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IRREGULAR by MANJUL TMC, BJP SPAR OVER ‘DRAMA’ TO GARNER ATTENTION 4 nabbed across Odisha for setting alight forest areas

POST NEWS NETWORK Bengal boils after Dhenkanal, March 11: Three persons have been arrested for their involvement in setting re- serve forest areas on fire at Ranjagada in Dhenkanal district, the officials of the Forest depart- ment said Thursday. Among the We are from Income Tax department. RAINS RESTRICT three, Hrudananda is from We’ve learnt that you refilled a Mandiapada village under gas cylinder and a car tank... Mamata ‘assault’ Kankadahada police station in SIMILIPAL FIRES AGENCIES this district while the other two be- long to Rekuti under Telkoi po- Kolkata, March 11: West Bengal Chief lice limits in Keonjhar district. SHORT TAKES Minister Mamata Banerjee urged her After being tipped off, a special supporters Thursday to maintain peace team led by Kamakhyanagar Range and not do anything that would cause Officer (East) Satya Narayan Sahoo 2 ultras shot dead problems to the public. Stating this in conducted raids at different places in J&K encounter a video message, the Trinamool Congress in this district to nab the accused. (TMC) supremo said that she will again Sharp weapons, kerosene and Srinagar: Two militants were hit the campaign trail in a few days some explosive material were killed in an overnight even if ‘she has to do it in a wheelchair’. seized from the accused. encounter with security forces “I would appeal to my party cadres, In another development, Forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s supporters and common people to main- department personnel in Anantnag district, police said tain peace. It is true I was badly hurt last Mayurbhanj district arrested a POST NEWS NETWORK expected in the next couple Thursday. The militants (Wednesday) night and felt severe pain poacher while he was setting an of days, the chances of fire opened fire on security forces in the chest and head. The doctors are area of the forest on fire under Bhubaneswar, March 11: spreading in the park has when they were conducting a looking after me,” she said. “I appeal to Podadiha range in the district. He With the use of additional been drastically reduced. search and cordon operation everyone to maintain peace. I hope to be was lighting dry leaves when he manpower coupled with “Though the fire situa- Wednesday night in Kandipora back on the field in a few days, even if was nabbed. An axe, a gun and moderate rainfall, the tion is under control, the in the district’s Bijbehara area, I require a wheelchair,” Banerjee added. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with a plaster on her left leg recuperating about seven kilograms of porcu- Odisha government has administration is on full a police official informed. The Banerjee’s appeal to her supporters at a hospital in Kolkata, Thursday PTI PHOTO pine meat were seized from his been able to minimise the alert to combat any recur- slain militants have been came amid widespread protests by possession. fire incidents at the Similipal rence of fire given that the identified as Adil Ahmad Bhat Trinamool Congress workers across the It should be stated here that National Park (SNP). As per major part of summer is and Zahid Ahmad Rather. n Six MPs of the TMC to meet EC They were affiliated with state. Meanwhile doctors attending to her GET WELL SOON, two days back, Sambalpur DFO Forest Survey of India’s still left,” Tripathy said. at a state-run hospital here said Thursday officials in New Delhi, Friday over Sanjit Kumar had blamed farmers (FSI) satellite-based report, Meanwhile, two out of proscribed outfit JeM. The attack on Mamata Banerjee operation started Wednesday evening that her condition is stable, but SAYS ODISHA CM for forest fires. He had said that peo- only five fire points were the three-member central night, but was suspended due she is having severe pain in her injured n BJP wants CBI probe to find out the BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister ple with farmlands close to the reported Thursday in team is already in Odisha to to darkness. It resumed left leg. She will be kept under strict ob- real cause behind the alleged Naveen Patnaik expressed concerns forest were setting those on fire to Similipal against 24/26 probe the Similipal fires. Thursday morning and the two servation for the time being, they said. assault Thursday over the health condition of collect mahua flowers and kendu points reported Wednesday, Amit Mallick, IGF, National ultras were eliminated, police “The chief minister has severe bone Mamata Banerjee who is undergoing treat- leaves. However, in the process said Sandeep Tripathy, the Tiger Conservation n TMC postpones release of election informed. injuries in her left ankle and foot, besides ment at a hospital in Kolkata following an these fires were spreading to head of state task force. Authority (NTCA) arrived manifesto injuries in right shoulder, forearm and alleged attack on her. “Concerned to know nearby jungles causing huge dam- Tripathy claimed that the Thursday while Subrat neck. She is stable now but is having se- while the saffron party has demanded about the hospitalisation of West Bengal age to flora and fauna. Kumar had forest fire situation in Mahapatra was already here. Egypt factory fire vere pain in the injured leg,” a senior doc- a CBI probe into the entire incident. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Wishing also annouced an award of `5,000 Odisha is totally under con- They both visited Similipal. tor at the state-run SSKM Hospital said. Claiming that the attack was a ‘deep- her speedy recovery and praying for good for persons who would provide trol. However, the FSI re- The massive scaling up kills 20 persons Banerjee suffered injuries when she rooted conspiracy to take the life of TMC health,” Patnaik said on Twitter. information about those respon- port contradicted his state- of manpower and infra- was paying obeisance at a temple in supremo’, the party leaders said anti- sible for setting forests on fire. He ment. It said that fire points structure in terms of en- Cairo: A fire at a garment Nandigram after filing her nomination. social elements have been mobilised Even though two senior BJP leaders had said that those found guilty will have increased in the state gagement of more fire watch- factory near Cairo killed at She alleged that she was manhandled and from the neighbouring states by the BJP –Tathagata Roy and Shamik Bhattacharya be prosecuted. in past 24 hours to 1,048 in ers, doubling of leaf blowers, least 20 people and injured 24 pushed by 4-5 persons Wednesday. in Nandigram to unleash violence. They – paid a courtesy visit to the hospital to en- With summer just beginning, comparison to the 597 re- massive community en- Thursday, officials said. It is the The TMC has blamed both the BJP and alleged that the ‘Election Commission quire about the chief minister’s health, forest fires have become a headache ported Wednesday. Tripathy gagement and 24-hour effort latest such incident in Egypt where safety standards and the Election Commission (EC) for the al- did nothing despite there being reports the party’s West Bengal president Dilip for the state government. Efforts also said that due to the of the field staff has helped fire regulations are poorly leged ‘assault’ on the chief minister of a possible attack on Banerjee’. Ghosh demanded a CBI probe. MORE P8 are being made to contain the fires. rainfall, and with more rains in containing the infernos. enforced. The cause of the blaze, which ripped through the four-story plant in Obour, POLL-BOUND STATES an outlying district of the greater area around the Opposition ready to No Modi pictures Egyptian capital, was not RAY OF HOPE immediately known, according to a statement released by the in vax certificates government. The toll is corner government expected to go up as 10 of the AGENCIES injured are in very critical POST NEWS NETWORK “The Similipal forest fire, irregu- condition. Factory fires are larities in paddy procurement at New Delhi, March 11: Pictures quite common in Egypt, due to Bhubaneswar, March 11: The mandis, deterioration of law and of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the lax enforcement of second phase of Odisha Assembly order situation in the state, safety will no longer be seen in the industrial and other safety Budget session will start Friday of women, children going missing COVID-19 vaccination certificates measures. In the past also and continue till April 9. During this will be raised in the house,” said in the poll-bound states of West people have died in infernos. session, the state government is Bishnu Sethi, Deputy Leader of Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and planning to pass the controversial the BJP legislature party. Assam and the Union Territory of Odisha Agricultural Produce and The ruling BJD however, said it Pondicherry. This decision was WEATHER Livestock Marketing (Promotion is prepared to debate any issue taken Thursday by the Union and Facilitation) Bill 2020. raised by the Opposition. “The Health Ministry after a new di- BHUB CTK The opposition, BJP and government is ready to debate on rection was issued by the Election MAX 35.8° 35.4° Congress have decided to corner the any topic, which is in the interest Commission (EC). The Trinamool Odisha government. They will of the state. The government wants Congress had pointed out to the EC

TEMP MIN 24.0° 23.0° Forecast raise several issues including to find solutions to various prob- that using Modi’s picture on the Humidity 85% 80% Similipal forest fire, irregularities lems through discussions on the vax certificate was a violation of Mainly in paddy procurement, law and floor,” said chief whip Pramila A priest raises the ‘Mahadeepa’ atop Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar on the occasion of Mahashivratri, the Model Code of Conduct. Rainfall Nil Nil clear sky order situation and few others. Mallick. Thursday as other servitors lend a helping hand OP PHOTO The EC, February 26, announced the poll dates – March 27 to April 29 – for the four states and Pondicherry. Top global institute calls India an ‘electoral autocracy’ The results will be declared May 2. NEW RANKING SUGGESTS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CENSORSHIP THE COUNTRY IS WORSE THAN BANGLADESH AND NEPAL

AGENCIES THE MODI-LED In the India chapter, the report to Pakistan. “India, in this aspect GOVERNMENT IN talked about the gradual decline of (censorship), is now as autocratic New Delhi, March 11: A Swedish INDIA HAS USED democracy. “India’s autocratisa- as Pakistan, and worse than both The TMC had last week written research organisation has said that LAWS ON tion process has largely followed its neighbours Bangladesh and to the EC and accused Modi of India is an ‘electoral autocracy’ SEDITION, DEFAMATION AND the typical pattern for countries in Nepal. In general, the Modi-led stealing credit from doctors, nurses, thereby downgrading the country COUNTER-TERRORISM TO the ‘Third Wave’ over the past 10 government in India has used laws and healthcare workers. It also as the ‘largest democracy’ in the SILENCE CRITICS years: a gradual deterioration on sedition, defamation, and alleged that the poll code was being world. The V-Dem Institute had ear- where freedom of the media, aca- counter-terrorism to silence crit- violated with the photos. lier ranked India as the ‘largest V-DEM REPORT demia, and civil society were cur- ics,” the report said. The EC March 6 had asked the gov- democracy’ in 2019. tailed first and to the greatest ex- The report talked about the re- ernment to drop the prime minister’s The new ranking points out that major change is that the world’s tent,” the report said. strictions imposed by the Modi photo from the certificates in these India, when it comes to imple- largest democracy has turned into On the V-Dem Institute’s scale, government on civil society, the states. In a letter dated March10 and menting censorship, is as autocratic an electoral autocracy: India with India recorded a 23 percentage- weakening of secularism under received Thursday by the EC, Union as Pakistan and is worse than its 1.37 billion people’. point drop from 2013 to 2020-end, its watch with particular refer- Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan neighbours Bangladesh and Nepal. Autocratisation, the report said, ‘making it one of the most dra- ence to the Citizenship Amendment wrote that the directions will be y The development comes a week typically follows a similar pattern matic shifts in democracy among Act. It said that the present Indian complied with. “Thereafter, neces-

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FORTUNE FORECAST Indian actors Kiara wants to be ‘Won’t wash dirty with BAFTA ARIES good in every film linen in public’

You already feel deeply MUMBAI: Kiara Advani has the right achieve flawlessness when it comes to MUMBAI: Actor Adhyayan learn from my past connected to the uni- nods before verse. But today, you lines when she opens up about her future her craft. Suman has been in the news for mistakes and may want to particularly thank God for plans. She wants to be ‘that actor who is “I don’t want to be defined by success his break-up with actress Maera not say any- all His small mercies. You cherish your good in every film”, does not want to be or failure. I want to be that actor who is Mishra. He has posted a state- thing to anyone loved ones even more today, says Adarsh Gourav defined by her hits and misses in Hindi good in every film. That is what I am hop- ment saying he wouldn’t want at this stage,” Ganesha, and you may spend lavishly on film industry. ing to achieve,” she said. to comment on the matter as Adhyayan said people dear to you. NEW DELHI: Actor Adarsh Gourav has been She made her debut with the Kiara’s last release he has been taught not in a statement. nominated for British Academy Awards (BAFTA) 2016 dud Fugly, but has since then Indoo Ki Jawaani to ‘wash dirty linen In a recent in- TAURUS this year, in the Lead Actor category for his made a mark with some good per- dropped on OTT in public’. terview, Maera role in the The White Tiger. The list was an- formances in films such as M.S. amid lockdown, “Hello, all I confirmed Today, passionate and possessive are the two nounced Wednesday. Before Adarsh, there were Dhoni: The Untold Story, Lust but she has a would like to say that the two words that will define a few Indian actors who made the cut at the pres- Stories, Kabir Singh and Good busy year at this stage is have bro- your relationship with the people you love, tigious awards. Newwz. ahead, with that I have ken up predicts Ganesha. You may choose to take Here is a list of other Indian actors, who have In her seven-year-journey, her films great re- and she pains for the sake of others, which seems previously been nominated at the awards: Kiara has also faced failures such as spect for even to be highly fulfilling. Your good spirit will with Laxmii and Shershaah, all spoke sky-rocket by evening. Make sure to change your disadvantage into your Rohini Hattangadi Machine. Bhool women, about advantage, says Ganesha. Veteran Hattangadi is the only Indian The actress Bhulaiyaa 2 right how actor to win a hopes to and Jug Jugg from BAFTA. She won Jeeyo lined up. my GEMINI in the category of IANS mother to Putting things in order Best Supporting sister to close will be your top priority, Actress for her role friends and even says Ganesha. You will in the 1982 film more so for the ones that I have things changed between them possibly have a romantic dinner with your sweetheart. Seductive conversa- Gandhi. She played shared fond memo- when they started living to- tions may culminate in sensuous con- the role of ries with. My up- gether. summation. Your personal feelings will Kasturba Gandhi. bringing does According to reports, stir up your partner's private thoughts. The National Award-winning ac- not allow me the couple broke up in tress has made a notable contri- to wash dirty November after a CANCER bution for over four decades in the linen in public two-year courtship. Indian film industry with films in and I want to IANS It is high time you paid Hindi, Marathi, and Telugu films. attention to your family. You have been so lost in Anupam Kher work and in making money that you Kher was nom- have almost forgotten the very people you have been slogging for. Your spouse inated for in the cate- has been trying hard to improve the gory of Best relationship. Ganesha feels it is time you Supporting Actor for respond to your partner's needs. his work in the 2018 British romantic LEO drama film The Boy With The Topknot. A mixed bag of fortunes, a bittersweet pill, call it Anupam played actor Sacha Dhawan’s on- what you will, but today screen father. brings with it a lot of things packed within its 24-hour period. Dev Patel Ganesha foresees a hectic morning, and English actor Patel, an even more frantic afternoon. So, whose parents are respite will be a luxury for you today. If Every actor is plagued this was the bitter end of the pill, then Gujarati Hindus from its sweet results will be like a balm on India, was nominated your frayed nerves, says Ganesha. twice at the BAFTAs. While he made it to with self-doubt:Janhvi only the nominations VIRGO for the 2009 film MUMBAI: Janhvi Kapoor says is a part of every Give people a word of Slumdog Millionaire in the category of Best Actor every actor is plagued with self- actor’s journey. I think encouragement and in Leading Role, Dev won for his role in the doubt, which helps them to do every actor is plagued motivate them to achieve bigger things, 2017 film Lion. The actor won in the Best better. with self-doubt but at least advises Ganesha. Don the thinker's cap Supporting Role category. Daughter of late superstar it pushes me to do better,” and you may find yourself in contempla- Sridevi, Janhvi made her debut Janhvi said. tion. Criticism will hurt you, but be as Suraj Sharma in 2018 with Dhadak. The film The actress currently unflappable as you can and proceed to Suraj was nominated at fared below expectaion. She awaits the release of the hor- your target, says Ganesha. the BAFTAs in the category has since then been appreci- ror comedy Roohi. She says she of Rising Star. The actor’s ated for her roles in the OTT- doesn’t think about taking up LIBRA nomination happened for his released films Ghost Stories scripts in accordance to genres. It is your friends who role in Ang Lee’s film Life Of and Gunjan Saxena: The “There are directors I really prove to be lucky and Pi in 2013. Suraj was the only Kargil Girl. The element of want to work with. I don’t even beneficial for you today, male nominee on the shortlist, se- self-doubt, it seems, has know if I think in accor- especially if they hap- lected by a judging panel in- worked well in trans- dance to genre. I want to do pen to be walking the corridors of cluding actor Benedict Cumberbatch and direc- forming her for the stories. I want to tell sto- power, says Ganesha. Do not hesitate to start that new joint venture today. See tor Kevin Macdonald. IANS better. ries,” says Janhvi. your popularity grow by leaps and “Self doubt IANS bounds as you get due recognition for your abilities and efforts.

SCORPIO SUDOKU It is high time you divert- PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, ed all your energies CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers towards your object of 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. love, advises Ganesha. Research-oriented work could well be an option too. Ganesha says you are likely to find someone special to talk about those good old times and have a great time.

SAGITTARIUS If you are facing a legal suit, be careful. You may lose it and land up in prison. Your past will haunt you today. Be careful, sober and keep a low profile. Tell your partner all secrets you are hiding. Maybe he will be able to help you, says Ganesha. CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN After running about hel- ter-skelter for getting your work done, you will sit back and spend the day planning the course of future action. Sudden and unexpected profits are on SOLUTIONS the cards, but you will need to be mindful of how best you utilise it. You can expect a few good opportunities to knock at the door, but open the door before they turn to look for shelter elsewhere.

AQUARIUS Some days, you crave to know everything. Today is one such day. You will also prove a worthy opponent. You may BREVITY upset your adversaries' plans, much to CROSSWORD your own advantage. You have it in you to be a scholar. You will also prove the strength of your character, especially when the going gets tough.

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Govt aid can help reduce cost AAKASH CLEARED PATH FOR of treatment in private STUDENTS DURING COVID

hospitals: Ashwini Hospital The COVID-19 pandemic was a difficult time for students as all schools, colleges and coaching centres were closed. Despite several challenges, Aakash Institute The importance of healthcare delivery did not receive larger attention as they continued to provide quality education through online classes and guided all have in the recent months courtesy the pandemic. aspiring students. During an interaction with Orissa POST, Although both government and private hospitals founder of Zindagi Foundation and Director of Aakash Institute, worked overtime to face the challenges, the latter’s Ajay Bahadur Singh, spoke about the challenges and the institute’s contribution in terms of delivering critical initiatives to meet them. Excerpts: healthcare was more in notice. Ashwini Hospital, a top of the drawer private hospital in the state, n What were the facilities Aakash father’s number was unreach- n What is your opinion on national has received lots of accolades because Institute provided during the able. The could not afford to students of Odisha? level. Now, stu- of its reliable healthcare services. pandemic? recharge the phone. By the grace dents are getting opportunities of god, he didn’t lose hope and n Well, I noticed that students to study in reputed educational Subrat Kumar Jena, Chairman-Founder of n The pandemic has completely worked harder and achieved from Odisha are well-mannered. institutes, even abroad. Ashwini Hospital, shares with Orissa POST the changed our education system. success. As compared to other states, I per- Digital teaching evolved and sonally found that students of n The competition is getting 15-year journey of the hospital. Excerpts of an interview. teachers prepared themselves n Which is the best medium of Odisha are more hardworking, tougher, what is your advice accordingly. At Aakash, we of- education, online or offline? disciplined and cultured. Earlier for aspiring students? fered maximum educational fa- most of the students of the state n How challenging was the fers a discount or offer. Three Lungs Institute in Bhubaneswar. cilities during the pandemic. n See, it is impossible to replace thought of clearing entrance n No goal is tough if you keep journey of Ashwini Hospital? prime hospitals of Ashwini Respiratory disease is third life We started online classes from offline learning. Classroom examination only at Odisha working on it with proper guid- Hospital have implemented ESI, threatening problem in our April 2, 2020 when everything learning always helps students level. But now we are encour- ance and focus. As competition n We just celebrated 15 years of CGHS and BSKY under which country. So, this institute is was under lockdown. We were to focus and concentrate. In of- aging them to compete at na- is getting tough, we continue to our hospital. The journey was the poor and the middle class get dedicated to observe and treat probably the first institute in fline classes, teachers can make tional level. Now we give them upgrade our study material and challenging and satisfactory at free treatment. all kinds of respiratory dis- Odisha to completely go digital eye contact with students and can more exposure to do well in na- course curriculum to keep stu- the same time for us. We had eases. All experienced doctors during the lockdown. We pro- judge how much they are grasp- tional level competitions like dents ready for challenges. Also, commenced with 50 beds and n Any support from the state are available to offer health vided all students e-books ing. Facial expression of stu- JIMPER, AIIMS and JEE. In our teachers make sure that stu- three departments but now it government? services. through links. We also intro- dents helps teachers modify fact, we have produced All India dents focus on learning and has reached 350 beds. We have duced i-tutor programme under their way to deliver lecture. first rank holder in mastering the subject rather set up medical headquarters, n Without help and support of n The pandemic taught us a which lectures for one year were Online classes and classroom JIMPER, 4th and than worrying too much Ashwini Trauma Centre and the state government, no or- lesson. How can we be provided online. education will co-exist. But I 6th rank in AIIMS about the competition. Aditya Ashwini Hospital, ganizations can grow. We offer prepared to face such can say that students now need from Odisha. At Aakash Institute, we Ashwini Nursing School and free treatment for cleft lip sur- challenges in future? n What are the major demerits more online facilities along with Also, three of always focus on mak- College under Ashwini Hospital gery, free treatment for acci- of online teaching? offline classes. our students ing the concept clear to group. We offer health check-ups, dent victims for 48 hours, Covid n Cleanliness, social distance, have secured top students so that they primary treatment and also related treatments are being hand wash, wearing mask are n It’s really tough for underpriv- n Motivation is necessary. How 100 in JEE completely understand tertiary treatment under this offered in our hospital. If gov- several precautions that can ileged students to keep pace did Aakash Institute motivate Mains. Aakash the topic and are read- group. ernment supports costly treat- help us to avoid critical dis- with online classes. First of all, students? Institute has cre- ing to answer any ment and emergency cases, we eases. We learnt it from this many of them can’t afford a ated a platform twisted questions. If stu- n What are the healthcare would deliver more services. pandemic. We health service smartphone. Since most of them n Yes, students need to be moti- for students so that dents understand the topic facilities available here? providers and are from rural areas, it became vated to perform well. Aakash they can receive well, they can face any n What were the initiatives of govern- difficult if they didn’t have Institute did a wonderful job to proper education and tough competition. n Ashwini Hospital is well-known Ashwini Hospital during the ments proper network facilities in motivate students. Our students guidance to com- as a multi specialty hospital. pandemic have to their areas. Let me give you an interacted with most distin- pete in Every kind of treatments is take ini- example of Roshan Paik, a stu- guished personalities like noted available here. We have now n There are two dedicated Covid tiatives dent of Zindagi Foundation. He authors of Concept of Physics neurology department, a de- hospitals working for the peo- to face is a son of daily labourer from professor HC Verma, founder partment for cardiology, trauma ple under the state government. such a remote area of Sambalpur. of Super 30 Anand Kumar, care, pulmonary and critical We have handled 4,500 compli- chal- During lockdown, when he re- Google Boy Kautilya Pandit and care services. We recently re- cated Covid patients. WHO and lenges. turned home, he couldn’t at- also experts from other coun- ceived the Covid Hospital Centre UNESCO have appreciated our tend online classes. We tried to tries. We did everything possi- of Excellence award for being work during the pandemic. We provide him a smart phone but ble during the lockdown to keep active in Covid patient treat- have executed our capability we couldn’t reach him as his our students motivated. ment. to deliver our health services in emergency. n Treatment cost is getting higher in private hospital. What is your n The plans of Ashwini opinion? Hospital

n It is natural that treatment cost n Oppn blames govt for Mahanadi fiasco Considering is high in private hospitals com- the increas- pared to government hospitals. ing number We were expecting an interim order from the tribunal to stay the construction work at barrages of The hospital authorities are of cases of Chhattisgarh, but the matter is yet to be heard, says BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra investing more in providing respiratory better treatment facility. Health problems, we POST NEWS NETWORK should have put forth before the services in private hospital can have estab- PROLONGED DISPUTE tribunal. Is there any lacunae from be affordable if government of- lished Ashwini Bhubaneswar, March 11: With the state government side?” the completion of three years to he Centre had constituted the The Centre had constituted the constitution of Mahanadi Water TMahanadi tribunal March 12, 2018 Mahanadi tribunal March 12, 2018. Dispute Tribunal, opposition BJP hough the three-year tenure of the Though the three-year tenure of and Congress Thursday slammed Ttribunal has ended, it has statutory the tribunal has ended, it has statu- the government over the water dis- tenure for another two years tory tenure for another two years. Shivratri observed amid curbs pute issue alleging that the gov- In between, hearings have been ernment has failed to protect the n between, hearings have been conducted for 19 times. But, no in- conducted for 19 times but no AGENCIES ple in Sambalpur, Panchalingaswar to restrict the congregation of a rights of the state. I terim order has been passed. temple in Balasore and Gupteswar large number of people. BJP leader Jaya Narayan Mishra interim order has been passed Notably, Odisha and Chhattisgarh Bhubaneswar, March 11: temple in Koraput have attracted a The state government has also said, “Mahanadi is flowing in my have filed petitions in the Mahanadi Mahashivratri, the annual festival large number of devotees to offer directed Collectors and municipal native area and Hirakud dam is and is only using it as a political BJD, Debi Prasad Mishra, said, Water Dispute Tribunal with re- of Lord Shiva is being observed in prayer to Lord Shiva. commissioners to take stringent ac- also there. As per regular practice, issue. The tenure of the tribunal “The tribunal is hearing the issue spect to sharing of Mahanadi river various Shiva temples across Odisha The state government has asked tion against persons violating the the state government officials record should be extended to resolve the as per the process. Though we have water. Odisha in its petition claimed Thursday amid Covid restriction im- all the district Collectors and mu- Covid-19 guidelines under the pro- the water flow into the dam through water sharing dispute with expected an interim order from the that Chhattisgarh has constructed posed by the state government. nicipal commissioners to strictly fol- visions of the Disaster Management Mahanadi river. How the state gov- Chhattisgarh, he added. tribunal to stay the construction several barrages on the river ob- Important Shiva shrine such as low the covid guidelines while al- Act, 2005 and other relevant laws. ernment has failed to observe the Senior Congress leader Santosh work at barrages of Chhattisgarh, structing the water flow to Odisha. Loknath temple in Puri, Lingaraj lowing the devotees to offer prayer In Puri, hundreds of devotees decrease in the water flow on the Singh Saluja said, “The state gov- it is yet to be heard.” Odisha has sought a stay on the temple in Bhubaneswar, Dhabaleswr and lit diaya inside the temple congregated near Loknath temple river following construction of bar- ernment has totally failed to put Reacting to allegation levelled construction and operation of bar- temple in Cuttack, Akhandalamani premises. Section 144 CrPc has and are keeping diyas burn through- rages by Chhattisgarh?” forth the rights of Odisha in the by the opposition, the BJD leader rages being built on Mahanadi river temple in Bhadrak, Gorakhnath been promulgated in Baba out the night. At the midnight The state government, Mishra Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal said they should not politicise the and also for maintaining specific temple in Jagatsinghpur, Kapilas Akhandalamani shrine in Bhadrak Mahadeepa would be lifted atop said, has failed to protect the rights and resolve the issue.” issue. “Let them say what more in- flow of water during the non-mon- temple in Dhenkanal, Huma tem- and Dhabaleswar temple in Cuttack the temple. of the state due to lack of interest However, senior vice-president of formation or document the state soon months, November to May. Most patients discover glaucoma late: Experts POLITICKLE by MANJUL

POST NEWS NETWORK is to detect it earlier. Neglect can WORLD GLAUCOMA DAY TODAY damage the eye completely living Bhubaneswar, March 11: Many evere throbbing eye little hope for treatment in advanced in India often ignore the early signs Spain, red eyes, blurry stages,” said Dr Pooja Sah, another of glaucoma, an irreversible eye vision common symptoms ophthalmologist. disease which ultimately leads to She also added, “To check the blindness, said ophthalmologists, aused due to more disease, those above 40 years of age Thursday, on the eve of World Cpressure in eye due should get their eyes checked in to defective natural Glaucoma Day. every six months. People above 40 eye liquid The experts claim that the coun- years whose spectacle powers are reatment at early age helps in reducing try is on its way to become a hotbed an cause permanent frequently changing are also sus- Tdamage to eye of glaucoma patients in the future. Cdamage/blindness if ceptible to the disease. In the early Glaucoma is an eye disorder where ye checkup in every 6 months for people not treated at an stage, the person starts losing sight the fluid between the outer portion Eabove 40 yrs recommended early stage from the corner of the eye which pro- of the eye and lens gets affected gresses towards the centre. As it leading to simultaneous damage communicable ocular disease in glaucoma is more complex and dan- starts with mild symptoms, people to the optic nerve connecting the eye the country, which already houses gerous as the sight loss caused by tend to ignore it.”

to the brain due to increased pres- 20 per cent of the world’s blind pop- it is progressive and, unlike cataract, Those above 40 years, and who

k y m c sure on eye. ulation,” said Dr Purnima Biswal, is irreversible.” have a family history of glaucoma, “Increasing population of senior an ophthalmologist from the city. Experts claim that regular check- and diabetes, and people with re- citizens, diabetics and people with She also said, “Next to cataract, ups and awareness on the initial fractive errors and those who take refractive errors, the known po- and untreated refractive errors, symptoms of the disease can help steroid medications, eye drops, pills, tential risk factors, are set to make glaucoma is the third leading cause in fighting the disease better. inhalers, and skin creams are con- glaucoma a rapidly emerging non- of blindness in India. However, “The best treatment of the disease sidered at risk populations. P4 FRIDAY | MARCH 12 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR downtown Thunderstorm likely

in 7 districts today 5,633 GPs in Odisha have broadband connectivity Raikia school tragedy:

k y m POST NEWS NETWORK c POST NEWS NETWORK NHRC moved for aid Bhubaneswar, March 11: The State tops in DMF fund collection India Meteorological Department New Delhi, March 11: As many as POST NEWS NETWORK (IMD) Thursday said thunder- 5,633 gram panchayats (GPs) in the PNN/AGENCIES Odisha has collected the storm with lightning is very likely state have been provided with broad- Bhubaneswar, March 11: Two to occur at a few places of band connectivity under BharatNet Bhubaneswar, March 11: A writ- highest amount of state-based activists Thursday Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Angul, project, Minister of state for ten reply by Union Coal and Mines Rs 11,984 crore through moved National Human Rights Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore Communications Sajay Dhotre said Minister Pralhad Joshi in the Lower Commission (NHRC) seeking com- and Bhadrak districts, Friday. in the Lok Sabha Thursday. House of the Parliament Wednesday DMF and spent `5,364 pensation for the relatives of the Some places of Bargarh, In response to a query raised by BharatNet project is revealed that Odisha has emerged crore by January 2021 eight-year-old girl who was crushed Sambalpur, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Ramesh being implemented to as the leading state in India in to death as an iron gate and cement Jajpur, Koraput and Nabarangpur Chandra Majhi regarding the steps terms of collection of District wall of an abandoned primary would receive light to moderate taken by the Centre to provide high- provide broadband Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds. has collected `6,533.04 crore and school caved in at Belkati village rainfall Friday, the IMD said. speed internet connectivity in GPs, connectivity to all the Odisha scaled the highest posi- Chhattisgarh `6329.78 crore. under Raikia block of Kandhamal Similarly, one or two places of the Union minister informed the tion in this regard, since the in- Chhattisgarh has topped in terms district March 10. Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, House that the BharatNet project is GPs (around 2,50,000) ception of the DMF in 2015. The of expenditure with 69.04 per cent The activists, Himansu Sekhar Rubble at the spot Jharsuguda, Balasore, Bhadrak, being implemented in a phased in the country state has collected the highest (Rs 4,370 crore) followed by Tamil Nayak and Pradipta Kumar Nayak, Jajpur, Gajapati and Ganjam districts manner to provide broadband con- amount of `11,984 crore Nadu 54 per cent (Rs 413.29 crore). have also sought compensation for partment to take immediate steps would witness light to moderate nectivity to all the GPs (approx through DMF and Odisha has utilised 44.76 per cent the two girls who have sustained se- to repair the poor infrastructure of rain or thundershower, Saturday. 2,50,000) in the country, including ice ready, including 19 spent `5,364 crore of the DMF funds against national vere injuries due to the mishap. all the schools throughout the state Meanwhile, dry weather con- Odisha. GPs on satellite by January 2021, average of 45.1 per cent. The activists urged the com- and submit a detailed report to the tinued to prevail in many parts of “The Phase-I of the project has media,” the min- the written Notably, seven districts of Odisha mission to direct Kandhamal dis- rights body. the state. Boudh recorded state’s been implemented in Odisha ister said. reply of Joshi namely Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, trict administration to enquire According to sources, the three stu- highest temperature of 39 degrees through Power Grid Corporation of Dhotre also stated. Keonjhar, Koraput, Rayagada, Jajpur into the incident and order strin- dents including the deceased were while it was 38.5 degrees at India Limited (PGCIL), and as on said that as part On the and Angul have contributed 90 per gent action against the persons playing at the playground of the Sundargarh and 38.4 degrees at February 26, a total of 3,952 GPs of this project, other hand, cent of the state’s total DMF col- whose negligence led to the death abandoned school when the wall Titlagarh. Angul and Talcher have (including block headquarters) the last-mile con- Jharkhand lection. of an innocent girl, Risika Pradhan, and the iron gate collapsed on them. recorded a maximum day tem- have been made service ready. Phase- nectivity, through and critically injuring two others. Local residents rescued and perature of 38.1 degrees each. It was II of the BharatNet project in Odisha Wi-Fi or any other Nayak demanded `30 lakh for rushed them to a nearby govern- 38 degrees at each of Sonepur and is being implemented mainly by suitable broadband ODISHA IN Services India assigned the work of provisioning the family members of deceased ment hospital where doctors pro- Bhawanipatna. Capital city the state government under state- technology, is to Limited (a of 1 Wi-Fi Access Point in the GP minor and `5 lakh each to the crit- nounced Risika dead and admin- Bhubaneswar and neighbouring led model and they are responsible be provided at all Special Purpose and 5 Fibre to the Home (FTTH) ically injured children. istered treatment to two others. Cuttack city registered day tem- for providing last mile connectiv- the GPs in the Vehicle under connections to government insti- Nayak also urged the commission A pall of gloom descended on peratures of 35.8 and 35.4 degrees ity also. As on February 26, a total country. Ministry of Electronics & tutions at each GP under Phase-I,” to direct the Principal Secretary of the village following the death of the Celsius respectively. of 1,681 GPs have been made serv- “In Odisha, CSC e-Governance Information Technology) has been Dhotre added. School and Mass Education de- minor girl. STATE LOGS 63 NEW COVID CASES Ex-BSNL employee loses

PNN/AGENCIES Balasore. The state's coronavirus death 2.5L senior citizens vaccinated ` Bhubaneswar, March 11: State’s toll remained at 1,917 as no fresh fa- 29 lakh to fraudster Covid-19 caseload surged to 3,37,992 tality has been reported. BHUBANESWAR: The Health de- by Thursday. In the second round, after 63 more people tested posi- Apart from the 1,917 coronavirus partment Thursday said that it was 84 per cent of the health workers POST NEWS NETWORK tive for infection, a Health deaths, 53 other Covid-19 able to vaccinate 2,53,410 senior cit- were also inoculated, the depart- and Family Welfare patients have also died izens till now against Covid-19. ment said. Similarly, the government Bhubaneswar, March 11: A fraud- SWINDLERS DUPE CITY (H&FW) department of- in the state due to co- On the other hand, a total of was able to vaccinate 77,7 per cent ster duped a former senior general ficial said Thursday. morbidities, he said. 12,269 persons above the age of 45 of the frontline workers in the manager of Bharat Sanchar Nigam The new cases were de- The state currently has years but living with co-morbidi- maiden phase and achieved 98.5 Limited (BSNL) of `29 lakh on the FIRM OF `6 LAKH tected in 14 of the state's 700 active Covid-19 cases ties were able to get the shots till per cent coverage of frontline work- promise providing him a flat in the 30 districts, with 38 cases while 3,35,322 patients now. The government also claimed ers in the second round. Capital city. The victim, Judhisthir BHUBANESWAR: Unknown weighing around 27 tonne at `122 reported from quarantine centres have so far recovered from the that the coverage of vaccination for Nevertheless, Thursday the de- Ganta, has lodged a complaint with fraudsters have reportedly duped per kg February 22. They also de- and the remaining 25 were local highly infectious disease. the health workers in the first partment vaccinated a total of 3,271 Nayapalli police in this regard. a city-based company of around posited around `6 lakh in the ac- contact cases. The state has so far conducted round also reached 91 per cent till person in total. The department According to the complaint, ac- `6 lakh on the pretext of supply- count of the sham company the Mayurbhanj district reported over 85.58 lakh samples tests for Thursday. A total of 3,34,929 health vaccinated a total of 2,282 senior cit- cused Pradeep Kumar Jena, who ing raw materials. The commer- next day. The supplier company the highest of 14 new cases fol- the virus while Odisha's positivity workers were registered for the izens Thursday. No adverse reaction hails from Rourkela, has been re- cial manager of the company, had promised to send the con- lowed by Cuttack (11) and seven rate stands at 3.95 per cent, the data vaccination in the maiden phase and was reported from any of the ben- siding in Unit VIII area under Lingaraj Pipes Private Limited signment to the manufacturing cases each in Sundargarh and released by H&FW department said. out of that 3,04,388 got vaccinated eficiaries, the department said. Nayapalli police limits. A few years (LPPL), has lodged a complaint unit of the victim firm within back, Jena had promised Ganta to with Sahid Nagar police in this seven days. arrange a flat for him in the apart- regard. However, it neither sent the Critical surgery at ment he was staying at Unit VIII. According to the complaint, raw material consignment nor FESTIVE MOOD Subsequently, the victim paid `16 one Keshav Sharma, who identi- received the phone call from LPPL Apollo Cancer Centre lakh to Jena as advance for the flat. fied himself as the representa- after receipt of the payment. However, the accused later in- tive of Polytrade Impex located at The LPPL authorities were BHUBANESWAR: Apollo Cancer Center, formed Ganta that the said flat had Noida in Uttar Pradesh, contacted shell-shocked when their repre- Bhubaneswar has added another feath- some litigations and he would sell the authorities of LPPL. The agent sentative failed to locate the of- er to its cap by performing another flat owned by him to the vic- told the victim firm’s authorities fice of Polytrade Impex in Noida. Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal tim. He demanded `10 lakh more as that Polytrade Impex was engaged The company after some enquiry Chemotherapy (HIPEC) successfully, his flat was bigger than the one in supply of PVC making raw ma- came to know that it was cheated said the hospital sources. This extreme- shown to Ganta. Accordingly, Ganta terials of different grades. by some fraudsters. ly modern and challenging procedure deposited another `13 lakh in the Subsequently, the officials of Sahid Nagar police started in- was done by Dr Salil Kumar Parida, con- account of Jena. LPPL placed an order for the pur- vestigations into the matter after sultant surgical gastroenterology and Jena also promised to pay the chase of PVC resin raw material registering a case in this regard. gastrointestinal oncosurgery, Apollo amount being paid by Ganta as house Cancer Centre, Bhubaneswar for the rent in case he the accused failed to hand over the flat to the victim who Ganta has also been paying two first time in Odisha on a 52-year-old female patient. Almost four years ago, hand over his flat within the sched- has still been residing at a house times more for the accommodation the patient was diagnosed with uled date. However, Jena is yet to owned by BSNL after his retirement. for his stay post retirement. Appendiceal mucinous neoplasm with Pseudomyxoma peritoni for which she had undergone cytoreductive surgery. 15 ZOO VISITORS HURT IN BEE ATTACK BHUBANESWAR: Around 15 tourists suffered injuries in a bee attack at WASSUP TODAY Nandankanan Zoological Park here Thursday. Honey bees from a beehive on a tree near an enclosure inside the premises of the zoo started moving BHUBANESWAR out the hive and stinging the visitors all of a sudden Thursday afternoon. n Inauguration of mascot of ‘Krushi This left as many as 15 tourists injured, said sources. As per sources, a Odisha’, Biju Patnaik Ground, father-daughter duo sustained serious injuries in the attack. On being Baramunda, 3.30pm informed, some guides, security personnel and authorities of the NZP rushed to the spot and escorted the visitors to safe places. The injured were n Odisha State Safety Conclave, hotel sent to KIIMS by the zoo authorities for treatment, added the sources. New Marrion, 10.30am and Kalinga Artistes present a cultural event at Annapurna theatre in Puri on the occasion of Shivratri, Thursday OP PHOTO Safety Excellence Awards, 6pm n Meet by ‘Mahanadi Bachhao Andolan’ hotel Keshari, Master Centeen, 11am n Protest by ST & SC Women’s Cook Lassi vendors rake in moolah as mercury soars Forum, Lower PMG, 11.30am n Inauguration of state-wide POST NEWS NETWORK Many locals, meanwhile, opined we have no idea about the quality programme by Akhil Bharat STAYING that the food safety officials of the of ice, yogurt and other ingredi- Krushak Sangha, Gandhi Park, Cuttack, March 11: With the rise city should launch a drive to check ents being used by the lassi ven- 9.15am in mercury level, the demand for tra- HYDRATED the use of poor quality ingredients dors. The authorities concerned n Aseem Utsav, Rabindra Mandap, ditional drinks like lassi, sugar- by the lassi vendors. should look into the issue and take 7.15pm cane juice, tender coconut and mint- assi vendors usually churn “We have a special liking for lassi appropriate action to ensure food flavoured water is picking up in Lyogurt, cream, sugar, cashew, and other traditional drinks. But, safety,” Nikita Sahoo, a lassi lover. PURI the Silver City here. raisin, cherry and ice to prepare n a delicious drink Mahodadhi Alati, sea beach, 6.30 am Many lassi and traditional drinks Last We have a stalls have come up at Dolamundai, his year, they are charging year, special liking KONARK College Square, Buxibazar, Alisa anywhere between `50 and T lassi for lassi and n An event by Archaeology Bazar, Chandi temple Square, `75 for a glass of lassi business other traditional department, Sun Temple, 5 pm Bajrakabati Road, Chhatrabazar ven, some vendors are and other places of the city. was drinks. But, we SAKHIGOPAL Eoffering sugar-free lassi for severely have no idea Usually, vendors start selling people suffering from diabetes n Vaccination of senior citizens, lassi and other traditional drinks a affected due to Covid- about the quality of ice, Sakhigopal Community Health few days ahead of the Mahashivratri 19 pandemic and yogurt and other ingredients Centre, 9 am festival, that falls in February or flavoured water. subsequent lockdowns being used by the lassi March every year, and continue “Last year, lassi business was se- to tackle the highly- vendors. The authorities Programmes/announcements their business till Rath Yatra which cious drink. This year, they are However, school and college stu- verely affected due to Covid-19 pan- infectious virus. We are concerned should look into for wassup today may be sent to is organised in the month of June charging anywhere between `50 dents are opting for sugarcane juice demic and subsequent lockdowns expecting a good the issue and take [email protected] for or July, said a few locals. and `75 for a glass of lassi. Even, and mint-flavoured water to keep to tackle the highly-infectious virus. business this year appropriate action to ensure record, it must also carry the Lassi vendors usually churn yo- some vendors are offering sugar-free them hydrated. The vendors are We are expecting a good business SANTOSH KUMAR BEHERA I A LASSI food safety sender’s mobile number for our ` gurt, cream, sugar, cashew, raisin, lassi for people suffering from dia- charging 15 for a glass of sugarcane this year,” said Santosh Kumar VENDOR NIKITA SAHOO I A LASSI LOVER

verification, but not for publication. cherry and ice to prepare a deli- betes, they added. juice and `10 for a glass of mint- Behera, a lassi vendor.

k y m c P5 FRIDAY | MARCH 12 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR state 3-hour-long op Police freeze bank accounts

saves 8-year-old Bhitarkanika eco-system faces serious threat of 2 drug cartels in Jeypore

k y m jumbo’s life in Angul POST NEWS NETWORK c POST NEWS NETWORK Gahirmatha nesting site of Olive Ridleys POST NEWS NETWORK , salt water crocodiles and dolphins also Jeypore, March 11: Koraput town police has Kendrapara, March 11: Even as the dis- PIRANHA FARMING attract the tourists, nature lovers and re- frozen the bank accounts of two notorious drug car- Angul, March 11: A three-hour- trict administration and the forest au- searchers to Bhitarkanika. tels in a move against organised ganja smuggling long operation jointly launched thorities are yet to clear the Bhitarkanika However, the sanctuary is slowly slip- in the district Wednesday evening. by the Purunagada and Jarapada National Park of illegal prawn gheries, ping into the hands of the unscrupu- The smugglers were identified as Sudarshan Forest Range staff and a local the latest farming of Roopchand fish lous fish traders due to mushrooming of Panigrahi and Gopinath Niriki from Jalapur vil- ODRAF team bore fruits when an has posed an added threat to the eco- prawn gheries and Roopchand fish cul- lage under Jeypore block in Koraput district. eight-year-old female elephant system of the sanctuary, a report said. tivation which is from Piranha family. According to reports, the two bank accounts had was successfully rescued from an Roopchand, which is also known as Pratap Padhi, a social activist, said sev- a total balance of Rs 96.5 lakh. Panigrahi and Nikiri abandoned well unhurt Thursday. Pacu or Pomfret, is a seawater fish of eral public interest litigations have been had deposited Rs 21.8 lakh and Rs 67.68 lakh re- The villagers of Balijerenga Piranha family and is a delicacy among filed in the Orissa High Court praying spectively in their bank accounts. village in Angul district had spot- fish lovers. It is known as Roopchandi for demolition of prawn gheries inside “A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic ted the calf inside an abandoned in local parlance and is easy to eat as its the sanctuary. Recently, amicus curiae Substances (NDPS) Act had been registered against well in a farmland. body consists of a single bone. The fish Mohit Agarwal accompanying a three- both of them in 2020. After an investigation into their According to the villagers, they is found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific member committee to conduct a probe financials, their bank accounts were freezed,” woke up Thursday morning hear- oceans and have flat bodies and deeply into the deaths of Olive Ridleys noticed Jeypore SDPO Arup Abhisek said. “We have also ing the frantic trumpeting of the forked tails. mushrooming of prawn gheries and di- launched financial investigations into other narcotics calf. Following the sound, they However, its consumption has in- rected for its eviction. smuggling proceeds. Many departments are to be reached an abandoned boundary- creased as the fish maintains a low scale Ashok Kumar Samal, a Bhitarkanika National Park. Environmentalists Sunil Kumar roped in the probe,” he added. less well dug up for irrigation on fats and calories thus help our body Environmentalists have warned that Gantayat said the immigrants are re- purpose only to find the calf in- from aging by reducing any such symp- resident of Rajnagar, said while the mushrooming of prawn gheries sponsible for the destruction of the en- side the well. toms. It also helps in reducing risk of mushrooming of prawn has posed serious threat to the survival vironment in Bhitarkanika. They have “The calf had been trying its best heart problems and control blood pres- of Bhitarakanika, the sharp rise in forcibly acquired the forest land in the to come out of the well on its own sure as Roopchand is a reliable source gheries and Roopchand fish Roopchand fish cultivation will wipe Bhitarkanika and established prawn but was failing in every attempt,” of omega-3 fatty acids. (Piranha family) cultivation out the eco-system in the sanctuary. The gheries and fish farming. they recounted. However, being a predatory and ag- toxic waste discharged from the prawn They are also cutting down trees and They immediately informed gressive carnivorous fish it poses seri- in the water bodies in reserve gheries is destroying the jungle, lands and hunting wild animals and birds in the the forest department. A team of ous threat to the eco-system. It may com- forest areas in last five year water bodies in the sanctuary. sanctuary. However, hardly any action forest officials along with fire pete with native species for food and Resident Ashok Kumar Samal of is taken against them as they have be- fighting personnel reached the other resources and will eventually lead has led to destruction of Rajnagar said mushrooming of prawn come the vote banks of the political spot. They immediately launched to the decline or may even wipe out environment gheries and Roopchand fish cultivation leaders. He apprehended that an operation to get the pachyderm many native fish and other marine crea- in the water bodies in reserve forest Bhitarakanika will be robbed of its out of the well. ture in the river system. areas during last five year has led to the charm if action is not taken against the It took three-hours for the team The fish which remains in groups tle within few minutes, life science re- destruction of the environment. immigrants. to rescue the pachyderm. A JCB can easily gobble up the food of newborn searcher Devi Prasad Sahu, said. The long dense forests filled with var- When contacted, DFO Bikash Ranjan machine was pressed into serv- crocodiles and other marine creature. The However, notwithstanding the threat, ious wildlife and birds and the serene at- Dash said prawn gheries are being de- ice. The elephant came out of the fish’s teeth having resemblance to human cultivation of Roopchand has increased mosphere of the coastlines attracts the molished with the help of the district ad- well and ran to nearby forest. can devour the whole carcass of a cat- in the river, creeks and canals in the tourists to Bhitarkanika. Moreover, the ministration and the police.

TACKLING WILDFIRES SHIVLING WITH COPPER SNAKE FOUND BURIED UNDER EARTH

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Bhadrak, March 11: A Shivling with a copper snake coiled around it was discovered from the backyard of a villager at Deepabadi village under Kunbera panchayat in Tihidi block of Bhadrak district Thursday. Thursday being observed as Maha Shivratri, the festival associated with Lord Shiva, the unusual discovery drove people in hordes to the site. As the news spread, more and more peo- Upon digging deeper, he was shocked ple thronged the spot to have a glimpse to find a Shivling with a copper snake of the Shivling. Some even started of- around it. He narrated everything be- fering prayers to it by offering co- fore his family members. The news conuts and sandalwood paste, and soon spread like wildfire. flowers. With the incident taking place on According to sources, Harihar Maha Shivratri, a devotionally charged Jena's son -- a resident of Deepabadi atmosphere was seen on the spot. village and a farmer by profession - People from several villages thronged - was digging a pit to plant some seeds the spot carrying fruits, flowers and With fires still raging in Similipal, forest officials train women on firefighting at Kuamara in Mayurbhanj OP PHOTO when he stumbled upon this. incense sticks. Mass nesting of Olive Ridley BRITISH ERA SAMBALPUR ROAD turtles begins at Gahirmatha STATION TO BE CLOSED DOWN Station has been providing service to people for last 128 years

POST NEWS NETWORK ing completion but the station re- maining operation is proving a hur- Sambalpur, March 11: A decision dle for which it is being closed down. by the railway authorities to close The notice claims that the deci- down the pre-independence era sion has been taken for doubling of Sambalpur Road station has sparked the tracks of the Sambalpur- Angul POST NEWS NETWORK while the number might go up resentment among the rail users and rail route. Earlier, a decision had Friday due to new moon day and residents, a report said. been taken to close down the sta- Rajnagar, March 11: The mass blowing of south wind, the forest The Sambalpur Road railway sta- tion in 2007. However, the decision nesting of Olive Ridley turtles has official added. tion was established in 1890 much was shelved and infrastructure in begun at Gahirmatha marine sanc- Female turtles were seen climb- before the country achieved inde- the station was upgraded owing tuary in Kendrapara district. ing atop the beach and laying eggs pendence. The matter came to the to sharp protest. More than a thousand turtles by digging up pits over one ft in fore after the Principal Chief The historical station has been have come ashore since Tuesday length. Meanwhile, lakhs of turtles Operation Manager at Rail Sadan providing services to the rail users night and have laid eggs at Nasi-1 were seen in the sea about two km in Bhubaneswar issued a notice in for the last 128 years. Later, passen- and Nasi-2 islands, a forest de- from the coastline. This has come this regard and informed the ger train began to ply in the station partment official informed as a sigh of relief as very soon Sambalpur Railway Division on contributes maximum revenue to after trains started making halt in the Thursday. mass nesting of the turtles will the development. the railway department due to pres- station. According to sources, lakhs of begin, a forest official said. The railways department has ence industrial plants and mines. People of Sambalpur and neigh- Olive Ridleys arrived at the shore Notably, the mass nesting of claimed that the Sambalpur- Angul However, owing to single track bouring districts travelling by trains of the marine sanctuary in the Olive Ridley turtles at Gahirmatha rail route started in 1998. Currently, plying of goods train and passenger feel safe to move in and out of the sta- past two days. Around 1,100 tur- beach in Kendrapara district was over 30 goods and passenger trains trains by Sambalpur Road Station for tion during night as it is situated in tles have already laid eggs. first spotted in 1975. Restrictions move on a single track for their des- which there is an urgent need for the a prime location of Sambalpur town. More number of the endangered are imposed on fishing from Devi tination every day. However, Angul expansion and ungradation of Currently, the station has all the fa- turtles are expected to take part river mouth to Dhamra mouth for district is the main business centre Sambalpur – Angul rail route. The cilities of a ticket counter, passenger in the mass nesting by Thursday a period of seven months. of Sambalpur Railway Division and rail route expansion works is near- waiting hall and other facilities. Maha Shivaratri celebrated here a day earlier POST NEWS NETWORK tees is the Bhim temple. Nineteen huge stones, each weighing approximately 100 to 150 quin- Rayagad, March 11: A temple in Odisha cel- tals, form this temple. The architectural design ebrates Maha Shivaratri one day before the rest of this temple is similar to the one seen in of the country. Buddhist temples. According to legend, Bhim, This year while all the famous shrines in- who was the most powerful, placed the stones cluding Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand, to erect the temple. Somnath temple in Gujarat, Kashi Vishwanath The five brothers were believed to have con- in Uttar Pradesh and Lingaraj temple in structed the temple in one night. However, Bhubaneswar celebrated Maha Shivarati they could not finish its construction before day Thursday, the shrine in question observed break and so it is believed to be why the tem- the occasion Wednesday. ple is kept half constructed. There are two nar- Mahendragiri temple, a famous Shaivite row openings — one at east and the other at west shrine at the Mahendra terrain, is on the bor- end – used as entrance and exit of the temple. der of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in Rayagad Another striking feature is that at first look, block of Gajapati district. While it is 60 kilo- it often gives the impression that fat people can- metres from Paralakhemundi, devotees have not go through these narrow passages. But to trek 6 kilometres to reach atop the hill anybody can easily go through the passages and

where the shrine is located. experience the wondrous architecture.

k y m c The temple is said to have links with Satya Devotees throng Mahendragiri temple on Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border in Gajapati district Devotees and tourists who come to this Yug, Treta Yug and Dwapar Yug. As per leg- place hop Mahendraswar, Bhimeswar, end, in Satya Yug, Mahadev did ‘tapasya’ in itation. It is also widely believed that the hill during their exile (Agyaat Vaas). There are tem- Chandreswar, Dharmrajeswar, Arjuneswar, this hill and also established Gokarneswar is the one from where Lord Hanuman leapt to- ples dedicated to Yudhistir, Bhim, Arjun, Nakuleswar, Sahadeveswar, Kuberswar to absolve the sin of cow slaughter. wards Lanka. Nakul, Sahadev and Kunti here. and Brahmeswar caves to enjoy their nat- In Treta, Parshuram chose this place for med- In Dwapar, the Pandavas stayed in this hill The main attraction for visitors and devo- ural beauty. P6 FRIDAY | MARCH 12 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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he American Society of nection is already in place. Having Civil Engineers (ASCE) lived and worked both in the USA just released its quad- and Hong Kong, I would relatively Involve locals T rennial Infrastructure give Hong Kong a grade of B+ if report card for 2021 on March 3. It not A- for its infrastructure com- he state government is reportedly caught up with a rash of forest assessed the state of infrastructure pared to the C- for the USA. fires in many parts of the state. The wildfires have been hogging of the United States of America in The concept of an infrastruc- T the headlines over last week or so. Similipal was all over the news- 17 different categories such as avi- ture report card would be highly papers. In a span of a week between February 24 and March 2, nearly 380 ation, roads, bridges, dams, en- relevant for India as it embarks fire points were reported. In a phased action plan, the state government ergy, ports, solid waste etc. It es- on large scale construction of in- has instituted a task force to prevent recurrence of wildfires that have taken timated a grade point average of frastructure at a break-neck speed. a heavy toll on the state's fragile ecosystem. Many of the reasons behind C- which is only slightly better It is one area in which the current the fires are due to human interference. From mahul flower collections than the GPA calculated in 2017 government seems to be performing to poaching as well as bushmeat hunting, there have been many reasons which was D+. ASCE is the coun- well. To the best of the author's for such wildfires. Such fires are often triggered by people in fringe areas try’s oldest national civil engi- India in general and Odisha in particular would knowledge however, detailed in- who depend on the forest produce for their living. They clear patches of neering organization formed in formation on the status, quality land in the forests and to quicken the clearing process, sometimes they 1852 representing more than 150,000 do very well to undertake comprehensive and condition of our infrastructure light fire to dry leaves lying on ground which in turn licks large swathes civil engineers in private prac- periodic assessment of the infrastructure is neither systematically collected of forests. Many tracts of forests in Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Boudh, Sonepur, tice, government, industry, and sector based on publicly available comprehensive nor easily available, being largely Malkangiri, Nuapada and Ganjam have been gutted. It is heartening to note academia with chapters all over the under government’s control. One that locals in Mayurbhanj Wednesday had called a bandh to protest against Dhanada K Mishra world. They are dedicated to ad- data which will be essential if sustainable happy exception is the Indian such fires in Similipal. vancing the science and the pro- economic growth were to be realized Bridge Management System Odisha scores better than many states in the country in terms of geo- fession of civil engineering, and (IBMS), albeit developed by a group graphical coverage of forests. Against a national average of 22 per cent, THE CONCEPT protecting public health, safety, of consultants under the Ministry Odisha has almost 34 per cent of its geographical area under forest cover. and welfare. the triple bottom line of economic, folding climate crisis. of Transportation which now has Except for north-eastern states, a few mainland states like Kerala, OF AN Interestingly the first such sur- social and environmental bene- Comparing the USA with a small almost 162,000 bridges in it. The Chhattisgarh and some Union Territories, we score better than any state INFRASTRUCTURE vey was conducted in 1988, and the fits and encourage innovation. autonomous city like Hong Kong Integrated Database on in the country. The government has received kudos in the past for its pro- grade then was slightly better at C. The integration of new technology may be unfair, but can be useful Infrastructure Projects (IDIP) on forestation initiatives. While the state's total forest cover was 51,345 square REPORT CARD In the intervening period the best such as big data analytics and in- given that Hong Kong sets the the other hand had data on 250 kilometers in 2017, it increased to 51,619 square kilometers in 2019. If WOULD BE grade has been no better than a ternet of things to have sensors and standards along with world class roads initially across the country, these forest fires continue, the record will be soon a thing of the past. The D+. While the best grade A signifies drones for smart inspection based cities like Singapore, in infra- built on a public-private partner- state task force will suggest measures to strengthen the mechanism for HIGHLY ‘exceptional and fit for future’, C predictive maintenance to increase structure. Hong Kong sets the gold ship (PPP) model, developed by fire containment in forests. The nine-member team will be headed by for- RELEVANT FOR stands for ‘mediocre requiring at- service life. From the point of view standard as far as civil infra- an initiative of IIT Madras. mer principal chief conservator of forests Sandeep Tripathy. The government tention’ while F or fail grade stands of extreme weather events that structure is concerned. While the Launched in 2019, it aims to help has also sent an SOS to district administrations to take all what it takes INDIA AS IT for ‘critical, unfit for purpose’. significantly disrupts critical in- idea of an infrastructure report enhance the efficiency of infra- to protect their respective forests. District-level committees comprising Thirty-one industry experts with frastructure as was evident in the card is yet to take shape for Hong structure development. Due to lack District Collectors, SPs and DFOs have been formed to ensure there are EMBARKS ON help of ASCE staff prepare the re- recent snow storm in Texas, the re- Kong, it has, however, received in- of concrete data and assessment, no forest fires in their respective districts. The Union Ministry for LARGE SCALE port considering the following cri- port recommended a focus on re- ternational recognition, such as it is hard to imagine what grade one Environment and Climate Change Wednesday has formed a three-mem- teria - capacity, condition, funding, silience in design. Such infra- World No.1 for infrastructure com- would give Indian infrastructure, ber expert team to help the state government to control the unprece- CONSTRUCTION OF future need, operation & mainte- structure can recover quickly from petitiveness in the WEF’s Global but given the grade of the USA, one dented fire incidents in the state. The team will offer expert technical ad- INFRASTRUCTURE nance, public safety, resilience and an extreme event so that loss and Competitiveness Report 2017 - 2018. can only think of something much vice and handholding towards early and effective dousing of forest fires. innovation. They base their as- damage can be minimised. With over 7.4 million inhabiting a lower than C- and a big regional The team has been asked to stay put here till the state attains a normal AT A BREAK-NECK sessment on all publicly available As infrastructure becomes a land area of just 1,073 square kilo- variability in that. situation with respect to the fire incidents. SPEED. IT IS ONE data and reports, expert consulta- key driver for post-Covid recov- metres, Hong Kong is one of the India in general and Odisha in Forest fires are not new to Odisha. Every year, seasonal fires are tions before assigning the grades. ery worldwide, the focus is on world’s most densely populated particular would do very well to recorded and dealt with. However, this year the scale of fires was un- AREA IN WHICH In the 2021 report card the best ‘building back better’. This official cities, each square kilometre ac- undertake comprehensive periodic precedented. A dry spell and an early arrival of summer must have grade of B was earned by rail buzzword of the new Biden ad- commodating over 6,800 citizens assessment of the infrastructure added fuel to the fire. No matter what the state government claims, there THE CURRENT while the worst D- was earned by ministration in the USA is now a on average. Meeting the needs for sector based on publicly available have been tremendous lose to the state's green cover which will take GOVERNMENT transit infrastructure meant for global industry buzzword. It is mobility, economic productivity, liv- comprehensive data which will years to replenish. The government should not stop at constituting a public transportation for com- driven by the demand that as ability and sustainability has pro- be essential if sustainable eco- task force to fight this menace. The government must take a holistic ap- SEEMS TO BE muters. The report identified a economies open up again and large pelled the city to envision and re- nomic growth were to be realised. proach to fund a solution to this recurrent menace. A wanton desire by PERFORMING funding gap of 2.59 trillion US dol- construction projects are taken alise infrastructure unique feats. people to maximize the returns from the nature has resulted in such lars over the last 10 years which up to drive growth, focus must be In its vision 2030 describes the vi- The author is a professor of disasters. Be it man-animal conflicts resulting in deaths of innocent ele- WELL can be bridged by increasing in- on resilience, sustainability and the sion of Hong Kong integrating it- civil engineering at KMBB phants or forest fires that cause deaths of scores of wild animals, these vestment from 2.5% of GDP to triple bottom-line, especially the self as the central driver in the College of Engineering under fires have huge implications for our delicate bio-diversity. The government 3.5%. It also recommended that social impact. This imperative is Pearl River Delta (PRD) Mega city Biju Patnaik University of should encourage community participation. People in fringe villages among other things, action must now visible in every country and that includes Shenzhen and Technology currently working need to be made stakeholders. Awareness building and incentivizing prioritise life cycle cost assess- region of the world and it could- Guangzhou with ambitious in- in Hong Kong. He can be them periodically will help. The authorities must institute a system for ment as a basis for project deci- n’t have come sooner given the frastructure development out of reached by email at ensuring 24X7 monitoring of forests and an alert mechanism in case of sions, promote sustainability of race against time to contain the un- which the high speed rail con- [email protected] emergencies. For this, the forest administration must reach out to villagers on the fringes and involve them in every protection initiative. The ad- ministration also must not lose sight of climate change as a big factor. Augmentation in protection strategy as well as a greater role for stake- SPECTRUM RENEWABLE ENERGY holder communities must be encouraged. WISDOM CORNER Rural women can drive green recoveries It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. BABE RUTH y now, most countries in rupted supply chains, and loss of Company Limited provides direct tor. Buying, selling, and tracking the Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE. JOSS WHEDON Asia and the Pacific have urban livelihoods have triggered a subsidies and microcredit financ- use of household energy are in- Everything you can imagine is real. B proposed some sort of post- reverse migration to villages, such ing for home solar systems. creasingly conducted online, with PABLO PICASSO pandemic recovery package. Many adjustments will benefit far more Governments should also sup- countries such as India, Nepal, and include investments in sustain- people. Supporting green energy is port women-led businesses, which Bangladesh using digital platforms ability, which the United Nations an easy target for recovery packages. have been hit disproportionately to aggregate market demand and has repeatedly urged governments Renewable energy development hard by the COVID-19 crisis. Studies match consumers with energy sup- WORDSWORTH to undertake. Some plans currently has proven to be resilient through- carried out by the UN Environment pliers. Better understanding of include only Budget totals, with out the pandemic. Even with delays Programme under the EmPower these technologies will give women Burke policymakers yet to allocate the in sectors like transport and con- project, jointly implemented with – whether smallholder farmers or Parimita Mohanty & spending. struction, new renewable-energy UN Women and funded by the entrepreneurs – the chance to tap t’s an intriguing verb. It takes us back to the 1820s and that Annette Wallgren Regardless of their current level projects have proliferated. South Swedish government, show that (and expand) existing markets for Inotorious pair, Burke and Hare. Medical schools were finding it of detail, all of the region’s recov- Korea, for example, recently an- small-scale enterprises run by small-scale energy production. difficult to get enough cadavers for the anatomic dissection ery programmes omit a key de- nounced that it will invest $43 bil- women have been rocked by rev- Gendered recovery packages essential to train students. The only official source was executed IN ASIA AND mographic: rural women. Unless lion to build offshore windfarms. enue losses, cash-flow limitations, would benefit both governments criminals but their numbers had been decreasing because fewer governments quickly bring a gen- Electricity output from renew- and challenges in attracting new and businesses, and not only in were being condemned to death, while the number of students THE PACIFIC, IT IS der perspective to their spending ables increased by almost 7% in investment. Because women in Asia and the Pacific. Policymakers needing corpses was increasing. One source was grave-robbing, USUALLY WOMEN priorities, this large and vital group 2020, but this does not tell the whole the region are often more eco- would foster inclusive economic carried out by low-life scavengers who were given the ironic name will be left behind, and the eco- story. One might intuitively think nomically active in the informal development and demonstrate so- of resurrectionists. William Burke and William Hare, two Irish WHO ARE nomic impact of official programs that women and men benefit from sector, they are not included to the cial and environmental stewardship, immigrants to Edinburgh, started their grisly trade by selling the will fall short of their potential. renewable energy infrastructure in same extent as men in recovery while firms would benefit from body of a recently deceased tenant of their boarding house to Dr ACTUALLY USING Such an outcome would add insult basically the same way, but the re- funding. Governments should new markets and an increasing Robert Knox, a local anatomist. Having learned that bodies could be ENERGY IN A to literal injury. ality is very different. therefore add a gender compo- online population willing and able profitable, they began to murder individuals, usually by getting The key to fostering a post-pan- In Asia and the Pacific, it is usu- nent to recovery programs, so to pay for goods and services. And them drunk and then smothering them, to leave no marks on the HOUSEHOLD. BUT demic recovery that benefits rural ally women who are actually using that they can effectively target nobody would be left behind. bodies that would reduce their value as specimens. Burke was THE SYSTEM IS women is to create green jobs that energy in a household. But the sys- all those in need. convicted of 16 murders and executed in January 1829; in a fitting can weather climate-change shocks tem is not designed for them. In A third simple solution is to in- Parimita Mohanty is end, his body was publicly dissected at the Edinburgh Medical NOT DESIGNED and revitalize entrepreneurship some countries, such as Bangladesh, vest more in promoting digital lit- Program Management Officer College. Hare had turned King’s Evidence and had been given FOR THEM in sectors like agriculture and en- women don't have access to re- eracy and skills among women and of Renewable Energy at the immunity from prosecution. The case caused a huge sensation, as ergy. Here, small and medium-size newable energy, because it is de- marginalized communities. The United Nations Environment did the imitative but much more widespread activities of a gang in enterprises run by women can play ployed in areas traditionally re- digital gender divide is large. Women Programme’s Regional Office the English capital which became known as the London Burkers. a vital role. served for men, such as public in low and middle-income coun- for Asia and the Pacific. With the public outcry over grave-robbing, these led to the passing Modest changes to how govern- markets. To rectify this, govern- tries are 8% less likely than men to Annette Wallgren is Program of the Anatomy Act 1832, which legitimised the donation of bodies ments allocate and prioritize re- ments can provide incentives like own a mobile phone. And in 2019, Management Officer of for medical science. covery funds, particularly in re- grants and soft loans for the in- just 48% of women globally were on- Gender and Climate Change at newable energy investment, can stallation of small-scale renewable- line, compared to 58% of men. the United Nations improve the lives of tens of millions. energy systems in off-grid rural Greater digital literacy could en- Environment Programme’s And in some larger countries such areas. In Bangladesh, for example, able women to play a larger role Regional Office for LOL as India, where lockdowns, dis- the Infrastructure Development in the region's renewable energy sec- Asia and the Pacific. Best computer TN MODEL programmer Sir, India has the dubious record of topping the global list in the number of casualties due to road accidents. The World Bank, in its recent report, has come out with interesting facts in re- esus and the devil were arguing and etters lation to road accidents in India. The top bank has dwelt on the socio-economic impact of road Jover which one of them was the clicking accidents in the country in the backdrop of the fact that low-income countries have high road better computer programmer. furiously. This accidents. It says the poor households are more affected than the well-to-do ones following ac- "I am!" Jesus shouted. went on for about TOL THE EDITOR cidents on India roads. In rural areas, there was at least one death in 40% of the households "No, I am!" the devil countered. 15 minutes, but then there was a Readers of Orissa POST compared to one death in only 12% of households in the urban areas. Disabilities were more "I am!" power failure, and everything went are most welcome to contribute letters common in low income households and rural areas. Poor people were more likely to succumb to the injuries sustained by them in road ac- "I am!" dark. When everything came back up (200 words), articles and cidents. Also, the stress – physical and mental – was borne more by the women, and they had to assume extra-burden in the form of a job columns (between 750-1250 "Me!" again, the computer screens were words). Contributors are to make both ends meet. These numbers unambiguously point out to the huge gap between rural India and urban India as also between the "No, me!" both blank. The devil tried in vain to requested to send their poor and the rich in mitigating the aftereffects of road accidents. Ways to reduce road mishaps and fatalities have engaged the attention of "EEEEEEENOUGH!" God bellowed, and get back everything he had lost. He contact numbers and full the Centre and the states. A number of important roads have been lengthened and broadened but there has been no dip in the spate of road

the whole universe disappeared into came up empty-handed. Jesus postal address/email ID. They may also accidents. It is not a bad idea for the Centre to look at the Tamil Nadu government's efforts to reduce road accidents over the years. In five

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c darkness. When the lights came back pressed one key and it all came back. and suggestions, preferably by email, years, from 2014 to 2019, the deaths due to road accidents have reduced by 25%. The TN government took all stakeholders into confidence to on, two computers were sitting in The devil looked at him in to: [email protected] focus on coordinated management. An exclusive decision making body on road safety was set up. Micromanagement began from the dis- front of them. God said "Now, astonishment. "No way! How did you trict-level; targets were given and assessed. Monthly review of work was done by the state's Director General of Police. Different departments whoever makes the best computer do that?" Jesus turned to him and – police, highways and transport officials – visited every accident site and reported on the possible causative factors of the crash. Emergency program in twenty minutes wins." smiled, and said "Everybody knows B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, relief centres along crash-susceptible road stretches on highways, dynamic ambulance positioning, proper signal management allowing an Jesus and the devil sat down, typing Jesus saves." Bhubaneswar-751010 unhindered transport of ambulances carrying the injured are TN's high points. Ganapathi Bhat, AKOLA JAMMU & DELHI KASHMIR P7

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k y m CFI gen secy received `1.36cr Tanzania Oppn leader says Magufuli in India with COVID-19 c REUTERS TUNDU LISSU, WHO LOST LAST New Delhi/Nairobi, March 11: YEAR’S ELECTION TO MAGUFULI, Tanzania’s main Opposition leader CITED MEDICAL AND SECURITY SOURCES IN KENYA FOR HIS said Thursday that President John from foreign nationals: ED INFORMATION THAT THE Magufuli, an avowed COVID-19 PRESIDENT HAD BEEN INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE sceptic out of public view for nearly TRANSFERRED FROM HOSPITAL IN KA Rauf Sherif, The ED claimed two weeks, is in India receiving KENYA TO INDIA AND WAS IN A New Delhi, March 11: KA Rauf the national that foreign medical treatment for the virus COMA Sherif, the national general secre- general remittances and is in a serious condition. tary of the Campus Front of India secretary of the worth `29.18 Tundu Lissu, who lost last year’s TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT (CFI), the student wing of Popular Campus Front of lakh into the election to Magufuli, cited medical SPOKESMEN HAVE STAYED MUM Front of India (PFI), received more India (CFI), the bank account of and security sources in Kenya for DURING DAYS OF SPECULATION than `1.36 crore from the members student wing of Sherif were his information that the President OVER THE 61-YEAR-OLD of the group residing abroad, an Popular Front of mentioned as had been transferred from hospital MAGUFULI’S WHEREABOUTS AND Enforcement Directorate (ED) in- India, received “payments to in Kenya to India and was in a coma HEALTH more than `1.36 hotels by vestigation has revealed. - but did not provide evidence. crore from the nationals of FATF The ED charge sheet, filed in members of the complaint Tanzanian government spokes- February this year at a Special group residing countries or NRIs men have stayed mum during days tution, Vice President Samia Suluhu PMLA court, viewed by this news abroad for their stay" of speculation over the 61-year-old Hassan would take over for the rest agency, revealed that `1.36 crore Magufuli’s whereabouts and health. of the five-year term if the President were received by Sherif. Representatives of Kenya’s and is unable to discharge duties. It said, “Sherif received `28.36 India’s governments also contacted Tanzania stopped reporting coro- lakh from Noufal Shareef, a PFI by Reuters have not given infor- navirus data in May last year when member, `21 lakh from Muhammed by nationals of FATF complaint bank accounts have inward re- mation either. it said it had 509 cases and 21 deaths, Shafeeque Payeth, `19.73 lakh from countries or NRIs for their stay". mittances of `19.7 lakh from In power since 2015 and nick- according to data held at the World Qatar’s Doha through Shamnad, The charge sheet claimed, Doha during May and October named “The Bulldozer,” Magufuli Health Organization (WHO). `11.34 lakh from Muhammed Fasil “This purpose looked suspicious 2020 and cash withdrawal of was last seen February 27 looking WHO Africa director Matshidiso Bashir, `10.25 lakh from Munawar as it implied that Sherif either around `16 lakh. his normal robust self during a President John Magufuli Moeti told a news conference on behalf of Shamnad, `10.22 lakh owned a hotel in India or in Oman The ED also claimed that Sherif ceremony at State House in Dar es Thursday that she had no direct from Muhammedon behalf of for which payments were made has evaded financial probe sum- Salaam. Lissu told Reuters that Hospital. saying God and remedies such as information on Magufuli’s health Shamnad, ` 9.22 lakh from Razick by Noufal and Ramiz for stay mons on multiple occasions and Magufuli was flown to Kenya’s Hospital representatives told steam inhalation would protect and it would be unwise to speculate. on behalf of Shamnad, `8.91 lakh even though hotels were not op- also tried to flee the country. Sherif Nairobi Hospital at the start of this Reuters they had no information to Tanzanians. He has mocked coro- She noted that Tanzania now recog- from Stefy Haneefa on behalf of erational during the period of was arrested December 12 last year week and then on to an unknown disclose. Magufuli’s director of com- navirus tests, denounced vaccines nised the danger of COVID-19 fol- Shamnad, ` 5.15 lakh from Shajeel April to June 2020 due to the at the Thiruvananthpuram airport destination in India. “He’s comatose munications Gerson Msigwa and as part of a Western conspiracy to lowing two senior officials’ deaths Mansoor Thangai on behalf of Covid-19 pandemic.” while he was trying to flee to Oman. since yesterday morning,” he told government spokesman Hassan take Africa’s wealth, and opposed and said more data would be wel- Shamnad, `4.92 lakh from Ramiz Ali The ED charge sheet also alleged The ED further alleged that dur- Reuters, without elaborating. Abbas have not responded to Reuters mask-wearing and social distancing. come. “Whatever is the case with Prabath, a partner of Noufal and ` that Sherif, who is also a member ing his questioning after his ar- Kenya’s Nation newspaper cited messages seeking comment. India’s “His COVID denialism in tatters, President Magufuli, we can only 7 lakh from Thejas Travels.” of Campus Front of India (CFI) rest, Sherif did not divulge any de- unidentified political and diplo- Foreign Ministry and its High his prayer-over-science folly has wish him well if these stories are The ED claimed that foreign re- has credit and debit of over `67 tails about his foreign remittances matic sources Wednesday saying Commission, or embassy, in Nairobi turned into a deadly boomerang,” indeed true, and we very much re- mittances worth `29.18 lakh into lakh in another bank account dur- or about his role in the purported that an African leader, which it did had no immediate comment. Lissu tweeted in the early hours iterate our preparedness to sup- the bank account of Sherif were ing 2019-20. visit of CFI members to Uttar not name, was being treated for Incidentally, Magufuli has played of Thursday. port the government and the peo- mentioned as “payments to hotels It said that Sherif's separate Pradesh’s Hathras. COVID-19 on a ventilator at Nairobi down the threat from COVID-19, According to Tanzania’s consti- ple of Tanzania,” she said. 2016-2020 was ‘Aaya Ram, Interpol notice against self-styled godman JeM terror module Gaaya Ram’ time for Cong Self-styled godman Virendra Deo Dixit who is accused of confining and sexually assaulting minors is suspected to be hiding in Nepal busted in Pampore PRESS TRUST OF INDIA As many as 170 MLAs left the Congress to join other parties AGENCIES AGENCIES and Yasir Ahmad Wani, who were New Delhi: As many as 170 MLAs during the elections held between involved in hatching the plot, have left the Congress to join other 2016 and 2020, while only 18 MLAs New Delhi, March 11: Virendra Srinagar, March 11: In a swift also been arrested," Kumar said, parties during the elections held left the BJP to join another party Dev Dixit's Adhyatmik Vishwa action, the Jammu and Kashmir adding that the car was seized from between 2016 and 2020, while only to contest polls in this period, it Vidyalaya was in news in December Police unearthed a militant mod- the house of Younis. 18 BJP legislators switched par- added. "It is to be noted that the 2017, when Delhi Police along with ule of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Confessing his involvement in the ties to contest the polls in this recent fall of governments in Delhi Commission for Women res- by arresting four men, who were al- plot, Sahil also admitted that he period, according to a report by Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Goa, cued 40 women from the ashram. legedly planning to carry out a car- had thrown a grenade at security poll rights group Association for Arunachal Pradesh and The Interpol has issued a red bomb attack on security forces in forces in the Pampore area of Democratic Reforms (ADR). Karnataka State Assemblies were corner notice against Virendra Deo Kashmir''s Pampore. Pulwama district January 25. The ADR, in a new report, said due to defections of their MLAs," Dixit, a self-styled godman who is "Jaish wanted to carry out a Kumar said the police have also between 2016 the report said. accused of sexual exploitation and car-bomb attack and the arrested an overground worker and 2020, 182 of It said between confinement of several girls over Awantipora police was tracking (OGW) of militant outfit Lashkar- the 405 re-con- 2016-20, 10 of the 16 a period of time in a fortress-like this module. We have arrested e-Toiba (LeT) and seized 25 kilo- testing MLAs, re-contesting ashram in Delhi’s Rohini area. four persons in this regard and grams of explosives from his house Virendra Deo Dixit who switched Rajya Sabha MPs The case came to light in June have also seized the car that was in Pampore. political parties, who switched po- 2017 when two complainants ap- those who provide any informa- the ashram. The ashram, which is to be used in carrying out the at- "On the instructions of Omar joined the litical parties proached the Delhi Police about tion regarding the location of the situated in Delhi's Rohini, was tack," Inspector General of Police Khanday, who joined the militant Bharatiya joined the BJP sexual and physical abuse of women godman. The agency has also urged owned by Virendra Dev Dixit. (IGP), Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar ranks last year, the LeT had planned Janata Party (BJP), followed by and five of the 12 Lok Sabha MPs at Adhyatamik Vishwa Vidyalaya citizens to share any information A number of complaints were told reporters here. to carry out a fidayeen (suicide) 38 who joined the Congress and who changed parties joined the in Vijay Vihar area of North Delhi. with it on phone 011-24368657, fax filed against Virendra Deo Dixit He further added that JeM attack or an IED blast at the mu- 25 who joined the Telangana Congress during the 2019 par- Over a period of time, the Delhi 01124368662 and email by a group of parents who alleged had motivated Sahil Nazir, a BA nicipal committee building in Rashtra Samithi (TRS). liamentary polls. Police registered three FIRs. [email protected] that can lead to that he was sexually exploiting first-year student, through Pampore," he added. Five Lok Sabha MPs left the For the report, the National Virendra Dixit, 79, has been ab- the arrest of Virendra Dev Dixit. In minor girls in his ashram. After Telegram and other mobile mes- On the killing of Al-Badr chief BJP to join other parties during Election Watch and the ADR sconding since then and is sus- February 2018, a lookout circular was receiving the complaints, the au- saging applications to procure a Abdul Gani Khawaja in Baramulla the 2019 Lok Sabha polls while have analysed the self-sworn pected to be hiding in Nepal. issued against him by the agency. thorities raided the ashram and second-hand car for carrying district on Tuesday, the IGP said it seven Rajya Sabha MPs left the affidavits of 433 MPs and MLAs, Earlier In an attempt to nab self- Virendra Deo Dixit's Adhyatmik found that the girls were kept in out the attack. was a "clean" operation with no Congress to join another party to who changed parties and re- styled godman Virendra Deo Dixit Vishwa Vidyalaya was in news in inhumane conditions. They were "Using technical as well as human collateral damage. contest elections between 2016 contested elections held in the who is accused of confining and December last year when Delhi confined to small rooms with no intelligence, police nabbed Sahil, Al Badar chief was killed in and 2020, the report said. last five years. sexually assaulting minors, the CBI Police along with Delhi Commission sunlight and metal bars blocking who revealed the plot about the brief encounter at Tujjar Sopore on has issued a reward of ` 5 lakh to for Women rescued 40 women from the exit. car-bomb attack. Kaiser, Younis Tuesday evening. Evictions of forest dwellers fuels fears in Kashmir Uproar in Delhi Assembly over riots issue PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Speaker of the House Ram ments on the report, and finally AS INDIA STEPS UP ITS outside Kashmir to buy land there for Niwas Goel got the name of the adjourned the House for 15 min- the first time, and made the territory New Delhi, March 11: The political party named by Khan utes. Leader of Opposition EFFORTS TO ASSERT subject to national laws that deter- Delhi Assembly witnessed expunged from the records. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri urged mine who has the right to live or tend heated exchanges between mem- Khan was allowed by the the Speaker to expunge Khan's CONTROL OVER THE land in its forests. bers of the Aam Aadmi Party Speaker to speak on the report allegation and allow Bajpayi to FRACTIOUS HIMALAYAN Officials in Kashmir told AFP thou- and the BJP on Thursday, after for five minutes. However, his al- attend the session for the day, sands of acres of forest lands have ruling party MLA Amantullah legations led to an uproar in after the House reassembled. REGION, COMMUNITIES been added to registers to coax outside Khan accused a political party the House with BJP MLAs vo- Goel allowed the BJP MLA to LIVING IN REMOTE businesses to set up local operations. of playing a role in the north- ciferously protesting it. attend the session while advis- “The evictions and alienating these east Delhi riots last year. The Speaker tried to restore ing him to maintain the deco- WOODLANDS SAY people from the forests amounts to di- Khan, who is the chairman order and directed that BJP rum of the House. THEY’VE BEEN rect dispossession,” local activist Raja of the Minority Welfare MLA Anil Bajpayi be marshalled Khan persisted with his at- Muzaffar Bhat told AFP. Committee of the Assembly, out. The BJP member was also tacks after he resumed speak- BANISHED FROM THEIR Others accuse Modi’s Hindu-na- made the allegation while pre- directed by Goel to remain ab- ing about the report leading to tionalist government of wanting to senting its report on compen- sent from the House for the re- protest by BJP legislators again. ANCESTRAL HOMES dilute the local population in India’s sation for the victims of the maining part of the day. The Speaker then asked him to only Muslim-majority territory. communal riots that took place Goel also asked Khan to dis- limit his comments to the facts AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSEE Former Kashmir chief minister in February 2020. continue presenting his com- of the report. Mehbooba Mufti, who was detained for Pahalgam, March 11: Ghulam more than a year after the 2019 crack- Khatana’s family lived half their lives Indian Army soldiers help people stranded due to monsoon flooding and landslides down, accused New Delhi of trying in a simple log hut in Kashmir’s climb down a mountain in Govindghat in the ecologically sensitive Himalayan region, to change the region’s demographics SCAVENGING MILITANTS forests, until around 200 men bran- in 2013 AP FILE PHOTO through “settler colonial” land laws. dishing guns and iron rods chased New Delhi has not commented on them out of their home and into the their neighbors in the Lidroo village tween India and Pakistan, with both the tree felling and demolition of the blistering cold. region, rear livestock in summer be- claiming the territory in full – a dis- huts, and calls to government As India steps up its efforts to assert fore bunkering down in their huts in pute that has sparked deadly con- spokespersons have gone unanswered. control over the fractious Himalayan winter. frontations between the nuclear-armed But a senior forest official, who region, communities living in remote All of them, including 90-year-old rivals. asked to remain anonymous, told this woodlands say they’ve been banished grandmother Janat Begam, were forced New Delhi has half a million troops news agency there was “a lot of pres- from their ancestral homes. to take refuge in cramped homes with stationed in Kashmir as it fights a sure from higher authorities to be un- Thousands of apple trees in small other relatives. decades-long insurgency in a conflict sparing” on land matters. forest villages have been chopped More than 100 million people live in that has killed tens of thousands of peo- Other authorities said forest guards, down and wooden homes knocked forests across India and are subject ple, most of them civilians. who are tasked with guarding the down by police, forest guards and to laws meant to protect their right of Prime Minister Narendra Modi woodlands against clear cutting and other officials. residency if they have occupied their has sought to tighten India’s grip timber smuggling, were being trained “They just ended our traditional land for three generations. on Kashmir and in 2019 scrapped in how to abide by the national laws

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RAHUL GANDHI | AGENCIES mendation given by Special CONGRESS LEADER Observers Ajay Nayak and Vivek Kolkata, March 11: The Election Dube. In fact, yesterday also when Commission Thursday sent a the Commission became aware of I hope the strongly-worded letter to the the unfortunate incident from the people of Trinamool Congress on its memo- electronic media, report was im- Bengal will randum over injuries to West Bengal mediately sought from the Chief once again elect Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Secretary, West Bengal and from Mamata Banerjee. during campaign, saying it looks The people know if both the Special Observers, at there is any popular “undignified to even respond” to al- present in West Bengal, within 48 Chief Minister, it is Mamata legations that the poll panel is doing hours. Till such time the reports are Banerjee things in the state at the behest of available to the Commission it will a ‘particular party’. not be possible to draw any AKHILESH YADAV | The EC said at the outset, it needs empirical conclusion let alone start SAMAJWADI PARTY PRESIDENT to be stated that injuries sustained linking it to the removal of earlier by Banerjee at Nandigram “is indeed DGP Virendra." an unfortunate incident and de- In a follow up The Election Commission on to meeting serves to be inquired into with Tuesday ordered removal of with OTT promptitude and dispatch.” chinery in the state in the name of cluding West Bengal,” it noted. Virendra as the Director General platforms, held an “Having said that it is rather un- conducting elections and appro- The EC said, “It looks undigni- of Police of poll-bound West interaction with fortunate that the memorandum priated the whole governance struc- fied even to respond to the Bengal with immediate effect, Digital News in question is full of insinuations ture, the poll panel said. allegations of all this being done and appointed P Nirajnayan in INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE stituency also in the same district, Publishers and averments, which in fact ques- “This virtually tantamounts to on the behest of a particular his place. which is considered as one of the Association today. tions the very basis of creation and undermine the very foundation of political party, etc”. West Bengal Chief Minister Thiruvananthapuram, March safest and strongest constituency Discussed new rules for digital functioning of Election the Constitution of India, the most The poll panel said West Bengal Mamata Banerjee alleged on 11: KK Shailaja's fortunes turned of the party. media. They welcomed the new Commission,” the letter said. sacrosanct document in democratic Director General of Police Virendra Wednesday that she suffered injuries golden, after Nipah struck At the 2016 polls, the seat was won rules & offered few suggestions It is completely incorrect to sug- polity. The Commission does not was not removed summarily and in her left leg after being attacked by Kozhikode a few years back. The by the No. 2 in the Pinarayi Vijayan which I have noted gest that the Election Commission appropriate or take over the day-to- without any application of mind. “It “four-five men” in Nandigram way she handled that crisis cata- cabinet -- E.P.Jayarajan, with a PRAKASH JAVADEKAR | UNION MINISTER OF has taken over the law and order ma- day governance of any state in- was the outcome of the recom- during election campaign. pulted her to where she stands now staggering margin of 43,381 votes, INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING seen as 'crisis slayer'. which was the second highest mar- She has had no reason to look gin of victories and the highest RAVNEET BITTU TO back and with Covid, she turned out for any CPI-M candidate in the SHORT TAKES MATTER OF FAITH to be a "celebrity" with the way state. Jayarajan who won from the BE LEADER OF CONG she initially tried to nip the pan- same seat in 2011 has not been nom- AIADMK MLA demic in its bud in the state. inated to contest the polls as he IN LS TEMPORARILY Her name, which also means has had two terms. joins AMMK 'celebrity' and she hold that stature The very fact that the out- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA to other candidates contesting come, this time at the Mattanur Chennai: Denied an assembly under the Left Democratic Front in constituency, is not under the ticket, AIADMK's Sattur MLA New Delhi, March 11: Congress the April 6 Assembly polls, as she cloud, the only question that's MSR Rajavarman resigned MP from Ludhiana Ravneet Singh appears to be the most sought-after going around is will she be able from the party Thursday and Bittu would function as the leader campaigner. to break the victory margin of joined the Amma Makkal of the Congress party in Lok Sabha Munnetra Kazhagam "For a week starting March 20, over 50,000 votes. (AMMK) led by TTV for the remaining part of the I will be away from my constituency When asked about her new con- Dhinakaran. Rajavarman Budget session of Parliament, -- Mattanur in Kannur district cam- stituency, Shailaja with a beam- profusely thanked VK sources said Thursday. paigning for the Left candidates," ing smile said enough for all to un- Sasikala and Dhinakaran Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said Shailaja. derstand. The Health Minister is for having accommodated Thursday entrusted the respon- The 64-year-old, should consider indeed sitting pretty and can use him in the AMMK. He said sibility to Bittu, who is already herself lucky that she lost the 2011 her star status for the good of other that only Sasikala could save the party's whip in the Lower Assembly polls because the CPI- Left candidates. the AIADMK. House of Parliament. The change M, this time has come out with a This time for the Left, one of was made as the Congress' leader guideline, while selecting the can- their all-time star campaigners in in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan didates, all those who have had a suc- the past two decades, now 97-year DU teachers Chowdhury would be busy in West cessive two terms will not be con- old V.S.Achuthanandan, in all like- Bengal assembly elections which sidered for the April 6 polls. lihood is going to remain indoors, go on strike is starting March 27. Chowdhury The CPI-M appears to have re- even though the other day he had is also the Congress' West Bengal warded her efforts and she has taken his Covid vaccine. New Delhi: Thousands of unit president. been moved out from It is not clear, if the CPI-M will Delhi University teachers went on a strike Thursday to Bittu, the three-time MP from Kuthuparambu Assembly con- parade the nonagenarian. In that protest non-payment of Ludhiana, will discharge the role stituency in Kannur district which case Shailaja and not Chief Minister salaries for the past six of Congress leader for the ongo- Naga Sadhus gather to take a holy dip in the waters of Ganga river to mark Maha Shivratri during the ongoing she won in 2016 with a margin of Pinarayi Vijayan, would be the months. The call for ing budget session of parliament. religious Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar PTI PHOTO 12,291 votes to the Mattanur con- Left's star campaigner. university "shutdown" was The Congress' deputy leader in given by the Delhi University Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi is also Teachers' Association (DUTA) on Tuesday as many IAF SET TO RAISE employees of the 12 DU colleges, that are fully ‘nCoV can aggravate kidney problems’ 2nd SQUADRON funded by the Delhi government, alleged that they INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE "Covid-19 directly attacks im- OF RAFALE JETS had not received their salaries munity and organs which adds to and other dues for over six New Delhi, March 11: While the the same severity of the virus- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE months. The DUTA executive effect of Covid-19 is well known on borne disease and seriousness of will decide the future course cardiovascular diseases or lungs, the disease itself," said Rajesh New Delhi, March 11: The Indian of action March 20, it added. health experts on Thursday warned Aggrawal, Senior Consultant and Air Force plans to raise its sec- that Covid-19 patients with kid- Chief of Action Kidney Transplant ond squadron of Rafale fighter ney problems need to be highly and Dialysis Department, Sri Balaji jets at Hasimara Air Force base in 6 Africans held cautious too, or it may damage Action Medical Institute, New West Bengal by next month to their kidneys. Delhi. "A kidney patient needs counter threats from China. with narcotics According to the experts, many complete care and prevention from Hasimara is a strategic base Pune: Six African nationals individuals who develop Covid-19 every sort of infection," said for IAF operations because of its were arrested in connection experience kidney damage, or Agarwal on the occasion of World proximity to Bhutan, the with smuggling mephedrone acute kidney injury (AKI), also Kidney Day, which is observed on Chumbi Valley where lies a tri- and cocaine worth Rs 68.86 known as acute renal failure (ARF). March 11. junction between India, Bhutan lakh in Maharashtra's Pune AKI is a sudden episode of kid- "Kidneys get affected in cases Journal of the American Society of The factors associated with a and China, and Doklam where city, police said Thursday. busy campaigning in poll-bound ney failure or kidney damage that where Covid-19 infection is severe. Nephrology, showed that in patients higher risk of AKI include severe a standoff took place in 2017. The crime branch of the city Assam. The Congress has been happens within a few hours or a few It further causes AKI in about 10 with Covid-19, AKI was uncommon Covid-19 disease, high blood levels The tri-junction has been a mat- police has apprehended four stalling both the houses of days. It causes a build-up of waste to 20 per cent of hospitalized pa- but was linked with a high risk of of creatinine (an indicator of kid- ter of concern for all the three Tanzanians and two Ugandan Parliament since the beginning products in the blood and makes it tients," Deepak Kalra, Additional in-hospital mortality. The researchers ney dysfunction), low blood lev- countries. nationals following a raid at a of the second part of the budget hard for kidneys to keep the right Director-Nephrology, Fortis found that the in-hospital mortality els of certain immune cells and "Second Rafale Squadron is house in Undri area, Pune session from March 8, demand- balance of fluid in the body. It can Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New rate was 10 per cent in patients high blood levels of a protein frag- being raised at the next Main police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said. The police team ing a discussion on the rise in fuel also affect other organs such as Delhi, told IANS. without AKI versus 72 per cent in ment indicative of elevated blood Operating Base (MOB) Hasimara seized 1.36 kg of cocaine prices and on the farmers issue and the brain, heart and lungs. A study, published in the Clinical patients with AKI. clot formation and breakdown. in mid April this year," said an worth Rs 9.57 lakh and 1.11 demands. Indian Air Force official. kg mephedrone worth Rs The first squadron was raised 57.55 lakh and cash to the in Ambala after first batch of tune of RS 54,000 among other five Rafale aircraft landed July materials, the official said. 29, 2020. These aircraft were in- Sushma’s dream realised: Geeta reunites with real mother ducted September 10 at Ambala Air Base into the 17 'Golden Leopard injures 5 Geeta, who returned to Unfortunately, barely savouring Selgaonkar and Pradeep More ASS's Gyanendra Purohit's Arrows' Squadron. freedom for two weeks and strug- helped the ASS find Geeta's kin in chanced upon a tiny clue -- Geeta's The Indian Air Force has re- Indore: Five people, including India October 26, 2015 gling to salvage her life-strings a village, Naigaon and handed nose was pierced on the right side, ceived 11 jets till now out of the a one- year-old girl, were after intervention by snapped in the past 18 years, Hasina her over to her mother March 2 common in the Marathwada re- 36 ordered from France. Six injured in an attack by a Begum, 65, died of a sudden heart -- over 20 years after she was ‘lost’. gion, instead of the usual left prac- more jets are expected to be de- leopard that strayed into a then External Affairs attack February 9, stunning the Soon after Geeta arrived in India, ticed all over -- and launched the livered in a month. residential area here Thursday, Minister Sushma Swaraj, people of the city. the late Sushma Swaraj, (who passed search which ended in Parbhani. The remaining aircraft are likely officials said. The big cat was The second girl, Geeta, was away in August 2019) had given her "Other clues also clinched -- a to be in India by April 2022. later tranquilised and caught was initially lodged at a luckier as she was not in jail, but custody to the Madhya Pradesh maternity hospital outside the rail- Currently, IAF pilots are being by the authorities after five facility of a hearing and found succour in the magnanim- Chief Minister Shivraj Singh way station surrounded by sugar- trained in France. The two hours of efforts, they said. ity of the Edhi Foundation, Chauhan, who had promised to not cane fields, a childhood burn-mark squadrons of Rafale jets will add speech impaired Karachi in Pakistan, which looked only locate her family, but like a on her tummy. Now, only the final wings to the IAF's depleting fleet institute run by an after her for years till she was father figure, even performed her DNA test remains," More told IANS. strength. The two squadrons with ACP Ramesh dies sent back to India with Sushma 'kanyadaan' if the pursuit failed. Her overjoyed mother, Meena 18 jets each at Amabala and Indore-based NGO Swaraj's efforts in 2015. The Madhya Pradesh govern- Waghmare, now Meena Pandhare, re- Hasimara have been planned keep- Mumbai: Assistant After she landed in India over ment entrusted the Indore Deaf vealed that Geeta was actually 'Radha ing in mind the operations against Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ramesh Nangre of AGENCIES six years ago, a massive nation- Bilingual Academy which tried for Waghmare' and has siblings -- a sis- Pakistan on the western front and

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This is exactly what the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Bhagavad Gita teaches us HOURS AFTER MAHA CHIEF MINISTER UDDHAV THACKERAY WARNED OF A LOCKDOWN IN New Delhi, March 11: The World NARENDRA MODI | PRIME MINISTER ‘SOME AREAS’, THE CENTRE MADE THE ALARMING REVELATION THAT 8 OUT OF THE TOP Health Organization (WHO), that de- clared Covid-19 as a pandemic exactly More than 10 WORST COVID-HIT DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY ARE LOCATED IN THE STATE a year ago March 11, 2020 which 13,000 has caused more "mass trauma" coronavirus AGENCIES and now it has crossed a lakh. than the World War II, is still warn- cases have been Punjab had 2,100 cases which is now ing people about the lasting conse- found in the last 24 New Delhi, March 11: Expressing touching 9,400, Bhushan said. quences as those who recovered "We are deeply concerned by hours in concern over the rise in active Bhushan informed the press con- from the deadly attack are facing sev- the morbidity and mortality neighbouring COVID-19 cases in a few states, in- ference that 2,56,90,545 COVID-19 eral health issues amid surge in caused by Covid-19 pandemic, Maharashtra which bothers me cluding Maharashtra, the Centre vaccine doses have been adminis- caseloads in several regions around the negative impacts on physi- DR K SUDHAKAR | K’TAKA HEALTH MINISTER Thursday advised people to be tered till Thursday 1 pm, which in- the world including India. cal and mental health and social "careful and watchful" and not cludes 67,86,086 for the elderly and The overall number of global well-being, the negative impacts lower guard as the pandemic is those aged 45-60 with comorbidi- Covid-19 cases has topped 117.9 on economy and society and the The incident not yet over. At a press confer- ties. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra million, while the deaths have consequent exacerbation of in- that took ence, NITI Aayog member (Health) Public Service Commission (MPSC) surged to more than 2.61 million, equalities within and between place in V K Paul termed the coronavirus according to the data by the Johns countries," read the draft. Sabarimala in 2018 Thursday again postponed its pre- was something situation, especially in liminary examination for govern- Hopkins University Thursday. The WHO on January 23 de- which had pained all Maharashtra, "worrisome". ment jobs -- scheduled for Sunday - The US is the worst-hit country clared a global health emergency, of us.It shouldnever He referred to the lockdown im- - citing the coronavirus situation, but with the world's highest number of but did not declare it as a pandemic have happened.It has pained posed in Nagpur from March 15 to the concerned minister claimed he cases and deaths at 29,150,068 and and waited for a week for its di- everyone. It has pained me also 21 to say, "We are reaching a situa- was never consulted. 529,102, respectively, according to rector-general Tedros Adhanom tion where these approaches (to The decision, announced by the the CSSE. India comes at the sec- Ghebreyesus to return from China. KADAKAMPALLY SURENDRAN | tackle the spread of COVID-19) are Relief and Rehabilitation Department ond spot in terms of cases at By that time, Covid-19 cases in- SENIOR CPI(M) LEADER being brought back." in a circular, sparked protests by 11,262,707 and is currently wit- creased 10 times and the virus en- "We are very worried about the tent Gautam Buddh Nagar and "At the moment, it is just related students and also came in for flak nessing a definite surge in case- tered 18 countries. According to rise in cases in Maharashtra. Don't Ghaziabad. to reduced testing, tracking and from leaders of the ruling coalition loads in Maharashtra. Health Policy Watch, till as late as SHORT TAKES take this virus for granted. It can "Be careful, be watchful. We still tracing as well as COVID-inappro- members Congress and NCP as well To recall, the WHO faced severe crit- February, the WHO did not sup- come up unexpectedly. If we have have a huge population at risk of this priate behaviour and large con- as opposition BJP. icisms for "mishandling the crisis" and port countries for imposing travel to remain free of this virus, COVID- virus. This pandemic is not yet gregations," he said. COVAXIN OUT OF CLINICAL delaying the announcement to de- restrictions to China. 9 killed in Agra appropriate behaviour, contain- over. Be vigilant," he said. Bhushan said Kerala had 64,607 TRIAL MODE: The Centre clare it as a pandemic. India was "When countries began evacu- ment strategy as well as vaccination "Today, using the force of vacci- active cases of COVID-19 on Thursday said Bharat Biotech's among 58 nations, including 27 ating their citizens from Wuhan, the road accident has to be brought in," Paul said. nation, we are in a position to give February 11 which has now de- indigenously developed Covaxin European Union members, who Covid-19 epicentre, the WHO said Agra: Nine persons were killed He advised that in districts where a stronger fight (to the pandemic). clined to 35,715. "We need to ap- is out of the "clinical trial mode" moved a draft resolution in May last it did not favour this step". and three seriously injured COVID-19 cases are seemingly on the We plead again, do not lower your preciate this," he said. and that it has now been granted year, demanding evaluation of the The WHO finally declared it a when a Scorpio vehicle rise, vaccination of eligible indi- guard and please embrace the vac- In Uttar Pradesh, from 3,256 ac- the regular restricted emergency WHO's response towards the novel pandemic March 11. rammed into a container viduals should be intensified and pri- cines that are available," Paul added. tive cases February 11 it has come use authorisation just like coronavirus pandemic. In a tweet Thursday, WHO Thursday morning in the oritised. Asked whether a mutant strain down to 1,689 on March 11. In West Covishield manufactured by The resolution demanded initi- Director-General Tedros Etmadpur area here. Police Sounding a word of caution for of the coronavirus is responsible for Bengal, active cases have come Serum Institute. ation "at the earliest appropriate mo- Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, said eight died on the spot, Delhi and its neighbourhood, Paul the rise in cases, ICMR Director down from 4,300 to 3,127, the Union "The condition of it (Covaxin) ment to review experience gained "COVID19 has turned our Earth while the ninth succumbed to said the national capital is seeing General Dr Balram Bhargava said health secretary said. However, in being required to be administered and lessons learned from the WHO- globe europe-africa upside down injuries in the SN Medical a rise in positivity rate, so is it has not been found incriminating case of Maharasthra, there were under clinical trial mode is no more coordinated international health re- & shown why strong health sys- College emergency ward. The Gurgaon, Faridabad and to an ex- in the surge in Maharashtra. 36,917 active cases on February 11 there," Paul said. sponse to Covid-19". tems are so critical." registration number of the SUV is of Jharkhand and the deceased are yet to be identified. BSF hands over 2 TRUE DEVOTION Man ends life, minors to B’desh ‘Robot’ Shalu speaks blames ladycop Lucknow: The suicide of a 26- 38 foreign languages year-old computer operator, working on an ad hoc basis in Inspired by the Hindi movie industry movie ‘Robot’, a government office, has turned into a major Dinesh Patel a Computer Science teacher developed controversy. He left behind a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ‘Shalu’ which is similar to ‘Sophia’, a robot developed suicide note, alleging that a woman IPS officer, Prachi by Hanson Robotics of Hong Kong Kolkata, March 11: Two Singh, was responsible for his death. "Prachi Singh (IPS Bangladeshi boys, carrying wheat 2017 batch) should be held bran in two sacks, have been ap- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ple, display emotions, read news- responsible for my death. prehended by Border Security paper, recite recipes and perform "She ruined my career by Force at Rangiyapota in West Lucknow, March 11: Dinesh many other activities. This can be framing me in a fake sex Bengal's Nadia district near the in- Patel, a resident of Rajmalpur used as a teacher in schools and racket case. I was unable to ternational border, a BSF state- village of Jaunpur district and a as a receptionist in offices too," face my parents and family ment said Thursday. Computer Science teacher at Patel added. members. Strict action The boys, aged around 12 years, Kendriya Vidyalaya at IIT Bombay, Patel said that as of now they should be taken against the were later handed over to has developed a robot named have used plaster of paris but IPS officer after my death," Bangladesh authorities on hu- 'Shalu' which speaks nine local lan- can beautify the robot with the the purported note left by the manitarian grounds. The border guages and 38 foreign languages. help of a mask. deceased said. guards intercepted the two children Patel told IANS, "Shalu has Supratik Chakravarty, a pro- during patrolling on Wednesday, been developed using waste ma- fessor in the Computer Science the statement said. During inter- terials like plastic, cardboard, and Engineering department of Illegal arms rogation, they said that they hailed wood, aluminium etc. It took three IIT Bombay, appreciated the robot. from Munshipur area in Khulna years to develop it and the ex- In a letter to Patel, he said: "It factory busted division on the other side of the penditure was around Rs 50,000." is really a great development. Amethi (UP): An illegal arms international border. He said this is a prototype and Such a robot can be used in the Hindu devotees visit Shiva Temple on the occasion of Maha Shivratri festival at Kachnar City in Jabalpur PTI PHOTO factory was unearthed by a They were asked by a person to it can recognise someone, mem- field of education, entertainment police team here on Thursday illegally cross over to India, get the orise things, answer questions and several other fields too. Shalu and 12 country-made pistols wheat bran from someone and re- related to General Knowledge, can be an inspiration for the next- Guj sees 3 rapes of adolescents everyday JAISH-UL-HIND’S recovered, police said. The turn to Munshipur. They were Maths, etc. "Shalu can greet peo- gen scientists." Gandhinagar: The Vibrant state of Gujarat is also vibrant as far as team conducted a raid in promised money for the job, the rapes of adolescent girls is concerned. The state has seen more TELEGRAM CHANNEL Adhanpur village at about 2 statement said. Following requests than three rapes of adolescent girls everyday during the past 5 am. Besides country-made by the Border Guard Bangladesh years. According to the state government figures released in the ‘CREATED IN TIHAR’ pistols, live cartridges and and parents of the boys to release ongoing Assembly session there were 6,215 incidents of adolescent equipment were recovered them on humanitarian grounds, girls raped in the period from October 2015 to September 2020. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA from the spot, Additional the BSF responded favourably and Congress MLA from Petlad, Niranjan Patel had raised the question Superintendent of Police the children were handed over to before Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani as to how many rape Mumbai, March 11: A Telegram (ASP), Vinod Kumar Pandey, the BGB. incidents had occurred from October 2015 till September 2020 in channel through which an or- said. Two persons identified The BSF also urged the BGB to Gujarat, how many persons were still to be nabbed and what action ganisation named Jaish-ul-Hind as Kallu Vishwakarma and take action against the person did the government take to curb such incidents. In reply the had claimed responsibility for Krisnha Kumar have been who engaged the boys in such il- Dinesh Patel with Robot ‘Shalu’ Gujarat government's home department informed that during the placing an explosives-laden SUV arrested. An FIR has been said period a total of 6,215 adolescent girls were raped in Gujarat. near industrialist Mukesh registered. legal acts, the statement said. Ambani's residence here was "cre- ated in the Tihar" area of Delhi, a senior Mumbai police official Boxing coach said Thursday. The police took held in rape case Women perceived as less productive while WFH: Report the help of a private cyber agency to track the location of the phone Mumbai: A 30-year-old INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ings in predominantly male work- Democratization of opportunities on which the Telegram channel boxing coach has been places. "While working from home, to network is crucial to eliminating was created, the official said. arrested for allegedly raping New Delhi, March 11: While women are four times more likely workplace groupings. his minor student at a club in working from home, women are to be perceived as being less pro- Mental health and counselling: EXPLOSIVES-LADEN SUV the eastern suburb of Mulund four times more likely to be per- ductive than male counterparts. 44 per cent women and men say a here, police said Thursday. ceived as being less productive than The fear of adjudged as unpro- greater focus on mental health and During the investigation, the The police Wednesday male counterparts, a new report ductive further prevents women counselling is needed, especially location of the phone was traced arrested the accused from revealed. from talking openly about mental when the virtual world is at the helm. near Delhi's Tihar Jail, he added. Vashi naka in Chembur, an As companies rushed to set up re- health issues," the report said. Saumya Krishna, Partner, Kearney A Mahindra Scorpio car with official said. The incident took place on Sunday, when mote offices in the first part of 2020 Commenting on the findings, India said: "It is clear that lifting and gelatin sticks was found parked the accused took the victim due to the lockdown, it became clear Shipra Biswas Bhattacharyya, shifting the workplace into homes near "Antilia", the multi-storey to the club, raped her and that the work-from-home requires Partner, Kearney India, said: will simply not work. Especially not residence of Ambani, in south later threatened to destroy rethinking on how we work, espe- "The world moved to remote work- for women. Women are losing out on Mumbai February 25. According y Representative image her boxing career if she told cially when it comes to the success ing so rapidly that we couldn't stop networking opportunities, global in- to police sources, the Telegram

of working women across every and design a workplace that was is no one-size-fit-all approach to de- Having the ability to choose work- teractions and avenues for mentorship channel was created on February

k y m anyone about the attack, the c official said. The victim stage of their careers. truly inclusive. Top-down, conscious veloping an online-first workplace ing hours, personal time-off, and and sponsorship, post COVID. We 26 and the message claiming re- confided in her family three It further added that more than changes in the way we interact, that will ensure an inclusive envi- breaks during the day while also need to redesign workplaces, re- sponsibility for placing the vehi- days after the incident, 40 per cent companies are still fol- disseminate information and de- ronment. But three pillars can help managing household duties and structure forms of interaction and cle outside Ambani's residence following which a complaint lowing rudimentary forms of work sign policies will impact how women build the first set of actions toward taking time to maintain mental communication. Otherwise, we take was posted on the Telegram mes- was lodged at Tilak Nagar from home that tend to further ex- progress within organisations." increased inclusivity: health are crucial. Avenues for for- one step forward for work and two saging app late in the night police station, he said. aggerate the homogenous group- The report suggested that there Increasing workplace flexibility: mal and informal networking: steps back for women at work." February 27. P10 EU OKAYS J&J VAX FRIDAY | MARCH 12 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR The European Union’s If we have a surplus, we are medicines regulator approved going to share it with the rest of the single-shot Johnson & the world. We have already Johnson coronavirus vaccine, decided we are going to work making it the fourth jab to with the outfit COVAX get the green signal for the international JOE BIDEN | PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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k y m c of the day uote CHINA TO BUILD DAM ON BRAHMAPUTRA IN TIBET Brazil’s failure to arrest the The plan envisages building the dam at Medog county, the last county in Tibet which borders Arunachal Pradesh virus’ spread since then is increasingly seen as PRESS TRUST OF INDIA objectives through the year 2035, Region, said during the NPC ses- dam at Medog county, where the a concern not just on the last day of its six-day session sion that authorities there should Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is for Latin American Beijing, March 11: China’s Thursday, official media reported. “strive to begin construction of the located. Medog is the last county in neighbours, but also as a warning Parliament Thursday adopted the Attended by Chinese President Xi dam this year”. Tibet which borders Arunachal to the world 14th Five-Year Plan, the mega blue- Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and “Comprehensive planning and Pradesh.The plan was first revealed print containing billions of dollars other senior leaders, the NPC ap- environmental impact assessments late last year by Yan Zhiyong, chair- TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS | worth of projects, including the proved a development blueprint for the project should be approved man of the Power Construction DIRECTOR, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION controversial hydropower project on which contains 60 proposals for as soon as possible,” he said last Corp of China or POWERCHINA. the Brahmaputra river in Tibet speeding up China’s development. Saturday on the sidelines of the Commenting on the proposal to close to the Arunachal Pradesh bor- It was passed by the Communist NPC session, Hong Kong-based build the dam Chinese Foreign Beijing for der over which India has raised Party of China (CPC) last year. South China Morning Post quoted Ministry spokesperson Hua decades has concerns. The 14th Five-Year plan included waged a a press release from the provincial Chunying told a media briefing in campaign to destroy The National People’s Congress building the dam on the lower government in Tibet. Beijing on December 3 last year that Tibet’s proud (NPC), China’s legislature with over reaches of the Brahmaputra river As a lower riparian State with con- ties and has urged them to ensure Che also said that the exploration the “hydropower development in culture and history, 2,000 members mostly drawn from over which India and Bangladesh, siderable established user rights that the interests of downstream of natural gas in northern Tibet the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo which remains a the ruling Communist Party, adopted the riparian states, have raised con- to the waters of the trans-border States are not harmed by any ac- should be one of the focuses of the river is China's legitimate right. clarion call for action to freedom- the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) cerns. China has downplayed such rivers, the Indian government has tivities in upstream areas. country’s energy development goals When it comes to use and develop- loving people worldwide for national economic and social anxieties saying it would keep their consistently conveyed its views and Che Dalha, deputy Communist over the next five years. ment of cross border rivers, China development and the long-range interests in mind. concerns to the Chinese authori- Party chief of the Tibet Autonomous The plan envisages building the always acts responsibly, she said. NANCY PELOSI | SPEAKER, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Cambodia reports We are Dragon to overhaul working on Suu Kyi accused of bribery procuring all first COVID death of the safe and effective Covid-19 ASSOCIATED PRESS vaccines we need to HK electoral system see that our people as 12 more killed by Junta Phnom Penh, March 11: are immunised alongside the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Cambodia Thursday confirmed citizens of developed nations -- we AGENCIES its first death from COVID-19 since will not allow ourselves to be left UNSC calls for Beijing, March 11: The National the pandemic began more than a behind Yangon, March 11: Myanmar’s People’s Congress (NPC), China’s year ago as it battles a new local VOREQE BAINIMARAMA | junta added new bribery allega- reversal of coup top legislature, Thursday adopted outbreak that has infected hun- PRIME MINISTER OF FIJI tions to its charges against deposed United Nations: The UN Security Council a decision on improving the electoral dreds of people. leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday, has strongly condemned the violence system of the Hong Kong Special The 50-year-old man was con- while an advocacy group said se- against peaceful protestors in Myanmar Administrative Region (HKSAR). firmed infected last month while curity forces killed 12 protesters and called on the military to exercise The decision was passed by an working as a driver for a Chinese SHORT TAKES in one of the deadliest days since “utmost restraint”, as the powerful overwhelming majority vote at the company in coastal Sihanoukville the military took power. world body unanimously reiterated its fourth session of the 13th NPC, The decision was passed and died at the Khmer-Soviet The bloodshed came hours after call for the immediate release of the Xinhua news agency reported. by an overwhelming friendship hospital Thursday Indonesia bus the UN Security Council had called protest. If so, democracy will not re- detained leaders and voiced support for The decision is another major morning, the Health Ministry said mishap claims 26 for restraint from the army, which turn to the country.” the democratic transition in the step taken by the state to improve majority vote at the fourth in a statement. has been trying to put down daily Adding corruption charges to Southeast Asian nation. The Council the HKSAR’s legal and political Cambodia has confirmed only unanimously adopted a Presidential session of the 13th NPC Jakarta: A tourist bus anti-coup protests and paralysing the accusations against Suu Kyi systems since the Law on 1,163 cases of infection with the Statement on Myanmar Wednesday in plunged into a ravine on strikes since it took power Feb 1. could mean she faces a harsher Safeguarding National Security in coronavirus since the pandemic Indonesia’s main island of which it reiterated its deep concern at Among the dead were eight peo- penalty. She currently faces four the HKSAR was adopted June 2020. cal structure of the HKSAR, ac- began, but it is battling a new Java after its brakes developments in the country following ple killed in the central town of While deliberating a draft of the apparently malfunctioned, comparatively minor charges - in- the declaration of the state of emer- cording to the session. local outbreak that has infected sev- killing at least 26 people and Myaing when security forces fired cluding illegally importing six gency imposed by the military February decision, the NPC session was of the The electoral system should con- eral hundred people. injuring 35 others, police and on a protest, the Assistance walkie talkie radios and flouting 1 and the arbitrary detention of mem- view that the return of Hong Kong form to the policy of “one country, rescuers said Thursday. The Association for Political Prisoners coronavirus restrictions. bers of the Government, including State to the motherland put the region two systems,” meet the realities bus was carrying a group of (AAPP) said. The junta spokesman, Brigadier Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and once again under the overall gov- in the HKSAR and serve to ensure Islamic junior high school In Myanmar’s biggest city, General Zaw Min Tun, said Suu President Win Myint and others. ernance system of the country, that Hong Kong is administered students and their parents Yangon, protester Chit Min Thu Kyi had accepted illegal payments and China’s Constitution and the by people who love the country from the West Java province was killed in the North Dagon dis- worth $600,000, as well as gold, Basic Law of the HKSAR jointly and love Hong Kong, according to town of Subang to a trict. His wife, Aye Myat Thu, told while in government, according to the investigation.” form the constitutional basis of the session. pilgrimage site in the Reuters he had insisted on joining a complaint by Phyo Mien Thein, Thursday’s deaths brought the the HKSAR. The electoral system should be province’s Tasikmalaya the protests despite her appeals for a former chief minister of Yangon. number of protesters killed since The electoral system of the conducive to safeguarding China’s district when the accident him to stay home for the sake of “He strongly said that,” the the coup to more than 70, the AAPP HKSAR, which includes the meth- national sovereignty, security, and happened late Wednesday on their son. spokesman told a news confer- said. Some 2,000 people have also ods for the selection of the Chief development interests and help a winding road, said local “He said it’s worth dying for,” ence. “We have verified those facts been detained since the coup Executive and for the formation maintain the long-term prosper- police chief Eko Prasetyo she said through her tears. “He is several times. Now the anti-cor- against Suu Kyi’s elected govern- of the Legislative Council (LegCo), ity and stability of Hong Kong, ac- Robbyanto. worried about people not joining the ruption committee is continuing ment, it says. is an important part of the politi- cording to the session. According to the Health Ministry, the new outbreak was traced to a foreign resident who Denmark halts broke quarantine in a hotel and AstraZeneca use LAVA LAKE went to a nightclub in early ‘We are not racist’, February. That caused a slew of in- Copenhagen: The health fections and led the government authorities in Denmark said February 20 to announce a two- Thursday that they are says Prince William week closure of all public schools, temporarily suspending the cinemas, bars and entertainment use of AstraZeneca’s Covid- REUTERS London, William said he had not areas in Phnom Penh. 19 vaccine as a precautionary talked to Harry since the inter- The government has since ex- measure after some patients London, March 11: Prince William view was broadcast just over three tended the closures for more two developed blood clots since said Thursday that Britain’s royals days ago. weeks for schools, gyms, concert receiving the jab, including were not racist after Meghan, wife “I haven’t spoken to him yet but halls, museums and other enter- one who died, digital news of his younger brother Harry, said I will do,” William, 38, said. tainment venues in Phnom Penh, publisher The Local reported. one unnamed member of the fam- Asked by a reporter if the royal nearby Kandal province and the The move comes “following ily had asked how dark their son family was racist, William said coastal province of Sihanoukville. reports of serious cases of Archie’s skin might be. “We’re very much not a racist fam- Thursday, the Health Ministry blood clots among people vaccinated with ily.” said 39 cases were reported from AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 In the two-hour show, nearly local transmission. vaccine”, the Danish Health three years after their star-stud- As the outbreak grows, a de- Authority said in a statement. ded wedding in Windsor Castle, funct luxury hotel in the capital has Meghan said the royals had ig- been converted into a 500-room nored her pleas for help while she coronavirus hospital, and au- felt suicidal, while Harry said his thorities are enforcing a new law Ex-cop charged father, heir-to-the-throne Prince imposing criminal punishments in Floyd death Meghan, 39, made the allegation Charles, had let him down and that for violating health rules. during an explosive tell-all interview he had felt trapped. The country began its vacci- Minneapolis: A judge that she and Harry, 36, gave to Oprah Tuesday, Buckingham Palace is- nation campaign February with Thursday granted Winfrey and which was aired on sued a statement on behalf of 94- 600,000 doses of the Chinese-pro- prosecutors’ request to add Sunday, plunging the British monar- year-old Queen Elizabeth, the duced Sinopharm vaccine. a third-degree murder chy into its biggest crisis since the princes’ grandmother, in which It also received 324,000 doses of charge against the former 1997 death of Princess Diana, she said the family was saddened the AstraZeneca vaccine this Minneapolis police officer Lava lights up the night sky on Mount Nyiragongo volcano, inside the Virunga National Park, near Goma, in the charged in George Floyd’s William and Harry’s mother. by how challenging the couple had month that were donated by and death. Hennepin County On a visit to a school in east found the last few years. eastern Democratic Republic of Congo REUTERS produced in India. Judge Peter Cahill reinstated the charge after the former officer, Derek Chauvin, failed to get appellate courts to Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since triple disaster block it. Chauvin already faced second-degree murder and manslaughter ASSOCIATED PRESS cool the plant’s nuclear fuel by pump- tion from the initial radiation fallout. charges. JAPAN IS ing in seawater. There were concerns Many in Japan have said that the Tokyo, March 11: Japan fell quiet and confusion about the extent of country’s intense focus on physically MARKING THE at 2:46 pm Thursday to mark the meltdowns, and how far radiation rebuilding has at times ignored other EU votes for 10TH minute that an earthquake began 10 might travel, including fears that healing that needed to be done. years ago, setting off a tsunami and Tokyo and even the US west coast The government has said this is the LGBT 'free zone' ANNIVERSARY nuclear crisis that devastated the were at risk. Officials said they were last year it will organise a national country’s northeast coast in a dis- not, but panicked shoppers as far Brussels: The European OF THE 2011 commemoration for the disaster. Parliament has overwhelming aster that one survivor said he fears away as China and Russia scram- Saito, representing Fukushima sur- adopted a resolution declaring EARTHQUAKE, people are beginning to forget. bled to stock up on goods they thought vivors, said that he is afraid memo- the entire 27-member Carrying bouquets of flowers, would protect them. ries are fading outside the disaster European Union a “freedom TSUNAMI AND many walked to the seaside or visited More than 18,000 people died, mostly zone and he is committed to pre- zone” for LGBT people, an NUCLEAR graves to pray for relatives and friends in the tsunami, and nearly half a venting that from happening by con- effort to push back on rising washed away by the water. Emperor million people were displaced. The gov- tinuing to recount the lessons from homophobia in Poland and DISASTER WITH Naruhito and Prime Minister ernment recognises another 3,700 — the disaster and telling the stories of

elsewhere. The parliament Yoshihide Suga were among those mostly from Fukushima prefecture his son.

k y m MANY c announced Thursday that observing a moment of silence at a pandemic. The magnitude 9.0 quake clear plant. — who died of causes linked to the Naruhito said “my heart aches” there were 492 ballots in favor SURVIVORS’ memorial in Tokyo. Dignitaries and that struck March 11, 2011 — one of The days following the quake were disaster, such as stress. when he thinks of those who have of the resolution and 141 representatives of the survivors spoke the biggest on record — triggered a terrifying for many in Japan and far- Ten years on, more than 40,000 struggled to adapt to drastic changes against in a vote that came LIVES STILL — but most watched the ceremony on- wall of water that swept far inland, ther afield, as hydrogen explosions re- people are still unable to return home, to their lives because of the triple after a debate in a session of ON HOLD line or on television because of re- destroying towns and causing melt- leased radiation into the air and tech- and areas near the wrecked plant disaster, including the loss of loved parliament in Brussels. strictions to slow the coronavirus downs at the Fukushima Daiichi nu- nicians worked furiously to try to are still off-limits due to contamina- ones, jobs and whole communities. While fears over another FICCI SEEKS P11 pandemic is the topmost FRIDAY | MARCH 12 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR threat for business leaders across the RETAILERS’ INCLUSION globe, majority of India CEOs feel that Industry body FICCI has urged the global economic growth over the the government to include the next 12 months will improve, retail industry in the list of reiterating the optimism we've heard ‘frontline workers’ and among

business from our clients in recent times the early recipients of the

k y m SANJEEV KRISHAN | CHAIRMAN, PWC INDIA Covid-19 vaccine c of the day uote Esplanade One ‘Most economies won’t return Huawei likely to celebrates ‘Rangon Gender pay gap is more wali Khushiyan’ pronounced in be blocked over POST NEWS NETWORK the unorganised sector, in India. Most organisations to pre-Covid levels until 2022’ Bhubaneswar, March 11: The in the corporate pandemic-induced-lockdown tested world are striving for a gender security fears: Govt the perseverance of one and all in neutral ecosystem, which expects a slow global recovery and 2020. As life slowly returns to nor- compensates on merit, education uncertainty around the macro- malcy, Esplanade One Mall takes and calibre, and not by one gender economic outlook remains much pride in celebrating the woman over another higher than usual. who kept the ‘wheels of life’ in

AMIT ADARKAR | CEO, IPSOS INDIA Policy actions will continue to motion through these adverse support economic activity and fi- times; by dedicating the month nancial markets after the pandemic of March to womanpower with We are seeing has eased, it added. Policymakers “Rangon wali Khushiyan”. a turnaround. will continue to support economic The management at Esplanade PV and 2W activity long after the pandemic is committed to spread the various dealers are has faded, in some cases for years, colours of happiness with the pa- expected to see Moody's said. trons in the month, which cele- revenue growth of Moody's expects the incidence REUTERS brates Women’s Day and the fes- 20-22% and 15-17%, and prevalence of the pandemic India is wary about tival of Holi. respectively, in FY’22. Healthy rural to gradually decline over the course New Delhi, March 11: India is awarding new technology demand and an increasing of this year, as vaccination numbers likely to block its mobile carriers business to Chinese firms preference for personal mobility BUMPY RECOVERY rise. In turn, this will allow gov- from using telecom equipment will drive this growth ernments to gradually ease lock- made by China's Huawei, two gov- both because of security WITHIN A YEAR, MOODY’S SAID, IT EXPECTS A SLOW GLOBAL GAUTAM SHAHI | DIRECTOR, CRISIL RATINGS down measures. ernment officials said, under pro- fears and a desire to get COVID-19 HAS REVIVAL AND UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE However, a residual level of Covid- curement rules due to come into DISRUPTED THE MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK REMAINS MUCH 19 likely will persist over time, rais- force in June. New Delhi is wary domestic manufacturers GLOBAL ECONOMY HIGHER THAN USUAL The kirana ing the prospect of global pockets about awarding new technology AND TRIGGERED A to produce more community of risk in regions where vaccina- business to Chinese firms both be- CREDIT DOWNTURN along with THE RATING AGENCY EXPECTS THE INCIDENCE tion progress is slow, and of lo- cause of security fears and a desire telecoms equipment Esplanade One Mall has made ACCOMPANIED retail employees AND PREVALENCE OF THE PANDEMIC TO calised outbreaks. to get Indian manufacturers to pro- surprise gifts and hampers for BY A SPIKE IN should be GRADUALLY DECLINE OVER THE COURSE OF “In addition, new mutations that duce more telecoms equipment. women patrons who visit them BOND DEFAULTS THIS YEAR recognised as increase the virulence or spread A US campaign to curb Huawei clined to be named, told Reuters. in March. The mall will welcome frontline workers as of the virus pose a key risk to efforts has triggered bans or limits on the "We cannot prioritise economic all women shopper with gift vouch- they have been serving the nation PRESS TRUST OF INDIA turn accompanied by a spike to normalise conditions. Rather use of its equipment around the gains if an investment poses na- ers as a token of appreciation and tirelessly despite being the most in bond defaults. than eliminating the virus, we ex- world but the situation in India tional security risk," one of the of- for their valuable contribution to vulnerable to the risk of infection. New Delhi, March 11: Moody’s “The credit challenges arising pect to ‘learn to live with it’ at low has been amplified by strained re- ficials said. the society. These frontline retail warriors Investors Service Thursday said the from Covid-19 have been substan- case rates,” it added. lations between New Delhi and The telecoms department, which The mall has also installed a should be prioritised in the initial credit downturn arising out of tial, but the credit downturn likely The rating agency said it took Beijing over their shared border. did not comment on Thursday dedicated ‘Selfie Zone’. To Make phase of the vaccination rollout Covid-19 will be short-lived but will be relatively short-lived. Risks several rating actions in response India’s telecoms department said about Huawei, is yet to provide the Women Day celebration even ARVIND MEDIRATTA | CHAIRPERSON, FICCI most economies will not return remain more significant for the to the credit consequences of the pan- Wednesday that after June 15 car- further details on the plans for better, the mall in association RETAIL & INTERNAL TRADE COMMITTEE to pre-pandemic activity levels sectors most vulnerable to re- demic and does not expect to con- riers can only buy certain types trusted sources or a procurement with Sakha has organised an until 2022. strictions on their normal activities," duct another wholesale review of of equipment from government- blacklist. However, a third official, event “Transwomen Are Also In the year since the World Health Moody's said in a global report in credit ratings this year unless there approved "trusted sources" and who also declined to be named, Women”. Organisation (WHO) declared Covid- coronavirus. is a significant shock to the global said New Delhi could also create a told Reuters that ZTE Corp, an- Gracing the occasion Meera SHORT TAKES 19 a pandemic March 11, 2020, the Stating that most economies will economy or to financial markets, or "no procurement" blacklist. Huawei other Chinese firm which has a Parida expressed her happiness virus has disrupted the global econ- not return to pre-pandemic activ- a shock resulting from a dramatic is likely to feature on this embar- smaller presence in India, could about the fact that Esplanade One ‘LPG consumption omy and triggered a credit down- ity levels until 2022, Moody's said it change in the trajectory of the virus. goed list, the two officials, who de- also be excluded. has always stood by the commu- nity to celebrate every moments up 7.3% in 3 mnts’ of life and celebrations. New Delhi: Cooking gas LPG Parth Pratim Nayak, Centre consumption rose 7.3% in the JSW OBSERVES ‘ETHICS Director, Esplanade One Mall last three months despite a Apple commences assembly said, "At Esplanade One, we take steep price rise, with usage great pride in celebrating the among the PMUY AND COMPLIANCE’ WEEK smaller occasions as much as we beneficiaries, who are mostly do in delivering a unique expe- poor rural households, POST NEWS NETWORK rience in the larger festivities. jumping near 20%, state- of iPhone 12 model in India We are celebrating the Rangon owned oil companies said. Bhubaneswar, March 11: JSW Wali Khusiyan to celebrate the "LPG consumption has Steel limited Odisha mining divi- REUTERS diversity of women on improved amongst PMUY sion observed ‘ethics and compli- International Women’s Day.” customers," said IOC. ance’ week from March 4-10. With New Delhi, March 11: Apple Inc Cooking gas consumption an aim to educate and sensitise has started the assembly of iPhone between December 2020 employees and partner companies 12 in India, the US tech giant said, and February 2021, Cement volume growth jumped 19.5% among the regarding code of conduct, ethics, as the company ramps up manu- PMUY beneficiaries. anti-bribery and related matters, a facturing operations in the world's number of awareness sessions and second-biggest smartphone market. may jump 13%: Report employee engagement activities "We are proud to be starting pro- Mumbai: Cement companies are in were conducted throughout the duction of iPhone 12 in India for US jobless with motivated employees at times for a good show next fiscal as their week by the unit. immediately reporting cases of our local customers," Apple said in volume growth is set to hit a claims fall Ranjan Nayak, Chief Operating malpractices etc with manage- a statement Thursday, without decadal high of 13% on the back of Officer, JSW Steel Limited (Odisha) ment. In a recent incidence, as per naming the supplier making the likely demand revival from urban Washington: The number of said, “It is absolutely important sources, two of the customers tried smartphone. infra and housing sectors, Americans seeking for an organisation to have a sys- to bribe one of the officials from the The Indian unit of Apple's according to a report. They were unemployment benefits fell tem of governance that lays down company. The employee immedi- Taiwanese contract manufacturer one of the worst-hit by the last week to 712,000, the the guiding principles, expected ately reported the same and the Foxconn will assemble the device is moving some iPad and MacBook billion plan to boost smartphone ex- lockdown but have since lowest total since early behavior and actions from all em- unit took stringent action against in its plant in southern Tamil Nadu assembly to Vietnam from China at ports. September been on recovery. November, evidence that ployees both individually and col- the customers and cut off all busi- state, two sources familiar with its request. Apple is also planning to bring Cement volume growth is set to hit fewer employers are cutting lectively. ness transaction with the said par- the matter said. Cupertino, California-head- the assembly of its iPad tablet to a decadal high of 13% next fiscal, jobs amid a decline in As employees, we have always ties with immediate effect. Foxconn did not immediately re- quartered Apple has bet big on India, Reuters reported last month. backed by a revival of the confirmed coronavirus cases infrastructure and urban housing and signs of an improving been complying with the Code of It is noteworthy that as an or- spond to a request for comment, India since it begin iPhone as- "Nice to see our efforts to make conduct and statutory laws/regu- ganization, JSW Steel is focused but has previously said it does not sembly in the country in 2017 via India a big hub of mobile and com- sectors, and also a very low-base economy. The Labor effect, Crisil said in a report Department said Thursday lations that apply to our business. on creation of an environment comment on client-specific work. another Taiwanese supplier, ponents manufacturing is attract- We at JSW Steel, have had a strong where employees are educated and- Apple has been shifting some Wistron. ing global attention," India's tech- Thursday. The increased volume that applications for will counter-weigh the impact of footing with values and continue made aware of elements of good areas of production from China to Foxconn, Wistron and a third nology minister Ravi Shankar unemployment aid dropped the rising power and fuel costs and by 42,000 from 754,000 the to uphold them with utmost sin- governance, transparency and in- other markets as it navigates the supplier Pegatron have together Prasad tweeted following news of can help keep their credit outlook week before. Many cerity and diligence.” tegrity and have a zero-tolerance pol- trade war between Washington and committed roughly $900 million iPhone 12 production in India. “This stable, showed an analysis of 15 businesses remain under The efforts made in these di- icy towards unethical behaviour and Beijing. A person familiar with the over five years to make iPhones in will create jobs in large numbers,” cement companies that account pressure, and 9.6 million jobs rections have been praiseworthy malpractices. matter said in November Foxconn India, leveraging New Delhi's $6.7 he wrote on Twitter. for 75% of sector sales volume. remain lost to the pandemic. BIZ-BUZZ Bank staff call ‘Govt-owned bad bank more capital efficient’ strike March 15, 16 G-Pay to give users more control over data Chennai: With the The government owning the proposed bad bank will not only be more capital efficient but also won’t New Delhi: Google Thursday said it conciliation meeting between will offer users of Google Pay bank unions and the Central be impacting the fiscal numbers, as otherwise, it will have to keep on recapitalising the state-owned enhanced privacy features, allowing government failing, about 10 them to take control of their own lakh bank employees will lenders as they will be the biggest beneficiaries of the proposed bad bank transaction data. Google Pay is strike work for two rolling out an update to the app from continuous days - March 15 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA company or ARC will be funded by next week that will provide users and 16 - protesting against state-owned banks/FIs. with more controls to decide how the government decision to Mumbai, March 11: Amid con- According to the report, the pro- their Google Pay activity is used to privatise public sector banks, fusing reports about the control of posed ARC taking over the bad personalise features within the app. All users will be asked to choose the All India Bank Employees' the proposed bad bank, a brokerage loans of banks presents an op- whether they would like to turn the control on or off as soon as they Association (AIBEA) has called for government owner- portunity for improving asset qual- upgrade to the next version of the Google Pay app. "Privacy is already a said Thursday. ship, saying state-funding is more ity when real lending rates are key priority for us. If you do anything on Google Pay, it stays on Google Pay. capital efficient apart from speed- falling. What we are saying now is we are creating new controls for managing ing up implementation and also But, the question is who will your activity," G-Pay VP (Product) Ambarish Kenghe said. Europe ups aid for lowering the credit cost/loss for fund it? If state-run banks/FIs fund the banks. it the ARC will largely take over their virus-hit economy The government owning the pro- bad loans, which was 2.8 per cent YT to deduct taxes from non-US creators Frankfurt: The European posed bad bank will not only be in March 2020. In this scenario, more capital efficient but also won’t banks would then transfer their New Delhi: In a bad news for creators in India, Google-owned YouTube has Central Bank (ECB) said it announced to deduct taxes from payments to creators outside of the US. In be impacting the fiscal numbers, as NPAs against security receipts is- would step up its bond- an email to YouTubers, the tech giant said that additional tax is going to be purchase stimulus to support otherwise, it will have to keep on re- sued by the ARC, it said. levied on them (outside the US) by as an economy whose recovery capitalising the state-owned lenders But the house economists at the early as June 2021. "Over the next few is expected to lag a year as they will be the biggest benefi- brokerage feel that a fully govern- weeks, we'll be asking you to submit behind the US, held back by ciaries of the proposed bad bank, which is 1.3 per cent of the GDP, ac- banks' gross NPAs might rise from ment-funded ARC will not only be your tax info in AdSense to determine slow vaccine rollouts and less Bank of America Securities India cording to the report. 9.7 per cent in September 2020 to 16.2 faster to set up but may also be the correct amount of taxes to deduct, relief spending by said in a report. This will go up considerably 13.5 per cent in September 2021, while more capital efficient. if any apply. If your tax info isn't

governments. The central Again, such a set-up can lower the per cent by this September, a two- private banks' from 4.6 per cent to More importantly, the capital

k y m provided by May 31st, 2021, Google c bank for the 19 countries that credit charge on banks to a fifth in decade high, given the impact of 7.9 per cent, and foreign banks from charge on the banks may come may be required to deduct up to 24% of use the euro said Thursday the worst-case scenario from the the pandemic on the companies 2.5 per cent to 5.4 per cent, taking down to 0-20 per cent from 100 per your total earnings worldwide," Google that over the next quarter the 100 per cent now, the report added. and banks, according to the Reserve the system-wide bad loans to 13.5 per cent now if these security receipts said in the email. The move will affect purchases would be As of March 2020, the net non-per- Bank of India. cent by September this year. are issued by a fully-owned gov- YouTube creators' community in India conducted “at a significantly forming loans of banks stood at In January, a stress test by the cen- The given understanding is that ernment company, which will be too. YouTube has asked creators to submit their tax information to higher pace than during the AdSense to understand the correct amount of taxes to be deducted. first months of the year.” 2.8 per cent or Rs 2,89,500 crore, tral bank showed that public sector the proposed asset reconstruction effectively guaranteed by the state. P12 FRIDAY | MARCH 12 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR sports With ICC World T20 in mind, India start search for perfect combination as

y the Men in Blue take on England in first T20I at Motera today

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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Shastri, in their minds, decide who will be well-documented Rohit’s opening partner going into the mega in these conditions, Ahmedabad, March 11: A blend of favourable event. The choice is down to KL Rahul and Chahal could have results in the present and finding the Shikhar Dhawan. both Washington perfect combination for the near future By pure cricketing logic and the skill sets Sundar and Axar Patel will be India’s main endeavour when that he is blessed with, Rahul’s selection in any for company which leaves they square off against a well-rounded white ball playing XI is a no-brainer but then there Shardul Thakur, Deepak England in a five-match T20I series is Dhawan, who has been a terrific performer Chahar and Navdeep Saini in a starting here Friday. at global events and one of the senior-most in three-way battle. For skipper Virat Kohli, the pri- the side. For mary aim will be to get an idea of If Kohli decides to accommodate Dhawan, England, the his core group of players going then he will have to push Rahul down at No.4 as white into the ICC World T20 in October. the Bangalore man’s place in the playing XI at ball for- And he couldn’t have hoped for this point of time is non-negotiable. mat a better opposition than a It’s a tough call that Kohli needs to take as pres- world-class English white- playing both of them would mean no place for ents ball side under Eoin either Shreyas Iyer or Indian fans’ senti- them Morgan, ready to be way mental favourite Suryakumar Yadav, who is with more challenging on flat- finally set to wear the India Blues after years multi- ter tracks which prom- of hardship. skilled crick- ise a run-feast. The option of explosive hitting, that one eters like Stokes, Sam While there are among Shreyas and Surya can provide at No.4 Curran and IPL auction more advantages of or 5, is very enticing and the team management sensation Moeen Ali for having multiple op- for one wouldn’t like to miss out on an oppor- starters, who can change tions, fashionably tunity to exploit that advantage. the complexion of any described as a The Motera track will certainly be a flat deck, game in either depart- ‘happy suiting the needs of the shortest format and ments. headache’ for with a lot of batting firepower in both sides, the Throw in specialists any captain, Ahmedabad skyline could witness a lot of fire- like pacers Jofra Archer, there are a works from both ends. Mark Wood, Chris Jordan few pit- Whether it’s vice-captain Rohit, the indomitable and wrist spinner Adil falls that duo of Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya for Rashid, it will be a con- come with the hosts or captain Morgan, Ben Stokes, Jos test where India can such a situation. Buttler, Dawid Malan and Jason Roy at the other never be termed firm The Indian team end, the kookaburra white might find itself in favourites. understands this the stands more often than not. The next week and fully well, having With the unavailability of Thangarasu half would be an in- burnt its hands dur- Natarajan in the bowling department, dication as to which di- ing the 2019 World Cup. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be back leading the rection the teams are It was one event where till last moment, they attack alongside another senior Yuzvendra headed in terms of prepa- didn’t have a settled number four. So it will Chahal for company. rations for the marquee only be fair that Kohli and head coach Ravi With England’s weakness against slow bowlers’ event later this year.

INDIA THE SQUADS ENGLAND 14 6 202/6 358 Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Eoin Morgan (C), Joss Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Liam No. of T20Is have been played No. of matches have been Highest innings total by India against The aggregate total in a T20I Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, between India and England, with played between the sides in England (in India; 2017; Bangalore), (in India) between these two Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Chris Jordan, Mark Wood, both the sides winning seven India with both of them while England’s best in India against the sides, which came in 2012 Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Jonny each winning three each hosts came in 2012 (181/4; Mumbai) (Mumbai) Saini, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Tewatia & Ishan Kishan (wk). Bairstow & Jofra Archer.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PSG DRAW 1-1 WITH WASTEFUL BARCA AT PARC DES PRINCES Liverpool see off Leipzig, enter last 8

ASSOCIATED PRESS Egypt forward. As Leipzig — who surprisingly Budapest, March 11: With their reached the semifinals last season Premier League title defense in tat- — tried to find a way back into the ters, Liverpool kept their last chance game four minutes later, substitute of a trophy alive by beating Leipzig Divock Origi found space on the 2-0 Wednesday to reach the right flank to cross low for Mane to Champions League quarterfinals. tap in. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane The closest Leipzig came to scor- scored Liverpool’s goals to com- ing was when Alexander Sorloth plete a 4-0 win on aggregate. headed against the crossbar in the Liverpool ended their run of six 67th, before Liverpool responded defeats in home games, at least with two goals to end the German technically, as Jurgen Klopp’s team team’s chances. KEYLOR NAVAS were officially the host at the neu- A long ball from Thiago Alcantara (R) REACTS tral Puskas Arena in Hungary. found Salah free behind the Leipzig AFTER STOPPING Klopp said Liverpool succeeded by defense in the 24th before Gulacsi LIONEL MESSI’S forgetting about the collapse of their parried away the Egyptian’s shot and (NOT IN PIC) campaign in England, where the Mane headed the rebound into the SPOT-KICK, team is 25 points off the league lead. ground. Not long after, Diogo Jota WEDNESDAY A string of saves by goalkeeper beat Nordi Mukiele and found the Peter Gulacsi — once a Liverpool Leipzig back line open in front of player — kept Leipzig in contention him before Gulacsi again saved. before Salah made the breakthrough At the other end, Alisson Becker in the 70th minute. Salah lined up Liverpool scorers Mo stopped an early Leipzig attack, a low shot tucked inside the right Salah (R) and Sadio pushing away a shot from Dani post after Diogo Jota showed smart Mane react after the Olmo in the 10th when Leipzig ex- movement on the counter to create former’s goal ploited Liverpool’s high defensive PSG through to quarters space for Salah before passing to the line to counter. ASSOCIATED PRESS ahead at the break — and threatening opened PSG up with its passing FOOTBALL ROUND-UP an unlikely comeback — if not for and movement. But Dembele over- Chhetri tests +ve Paris, March 11: Paris Saint- some very wasteful play from winger hit a simple pass that would have Germain (PSG) withstood early Ousmane Dembele in terms of both given Messi an open goal midway CITY LIGHT TOO BRIGHT FOR SAINTS pressure from a much-improved sloppy passing and poor finishing. through the half and Barcelona MANCHESTER: Riyad Mahrez and but wasteful Barcelona side to draw Barca kept probing in the second soon paid the price. Kevin De Bruyne both scored twice for coronavirus 1-1 and reach the quarterfinals of half, and Messi had a chance from PSG took the lead after a video to lead Manchester City to a 5-2 the Champions League. close range in the 61st but hesitated review ruled that defender Clement victory over Southampton on PSG lead 4-1 from the first leg a split-second before shooting and al- Lenglet clipped striker Mauro Icardi. Wednesday, moving 14 points clear PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tions always.” of their round of 16 game and lowed defender Marquinhos to block Mbappe sent his spot-kick to goalie at the top of the Premier League. The 36-year-old was competing moved four goals clear when Kylian his shot with the goal gaping. Marc Andre ter Stegen’s right. City were contentiously denied a New Delhi, March 11: Indian in the Indian Super League (ISL) Mbappe, who scored a hat trick at At the same stage of the compe- Barca came straight back and penalty with the score 1-1 in the football team captain and star till last month in Goa in a bio-secure Camp Nou, netted with a confident tition four years ago, Barcelona lost Dembele was erratic again, hitting first half after goalkeeper Alex striker Sunil Chhetri Thursday bubble. His campaign got over after penalty in the 31st minute. 0-4 here only to win 6-1 at Camp a low shot straight at Navas after McCarthy was adjudged not to have said he has tested positive for Bengaluru FC failed to make the That goal was firmly against the Nou in one of the greatest comebacks Griezmann’s superb angled pass fouled Phil Foden and VAR did not COVID-19, a development that is semifinals. run of play and, after Barca had in Champions League history. gave him space inside the left of overrule. But City responded to win set to rule him out of the interna- The team’s last game was squandered possession and chances, Neymar and Messi tormented the penalty area. convincingly as Mahrez put the tional friendly against Oman March February 25, which Chhetri played Messi equalised in the 37th with a PSG that night, but there was to be Messi then took matters into this hosts ahead and then set up Ilkay 25 in Dubai. and also scored a goal. Bengaluru powerful shot from 25 meters that no reply this time. Barca’s coach own hands, smashing an unstop- Gundogan to make it 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium before halftime. The He is also likely to miss the FC were placed seventh on the table tore into the top left corner. Ronald Koeman selected Frenkie de pable shot past Navas with fero- Algerian added another after the break and De Bruyne scored the fifth March 29 friendly against United at the end of the league stage. The But the six-time Golden Ball win- Jong as a makeshift center half, but cious power. The goalkeeper did after Che Adams had pulled one back. De Bruyne also opened the scoring Arab Emirates at the same venue. former champions logged 22 points ner then had a penalty saved by most of the action was at the other better when he saved with his legs in the 15th minute with James Ward-Prowse replying from the penalty spot. The Bengaluru FC star forward after winning five matches, draw- goalkeeper Keylor Navas on the end as Barca made a bright start. from Sergio Busquets as Barcelona took to social media to post the up- ing seven and losing eight games. stroke of halftime, his first miss Dembele had a low shot saved poured forward. ATLETICO EXTEND SPANISH LEAGUE LEAD date and said that he is feeling fine. As part of the preparation for the from the spot in the Champions and then wasted a great chance to Incessant pressure led to a penalty “In a not-so-happy update, I’ve two matches against Oman and

y MADRID: Atletico Madrid put an end to its home struggles in the Spanish League since 2015. pick out the unmarked Messi mo- for Barcelona, again following a league Wednesday, strengthening their lead in the process. Atletico ended tested positive for COVID-19. In UAE, the national team is scheduled

It is the first time since 2005 that ments later, shooting over instead. VAR check, when Kurzawa was ad- better news, I feel fine as I con- to assemble for a preparatory camp

k k y y m m c their three-game winless streak at home in the league by defeating c neither Messi nor his great rival Messi played a pass behind PSG’s judged to have impeded Griezmann. Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in a match postponed from January because of a tinue my recovery from the virus in Dubai from March 15. India last Cristiano Ronaldo has reached the defense and Dembele burst through, Messi seemed hesitant and went snowstorm in Madrid. Marcos Llorente and Luis Suarez scored a goal in and should be back on a football played an international match in last eight of the competition, fol- forcing Navas into a fine one-handed for power against Navas, his former each half as Atletico came from behind to move six points ahead of pitch soon,” Chhetri wrote on his November 2019, in the 2022 FIFA lowing Juventus’ exit Tuesday. save with a low shot. rival at Real Madrid, who kicked the Barcelona and eight points in front of Real Madrid. The victory allowed Twitter handle. “No better time to World Cup qualifiers against Barcelona dominated the first Navas then tipped Sergino Dest’s ball onto the crossbar with an out- Diego Simeone to break Luis Aragones’ club record of 308 wins as a coach. keep reminding everyone to con- Afghanistan (in Tajikistan) and half and easily could have been drive onto the crossbar as Barcelona stretched leg. Simeone’s team are seeking their first league title since 2014. tinue taking all the safety precau- Oman (in Muscat).

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