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      has been taken to address    resource gaps and consolidate mid a weakening footprint gains in these areas. Aof Naxal violence and a The list of the 70 districts “marked” improvement in the to be covered under the SRE   security situation on the scheme includes five districts in ground, the Centre has — East removed 20 districts out of 90 Godavari, Srikakulam,    districts and one State out of 11 Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram affected States from the cover- and West Godavari — and 10    age of Central funding under districts in Bihar — the Security Related Aurangabad, Banka, Gaya,     Expenditure (SRE) scheme for Jamui, Kaimur, Lakhisarai, conducting focused operations Munger, Nawada, Rohtas and against the ultras to contain the West Champaran.   menace. In , 14 dis- The number of most affect- tricts will be covered under   ed districts in terms of Naxal SRE — Balrampur, Bastar, violence has also come down Bijapur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, he Meteorological from 30 to 25. These districts Gariyaband, Kanker, TDepartment (IMD) on account for 85 per cent of the Kondagaon, Mahasamand, Saturday said that the monsoon violence perpetrated by the Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, is unlikely to progress to Delhi, Naxals. Sukma, Kabirdham and Chandigarh, Haryana, remain- Uttar Pradesh is out of the hit States. The number of dis- Maoist violent incidents, a sep- Mungeli. ing parts of , west coverage of SRE as its three dis- tricts covered under the SRE arate category of “Most In Jharkhand, SRE will be Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab for tricts — Chandauli, Mirzapur scheme has now come down Affected Districts” was created applicable in 16 districts which the next 7-10 days. Meanwhile and Sonebhadra — no longer from 90 in 11 States to 70 in 10 in 2015 with 35 districts to is the highest number of dis- a private weather forecaster require targeted interventions States. SRE districts and the ensure focused deployment of tricts in any State and surpass- Skymet said that they do not                      for containing naxalism, offi- most affected districts were resources. Subsequently, fol- es even Chhattisgarh which expect the progress of mon- cials said. last revised in 2018. lowing a review in 2018, the used to be the worst soon further until July 6-7. Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, ty period,” it said. cient rain (-20 per cent to -59 Under the SRE scheme, the The review of the Naxal-hit number of districts was affected. Therefore northwest India, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi As per the IMD data, there per cent). Centre reimburses the bulk of districts was undertaken by the brought down to 30. including Delhi, Haryana, and Punjab during next seven was 43 per cent excess rain in The IMD further stated the expenditure incurred by the Union Home Ministry in con- A fresh review of these dis- Punjab, Rajasthan and west days”, the IMD said in its bul- northwest India, 36 per cent in that subsequently, moist east- Naxal-hit State, including ex- sultation with the affected tricts was undertaken recently    UP, will continue with hot and letin on Saturday. central India, 3 per cent in the erly winds are likely to pick up gratia payment to civilians and States after which 23 districts in which nine districts were humid weather. It added that subdued rain- east and , and 7 in strength, causing enhanced security personnel killed by the have been excluded from the dropped and four districts   ! “Prevailing meteorological fall activity is very likely to pre- per cent in the south peninsu- rainfall activity all along the ultras besides the expenses on SRE scheme and two new dis- added to determine 25 Most conditions, large scale atmos- vail over northwest, central la. Out of 36 subdivisions, Himalayan foothills regions of mobility, logistics and com- tricts have been added amid an Affected Districts.   pheric features and the forecast and western parts of Peninsular seven recorded large excess north Bihar, north Uttar munication as also ammuni- improving security scenario Separately, a new category wind pattern by dynamical India during next five days. rain (60 per cent or more Pradesh, Uttarakhand and tion used for operations against across the so-called Red Zone. of the “Districts of Concern” Hyderabad: Fearing the spread models suggest that no “Isolated/scattered thunder- above normal), 14 recorded Himachal Pradesh around July the ultras by Central paramil- Additionally, one more dis- has been added to counter of coronavirus among Maoist favourable conditions are like- storm activity accompanied excess rain (20 to 59 per cent 1 and 2 leading to increased itary and police forces, among trict has been added as it was Naxal spread to new areas and cadres, a Maoist-couple sur- ly to develop for further with lightning & rainfall is excess), seven recorded normal inflow into the rivers originat- others. carved out of a district under to stop resurgence in the areas rendered before the police in advance of southwest mon- likely over these regions during rain (-19 per cent to 19 per ing/flowing over these The move follows a com- the SRE scheme. where the CPI (Maoist)-led Bhadradri Kothagudem dis- soon into remaining parts of this subdued monsoon activi- cent) and eight recorded defi- regions. prehensive review of the Naxal- Based on the criteria of violence is waning. The move trict of Telangana on Saturday. ! "# &'( O!    #$  " )" )      police station and can lodge an $%      $ %&'%  (%&)%P FIR from any place any time hief Minister Naveen online in a virtual police station CPatnaik on Saturday at the State Crime Record  district followed by five each were quarantine cases. facturers and the remaining 75 they constitute less than 5 per launched an extension of e-FIR Bureau. The complainant will from Bargarh, Cuttack and reported &' per cent would be procured by cent of the State’s health sector. under the 5T initiative for also get an SMS alert on the    Nayagarh, three from the highest 651 cases followed    ( the State Therefore, if the private hospi- public place thefts. It will help progress of the investigation.  Sundargarh, Puri and Ganjam, by Cuttack with 501, Baleswar Governments. tals procure 25 per cent of the people in lodging FIRs relating DGP Abhay gave the wel- two each from Angul, Jajpur 271, Jajpur 256, Puri 233, According to official vaccines, the State to chain snatching, laptop, come address on the occasion.    and Kendrapada and one each Mayurbhanj 196, Bhadrak 158,    sources, in only seven Government would lose its mobile theft, etc., at public Secretary to CM (5T) VK from Baleswar, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur 145, Angul 133, hospitals are purchasing vac- legitimate places. Pandian was present in the vir-    Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada 119 and Nayagarh '  cines from manufacturers and share. People need not go to any tual event.   Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, 100. Mayurbhanj and Nuapada. As many as 19 districts )   And the Covid-19 caseload reported cases below 100.    in the State rose to 8,97,062 Those are: Sundargarh 71, with as many as 3,554 people Koraput 69, Keonjhar 65,      reported as positive in the 30 Rayagada and Malkangiri 61      districts and the State pool on each, Dhenakanl 56, tate Health Minister Naba the day. Kandhamal 38, Boudh 33, SKishore Das on Saturday he State on Saturday regis- In the last 24 hrs, 69,480 Bargarh 31, Balangir 31, urged Union Health Minister Ttered a high of 47 more samples were tested and the test Subarnapur 29, Gajapati 24, Harsh Vardhan to ensure con- Covid-19 deaths, with which positivity rate (TPR) stood at Ganjam and Nabarangpur 22, verting the vaccine procure- the total toll mounted to 3,848. 5.2 per cent. Kalahandi 21, Nuapada 20, ment ratio between State Maximum nine deaths Out of the new cases, 1,526 Sambalpur 18, Jharsuguda 11 Government and private hos- were reported from Khordha were local contacts and 2,028 and Deogarh eight. pitals from present 75:25 to 95:05 so that it can benefit Odsiha, which has started vac- cinating as many as three lakh       people daily from June 21. Das referred to the State      Additional Chief Secretary (Health)’s recent letter to the tate Capital city Bhubaneswar on Saturday registered 374 new Covid-19 positive cases, with Union Health Secretary on Swhich the total tally rose to 88,862. June 14 in this Out of the new cases, 297 were local contacts and 77 were quarantine cases. regard. The local contacts included 23 cases in Chandrasekharpur, 19 in Khandagiri, 10 each in The Union Government Dumduma and Patia and nine in Baramunda. earlier in the month has decid- Currently, the active cases stood at 1,484 in the city. ed that private hospitals can So far, 430 persons have succumbed to the disease. purchase 25 per cent of the vac- However, 389 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 86,927. cines directly from the manu-          

     Congratulating the personnel for joining    the police service,  !" Patnaik said, “I am sure   ### $ % your parents and fami- lies are proud of your       achievement. As youth are the future of our      State, investment in sports is investment in he State Government on youth. Investment in TSaturday recruited 39 mer- youth is investment in itorious sportspersons, 30 the future of this State.” women and nine men, from “We have embarked various sporting fields in the on a journey to make State police service. Odisha a sports power- Earlier, 96 sportspersons house. In the last few years, a great success for the State,” The State has partnered had been appointed in various Odisha has featured promi- Patnaik said. with corporate houses and ranks of police in six phases. nently in the sports sector in He pointed out that the eminent sportspersons to start Chief Minister Naveen the country. We have success- State is investing more than Rs high performance centres. Patnaik said the State would fully hosted a number of 1,000 crore in developing the Coaching at the grassroots continue to support sportsper- national and international sports infrastructure and build- level and sports education in sons in every possible manner events. Hockey World Cup ing India’s largest hockey sta- schools is a major focus area to to enable them to achieve their 2018 and Asian Athletics dium in Rourkela for the develop sports across the State, dreams. championship 2017 have been Hockey World Cup in 2023. he added. ##$ "$% $' ) ./0.1.2  *#+

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    1  4  < $ 2* 2" < , *  2  )  )  -/4 "39 O' &' C 323 8      6 3&39C3  !"    33!38 !88 ana Majhi's daughter 2239232 833      The party Dhas cleared the matric- @G !23 26 23 also named new ulation examinations, the 839963 iju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Observers for results of w hich were  !!3 "395 BPatnaik on Saturday made a major the 30 districts. declared on Friday. She was 3!92 938 reshuffle within the party with immediate Party organisa- studying at the KISS here, &392 2 33! effect giving new assignments to the tional secretary which achieved a cent-per-  28K9238L23 party leaders as Senior Observers and Pranab Prakash cent result. 95 Observers for all 30 districts. Das was As many as 629 stu- As per a statement made by BJD gen- appointed as the dents passed the exam, ++ *+<+3 2  ,3 "3*4$ eral secretary (media affairs) Manas Observer of securing more than 70 per- /4 '!! O& &49'!9"3 !2328.N Mangaraj, six senior BJD leaders, Debi Mayurbhanj and cent of total marks. In con- 8!39236329239,!!8!2! O'!8 924&23 Prasad Mishra, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Keonjhar while trast to the 97.89 percent of " 2!2!86392323 85'!93833! Prasanna Acharya and Maheswar Chandra Sarathi Behera was appointed as and Rayagada and young leader Bijay results achieved by the stu- 3239, 639,5,39)2363 Mohanty, were appointed as Senior the Observer of Koraput and Malkangiri. Nayak will continue to work for dents Statewide, KISS has 699,98&235)2363!996 2!!, 238 Observers for several districts. Senior Ministers were also given Dhenkanal. achieved a cent percent result. his deceased wife on shoulder. 2,883'!O993"86 39238 Mishra was appointed for Ganjam, charge of various districts. They are Nalini Kanta Pradhan is Observer of As many as 1,900 students had Following the incident, Dr ! 32239 8 5 Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Khordha, Puri Prafulla Mallik (Ganjam), Samir Ranjan Sambalpur, Subash Singh for Jharsuguda, appeared in the exam. Achyuta Samanta, founder, and Boudh districts while Patnaik was Dash (Jagatsinghpur), Ashok Chandra Debashish Samantaray for Kendrapada, Mohan Charan Raita of KIIT & KISS, had extended his    2 *+ 2 2, <  3*3 given charge of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Panda (Jajpur), Naba Kishore Das Pramila Mallik for Khordha, Pradip Saura tribe of Gajapati district helping hand in facilitating -/4'2 !3 Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Deogarh, Angul (Kalahandi), Pratap Jena (Kandhamal), Kumar Amat for Subarnapur and has emerged as the topper of her and two of her sisters pur- !8388C2339 and Dhenkanal. Sushanta Singh (Balangir & Deogarh), Pritiranjan Gharai for Sundargarh. KISS in securing 540 marks in sue their study in KISS. 623882  93 Acharya is to look after the party Tusharakanti Behera (Nabarangpur), Two senior leaders, Sanjay Dasburma aggregate. Hearing the success of $6 !$9 983 affairs in Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Padmanav Behera (Nayagarh), Dibya and Arun Sahoo, were not given any Remarkably, Chandini Chandini, the joy of the prim- '3493'3K0L Kendrapada, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Baleswar Shankar Mishra (Nuapada), Ranendra responsibility, which raised eyebrows. Majhi, daughter of the much- itive tribal people of her nativ- 2 99823$98 districts and Mohanty is the Senior Pratap Swain (Puri), Dasburma was removed as Observers for talked-about Dana Majhi, ity knows no bounds. They 9882285'3 Observer for Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar. Senior MLA Pratap Keshari Deb was two districts. achieved success in this exam. have conveyed their gratitude 9!!.432392!24 Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha was given the charge of Baleswar, Sudhir This sudden reshuffle in the party has In fact, Dana Majhi, of to Dr Samanta. 389!92366" given the charge of southern districts of Kumar Samal for Bargarh, Prasanta created a spark within the party and power Melaghar village under On the result of KISS, Dr 2 !8983! Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Muduli for Angul, Pranab Balabantaray for corridor. Political analysts feel it is an indi- Thuamul-Rampur block of Samanta said it has been pos- 99223588 26 Rayagada and Gajapati. Minister Niranjan Bhadrak, Soubhagya Nayak for Boudh and cation that Naveen Patnaik may make Kalahandi district had made sible due to earnest efforts of )236393@GG Pujari is the Senior Observer for four west- Usha Devi for Cuttack. changes in the Ministry as well very soon the news headlines in 2016, the faculties, and staff of KISS  93 20G93 ern districts, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Balangir Senior MLA Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak in view of the upcoming urban and rural when he walked for a distance as well as the sheer diligence %89-29!2 63 and Bargarh. will look after the party affairs in Gajapati polls. of 10 km carrying the body of and dedication of the students. 2 2235'39 98"9 38 923959!89923'49 / (0   38'39 9832 !8(2!! +     , & -   %3923,3 <'"! 22!3892!245

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     should be done in a NABL abilities have not been pro- accredited lab as per guide- vided with an Aadhaar card he State Government has lines,” Mohapatra told. so far, the Government has Tasked all heads of medical He has made it clear that permitted the use of disabil- colleges and other health- the PSA plants must be com- ity certificate for verification care institutions to test sam- missioned for medical use of such beneficiaries prior to ples of medical oxygen plants only after receipt of satisfac- Covid-19 vaccination. being set up all over the State tory report by the hospital The Collectors and $.-.;/4-26 &39383 826  before its medical consump- authorities. The officials have Municipal Commissioners "49328*9833992"9893 tion. been urged to ensure that this have also been instructed to !!#9323$985$O93 89 Additional Chief oxygen sample testing is hold meetings with private 8639232398 26652!!2 #&2  8 Secretary, Health, PK undertaken for all new PSA hospitals for procurement of !2!"2!!8O9999!!382!!25 Mohapatra has directed the plants being set up in health vaccines for the latter. As 9828939 23 2!!92392  2 !38      Commissioner of Police Rekha information to heads of all Medical Colleges institutions, irrespective of per allocation made by the 232 3626383 82662635. Lohani here on Saturday. citizens. & Hospitals and Chief source of funding and capital Centre, the private hospitals &3 !63&8983 22, '%#633C3 coordination meeting The meeting reviewed sev- The meeting also discussed District Medical & Public Investment for the plant. in the State would get '34,&3 !63 924#6#3,&&3 Abetween the eral systems being implement- the traffic accident recording Health Officers to test the Meanwhile, the Health 8,43,930 doses of Covishield 43#6'83, 4'34 935 Commissionerate police of ed by the BSCL such as City system for collection of acci- sample of oxygen plants at a Department has allowed use and 1,73,040 doses of Twin City and the Surveillance System for effi- dent data and subsequent lab accredited by the National of disability certificate with Covaxin in July. +22 3"  +"2'5"< Bhubaneswar Smart City cient monitoring and enhanced analysis over GIS platform for Accreditation Board for photo issued to persons with The private hospitals Limited (BSCL) was held under citizen safety, traffic violation black spots and other accident- Testing and Calibration disability (PwD) by compe- would place their demands the chairmanship of BSCL detection to further strength- prone areas, automatic vehicle Laboratories (NABL). tent authority of State before the State Government CEO Sanjay Kumar Singh in en traffic rules enforcement, location system with onboard “To ensure that these Government as one of pre- while the Government of the presence of Commissioner public address system and units for real time tracking of plants deliver oxygen appro- scribed photo ID document India would facilitate pro- of Police Saumendra Dynamic Message Signboard police vehicles and optimised priate for medical consump- for Covid-19 vaccination curement of vaccines from Priyadarshi, Additional for effective dissemination of operation management. tion, sample testing of oxygen As all persons with dis- domestic manufacturers.   7.%))    8  !  98      

    

he Rotary Club of ./4 699 !323892398GA 35-3 TBhubaneswar Utkal on 2!!"223'3 4!-23823389 9232 Saturday launched its flagship 35 238.3.26638 3265 238.3.26638 project entitled, UTKARSH: <863&9, 26638333C#6, 9993 Empowering the girl child. 2663839 #'3438 329#638 39 2<3 The project, aimed at pro- '"4!92  83 2665 viding total educational help to needy, yet meritorious girls residing in the periphery of 0    1  . 2  +! 34 Bhubaneswar was inaugurated at the Chousathi Yogini Pitha /  % Rachamal had organised a meet- by Jaydev MLA Dr Arabinda ing at the premises of Athagarh Dhali in the presence of Rotary "  Block Office to distribute work District Governor for 2023-24 orders to housing scheme ben- Rtn. Jayashree Mohanty and  O('% panchayats received the first vated to get vaccinated.  $ )  eficiaries and financial assis- Jyotirbid Dr Promod Kumar each of the adopted girl, taken assured all support for the dose, and 480 persons will get Health teams, ASHAs and tance to the street side vendors Patro. from class VIII, the club is programme. ver 1,500 people of the the jabs in next two days. Anganwadi workers have been JP general where Minister Swain acted as The brainchild of president committed to fully fund their Rtn Asish Sahoo, presi- OBonda community, one of Collector Dr Yeddula Vijay campaigning door-to-door try- Bsecretary Ramnarayan the chief guest and hundreds of Rtn. Asutosh Rath, the project educational requirement till dent elect of the club pro- the 13 Primitive Vulnerable is personally monitoring the ing to raise awareness among Mohanty filed an FIR in BJD party workers, beneficiaries is being sponsored by non res- they complete their studies posed a vote of thanks. The Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of the vaccination drive and said the community to get vacci- Athagarh police station against of the above schemes and some ident Odias. An initial batch of and are fruitfully employable. programme was coordinated State residing on the hill top vil- efforts were on in full swing to nated and soon the 18- 44 drive local MLA and senior Cabinet Government officials were pre- five beneficiaries has been The club plans to gradual- by Rotaract president Tapas lages in Bonda Hill under motivate the entire Bonda will be start. Minister Ranendra Pratap sent without following the sponsored by Sonali Rath ly increase the beneficiary base Ranjan Mallik, secretary Khairput block have been community for vaccination. The population of the Swain and NAC EO Ashalata Covid-19 rules. Over 500 bene- Ahuja from USA. and take it to the level of 100 Ranjan Mohapatra. Among administered Covid jabs till CHC Ayush Doctor Bonda hill stands at 12,231 as Rachamal alleging their gross ficiaries of Awas Yojana and The adopted girls were girls in the next five years. others, Dr Pitabasa Mishra, date. While 1,500 people in the Debabrata Barik said there is per 2011 census in which violation of Covid-19 rules.As street vendors gathered and provided with smart phones Dhali complemented the Swadesh Muduli and Satyajit age group of 45-60 years in no shortage of vaccine and the females outnumber males, said per the report on Thursday, received the sops from Minister and all study materials. For club on the noble initiative and Patnaik were present. Andrahal and Mudulipada Bonda people are now moti- sources. Athagarh NAC Executive Officer Swain. ##$ "$% $' ) ./0.1.2  #

     56 06  ! ! 5%6   #     ") % " 7/ O:3(  % gramme. Government would procure  R It is because of the collec- vaccines at its own cost and ; $ tive efforts of the Prime vaccinate all the people free of Principals of colleges attended The college authorities would     Minister and the scientists, cost. He had floated global ten- 7  the virtual meeting. provide all assistance to such   % " nearly 30 crore people have der in vain, Jena alleged.  “We have interacted with students. Some colleges have 8 8  marine police.    already been vaccinated in the And when its real face was the Principals of Degree already started the process of    Acting on the informa- country successfully free of exposed, the State Health Colleges and all are preparing identifying students and places tion, a police team led by   cost, the BJP claimed. Minister wrote a letter to the   % for the online examinations. where they can appear for the       Kendrapada SP Madkar But the ruling BJD Prime Minister urging him to We have advised them to adopt examinations. Sandeep Sampat, SDPO Rajib   < Government which is in power provide vaccines to the State % the mentoring system. Under Sahoo made it clear that $    # ' . Lochan Panda, and Jamboo for more than two decades, free of cost, Jena pointed out. this, teachers will take the there is no proposal of con-  Marine police station IIC   , "" being afraid of the popularity But on June 21, Modi had      responsibility and ensure how ducting the exams in offline Maheswar Sethy besides a sci-  & '  of Modi and his myriad people already declared that all the students can appear for the mode. The higher educational n a gruesome incident, a 27- entific team rushed to the spot welfare projects, has displayed people of the country would be o ensure every final examinations without any institutions are getting ready for Iyear-old woman was killed to conduct inquiry. he Ganjam district BJP has the posters carrying photo- vaccinated free of cost. This Tyear/semester student of problems,” said Sahoo. online exams as lockdown is and her four-year-old son was According to IIC Sethy, Tsaid that while the Union graph of Chief Minister Naveen made the opposition, including the undergraduate (UG) and Giving an example, he said, still in force. As for reopening left in critical condition,fol- the woman whose identity was Government under the strong Patnaik at all the vaccination BJD scary, he said. postgraduate (PG) courses if a department is having 32 of colleges, the Minister said no lowing the child's head was hit yet to be established was killed leadership of Prime Minister centres of Ganjam district only Jena asked when the Union attend their online examina- students and four faculty mem- decision has been taken in with a stone on Saturday morn- on Friday night. The child was Modi is working hard to com- to take the credit of ongoing Government has given 100% tions, the State Government bers, each faculty would take this regard in view of a possi- ing at Futajora near later shifted to SCB Medical bat the Covid-19 pandemic mega vaccination drive, said free vaccines for the public, has decided to adopt a men- responsibility of eight students ble third wave of Covid-19. Kandarpatia village under College and Hospital for treat- and has successfully brought district BJP president Bibhuti why the vaccination centers toring system in Degree and and ensure that each student During the last meeting Jamboo Marine police limits. ment. indigenous vaccines and live Bhusan Jena. By this, the BJD and the post-vaccination card Autonomous Colleges. appears for the online exams. with the VCs, it was decided to According to sources, the The police also seized a saving drugs within a short is lowering its standard and given to the public would carry A decision in this effect The faculties would contact the conduct the final year or locals came across the body of knife, hand gloves, a liquor bot- span of time with the whole- credibility as a political outfit only the photograph of the was taken during a meeting students allotted to them. semester examination for both woman with her neck cut tle, a Mangalsutra, two gam- hearted support of our great in the State, he added. Chief Minister. held under the chairmanship of Sahoo further said the stu- UG and PG students in online where as her minor child was chhas and a half pant from the scientists, the BJD Government CM Patnaik with an inten- The BJP demanded that all High Education Minister Arun dents who do not have internet mode. The examinations lying in a pool of blood near spot. The reason behind the in the State is trying to get tion to take political advantage the vaccination centres imme- Sahoo on Friday. The Vice- facilities can appear for the would be conducted by July- the body. The locals later gruesome murder was not yet political mileage on the current befooled the public and had diately display the Prime Chancellors of universities and exams in the nearest colleges. August. informed to the Jamboo known. massive vaccination pro- declared that, the State Minister’s photograph. / 1  2#    82 :(;'< 8  4=P $        &'  ,1     posed to be spent for various development projects. Sources )    he Berhampur Municipal said, among other things, pri-  TCorporation (BeMC) con- ority was given in the areas vened a meeting to discuss like construction and renova-   =  % Saturday. and approve the budget for the tion of drainage, road, and on  A local said fake doctors   &) 4 financial year 2021-22 here on beautification of the city. visiting villages in Swabhiman Thursday. In the meeting, MLA Panda said that he is     area is not something new.      BeMC Commissioner confident that, the budget - !  ::&%  They have been treating vil- Sidheswar Boliram Bonder, would certainly fulfill the   lagers at their clinics or week- ujata Sabat Padhy Ganjam Collector Vijaya hopes and aspirations of the ly village haats in the area. Also, Shas been appointed Amrute Kulange, Brahmapur citizens of Brahmapur and It may be noted that the they pay door-to-door visits to as the national in- MLA Bikram Kumar Panda, will be appreciated by 2   functioning of the college was  & # )  treat villagers. charge of the social Brahmapur MP all. in the eye of a storm due to cer- Worth mentioning, the media of the BJP Chandrasekhar Sahu among According to BeMC   tain important decisions taken he Chitrakonda Police on State Government has set up Mahila Morcha. others were present. Commissioner Bonder, while   by a body of a college follow- TSaturday arrested four per- primary health centres at On being given According to information preparing the budget the ing the death its president sons on charges of carrying out Papalura, Janabai and Jodamba. the responsibility, available, the BeMC present- views of all the stakeholders, Himansu Das on June 6. The medical practices without Apart from this, mobile health Padhy expressed her ed a status report pertaining people representatives, State     decisions were taken in the MBBS degree or the required units are visiting villagers every deep respect and grat- to the financial condition in CM’s dream projects and view absence of the governing body licence. month. Despite these facilities, itude to BJP president which the total income of the points for a smart city, and he Additional District president and secretary in a The four accused were vis- villagers in the Swabhiman JP Nadda, national Municipal Corporation from hopes and aspirations of the TMagistrate has been unilateral action of the college iting villages under area have been relying on fake general secretary (org) different sources for the finan- public have been duly con- appointed as Special Officer of Principal, it was Chitrakonda block and alleged- doctors to get medical advice. BL Santosh, Mahila Morcha Patnaik. cial year was Rs 389, 23, sidered. the Balasore Law College by the alleged. ly treating people endangering Chitrakonda police station national president Vanathi “In coming days, apart 79,840 which includes the The development works Regional Directorate of Recently, intellectuals and their lives. Also, a large quan- In-Charge, Surya Prakash Srinivasan, Union Ministers from working towards women opening balance amount of Rs to be undertaken include Education. The ADM will have Baleswar bar members had tity of medicines were been Nayak informed the four fake from Odisha Dharmendra empowerment, the focus will 70,05,99,600. The residual smart road, planetarium, sci- all financial and administrative drawn the attention of the seized from the possession of doctors, who have been arrest- Pradhan and Pratap Chandra be to bring more and more amount of Rs 5 crore is shown ence park, main entry gates of powers of the college till further Regional Director against the the four fake doctors. ed, are Bipin Chandra Naik Sarangi, national vice-presi- women issues to limelight by as ‘closing balance’. the city, water body cleaning orders. alleged illegal decisions and After registering a case no Behera from Dayak 3 village, dent Baijayant Panda, Odisha connecting women from all the The meeting approved an machine, ultramodern gym, The move has been hailed sought his intervention. 83/84/85/86 at Chitrakonda Biswadeb Sarkar and Sufal BJP State president Samir corners of India through social amount of Rs 384, 23, 79, 840 food court, market complex, by intellectuals, the Balasore The director, following an Police Station, the police arrest- Biswas from Tentuliya of West Mohanty and State Mahila media and resolving their prob- allocated under different mega drain and several such Bar Association as well as the inquiry, vested powers on the ed the four persons and for- Bengal, Palas Ray from Morcha president Smruti lems,” said Padhy. heads of expenditure pro- amenities. alumni of the college. ADM. warded them to the court on Gopalpur in . %&&     !   1  ) ) )+ 8

22 #     Special Secretary Service Commission (OPSC), Narayan Sarangi (Additional On June 9, soon after get- )  6 &  level. Cuttack; Subrata Satapathy, FA, Secretary, Higher Education ting the approval of the State ollowing restructuring of OAS officers Laxmidhar Board of Revenue, Cuttack; Department), Sudarsan Parida Cabinet, the State Government Fthe Odisha Administrative Das, Additional Secretary in Biswanath Sahu, Additional (Director, RD), Satyanarayan had restructured the OAS cadre   & '  June 18, the police launched an 10 PM on June 18, Jhili and her Service (OAS) cadre, the State Science and Technology Commissioner, Additional Dash-2 (Additional Secretary, by creating additional 220 investigation and arrested the parents picked a quarrel with Government has promoted as Department; Laxmikanta Revisional Court, PR and DW Dept), Prabhat posts. Now, the total OAS racking a murder case, the accused. Bhagaban. Jhili’s father sud- many as 155 officers to senior Behera, Additional Secretary in Bhubaneswar; Trilochan Kumar Bhoi (Additional strength has been increased to CAska police of Ganjam dis- The SDPO informed denly attacked Bhagaban with grades. Commerce and Transport; Pradhan, Director of Inquiry in Secretary, Water Resources 2,123. trict arrested three persons Bhagaban, who married Jhili a scythe and cut his son-in- As many as 34 OAS officers Remish Kerkatta, Additional the Office of the Lokayukta and Department) and Raghumani Perhaps, for the first time including two women and for- Naik from Suramani village ten laws’ head. of Superior Administrative Secretary in School and Mass Rita Rani Mohapatra, Gamango (Additional in history, the State warded them to the court. years ago, used to engage in The police official added in Grade (SAG) have been pro- Education; Jyoti Kumar Lakra, Additional Secretary to Chief Secretary, ST & SC Government has created new Aska Sub Divisional Police quarrel with his wife suspect- order to destroy evidence, the moted to Special Secretary Additional Secretary Food Minister have been promoted Development Department). posts at OAS Group-A (Senior Officer (SDPO) Umashankar ing her involvement in extra- trio buried the deceased’s body Grade with Level-17 of Pay Supplies and Consumer from SAG to Special Secretary These officers now serve as Branch) and above level. Mishra revealed the murder marital affairs. A few days and head at separate places in Matrix while 121 OAS officers Welfare and Alok Kumar Kar, Grade. Special Secretary to the The number of OAS victim’s wife, mother-in-law back, Jhili along with her two the Rusikulya river of Super Time Scale have been Additional Secretary, S and The Government has also Government. Group-A (Senior Branch) posts and father-in-law were arrest- children stayed at a house on bed. promoted to SAG with Level- ME Department got promoted promoted Manmath Kumar Besides, Tusar Kanta has been increased from 330 to ed for their alleged involvement rent in Pushpanagar village. On June 22, foul smell 16 of Pay Matrix. to Special Secretary Pani (Additional Secretary in Mohanty, Director, Land 385 while OAS (Super Time in the murder. Also, the The police official further emanated from the river bed The General rank. Agriculture and FE Records and Survey; Saroj Scale) posts have been weapon used in the murder stated, on June 18, Bhagaban following which some locals Administration and Public Similarly, Chandramani Department), Pradipta Kumar Kumar Samal, Jharsuguda enhanced to 270 from was seized. visited the wife’s rented house informed the local police. With Grievances Department has Badanaik, Additional Sahani (MD OSIC), Biswajit Collector; Prasanta Kumar 235. On June 22, a headless in Pushpanagar to meet his the help of sniffer dogs and sci- issued two separate notifica- Commissioner, Additional Biswal (Additional Secretary Rath, Additional Secretary HE Similarly, the OAS decomposed body was recov- children. But a few moments entific team, the police tions in this effect. Revisional Court, WR Dept), Banani Mohanty Department; Manoj Kumar (Superior Administrative ered from the Rusikulya river later he again engaged in a ver- exhumed the youth’s body from As per the notification Bhubaneswar; lndramani (CDI in GA Dept), Susanta Mohanty-2, Additional Grade) and OAS (Special bed. The deceased was later bal duel with his wife. the river bed in presence of a Pratap Chandra Rout, serving Tripathy, Director, I and PR; Kumar Das (Additional Secretary, GA and PG Dept; Secretary) level posts have been identified as Bhagaban Naik Immediately Jhili informed her Magistrate. Later the youth’s as Additional Commissioner, Braja Gopal Acharya; GM, Director of Estates), Sitaram Rajendra Mishra, Secretary, increased by 90 and 40, respec- from Gudidhepa village under parents who subsequently body was also recovered. After Additional Revisional Court, Orissa State Road Transport Patel (Registrar, Sambalpur Odisha Real Estate Regulatory tively. With the creation of Sorada police limits in the dis- reached Pushpanagar village. a thorough probe, the accused Bhubaneswar with additional Corporation (OSRTC); University), Kamal Lochan Authority and Dhenkanal additional posts, the total trict. Tired of the harassment – Jhili, her father Kabiraj Naik charge of Commissioner, Jyotiranjan Pradhan, Bargarh Mishra (Executive Director, Collector Bhumesh Chandra strength of OAS (SAG) and Based on a complaint filed and torture, Jhili decided to and mother Kishori Naik – Consolidation, Bhubaneswar, Collector; Ashok Kumar Dash, OSDMA), Lalatendu Miishra Behera also got promotional OAS (SS) has been reached to by Bhagaban’s brother after eliminate Bhagaban with the have been arrested, the SDPO has been promoted to the Secretary, Odisha Public (Boudh Collector), Jayanta avenue. 215 and 65, respectively. the victim went missing on help of her parents. At around informed.  8       #       $  #8 =6# #      Rupesh   721 and Gunendra - $ 1   >   6 8   have developed one device  % #  % # named as    )  Institute in a show of support Kotkapura in 2015 over the ‘Oxyserve’. he Rourkela police on to Badal. After his questioning, alleged desecration of the Guru wo brothers including one Sources said, TSaturday arrested a person Special Investigation Team Badal came out of the institute Granth Sahib in Faridkot dis- Twho is a student of the during this on the charge of looting cash Aprobing the 2015 at 3.10 pm and then waved at trict. Police had also opened fourth year Integrated MSc covid wave and amounting to Rs 34 lakh from Kotkapura police firing inci- the Akali Dal workers from his fire at a similar demonstration Physics of the National Institute rampant use of four ATMs in the city. dent questioned Shiromani vehicle. On Tuesday, the SIT led in Behbal Kalan, also in of Technology, Rourkela, have oxygen, The accused works with a Akali Dal President Sukhbir by Additional Director General Faridkot, where two people invented one device, named as Rupesh had security agency, Rights Private Singh Badal on Saturday for of Police (Vigilance Bureau) L were killed. A separate probe is 'Oxyserve', which is stated to observed that Limited, which has been roped around four hours K Yadav had questioned underway in that case. help in saving about 60 to while using in to refill ATMs of various Badal reached the Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Meanwhile, Akali Dal 70% medical oxygen, in com- continuous banks. Police Officers' Institute at and former Punjab chief min- leader Maheshinder Singh parison to present practice of flow of oxygen Reportedly, the accused Sector 32 here around 11 am ister Parkash Singh Badal for Grewal told reporters, “It is a oxygen using. supply devices, with the help of a colleague following summons by the SIT. over two hours. The Punjab malicious investigation." Significantly, the device more than half refilled the ATMs with cash. He He was the deputy chief min- government had formed the Earlier in the day, Congress appears extremely useful, in the of the oxygen is somehow had managed to get ister and holding the home new SIT to probe the leader Navjot Singh Sidhu wake of the recent oxygen cri- wasted during the ATM passwords of a few portfolio when incidents of Kotkapura police firing inci- slammed Sukhbir Singh Badal sis in the country during the the dead space employees and later looted Rs desecration of religious texts dent following the directions of and said the new SIT "inches second wave of Covid-19. and exhalation 34 lakh from the four cash dis- and the subsequent police fir- the Punjab and Haryana High closer to justice for Punjab's Rupesh Mahore, a fourth period of the pensers of different banks dur- ing at people protesting against Court. soul". 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States. presidents of its Assam and The meeting will take stock The Covid-19 manage- Manipur units respectively. developed by Johnson & try’s apex vaccine testing labo- of the development, monitor- ment in these election-bound Kalita, a sitting MLA in the   Johnson will likely be available ratory in Kasauli, the Central ing of the ongoing projects and states, five of which - UP, Assam assembly, will replace in India in small quantities by Drugs Laboratory (CDL), social issues of the area. Uttarakhand, Goa, Gujarat Ranjeet Kumar Dass, who S pharma firm Johnson & July this year, sources said. through its Indian partner Prime Minister Narendra   and Manipur- are BJP-ruled, was inducted as a Minister in UJohnson’s single shot vac- They said the Association Biological E. With this, the vac- Modi had on Thursday chaired also came-up for scrutiny. the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led cine is likely to be made avail- of Healthcare Providers (India) cine is expected to be approved a three-and-half-hour-long hief Justice of India N V Punjab, which has a Congress Government in the State. able in India from as early as is in the process of privately for use in India in the coming meeting with 14 political lead- CRamana has written to government, too will go to July, though it will be limited to procuring the vaccine directly months. ers from Jammu and Kashmir. Law Minister Ravi Shankar polls, early next year. a few thousand doses initially. from the US-based manufac- One of the first single- In the meeting, the Prime Prasad seeking steps to Party leaders reviewed monitoring developments in However, it is not likely to turer. shot coronavirus vaccines Minister and Home Minister resolve the poor digital con- BJP’s Covid19 management UP and his virtual review of find many takers here as The one-shot vaccine will developed so far, J&J’s Janssen Amit Shah made it clear to the nectivity in rural, tribal, the pace of justice delivery under its programme ‘Seva hi development plan in Ayodhya experts say that one dose of JJ be priced at USD 25 in India. vaccine was cleared for emer- Kashmir leaders of Gupkar remote and hilly areas that is and is also depriving thou- Sanghthan’. with Chief Minister Yogi shot will not be effective to deal Under the government’s gency use in the US and most alliance that election to the “adversely impacting the pace sands of young lawyers across Besides Nadda, Union Adityanath during the day with delta variants that are new rules, vaccines approved recently in the UK. According assembly will be conducted of justice delivery”. The CJI the country of their liveli- Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath was a pointer to this. spreading fast in India. They by US drug regulator do not to the WHO, the vaccine’s effi- after the ongoing Delimitation referred to the digital divide hood. …A whole generation Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Yogi had this month vis- said a booster dose will be need to conduct bridging trials cacy is 66.3 per cent for mild to process. and said that “a whole gener- of lawyers is being pushed out Narendra Singh Tomar, Smriti ited the national Capital and needed to make it more effec- in India. moderate Covid-19 and 76.3 “We are committed to ation of lawyers is being of the system due to digital Irani, and Kiren Rijiju were met Modi and all top-line BJP tive. J&J had recently also start- per cent for severe to critical ensure all round development pushed out of the system” due divide,” the CJI said. among those who attended leaders. The Covid-19 vaccine ed discussions with the coun- infections. of J&K. The future of Jammu to the technological inequal- Justice Ramana also said the meeting, Besides, UP, the BJP lead- and Kashmir was discussed ity. that he recently wrote to the Successful management ers also factored anti-incum- and the delimitation exercise He was speaking during Minister of Law, of Covid19 after the centre bency working against its gov- and peaceful elections are the release of a book, Communications and IT and several BJP-ruled state ernments in Uttarakhand, important milestones in restor- ‘Anomalies in Law and highlighting these issues and governments faced criticism Goa, Manipur and Gujarat.    #  '.     ing statehood as promised in Justice’, authored by former requested him to initiate for them being caught off- In Uttarakhand, while the Parliament,” said Shah. Supreme Court Judge Justice steps on priority to bridge the guard during the second BJP brought in a new Chief The meeting was the first R V Raveendran in a virtual digital divide and also to Coronavirus wave seemed to Minister Tirath Singh Rawat !  6  $  $  between the Centre and main- function here. evolve a mechanism to help be a top priority for the BJP, apparently to beat the anti- stream Jammu and Kashmir During the course of the the advocates who have lost wary of its fallout in the incumbency against his pre- politicians after the abrogation panel discussion that followed livelihood due to the Covid assembly elections. decessor Trivendra Singh   month. Novavax, expects to launch of Article 370 and the division the launch of the book, he pandemic and who are in “Preparation for the Rawat, it also faces a big chal- The recombinant nanopar- Covovax for adults in India by of the erstwhile State into two informed that the matter of dire need of financial assis- assembly polls was the main lenge to retain power in mid demand for vaccina- ticle protein-based vaccine — September and for children by Union Territories in August connectivity figured promi- tance. agenda of the meeting,” said Gujarat where it had an extra- Ation of kids and school stu- NVX-CoV2373 — developed the end of this year. 2019. nently in the two-day confer- The CJI also highlighted BJP leaders after the meet at ordinary-run of 25 years and dents, Pune based vaccine by American biotechnology “We plan to begin the pae- Prior to PM Modi’s meet ence of Chief Justices of High the need to declare the legal party headquarters here. the Congress, though still major Serum Institute of India firm Novavax has been brand- diatric trials in 920 children with J&k leaders, Ladakh MP Courts that he had held professionals and UP figured prominently unorganised, is seeing a polit- (SII) is all set to start phase 2 ed as Covovax in India. It will across 10 sites next month Jamyang Tsering Namgyal had recently. associated functionaries as in the meet as it has been in ical opportunity to break the and 3 paediatric trials of be the fourth Covid-19 vaccine after seeking permission from said in a tweet that the Gupkar “The poor connectivity in frontline workers and the the focus for last several BJP citadel even as the AAP is Covovax on 920 children — to undergo clinical trials for the DCGI (Drug Controller alliance did not have the right rural, tribal, remote and hilly need to vaccinate them all on months. Prime Minister slowly gaining ground in dis- 460 each in the 12-17 and 2-11 children in India. General of India),” as per the or authority to speak on behalf areas is adversely impacting priority. 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New Delhi: EESL’s wholly 1,08,470 LED bulbs have been exchange a maximum of 5 New Delhi: As the farmers are He said testing remains a In his message Prime owned subsidiary Convergence sold in Varanasi, Prayagraj, bulbs under this initiative. intensifying their protest over very important weapon to track Minister Modi said, “Today, on Energy Services Limited has Kaushambi, Pratapgarh and These bulbs consume 88 per the three farm laws on the and contain rising infections in International Day against Drug resumed distribution of ‘LED’ Bhadohi areas.” cent less electricity as com- completion of seven months of any region. Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, I bulbs as part of its Gram Ujala The scheme was launched pared to their incandescent their agitation at the borders of Officials gave a detailed laud all those working at the Scheme in villages of Uttar in March this year and has counterparts.” the national capital, Congress presentation to the Prime grassroots to eliminate the Pradesh and Bihar. helped save costs of around “They contribute signifi- leader Rahul Gandhi on Minister on progress of vacci- menace of drugs from our Accordingly, under the Rs 17 crore per year along- cantly to reducing carbon Saturday came out in their nation in the country. He was duction. 50% of the 45+ population and society. Every such effort to ‘Gram Ujala’ programme, ‘7 with 5,06,35,066.68 kWh emissions, energy savings and support saying we are with the briefed about the age wise vac- The Prime Minister was 16 districts have vaccinated #SaveLives is vital. After all, watt and 12-Watt’ led bulbs energy per year. monetary savings.” “farmers”. cination coverage and about the informed that 3.77 crore doses more than 90% of the 45+ pop- drugs bring with it darkness, with 3-years warranty are given “Any consumer from a In addition, the company In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul vaccine coverage among have been administered in the ulation. destruction and devastation.” to rural consumers against rural household with a valid added that these lights come Gandhi said, “It’s simple - We healthcare workers, frontline last 6 days which is more than The PM expressed satis- “Let us reiterate our com- submission of working incan- electricity connection from with a three-year free replace- are with Satyagrahi Annadata workers and general population the entire population of coun- faction at the rising speed of mitment to descent bulbs at an affordable ‘DISCOM’ can avail LED ment warranty and better (farmers).” in various states. tries like Malaysia, Saudi vaccinations in this week and #ShareFactsOnDrugs and cost of Rs 10 per bulb. bulbs under the initiative.” shelf life. The Congress Lok Sabha Officials apprised Modi Arabia and Canada. stressed that it is important to realise our vision of a Drugs “So far, CESL has distrib- “Operations under the “Switching to these MP from Kerala’s Wayanad about the vaccine supply in the It was also discussed that carry this momentum forward, Free India. Remember - addic- uted 2,52,069 LED bulbs in programme had begun before affordable LED lights can tweeted with the hashtag upcoming months and efforts 128 districts in the country according to a statement from tion is neither cool nor a style Arrah and Buxar districts of the pandemic induced help in saving up to 13 units #Farmersprotest. On the com- being made to increase pro- have vaccinated more than the Prime Minister’s Office. statement. Sharing an old Bihar, whereas in UP, nearly restrictions were imposed in per bulb per month.” IANS pletion of seven months of their #MannKiBaat episode which protest at several points on the contained many aspects of borders of the national capital, " %O % P  6 overcoming the drugs menace.” '    the farmers under the banner he added. of Samyukt Kisan Morcha &"   % , While Government agen- (SKM) are observing ‘Kheti cies like NCB is on toes to      Bachao, Loktantra Bachao detect and stop the drug rack- Diwas”. New Delhi: The Pinarayi persons being in relation to et in the country, the agency on Farmers will also visit the Vijayan Government has their function to protest as Thursday busted an interna- New Delhi: The Narcotics the drug law enforcement Codeine Based Cough Syrups Raj Bhavan (the Governor moved the Supreme Court members of the legislative tional drug smuggling racket Control Bureau (NCB) on agency launched a special (CBCS) and 245 kg of House) in several states. seeking its nod to withdraw assembly the MLAs who are with the arrest of a wanted drug Saturday said that it has bust- drive against psychotropic psychotropic drugs and arrest The farmers from Punjab, cases against CPI(M) leaders, accused in this FIR, entitled to smuggler linked to a Pakistan ed a drug trafficking syndicate drugs trafficking of eight persons. Haryana and western Uttar including Kerala Education get protection under the Lahore-based operative in con- operating over darknet and especially those using the The official said that the Pradesh have been protesting Minister V Sivankutty, for Constitution,” argued the state nection with the recovery of 56 arrested eight persons who darknet and internet phar- agency carried out demanding the vandalism inside Assembly government. kg of heroin from the India- were involved in the macy route. searches in various parts of withdrawal of three farm laws in 2015, when the current bers, that too without the The Kerala High Court Pakistan border in Rajasthan. trade. He said that the agency Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, and ensuring MSP for their regime was not in power. consent of the Speaker of the had dismissed the state’s peti- IANS NCB Deputy Director seized 22 lakhs of Uttarakhand and Himachal produce since November 26 The Kerala High Court, in Assembly?” tion against an order of rejec- K.P.S. Malhotra said that psychotropic drugs, 70,000 Pradesh. IANS last year. IANS an order passed on March 12, The state government tion by the Chief Judicial had refused to give its nod to contended that the high court Magistrate’s court in the same saying that the elect- failed to appreciate the fact Thiruvananthapuram, seek- ed representatives were that the alleged offences under ing permission to withdraw  #   6 #   $    6  &   expected to uphold prestige of Section 447 and 427 of IPC prosecution against accused, the House or face conse- and Section 3(1) of the including sitting ministers. New Delhi: After Union a tweet. 2021 where they failed to provide quences. Prevention of Damage to The government argued Information Technology In an earlier tweet, the me any prior notice before deny- The MLAs had vandalised Public Property Act, hap- that Article 105(3), 194(3) of Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Congress MP from ing me access to my own the Speaker’s dais, uprooted pened on the floor of the the Constitution confers cer- and Congress MP Shashi Thiruvananthapuram had said: account.” his chair, pulled out mike Legislative Assembly during tain privileges and immunities Tharoor were temporarily “And @Twitter locked me out Prasad, who has been at the system, computer etc. the Budget Session of the leg- to the members of the locked out of their Twitter again because to explain the forefront of the government’s The special leave petition islature as a part of the protest Parliament and state accounts on Friday, the latter problem, the first tweet in this drive to bring in more compli- filed by the state government by opposition members Legislature. said that he would seek an thread included the offending ance and stricter norms for said: “When Article 105(3), against the budget “Therefore, it is not prop- explanation from the copyrighted video. Locking is social media platforms, added: “It 194(3) of the Constitution of presentation by the then er for the Secretary of microblogging platform for its a foolish response to a DCMA is apparent that my statements India confers certain privi- Finance Minister due to the Legislative Assembly to file actions. notice; disabling the video calling out the high handedness leges and immunities to the then prevailing political rea- cases against the MLAs with “As Chairman of the (which they’ve now done) and arbitrary actions of Twitter, members of the Parliament son. regard to an incident hap- Parliamentary Standing should be enough. @Twitter particularly sharing the clips of and State Legislature, is it “The FIR registered by pened on the floor of the Committee on Information has a lot to learn.” my interviews to TV channels proper for the Secretary of the Secretary Legislative House during the protest Technology, I can state that we Earlier in the day, Prasad and its powerful impact, have Legislative Assembly to file Assembly without the consent made by the opposition mem- will be seeking an explanation was denied access to his Twitter clearly ruffled its feathers.” cases against the MLAs with of the Speaker is wrong and bers, that too without the from @TwitterIndia for the account for almost an hour “No matter what any plat- regard to an incident that therefore the application filed consent of the Speaker of the locking of @rsprasad’s & my over alleged violation of the US’ blocked, Prasad said in a series violation of Rule 4(8) of the form does, they will have to abide happened on the floor of the under section 321 Cr.P.C. is Assembly,” added the plea, accounts & the rules & proce- Digital Millennium Copyright posts on Koo, the India-made Information Technology by the new IT Rules fully and House during the protest liable to be allowed. seeking stay on the high court dures they follow while oper- Act. micro-blogging platform: (Intermediary Guidelines and there shall be no compromise on made by the opposition mem- “The act of the accused order. 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So, I hope that nobody discussions with the Congress, ending in terms of helping does the Bernard Shaw on us. he respected the decision of 2    )$% maintain their military as well Exaggerating our debt before withdrawing US forces. as economic and political sup- something has happened,” he Ghani said Afghanistan is resident Joe Biden has told port, Biden said. added. entering its “1861 moment” Phis Afghan counterpart "Afghans are going to have “Let us understand that in when President Lincoln Ashraf Ghani that the people of to decide their future of what moments of great transition, entered a besieged Washington Afghanistan "are going to have they — what they want. What things happen. But you will see and ultimately saved the United to decide their future" but they want. But it won't be for that with determination, with States. “Afghanistan has a sim- assured him that the US is lack of us being a help. unity, and with the partnership, ilar approach. The republic going to "stick with you" even "But we're going to stick we will overcome all odds,” has strong roots in support but after the American troops leave with you. And we're going to Ghani said. actually together we will be able the war-torn nation by do our best to see to it you have Earlier at the Pentagon, to do it.” September. the tools you need," the US Defence Secretary Austin men- In a fact sheet, the White Biden, who had his first president assured the top tioned how the Department of House later said the US will face-to-face meeting with Afghan leaders ahead of the US Defense “is deeply invested in continue to provide assistance Ashraf Ghani at the White troop withdrawal before the security and stability of through its enduring partner- House on Friday said America's September 11. Afghanistan and in the pursuit ship with Afghanistan to pro- partnership with the South Ghani, sitting alongside of a negotiated settlement”. He mote a peaceful and stable Asian nation is going to be sus- Biden, said Afghanistan was    ?   $          5    4 4       A    0   reaffirmed the US commitment future that the Afghan people tained. grateful for the blood and trea- to an enduring partnership with want and deserve. “The partnership between sure America had spilled dur- finds itself facing direct battle in Afghanistan in a recent unity among Afghan leaders - “We are very encouraged Afghanistan, especially the “Our strong support and Afghanistan and the United ing the past two decades to against the Taliban militants. offensive. - across the board. Afghans are and satisfied that this partner- strong defence relationship. partnership is designed to pre- States is not ending. It's going defend his country, which now Biden has announced that The visiting Afghan lead- going to have to decide their ship is taking place. Thank you “I am confident that as res- vent Afghanistan from ever the American military presence ers also held meetings with top future, what they want. But it for ordering the priorities,” he olute support begins to wind again being used as a safe in Afghanistan will end by officials of the Biden adminis- won't be for lack of us being said. down, we will make the tran- haven for terrorism; maintain September 11 of this year — tration including Defense helped... The senseless vio- “The Afghan nation is at an sition to a new relationship Afghan stability and build self- /     + the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 Secretary Lloyd Austin, CIA lence, it has to stop, but it's 1861 moment, like President with Afghanistan and the reliance; promote economic coordinated suicide attacks Director William Burns and going to be very difficult," (Abraham) Lincoln rallying to Afghan forces. One that con- growth; preserve social gains in against the US by al-Qaida, the top Congressional leader- Biden said. Ghani said the US the defence of the Republic, tinues to meet your responsi- education, health and women's ""  which was based in ship. As the US prepares its is entering a new chapter of determined that the Republic is bilities to your citizens,” said empowerment and the rule of Afghanistan. Afghan exit, Biden said the two bilateral relations with defended. It's a choice of values. Austin. law; protect the rights of The meeting between visiting leaders have got very Afghanistan where the part- The values of an exclusionary “We will remain partners women, girls, and minorities; -4  7 " Biden and the Afghan leaders difficult jobs. nership would not only be system or an inclusionary sys- with the Afghan government bolster Afghan civil society; comes as Taliban fighters have “They are doing important military, but comprehensive tem. We're determined to have and the Afghan military. And and respond to humanitarian captured dozens of key districts work, trying to bring about regarding their mutual interest. unity, coherence, national sense we will continue to work needs,” the White House said. 2    )$% welcome our President Ashraf Ghani and the delegation. But embers of the Afghan- our main purpose of this rally MAmerican community is to stop the proxy war in  00Q    / on Friday held a welcome Afghanistan, where Pakistan !   '';%  #  rally in support of their visit- has been supporting all the ing President Ashraf Ghani terrorist groups in the region,” and CEO Dr Abdullah Ashraf said in his address to  &  '% 4+#$4+ (#,)/")+3%5 Floyd family attorney Ben Q   /   Abdullah in which they urged the participating Afghans. Crump said the family had got- US President Joe Biden to ask “They are trying to desta- ormer Minneapolis police ten “some measure of account- Pakistan to stop a "proxy war" bilise the region. We all know FOfficer Derek Chauvin was ability” but is hoping Chauvin  "- 6 in Afghanistan. that Pakistan is sponsoring all sentenced on Friday to 22 and gets the maximum at his “We are here to support the terrorist groups in 1/2 years in prison for the mur- upcoming federal civil rights 2   &  ror was a bit lopsided," he Afghan troops and Afghan Afghanistan and also der of George Floyd, whose trial. Crump said this was the said. national army and security send them to other countries dying gasps under Chauvin's longest sentence a police offi- akistan is seeking a "It was a lopsided rela- forces. We want the United to destabilise the region,” he knee led to the biggest outcry cer has ever received in P"civilised" and "even-hand- tionship because the US felt States to end the proxy war in said. against racial injustice in the Minnesota. ed" relationship with that they were giving aid to Afghanistan supported by “So, our main goal and U.S. In generations. But he added: "Real justice Washington like the one that Pakistan, they felt that Pakistan Pakistan establishment,” demand from the US and The punishment — which in America will be Black men existed between the US and the then had to do US' bidding. Mirwais Safi, an Afghan- Afghan government is to come came after Chauvin broke his and Black women and people UK or with India "right now", "And what Pakistan did in American told the media in with a fundamental decision yearlong silence to offer con- of color who will not have to Prime Minister Imran Khan terms of trying to do the US front of the White House, to put all the terrorist groups, dolences to the Floyd family 0$ 1 #  #  4  ,6 !  .  . $#  8   fear being killed by the police has said, underlining the role bidding cost Pakistan a lot … hours before President Joe and drag them to international and express hope that they   3  + .      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Outside the courthouse, a leaves the war-torn country. were suicide bombings and also urged the Biden admin- the international community, a US police officer in the killing parole after serving two-thirds Judge Peter Cahill went crowd of about 50 people Khan made the comments bombs going on all over the istration to refrain from send- to the UN,” he said. of a Black person. of his sentence, or about 15 beyond the 12 1/2-year sen- clasped hands or placed them during an interview with The country," he said. ing money to Pakistan. “They have proof and evi- Still, Floyd family members years. tence prescribed under state on each other's shoulders. The New York Times in which he The main problem with “Because they (Pakistan) are dence that Pakistan has been and others were disappointed. “Just because it's the most guidelines, citing Chauvin's reaction was subdued as peo- also expressed his disappoint- this lopsided relationship was definitely supporting terror- sponsoring and supporting The sentence fell short of the 30 time doesn't mean it's enough “abuse of a position of trust and ple debated whether the sen- ment that his bid to normalise that "Pakistani governments ism in Afghanistan. alternative groups in years prosecutors had request- time," said Nekima Levy authority and also the particu- tence was long enough. Some ties with India did not make tried to deliver what they were “We are gathered here to Afghanistan,” Sharif alleged. ed. And with good behavior, Armstrong, a Minneapolis lar cruelty” shown to Floyd. cursed in disgust. any progress though he not capable of," and it led to a approached Prime Minister "mistrust between the two Narendra Modi soon after countries," Khan said. 6, :. !7   assuming office in August "And people in Pakistan 1 276  %)      2018. felt they paid a heavy, heavy + ! / In the interview that comes price for this relationship. And as US President Joe Biden had the US thought Pakistan had > ?@, 2 *         his first face-to-face meeting not done enough." *  A 33"  %    with his Afghan counterpart The prime minister said B4 '493*9 26 Ashraf Ghan at the White that his government wanted the 4'6&39&    "      House on Friday, Khan recalled future relationship to be based #3#292 998  + !   that Pakistan has had a closer on trust and common objec- 23 8828   %    & ) K%%& L mitment in Sardinata, in relationship with the US than tives, including a peaceful and 9,9 6!985#292 United Nations: With no "This will not be easy," Catatumbo approaching the other nations in the region, stable Afghanistan. 883S, !2 progress toward ending the 10- Pedersen said, he United States estimates olombian President Iván city of Cúcuta, the presidential such as India, and was a US The US and the Taliban !29359N59 year Syrian conflict, the U.N. spe- But he said he senses that Tthat up to 9,00,000 people CDuque said on Friday that a helicopter was the victim of an partner in the war against ter- have signed a landmark deal in "28!!""83 cial envoy for Syria called Friday all key players are interested in in Ethiopia's Tigray region helicopter carrying him and sev- attack,” the president said in a rorism, Dawn newspaper Doha on February 29, 2020 fol- 2  2359923 for new international talks on deepening talks on a way now face famine conditions eral senior officials came under statement. He said the heli- reported. lowing multiple rounds of 6C89932!868 concrete steps like exchanging ahead, which is why "we need amid a deadly conflict, even as fire in the southern Catatumbo copter's equipment and capa- "Now, after the US leaves negotiations to bring lasting 9 8"33!! prisoners and a nationwide a new constructive interna- the prime minister says there is region bordering Venezuela, in a bilities “prevented something Afghanistan, basically Pakistan peace in war-torn Afghanistan 292663892 cease-fire that the government tional dialogue on Syria." “no hunger” there. rare instance of a direct attack on lethal from happening.” A would want a civilised rela- and allow US troops to return 89895 and opposition could agree on as Pedersen said he has been The hunger crisis in Tigray a presidential aircraft. video released by the presi- tionship, which you have home, effectively drawing cur- initial steps to give impetus to a in regular contact with senior is the world's worst in a decade, Duque said everyone on dency showed several bullet between nations, and we would tains on America's longest war. +" 2 3 political solution. officials from Russia, a close and the new famine findings are board the helicopter was safe, holes in the Colombian air like to improve our trading Asked if Pakistan will con-  3  "2  Geir Pedersen told the Syria ally, and the United States, “terrifying,” the head of the US including himself, Defense force helicopter. relationship with the US,” he tinue to have any strategic rel- ,B4 2 9239 U.N. Security Council he which supports the opposi- Agency for International Minister Diego Molano, Duque did not provide the said. Asked to elaborate his evance to the US after the 3 34,223 believes these and other areas tion, before and since this Development, Samantha Power, Interior Minister Daniel time of the attack or say who he concept of a civilised relation- pullout, Khan said: "I don't 39486383 "of vital concern for average month's meeting between said Friday, adding that millions Palacios and the governor of believed carried it out, but ship, Khan said he was seeking know, really. I haven't thought 266232 9339, Syrians" have the potential to Russian President Vladimir more people are at risk. Norte de Santander state, several armed groups are relations like the one that exist- about it in that way, that 96!2'983! 823 achieve common ground Putin and U.S. President Joe The new estimate more Silvano Serrano. They had just known to operate in the area. ed "between the US and Britain, Pakistan should have some 3882. !633 among Syria's warring parties. Biden. He said he has also been than doubles the warning issued attended an event titled “Peace The president said the or between US and India right strategic relevance to the US." 3 ! 3963! Progress would also "promote in regular contact with many earlier this month by the United with Legality, the Sustainable “cowardly” attack would not now. So, a relationship which is Khan said he could not 34,388 internal and regional stability countries on the 15-member Nations and aid groups that Catatumbo chapter.” make him stop fighting drug even-handed". predict the future of the mili- 29 2 !9939 and build trust and confi- Security Council and key states more than 3.50,000 people face “I want to inform the coun- trafficking, terrorism and orga- "Unfortunately, the rela- tary and security relationship 2  9323,29 dence," he said. in the region. AP famine conditions in Tigray. try that after fulfilling a com- nized crime. tionship during the war on ter- between Pakistan and the US. 9823 85  +"  ,3++   #2 ++6 3*  #((3"+) (#$)3#)# '1:  Q R+" ,/4 3 63"!83 2!! 983&833 2  !38,4!!3!9 Q"6 4)  +  '-;'6Q46 263, 39.3 68 2823 85$ 2   &  and Masood Azhar. He said it has to be deter-  2"8! !. 698  - ,- 5 make sure they're safe. The He said that whatever steps mined whether the FATF is a !23 89, mayor asked other cities in the oreign Minister Shah Pakistan took were in its own technical forum or a political G..2!826393C8 ire and smoke coming from county to join the building FMahmood Qureshi on interests and added that it is in one, state-run Radio Pakistan 3 .92"!83 Fdeep inside the concrete review and said there will be Saturday said there was "no the country's interest to stop reported. Addressing a virtual 3*9 3 and metal remains of a col- state and federal funding to help. room" to keep Pakistan on the money laundering and terror press conference, FATF 3"22282!! 9823 lapsed 12-story condominium Federal Emergency FATF's 'grey list' since it has financing. President Marcus Pleyer on -85 tower near Miami hampered Management Agency officials implemented 26 out of the 27 Qureshi said "some pow- Friday said the Pakistan gov- rescue efforts Saturday as emer- have joined local and state author- points of the action handed out ers" desired to keep Pakistan in ernment has failed to check the < +"     gency workers raced to recov- ities at the site, DeSantis said. He by the global body against the FATF's 'grey list' and it risk of money laundering, lead- ,33  ,  er any survivors beneath the added that a nearby "sister build- money laundering and terror needs to be looked at whether ing to corruption and terror -94 -339! mountain of rubble. ing" of the collapsed tower is also financing. the global forum is being used financing. 2988 Rescuers used infrared being looked at because it was Qureshi's comments came for political purposes. However, "The FATF encourages 9 43223999 technology, water and foam to built at the same time and with a day after the Financial Action he did not elaborate. Pakistan to continue to make 9"38292 39 battle the blaze, whose source  6    88    ! $#   !   the same designer. Task Force (FATF), during its He said the FATF itself has progress to address as soon as 33 263"23 was unclear, and Miami-Dade   . 0;  Surfside Mayor Charles plenary meeting from June 21- accepted that Pakistan has possible the one remaining 99 2!!232 3 Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Burkett said he was working on 25, retained Pakistan in its implemented 26 out of 27 Combating the Financing of 6 239 693 5 said the smoke has been the side of the tower as white people were still unaccounted a plan to temporarily relocate 'grey list' for failing to check action plans whereas significant Terrorism (CFT)-related item '9"5$-339 39 biggest challenge. In a news smoke or steam streamed out, for two days after Thursday's residents of the Champlain money laundering, leading to progress has been made on the by demonstrating that Terror 2!38! 23 conference, she described the and a bitter, sulfur-like smell collapse, which killed at least Towers North, which was con- terror financing. 27th one. 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Ron DeSantis, buildings nearing their 40-year collapsed building, and that senior leaders and comman- has implemented 26 out of 27 UN designated terrorist 26 32 ! 2 A firehose blasted one of speaking alongside the mayor. review — like the fallen FEMA has agreed to pay for ders of UN-designated terror action plans of the FATF,” he groups," an FATF statement 223995M the lower floors on the north One hundred fifty-nine Champlain Towers South — to lodging. groups, including Hafiz Saeed said. said. ##$ "$% $' ) ./0.1.2  #? ,)-.         $) % )  B! 1,  7%  1  (  &+= "  /(*+'  & & of MD/WTD shall be reviewed 2  %% and will demonstrate its abili- Hero's latest venture, Spur, will by the Board annually, the ty to disrupt the market in manufacture key components he Reserve apex bank said. ndia's Hero Motors Europe,” said Jeff Weiss, the for bicycles in house, a move Thas limited the maximum The UCBs shall ensure ICompany (HMC) Group has London-based CEO of Hero aimed at further de-risking   continued term of managing that the following 'fit and prop- said that Hero Cycles has suc- International. the value chain. directors and whole time direc- er' criteria is fulfilled by the per- cessfully delivered its first batch “Clearly, a major part of the “Where most of our com- n a crackdown on political tors (WTD) of urban cooper- son being appointed as MD. of “Made in India” e-bikes to future is e-bikes with e-bike petitors are struggling with Iinterference, the Reserve ative banks (UCBs) to 15 years The MD shall function under Europe. sales expected to reach around supplies, the partnership with Bank of India has barred MPs, in a series of steps taken to the overall general superinten- The shipment, under the 15 million units in Europe by HSC allows uninterrupted sup- MLAs and members of munic- ensure professional manage- dence, direction and control of HNF brand of Hero 2030. We are confident that plies for bikes and e-bikes even ipal corporations or other local ment of these institutions that the Board of Directors (BoD). International (HIT), marks the Hero is poised to become a in this high-demand period. bodies from holding the office have often been found under- With regard to the age, the start of the Indian bicycle market leader in this segment, Since HMC is also setting up of managing director (MD) or taking non-transparent activi- RBI has said that the person at major's plan to become a leader making high-quality e-bikes component manufacturing in- whole-time director (WTD) ties right at the top. the top of UCBs should not be in the European Union (EU) fusing HNF's engineering and house, the dependence on in urban cooperative banks. In the latest directions below the age of 35 years and market, the company said this design expertise with Hero's external component suppliers These directions are applic- carries on any trade, business approval, they are required to given by the RBI on appoint- above the age of 70 years at any week. manufacturing capability, espe- will be reduced,” Weiss added. able to all Primary (Urban) Co- or industry; should not have formulate a board approved ment, re-appointment and ter- time during his/her term in The first batch of around cially with the 100-acre Cycle The European arm of operative Banks (UCBs). The substantial interest in any com- policy based on all the other mination process of MD and office. But, within the overall 200 units has been delivered to Valley in Ludhiana,” he HMC was created to cater to RBI had exempted UCBs with pany or firm as defined in provisions of these directions WTD of UCBs, the apex bank limit of 70 years, as part of their Germany, with further units said. the booming European market a deposit size of less than  100 Section 5 (ne) read with for appointment / re-appoint- has said that an individual will internal policy, individual planned for the EU in future. The company believes its by acquiring Avocet Sports in crore from the requirement of Section 56 of the Banking ment / termination of be eligible for re-appointment bank's Boards are free to pre- “The shipment marks a latest batch of e-bikes to Europe Manchester in the UK in 2016. seeking prior approval of the Regulations Act, 1949; and appointment of MD or WTD. as MD/WTD in the same bank scribe a lower retirement age, step forward to establish HMC overcomes the bicycle supply Avocet Sports, later renamed as Reserve Bank for appointment shall not be a director, manag- These banks shall imme- even after finishing continuous the RBI said. as the largest fully integrated e- chain disruptions caused by the Insync Bikes, is one of the / re-appointment / termination er, managing agent, partner or diately report the appointment 15 year tenure but only after a To run the operations pro- bike company in Europe, with COVID-19 pandemic. While largest bike distributors in the of appointment of MDs or proprietor of any trading, com- / re-appointment / termination minimum gap of three years, fessionally, the person should a well-oiled manufacturing supplies dwindled and lead UK, with more than 22 per cent WTDs. mercial or industrial concern. of appointment of MD or subject to meeting other con- also have adequate educational capability in India and bright- times for components market share in the kid's bike Under the propriety crite- In addition, the person WTD to the respective region- ditions. Moreover, during this qualifications. He/she should be ens the prospect of India as a increased manifold, consumer segment. ria, the person to be nominat- should not be of unsound al offices (Department of three-year cooling period, the a graduate, preferably, with reliable supplier to the market demand for bikes and e-bikes By 2019, the European ed as MD or WTD shall not be mind and stands so declared by Supervision, Central Office, in individual shall not be appoint- Qualification in banking/ co- other than China,” HMC said sky-rocketed. market was drifting increas- engaged in any other business a competent court; should not case of UCBs under jurisdic- ed or associated with the bank operative banking or in a statement. To cater to this growing ingly towards e-bikes, and or vocation; shall not hold the be an undischarged insolvent; tion of Mumbai office) of the in any capacity, either directly Chartered/Cost Hero International – the demand for bikes and e-bikes, demand for high-tech, light position of a Member of should not be convicted by a Reserve Bank. or indirectly. Accountant/MBA (Finance); or European bike and e-bike arm Hero said it established its dig- and durable e-bikes for sus- Parliament or state legislature criminal court of an offence The UCBs shall review In general, the RBI has Post graduation in any discipline. of HMC – said the company's ital supply chain company – tainable commuting was grow- or municipal corporation or involving moral turpitude; and the ‘Fit and Proper' status of directed that the tenure of They must also have a com- aim is to achieve an organic Hero Supply Chain (HSC) – a ing. HMC decided to leverage municipality or other local should not be a director of any the existing MDs in terms of MD/WTD shall not be for a bined experience of at least eight revenue of up to EURO 300 team specialised in logistics its automotive manufacturing bodies; and shall not be a other co-operative bank or a these directions and confirm period more than five years at years at the middle/senior man- million by 2025, while adding management and digital trans- experience to venture into director of any company other co-operative credit society. the same, with the approval of a time subject to a minimum agement level in the banking sec- EURO 200 million from inor- formation. HSC is designed to manufacturing premium e- than a company registered The person shall submit a board of directors to the con- period of three years at the time tor, including the experience ganic growth. act as a consolidated buying bikes in India while acquiring under Section 8 of the self-declaration form on per- cerned regional office within of first appointment, unless ter- gained in the concerned UCB, or “The first HNF branded house for HIT and cater to the HNF Nicolai, a premium Companies Act, 2013. sonal integrity. a period of two months from minated or removed earlier, non-banking finance compa- bike built in India has landed original equipment manufac- German e-bike brand, to enter In addition, he shall not be While the exempted UCBs the date of issuance of the cir- and shall be eligible for re- nies engaged in lending (loan on European shores. This is a turer (OEM) demand in the the European e-bikes a partner of any firm which are not required to obtain prior cular. appointment. The performance companies) and asset financing. big moment for the company EU for supplies from India. market. = B   $ # 8     7((' ) B $#$  

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May since 1992, indicating ris- PCE price index rose 3.9 per accounting firm, said Friday in "We will not raise interest 2   "Therefore, we thought hiring ing inflation pressures with cent from a year earlier, the a blog. rates preemptively because we +    part-time 'Covid Wardens' will be the reopening of the economy, fastest annual pace since "Faster than expected infla- think employment is too high, ederal Bank on Saturday said it helpful to both. We provided jobs to the Commerce Department August 2008, well above the tion figures have made many because we fear the possible 2   Fhas provided 400-odd part-time about 400-odd people in Kerala," he reported . Fed's inflation target of 2 per within the ranks of the Federal onset of inflation. Instead, we jobs with a monthly salary of said. The so-called core person- cent. Reserve more nervous about will wait for actual evidence of etrol price soared past 100-a-litre mark in Tamil 18,000 at its branches in Kerala so Hiring was done in Kerala al consumption expenditure "Many of the increases we rate hikes," Swonk said, adding actual inflation or other imbal- PNadu after fuel prices were hiked again on Saturday. far, in a bid to help those who lost because the state was having many (PCE) price index, the Fed's are currently seeing will play seven out of 18 Fed officials are ances," Powell told lawmakers Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 35 paise per their employment due to the Covid- positive cases at that time and preferred inflation measure, out as we move into the sum- now expecting to raise rates at at a hearing before the House litre each-the steepest in recent times, according to a 19 pandemic. moreover the footfall in branches jumped 3.4 per cent in May mer months when the effect of least once in 2022. Select Subcommittee on the price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. Designated as 'Covid Wardens', were also high. from a year ago, the largest 12- a sharp drop in prices a year But Fed Chair Jerome Coronavirus Crisis. The increase took rates across the country to fresh these people were hired to manage Whereas in other states, 'Covid highs with Tamil Nadu becoming the latest state to see crowds, provide masks and sanitis- Wardens' were not hired as there petrol cross 100-a- litre mark. er to the public visiting the branch- were security guards managing the !$$      <    In Delhi, petrol hit an all-time high of 98.11 a litre, es in the state, it said. crowd at bank branches, Kumar while diesel is now priced at 88.65 per litre. The livelihood enhancement added. 5 #     6  Fuel prices differ from state to state depending on project was started as part of its cor- Asked if the initiative will con- the incidence of local taxes such as value-added tax porate social responsibility (CSR) tinue, Kumar said the bank will dis- 6  A#   @  $   $  (VAT) and freight charges. initiative in August 2020 and is con- continue if the Covid-19 positivity While petrol had crossed 100-a-litre mark in tinuing even now. rate falls below five per cent in a par-  ,# =6 $# Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Speaking to PTI, Federal Bank ticular locality. Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Human Resource Officer "We are keeping a close watch Jammu:Commissioner  #%# $ Odisha, and Ladakh, several towns in Tamil Nadu Ajith Kumar K K said: "This is a on positivity rate in the state," he Secretary to Govt, Hospitality including Salem, Vellore and Cuddalore saw that level part-time job given to tide over the said. & Protocol Department, Talat onstruction works of dif- after the steep price hike. situation, not a full-time employ- Kumar also mentioned that the Parvez Rohella on Saturday Cferent Metro Projects in the In Chennai, petrol is priced at 99.19 a litre while ment." needy people were hired irrespective inspected the sites of ongoing city have been going on in the diesel comes for 93.23 per litre. The bank hired these people at of their education qualification civil works of Jammu Division. lockdown. Among metro cities, petrol is already above Rs 100 a monthly salary of Rs 18,000 per through reputed agencies and The Secretary was apprised A great milestone has been in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. month. About Rs 6 crore has been organisations, and the salary is about the ongoing projects achieved by executing unin- In Mumbai, petrol now costs Rs 104.22 a litre and spent towards salary in the last 10 being paid through these agencies. which included expansion of terrupted concreting works of diesel comes for Rs 96.16. months, he said. Although there is a jobless sit- Circuit House at a cost of 660 a top slab and a concourse slab Rate of diesel, the most used fuel in the country, had Since many had lost jobs due to uation in many sectors due to the lakhs, and also expansion of of Biman Bandar Metro Station crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Sri Ganganagar and the pandemic in the state there were pandemic, the bank however cannot Guest House, Jammu. of Noapara - Barasat via Biman Hanumangarh in Rajasthan as well in a couple of places requests for creating part-time jobs take care of all jobless people,  Bandar Metro project main- in Odisha. The hike on Saturday is the 30th increase in from several agencies and organi- Kumar said adding that "we are play- taining all Covid Protocols prices since May 4, when state-owned oil firms ended sations. ing our small part under our CSR recently. an 18-day hiatus in rate revision they observed during "We thought of finding a way to initiative". A cover was put in place to assembly elections in states like West Bengal. provide livelihood to people who The Kochi-based Federal Bank protect manpower, machinery In 30 hikes, the price of petrol has risen by Rs 7.71 lost jobs due to the pandemic and said it spent the entire allocated CSR and newly cast concrete as per litre and diesel by Rs 8.12 a litre. help them tide over the economic funds of Rs 35 crore during the well as to execute the job with- Oil companies revise rates of petrol and diesel daily hardship. That's why we decided to 2020-21 fiscal. The bank expects the out any interruption during the based on the average price of benchmark fuel in the hire such people," he added. CSR budget for the current year heavy downpour. international market in the preceding 15 days, and for- Kumar further said crowd man- would be around Rs 40 crore. Casting work of a con- eign exchange rates. agement at branches had become a The bank has been implement- course slab of Biman Bandar Oil prices have climbed on optimism of a quick big issue during the pandemic as the ing CSR initiatives for the last 10 Metro station has also been recovery in fuel demand. Brent crude soared past the Kerala government has restricted years through the Federal Bank completed immediately after USD 75 per barrel mark, the first time since April entry of not more than five people Hormis Memorial the top slab casting 2019. . at a particular time. Foundation. work.       #

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The last RIJIJU URGES TO EXTEND SUPPORT Shafali’s true value all the more after depth to do that,” Mithali added. series was not very good for the  " + 4 29&39#3CC23 her stellar Test debut against The 38-year-old said the per- team, as captain I want the team 833238N *6 3 England last week with scores of 96 formance in the one-off Test has to get back to winning ways.” 2%!6 ."238 383!9299 and 63. 23388 2 !22623 Her big-hitting prowess would similar skill sets, might get prefer- TEAMS 9 22 9 29 9239,2!!" certainly be of great value for the ence. 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England: Heather Knight (captain),  263+6""25 The manner in which Shafali ing the series against the Proteas. improved strike-rate, would love to two among Shikha Pandey, Puja For England, Sophia Dunkley, Tammy Beaumont, Kate Cross, hammered the likes of Anya Priya Punia had a moderate come in at No 3, followed by her Vastrakar and Arundhati Reddy. after her impressive Test debut last Nat Sciver, Sophia Dunkley, Lauren JELENA WINS EASTBOURNE TITLE Shrubsole, Katherine Brunt, Kate series against the South Africans at skipper and deputy Kaur at No 5. 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2   Bajrang’s right leg and pulled early to comment right now. +   world’s leading all-rounder’ him abruptly in the first peri- We will observe it for next 48 lympic-bound wrestler od of the bout. The impact hours and see how it goes. Too Paris: Star compound archer Schaff started the shoot-off heart beat went up so I just 2    OBajrang Punia on had an effect on Bajrang’s early to name structures. Let Abhishek Verma stunned with a nine and Verma, show- calmed myself down and kept Saturday assured that he has right knee and the limping the inflammation subside a American heavyweight Kris ing nerve of steel, clinched the my focus on the next arrow,” yle Jamieson has the ability to become one of the leading all- not suffered a major injury but grappler immediately forfeit- bit,” said the source. Schaff in a shoot-off to bag a contest in style with a perfect Verma said about the intense Krounders in world cricket in days to come, reckons legendary the extent of damage done to ed the bout. Asked specifically if it Gold medal at the Archery 10 to open India’s account. finish. Sachin Tendulkar after watching the giant Black Cap torment India’s his right knee will be known “I am fine. It (getting could be a ligament tear, the World Cup Stage 3 here on It was Verma’s second India are eyeing three best batsmen in the recently concluded World Test Championship only by Monday since the injured) happens in sport,” source said only scans can Saturday. individual World Cup Gold more medals in the recurve Final. In New Zealand’s emphatic title triumph, Jamieson played inflammation takes at least 48 Bajrang said from Kaspiysk confirm it but they won’t take In a neck-and-neck final medal. The 32-year-old Indian team, individual and mixed a major role with match figures of 7 for 61 in 44 overs along with hours to subside. when he was asked if it was a risk by initiating that proce- clash, the duo dropped just last won an individual medal pair event, slated for Sunday 21 valuable runs in his team’s first essay. Bajrang injured his right serious injury. dure. two points each to be locked in 2015 at World Cup Stage 3 with world number three “Kyle Jamieson is a fantastic all-rounder. He is going to go on knee on Friday evening while While Bajrang did not “Scans are not done 148-all after the regulation five in Wroclaw. Deepika Kumari aiming for a and become one of the leading all-rounders in world cricket,” competing in the semi-finals elaborate on his injury, immediately. We generally ends. “That’s archery, it’s all hat-trick of Gold medals. Tendulkar said on his YouTube channel. of the Russian tournament — sources close the elite wrestler don’t even test the structure The world number five about hits and misses. My PTI “When I had seen him last year in NZ, he impressed me,” the Ali Aliyev, against said that it is a good sign that before 48 hours. If there is a maestro said. Abulmazhid Kudiev, the he could walk without help tear and we try to test it, we He then elaborated on why playing Jamieson in English con- Under-23 European Silver but it will take at least two might do more harm. So, we ditions made him even more lethal. medallist. days to assess him properly. will wait and observe for a “If you see his bowling, he is very tall and more than swing- Kudiev got hold of “There is an injury. It’s too while,” added the source. ing, he likes to bowl seaming deliveries. He is a different bowler compared to Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner. “Jamieson hits the deck hard and whatever he does, is off the seam. There were variations which he used where he angled is wrists )    ,!-   and bowled big inswingers. There was reasonable variation in his bowling and what I liked was con- sistency,” Tendulkar said. Tendulkar also liked how Jamieson used his height to play the big ! ./  shots. “His partnership with Williamson was crit- ical one for New Zealand. He chose to attack from 2  ' $   handle. Hima, who is on the Dutee Chand, Dhanalakshmi ball one and used his height beautifully. A verge of missing out on Tokyo and Archana Suseendran. tall batter, who can get on to the front- tar sprinter Hima Das on Olympics as she is yet to qual- Hima is unlikely to make it foot and makes a big statement. SSaturday suffered an injury ify for the showpiece, did com- to Tokyo if she doesn’t make it “That kind of unsettles scare after sustaining a muscle plete the race and finished third to the relay team. The start bowler and they have to pull pull during the 100m heats at in heat 3 with a timing of 12.01 sprinter from Assam, however, back their lengths because the ongoing National Inter- seconds. In the process, she also is also trying to qualify for the batter is using his height. State Athletics qualified for the final to be held 200m event at the Games. When the ball has to Championships here. on Saturday evening, but her Hima, who has had a lower come chin high, then However, the severity of her participation in the title race is injury problem for a long time, length has to be short injury could not be ascer- still not confirmed. ran her personal best of 22.88 and that gives batter tained. If the injury turns out to be seconds in 200m at the IGP 4 chance to play horizontal “We hope Hima Das serious, it will be a big blow to but missed the automatic qual- bat shots and that’s what recovers ASAP after mus- 4x100m women’s relay team’s ification mark of 22.80 seconds. Jamieson exactly did. cle pull during 100m qualification bid for the Tokyo The ongoing meet is the last Anything off length, he heats this morning at Games as Hima is vital member chance for Hima and Dutee to used his height beautiful- Inter-State meet,” the of the quartet, also comprising qualify for the Tokyo Games. ly, stood tall and played Athletics Federation most of them.” informed on its Twitter (  ! )! Auckland: The triumphant with their families. New Zealand cricket team on New Zealand Cricket chief Saturday returned home after executive David White termed outplaying India in the final of the victory over India “a mas- the inaugural World Test sive achievement, one of our Championship. great days. I’m immensely However, the team’s inspi- proud of the team, and the rational skipper Kane whole organisation.” Williamson and a few others White said the board plans were not part of the group that to honour the players soon in landed ini Auckland on recognition of their feats but Saturday morning. ruled out a parade on the While Wlliamson stayed streets. “We haven’t finalised back to play The Hundred “The boys are ecstatic. that yet but we’ll certainly be with Birmingham Phoenix There’s been a mixture of emo- looking to get them together in starting July 21, Devon tion and jubilation. Once we get some form to celebrate them,” Conway, Kyle Jamieson and home and through quaran- White said. Colin de Grandhomme tine, we’ll hopefully continue “I don’t think there will be remained in England for the the celebrations,” left-arm pacer a parade. The current environ- Twenty20 Blast. Trent Boult was quoted as say- ment is challenging, but getting Eleven cricketers and eight ing by stuff.co.nz. everyone together would be support staff members The Kiwi players will now great if we could celebrate with returned to Auckland via serve a two-week quarantine our commercial partners and Singapore. period before they can reunite our wider cricket family.” PTI  ! 6 78-747%

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So, that’s what she chooses in her quest to run away from the ground reality. To defy the gravity, grave, grief, and ground, she decides to float above everything. However, she finds herself facing another tragedy while in space when the spacecraft malfunctions and her co-astronaut floats into the deep space without oxygen. At that moment, she decides to fight it for the sake of everything she taught her daughter and returns safely to the ground GRIEF beating all odds.   e are living in difficult times. The sixth way is how one behaves Each of us has experienced when faced with challenges. One uses some loss due to Covid-19. wisdom when neither science nor We are all grieving the prema- spirituality is there to offer a solu- ture loss of our near and dear tion. When there is no guru to Wones to this pandemic. In times such as these, lend us a helping hand, we make we seek to cope in different ways. our wisdom the guru. We take the spirit of each of the five pre-  ceding ways to make “wisdom” The first way to cope is at the psychologi- (Chitta) a 100 unit solution. cal level. We try to fill the void in our lives Therefore, without the spirit, we with religion, spirituality, or divine entities. extend our age (Brahmani) by But, we also question the meaning of religion, eighty units. spirituality, or divine entities when their faith Wisdom spontaneously becomes our or devotion could not save their loved ones. guiding force when we have a goal in We kindle our faith in the ancient wisdom that sight. When we have a goal, we become offers healing techniques such as yoga and a goalkeeper. In the moment of crisis, Ayurveda. But we also double up our faith in our goal is to let us as the unit person modern science and the need to advance sci- be the enjoyer of the consciousness of ence further to help protect everyone from the challenge we overcame and of future pandemics. At the same time, we blame the solution we applied. Therefore, modern scientific experiments for the present the goal is of the nine units. We pandemic. know it as Maha Shiva. The enjoyer is also of nine units. We  know her as Maha Saraswati. A second way is at a more subtle psychic The goalkeeper is the goal level. Psychically, we notice subtle changes in without the unit person con- our moods, emotions, thoughts, feelings, inter- ceiving the challenge and the ests, preferences, expressions, interactions, val- one perceiving the solution. ues, and behaviours. We question the meaning   < The goalkeeper is of seven of material wealth that can’t save even the T'   units. We know him as wealthy from the pandemic. We become disil- Shiva. lusioned about our busy lives and seek time for O $%'(( ) The challenge’s con- our physical and human well-being. 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This process is a keeper realizes the goal of his incarnation as a deeply emotional one. We all have experiences  away from reality, choosing a life of mental The spirit is one’s belief system about a param deity, he reverts to the “essence” (Rab) where just openly crying and shouting is the A fourth way is to give ourselves space by hallucination. He lives in a dream world, person. It is the spirit with which we make living like an inanimate entity, Maha , best healing method, not science or spirituali- doing something that calms our minds. We dreaming that he is always with the beloved’s sense of someone, with or without a body. The also of sixteen units. ty. The silence and calm after our emotional pick new hobbies, make new friends, get spirit. The remake’s protagonist chooses the spirit comprises the essence fusing another’s outburst is our healed state. engaged in supporting those in need, reach path of self-development his beloved laid for forward-facing and our backward-facing   Let me share the experience of my cousin, out to those who could support us emotional- togetherness and finds her consciousness essential nature and the consciousness of that The seventh way is to develop self-aware- Captain Prachi Jain, a helicopter pilot, in her ly, if not financially. Opening up about grief is always with him, prodding him on. He leads a essence. ness of the purpose for our birth as a unique own words: not easy. We fear others judging us, fueling fulfilling, successful life in the finance indus- To help make this easy to understand, let’s entity. In Bhagwad Gita, Shri Krishna illumi- “Covid got hold of all three of us at the our emotions, or not empathising with our try. use some numbers. Let’s say the consciousness nates all of us that he is the essence of every- same time, my beloved 37-year old younger state of mind. Deep inside, we perceive grief Note that the beloved is not the spirit of the one departed is four. In that case, essen- thing. He is the sixteen-dimensional “Child brother, his wife, and I. While we all struggled to be too personal for it to be shared or dis- (Ruh) nor the consciousness that forms the tial nature is eight. Eight is the horizontal face Primordial Greeter” (Madhusudan), gifting to recover in the separate hospital rooms, he left solve. soul (Atma). of essential nature, in identity with Mother the wisdom to everybody for living a joyful behind his wife and a five-year-old son. After Indeed, managing grief is a theme few The soul is one’s consciousness, following Nature (Kudrat). Four is the ascending face; it life, filled with a unique purpose to be ever- our recovery, my younger sister broke the news, Bollywood films have dared to handle. And, another like a shadow. The shadow feels like makes the person a unique local point above alert about the well-being of our physical ‘Hum bhai ko bacha nahi paye, He is no more’ makers have added their personal experiences pushing us gently forward on a linear path the universal global horizon. One who has body. Only then we have the limitless energy in one breath. To date, my shrieks and non-stop when telling a storyline involving grief. and guiding us not to distract from the goal departed is the forward face, gently pushing us and vitality to use wisdom to resolve all the chanting of his name from that day echo back Consider the 2004 Tamil movie, 7G Rainbow within that consciousness. The consciousness with his forward-facing essential nature like a challenges we face today. in my ears. I feel a part of me has been sliced off Colony, and its 2019 Hindi-remake, Malaal. is immortal because it is not something that confident masculine. One who is alive is the The writer is a professor of management that I did not realise exists. Alongside all the In both versions, the protagonist fights anybody creates or destroys. Consciousness is backward face, turning the face around trying and a co-director of the Center for Global emotions of sufferings, the ‘Gita Saar’ now against all odds seeking a life of togetherness a part of our essential nature that self-perpet- to look for the one who has departed and can’t Management at the Jack H. Brown College of keeps me going. All that shouts in the silence with his beloved. However, the universe plays uates as a unique local point personifying a be found ahead like in the past. She is radiat- Business and Public Administration, California within me is his name. I call his name to thank the antagonist and negates the due fruits of his person who projects that unique part of the ing her backward-facing essential nature with State University, San Bernardino. He explains him for being my brother and loving me as long efforts. His beloved dies in a road accident. He essential nature as a personal force. Our love for the one who has departed. many ways to live the seventh way in the 2021 as he was in his physical body. I know he resides survives. In the original version, the protago- essential nature is everyone’s essential nature Therefore, the essence (Rab) that includes 12-book namesake project, Vastly Integrated peacefully in his new home.” nist gravitates toward the option of running (Svabhav). both the forward-and the backward-facing Processes Inside Nature (VIPIN)  ! $  )%- )%% %%#   # %< $ %  $$-  $&  %- ' $$   buuqy K  $ 6 78-747% 4+;. 'R <40 #7+-;0 839!49O939!232 #!89O969 *    !389236 22 262838,9 $(< ) 

Chitralekha: Friend, be at ease. The demon who defied the gods has been defeated. Urvashi (opening her eyes): Was it by the power shown by the great god Indra? Chitralekha: Not by the great Indra! But by this saintly king whose prowess is no less! Urvashi (to herself, after seeing the king): The demon has done me a favour. King (to himself, after seeing Urvashi back to normal): I now understand why all the nymphs who were sent to seduce the sage Narayana, were embarrassed on see- ing what emerged from his thigh. But how could a sage create her? Indeed the moon, all creatures’ lord, must have given her this glow, or Madana, the god of love, whose special rasa is erotic, ;'3+.+;. '.*<40 # or the season that brings flowers: for how could an ancient sage, 7+4+;. ' his person with scriptures rigid, . *3  and interest in pleasures gone, #  *.,( create such an enchantress? )  =:: And thus begins the passionate exchange between King Pururavas and Urvashi, celestial nymph extraordinaire... Purana tells how once sages Nara- Narayana were meditating and their aus- hile we kicked off this tere penance alarmed the gods so much review with a short that Indra sent apsaras to distract them. excerpt from the book, The sage Narayana took a flower and we have to confess that placed it on his thigh and from it sprung we were hooked right off Urvashi whose charms far excelled those theW bat. Beginning with the introduction, of the apsaras sent by Indra. They penned by the translator, Aditya Narayan Indra and apsaras in heaven — part of Ajanta art series by Vijay Kulkarni. Picture used for representational purposes returned to heaven, filled with shame and Dhairyasheel Haksar, himself for his ren- vexation at this embarrassment. dition of Kalidasa’s Vikramorvashiyam, While there are several prominent fit of rage and banishes her from heav- sidered to be among ancient India’s great- with a Sanskrit commentary by M R Surprisingly, Narayana sent Urvashi to you would lose yourself to a world where schools of thought on what the title en. Matters are coming to a head on est poets and playwrights. Although very Kale in 1889. Indra along with the other apsaras and celestial beings traverse the earthly plane. implies, the most widely accepted transla- the earthly plane where Queen little is known about his life, Kalidasa’s Getting back to our take on the book, continued to meditate. And we believe you would be eager to tion of Vikramorvashiyam is ‘Urvashi won Aushinari, chief wife of Pururavas, dis- popularity has endured for centuries Haksar has brought forth a contemporary On a contrary note, celestial beings finish reading this translation of the play by valour’. The five-act play revolves covers that her king now fancies some- through three plays, two epic poems and touch to a direct translation of the wide have been shown to throw tantrums and in one sitting, just like we did. Those around the romantic tale of Urvashi, an one else and expresses her displeasure two lyric poems. range of emotions, scenes and moods indulge in somewhat passive behaviour, interested in the scholarly consideration apsara from Indra’s court, and Pururavas, with the same. However, she later The first English translation of employed by Kalidasa while preserving its not unlike what a human who has been and critical understanding of plays will mortal ruler of Pratishthana. makes peace with Pururavas by con- Vikramorvashiyam, by an Oxford profes- poetic nobility. scorned is prone to. Quoting Haksar from find a friend in Haksar, who has provided After Pururavas rescues Urvashi veying that she accepts the situation for sor of Sanskrit, appeared in 1849. This The most prominent instance, his introduction, even when Urvashi a copious amount of notes through the from the clutches of a demon that what it is and cedes ground by consent- was followed by numerous translations according to us, among them being the takes her time to warm up to Pururavas, book. abducted her, they are besotted with ing to his union with Urvashi. over the years and the play’s most recent god-like qualities of total forgiveness and on account of the trials and tribulations Inspired by a hymn from the Rig each other. However, this poses serious Just when it looks like the pair are in English translation appeared in 1984, moral high handedness being displayed that came her way due to a curse, she is Veda, the oldest known Vedic Sanskrit problems. To the uninitiated, celestial for a happy ending on Earth, they fall courtesy of Columbia University acade- by a mere human such as Pururavas’ wife. depicted as ‘a person with human com- text, Vikramorvashiyam underwent modi- nymphs like Urvashi are expected to be prey to another curse and what follows is mic, David Gitomer. Haksar’s transla- How many of us can measure up to her, passion rather than divine disdain.’ fications with every retelling in Puranic subservient at Indra’s court. When she a pure poetic delight. While the tale has tion is based on H D Velankar’s version disregarding our own feelings just so that Drawing on nuances such as these, literature. Down the line, it is understand- accidentally utters her newfound lover’s its ups and downs, in a sense everything of the play, authorised and published by the person we love may attain what they ace translator of Sanskrit-classics, Haksar able that Kalidasa made some changes name during a drama staged by Sage turns out for the best. the Sahitya Akademy in 1961, while also seek? has retained the essence of Kalidasa’s and additions of his own, for dramatic Bharata at the court of the King of The book completes Penguin consulting a well-known text that was Urvashi’s origins, too, are charac- original work while reworking it for the effect, to his version. Gods, the celestial sage curses her in a Classics’ special series on Kalidasa, con- edited and translated the original play terised by such traits. The Bhagavata modern reader. 7.= ;)     -112)-,&

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Since colocasia leaves, and features 2 299"!9 2"!338 widow, ‘In a secluded corner of it is made of lentil, they wel- black chickpeas and coconut 623#"O96323 939 the cookhouse, a widowed rela- comed it as an optional source meat. 95 tive sits over her own stove. She of protein. Most importantly, it Fried boris were not only has added delicate nuances to added some variety to their fru- added to vegetarian prepara- the rich vegetarian cornucopia gal dishes. The boris were fried tions but they were also eaten ..027627 5"' of Bangla ranna. Her role in the and added, in either whole or plain. The widows even devised $; )  kitchen warrants an explanation went into their dishes in order black mustard seeds and dried were made out of them. crumbled forms, to many of curry dishes made only with 0: of her situation. Up to the turn to add more taste to them. red chillies. Some salt and Chachchari usually implies a their dishes. Some of their shaak these blobs like borir jhal and of the century, a ten- or twelve- One of the things that they turmeric are added to the cook- lightly spiced dry vegetable dish (leafy green vegetables) prepara- bori posto. ‘Jhal’, literally mean- 332 96238!!2 year-old girl was sometimes did was to think of different ing. In alur khosha bhaja (fried made with one or more varieties tions like palong shaak and lal ing ‘hot’, is generally a prepara- ', $94' widowed and lived for the rest ways of making use of the wast- peels of potato), the leftover of vegetables. Often, the prepa- shaak (red spinach), and veg- tion of fish, shrimp or crab 3829928 224 of her life dressed in white with ed parts of vegetables instead of potato peels are thoroughly ration is flavoured with mustard etable preparations like shukto cooked in mustard paste or with 8, 3C!O29 39  3!2"98!"2!25 her hair cropped, eating a radi- throwing them away. For exam- washed, chopped and fried in or poppy seeds paste. (a bitter and mild mixed vegeta- the paste of dried red chillies. #4963"!!2 cally vegetarian diet’ (pp. 35- ple, they used the leftover peels hot mustard oil with a phoron Sometimes, the stalks of cauli- bles stew), alu begooner jhol (a Borir jhal can also be made in 26663V<89963"9263 36). and scrapings of vegetables to of kalo jeera and dried red chill- flower and leafy green vegeta- lightly spiced curry of potatoes either of the two ways. Fried 2 2"!25 But, naturally, Bengali wid- make simple but delicious ies. A pinch of salt and a small bles, and even drumsticks, are and aubergines), and ghanto, boris are also cooked in a paste 9"3338 ows craved tasty food. preparations-something which quantity of posto are added to cooked with vegetables to make made with either lau (bottle of poppy seeds, lending the dish 39 26832 !23.893 Gradually, they decided to make is unique to Bengali cooking. the cooking. Both preparations this dish. Such chachchari gourd) or chaalkumro (ash the name, bori posto. !239 ,!923393 the best of the bad bargain and Lauer khosha bhaja (fried peels are eaten with steamed rice. preparations are known as gourd), featured boris. Excerpted with permission !95 began using their innovative- of bottle gourd) is a preparation Even the stalks of cauli- danta chachchari (‘danta’ means A ghanto generally means a from A Taste of Time: A Food 3 9963823823,# 33 ness to add colour to their fare. in which the thinly sliced peels flower and leafy green vegeta- ‘a succulent stalk’). Thus, in this semi-dry vegetable dish made History of Calcutta by Mohona $298, 33,38 They started experimenting of the vegetable are fried in hot bles were not thrown away. land of plenty, the widows made with either one or a few comple- Kanjilal. 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he age-old traditional med- latest available NSS survey for the high-risk cohort in Ticine such as Ayurveda is (75th round) is 482 and 612 preventing infections of the *-8-/ the most prevalent yet the in rural, and urban areas, Covid-19. The study covers -B9-./ commonest traditional health respectively. There is no major 500,000 observations approx- practice in India. The Indian difference noted from the aver- imately. This is being carried ::/B-/- government founded the age expenditures on allopathy out by national institutes of 25 /./ Department of Indian System (i.e. 548, and 677 in rural and states through four research of Medicine and Homoeopathy urban households respectively). councils under the directions of -.-/ in 1995. The 12th five-year plan However, the gross spending the AYUSH Ministry. The B8-$;-! (2012-17) paved the way to difference between rural and Ministry has also collaborated launch the new dedicated urban areas is significant. and sponsored the clinical tri- ,--/ scheme to encourage the The increase in the health- als of the TM for the Covid. ;/ indigenous medicines in India. care budget from FY 2020-21 The AYUSH research portal In 2014, a dedicated Ministry of 94,500 crore to FY 2021-22 mentioned that 44 clinical tri- -E/- of Ayush (erstwhile AYUSH - of 2.23 lakh crore is driven in als of TM are ongoing. Of B8-B Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, large part by the allocation for them, 29 are of Ayurveda, 2 Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa the Covid vaccinations (i.e. Unani, 5 Siddha, and 8 -8 and Homoeopathy as per the 35,000 crore, an increase of 27 Homoeopathy. 11 of these tri- -/-! Gazette of India notification, per cent) and an increase in als have passed the first phase. April 13, 2021) was set up. The water and sanitation costs This study raises concerns 8B;;8 recent upsurge of Covid-19 (74,500 crore of 58 per cent for the low outreach of ;/--. cases along rising trend of var- increase). In FY 2019-20, the AYUSH. Since health is a uni- ious chronic diseases, side public health expenditure was versal need, a complete public 8BB- effects of modern medicines, about 1.28 per cent of GDP. provisioning with community /-: high cost of new drugs, large The AYUSH’s share in public awareness of the traditional out-of-pocket expenditure, less health expenditure was 5.1 per medicines is warranted. Skill /-B8- availability, and accessibility cent in 2014-15 (1,784.1 development initiatives, train- //-  of modern healthcare, etc, have crore) which was declined to 4 ing, monitoring and evaluation led to increasing public per cent in 2021-22. As per the in this regard are of utmost .B -- demand for both convention- report of the National Health need. Further, the Indian tra- /-B8- al, complementary and alter- Account Estimates (NHAE) of ditional medicines should be /-/ native medicines (CAM) in the India, 2015-16 published in standardised, and accredited. world. 2018, the out-of-pocket expen- Although the Indian -88/ Many countries have been diture on healthcare was 64.7 Government has taken steps in paying efforts in monitoring per cent, and households’ share promoting the traditional med- and regulating the indigenous out of the total health expen- icines, it still needs more exten- herbal medicines. Specifically, diture including health insur- sive research and evidence. Japan, China, and Korea have ance was of 3,42,257 crore Nonetheless, some good signs developed their unique tradi-      $ $   $   #     #$   ! <7(  !      6   - .    D0  (i.e., 69 per cent). Whereas the are also noted regarding the tional medicine systems, such NHAE published in 2019 esti- accessibility of the Indian tra- as: Oriental Medicine of Japan mated the total health expen- ditional medicines and their (OMJ), Chinese Traditional have also considered tradi- role of CAM of Africa’s medi- (2017-18) round (10.5 per other categories due to less diture at 5,81,023 crore (3.8 integration with the modern Medicine (TCM), and Korean tional medicines for their cinal plants like Artemisia cent) as compared to NSS 71st availability, accessibility and per cent of GDP and 4,381 per medicines. Traditional Medicine (TKM). national healthcare policies. annua (also known as sweet (2014) round (7.5 per cent). We affordability of the modern capita), the out-of-pocket  TCM is applied in China to China gives effective train- wormwood) as possible treat- estimated that traditional med- medicine besides some other expenditure was 3,40,196 (Dr Pratap C Mohanty   !! 114A+E treat annually 200 million ing and education of six years ments of Covid-19 and sug- icines and modern medicine socio-cultural obstacles. The crore (58.7 per cent of the total teaches Economics in the Indian (approximately) patients that on average to their doctors and gested for their clinical test. are accessed by 6.71 per cent youths perceive the conven- health expenditure, 2.2 of GDP, Institute of Technology, Roorkee. accounts for about 40 per cent health personnel. China However, no complete trials and 93.29 per cent ailment per- tional medicine more than 2,570 per capita) and the He is the principal investigator of the total healthcare ser- approved three patented herbal have been yet reported inter- sons respectively in 2014. The others over this period. share of AYUSH was 10.7 per of the research grant on ‘Medical vices. This is of 69 per cent in drugs along with other modern nationally. access of the TM has been However, no significant dif- cent of the total health expen- Pluralism in India’, sponsored by Korea where TKM is being medicines for the treatment of Our estimates using the reduced by 2.08 per cent ference is observed across gen- diture. ICSSR, Govt of India; Kamal practised, and around two- Covid-19 which was National Sample Survey (NSS) between these two rounds. der, and sector (i.e., rural, and The AYUSH Ministry has Sharma is research associate in thirds of doctors treat patients announced in an official press suggest that the proportion of The households belong to the urban areas). The average started a population-based sur- the study on ‘Pluralistic health with herbal medicines in Japan. conference of April 14, 2020. persons that responded as ail- lower social strata (STs) are expenditure on AYUSH care vey to identify the efficacy of practices in India’ sponsored by Further, these three countries The WHO has recognised the ing was higher in NSS 75th dependent more on TM than per treated person as per the the Ayurvedic interventions ICSSR). =1- A 1

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hina is rising. More than its But then Mao and his the foreign companies by the Cpolitical statecraft, the eco- Communist revolutionary sup- local business houses. Initially nomic system is aggressively porters wrote a new history of the reformist lobby in Beijing encircling the world. This year China by defeating forces of the worked very well, but China’s will complete China’s two ROC. economic model didn’t wel- decades in the World Trade For the last two decades, come market liberalism and Organization (WTO). Now the the Communist bosses in much awaited political reforms moot point is whether China’s Beijing have articulated an in the country. The impetus for 2,BB- economic strength and multi- image of glorious restoration of reform wavered particularly national projects abroad are Chinese civilisation within the under the Xi regime. The /; threatening the very existence country. It was done simply for WTO membership finally and dominance of the West. the purpose of not provoking helped China gaining access to ;-.B/: China enjoyed its domi- undue concerns over the tilting the American and other glob- .BE nance for millenniums until the global balance of power. What al conglomerates without combinations of western tech- China wanted in internation- changing its market structure -: nological advancements al forums was its due recogni- and party-led political system. :/B-/-- brought the downfall of its last tion and it has performed well. Eventually, this has led to cat- ruling Qing Dynasty. The Such an approach to globality astrophe in the global labour -- - dynasty that ruled for more was largely influenced by the and wage market. than 268 years collapsed in country’s legendary statesman Viewing US-China rela-  P-/ 1911-12. Another important Deng Xiaoping (December tionship as a zero-sum military -.. cause of its decline was its gross 1978 to November 1989), the and economic struggle by miscalculation of the strength man who heralded a slew of many pundits will simply set ,--B9 of the European and Asian market-economy reforms to aside room for cooperation . imperialistic ambitions. open up the country’s vast         ! < $ 8 . 6 $    ##    #  0D0  that the world desperately Further it encountered internal resources to the world. demands at the moment. /9- turmoil in a series of devastat- Precisely, he even dared to China’s rise from an extreme /B/8 ing rebellions in the beginning abandon many hardcore tory, what we find is astound- claims almost 90 per cent of the Currently, the establish- It was then an unassailably cor- poverty to a middle-income of 1794. Some of these internal Communist doctrines and ing. China was the world’s disputed SCS. And to ward off ment of Biden has rightly high- rect perspective as many in country is welcome, but the - disturbances were the White incorporated a host of princi- largest economy in the year all other competitors from the lighted authoritarianism as a Washington and particularly country is refusing to initiate Lotus Rebellion, Boxer rebel- ples related to free enterprises. 1820. And today, China is highly contested and sensitive major threat to democracy all the corporate media of the reforms to fit global norms. /8-;:/ lion 1899-1901 and finally, the Though a diehard party man, again the second largest econ- SCS, Xi could abandon all over the world. But this is a country aired the view that it Moreover, its leadership and /;8- Wuchang Uprising of 1911-12. he engineered reforms in all omy of the globe, but with niceties and brusquely reclaim shared global challenge, not is good that America started the CCP have been playing a Since the 1920s, China has seen branches of the Chinese soci- entirely a different agenda. it all over. specifically made for America. trading with China. And many masterful game to squeeze all ;/;/ two civil wars and constant ety. To him, “Reform is China’s James Monroe, who took over Why Xi is in a hurry? The What China has become i.e. of them hold the view that the benefits of international confrontations with Japan. Second Revolution”. After the as the fifth American President global China observers are manufacturing hub of the American trade with China institutions. China’s rise is not These all resulted in decades of infamous excesses of the from Thomas Jefferson on offering, at times, diametrical- world, is just because of the will help in the expansion of permanent. The way it is mov- violence leading to the death of Cultural Revolution of the Mao March 4, 1817, saw China’s ly opposite hypotheses. One of leverage offered by Western freedom in that country. Even ing forward it will soon cross millions of people across era, Deng embarked on a new Qing dynasty approaching the them which is gaining curren- nations, including the US. In then US President Bill Clinton the red line of rapprochement China. path of growth that eventually third century of imperial rule cy for some time is that the September 2000, the big cor- called Beijing’s accession to with the economic giant. The Qing Dynasty could helped lifting millions out of when that country had the President-for-life (as Xi is porate bosses of America and the WTO “the most significant Therefore, it is in the US’ inter- not control a multitude of poverty for which he was right- largest share of the global GDP. known today) is working hard major political leaders of the opportunity that we have had ests also to engage China and internal rebellions spreading ly branded as the “Architect of To many in Asia, the to sustain a moribund Leninist Democratic and Republican to create positive change in make it abide by the rule book. mostly at the regional centres. Modern China”. From Jiang instances of China berating its political system that is fast parties unanimously favoured China since the 1970s” and And this is where America and Then came the Chinese Zemin to Hu Jintao and then Asian peers such as India and passing into oblivion. Another China’s entry into the WTO. advocated that it would “com- the whole world can hope for Revolution of 1949 under the to Xi Jinping, China has under- a group of South-East Asian hypothesis argues that Beijing And all of them favored grant- mit China to play by the rules shared peace and prosperity. leadership of Mao Zedong gone massive transformations nations bragging rights over the is remoulding the global order ing China “Permanent Normal of the international trading which put an end to all con- of leadership, economy and South China Sea (SCS) hint at in its favour and is in no mood Trade Relations” (PNTR) sta- system”. At the same time then (Dr Makhan Saikia has flicts that plagued China for statecraft. how violent Beijing could be in to accept the so-called liberal tus. Simultaneously, the US Chinese President Jiang Zemin taught political science and decades. The Revolution final- China’s economic perfor- future. Genuinely, they fear order that has been overshad- Chambers of Commerce, the and Premier Zhu Rongji international relations for over 1=A+ = ly led to the consecration and mance in the last four decades that China propelled by a roar- owing the globe since 1945. National Association of expressed commitments to go a decade in institutions of establishment of the People’s has been nothing short of a ing economy and modern mil- Some others say that Xi is more Manufacturers, the media, by the international rule book. national and international Republic of China (PRC) on miracle. When Deng Xiaoping itary might supported by 21st preoccupied with a definite intellectuals and almost all the However, what transpired repute after specialisation in October 1, 1949. 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