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Bengal assy polls: Second phase registers around 80.43 76.76 pc voting recorded in Assam in second phase till 6 pm

pc turnout till 1730 hrs amidst scattered violence Guwahati, Apr 1 (UNI) Around The main contest is seen to be the chief minister said. 76. 76 per cent polling was re- Kolkata, Apr 1 (UNI) Around out between the supporters of between the alliances led by BJP TMC supporters claim that they corded in the second phase of 80.43 per cent of 7.5 million elec- the ruling Trinamool Congress and Congress. were not being allowed to vote. Assam polls till the end of stipu- torate exercised their franchise (TMC) and the BJP at Gokul The BJP-led led alliance also in- Later, Ms Banerjee reached the lated time till 6 pm. till 1730 hours on Thursday in Nagar in Nandigram over Chief cludes the Asom Gana Parishad booth along with hundreds of Voting took place for the 39 con- the second phase West Bengal Minister Mamata Banerjee's (AGP) and United People's supporters following which saf- stituencies today in the second Assembly election to 30 seats presence at a polling booth. Party Liberal (UPPL). fron party supporters came out phase. to decide the fate of 171 candi- Two groups of people clashed Congress has stitched a broad protesting against the chief min- In the first phase, 47 seats went dates, an Election Commission with each other after Ms alliance that includes All India ister. to polls in the 126-member as- (EC) official here said. Banerjee reached a polling United Democratic Front The BJP supporters are de- sembly. The second phase of (AIUDF), Communist Party of Bankura district with 82.78 per booth at Gokul Nagar. manding Ms Banerjee leave the elections will decide the fate of India, the Communist Party of cent witnessed the highest turn- Hundreds of people came out area. They say the chief minis- 345 canAccording to the Elec- India (Marxist), the Communist out, while South 24 Parganas shouting 'Jai Shri Ram' after Ms ter has brought people from out- tion Commission, there are Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) registered the lowest turnout at Banerjee reached the booth in. side. Police and central forces 7,344,631 electors in the 39 con- Liberation, the Anchalik Gana 79.66 per cent till 1730 hours. triggered massive face-off be- and take appropriate steps.” They were protesting the pres- are trying to control the situa- stituencies going to polls in the The ruling Trinamool Congress tween TMC and BJP support- The Governor in his reply said, ence of her near the polling tion. Marcha (AGM), and the second phase. Of these, has filed a complaint with the ers, has dialled Governor Issues flagged @MamataOfficial booth in Gokul Nagar. Ms Banerjee said BJP will not Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF). 3,734,537 are male, 3,609,959 are Election Commission, alleging Jagdeep Dhankar, seeking 'free a while ago on phone have been Ms Banerjee said, "Goons from win the election in Nandigram. The third and final phase of female and 135 are transgender. booth capturing by BJP work- and fair' election. imparted to the concerned. There other states creating ruckus BJP should control its goondas polls will take place on April 6. ers in the Moyna constituency. She said, "...They didn't allow is full assurance of the concerned here. People who are raising slo- (goons)...I cannot reveal what I “BJP workers are attempting to the local people to cast their to adherence to rule of law." gans are outsiders. They came discussed with the observers. Heat Wave In Odisha: People Ad- take control of EVM and are rig- vote. From morning I am “Am confident all will act in right from Bihar and UP, they are be- We want fair elections. I haven't vised To Stay Indoors Till 4 PM ging the booth,” claims the campaigning...Now I am appeal- spirit and earnestness so that ing protected by Central seen such a bad and unfair elec- Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) complaint. “The CRPF de- ing to you, please see..." democracy flourishes,” Mr Forces." tion as of now. When asked if an FIR will be Dhankhar added. Over hundreds "Election Commission is Regional Centre here cautioned that heatwave condition is most ployed at the booth is not tak- She alleged that the CRPF is not likely to continue in the state today and advised the people to filed over allegations of booth of supporters from both the sides favouring BJP. How is PM Modi ing any action.” allowing voters to go inside the remain indoors till 4 PM today. holding rallies in West Bengal West Bengal Chief Minister and rigging at Gokul Nagar polling are currently present outside a centres to cast their votes. “Heat wave conditions over some districts of Odisha is likely to Trinamool Congress (TMC) booth where she visited, Ms booth at Gokul Nagar in "CRPF Jawans have not allowed on polling day," theTMC continue for next 24 hours. People of the warned districts are supremo Mamata Banerjee, Banerjee said, “We will check Nandigram. genuine voters to vote in the supremo alleged during a press advised to avoid direct heat exposure till 4 PM,” said a bulletin conference. whose presence in Nandigram all footage of the polling booth Earlier, the massive face-off broke booth number 7 of Nandigram,” issued by the MeT centre earlier in the day. President, VP, PM greet Odisha people on the occa- Naveen dedicates high relief sion of "Utkal Divas", formation of separate state mural sculpture on Mahatma Gandhi Bhubaneswar, Apr 1 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice Presi- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also greeted the people of Odisha Bhubaneswar, Apr 01 (UNI) thoughts of two great per- dent M , Prime Minister and Chief on the occasion. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen sons— Mahatma Gandhi and Minister Naveen Patnaik today greeted the people of Odisha on Taking to Twitter, Mr Patnaik said Odisha is known for unity, brave- Patnaik dedicated a High Relief Gopabandhu Das will inspire the the occasion of Utkal Divas. ness and self-respect and called upon the people of the state to mural sculpture on Mahatma youths to work with more dedi- Mr Kovind wished a bright future and prosperity for Odisha. Tak- fight against the coronavirus and keep the "ourself and family Gandhi to commemorate 100 cation for the country and the ing to Twitter the President said “Utkala Dibasa greetings to my safe”.Bande Utkal Janani." years celebration of his first visit state. sisters and brothers of Odisha. Praying for Odisha's constant UnionPetroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to the state at Cuttack on Utkal Mr.Patnaik also unveiled a progress and prosperity in the times to come. also greeted the people of Odisha. Divas today. bronze statue of Utkalmani Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu also greeted the people on the In a message, Mr Pradhan said “ I call upon each of my Odia broth- Mr.Patnaik dedicated the high Gopabandhu Das described as formation day of the state. In a message, Mr Naidu said, ''Odisha is ers and sisters to ignite the spirit of” Dharmapada” for transform- Relief Mural Sculpture at ‘Statue of Humanity’, at known for its marvellous monuments, unique handicrafts, breath- ing Odisha into a developed, prosperous and Atma Nirbhar state Belleview which beautifully de- Gopabandhu Square on Canton- taking beaches and diverse wildlife. and also for serving the humanity. picted the various movements ment Road in Cuttack, “My best wishes for the prosperity of the state and wellbeing of Mr Pradhan tweeted “Greetings to my brothers and sisters in Odisha of Gandhiji for freedom struggle Odisha eight times from 1921 to The chief minister said the its vibrant people.Utkal Dibasa.", he said. and fellow Odias across the globe on the auspicious occasion of , his ideology and principles. 1946. He toured different areas statue as a symbol of humanity Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter said “Greetings on 86th Utkal Divas today. Let us remember and revere our greats Speaking on the occasion, he of the state and apprised him- will inspire mankind for genera- the special occasion of Utkala Dibasa. I bow to the unique culture whose significant contribution led to the formation of Odisha as a said truth and non violence is self about various problems of tions for the service of the poor of Odisha.” separate state. the greatest contribution of In- the state. and the helpless people. “ The people of Odisha have contributed immensely to India’s After a long struggle, Odisha on this date (April 1) in 1936 was dia to the world. As an apostolic Gandhiji had also extended He hoped that the philosophy, progress. May the people of the state be blessed with happiness formed as a separate state and since then the day is being ob- of peace Gandhiji has given a strong support for the forma- ideology and thoughts of two and good health” Mr Modi said. served as Utkal Divas. This day is celebrated across the state fol- new direction to the world and tion of Odisha as a special state, great persons— Mahatma Union Home Minister also greeted the people of Odisha lowing the covid norms and guidelines as the state government its relevance is felt more in the he said. Gandhi and Gopabandhu Das on the formation of the state 85 years back. has restricted the gatherings in view of the covid pandemic and the present times. The Chief Minister hoped that would inspire the youths to work Mr Shah taking to Twitter “On ‘Utkala Dibasa’, I extend my warm surge in the covid cases in the past few days. The Chief Minister said Ma- the philosophy, ideology and with more dedication for the greetings to our beloved sisters and brothers of Odisha. May the On the occasion, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled the hatma Gandhi had visited country and the state divine land of Maha-Prabhu Jagannath continue to scale new Gopabandhu statue which has been named as "statue of human- heights of progress. I pray for everyone's well-being and prosper- ity" at cantonment road in Cuttack and dedicated a High relief ity”. mural sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi at Bellevue square in Cuttack. PM congratulates Rajinikanth for Odisha BJP demands removal of State Chief Electoral winning Dadasaheb Phalke Award New Delhi, Apr 1 (UNI) Prime and the Padma Vibhushan in Officer for a fair by election in Pipili assembly seat Minister Narendra Modi on 2016. He received the Chevalier Thursday congratulated super- Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excel- Bhubaneswar, Apr 01 (UNI) star Rajinikanth for being con- lence in Indian Cinema at the 4th Odisha BJP today demanded im- partment. She said Mr Lohani has played ferred with the Dadasaheb Vijay Awards. mediate removal of state Chief In a memorandum to ECI, Ms a major role behind the Phalke Award, the top honour At the 45th International Film Electoral Officer (CEO) Sushil Samanta Singhar said , the BJP government’s decision and ap- of the Indian film industry. Festival of India (2014), he was Kumar Lohani from his post. demanded to relieve Mr Lohani prehended that Mr Lohani will In a tweet, the Prime Minister conferred with the "Centenary Award for Indian Film Personal- The party urged the Election from any one of the responsi- work in support of the ruling said, "Popular across genera- Thalaiva has been conferred with ity of the Year". At the 50th edi- Commission of India to remove bilities since there is a conflict BJD and would try to influence tions, a body of work few can the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. boast of, diverse roles and an Congratulations to him, he tion of the International Film Mr.Lohani and appoint an impar- of interest and Mr Lohani can- the voters. endearing personality...that’s added in his message. Festival of India (2019), he was tial officer in his place to make not conduct a free and fair elec- The BJP leader said how the Ex- Shri @rajinikanth Ji for you.” honoured with the Icon of Glo- tion. Rajnikanth was also honored him the upcoming by election to Pipili cise Secretary which works un- It is a matter of immense joy that with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 bal Jubilee award. assembly free and fair. The BJP leader further said the der the Chief Minister could take BJP State General Secretary state government has recently any action against senior BJD OTDC launches Water Sports at Hirakud Dam Reservoir Lekhasri Samanta Singhar said decided to allot liquor shops leaders if there is any violation Sambalpur, Apr 01 (UNI)The Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) today launched Mr Lohani, besides holding the through lottery system instead of the election code of conduct water sports at the Hirakud Dam Reservoir in a bid to attract more tourists. post of CEO, is also working as of the earlier auction system and demanded his removal. Commerce and Transport minister Padmanabh Behera and Chairperson of Odisha Tourism Develop- the Secretary of State Excise de- ment Corporation (OTDC), Shreemayee Mishra launched the much awaited water sports at the Hirakud PIL in SC seeks law against black magic, forced religious conversions Dam Reservoir. The Akela Adventure Private Limited has been entrusted to operate and manage the water sports New Delhi, Apr 1 (UNI) A leader and Advocate structure of the Constitution. may extend up to 10 years activities at the reservoir. Public Interest Litigation Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Mr Upadhyay also alleged and a hefty fine, the petitioner Jetski, water scooter, speed boat, six-seat banana boat, bumper boat, kayak boat, family boat and (PIL) has been filed in the contended that the religious that the Centre and States also urged the Centre to em- paddle boats have been pressed in for the water sports. Supreme Court seeking di- conversion by intimidating, have failed to control the power the National Human OTDC Chairperson, Shreemayee Mishra said, the state government has been laying thrust on devel- rections to the Central and threatening, deceivingly lur- menace of black magic, su- Rights Commission to deal opment of tourism and attracting tourists to Odisha. the State Governments to ing through gifts and mon- perstition, and deceitful reli- with the affairs of religious The Tourism Department,she said has also been making efforts to promote and encourage the entre- control black magic, supersti- etary benefits not only of- gious conversion, though it's groups and keep a check by preneurs of adventure tourism. tion, and forceful religious fends Articles 14, 21, 25 but their duty under Article 51A. carrying out an in-depth She said it is a matter of joy that water sports have been launched at the Hirakud Dam Reservoir. The conversions. is also against the principles Seeking a law on the subject analysis of religious discrimi- state government has provided subsidy to the firm for the water sports. The petition filed by of secularism, which is an matter with a minimum im- nation among them. Assistant Director, Tourism, Hemanta Pradhan said, the beauty of the Hirakud Dam Reservoir attracts Bharatiya integral part of the basic prisonment of 3 years that See P-8 thousands of tourists from across the region and from neighbouring states.

2.pmd 1 4/1/2021, 10:10 PM Orissa Today WORLD Friday 02 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 2 Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Momen took part in the Special WHO says China’s Sinopharm, Sinovac vaccines Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) meet efficacy standards Dhaka, Apr 1(UNI) In the forum, Foreign tion in various sectors Geneva, Apr 1 (UNI) "The information that the Bangladesh Foreign Sec- Secretary stated that as must be expedited on pri- Clinical trial data on Chi- companies shared publicly retary Masud Bin Momen the BIMSTEC lead coun- ority basis to harness nese Coronavirus vac- at the meeting last week took part in the Special try for Trade, Investment quick dividends for our cines Sinopharm and clearly indicates that they Session of the BIMSTEC and Development, peoples in the Bay of Sinovac meets efficacy have levels of efficacy that Senior Officials’ Meeting Bangladesh is committed Bengal Region through standards set by the World would be compatible with (SOM) virtually held on to strengthen BIMSTEC exploitation of the full Health Organization, the the requirements," he said. Thursday in Colombo, Sri cooperation in this im- potentials of this Region. UN agency's lead expert Lanka. portant field. COVID 19 Pandemic on immunization said. Cravioto added that both waged an unprecedented vaccines lacked data on tri- He led a four member The relevant Ministries global crisis posing mul- The vaccine makers als in elderly patients and Bangladesh delegation and agencies of tiple challenges for us. shared their data with the people with comorbidities. composed of Additional Bangladesh are ready to WHO's Strategic Advisory He stressed that further Foreign Secretary Md host all required meetings BIMSTEC forum pro- Group of Experts on Im- safety and efficacy stud- Shamsul Haque (SAARC and events in this regard. vides an excellent plat- munization last week, ies were needed to assess & BIMSTEC) and other by Admiral Prof Jayanath work of Policy Think convening of the Fifth In order to promote the form to combat the dev- Alejandro Cravioto told the impact of the shots on officers. The Foreign Colombage, Foreign Sec- Tanks (BNPTT) held vir- BIMSTEC Summit and areas of cooperation, astating impact of reporters in Geneva. sub-populations. Secretaries and Senior retary of Sri Lanka. tually in New Delhi, In- finalized the draft decla- Bangladesh proposed to COVID-I9 in BIMSTEC Officials of all the seven dia on 21 December ration. The meeting also host the 20th Meeting of region. BIMSTEC plat- BIMSTEC Member The meeting considered 2020. endorsed the BIMSTEC the BIMSTEC Working form can be used in ad- At least four killed, two in- States joined the meeting. and endorsed the reports Master Plan for Trans- Group on Rules of Ori- dressing multi-prong jured in shooting in Califor- of the third meeting of The meeting finalized the port Connectivity for ap- gin (WG-ROO) and tour- challenges in the Post- Bangladesh facilitated the BIMSTEC Transport revised draft Provisional proval and adoption by ism related meetings to be Covid-19 Era in a more nia business complex and supported the en- Connectivity Working Agenda and the Joint the Seventeenth held virtually in Dhaka effective and powerful Moscow, Apr 1 (Sputnik) At least four people were dorsement of a series of Group (BTCWG) held Statement of the Seven- BIMSTEC Ministerial this year. manner if we can acti- killed and two others, including the suspected shooter, vital documents at the virtually in New Delhi, teenth BIMSTEC Minis- Meeting and the Fifth vate the Forum effec- were injured in a shooting in a business complex in Special Session of the India on 08 December terial Meeting to be held BIMSTEC Summit re- He expressed that the tively and fully with our Orange, California, NBC News reported, citing police. BIMSTEC Senior 2020 and the Fifth Meet- virtually tomorrow. The spectively. implementation process collective efforts, he Earlier, the city's police department reported several Official’s Meeting chaired ing of the BIMSTEC Net- meeting discussed on the of BIMSTEC coopera- added. deaths and injuries. There was no threat to the popula- tion. Italy makes COVID vaccination Russia considers Cuba key part- No officers were reportedly injured. “I’m deeply saddened by reports of a mass shooting in ner in Latin American region: Orange County, and I’m continuing to keep victims mandatory for all health workers and their loved ones in my thoughts as we continue to Rome, Apr 1 (UNI) The against COVID-19 cov- Their refusals have al- learn more. My team and I will continue to monitor the Italian government has ers "medical workers and ready led to suspensions Deputy Prime Minister Borisov situation closely," Rep. Katie Porter said in a statement passed another decree on health care professionals and infections among pa- after the shooting. measures to combat who operate in state and tients. COVID infection, which, private medical and so- Italian government bans large in particular, makes vac- cial structures, pharma- The Italian authorities cination mandatory for all cies and private offices." have set the goal of vac- cruise ships from entering Venice health workers. cinating 80 percent of the Rome, Apr 1 (Sputnik) The Italian government has de- Italy has previously population and achieving cided to ban the entry of multi-decked cruise ships According to the Coun- faced a wave of protests herd immunity in the and other large-capacity vessels into the Venetian La- cil of Ministers, the obli- among health workers country by the end of goon. gation to be vaccinated against vaccinations. September. This has been demanded by various public organiza- tions and prominent cultural figures for many years. Ex-NGA analyst pleads guilty to leaking As the office of the Government Palace of Chigi said Wednesday evening, at a meeting of the Council of classified information - US Justice Dept. Ministers, a government decree in the sphere of trans- port was approved. Its purpose was "a structural so- Washington, Apr 1 (Sput- of Nashville, Tennessee, them to a reporter, know- Havana, Apr 1 (Sputnik) and mutual respect and Borisov said. According to lution to the problem of the entry of large ships into nik) A former US Air Force served as an enlisted air- ing all along that what he Russia regards Cuba as its not subject to the current him, a special role in these Venice." enlisted man and former man in the US Air Force was doing was against the key partner in the Latin external situation," Borisov issues is played by the in- "This is the right decision that has been expected for National Geospatial Intel- from July 2009 to July law,” Assistant US Attor- American region, Russian said. tergovernmental commis- many years," Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini ligence Agency (NGA) 2013. After receiving lan- ney General John Demers Deputy Prime Minister He noted the favorable sion, "which serves as an said in comment on the adoption of the government analyst has admitted leak- guage and intelligence said in the release. Yury Borisov said at a political background of bi- effective mechanism for decree on Twitter. He said UNESCO insisted on such ing classified information training, Hale later worked In February 2014, while meeting of the Russian- lateral relations, which the full-format strength- a decision. to the media, the Depart- as an intelligence analyst working at the NGA, Hale Cuban intergovernmental creates the necessary ening of bilateral ties on a ment of Justice an- for a defense contractor printed six classified commission on trade, eco- conditions for the pro- mutually beneficial basis." nounced in a press release. at the National Geospatial documents unrelated to nomic, scientific and gressive development of The Russian deputy prime Egypt received 854,000 doses "A former intelligence ana- Intelligence Agency, the his work and soon after technical cooperation in trade, investment, scien- minister, who co-chairs of AstraZeneca COVID vac- lyst and former military release said. exchanged a series of Havana. tific, technical, cultural the intergovernmental service member pleaded “Hale has now admitted messages with a reporter. "Cuba is our key partner and humanitarian coop- commission, is in the Cu- cine - Health Ministry guilty today to illegally what the evidence at trial Hale pleaded guilty to re- and reliable ally in the re- eration. ban capital on a visit that Cairo, Apr 1 (Sputnik) - Egypt received more than obtaining classified na- would have conclusively tention and transmission gion of Latin America and "We intend to preserve and will last until Thursday. 854,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vac- tional defense information shown: that he took clas- of national defense infor- the Caribbean. We appre- multiply the existing There are plans to sign the cine overnight to Thursday, Health Ministry spokes- and disclosing it to a re- sified documents from his mation, and he faces a ciate the strategic nature achievements on the en- meeting's final document man Khaled Mugahed said. porter," the release said on work at the NGA, docu- maximum penalty of 10 of Russian-Cuban inter- tire range of Russian-Cu- and to hold a meeting be- "A batch of AstraZeneca vaccine in the amount of Wednesday. ments he had no right to years in prison when sen- state interaction based on ban relations: from politi- tween Borisov and Cuba's 854,400 doses delivered under the COVAX mechanism Daniel Everette Hale, 31, retain, and that he sent tenced, the release said. the principles of friendship cal to military-technical," leadership. was received at Cairo International Airport," Mugahed US awards said. NASA angers China by calling Taiwan a country Overall, Egypt has ordered 40 million doses of the vac- Boeing $1.6bln cine. Earlier, the Egyptian authorities received 50,000 Taipei, April 1: NASA on March 10 on the Biden for 11 maritime doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The batch received seems to have offended administration's foreign overnight to Thursday will be checked in laboratories patrol aircraft - China by referring to Tai- policy agenda. of the Ministry of Health before use. Pentagon wan as a country and Blinken was responding Citizens will receive the second dose of the vaccine in Beijing called on the US to California Republican three months, Mugahed said. Washington, Apr 1 (Sput- space agency to rectify its Representative Young nik) - US aerospace giant mistake "as soon as pos- Kim, who called on the US Brazilian Health watchdog ap- Boeing won more than $1.6 sible". to include Taiwan in the billion to build nearly a China on Wednesday re- upcoming Democracy proves emergency use of Johnson dozen maritime patrol air- acted angrily to the listing Summit. & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine craft for the American and of Taiwan as a country "I share your view that Australian navies, the De- on a menu of the National Taiwan is a strong democ- Mexico City, Apr 1 (Sput- fense Department said in a Aeronautics and Space racy, a very strong tech- nik) – The Brazilian Health statement."The Boeing Co., Administration (NASA) nological power, and a Regulatory Agency Seattle, Washington, is website asking people to country that can contrib- (Anvisa) has approved the awarded a $1,624,757,540 send their name to Mars. ute to the world, not just emergency use of the modification to a previously "We hold a clear and firm to its own people. COVID Johnson & Johnson vac- has already signed a con- awarded fixed-price-incen- attitude that the island of cine against the tract on the deliveries of tive-fee contract... for the is a very good example of coronavirus. the vaccine and hopes to production and delivery of Taiwan is part of China," against the international mocracy of almost 24 racies including the US, that," Sputnik quoted "The collegial council of get 38 million doses in the 11 P-8A Lot 12 production Global Times quoted Zhu consensus on the one- million people located off which has been repeatedly Blinken as saying. Anvisa approved on aircraft; nine for the Navy Fenglian, a spokeswoman China principle but also the southeastern coast of opposed by Beijing. The State Department second half of the year. and two for the government for the Beijing office that hurts Chinese people's mainland China, despite Last month, US Secretary used to have an unwrit- Wednesday an interim per- Brazil is currently using of Australia," the release handles matters related to feelings," Zhu said. the fact that the two sides of the state, Antony ten policy to avoid using mission for the emer- two drugs under the vac- said on Wednesday.The the democratically ruled This comes as tensions have been governed sepa- Blinken, has referred to the word "country" when gency use of the vaccine cination campaign: Poseidon P-8A provides island. between China and the US rately for more than seven Taiwan as "country", the referring to the self-ruled developed by Janssen, the AstraZeneca and China's anti-submarine warfare, "It has severely violated have escalated in the past decades. term so far avoided by US island as part of the US pharmaceutical subsidiary Coronavac. The country anti-surface warfare, intelli- the one-China principle few months over a slew Taipei, on the other hand, officials. commitment to Beijing's of Johnson & Johnson," has also approved the use gence, surveillance and re- and the provisions of the of issues. has countered the Chinese He made the remark dur- so-called "One China the watchdog said in a of the Pfizer vaccine and connaissance capabilities, three China-US joint com- Beijing claims full sover- aggression by increasing ing a House Foreign Af- Policy", according to statement. waiting for the deliveries according to the US Navy. muniques. It is not only eignty over Taiwan, a de- strategic ties with democ- fairs Committee hearing Sputnik. The Brazilian government later this month.

2.pmd 2 4/1/2021, 10:10 PM Orissa Today Friday 02 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 3 India begins vaccinating popu- Polling begins for second phase in Bengal Kolkata, Apr 1 (UNI Vot- titled to vote in desig- lation over 45 years of age ing for the second phase nated polling stations is New Delhi, Apr 1 (UNI) efficacy of both the vac- also open after 1500 hrs. of the eight-phase as- prohibited within 200 India on Thursday em- cines approved for use in semble election in West meters of polling pre- barked on its third vacci- India has been well estab- Earlier, Covid-19 vaccina- Bengal began this morn- mises,” Sub-divisional nation drive that will lished,” said a senior tions in the country were ing in 30 of the state’s Magistrate, Haldia, East cover population above health ministry official in open for beneficiaries 45 294 constituencies amid Midnapore in a state- 45 years of age, irrespec- the know of things, who years and above with 20 elaborate security ar- ment said. tive of comorbidities, did not wish to be identi- government-specified rangements. “No cellular/cordless against the coronavirus fied. comorbidities, along with Polling for the second phone, wireless sets disease. individuals aged 60 years phase will be will held shall be allowed within It will cover the popula- and above, and healthcare across four districts and 100 meters of the poll- “People who are eligible tion which is at the high- and frontline workers. 30 assembly seats. The ing premises except by will be able to register, est risk — 90 per cent of districts include persons on election and book appointments, deaths related to the dis- India's COVID-19 vacci- Bankura Part II, East duty,” the statement on the Co-Win portal and ease in India have been in nation drive began on Midnapore Part II, West added. the fray. BJP has fielded dominated by Mamata Sarkar and Hiran through the Aarogya Setu the category of those January 16 with priority Midnapore Part II and The EC deployed a total her erstwhile lieutenant Banerjee-led Trinamool Chatterjee have also app from April 1, when being given the the above the age of 45. The South 24 Parganas Part of 651 companies of Shubhendu Adhikari in Congress and the Com- campaigned for the BJP the facility will be thrown Centre has instructed healthcare and frontline I on April 1. Central Armed Police this seat while youth munist Party of India West Bengal Chief Min- open for the 45-plus cat- states to ensure all dis- workers, followed by the The thirty Assembly for this phase of the leader of CPI(M) (Marxist). For nearly 40 ister and Trinamool egory also. It will be a tricts with high caseloads second drive from March Constituencies of West election. Minakshi Mukherjee is years, since 1980, the Congress supremo massive number, and we achieve 100 per cent vac- 1 that was extended to Bengal going to polls in A total of 199 compa- contesting as the state remained isolated Mamata Banerjee, urge eligible beneficiaries cination coverage in the senior citizens and people the second phase are: 1 nies of CAPF has been Sanyukt Morcha candi- from national politics. Trinamool Youth Con- to come forward and get next two weeks. aged 45 and over with co- Gosaba (SC) 2 - deployed in Purba date. The local narrative has gress president vaccinated. Safety and Walk-in registrations will morbidities. Patharpratima 3 - Medinipur, 210 compa- The contest for the always been ruled by Abhishek Banerjee, state Kakdwip 4 - Sagar 5- nies in Paschim Debra seat has out Leftist ideologies. Congress chief Adhir Superstar actor Rajinikanth will be con- Tamluk 6 - Panskura Medinipur, 170 in South turned out to be interest- In 2011, Mamta Ranjan Chowdhury and ferred with 51st Dadasaheb Phalke award Purba 7 - Panskura 24 Parganas and 72 in ing with two former of- Banerjee broke this trend senior Left leaders cam- Paschim 8 - Moyna 9- Bankura, the sources ficers of the Indian Po- and has ruled the state paigned for their re- New Delhi, Apr 1 (UNI) Nandakumar 10 - said. lice Service — for 10 consecutive spective fronts. Superstar film actor Mahisadal 11 - Haldia The Election Commis- Humayun Kabir of years. Now, the TMC is West Bengal assembly Rajinikanth will be con- (SC) 12- Nandigram 13 sion, which has already Trinamool Congress and eyeing to withhold its election is going to be a ferred with prestigious - Chandipur 14 - warned that any act of Bharati Ghosh of the power for the third high stake event as both Dadasaheb Phalke award, Kharagpur Sadar 15 - violence would not be BJP — competing straight term in the state. BJP and TMC have un- the top honour for Indian Narayangarh 16 - tolerated during elec- against each other. The The CPI(M), which is leashed challenge film industry. Sabang 17 - Pingla 18 - tions time, has reiterated TMC had won this seat contesting with Con- against each other. Debra 19 - Daspur 20 - with a fresh warning in 2016. gress has gradually Even months before the Announcing the decision, Ghatal (SC) 21 - and has empowered the Another seat to look out started fading in the polls, BJP has been ag- Information and Broad- Chandrakona (SC) 22 - security forces to act in for is Bankura where the state since 2011. gressively campaigning casting Minister Prakash Keshpur (SC) 23 - self-defence in case of TMC has fielded actor It is for the first-time in the state, targeting the Javadekar said on Thurs- Taldangra 24 - Bankura any threat to their life by Sayantika Banerjee when Modi-led Bhartiya incumbent Chief Minis- day said that it was a 1950, Shivaji Rao Excellence in Indian Cin- 25 - Barjora 26 - Onda the miscreants during where BJP had a lead in Janata Party (BJP) has ter Mamata Banerjee-led unanimous decision which Gaekwad popularly ema at the 4th Vijay 27 - Bishnupur 28 - the second phase polls the 2019 Lok Sabha hogged the limelight in TMC government. will make Rajinikanth the known as Rajinikanth Awards. Katulpur (SC) 29 - Indus in the state. polls. She is up against the state. The BJP is aim- Several big names of 51st recipient of this works primarily in Tamil (SC) 30 - Sonamukhi Niladri Sekhar Dana of ing to make a debut as the TMC have left their award.The award cer- cinema. In addition to act- At the 45th International The EC's fresh warning (SC). emony is likely to be held ing, he has also worked as Film Festival of India came after bomb at- the BJP. the ruling party in Ben- party and joined BJP The fate of 171 candi- on April 3. a producer and screen- (2014), he was conferred tacks on Patashpur po- In Kharagpur Sadar. gal. If the BJP comes to ahead of the election, dates in which 19(11%) writer. He has won many with the "Centenary lice station officer BJP has fielded actor power, then this 2021 questioning the conduct 'Happy to announce awards, including four Award for Indian Film are female candidates Dipak Chakraborty and Hiranmay assembly election will of the Mamata Banerjee Dadasaheb Phalke award Tamil Nadu State Film Personality of the Year". At will be decided in the central force personnel Chattopadhyay against be remembered for led state government. for 2020 to one of the Best Actor Awards and a the 50th edition of the In- second phase by at Arwalm village in Pradip Sarkar of TMC. bringing a paradigm Names like Suvendu greatest actors in history Filmfare Best Tamil Actor ternational Film Festival of 75,94,549 voters who East Medinipur district In Sagar on the south- shift in the political nar- Adhikari, Rajib Banerjee, of Indian cinema Award. India (2019), he was will exercise their fran- on March 26, a few ernmost tip of West rative of West Bengal. Baishali Dalmiya, Rajnikant ji. His contribu- honoured with the Icon of chise in 10,620 polling hours before the first Bengal, three-time TMC The campaign was former Howrah mayor tion as actor, producer Rajnikanth was also hon- Global Jubilee award. booths spread across phase polling. MLA Bamkim Chandra marked by a war of Rathin Chakraborty and and screenwriter has been ored him with the Padma the 30 constituencies, If the situation de- Hazra is facing BJP new- words among the ruling actor Rudranil Ghosh, iconic,' Mr Javadekar Bhushan in 2000 and the He is the second-highest the Election Commis- manded then the poll comer Bikash Chandra Trinamool Congress, others have joined the tweeted. Padma Vibhushan in 2016. grossing actor in Tamil sion sources said. duty personnel could Kamila. the BJP and the Left- BJP ahead of elections. He received the Chevalier cinema history after vet- The EC has made elabo- use weapons to drive In the politically Congress-ISF combine. The campaign was Born on December 12, Sivaji Ganesan Award for eran MG Ramachandran. rate security arrange- away from the attack- charged state, the ruling Prime Minister Narendra characterised by a no- ments with the deploy- ers, a source in the EC Trinamool Congress Modi, BJP national holds-barred tirade of Long term multiplier effect of crimes very harmful ment of central and said on Tuesday. (TMC) and Prime Min- president JP Nadda, allegations and counter- to society, impacts effective governance : Ranjan state forces to ensure a ister Modi-led Bharatiya Union Home Minister allegations and ruling free fair and peaceful and ruling AITC are con- Janata Party (BJP) are Amit Shah, Defence Trinamool Congress go- Hyderabad, Apr 1 (UNI) Muralidharan, said, dis- cies to address the prob- poll. testing for all the 30 locked in a bitter contest Minister , ing all out to retain Telangana Principal Sec- cussions on combating lems arising out of Illicit All the booths where seats while Congress, this time. Cabinet Ministers Smriti power for the third suc- retary of Information smuggling and counter- trade. polling is going on in the Left parties and their al- The TMC headed by Irani, , cessive term. Technology Jayesh feiting are even more im- This nodal agency could second phase have been liance partner Indian two-time Chief Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, The Trinamool Congress Ranjan has said that “Long portant in the context of share intelligence and en- declared as "sensitive" Secular Front are fight- Mamata Banerjee is Babul Supriyo, Uttar chief called upon the term multiplier effect of COVID-19 which is im- hance cooperation among by the EC. ing under the banner of striving hard to score a Pradesh/Chief minister people to defeat the BJP crimes such as counter- pacting the economy and National and International The Election Commis- Sanyukt Morcha. CPI hat-trick. The BJP is , West while the Prime Minister feiting and smuggling is is endangering lives of bodies. Further, it could sion on Wednesday is- (M) has fielded 15 can- also leaving no stone Bengal BJP in-charge urged voters to exercise very harmful to the soci- people. Illicit trade ad- also make policy recom- sued Prohibitory orders didates, Congress has unturned to make sure , their franchise in his ety at large and impacts versely impacts the manu- mendations and build ca- under Section 144 of nine, BSP seven, CPI lotus blooms in the West Bengal BJP presi- party's favour. effective governance.” facturing strength of the pacities to address the CrPC imposed in two and AIFB and RSP state. dent Dilip Ghosh and The assembly election in Addressing a webinar on nation and if not checked menace of counterfeiting Nandigram of west Ben- one each while there are The third front has the veteran Bollywood ac- West Bengal will be held ‘Combating Counterfeit- will act as a barrier to the and smuggling, Mr Sinha gal ahead of second 32 independents along CPI-M and Congress tor Mithun Chakraborty in eight phases. The vot- ing and Smuggling during government’s vision of added. phase polling. with 44 others are also entering into a seat-shar- were the star campaign- ing will take place in eight the COVID-19 pandemic making India a global As cases related to smug- “Sec 144 CrPC imposed in the fray. ing arrangement, and ers for BJP. phases--on March 27, and beyond’, organized manufacturing hub, he gling and counterfeiting in East Midnapore till Nandigram is one of the this combination is also Actors-turned-politi- April 1, April 6, April 10, by FICCI’s Committee said. rise steeply during the past April 2. Assembly of 5 key constituencies in trying to align with the cians such as Locket April 17, April 22, April 26 Against Smuggling and CBI former Director and few months, the webinar or more persons, ex- Purba Medinipur district ISF. Chatterjee, Roopa and April 29. The count- Counterfeiting Activities FICCI CASCADE Think was organized to discuss cluding people on elec- where Chief Minister The politics in West Ganguly, Srabanti ing of votes will take place Destroying the Economy Tank Member Anil Sinha, the disruptions caused by tion duty and voters en- Mamata Banerjee is in Bengal has largely been Chatterjee, Paayel on May 2. (CASCADE) on Wednes- emphasized on the need the pandemic, which have day, he said that it is very for policies and regula- opened multiple avenues unfortunate that some tions which distinctive- for criminals to prey upon India records 72,330 nCoV cases, 459 deaths people are trying to take ness such illegal activity. susceptible organizations advantage of this pan- Suggesting that how a and consumers. New Delhi, Apr 1 (UNI) cases. demic and thinking of nodal agency comprising The webinar was attended India reported over With a steady increase for counterfeiting and faking of representatives from by industry, government 72,330 Covid-19 cases the 22nd day in a row, the the COVID-19 vaccines. different government de- officials, officers from the and 459 deaths in the 24 active caseload in the “The Telangana govern- partments will ensure co- enforcement agencies and hours that have pushed country is 5,84,055 com- ment is extremely cau- ordinated actions against stakeholders in this seg- the infection tally to prising 4.78 per cent of tious in protecting the this menace, he said ment and focused on the 1,22,21,665 and death toll the total infections while larger public interest and FICCI CASCADE re- state of Telangana. to 1,62,927, the Union 1,14,74,683 people have is using blockchain and cently had recommended This initiative is a part of a Health Ministry data up- recovered from disease so Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the Government of In- series of such interactions dated on Thursday. far. technology to create a de- dia for setting up of an which are being organized Of the total daily cases, The recovery rate has fur- terrent environment umbrella body, a multi- by FICCI CASCADE, 39,544 were from ther dropped to 93.89 per tality rate has further has group which is at the According to the ICMR, against such crimes,” he nodal agency Centre to across the country to high- Maharashtra, cent, the data stated. dropped to 1.33 per cent. highest risk -- 90 per cent 24,47,98,621 samples added. ensure proper coordina- light the problem of coun- Chhattisgarh recorded its The number of people From today onwards, In- of Covid-19 deaths in In- have been tested up to FICCI Telangana State tion amongst the con- terfeiting and smuggling highest ever count, with who have recuperated dia has opened up its vac- dia have been in the cat- March 31 with 11,25,681 Council Chairman and cerned Ministries /Depart- and elicit response from 4,563 cases, Karnataka from the disease surged to cination drive for all those egory of those above the samples being tested on TMI Group Chairman, T. ments /Enforcement agen- different states. also reported over 4,000 1,14,74,683. The case fa- above the age of 45, a key age of 45. Wednesday.

2.pmd 3 4/1/2021, 10:10 PM Orissa Today Friday 02 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 4 Volte-face Corruption in an China’s retail nationalism The message — no business if you are on the wrong side of issues like Xinjiang

by Manipur The long-running self-destructive streak in the People’s Republic of China seems to be manifesting itself again We are on the fringes of some dramatic defence cooperation these days. This time in the conduct of its foreign policy. The latest is the attack on the Swedish retail giant H&M’s agreements playing out. India would need to weigh in smartly China business over the issue of a 2020 statement made by on new arrangements such as the Quad, and its ability to Rohingya influx the company that its products do not use cotton grown in Xinjiang, because of forced labour allegations there. contribute meaningfully to it, whilst arriving at an optimal path The action, in response to the European Union sanctions on that protects our overall interests as an emerging world player. issue simmers Chinese individuals on account of rights violations in Xinjiang last week, could upend the promise of better The upcoming visit by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to China-EU ties that seemed to accompany the India needs to be seen in this light. Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) in December 2020. Alarmingly for China, this was a coordinated action where the US, the UK and Canada also imposed sanctions. But where they had targeted some lower-level Xinjiang officials, the Chinese upped the ante and imposed its own counter-sanctions on 10 EU individuals, including four Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), four entities, including the European Council’s Political and Security Committee, and the well-known think tank MERICS. Not only were the officials placed under sanctions, but also their family members. As for the US and Canada, the Chinese targeted the bipartisan US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Gayle Manchin and Vice-Chair Tony Perkins, Canadian MP Michael Choong and the rights subcommittee of the Canadian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Manchin is the wife of a US Senator and the PRC officials appear to be waving a red rag at the US Congress where religious freedom is a big issue. on hold perhaps because of the advertising these Blinken was interacting with EU leaders in Brussels, and This is not the first time China has used its market power to companies are likely to provide for the Winter Olympics the two sides have decided to relaunch the EU-US punish a foreign company. Some years ago, it attacked scheduled to be held in China next year. The alarming dialogue on China to enhance coordination of their Lotte, a major South Korean company, because the message coming out of Beijing for western companies policies. This can only increase Beijing’s headaches. Korean government decided to give a golf course it owned who have long enjoyed a profitable run in China is that if It is not as though there is total congruence between the EU for the setting up of a US-built THAAD anti-missile you are on the wrong side of issues like Xinjiang, you can and the US. One issue looming large is that of the defence system. The crippling sanctions were lifted after forget doing business in China. What would be of interest Nordstream 2 pipeline bringing gas from Russia to Red-faced over the criticism of its March 26 order to two years, and since then, South Korea has taken care not is the way forward for the EU to ratify the CAI that it had Germany. The US has threatened to impose sanctions if the deputy commissioners of border districts to to get on the wrong side of Beijing.More recently, China signed with China over American objections. European the work on the pipeline is completed. The Americans ‘politely turn away’ the fleeing Rohingya, the has targeted Australian goods, including coal, wine and governments may find it difficult to proceed with the worry that the pipeline will increase the dependence of the Manipur Government has hastily sought to undo barley, for trade reprisals because of the call by PM Scott process as long as four of their members are under EU on Russian gas. But the strongly Atlanticist approach the damage. Projecting a humanitarian visage, it Morrison’s government for independent investigations Chinese sanctions. But the Chinese are hanging tough on of the Biden administration has overcome the distrust has withdrawn the directive that was ostensibly into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. H&M has an this, with foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying engendered by the Trump administration’s ‘America first’ aimed at preventing illegal immigration. old relationship with China, where it sources its products declaring that the CAI ‘is not a gift bestowed upon one policy. Increasingly, Europeans are making common Annulling the order — that also prohibited food for the global market. It is also a big market for H&M side by the other side, but is mutually beneficial and cause with the US. One manifestation of this is the and shelter to the persecuted refugees — Manipur which has 400 retail stores in the country. In the line of reciprocal’. The goings-on in China will also have a increasing interest of countries like the UK, France, the laid emphasis on how the state is giving medical target are other majors like Nike, Adidas, Uniqlo, Gap, chilling effect on efforts of American firms to have the Netherlands and Germany to join the US in establishing a aid to the injured refugees who had fled Myanmar and Burberry, who have made similar statements, though Biden administration lift the restrictions placed by the naval presence in the South China Sea. A few ships will after last month’s bloody military coup. for the present, H&M seems to be the main target. Chinese Trump administration on exports to China. Biden’s arrival not make a difference from the military point of view, but Incidentally, neighbouring Mizoram, which has celebrities have renounced their promotion contracts with has changed the tone of the US-EU relations. Last week, the fact that these important European countries are seen an influx of Myanmar nationals, has been H&M and the company has been erased from mapping, the US President participated virtually as an honorary EU willing to show the flag in what is for them a remote part of giving them shelter. ride hailing and e-commerce apps in China. Reports say leader in a summit meeting of the European Council. the world, will be a message to China of the growing The issue has been simmering since 2016-17 when that the campaign against Nike and Adidas is being kept Around the same time, Secretary of State Anthony coalition willing to take a stand against its policies. Days after Ladakh withdrawal, hope floats for peace on LoC lakhs of Muslim Rohingya began escaping the torture in their country, which the UN has accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’. Many of them have crossed into India. With a number of bilateral Matter of shame A renewed, infrastructure projects tied to it, Myanmar is an important link in India’s Look East Policy. The Attack on Abohar BJP MLA is deplorable robust Centre needs to break its silence and give clear instructions on the course of action to be taken by commitment to the affected states so as to avoid any more faux The outrageous attack on the BJP MLA is to the farm legislations, not individuals holding pas. It is a complicated subject with implications from Abohar, Arun Narang, deserves to a different view or who may just be toeing the equality and be condemned in the strongest possible of a demographic shift — as feared in Assam — party line. The state has seen days not in the very terms. The Punjab Chief Minister’s distant past that it would rather not remember. For justice by the and the capacity of India to absorb and help the directions for swift and stringent action Punjab’s sake, all political parties should shed needy refugees at the cost of ensuring the against the perpetrators is all too well, but their differences for a brief moment and publically State and the depleting resources to its own citizens. a clear message needs to be sent out that resolve that no attempt to create divisions, social myriad political In this regard, all eyes are on the Supreme Court lawlessness would not be tolerated at any or communal, is allowed to succeed. An all-party which is looking into a related case. On March 27, cost. The farmers’ organisations, which meeting could be the first step to douse any systems a Bench led by Chief Justice Bobde reserved its have gained tremendous traction and f e e l i n g s o f i l l - w i l l a n d s i m m e r i n g order on a plea seeking the release and protection support from all sections of society in the tension.Protesting is a democratic right, but around the of around 150 Rohingya detained in a Jammu region, too, bear responsibility to come resorting to violence and venting out anger in centre. These immigrants are being identified as out strongly in their outright rejection of ways that pose a risk to an individual’s physical world is the illegal immigrants so as to deport them to such rowdyism. What happened in well-being cannot in any way be condoned. The need of the Myanmar. Significantly, the SC had dismissed an Malout last week trampled on all codes of hope that New Delhi would accelerate the process earlier similar petition seeking the retention of civilised behaviour and if not checked at to resolve the standoff with the protesting farmers hour some Rohingya in Assam over the genocide in once, can have dangerous ramifications. at the borders looks dim. That gives no right Myanmar. Even as international humanitarian A people’s representative, or anyone for whatsoever to any protester or sympathiser to the conventions call for giving shelter to persecuted that matter, being subjected to such crass cause to take the law into his or her hands. minorities, the MHA has told the SC that their stay and boorish conduct is a matter of shame. Frustration over non-acceptance of demands is is illegal and fraught with serious national The animosity on display has to be understandable, but it cannot be made an excuse security ramifications. proactively discouraged. The opposition to resort to unlawful activities.

Maharashtra churn reflects parties’ turf war Not since the days when the “underworld” ruled the roost has this aspect of Maharashtra been revealed. While the implications were not as menacing for the larger population as when the “gangs” were on the rampage, the unfolding saga cannot but unsettle the political system, which in Mumbai hinges on a disparate coalition of the Sena, NCP and the Congress. In India, complacency is a major factor for At the point where politics intersects crime that point and posted other Marathi-speaking coincidentally or otherwise, led to another event whose vaccine hesitancy. With the lifting of — organised and random — lies a officers, Vishwas Nagare Patil and Milind veracity is disputed. That was a “meeting” between restrictions, most people feel the worst subterranean habitat which survives on Bharambe, in important positions in the police. Pawar, his NCP colleague, Praful Patel and Amit Shah, edginess, unfulfilled ambitions, overdrive, The underlying political message was he the BJP leader and Home Minister on March 26 at an is over. They, however, do not take into hunting for cat’s paws and foils and would preside over an order that “favoured” industrialist’s home in Ahmedabad. The NCP denied the account that the Spanish flu had scapegoating the suckers. The habitation the Marathi-speaking population. Inescapably meeting but when Shah was asked about it at a press can exist undisturbed until a disaster but deliberately, Thackeray deepened the conference, his answer was open-ended, giving the ravaged the world for more than two strikes. This is what happened on February political-police nexus, more so at a time when development a piquant twist. If true, it says something of years in three waves. Covid-19 has 26, when a parked SUV packed with the credibility of both seemed compromised. Shah’s indefatigability and his single-minded focus on gelatine sticks was found outside the home Confirming the point was Sandeep Pandey, the realpolitik. In the midst of campaigning feverishly in waxed and waned in the US, Europe and of industrialist Mukesh Ambani in south senior most cop who was passed over for West Bengal, Assam and elsewhere, he splashed his feet the Middle East in multiple waves. The Mumbai. The discovery set off a chain of Nagrale. Pandey protested in a missive to the in Maharashtra’s muddied waters and agitated the events that sucked into a vortex the CM which made no difference. Politics and currents. Enough for politicians to speculate over the Indian Council of Medical Research has Maharashtra government, its principal partisanship were wedded to one another. choppy fate of the MVA! Indeed, on Monday, warned that India may face more waves protagonists, and the cops and an If Thackeray was blasé about the appointments, , the Maharashtra BJP president, added ecosystem they had created to protect and Pawar lurched into another crisis after his take to the story, saying the party would “respect” in the coming months. nurture their interests and that of their Parambir Singh accused his Home Minister whatever call the high command took over striking an political masters. The under surface Deshmukh of directing his subordinates to alliance. At the heart of the Maharashtra churn are three dynamics that safeguarded the politicians extort Rs 100 crore every month from the protagonists: Pawar, Thackeray and , and their minions spilt over and bubbled on business establishments. By then, it was the BJP’s former CM and now the Opposition leader. the outside, revealing an aspect of apparent that Singh, once close to the MVA Those who claim to know Pawar will affirm he will not Maharashtra that was not glimpsed since government, made “peace” with the Central go with the BJP, not because of ideological concerns but the years when the “underworld” ruled the agencies and resolved to squeal on and out of wanting to safeguard the political turf that he roost. embarrass his former bosses. The Centre, for carved out and consolidated after hard work. His While the implications were not as menacing long wanting to put the MVA on the mat, cheerleaders recalled that in November 2019, when the for the larger population as when the carried off a minor coup by neutralising Singh. BJP nearly split the NCP and spirited away Ajit Pawar, “gangs” were on the rampage, the (MVA) dispensation. However, following indications Was it enough to rock the boat? Sanjay Raut, his nephew, with the promise of making him the deputy unfolding saga cannot but disconcert and unsettle the that he might have turned an approver to help the the editor of the weekly Samna, the Sena mouthpiece and CM in a coalition, Pawar’s reflexes kicked in, fast and political system, which in Mumbai hinges on a disparate National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other Central a Rajya Sabha MP, penned a scathing edit in which he furious. He aborted the BJP’s manoeuvre and didn’t coalition of the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party agencies probing the developments, the Sena distanced alleged Deshmukh should step down because he was a reflect deep over installing a new coalition, knowing it (NCP) and the Congress. To recapitulate, after the itself from the prime accused in Hiren’s killing. Vaze had “suspect”. Raut added that Deshmukh was brought in might not be too stable. For Thackeray, it’s about Scorpio was “discovered”, its owner Mansukh Hiren, a used Hiren’s vehicle for the past four months. under duress because Pawar’s first choice was Jayant R preserving the Sena’s legacy and proving to himself, his Thane businessman, was traced. Three days after the Parambir Singh, the Mumbai police commissioner, who Patil or Dilip Walse Patil, neither of who wanted to sit on rank-and-file and the people of Maharashtra that he is no revelation, Hiren was murdered. A low tide washed up was reportedly an appointee of Sharad Pawar, the NCP the hot seat. In Maharashtra, the Home Ministry was accidental CM. To Fadnavis, who looks like he has not his body into a marshy Mumbra creek, flowing off the president, was replaced by Hemant Nagrale, cherry- always a painful assignment because it entailed taking come to terms with the loss of office, the compulsion is to Mithi river. The anti-terrorist squad nabbed Sachin Vaze, picked by Uddhav Thackeray, the chief minister. The orders from multiple and conflicting command stop the ground from beneath his feet from slipping. He a former assistant police inspector, who joined the Sena buck stopped with Anil Deshmukh, the Home Minister structures, in politics and outside. Disobeying one has lost swaths of the BJP’s base to the Sena and the officially in 2009, and was reinstated after 16 years. Vaze from the NCP, who put Pawar in a tight spot. Thackeray invited the peril of jeopardising one’s position or facing Congress, even in his own Nagpur fief. The BJP cannot was believed to be close to the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi took advantage of Pawar’s perceptible vulnerability at worse consequences. Deshmukh’s predicament, let go of Maharashtra.

2.pmd 4 4/1/2021, 10:10 PM Orissa Today FridayNATIONAL 02 April 2021 Bhubaneswar 5 NEWS BOX Right To Recall" MLAs Initiative: Kamal Haasan States Fight Each Other for Jobs With Laws To Hire Local New Delhi.A short drive from the its skilled workforce doesn't are doing this for short-term A slowing capital of New Delhi, Gurugram meet requirements under the political appeal. This is easier has become one of India's new law. than creating proper economy and a wealthiest cities with business- "The current restriction is i n f r a s t r u c t u r e a n d a n friendly policies that have attracted something opposite of ease of environment for more jobs." Coimbatore: Makkal Neethi Maiam has set dearth of new multinationals such as Alphabet doing business," said Hee Chul Unlike Singapore's move to offer the trend with an initiative to recall its Inc.'s Google, PepsiCo Inc. and Jung, secretary-general of the incentives to companies that MLAs if they failed to deliver on their jobs has Nestle India Ltd. But suddenly that Korean Chamber of Commerce hire local workers, the laws in promises in the event of MNM candidates reputation is at risk. and Industry in India. "The new Haryana and other states force getting elected after the April 6 assembly promptedHaryan A slowing economy and a dearth of regulation could scare future businesses to comply. Rather polls, party chief Kamal Hassan said on new jobs has prompted Haryana, investors away that favor than strong-arming investors, Wednesday. a, where locals in factories. The mines-rich where Gurugram is located, to flexibility and a dynamic business Jharkhand then approved a similar the government should skill people "It is a long overdue process and somebody implement a new law last month environment." so they can be recruited easily, said has to bell the cat," he told reporters here on Gurugram is policy last month, while a top that limits private companies from Millions of jobs were lost during last regional party in Tamil Nadu has Himanshu Baid, chairman of the the sidelines of release of the manifesto for hiring workers from other states. medical technology division at the Singanallur constituency, where its vice- located, to year's nationwide lockdown, also promised a job-protection plan president, Dr R Mahendran is contesting. Passed by a government controlled dealing a blow to PM Modi's if wins upcoming elections. Confederation of Indian Industry. implement a new by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise of generating adequate "Industries need the best human Mahendran has announced that the people ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, such The law in Haryana took effect last resources from where ever they are will have the right to recall him if he failed employment for the world's month. It provides a 75% quota for to deliver what they wanted from him, if law last month laws are quickly becoming popular youngest and biggest workforce as available in the country," he said. with other states. job seekers from the northern state elected.When pointed out that right to recall the economy suffered its worst for posts in private companies with Dushyant Chautala, Haryana's was a long pending demand from the public that limits private The law in Haryana has raised contraction since 1952. Now more a monthly salary of less than 50,000 deputy chief minister, defended the as part of electoral reforms and whether the concerns among foreign business states are forcing companies to hire rupees ($683). move during a press briefing in companies from groups and prompted them to look local, setting up internal trade March, saying it would bring jobs to MNM would approach Election "This cure is worse than the disease Commission with the issue, Mr Hassan said elsewhere. One Korean logistics barriers that could further hinder young people and strengthen that the party has set the trend by giving hiring workers company that recently shifted growth. itself," said Ravi S. Srivastava, industries. He couldn't be reached options to the people to recall their MNM operations to Gurugram is now professor and director of the Centre for comment through several phone Andhra Pradesh led the way in 2019 for Employment Studies, Institute MLAs. from other states. drawing up alternate plans because with a step for reserving jobs for calls to his office and residence. Once others also start following the trend, it for Human Development. "They will become a law, he said. On the party's strategy, Mr Hassan said "honesty is the strategy and strength of Assam Breaks Previous Record As Items "...Admitted Her ship MNM, which is work in progress as there is no permanent solution in the politics.” Worth ? 110 Crore Seized: Election Is Sinking": JP Nadda Punjab's Covid Testing New Delhi.Assam broke all regulatory agencies, he said. On Mamata Rate Higher Than National previous records in seizures of Freebies and other items like Average: Amarinder Singh cash, liquor, drug and other cigarettes of foreign origin, goods after the assembly polls poppy seeds, black pepper, areca Banerjee's Letter To Centre were notified, with several nuts, pan masala worth ? 14.91 agencies confiscating items crore have also been confiscated, Kolkata: BJP chief JP Nadda on Wednesday Chandigarh: Taking strong exception to worth over ? 110 crore, Chief Mr Khade said."So far, 50 FIRs targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata the centre's criticism of the COVID-19 Electoral Officer of Assam, Nitin have been registered across the Banerjee over her letter to opposition leaders management in Punjab, Chief Minister Khade, said on Wednesday. state related to expenditure for "a united and effective struggle against the Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the During the 2016 state polls, central violation and 5,234 FIRs lodged BJP's attacks on democracy and constitution", state's rate of tests per million was higher and state agencies had seized in connection with violation of and said it was an attempt to "save her sinking than the national average and claimed the goods worth less than ? 20 crore. excise rules," the CEO ship" in the West Bengal assembly polls. situation would have been better if the Addressing a press conference, Mr said.However, he did not share Mr Nadda said Mamata Banerjee has admitted central government had not "delayed" the the number of persons who were that "she is in trouble" in the election."In a vaccination process. Khade said, "After the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came detained and arrested in democracy, everybody has the right to unite Had the central government acceded to the into force on February 26 in view connection with the FIRs. those who share a similar ideology. But at this state's request for allowing vaccination of of the Assam assembly elections, Regarding MCC violations, Mr time, to ask everyone to unite against PM Modi all 50-plus category population earlier, cash and other valuables worth ? 110.83 jewellery and gold bars worth ? 3.68 crore Khade said, "A total of 2,696 cases have and the BJP shows clear indication in elections. instead of delaying it by almost two crore have been seized till date. have been made."The items were seized been registered. Out of these, 1,272 cases There's a saying in English 'Save Our Souls months to include those aged above 45, from different parts of the state during "Till now, seizures of drugs and narcotics have been registered online through cVigil (SOS) or Save Our Ship (SOS)'. It means their the situation would have been better than search operations carried out by Assam ship is sinking. It is clear now that Mamataji present, he said. worth ? 34.29 crore, over 16.61 lakh litres of app of which 908 cases have been found to Police, flying squads, static surveillance be correct." has admitted that her ship is sinking in Bengal liquor worth ? 33.44 crore, cash amounting team, excise, and other enforcement and Mr Singh was reacting to the centre's charge to ? 24.50 crore along with gold, silver and she is in trouble and people of Bengal have that Punjab was not doing enough decided to give an overwhelming verdict to the coronavirus testing and isolating infected BJP," Mr Nadda told ANI. people.In a statement on Wednesday, the "This letter is part of their party's internal matter. Chief Minister said his government had But this is Save Our Soul and Save Our Ship. put severe restrictions on social gatherings Indian Army Disbands Military Farms This is an attempt to save their ship," he and closed all educational institutions, said.Amid the campaign for assembly with night curfews imposed from 9 pm to A flag ceremony for the closure of the facilities was held at Military Farms Records at Delhi Cantonment, officials said. elections, Mamata Banerjee has written a letter 5 am in the severely affected 11 districts. to opposition leaders including Congress Mr Singh also said a decision on stricter New Delhi: In line with its reform data."It is credited with president Sonia Gandhi "for a united and restrictions will be taken after a review of measures, the Army on pioneering the technique of effective struggle against the BJP's attacks on the situation in the state on April 8. Wednesday disbanded its artificial insemination of democracy and constitution" and suggested The Chief Minister's warning to impose military farms after 132 years in cattle and introduction of that a meeting should be held after the harsher restrictions if the situation does service. organised dairying in India, assembly polls to "deliberate the issues and not improve by next week comes amid a A flag ceremony for the closure of providing yeoman service chart a plan of action". surge in COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the facilities was held at Military during 1971 war, supplying The letter has been sent to several opposition the state. Farms Records at Delhi milk at the Western and leaders including NCP chief Sharad Pawar, He said the state government had been Cantonment, officials said. Eastern war fronts as well as Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav repeatedly requesting the centre in writing In August 2017, the defence during Kargil operations to Thackeray, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind as well as in meetings attended by the ministry announced a series of the Northern Command," it Kejriwal, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen chief secretary that the current strategy of reform measures for the Indian said. Patnaik, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant immunisation needs review.Vaccination Army that included shutting The Army said military farms Soren, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan in a campaign that covers all age groups in down of the military farms, were even established in Leh Mohan Reddy, DMK leader MK Stalin, RJD selected areas will lead to better outcomes housing around 25,000 head of and Kargil in late 1990s, leader Tejashwi Yadav, Samajwadi Party than the periodic cycles of vaccination cattle, in the country.The farms with the task of supplying leader Akhilesh Yadav, CPI (ML) leader targeting a small section of the population were set up by the British to fresh and hygienic milk to Dipankar Bhattacharya, National Conference at each cycle, he stressed, underlining the ensure supply of milk to Army troops at their locations on a leader Farooq Abdullah and PDP leader units. daily basis. need for such approach in any area where Independence, military farms flourished Mehbooba Mufti.The Trinamool Congress weekly testing shows a doubling of "After 132 years of glorious service to the The Army decided to "transfer" all the cattle chief said that there is a need to present a with 30,000 head of cattle in 130 military kept in the farms to government positivity rate.He reiterated his demand nation, curtains were drawn on this farms all over India in varied agro-climatic credible alternative to the people of India. for permission for occupation-based organisation," the Army said in a statement. departments or dairy cooperatives at a conditions," the Army said. nominal cost. "The BJP wants to make it impossible for non- immunization for school and college It said the military farms with their dedication BJP parties to exercise their constitutional The farms were occupying around 20,000 Officials said all the personnel who were students and teachers, judges, bus drivers and commitment supplied 3.5 crore litres of acres of defence land and the Army was rights and freedoms. It wants to dilute the and conductors, panches/ sarpanches, milk during a period spanning over a employed with the military farms have power of state governments and downgrade spending around ? 300 crore annually for been redeployed within the Army. mayors, MLAs, MPs, etc. everywhere. century."First Military farm was raised on their maintenance, according to official them to mere municipalities. February 1, 1889 at Allahabad. After It’s Mani vs Mani in Kerala’s high-stakes Pala constituency Kerala.It’s all in the name. And that’s what the ousted from the UDF. “We have been with the It’s all in the battle of Pala in Kerala’s Kottayam district is all UDF for the last four decades. Through thick and about. The fight is between incumbent Pala thin, we have been with them. But without any name. And legislator Mani C Kappan and Kerala Congress reason, we were ousted from the front. People (M)’s Jose K Mani. Jose switched from the came to know it was purely an unjust action by the that’s what the United Democratic Front (UDF) to Left UDF and they will give a fitting answer to this, Democratic Front (LDF) while Kappan went the and they did during the local body elections. Even battle of Pala other way. now, they will do the same,” he added.UDF Kappan announced a new political party, the candidate Mani C Kappan, on the other hand, was in Kerala’s Nationalist Congress Kerala (NCK), on February the MLA of this constituency for just 16 months 22 this year, joining the Congress-led UDF. Son and he said in that short period of time, he brought Kottayam of veteran Kerala Congress (M) leader KM Mani, development worth Rs 462 crore and hence is Jose walked out of the UDF in October 2020 to confident of people putting their faith in him once district is all join the LDF.Pala is predominantly Syrian again. Catholics and accounts for almost 65 per cent of But like the other Mani, this Mani also switched about. The the population there. The constituency is sides. Will people think twice before trusting him popularly known as the rubber heartland and is again? Reacting to this, he said, “The other fellow fight is also one of the gateways to the Western Ghats. who is contesting against me has another 3.5 Pala is a high-stakes Assembly constituency which years in the Rajya Sabha. He resigned from the between was represented by one of Kerala’s most Lok Sabha when he still had time there. I was an incumbent prominent politicians KM Mani. Mani was the MLA for only 16 months, so I have got my own MLA from 1967 till his death in 2019 and was reasons. I hail from a Congress family... We are Pala legislator also the longest-serving MLA in Kerala’s history. nominee Mani C Kappan emerged victorious by constituency in terms of development, basically a Congress family. Now an MLA who Throughout his life, he was a dominant player in 2,943 votes. Jose, chairman of the Kerala infrastructure, development of the individual, and worked well and who fought three elections Mani C Kappan the state’s coalition politics.Now, however, with Congress (M), then switched to LDF last year. education. We have our own culture, and we need against a giant like KM Mani and brought down LDF candidate Jose K Mani signalling that his Meanwhile, Kappan pulled out from the ruling to go in higher steps. So, if we have the his margin from 25,000 to 4,700, they (LDF) say and Kerala party Kerala Congress (M) is ready to face anyone alliance and announced his decision to contest government coming to power again, we can do there is no chance for me, and that the seat has to in Pala, a tough contest is on the cards. Kerala will from the UDF. development at a faster pace,” he told India be given to a loser.”Pala has 1,81,035 registered Congress (M)’s go to the polls on April 6. India Today met Jose K Mani while he was busy Today. voters: 88,231 male voters and 92,804 female Following KM Mani’s demise in 2019, Pala campaigning in Pala. He said the pulse of the But even after switching sides, he believes the work voters. The voter turnout in the 2016 Assembly Jose K Mani. witnessed a historic bypoll in which the LDF people in Pala and Kerala is that the LDF should done by his late father will help him win but rued election was 77.25 per cent. A total of 1.38 lakh registered its first Assembly win. Then NCP come to power again. “Pala is a model the fact that without any reason his party was voters of the total 1.79 lakh registered electors casts their vote.

2.pmd 5 4/1/2021, 10:10 PM FCC chief, who ended net neutrality, to quit in January NEW DELHI: US Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said he’ll leave the agency on January 20, 2021, eliminating the possibility of a holdover Republican majority at the agency that could have temporarily stymied changes sought by the incoming Biden administration. Since being elevated to the chairmanship by President Donald Trump in 2017, Pai, a Finance secretary Ajay Republican, has led the commission in dismantling net neutrality regulations and Bhushan Pandey on pushed for fast wireless broadband service.Pai’s term as a commissioner Sunday hinted that the extends to July 2021 and he could have Centre is working on stayed on as a commissioner, without the chairman’s power to set the agency’s another stimulus agenda, but has opted not to. With another Republican leaving after his term expired, package to boost the the FCC will have a 2-to-1 Democratic majority on Inauguration Day unless the economy. Senate confirms Nathan Simington, a Republican whose nomination is to be considered on December 4 by the Commerce Committee. Under Pai the FCC in 2017 revoked so- called net neutrality rules put in place by the Obama administration that barred broadband service providers from interfering with web traffic — for instance by slowing competitors’ content.Pai’s change gutted the FCC’s authority over internet service providers. It was welcomed by carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Communications. Pai pressed to assign more airwaves for high- speed mobile broadband.

The top court also issued notice to All India Online Vendors Association and Competition Commission of India

Fuel prices hiked for second day: Petrol nears Rs 90/litre in Mumbai, Check revised rates New Delhi.Oil marketing companies been hiked eleven times in the past 14 on Thursday hiked the prices of petrol days alone.In Mumbai, the revised and diesel for the second consecutive petrol and diesel rates stood at ? 89.33 day after a two-day pause. Petrol and per litre and ? 79.42 per litre diesel prices were hiked by around 20 respectively.Petrol and diesel prices paise across the metros.Petrol price in remained unchanged for 48 days and Delhi was hiked by 17 paise to Rs saw a revision on November 20. Since 82.66 per litre while diesel prices Then, oil marketing companies were increased by 19 paise to Rs Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and 72.84 per litre, according to Bharat Petroleum have raised notifications from Indian Oil domestic fuel prices on eleven Corporation. The fuel rates have now occasions.

PM Kisan Scheme aims to provide income support to all landholder farmer families across the country with cultivable land, subject to certain exclusions.

Orissa Today Friday 02 April 2021 BUSINESSBUSINESS 6 NEWS BOX Interest rates on postal deposits and schemes Govt asks RBI to maintain status quo on slashed by 40 to 110 basis points retail inflation targeting at 4 per cent New Delhi . Small savers will no longer be / able to dodge the falling knife: interest rates The central bank had previously faced criticism for largely overstating inflation with its forecasts used to underpin a hawkish policy stance on postal deposits and schemes have been slashed by 40 to 110 basis points. Mumbai. The government on which the central bank has sanction policy because it will go into overkill relative The interest rate on the popular public Wednesday asked the Reserve Bank to operate is the widest in Asia, to what the economy can intrinsically bear in provident fund (PPF) scheme has been cut to maintain status quo on retail matched only by Turkey and order to achieve the target, says the paper from 7.1 per cent to 6.4 per cent, a 46-year inflation targeting at 4 per cent with a surpassed by Argentina. The RBI titled Measuring trend inflation in India. low. The PPF interest rate will tumble margin of 2 per cent on either side for had previously faced criticism for “Analogously, a target that is fixed above below 7 per cent for the first time since another five-year period ending largely overstating inflation with its trend renders monetary policy too 1974. The sharpest cut is in the one-year March 2026. forecasts used to underpin a expansionary and prone to inflationary time deposit where the rate goes down by a “The inflation target for the period April hawkish policy stance. The recent shocks and unanchored expectations. Hence, whopping 110 basis points to 4.4 per cent. A 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026 under the stubborn inflation has forced the maintaining the inflation target at 4 per cent hundred basis points make one percentage Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 has central bank to pause interest-rate is appropriate for India,” it said.MPC point. The interest rate on the postal savings been kept at the same level as it was cuts despite the economy needing schedule. The Monetary Policy Committee deposit has been slashed to 3.5 per cent. The for the previous five years,” economic more stimulus after entering an will meet six times during the next financial rate had been steady at 4 per cent since affairs secretary Tarun Bajaj said. unprecedented recession, analysts year, the RBI said on Wednesday. The first December 2011. The move to pare rates Aditi Nayar, principal economist, said. A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) meeting of the six-member MPC to decide comes on top of last year’s sharper rate Icra, said: “The continuation of the working paper has recommended on the first bi-monthly monetary policy reduction of 70 to 140 basis points and will MPC’s inflation targeting band at 2-6 that maintaining the inflation target statement for 2021-22 will be held from leave small savers with no real place to per cent is welcome as an upward with the task of fixing the benchmark policy at 4 per cent is appropriate for the April 5 to April 7. The policy will be preserve a nest egg as retail inflation revision could have contributed to an rate.The six-member MPC, which had its country. The paper, authored by Harendra announced on April 7. The second meeting stubbornly stays above 5 per cent. The unanchoring of inflation expectations.” To first meeting in October 2016, was given the Kumar Behera and Michael Debabrata Patra, of the MPC in the next fiscal will be held on savage cuts mean that interest rates on small keep inflation under a specified level, the mandate to maintain annual inflation at 4 per finds that there is a steady decline in trend June 2, 3 and 4. The third meeting will be savings schemes have been reduced by a government in 2016 decided to set up the cent until March 31, 2021 with an upper inflation to 4.1-4.3 per cent since 2014. August 4, 5 and 6.The fourth meeting will be total of 120-250 bps during the current Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed tolerance of 6 per cent and a lower tolerance Setting an inflation target below the trend from October 6 to October 8, the fifth from financial year. Senior citizens will be hit by RBI governor and entrusted the panel of 2 per cent. The 400 basis points within may impart a deflationary bias to monetary December 6-8 and the sixth. really hard: the interest rate on the savings scheme specially designed from them will go down by 90 basis points to 6.5 per cent. RBI extends In April last year, the rate had been slashed by 120 basis points from the 8.6 per cent Centre to borrow Rs 7.24 lakh they earned till March 31, 2020. At the auto debit shorter end of the maturity spectrum, the State Bank of India pays more on 1-year and rule deadline 2-year deposits at 5 per cent and 5.1 per crore in the first half of 2021-22 cent, respectively -- an unthinkable It also issued a stern warning proposition until now. The announcement came on a day data showed India’s fiscal deficit at the end of February to be 76 per cent of the revised estimate that any further delay in SBI raises additional $1 ensuring complete adherence to Diesel, Petrol prices Mumbai. The Centre on Wednesday said interest rates. “In our view, the the framework beyond the billion loan from Japan it would borrow Rs 7.24 lakh crore benchmark 10 year G-sec yield may timeline will attract stringent The Enforcement Directorate hiked after 2-day (trillion) in the first half of 2021-22 harden to as much as 6.35 per cent by supervisory action which is 60 per cent of the total gross the end of the first quarter of 2021- (ED) has attached assets Bank for International borrowing of Rs 12.05 lakh crore for the 22.’’ The yields of the benchmark 10- pause– Check fuel fiscal, in line with its previous strategy to year security on Wednesday closed at worth Rs 4.87 crore Cooperation mop up the bulk of its requirements in 6.16 per cent. According to its prices in metro cities on the first half of the fiscal (frontloading). borrowing calendar, the government belonging to Kalpesh Daftary, Mumbai. The country’s largest lender, the The announcement came on a day data will raise money through securities director of Sunkkalp Creation December 2, 2020 State Bank of India (SBI), on Wednesday showed India’s fiscal deficit at the end of ranging from 2 years to 40 years with said it has raised an additional $1 billion February to be 76 per cent of the revised fixed interest rates along with floating Private Limited, and others (around Rs 7,350 crore) loan from Japan estimate, an indication that it is likely to rate bonds. In April alone, the Centre Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) remain within the projections made by will raise Rs 1.16 lakh crore. who have been accused of to help Covid-hit Japanese auto finance minister Current account deficit selling agriculture and village manufacturers in India. In October last year, last month. Sitharaman had revised Data from the RBI showed the balance the SBI had signed an agreement to raise a upwards the fiscal deficit projection for on the current account recorded a industry schemes to loan of $1 billion. Therefore, the latest 2020-21 to Rs 18.48 lakh crore or 9.5 per deficit of $1.7 billion or 0.2 per cent of borrowing takes the total amount of loans cent of the gross domestic product the gross domestic product (GDP) in Mumbai . The Reserve Bank of India Reliance. (GDP) from the original budget estimate of Rs principal economist, Icra said. “Accordingly, (RBI) on Wednesday extended the raised from JBIC to $2 billion. the third quarter of 2020-21 after a surplus of deadline by six months to The SBI said in a statement that the loan is in 7.96 lakh crore or 3.5 per cent of GDP. The even though the government of India has chosen $15.1 billion or 2.4 per cent of GDP in previous to frontload its borrowing programme, with 60 September 30 for various the form of re-finance against the funding Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday set quarter and $19 billion (3.7 per cent of GDP) in the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limit at per cent of the amount to be raised in the first stakeholders to comply with its support provided to the manufacturers, the first quarter. directive on recurring payments Rs 1.2 lakh crore for the central government for half, this works out to a 5.5 per cent decline Amnesty plan ends Govt plans to lease out Delhi's The Ashok suppliers and dealers of Japanese relative to its market borrowings in the first half made in online transactions. automobiles in India whose business the first half of the financial year beginning The deadline for filing declaration under the April 1. WMAs are temporary advances given of 2020-21,’’ she said. She said a large supply of However, it issued a stern warning activities were affected by Covid-19. The dated government securities and state direct tax dispute resolution scheme Vivad se that any further delay in ensuring hotel as part of privatisation policy by the RBI to the government to tide over any Vishwas ended on Wednesday. The tax bank added that the loan is intended to mismatch in receipts and payments. With the development loans are expected in the coming complete adherence to the promote smooth flow of funds for the whole department had last month extended the last framework beyond the extended New Delhi .T h e M o d i property, the inter-ministerial fiscal deficit lower than the revised target, the months which will jack up yields in the absence government plans to lease out group has allowed commercial range of business operations of Japanese of sizeable and frequent open market operations date for filing a declaration and making timeline will attract stringent government is set to start 2021-22 with a payment till March 31 and April 30, iconic hotel The Ashok in opportunities to flourish in the automobile manufacturers in India. comfortable cash balance, Aditi Nayar, along with the possible firming of global supervisory action. The rules were respectively. first proposed in August 2019 and Lutyens Delhi as part its land, provided they follow the JBIC is a policy-based financial institution, privatisation policy. The hotel required security measures. wholly owned by the Japanese government. the deadline was to expire on March 31, 2021. It covered recurring in the heart of the capital was Doors shut “At a time people are preferring personal mode the pet project of India’s first of transport, this collaboration between the payments made by credit or debit Apart from putting the hotel on cards, wallets or unified payments PM Jawaharlal Nehru and built lease, ITDC has shut down SBI and JBIC will help the bank in extending Gold Price : Gold Prices still down in time for the country to host interface (UPI) in third party many of its hotels in various loan facility to the entire supply chain of merchant websites such as utility the UNESCO meet in 1956. states because of losses Japanese automobile industry, including bill payments, mobile bills, Sources said a core group of incurred in the last few years. suppliers, dealers and ultimately the end Rs 11,300 from record highs insurance premiums and even secretaries have finalised a plan Some of those properties users,” SBI chairman Dinesh Khara said. subscription of OTT platforms. to offer the property on lease for include Hotel Janpath in Delhi, New Delhi: Gold futures for June delivery on imports have a bearing on the country's Debit from a person’s bank account 60 years along with developing Hotel Jammu Ashok in Jammu Govt rolls back interest MCX have reached close to Rs 45,000 per 10 current account deficit (CAD). The decline such as EMIs on home or auto loans a 22-acre adjacent land to set up and Hotel Kalinga Ashok in gram level. Although trading is taking place in gold imports has helped in narrowing was not counted. It was framed to a market complex and service Bhubaneswar. Several attempts rate cuts in postal, in a very limited range today, gold futures the country's trade deficit to USD 84.62 improve the security of such apartments. However, Ashok's have been made in the past to have become expensive by Rs 550 per 10 billion during the 11-month of the current recurring payments. However, twin, Hotel Samrat, will sell the hotel run by the ITDC savings schemes grams in last two days. Silver futures for May fiscal, as against USD 151.37 billion a year various players have been unable to continue to be run by India but the plans had to be delivery on MCX closed with a big gain of ago.India is the largest importer of gold, meet the March 31 deadline. Tourism Development Corp. abandoned due to a string of New Delhi . The government withdrew steep (ITDC) because of its proximity cuts in small savings rates early on around Rs 700 per kg, although today it has which mainly caters to the demand of the Therefore, many credit and debit factors including labour issues, seen a slight decline. jewellery industry. In volume terms, the card customers received text to the Prime Minister’s dues and past contracts that the Thursday, with Union finance minister residence, a sensitive location Nirmala Sitharaman declaring that the June futures of gold on MCX are trading at the country imports 800-900 tonnes of gold messages asking them to make iconic hotel had signed. same level as yesterday. On intraday day, annually.Gold bounced back on Thursday direct payments to the merchants that demands high security. The orders that would impact schemes ranging NITI Aayog had suggested from the National Savings Certificates or gold futures reached the level of Rs 44,990. from a three-week low hit in the previous for continuous services. Some of Yesterday, gold was seen trading in the range session, as the U.S. dollar and Treasury the players approached the RBI leasing out the hotel to private NSC and Public Provident Fund or PPF, seeking an extension. “It is, business players. The were issued on Wednesday by “oversight”. of Rs 800 rupees and is at current level of Rs yields eased, while President Joe Biden`s percent and is Rs 44900 per 10 gram, thus $2 trillion-plus jobs plan further supported the however, noted that the framework divestment department “Interest rates of small savings schemes of the 44960 today. This week, gold has weakened by slipping by about Rs 11300 from its record high about Rs 250 so far. Last year, due to the Corona metal`s appeal as a hedge against inflation. has not been fully implemented predicted the government could government of India shall continue to be at level. Gold imports fell during April-February even after the extended timeline. get Rs 7,500 crore from the the rates which existed in the last quarter of crisis, people had invested heavily in gold. In Spot gold rose 0.4% to $1,713.55 per ounce by 2020-21 Gold imports, fell 3.3 per cent to USD 0540 GMT, after touching its lowest since This non-compliance is noted with monetisation of its hotel assets. 2020-2021, ie, rates that prevailed as of August 2020, the price of 10 grams of gold on 26.11 billion during April-February 2020-21, MCX reached the highest level of Rs 56191. March 8 at $1,677.61 on Wednesday. U.S. gold serious concern and will be dealt In its plan to lease out the hotel March 2021. Orders issued by oversight according to the commerce ministry data. with separately,” the RBI said in a shall be withdrawn,” Finance Minister Last year, gold gave a return of 43%. Compared futures were down 0.2% to $1,712.30 per Imports of the yellow metal stood at USD 27 ounce, a Reuters report said. statement. Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted on Thursday to the highest level, gold has broken up by 25 billion in April-February 2019-20. Gold morning, reported PTI. The rollback came on a day the second phase of voting was on for assembly elections in Bengal and Assam. On Wednesday night, the government dropped the bombshell that Exporters anxious about RoDTEP rate of reimbursement interest rates on postal deposits and schemes had been slashed by 40 to 110 basis points. The interest rate on the popular public provident fund (PPF) scheme was cut from The scheme was announced with effect from January 1, 2021 as it extended the 7.1 per cent to 6.4 per cent, a 46-year low. The PPF interest rate would have tumbled below 7 per cent for the first time since existing foreign trade policy for six more months till September 30 1974. The sharpest cut was announced in the one-year time deposit where the rate went New Delhi . The government on Wednesday pressed for it,” Ajay Sahai, the director- and tourism. The ECLGS 3.0 would down by a whopping 110 basis points to 4.4 extended the foreign trade policy by six general of the Federation of Indian Export involve extending credit of up to 40 per per cent. A hundred basis points make one months till September but did not Organisations, said. cent of the total credit outstanding across percentage point. The interest rate on the announce the rates on a duty relief scheme Prop for food processing all lending institutions as on February 29, postal savings deposit was slashed to 3.5 per for exporters that was announced in In a move to boost the food processing sector 2020 against 20 per cent earlier, the cent. The rate had been steady at 4 per cent since December 2011. The move to pare January. Exporters were disappointed that to meet the global demand, the finance ministry said in a statement. The rates came on top of last year’s sharper rate the government did not notify the rate of government on Wednesday approved a tenor of loans granted under ECLGS 3.0 reduction of 70 to 140 basis points and reimbursement for the new scheme — production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme would be six years, including a would have left small savers with no real Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export for the sector involving an outlay of Rs moratorium period of two years. place to preserve a nest egg as retail inflation Products (RoDTEP) . 10,900 crore. “The PLI for the food $1 billion to every chip maker stubbornly stays above 5 per cent. The rate “The FTP extension in the current fluid processing sector with Rs 10,900 crore- India is offering more than $1 billion in cash cuts were supposedly in line with the fall in situation is quite understandable as the incentive has been approved. The decision to each semiconductor company that sets the yield on the 10-year government deferment may provide a better is a fitting tribute to our farmers,” food up manufacturing units in the country as it security to which they are linked. Curiously understanding of the aftermath of the minister said . seeks to build on its smartphone assembly however, the yield on the 10-year gilt ruled at 6.17 per cent on Wednesday. Last year, pandemic and instruments to deal with it. ECLGS extended till June 30 industry and strengthen its electronics when the small saving rates were cut, the However, the pending claims of The government has extended the Rs 3-lakh- supply chain, two sources have told yield on the 10-year bond was 6.14 per cent. MEIS/SEIS should be released crore emergency credit line guarantee Reuters. “We’re assuring them that the The Shyamala Gopinath committee had immediately in the new financial year scheme (ECLGS) by another three months government will be a buyer and there will suggested that the interest rates on the along with RoDTEP rates so as to ease till June 30 and also widened its scope to also be mandates in the private market (for various small savings schemes. liquidity to exporters who are most hard new sectors, including hospitality, travel, companies to buy locally made chips.

2.pmd 6 4/1/2021, 10:10 PM Orissa Today Friday 02 April 2021 SPORTSSPORTS 7 IPL 2021: ‘Chinna Thala’ Suresh Raina watches on as Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni bats in the nets Mumbai. We are just over a week away from the start of IPL 2021 HIGHLIGHTS and Chennai Super Kings seem in ‘battle mode’ as their players have / started to go through the practise Suresh Raina also took to drills after completing their mandatory quarantine. the nets with the bat and In a video shared by the franchise on Thursday morning, ‘Thala’ MS could be seen having a few Dhoni and ‘Chinna Thala’ Suresh Raina took to the nets to get into hits the groove ahead of the season opener. Both the players could be Conway joins Green, ruled out of ongoing / seen having a go at the ball in the Raina and the rest of the nets. They could also be seen going through the fielding drills team-mates could also be along with other team-mates. At tour game against India due to concussion one instance, skipper MS Dhoni is Sydney.Australian cricket's injury woes against India. seen going through the batting in the nets as Suresh Raina continued on Saturday with medium pacer Australia Test hopeful Cameron Green and head coach Stephen Fleming Harry Conway ruled out of the ongoing suffered a concussion while bowling after a fielding drills watch on. At the start of the video, pink ball warm-up match against India rasping straight drive from Jasprit Bumrah MS Dhoni can also be seen after suffering a delayed concussion struck him on the head during the warm-up shaping the edge of his bat like a here.Mark Steketee was named as game on Friday. / craftsman. The CSK players are Dhoni could also be seen Conway's concussion replacement for the While Green was subbed immediately, currently training in Mumbai, final two days of the game.Number 11 where they play their first five Conway showed signs of concussion later having a discussion with batsman Conway, who was peppered with in the day. matches of IPL-14, beginning with a barrage of bouncers by the four-pronged a game against Delhi Capitals on Conway did not report concussion symptoms head coach Stephen Fleming Indian pace attack, was hit on head late in when assessed by medical staff on the field April 10. The Dhoni-led side was the evening of the opening day's play at the the first franchise to commence at the time of impact. However, when Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. checked again at the conclusion of and batting coach Michael practice this season as some of He thus joins Cameron Green and Will their players got together in Australia A's innings, he reported Pucovski as Australian cricketers suffering symptoms, following which he was Hussey Chennai on March 8. CSK will concussion during the ongoing contests hope to have a better season this year after failing to It was a disastrous season for the three-time champions Singh pulling out of IPL 2020 due to personal reasons replaced. qualify for the play-offs for the first-time ever last year. with star players like Suresh Raina and Harbhajan just weeks before the start of the tournament. Jason Roy joins Sunrisers IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings bowler Josh Hazlewood The spaceship has Hyderabad as replacement pulls out- Would like to rest after 10 months in bio-bubbles landed: AB de for Mitchell Marsh Villiers joins RCB ? New Delhi. MS Dhoni-led cricketer from Australia New Delhi. Spain cruised past Kosovo 3-1 on It has been a long 10 Chennai Super Kings were after Josh Philippe Wednesday in a World Cup qualifier that months in bubbles dealt a blow on Thursday (RCB) and Mitchell bubble in Chennai attracted more attention off the field because when Australia fast bowler, Marsh (SRH) to have of Spain’s non-recognition of the visiting and quarantine, so I Josh Hazlewood, who pulled of IPL 2021 so country. The game in Seville was played in decided to have a rest played for the franchise in far. ahead of IPL 2021 accordance to UEFA etiquette, with Kosovo’s from cricket: IPL 2020, pulled out citing Multiple bio-bubbles for national anthem played before the match. But bio-bubble fatigue. Josh Hazlewood on television, Spain’s national broadcaster Hazlewood Hazlewood cited the busy disregarded normal protocol by not The fast bowler, along ?Hazlewood has been schedule ahead for the with most his other mentioning Kosovo as a country and using Australian cricket team and lowercase letters for “kos” in its graphics. team-mates for part of different bio- said that he has been part of Australia, have been part Spain does not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 bubbles since July bio-bubbles for the plast 10 of different bio-bubbles independence from Serbia. Ahead of the months and would like to since July last year when game, the Spanish federation had already last year when take some time off from the the team went to upset Kosovo officials by referring to the Australia played game and spend time with the be a long tour, with Bangladesh England to play their first tour country as a “territory.” The Kosovo family. (T20 tour) potentially thrown since the Covid-19 pandemic. Australia vs India: Head coach Justin Langer confirmed the hosts are hopeful of having David Warner back federation warned it wouldn’t play the match England on the end of that. "Then "It's been a long 10 months in potentially the T20 World Cup From there he had travelled for the 3rd Test but the injured opener is still having issues with his strained groin. unless Spain pledged to respect the Balkan ?Hazlewood is the bubbles and quarantine at directly to the UAE to be part country’s sovereignty. But commentators on different times, so I decided to leading into the Ashes, so it's a of IPL 2020 for Chennai Super TV referred to the opponents as the “team 3rd player from big 12 months, as it always is have a rest from cricket and with Australia, and I want to Kings. He returned to Australia from the Kosovo federation,” and used Australia after Josh spend some time at home and after the tournament and phrases like “players from the federation of in Australia in the next two give myself the best chance to immediately had to undergo 2 Kosovo.”It used “ESP” in uppercase letters Philippe and Mitchell months," Hazlewood told be mentally and physically weeks in hotel isolation in for the hosts’ on-screen graphic in Spanish — Marsh to have pulled cricket.com.au ready for that. That's the Adelaide before moving into as it had for both countries in previous decision I've made, and it sits the men's international bubble qualifying games — but kept lowercase “kos” "We've got a big winter ahead pretty well with me,” he added. of IPL 2021 too. The West Indies is going to which also contained Team at all times for the visitors. The TVE public Hazlewood is the third India. Chennai. Royal Challengers Bangalore on network did not immediately answer a request Thursday came up with an apt tweet on social for comment on why is used lowercase letters media as their star player AB de Villiers joined the for Kosovo in its graphic. Spanish media said Rajasthan Royals star Ben Stokes hits back at troll who team's bio-bubble in Chennai ahead of the 14th that the signal sent internationally did show edition of the Indian Premier League. Former “KOS” in uppercases. There was also a lot of South Africa captain de Villiers will join the rest of talk about a player who was on the field for the squad in quarantine for 7 days in their team only a few minutes, as Spain captain Sergio accuses him of giving preference to IPL over England hotel before starting preparations for IPL 2021. Ramos again was left out of the starting lineup Referring to him as an alien, RCB's twitter handle and came off the bench only near the end. It ? The troll also added New Delhi. Rajasthan [England's] recent tour of described de Villiers's arrival as that of an was still enough to give him 180 international Royals all-rounder Ben India - even though 100 extraterrestrial being. "BREAKING THE appearances, putting him four behind the that when it will be Stokes hit back at a troll who per cent of the crowd were INTERNET : The spaceship has landed! AB de record held by former Egypt captain Ahmed time for Stokes to accused the bowler of against us! Being back in Villiers has joined the RCB bubble in Chennai," Hassan for the most caps in men’s soccer. ‘chasing the pound’ and t h e t h i c k o f t h a t RCB tweeted. AB de Villiers, or Mr. 360 as he is Dani Olmo opened the scoring for Spain in the play for England, he therefore going off to play in atmosphere was popularly called in the cricketing fraternity, is the 34th minute and Ferran Torres added to the will be ‘too tired to the upcoming IPL 2021. amazing!" When pointed second-most senior member in the RCB squad lead in the 36th before Kosovo pulled one The troll also went on to add out that there were as after skipper Virat Kohli, who will be joining their back through Besar Halimi’s long-range shot bowl’ that when it will be time for many as 14 England bio-bubble later on Thursday. in the 70th after Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón ? When have I ever Stokes to play for England, cricketers in the fray in IPL De Villiers, 37, has been with RCB since 2011 after lost possession while trying to play the ball far he will be ‘too tired to 2021, Stokes said that it shifting base from Delhi Capitals where he played outside his area. been too tired to bowl bowl’. played in the UAE without any was great for the individual for 3 seasons. Meanwhile, RCB coach Simon in an England shirt Stokes responded to the post on spectators."It's great for the players and also for England as Katich and fast bowler Navdeep Saini finished Germany midfielder Toni Kroos social media by saying ‘When competition that it's come back a team. “Yes - the percentage of their 7-day mandatory quarantine and hit the pal: Ben Stokes have I ever been too tired to to its roots (India) after taking English players in the IPL has ground running immediately on Day 2 of their criticises World Cup in Qatar responds to troll bowl in a England shirt pal???’ place in Dubai last year, which probably grown in the last five training camp. "Simon Katich came out of The incident took place after was an achievement in itself. or so years. Not only is that quarantine, as did Navdeep Saini and Co. The New Delhi. Germany midfielder Toni Kroos said ? Ben Stokes is Sky Sports Cricket had shared a Fingers crossed that fans will be great for the individual but it is team underwent another centre wicket scenario it was “wrong” that Qatar was awarded next currently training video where the England all- allowed back in at some point also great for the players practice session," RCB said in a video tweet. year’s World Cup and added that it could be rounder could be heard saying during this IPL because they are involved in the England set-up; Royal Challengers Bangalore, who finished fourth appropriate to highlight human rights issues with the Rajasthan that he was excited that the IPL a huge part of this game and it gives them experience in the last season, will play the opening match of IPL during the tournament. Kroos’ comments go Royals squad in was returning to India and was why we play. "It was an most high-profile competition 2021 against defending champions Mumbai beyond the criticism from several national looking forward to the amazing feeling to have fans in the world but not only that - Indians at the MA Chidambaram stadium in teams, including Germany and Norway, which Mumbai tournament. IPL 2020 was back in the grounds on our you are under constant. Chennai on April 9. tried to draw attention to human rights issues ahead of recent World Cup qualifying matches.“For this tournament to be awarded there, I consider that wrong,” Kroos said on a West Indies vs Sri Lanka: Alzarri Joseph and Jason podcast released Tuesday that he hosts with his brother. Kroos flagged up the working conditions for Holder dominate on rain-curtailed Day 3 of 2nd Test migrant workers, saying they were often “working without breaks, sometimes in 50- degree (Celsius) heat” without enough Dimuth Karunaratne-led Sri Lanka are still 104 runs behind the West Indies first innings score of 354, but will hope that Pathum Nissanka can guide them closer to the score.Dimuth Karunaratne-led drinking water. He also noted anti-gay laws in the country and Qatar being “not a soccer Sri Lanka are still 104 runs behind the West Indies first innings score of 354, but will hope that Pathum Nissanka can guide them closer to the score. country.” Kroos, who was on the German team which won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, said a Antigua. In a rain-curtailed Day 3 of Gabriel (1/33) drew an edge from HIGHLIGHTS boycott campaign was unlikely to have much the second Test in Antigua, Sri Chandimal with a shorter delivery. effect but drawing attention to human rights Lanka were 250/8 when play was The ball flew to the right of Both India and Pakistan had issues during the tournament could help. “You halted with the tourists still 104 runs Rahkeem Cornwall at slip, who have to ask the question: What would a boycott behind. could not hold onto the diving effort. had a good campaign so far of a tournament like this bring? Is it really the The lone positive for Sri Lanka at the But Gabriel did not have to wait too case that something would drastically improve close of play was Pathum Nissanka's much longer for his first wicket of and expectations were high there? Would the working conditions change? I presence at the crease, with the the match as the short ball ploy believe not,” Kroos said. “Rather, I believe that rookie unbeaten on 49. Starting the worked a trick against Chandimal. from the semi-final clash it is important to draw extreme attention to day at 136/3 in reply to the West Dropped on 34, he pulled the fast these problems once again, perhaps also maybe Indies’ total of 354, Sri Lanka’s bowler straight into the hands of Tickets had been sold out in advance of or during a tournament like this, main aim was reaching stumps with deep square leg to fall for 44. so that maybe something can be improved a first-innings lead established. That Fourteen overs later the West Indies before the semi-finalists for because of that.” Kroos, who plays for Real looked a distinct possibility with stuck again as part-time off-spinner Madrid, is not currently with the German team Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya Jermaine Blackwood (1/16) struck the 2011 World Cup were because of injury. Norway began a movement de Silva both well set, having with the first delivery of a new spell, of human rights demonstrations by wearing finished day two on 34 and 23 dismissing Dhananjaya lbw for 39. declared shirts reading “HUMAN RIGHTS” and respectively. However, the West To make matters worse for Sri “Respect on and off the pitch” before its game Indies knew they were not too far Lanka, ball tracking suggested the Tendulkar hit a memorable against Gibraltar last Wednesday. Germany away from Sri Lanka’s vulnerable delivery was going on to miss the leg followed up with its own human rights tail and almost struck in the very stump but the batter had opted knock of 85 runs as India messages before games, though its. first over of the day as Shannon against the review. managed to score 260 runs after batting first

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Electrical con- Gangs linked to inter-state iron sumer lodged Fir for discon- and steel smuggling busted nection of power ♦♦♦ Pellet, Iron ore and Mild Steel Ingots smuggled in a planned way. ♦♦ Kshirodra Bag ♦♦♦ The Market price of 64.380 Tons MS Ingots is around 30 Lakhs. Sambalpur, April 1: With Barbil, April 01(TNB): formation was given in Jamshedpur PS. All three has also been seized from the beginning of hot sum- Barbil police busted an in- Barbil police station. Dur- accused were arrested Khokhar Industries's mer electric connection terstate gang of the smug- ing the investigation by from Hotel Samrat in stockyard at Chaibasa. A has been cut off making gler of iron ore, iron pel- Barbil Police, the trucks Dhanbad. Arvind Singh month ago one more truck life difficult for the con- lets and steel ingots in the were kept for three days accepted that the JH09AR/3381 of Suraj sumers. The electric con- Kendujhar district of at Khokar Industries smuggled Mild Steel In- Yadav loaded with Iron nection of a 71-year-old Hon'ble Governor Prof.Ganeshi Lal unveiled statue of Mahatma Gandhi in school premises of Krishnamurty World Barbil. On March 15, the Stockyard in Chaibasa. gots were sold to Gandhi Pellets was also seized. All consumer Nilamani Kara School in Jaripada,Cuttack steel ingots were loaded in Prime accused and master- Steel at Giridih. The ve- the seized trucks are reg- has been cut off despite two 14 wheelers trucks mind Pankaj Tiwari of hicle owner Suraj Yadav istered in the name of regular bill payment. His JH09AL8525 and Barbil made two videos of sent both the trucks to a Chunni Devi, the mother son Prasanna Kara has JH09AF0242 for Magadh theft materials loaded in garage at Barhi in of Suraj Yadav and used PPT records 114.55 MMT registered a complaint be- Industries at Patna trucks at Chaibasa stock- Hazaribagh district to in smuggling of different fore the departmental SDO through Radhakrishna yard and shared these with change the colors after iron and steel materials fre- Cargo handling for fourth time and JE questioning why Transport from Jagannath traders. The transporter unloading the smuggled quently. Pankaj Tiwari and they should pay a fine of Steel Plant, Barbil. When somehow able to get these materials. Investigation truck owner Suraj Yadav Manoj Das. Paradeep. again repeated the feat by ter of Ports, Shipping & Rs. 13,781 for the fault of the transport owner video clips and Pankaj's revealed that by changing are found to be the main 01.04.2021. With a record crossing the 100 MMT mark Waterways, the Ministry, the department. He asked Loknath Sahu called the involvement was re- the original registration accused in all these cases. cargo handling of 114.55 in succession, said Shri Vinit the user Industries, Steve- why they should pay the driver Anil Kumar because vealed. A team led by Sub- number plate of trucks According to Barbil PS IIC MMT cargo in FY 20-21, Kumar, Chairman, PPT ad- dores, Steamer Agents, fine and why the electric the truck did not reach the Inspector Mahendra Sahu JH09AR/1693 and Sushant Das, the investi- Paradip Port Trust achieved dressing a Press Meet held Trade Unions to have their connection has been cut Patna plant on time, the of Barbil PS arrested the JH09AQ/8177, this gang gation is going on in this the coveted 100 Million at Officer’s Club this after- continued faith on the abil- off in this hot summer. But driver said that the truck accused truck owner Suraj has done the same kind of case. There will be more Metric Tonnes (MMT) of noon at Paradip. For the ity of the Port to serve them. the electric department He congratulated the em- gets breakdown and Yadav (20), mediator smuggling in the past. arrests in this case. Gandhi cargo handling fourth con- above feat, Shri Vinit Kumar, paid no heed to Mr. Kara ployees and officers of the switched off the phone. Arvind Tiwari (52) under During the investigation of Steel, the suspect buyer's secutive year in row. De- Chairman, PPT congratu- and has replied that elec- Port for their continued The behaviors of the Dugda PS of Bokaro dis- this case, another truck documents of MS Ingots spite cyclone Amphan and lated Shri Mansukh tric connection will be commitment to serve the driver increased suspicion trict and another mediator JH09AR/3381 of Suraj to be verified and further COVID-19 crisis, it once Mandavia , Hon’ble Minis- done only after payment trade. of Loknath Sahu and in- Arvind Singh (35) of Yadav loaded with iron ore action will be taken. of the arrear bill. The vic- tim consumer has also lodged an F.I.R. in Burla SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN Sangeet Tarang celebrates Women’s Day with a Special Musical Session police station against the PURI & GUNUPUR Bhubaneswar,April ka Vishwas Kamzor Ho officers of the electric de- 01(TNB): ‘Sangeet Na” by the artists of partment. “The consumer Tarang’, a leading Socio- ‘Sangeet Tarang’. This Nilamani Kara stays in his Cultural Organisation of was followed by an en- house at Mahatab Nagar Steel City celebrated the chanting presentation of along with his two small International Women’s a number of mellifluous grandchildren and other Day with a special musi- songs. The artists of members. The family is cal session dedicated to all ‘Sangeet Tarang’ in- suffering a lot because of the women. The melliflu- cluded Basavaduatta, electric disconnection. ous music concert was Pinky, Leena, Jhunu, The SDO Ranjan Panda organised on 28th March, Sonali, Itee, Snigdhanjali, was asked about this inci- 2021. Lion Vinod Mohunt, Pushpanjali, Tapan, dent. He said meter read- Puri,April 01(TNB): It has been decided to run a Spe- IPDG, 322C2, Lions Club & Santosh, Pradeep, Satya, ing was not done when cial Express Train between Puri and Gunupur w.e.f. 22nd Chairman, Sangeet Tarang Himanshu, Satyanjay, new meter was installed. April from Puri and w.e.f. 23rd April, 2021 from Gunupur was the Chief Guest on the Aswini, Pradeep, Swagat The arrear bill was made till further advice. 08417 Puri-Gunupur Special from Puri occasion. Mrs. Shraddha and many other talented after the meter reading of will leave at 0930hrs w.e.f. 22nd April, 2021 and will reach Sarangi, Mrs. Babita nial lamp to mark the be- retary and Mr. Sasank ence to the COVID guide- singers. Dr. Jayant the old meter was done. Gunupur at 2050hrs. In the return direction, 08418 Mohanty, Mrs, Minati ginning of the programme. Pattnaik, Vice President of lines. Acharya and Mr. Baljit He also confirmed that the Gunupur-Puri Special from Gunupur will leave at 0600hrs Debata and Lion Mamta Mr. Tapan Nayak, Presi- the Trust were also The programme began Singh presented melliflu- victim consumer is a regu- w.e.f. 23rd April, 2021 and will arrive at Puri at 1545hrs. Gautam were felicitated on dent, Sangeet Tarang, present on the occasion. with the soulful chorus ous hindi instrumental lar bill payer. There is a lot Puri-Gunupur-Puri Special Train has Six Second Class Re- the occasion. The digni- Socio-Cultural Trust, Mr. The programme was rendition of “Itni Shakti songs on flute and Saxo- of anger among people served Seating Coach and Two Guard cum Luggage Van taries lighted the ceremo- Santosh Das, General Sec- organised in strict adher- Hame Dena Daata, Man phone respectively. over such ill-treatment of in it’s composition having stoppages at Sakhigopal, the electric department. Birpurusottampur, Delang, Kanas Road, Motari, Khurda Odisha tribal boy gets SAIL Mines to SAMBALPUR DIVISION HAS Road, Tapang, Nirajkapur, Bhusandpur, Kalupadaghat, Kuhuri, Gangadharpur, Balugaon, Chilka, Khalikot, support to continue his IIT semesters TRANSPORTED 25 RAKES OF Rambha, Humma, Ganjam, Chhatrapur, Jagannathpur, Barbil,April 01(TNB): Iron Mines, SAIL. With joy FREIGHT ON 31ST MARCH 2021 Timely financial support Brahmapur, Golanthara, Surla Road, Ichhapuram, Sompeta, in his eyes, Singa expressed Sambalpur,01/04: Sambalpur division has created a mile- from SAIL’s Barsua Iron Mandasa Road, Palasa, Pundi, Naupada, Tekkali, gratitude to SAIL. SAIL stone in freight loading by transporting 25 Rakes i.e 1165 Mines in Odisha has Pathapatnam, Parlakhemundi, Kashinagar & Banasadhara has a plan to extend the sup- wagons of freight on 31st March 2021. 0.088 million Tonnes backed Sushil Munda to between Puri and Gunupur from both the directions. port to Sushil for the remain- of freight loaded from different loading points of the divi- seamlessly continue his ing semesters too. Besides sion which is nearly 68% more in comparison to last year’s study in IIT Guwahati. A ICAR-CIFA celebrates academics, Sushil is also a loading i.e on 31st March 2020. The revenue added for a Chemical Engineering stu- district-level Hockey player single day is Rs 8.78 Crores. 34th Annual Day dent of IIT Guwahati, in Odisha. SAIL always In the current financial year i.e from 1st April 2020 to 31st Sushil was in need to pay Bhubaneswar,April 01 stands by deserving stu- March 2021, the division has loaded 12.507 Million tonnes his semester fees to the (TNB): The ICAR-Central dents. In the remote tribal of freight, which is 14.08% more in comparison to last college. Coming from an Sundargarh. His skimpy fees. As it came to notice, Institute of Freshwater populated mines area SAIL, financial year’s loading i.e from 1st April 2019 to 31st underprivileged tribal fam- monthly income of Rs. SAIL Management took all Aquaculture, a premier re- Raw Materials Division March 2020. ily of Sundargarh district 6000 is too little to run his initiative to extend finan- search Institute on fresh- runs Suwan Chhatrawas This has been achieved despite of lockdown and less in Odisha, Sushil sought 12-member family. Despite cial assistance to Sushil to water aquaculture in the project to adopt deserv- workforce in industries and in mineral units under financial traction which all odds, Sushil completed pay the semester fees of country under the aegis of ing school students of Sambalpur jurisdiction. Shri Pradeep Kumar, Divisional has been provided by the his study in local schools Rs. 32000. the Indian Council of Agri- local villages and provide Railway Manager, Sambalpur, congratulated his team of SAIL’s Barsua Iron Mines and got admission at IIT The amount has been cultural Research (ICAR), all supports for their officers and staff for their remarkable performance and located in Sundargarh. Guwahati for 2018-22. handed over to his father New Delhi celebrated its CIFA welcomed all the schooling and other de- hard work. He said the division will continue its efforts to Sushil’s father is a driver However, he was unable to Singa Munda by the Chief 34th Annual Day with full guest, retired employees velopment with free food achieve new milestones in the coming days also. zeal and enthusiasm at its of the Institute and other at local private mines in pay the least semester General Manager, Barsua and hostel facilities. Kausalyaganga campus dignitaries. Dr. Swain (From P-1) on the outskirts of highlighted the institute's SUMUM RANKED NO. 1 MULTI SPECIALTY HOSPITAL Bhubaneswar today. role in developing farm The petitioner claimed ShriTageTaki, Hon'ble worthy technologies and that the situation is alarm- (EMERGING CATEGORY) IN EASTERN INDIA Minister (Fisheries, Agri- hand holding the state line ing as many individuals Bhubaneswar, April SUMUM's Chief Executive culture, Horticulture, Ani- departments in promoting and organisations are car- 01(TNB): SUM Ultimate Officer, Dr. Swetapadma mal Husbandry, Veterinary scientific aquaculture. He rying mass conversions Medicare (SUMUM), the Dash and Chief of Medical and Dairy Department, briefed about the several of SC-STs in rural areas. one-stop, next generation, Services, Brig. (Dr.) Biraj Arunachal Pradesh and flagship schemes of Gov- "The mass religious con- multi-superspecialty, qua- Mohan Mishra were Shri P. K. Bisoi, Secretary, ernment of India viz., Year- version of socially and ternary care hospital which present to receive the award Department of Posts and long Constitution day cel- economically underprivi- came up in the Odisha capi- from Bollywood actor Chairperson, Postal Ser- ebration, Mera Gaon tal a year ago, has emerged Suniel Shetty. Union minis- vices Board, New Delhi re- MeraGaurav; Bharat leged people, particularly as the number one hospital ter for Petroleum and Natu- leased twelve philatelic pic- kaamrutmohatsav; Swachh the Scheduled Castes and in the emerging category in ral Gas and Steel, Mr. ture post cards along with Bharat Abhiyan, Tribal Sub Scheduled Tribes com- eastern India in the Times Dharmendra Pradhan and special cachet cancellation Plan, Scheduled Caste Sub munity is on a steep rise Health Icon award ceremony Odisha's minister for Health to mark this occasion. Pic- Plan, NEH, etc., that are be- for the last two decades", held here on Sunday. and Family Welfare, Mr. ture post cards with bilin- ing operated successfully the plea contended. The departments of Car- Naba Kishore Das also gual description of impor- by the institute. He also un- These organizations op- diology, Neurology, Neph- graced the occasion. tant freshwater fish species derscored technology as- erate very smoothly tar- rology, Oncology, Gastro- SUMUM, an initiative of will go a long way in creat- sessment and refinement enterology, Obstetrics and Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, re- ing awareness among the activities of the Krishi geting the socially and Gynecology, Urology, cently has achieved the 5th farmers. Besides the can- Vigyan Kendra, Khordha economically underprivi- Emergency and Trauma edition National Accredita- cellation mark has im- under the administrative leged sections particu- Care and Pediatrics at tion Board for Hospital and mense value for the enthu- control of the institute that larly belonging to the SC- SUMUM were chosen as Health Care Providers while the 5th edition is yet eted five different honours country's first hospital to siasts. Earlier Dr. S. K. have benefitted over 1,500 ST community, the peti- the top departments in the (NABH) certificate within to complete one year. The within the first year of its get the NABH certificate in Swain, Director, ICAR- farmers and farm women. tioner stated. emerging category. 365 days of its inception, hospital, which has pock- existence, also became the its 5th edition.

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