also pushed Christians are alleging massive seemed to be an endless saga of the outfit to the brink of clo- violation of human rights by terror, violence, torture and a sure. The organisation had lost the Lankan forces in the final parallel state run by an author- both its firepower and man- war against the LTTE in 2009. itarian leader. power. The Lankan But the international commu- Today the Tamils are call- Government forces too had And this has been haunt- rights during the war. relations among all of Sri pursue genuine truth-seeking nity must not forget the reign ing for accountability and jus- received severe casualties ing the Rajapaksa Government Therefore, the UN human Lanka’s diverse communities or accountability processes… of terror brought by tice for the crimes committed though the forces received since the end of the Civil War rights office blames both for and faith groups. This will Moreover, the systems, struc- Prabhakaran and his team over during the Civil War by the abundant supply of arms from and now also with the return- carrying out unparallel brutal- bring an added pressure on the tures, policies and personnel innocent civilians across the Lankan forces. It is hard time China. ing of the duo to power. ities against the innocent civil- Lankan Government, but then that gave rise to such grave vio- island. for the Rajapaksa duo to The end of the war brought Sri Lanka is facing a new ians during the war. how Colombo will respond lations in the past remain and The LTTE, formed on May respond to the Tamil minori- the most vital question to the UN Resolution at the UN Germany and Canada are may only decide the future of have recently been reinforced”. 5, 1976, by Prabhakaran was ty in their country and to the & $$ fore — the massive violation of Human Rights Council among the six countries that the families of the victims. This has put the Rajapaksa once used to be the only terror world Tamil diaspora on this human rights by the Lankan (UNHRC), calling on the formed the core group along UN Human Rights chief Government in the dock. All group in the world possessing sensitive issue. What is expect- Army. Though the Rajapaksa human rights abusers to with Britain to bring the reso- Michelle Bachelet has submit- efforts are on to pressurise its own military. Its political ed from Colombo is quick Government had justified the account and asking the coun- lution on Lanka. Lord Ahmad, ted her report on Sri Lanka to Colombo so as to offer justice headquarters was in redressal of the grievances of war, the humanitarian con- try’s Government to deliver Britain’s Minister of State for the UNHRC. While introduc- to the families of thousands of Kilinochchi, situating at a dis- the minorities in the North and cerns emerging from the num- immediate justice to the vic- South Asia and the ing the report to the Council, victims and missing persons in tance of 200 miles north of Eastern part of the country. ber of dead, missing and post- tims. Britain and others have Commonwealth, said: “The she said the effect of the con- this devastating war. Lanka’s capital city of Colombo. It is time to accept the war rehabilitation of the Tamil circulated a draft of the reso- victims from all communities flict on thousands of survivors As per the records made And this military consisted of responsibility of war crimes on civilians exposed the extreme lution among the members of of Sri Lanka’s brutal Civil War from all communities was dev- available by the international three distinct branches — the the part of the Lankan level of brutalities that the the UNHRC. are, a decade later, still await- astating. media and human rights agen- Tigers (Infantry), Sea Tigers Government. It is time to heal Lankan forces resorted to. It is expected to be adopt- ing justice for loved ones mur- She highlighted that 12 cies, the war killed about (Sea Wing) and Air Tigers the wounds. Else, relationship Both the Rajapaksa broth- ed at the end of the four-week dered or missing and dealing years after the end of the 1,00,000 people, including (Air Wing). It had gradually between the Sinhalese major- ers turned out to be heroes Spring Session of the UN’s top with the repercussions of vio- armed conflict in Lanka, the 40,000 Tamil civilians, massa- emerged as the most lethal and ity and rest of the minority among the majority Sinhalese human rights body. The session lence and conflict”. domestic efforts to ensure jus- cred by the Lankan Army in well-organised terror group. communities, particularly with population, but questions of the began on February 22 in He further commented tice for victims have failed. the final onslaught. In fact, the Federal Bureau the Tamils, would further dete- violation of fundamental rights Geneva. that the current resolution Further she stated, “Despite However, the Rajapaksa of Investigation (FBI), in its riorate. of the Tamils in the North and Both the Tamil Tigers and moved by his country in the commitments made in 2015, Government completely denies report published in January Eastern part of the country the Lankan Army were accused UNHRC is a vital step towards the current Government, like these allegations. 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The ease 2019, caused by severe asymptomatic and sympto- 2020), Italy (La Rosa et al, lance in India. munities during partial and The advantages of waste- same can be planned for India. acute respiratory syndrome matic) in an area to enable pre- 2020), Japan (Haramoto et al, The WWTP has a capaci- post-lockdown periods in 2020. water surveillance in Delhi In the past, WBE has played an coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), ventive measures such as rapid 2020), South Africa (Street et ty of 106 MLD receiving efflu- This study gave interesting will include the monitoring of important role in the eradica- has been declared as a public screening and quarantine, even al., 2020), The Netherlands ents of Civil Hospital treating insights for informing policy wastewater samples from tion of polio in 2011 in India, health emergency of interna- before the residents of that city (Dutch Water Sector, 2020), Covid-19 patients. The number actions. sewage treatment plants and and at present, wastewater sur- tional concern (WHO, 2020). have been tested. Spain (Chavarria-Miró et al, of gene copies was found com- The wastewater surveil- major drains of the Yamuna veillance continues at 52 Several research studies In India, the pandemic 2020), USA (Peccia et al and parable to that reported in the lance study in Chennai has the river in Delhi can help in esti- WWTPs and unregulated across the globe have con- steadily rose from April 2020 Hart & Halden et al, 2020), and untreated wastewaters of potential for replication in mating the number of infected catchment areas for detection firmed that SARS-CoV-2 with peaking in mid-August India (Kumar et al and Arora Australia, China, and Turkey other Indian cities like Delhi as individuals, and hence provide of poliovirus. ribonucleic acid (RNA) has 2020. The cumulative con- et al., 2020). and lower than that of the USA, well as upscaling it for larger robust scientific evidence for This surveillance network been detected in faeces of not firmed cases have significant- For effective dissemina- France, and Spain. A similar geographic areas covering a informed decision making at can be a viable resource for the only symptomatic but also ly lowered at present. tion of knowledge created by study was conducted by large population. Also, it could the policy level. detection of SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic patients. It has Several research groups the current research efforts, and researchers of Dr B Lal Institute potentially be one of the bases This is an early, cost-effec- wastewater in the country, also been seen that sewers or across the globe have reported to empower collaboration on a of Biotechnology (Rajasthan) for scientifically informed deci- tive, unbiased community-level including the national Capital sewage treatment plants (STPs) detecting novel coronavirus global scale for wastewater- with samples from sions to implement public indicator of the presence of Delhi. can provide near-real-time SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. based epidemiology of SARS- hospital wastewater as well as health intervention strategies Covid-19 and of “hot-spots” There is a need to identify outbreak data because they In Switzerland, École CoV-2, there are various ongo- from WWTPs of Jaipur, consistent with legal and ethi- within a community. 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It will The data generated from es in any given wastewater wastewater sampling and (covid19wbec.org/), Biobot catchments in Chennai city in MLD) are operational and 9 help alert asymptomatic infec- the SARS-CoV-2 wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) analysis developed a study in Analytics (biobot.io/), NSF India, a group of scientists led STPs (373 MLD) are non- tions in the community monitoring system in Delhi catchment population. March 2020, which acts as an Research Coordination by Chakraborty et.al from SRM operational . Also, important- through real-time community might be used to show a A densely populated coun- early warning signal for spread Network (RCN) Institute of Science and ly, 75 per cent of pollution is sewage detection could be roadmap for tracking disease, try like India will require con- of SARS-CoV-2 in communi- (sites.nd.edu/rcn-wastewater- Technology, Mu Gamma contributed by three major determined. intensifying testing, stant vigilance to contain ties. 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We, thus, enter into a would be continuously pulsating, how syllables placed in a logical sequence to tion away from our focal point, again state of dhyana. Pursuing the process comes mind gets into a state of no activ- create a particular sound effect. It could and again. Don’t confront those distract- further, a stage is arrived at when ity for becoming at peace with the self? be just a seed letter, syllable, word, or a ing thoughts. If you ever do that, they mantra gets dropped. Eventually all Well, mind can never get into an inac- set of words, which as a sequel to stress will stay put in mind, and keep visiting thoughts drop but one remains steadfast tive state the way a running vehicle is created and uttered by mouth, is heard again and again. The only way out is with the concept synonymous with the halted. But pursuing the dhyãna by ears, and apprehended by mind. training one’s mind to remain disen- imagery in focus. This state is termed as process, a state is arrived at when mind Mantra is so called, because it involves a gaged from them. Mind it; unless you being in savikãr samãdhi (immersed in is in perfect harmony with the element mental process. The word as such com- pay attention to something, it won’t the iconic figure targeted). Further of consciousness. The unitary mind prises of ‘man’ out of ‘manana’ and ‘tra’ affect you. down the line, even the iconic figure then submerges with the cosmic mind. out of ‘trãna’. Mana stands for mind; Keep chanting the mantra and try to drops. Following which the mantra, the Evidently then, mind becomes an inte- manana implies reflection in mind; and bring back attention to the imagery imagery, and the mind become one grated part of cosmic flow, and so is at trana stands for liberation. sought after again and again. Gradually, seamless awareness, which means peace with the self and the rest. It is So, chanting of mantra helps attain the distracting thoughts will go out of attaining the state of nirvikalpa (form- something like someone standing on liberation from mental limitations. It, reckoning, and you may be able to less) samãdhi. earth plane not able to have a feel of thus, serves a great purpose, as mantra remain focused for a longer stretch of In samãdhi, mind, free from any tremendous speed at which the latter happens to be a radiant energy, rather a time. Let me add here that when the thought input, becomes quiet. For, all would be spinning. For, the person and sound-body of consciousness, set in cor- sound notes of the mantra resonate to thoughts prevailing in mind, which the earth are synonymous. This is what respondence with the consciousness of the imagery in focus, over a period of otherwise condition one’s mind, get may be termed as being in a state of the related imagery. Following repeated time, one gets so involved that distract- dropped. 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