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UP Board's Class 10 exam teaching of students through table will be announced soon. now it had been decided that if es 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 will be scheduled in 2021. Doordarshan, Swayam Prabha Like earlier, this year also there was no order for any par- applicable to all the schools of he Uttar Pradesh govern- Dr Sharma said this deci- Channel, e-Vidya Channel, the exams will be completed in ticular board, then the students all the boards of the state. Tment has cancelled this sion would cover 29,94,312 stu- Virtual School and e-Gyan 15 working days. In the interest of classes 6, 7, 8 of all the schools Strict compliance of orders year's Class 10 exams of the UP dents. He said instructions had Ganga Channel of the of students, it has been decid- of the state shall be given gen- will be ensured. The district Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad in been given to make detailed Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad ed by the state government that eral promotions to the next inspectors of schools have view of the Covid pandemic sit- guidelines for promotion of on YouTube. With this, more the duration of the question classes. Students of classes 9 and been entrusted with the uation. However, the Class 12 class 10 students to class 11 of than 29 lakh WhatsApp groups paper will be kept only one and 11 are to be promoted to the responsibility of regular mon- ! " examinations of UP Board Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik of principals, teachers and stu- half hours and the students next class on the basis of their itoring and compliance. If could be held in the second Shiksha Parishad. Dr Sharma dents have been created and a will be at liberty to answer any annual examination results. If these instructions are not fol- week of July with shortened said the Secondary Education regular monitoring system has three out of the 10 questions the annual examination has lowed by a school, then a exam time if the situation is con- department was continuously been made for teaching. The given in the paper. The number not yet been held in a school, complaint can be made by the rime Minister Narendra ducive. The announcement was working in the interest of the deputy chief minister said that of centres has been increased then it will give promotion to guardian to the regulatory PModi on Saturday made by Deputy Chief Minister students. He said UP was the keeping in view the impor- this year to maintain social dis- the next class based on the inter- committee constituted under announced a relief package, and incharge of secondary and first state in the country to tance of Class 12 examination tancing among students. This nal assessment of the student the chairmanship of the dis- including free education, for higher education Dr Dinesh reduce the syllabus by 30 per and examination marks on the year 26,10,316 students have throughout the year. If no inter- trict magistrate of the district the children who lost their said. . Sharma here on Saturday. He cent in July last year in view of future of the students, these registered for the Class 12 UP nal assessment is available, pro- concerned. Dr Sharma said parents due to Covid-19. The Prime Minister said that in the extraordinary the interruption in studies due exams would be held in the sec- Board examination. Dr Sharma motion should normally be that the state government was Apart from free education, emphasized that children rep- circumstances arising out of the to the COVID-19 epidemic. ond week of July, taking all pre- said that for the schools run by given to the student. committed to provide an ideal the PM Cares Fund will pro- resent the future of the coun- spread of the novel coronavirus The Secondary Education cautions and following all the the Basic Shiksha Parishad, an If there is any order in this and excellent education sys- vide a monthly stipend once try and the country will do infection, in the wider interest department has conducted rules of prevention of COVID- order had been issued earlier to regard, then it will be applic- tem to the people of the state they turn 18 and a fund of 10 everything possible to support of students and public the state online teaching since the pre- 19 epidemic and social dis- promote the students of classes able otherwise the above men- and was constantly striving for lakh when they turn 23. The and protect the children so that government had cancelled the vious year's lockdown as well as tancing. The detailed time 6, 7, 8 to the next class. He said tioned arrangement for class- it. Fund will pay interest of the they develop as strong citizens education loans taken from and have a bright future. All banks for the higher education. children who have lost both ,- & The children will get free parents or surviving parent or health insurance of 5 lakh legal guardian/adoptive parents under Ayushman Bharat till 18 due to Covid 19 will be sup- years and premium will be ported under ‘PM-CARES for paid by PM Cares Fund. Children’ scheme. ! “Supporting our nation’s He also added that the future! Several children lost measures being announced their parents due to Covid-19. have only been possible due to The Government will care for the generous contributions to n an important decision, these children, ensure a life of the PM CARES Fund which IUttar Pradesh Chief Minister dignity & opportunity for will support India’s fight against Yogi Adityanath has them. PM-CARES for Children COVID-19. top Dominican court late announced several benefits to will ensure education & other “PM CARES will con- Aon Friday (India time) children orphaned due to assistance to children,” Tweeted tribute through a specially extended the injunction against R Covid-19. He announced Rs Modi announcing the educa- designed scheme to create a repatriation of Indian fugitive 4,000 per month for each of tion and financial packages to corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each Mehul Choksi till Wednesday these children. the orphaned children. child when he or she reaches 18 (June 2) from that country “The caretakers of these “Children represent the years of age. This corpus will be where he was arrested this children will be given Rs 4,000 future of the country and we used to give a monthly finan- week for illegal entry. The each per month,” Yogi said on will do everything to support cial support/ stipend from 18 court will hear Choksi’s habeas Saturday. Children below 10 and protect the children. It is years of age, for the next five corpus plea on that date. years of age who have lost their our duty, as a society, to care for years to take care of his or her The court also directed parents will be kept in the State our children and instill hope personal requirements during the authorities there to take he Pfizer vaccine is slight- Continued on Page 9 for a bright future,” the PM Continued on Page 9 Choksi to the Dominica-China Tly less effective but appears Friendship Hospital for med- to still protect against the more ical attention, including sub- he deadly fungal infections, transmissible strain of Covid- jecting him to a Covid test. Tparticularly black fungus 19 that first emerged in India, “The applicant be allowed (mucormycosis), which have according to a study by France’s $ & 'P (((! to meet with his legal counsel. assumed alarming proportions continue with the treatment or and asserted that there is a need Pasteur Institute. The injunction restraining the among the Covid infected/sur- do not opt for it, leaving them- to bring down the cost as well “Despite slightly dimin- respondents whether by them- vivors are leaving their kith and selves on their fate, doctors as ensure a system to support ished efficacy, the Pfizer vac- selves, servants, agents and/or kin of the infected mentally, said. “Most of them might not them financially, before they cine probably protects” against " ' representatives from removing physically and financially have survived,” Dr Arunakole move into BPL category due to the variant found in India, the applicant from The drained. Chakabarti, head of the depart- out of pocket expenditure. according to laboratory test Commonwealth of Dominica Unable to bear the exorbi- ment of microbiology, Post Though majority of States results, said Olivier Schwartz, of damage myself — from until...is continued until the tant treatment costs, at least 25 Graduate Institute of Medical having high caseload of the institute’s director and co- where I was to take off for further hearing,” it ordered. per cent of the fungus-infect- Education and Research black fungus have notified the author of the study that was ailing against what she Kalaikunda but apparently Continued on Page 9 ed patients either refuses to (PGIMER), Chandigarh, said Continued on Page 9 Continued on Page 9 Rcalled “Centre’s politics of because of security reasons we vendetta”, an irked Bengal Chief were asked to hold on for 20 Minister Mamata Banerjee on minutes … as at that time the Saturday said she would even Prime Minister was flying … * , touch Prime Minister Narendra then after reaching Kaliakunda Modi’s feet to soothe his ego we were again delayed by provided he stopped humiliat- another 15 minutes during he upshot of Covid-19 situations which led to tremendous suffering in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will play a key role in deciding the outcome of the next ing her and the people of when the SPG refused to let us Tyear’s Assembly polls, whereas the impact of the ongoing farmers’ protest against the three controversial farms law could become the single most important Bengal. cyclone situation in the affect- in despite requests,” and we factor in settling the fate of political parties in Punjab. Taking a strong note of the ed districts, Mamata said, were told that the PM had PMO dishing out “selective, “What is being said is only one- already come and that we could Q R -R" one-sided and partisan news to sided and partisan story… this not be let in for an hour # the media” regarding her late is not true.” because already a meeting was arrival and hasty departure On her late arrival, she going on… still we waited 4 1 * 56 from a pre-scheduled meeting said, “I was travelling to Sagar patiently. with the Prime Minister at Islands — to assess the extent Continued on Page 9 3 - 3 Kalaikunda Airport on Friday, 3 , ; the Chief Minister said, “There ith corona surge showing a downward trend in s Uttarakhand comes out of a deadly surge of coro- is planned effort to humiliate ! " WUttar Pradesh, the political activities have Ana, both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the ith the Punjab Government announcing a me and Bengal by catering started picking up. The virtual meetings with the call Congress are trying to tackle the situation in their Wreduction in the power tariff up to 20 per cent selective, one-sided news to the Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has report at the North Block by of “sewa” of corona-hit villagers have started emerg- own way, knowing too well that suffering faced by the for certain categories at the weekend despite facing media on the Friday’s incident.” strongly objected to the Monday morning. ing from almost all parties barring the BSP. masses will play a key role in deciding the outcome a severe financial crunch, the election bugle has been Detailing the timeline of Centre’s recalling of Bengal The Bengal Government This is understandable because the election in of the next year’s Assembly polls. truly sounded in the State with this populist move. her visit to Kailaikunda airport Chief Secretary Alapan has granted a three-month Uttar Pradesh is just eight months away. Both the national parties are trying to reach out To be held in February-March next year, Assembly where she was to meet the Bandopadhyay to Delhi and extension to the Chief The spurt in corona cases leading to vehement to people and their cadre and provide them succour. elections are 7-8 months away but political activity Prime Minister who was on an asked the Union Home Secretary who is scheduled to cries of help, oxygen, hospital beds, and thousands of The Aam Aadmi Party has also undertaken some has increased the summer temperature in the border aerial visit of Odisha and Ministry to withdraw its letter retire on May 31. Continued on Page 9 Continued on Page 9 Continued on Page 9 Bengal to assess the post directing Bandopadhyay to PNS P R R !" the gallantry award, “Shaurya # $ !"# Chakra” for his exceptional onning the olive green courage, devotion to duty, and New Delhi: The general body Duniform, Lieutenant Nitika supreme sacrifice. under the Citizenship Act 1955 of the BCCI on Saturday Kaul Dhoundiyal on Saturday During the last 11-months, and Rules framed under the approved the IPL’s resumption stood tall in front of Lt-Gen YK she underwent rigorous multi- he Union Home Ministry law in 2009. This benefit is in September in the UAE and Joshi, GoC-in-C Northern disciplinary training at the Thas issued a notification extended to minorities from also decided to seek one Command. He piped the stars OTA in Chennai. under the 2009 rules of the Afghanistan, Pakistan and month’s time from the ICC to on her shoulders after review- After the ceremony, Kaul Citizenship Act, 1955 asking Bangladesh who fulfill all con- assess the Covid-19 situation in ing an impressive passing out said, “The journey has been non-Muslims belonging to ditions applicable to any foreign India before taking a final call parade at the Officers Training marvellous and I believe my Afghanistan, Bangladesh and citizen seeking citizenship by on the ICC T20 World Cup. Academy (OTA) in Chennai. journey has just started, The saying you just did it. I Love Pakistan and residing in 13 dis- naturalisation after a mini- The Special General The top general also greet- last 11 months have made me you Vibhu.” tricts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, mum of 11 years of residency Meeting (SGM), held virtual- ed her saying, “We are really learn so many things in life.” In her brief message for all Chhattisgarh, Haryana and in India. ly, lasted for about 50 minutes proud of you.” Nitika’s journey She also thanked her the women out there, Lt Nitika Punjab to apply for Indian cit- People who are eligible to as members were unanimous was not an easy one. mother and mother-in-law and Kaul said, “You need to keep izenship. apply for Indian citizenship are in their approval of the two After her husband Major several others for having put faith in yourself. At times life The fresh order is in no those currently living in the agendas on the day. Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal their faith in her and being a seems very difficult and you way connected to the districts of Morbi, Rajkot, Patan “The SGM approved the attained martyrdom during a part of her journey. may feel that you are going to Citizenship Amendment Act and Vadodara of Gujarat, Durg decision to hold the remaining fierce gunfight with a group of Remembering her hus- lose it. Even if at that point you passed in 2019 as the rules and Balodabazar in IPL matches between terrorists, which included the band, Kaul said, “I feel that I’m lose it you need to understand under it are yet to be framed by Chhattisgarh, Jalore, Udaipur, September and October. Dates mastermind of a ghastly traveling the same journey that it’s not the end of the life. You the Government. Pali, Barmer and Sirohi in will be intimated later,” senior Pulwama attack in February he did. I believe he’s always need to try again, get up. Some The Union Home Ministry Rajasthan, Faridabad in State association member, who 2019, she opted to join the going to be part of my life, even day for sure you are going to on Friday night issued the Haryana and Jalandhar in was present in the meeting, told Indian Army under the Short today he’s somewhere around win it. Just keep faith in your- notification for immediate Punjab. PTI on conditions of anonymi- Service Commission. looking at me and I can feel self. implementation of the order Continued on Page 9 ty. PTI Her husband was given that he’s just holding me and Continued on Page 9 !"% $( 0$( 1234245 Q ! R 7 "4O:!34934 tainment zones. ! !'=:93!3 : The UP government will also s part of his commitment to provide a sustenance allowance of .. # Lucknow (PNS): Shifted from ambulance on May 9. Aensuring that no one sleeps Rs 1,000 for one month to the poor Sitapur District Jail to Medanta After an examination by a hungry during the ongoing pan- and weaker sections of the society Hospital in Lucknow with panel of doctors in Sitapur demic, Chief Minister Yogi and the beneficiaries will include corona infection on May 9, District Jail, it was decided to Adityanath has been working on a small shopkeepers, daily wagers, aking a serious note of the alleged involve- Samajwadi Party leader Azam shift Khan and his son to a L- war-footing to save lives and liveli- rickshaw-pullers, e-rickshaw dri- Tment of policemen in an incident of rob- Khan continued to be on oxy- 3 hospital in Lucknow and hood of crores of daily wagers, con- vers, barbers, washermen, cob- bery in Mathura, Animal Husbandry and gen support and his condition Medanta was chosen for the struction workers and other people blers, confectioners etc, who suf- Fisheries Minister Chaudhary Laxmi Narain was stated to be critical by doc- purpose. The father-son duo in need. The state government fered loss of income in the partial said that such acts would not be tolerated in tors attending to him on are among the 15 other jail only resorted to a partial curfew to corona curfew. About 8.80 lakh the BJP regime. He directed the SSP to con- Saturday. inmates who contracted coro- break the Corona infection chain roadside vendors will also be given duct a probe into the matter and take stern However, Khan’s son navirus infection. thereby minimizing the impact on Rs 1,000 under the scheme. For this, action against the errant cops. Abdullah Azam, who was also Since February 2020, Azam economic activities and livelihood. the government has sanctioned On May 20, Taiyab of Janghavali village shifted to the Lucknow hospi- Khan has been lodged in UP was the first state in the coun- around Rs 700 crores and the wrote to the minister that while he and his wife tal, was stated to be stable. The Sitapur District Jail with over a try to impose partial corona curfew allowance will be distributed by the were going on his motorcycle to Dauseras vil- father-son duo tested positive hundred cases registered rather than opt for a complete of free ration has been distributed steadily recovering from the second Chief Minister on June 1. lage of Goverdhan area to finalise a deal, they for COVID-19 on April 30 and against him. His son was also lockdown. so far. Corona wave, the government has Additional Chief Secretary, were was stopped by policemen. He alleged after his condition deteriorat- lodged in the same jail for his An official communique Yogi has also issued directions been making continuous efforts in MSME, Navneet Sehgal said that that a sub-inspector in uniform and a consta- ed, Azam Khan and his son alleged involvement in several released on Saturday said that to for appointment of one nodal offi- feeding those who were displaced around 8.50 lakh industries are reg- ble in civvies assaulted them and took away a were rushed to Lucknow by an cases. ease the burden on the poor and to cer at each ration shop to ensure by the pandemic. Over 413 commu- istered in the state and about 80 bag containing Rs 6 lakh from them. Taiyab provide relief to the needy in the transparency. The ration distribu- nity kitchens set up by the govern- lakh people work in them. “Besides, further alleged that they were taken to Sehi challenging times, the Yogi govern- tion in the state under PMGKAY ment and private organisations are nearly 80 lakh such industries are police outpost and were kept in a lock up. He ment is providing free food grains started on May 20. So far, around catering to over 42,000 people unregistered and roughly 2 crore said that they were released after a protest by in May and June under the Pradhan 3,02,27,013 ration card holders every day. Instructions have been people work in them. During the local villagers, the bag containing the cash was Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana have been given free ration against given to provide food packets to the onslaught of the pandemic, Chief not given back. (PMGKAY). The state government as many as 3,59,47,971 ration cards. needy through community kitchens Minister Yogi Adityanath imposed Reacting strongly to the complaint, has also decided to distribute free Out of a total of 14,78,92,300 units, in all districts. The Yogi government a partial corona curfew to save lives Chaudhary assured Taiyab of a free and fair ration in July and August as well. nearly 12,79,87,725 people have has made elaborate arrangements to and livelihood, due to which the probe and promised strict action against the Currently, 3 kg of wheat and 2 kg been given as much as 6,39,938 distribute free meals for daily industries kept running as per accused cops if found guilty. SSP, Mathura, Dr of rice are being provided free of metric tonnes of ration free of wagers and anyone else in need at rules and employees did not face Gaurav Grover said that a probe was under- cost to 14, 71,85,952 beneficiaries cost. their workplaces. Also doorstep any major economic loss”, Sehgal way on the basis of the complaint lodged by in the state and around 6,39,938 MT With the state and its people delivery was arranged in the con- added. Taiyab. "7 4
n a move aimed at bringing / " Irespite to the newly-appoint- ed teachers of primary and upper primary schools of the , Basic Education department, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Lucknow (PNS): In a relief to As per the existing legal issued orders for expediting power consumers of the state, framework, even if the Power verification of their documents Chief Minister Yogi Regulator - UP State to ensure payment of their Adityanath ruled out the pos- Electricity Regulatory timely salaries and warned of sibility of any hike in power Commission in its tariff order strict action against negligent tariff for the current fiscal allows a hike in tariff, the officials responsible for delay. 2021-22 citing the adverse power utility -UP Power The chief minister’s direc- impact of the ongoing Covid Corporation Limited, can not tive came following a demand pandemic and statewide lock- enforce it without the state by the teachers’ organisations down on the state’s economy. government’s approval. The over payment of salaries to the Yogi said this after paying flo- UP PCL is a wholly owned newly-appointed teachers, as ral tributes to former Prime PSU of the UP government. only 60 per cent of those whose Minister Chaudhary Charan The UP Power documents were verified were Singh on his death anniversary Consumers’ Forum welcomed being paid salaries. in Lucknow on Saturday. the chief minister’s announce- The newly-appointed On Friday, the chief min- ment saying that it was a big teachers have been posted in ister presided over a review relief for power consumers primary and upper primary meeting of the Power depart- and the UPPCL should also schools of the Basic Education ment and directed officials to announce Covid relief for department, which runs more maintain the status quo. He consumers. ! " #$$%%&' than 1.5 lakh schools across the stressed that his government On the other hand, the UP state. was committed to serving the State Electricity Regulatory Emphasising that teachers people during the pandemic Commission completed the F.No. A.12023/09/2020/21-Admn.I must be paid salaries on time, and at this juncture, it would public hearing on a petition VACANCY NOTICE FOR DIRECTOR, N.LH.F.W. the chief minister also instruct- not be prudent to hike the filed by UPPCL for a hike in The National institute of Health and Family Welfare, an ed the top officials to conduct power tariff. During the little power tariff for the current autonomous Institute funded by the Government of India, Ministry of a district-wise review of verifi- over four year regime of Yogi fiscal 2021-22. Health and Family Welfare, is an apex technical Institute and Think cation work of teachers’ docu- Adityanath, power tariff has The regulator first invited Tank for promoting health and family welfare programmes in the ments and ensure completion been revised twice by 27 per- objections from the con- country through Education and Training, Research and Evaluation, of the process on time in every cent, the first hike was of 17 sumers over the ARR (annu- Consultancy, Advisory and Specialized Services. district, including those where percent in November 2017 al revenue requirement) filed Applications are invited by the Ministry of Health and Family the process has been slow. and of 10 per cent in by the UPPCL and its four Welfare (MoHFW) from the eligible citizens of India for the following Warning to penalise lethargic September 2019. subsidiaries. post. and negligent officials engaged Sr. Name of No. of Post Pay Level as per in the verification work, Yogi ducting reading and learning cil schools during the ongoing No the post 7th CPC also gave instructions for con- programmes smoothly at coun- pandemic. 1. Director 01 Pay Level in Pay Matrix 15 - Rs.1,82,200+NPA For details, including Hindi version of this advisement, please visit 3''4 '# ""33!" #9!'7(:3+> Institute's website: "www.nihfw.org.". Or MoHFW's website “www.mohfw.gov.in". Completed applications should reach to Shri government suspended five tals. Of these, 15 people from Kumar Pranav, Under Secretary (Training Division), Ministry of officials - District Excise Karsua, Andala, Nandpur Pala, Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health and Family he death toll in the Aligarh Officer Dheeraj Sharma, Excise Sangaur died. A few hours Welfare), Room No.511, D-Wing, Nirman Bhawan, New Thooch tragedy climbed to Inspector Rajesh Yadav, head later, three others also suc- Delhi-110011, before 30.06.2021 28 after several others suc- constable Ashok Kumar, cumbed in Chherat village of Dy. Secretary (Training) cumbed during treatment at inspector Chandraprakash Jawan. Late on Friday night, Davp 17153/11/0002/2122 MoHFW the Medical College hospital Yadav and constable Ramraj four residents of Sangaur and late on Friday night. Local vil- Rana on the charges of negli- Karsua villages died while lagers, however, pegged the gence. The Aligarh police reg- being treated at the Aligarh death figure at 37, which was istered three cases and arrest- Medical College. Besides, two dismissed by the district ed five persons, including bodies of Nandpur Pala and authorities. Besides, over a liquor baron & RLD leader one from Chharat village were dozen other victims were still Anil Chaudhary. However, two sent for autopsy by midnight. being treated at the Aligarh other prime accused, Rishi Stressing on strictest pos- District Hospital and JN Sharma and Vipin Yadav, with sible action against the guilty, Medical College and the con- alleged links with the BJP were Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dition of seven was stated to be said to be on the lam and the directed the officials to invoke critical. While the autopsy of district administration the National Security Act most of the deceased was car- announced a reward of Rs (NSA). He also instructed that ried out, some bodies were 50,000 each on their arrest. the property of the people lined up for the post-mortem The first death due to con- responsible for the tragic deaths since early morning. sumption of spurious liquor be confiscated and auctioned Soon after the news of the was reported from Karsua vil- and the kin of the deceased be tragedy broke, a magisterial lage of Lodha police station compensated. probe was ordered by the area and Andala village of After the tragedy, five out- Aligarh DM while the state Khair police station area at 8 lets of country liquor at am on Friday. Karsua, Kakola, Arrana, A joint team of Excise Pachpeda and Chharat were department team and Aligarh sealed and liquor samples were police, led by DIG Deepak sent for chemical analysis. 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1 8 ' 1! ! - 23' $ sion, the KGMU was convert- Meanwhile, one more ed to a dedicated Covid hospi- patient died due to black fun- Lucknow (PNS): A girl, with , 5 !'9 tal. Most of our beds are gus infection at KGMU on the help of her friend and his reserved for COVID-19 Saturday. The deceased was a aides, drugged her parents and patients. Right now we are 53-year-old woman from got her house burgled in he Uttar Pradesh Health running Covid hospital with a Aliganj. KGMU spokesperson Gosainganj. During interroga- Tdepartment will carry out capacity of 988 beds, the high- Dr Sudhir Singh said 13 more tion, she owned up her crime. a large genome sequencing est in the state. More than 200 patients were admitted to the Her friend and one of his aides exercise along with Central ore than 5,000 COVID- patients of mucormycosis hospital, taking the total num- were nabbed later. Drug Research Institute M19 patients have been (black fungus) have been ber of patients to 207. Surgery The girl was identified as (CDRI) to identify the preva- discharged after successful admitted in the medical univer- was performed on 14 patients Khushboo of Gosainganj while lent strains of novel coron- treatment from the King sity hospital till now,” he said. in the last 24 hours. her friend was identified as avirus in Uttar Pradesh. A George’s Medical University He said that with this back- Meanwhile, Chief Minister Vinay Yadav, also of Gosainganj. senior official from the Health hospital. ground of Covid services, var- Yogi Adityanath asked the doc- The other accused was identi- department said that 750 sam- KGMU spokesperson Dr ious non-Covid services like tors to stay in touch with the fied as Shubham Yadav while ples of novel coronavirus would Sudhir Singh said that since the trauma and emergency surg- patients. “I should not receive their aide Ranjeet Yadav is said be collected from 10 districts of beginning of COVID-19 pan- eries, obstetrics facilities, car- any complaint regarding lack of to have absconded. A sum of Rs the state. demic, the medical university diology, dialysis, neonatology treatment or medicines. Make 13 lakh in cash and ornaments We have divided the state was providing its valuable con- and oncology were still being sure patients get top class treat- worth Rs 3 lakh were stolen into five regions for genome tribution in diagnosis and treat- continued in KGMU hospital. ment,” he told officials con- from the house. Khushboo was sequencing and 75 samples ment of novel coronavirus “Due to these reasons we are cerned. Addressing a high- hostile to her parents as they each will be taken from two infected people and had been not able to accommodate non- level meeting on Saturday, the were against her friendship districts of each division, He expanding the facilities as Covid medical emergencies as CM urged people not to panic with Vinay. She, in connivance said, adding that at present it required for patient care. the majority of beds are dedi- as adequate medical equip- with Vinay, planned to get her was not known which strain of “We have carried out about cated to Covid care. As other ment and medicines are avail- house burgled and later stealth- the virus was currently present 18 lakh RT-PCR tests till now medical institutes, facilities are able in every district for treat- ily move out of the house to live in Uttar Pradesh. Talking about and the staff continues to focus not fully Covid hospitals. These ment of this deadly disease. with Vinay. Vinay handed her the results of 500 samples 24X7 on increasing tests. About institutes should run their “Make sure there is an sleeping pills and asked her to which had been earlier sent to /' 0 ! - - 0- 40,000 doses of Covid vaccines emergency non-Covid facilities adequate stock of amphotericin give the same to her parents. the Institute of Genomics and have been administered in the with their best capacity to B injections and two other After her parents dozed off, Integrative Biology (IGBI), ant. The doctor said that there of the virus. Comparisons can the COVID-19 third wave, he medical university. As per Uttar reduce burden on the KGMU,” drugs prescribed by experts in Vinay and his aides stole the New Delhi for genome were very few labs which were be made with the previous said that the administration Pradesh state government deci- he said. every district,” the CM said. cash and ornaments. sequencing, the official said doing genome sequencing in data to determine the move- had made preparations for that the results were still await- the country. “It is a tedious and ment of the strains and hence more than 1,000 pediatric ICUs ed. “It is likely that the sequenc- very expensive process and they should be carried out besides oxygen beds at the pri- ing has been done but the hence it is not done in many every month,” he said. He said mary and community health results are not available with us samples. When it was carried that genome sequencing also centres, distribution of medical right now,” he said. out it was found that the helped in knowing which vac- kits and was focusing on vac- Meanwhile, a senior doctor B.1.617 variant was present in cines were effective against cination of the 18-43 years pointed out that genome only one per cent of the sam- which strains. “There have category after registration and sequencing helped in knowing ples in January, 7 per cent in been cases when people have those above 44 years of age after the movement of the virus February, 23 per cent in March, come to India from abroad after on the spot registration. He said across the country. 42 per cent in April and 77 per getting two doses of vaccine and the Islamic Centre had made a “Till now, the genome cent in May, indicating that it were infected with the strain good start by starting the vac- sequencing done in the coun- had become common,” he said. present in the country and cination centre at Eidgah and try showed the presence of The senior doctor said that died,” he said. till now a total of 5,200 people B.1.617variant in pan-India, genome sequencing thus helped Meanwhile, District had been vaccinated there. The B.1.618 which is circulating in in knowing the movement of Magistrate Abhishek Prakash district magistrate said that West Bengal and B.1.117, a the virus. “For example, there is carried out an inspection of the the vaccination centre was United Kingdom variant, lockdown in Maharashtra and vaccination being carried out at catering to a large population which is prevalent in Punjab UP and yet if one finds the the Islamic Centre of India at in the old city and they had also and Haryana,” he said, adding same strain of virus in Uttar Eidgah in Aishbagh. created a help desk for those that B1.617 was the most infec- Pradesh then it will show the Talking to media persons who could not get themselves tious and most common vari- mobility of the people and thus regarding the preparations for vaccinated. -!R # 0 123&'
are being provided for the treat- ment of these patients. total of 2,287 new Covid “In addition to Acases were reported across Amphotericin B injections, con- Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 sidered useful in the treatment hours while 7,902 patients were of infected patients, two tablets discharged from hospitals. have also been found to be effec- Besides, the Covid positivity rate tive by experts. The availability in the state dipped to 0.8 per of these tablets should be cent while the recovery rate ensured in consultation with went up to 96.10 per cent. medical experts. Wherever Lucknow’s case tally black fungus patients are being dropped to 106 even as 520 treated, including in Lucknow, patients recovered. There were Meerut, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, 11 deaths in the state capital Agra, Kanpur and Prayagraj, while active cases reduced to officials of the Health depart- 3,143 cases. ment and Medical Education The state currently has department should be in con- 46,201 active corona cases, of stant contact with all the hospi- which 26,187 patients are in residents in the 18-44 age group government is in constant touch tals treating patients and there home isolation while a total of have also been given vaccine with the vaccine manufacturing should be no lack of useful med- 16.21 lakh patients have recov- jabs. In all, a total of 1.76 crore companies,” the CM said. icines anywhere,” Yogi said. ered from the deadly viral infec- residents of Uttar Pradesh have Yogi further said, “Our pol- “In view of future require- tion. Besides, in the last 24 been vaccinated. icy of ‘test, trace and treat’ (T3) ments of medical oxygen for hours, 3.30 lakh samples were “A new phase of vaccination has been very effective in break- Covid and other patients, oxy- tested, of which 1.54 lakh sam- is starting in Uttar Pradesh ing the corona infection chain gen plants are being installed in ples were tested through RT- from June 1 and our objective and all sections of the society, major hospitals across all dis- PCR. So far, UP has carried out is to cover one crore people. including health workers, tricts of the state and so far, 4.87 crore Covid tests. From June 1, people in the 18- policemen, officers/employees more than 400 oxygen plants Chairing a review meeting 44 group will be vaccinated in associated with administration have been approved in various of Team-9 in Lucknow on all 75 districts and special have played vital roles in preven- districts. Real-time monitoring Saturday, Chief Minister Yogi booths will be set up for parents tion of the viral infection. It has of their installation should be Adityanath said that the vacci- of children below 12 years of age resulted in the Covid positivity done by respective district nation process is underway at a and those in judicial services, rate dipping to 0.8 per cent in administrations and availabili- satisfactory pace and 34.24 lakh teachers, state employees, bank the state while the recovery rate ty of raw material or civil work people have been administered personnel and media represen- has shot up to 96.10 per cent.” should be completed in time. both jabs so far, while 1.42 lakh tatives. We have sufficient vac- On the growing cases of UP will be self-sufficient on the got the first vaccine shot. cine availability to meet the phe- black fungus, the chief minister scale of oxygen production,” the Besides, a total of 18.22 lakh nomenal target and the state said that all necessary facilities chief minister asserted. & *5 Lucknow (PNS): Two natives of Sultanpur district were held at the Amausi airport on Friday for visiting Libya, a country which is restricted for visit by Indians at present. The offend- ers were identified as Ankit Saroj and Surya Narayan, both of Lambhua (Sultanpur). They were detained after their pass- ports were found to be having a work permit visa for Libya. According to an official of the Bureau of Immigration, the duo were checked at the immi- gration counters (Nos. 7 and 8) at the airport. In his complaint to the Sarojininagar police, Bhardwaj said the Indian gov- ernment had restricted visits of Indians to Libya as per an order (M-415/10/2016) issued on April 26, 2016. “Both Ankit and Surya Narayan went to Dubai on tourist visas from New Delhi on July 1, 2019. They then illegally entered Libya on July 22, 2019 on a work permit visa. Both stayed and worked in Libya until May 26 and returned to India on May 28. Both violated the government order on visit to Libya,” he said. The police registered a case under Section 12 of Passport Act against both. !"% $( 0$( 1234245
4 U.P. POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED TEN- " 4 DER NOTICE Sealed Tenders 5# # for executing the following works in two parts (as detailed in tender specifications) + ! are hereby invited from experienced con- tractors and will be opened on the same 4'+ Lucknow (PNS): Aam Aadmi dates mentioned below at 15.30 hrs. pub- Party (AAP) leader and UP licly in the office of the under signed. The tender documents can be had up to pre- buying experience for the at the conference, CII UP incharge Sanjay Singh accused vious working day of the opening day on products of the One District Chairman CP Gupta said that the UP government of being payment of Rs. 236.00 including GST(NON here is no denying that e- One Product (ODOP) e-commerce business was involved in an oxygen cylinder REFUNDABLE) in cash or demand draft. If tender document is required by post, Rs. Tcommerce has played a scheme,” he said. expected to touch $200 billion scam. Addressing mediaper- 30.00 will be charged extra. Part-I of the critical role during the Infrastructure and by 2026 hence it had a huge sons at the party office in tender will contain an earnest money in COVID-19 pandemic in con- Industrial Development potential for not just large busi- Gomtinagar on Saturday, Singh shape of CDR/FDR/BD/RTGS duly pledged in favour of the undersigned in official tinuing economic activity Commissioner Sanjiv Mittal nesses but small and medium alleged that during the first capacity and part-II will contain rates, terms which otherwise would have pointed out that the pandem- businesses as well to enhance Covid wave, the state govern- and conditions and other relevant details. taken a bigger hit, said MSME ic had further increased their consumer outreach. ment was involved in oximeter Without earnest money tender will not be Minister Sidharth Nath Singh demand for e-commerce as a Chairman of CII UP E-com- and PPE kit scam and this time accepted. Tender No. 03/ESDS/2021-22 To be opened on dt. 28.06.2021, Tender during a virtual conference business avenue and integrat- merce panel, Hasan Yaqoob, in oxygen cylinder scam. cost Rs.236.00, Earnest Money Rs. on e commerce organised by ed the rural economy with the said that UP was the largest sell- “We are passing through 2000.00 1. Providing 01 No. commercial- the CII on Saturday. The min- national economy. He also er hub in the country and e- one of the most difficult situ- ly registered light diesel vehicle of latest model having closed body along with dri- ister also remarked that a sus- remarked that the Digital India commerce was playing an ations. In Lucknow, even a ver on contract basis for Electy. 400KV tainable model of e-commerce initiative and support of the important role in infra building, judge did not get an ambulance Substation Division, Sultanpur. Executive would soon become the need banking systems had enhanced skill development, economic so that he could rush his wife Engineer Electy. 400KV Substation Division Sultanpur No. 330 Date of the hour once the pandem- digital growth. growth and promoting cashless to hospital. At a time when 29.5.2021 "Save Energy in National interest." ic was over and the brick-and- Stating that UP alone had ecosystem. He also requested people were forced to dump the mortar stores would resume almost 16 crore mobile sub- the state government to consid- bodies of their loved ones into operations. scribers, Mittal emphasised how er e-commerce players to be the river, the UP government AA OO7 He thanked the online huge that state was as a market part of the State Disaster was involved in oxygen cylin- V% 7 7 companies for supporting the for e-commerce. He also said Management Authority owing der scam. $ !884 government during the current that since the state had now to their prompt service time and “The Mirzapur CMO pur- %:R$'#884 times for helping set up an oxy- accorded industry status to vast outreach. Vice-Chairman chases an oxygen cylinder for %%=W# 6-:0 gen plant at Prayagraj. He also warehousing and had a lucrative of CII UP, Vinamra Agarwal, Rs 12,500 but his Bhadohi *0,884-%8 remarked that the small and logistic and warehousing poli- pointed out that MSMEs had counterpart purchases the same medium enterprises (SMEs) cy in place, it was equipped to the largest role to play for for Rs 54,000 even as these dis- www.etender.up.nic.in of UP should be further become a warehousing hub. At becoming e-adaptive to the tricts are only 30 kms apart. "$! -**8,4 encouraged to get on digital the same time, he emphasised digital transformation. Some of The one purchased in Bhadohi "N$- 84 %'04 platforms with training on the importance of data privacy the other suggestions which was a nitrogen cylinder and a T-04/ETC-II(K)/2021-22, - product branding and packag- and consumer protection, emerged from the delibera- tragedy was waiting to unfold AN%X AN"< =6 ing. “In this direction, the pointing out that digital disrup- tions included a request to per- if it was filled with oxygen,” he 0D OC 7 % 0F # Prakash Singh of Gudamba (Sector-H) in protest. The police developed cold Nagar Campus I, has brought laurels #E OE ?* '<$ - #E showed the S-I was uprooting the DVR feet and additional number of police- to the school by securing the Lucknow % 0G 0# at the house and damaging his SUV. It men were summoned from different Topper position in the online ,(@ % 5 J!K )D made the senior cops defensive. The police stations to bring the situation ‘Hindustan Olympiad 2021’ organised advocate alleged that the team looted Rs under control. A spokesman said the at all-India level. The event was organ- %79#E # 6 11.5 lakh and also fired a shot on him police team was chasing a criminal, ised in two levels in which around 8 <O7"-%:?-AL but he had a providential escape. Veeru Patel, who entered the house of lakh students from various schools $ 5%8 A$)9 In his complaint, Singh said he was the advocate. “The advocate and his participated. Satyarth displayed his 0- 0*-D "N$- with some of his friends around 11:45 friends helped the criminal run away knowledge of multiple subjects and pm when the police team reached there and it snowballed into an altercation,” walked away with the first position in 84%%'03 3 and lunged at them. “We rushed inside he claimed. Lucknow. He was given away a certificate for this achievement. 4 4 ;<# # 6 A'6!47 8 0=C 7 -3*+ -6=C $O<5 90 = #=#*+ # 0 & 5 E0 #-$!*5 have served a jail term in connec- but he slipped handpump handle the previous "$!*0D N0 tion with a case of murder in 1997. away from the night and later went to his sister’s 2 P -5% - %# 5 man killed his mother after she Deceased’s daughter Sukhrana scene instead of house and told her that their moth- 9 9 7 2 G D Arefused to sell a land in of Nagram said Siyaram informed answering the er had taken ill. Mohanlalganj and cooked up a her about the ill health of her moth- questions. She The police said Siyaram is a OC"$! -#E story in a bid to save his skin. er on Saturday, following which she then called the drug addict who sold all the orna- G % 0 F 5 However, his role in the crime was and her husband Rajaram reached police. ments of his mother to get his daily '<$-#E % 0 exposed and a case was registered the house. “I was shocked to see The police quota. He was upset for the last few G 0#-#-,D against him. He was later arrested blood spattered all over the court- said Siyaram days as he did not get the drugs and "#""N$-884%%'0 by a team of police. The deceased yard and hair tufts lying in a cor- was rounded was forcing his mother to sell the was identified as Maharaja of ner. A blood-stained brick was also up and during interrogation, he land, but she was reluctant. He bru- 3 3 4 4 $ Bakkas Kheda in the area while the found lying there,” she said. She owned up his crime. He disclosed tally attacked her over the issue and :Q%$0/# - accused as Siyaram. He is said to asked about the same to Siyaram that he hit his mother with the a she died due to excessive bleeding. !$% $/- R #5#Q%R9-"00D & N02 P -5% - %# 5 9 9 7 2 ! F D OC "$! - #E % 0 Lucknow (PNS): Four people and extricated those trapped F 5 '<$ - #E were electrocuted while three with assistance from local res- others suffered serious burns idents. They later rushed the F % 0G 0# when a wedding pandal got injured to a hospital where Q" # -#-,D 884%%'0 uprooted in a thunderstorm Maya Ram (50), Radhey (52), 3 3 4 43 and one of the iron stands came Ramautar (38), Ramchandra Lucknow (PNS): UP Awasthi said the work for - ;<## 6AN ? in contact with a high-tension (40) succumbed to burns. The Expressway Industrial construction of the bridges on /-3M- $8 wire in Kamlapur area of police said that seven people Development Authority (UPEI- Yamuna, Betwa and Ken rivers Sitapur late Friday night. The suffered burns, six of whom DA) said it has completed over is in progress while the work of "< =60D N0 three injured were stated to be were from the groom’s side 60 per cent of the physical work ROB is also being expedited. He 2 P -5% - %# 5 critical with more than 50 per and one from the bride’s fami- on Bundelkhand Expressway. also directed the officials con- O O 7 2 D G cent burns. ly. The deceased included three This expressway will be linked to cerned to expedite the remain- 84%%'0 3 3 As per reports, Rajendra of from the groom’s side and one Lucknow-Agra-NOIDA ing work for toll plaza and earth Hanumanpur village in from the bride’s family. Expressway near Etawah, ulti- work and shifting of the utilities 4 4 3 - Kamlapur area was oraganising On being informed, DM of mately linking Bundelkhand to like electricity lines, school build- ;<# # 6 AN $- the marriage of his daughter late Sitapur Vishal Bhardwaj and SP, Delhi. The total length of the ings, etc. Four rail overbridges, ? '-4OE 5>#-0.-! - on Friday night when the strong RP Singh rushed to the District Bundelkhand expressway is 296 14 major bridges, 268 minor $8"< =65 R # thunderstorm struck. Hospital to meet the victims km. On Saturday, UPEIDA Chief bridges, six toll plazas, seven 0D N0 2 P Consequently, the pandal came and enquire about their wellbe- Executive Officer Awanish ramp plazas, 18 flyovers and 214 crashing down and an iron pole ing. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Awasthi took stock of the underpasses are being construct- -5% -%#59 9 7 supporting the structure came Yogi Adityanath expressed grief progress of the expressway ed on the Bundelkhand 2 F D "9-=6 "?0# in contact with a live wire after over the incident and directed through virtual mode. He said Expressway. The expressway has ;<## 6 6!$ 8C which seven revelers were elec- the district authorities to pro- that so far, 60 per cent of the four lanes and is expendable to G / # trocuted, triggering a stam- vide all possible assistance to physical work has been complet- six lanes. Along with the express- pede. On receiving the informa- the families of the deceased and ed. He added that the work is way, a 37.5-meter wide service $-:0 tion, the police reached the spot the injured. being done on a war-footing. lane is also being constructed. !"% $( 0$( 1234245 : " # " # . - # - sation could entrust important Prasad Maurya, who was the BJP can once again hand over responsibility to the Deputy state president in the last the command of the state pres- eputy CM Keshav Prasad CM before the next year’s assembly elections, put more ident to the Deputy CM. ; DMaurya is likely to hold assembly elections. than 300 seats in BJP’s account. A leader close to the some more essential posts in On Friday, there was a dis- Then the party also got a good Deputy CM said that what the days to come. This was cussion among local activists vote from the backward caste. happened in the meeting of - # * indicated through a meeting of about Deputy CM Keshav After the average performance union officials in Lucknow is Dattatreya Hosabale Prasad Maurya that the party in the panchayat elections, the only known to the senior istrict Magistrate (DM) Sarkaryavah (general secre- will contest the next year’s party may entrust the Deputy office-bearers of the union. DKaushal Raj Sharma, while tary) of the Rashtriya assembly elections once again CM with some important But it is so important that the reviewing the progress made by Swayamsevak Sangh with the under his leadership. In fact, responsibility regarding the central leadership of BJP is Gas Authority of India Limited office-bearers of the BJP due to the average perfor- assembly elections. brainstorming for a reshuffle in (GAIL) so far in the imple- orgainisaton in Lucknow. mance of the party in the pan- If this happens, then the the government and organisa- mentation of urban gas distri- Local BJP activists and chayat elections and the official party will definitely get an tion keeping in mind the 2022 bution project in the city under office-bearers are also hopeful royal dominance in the state, advantage in the assembly elec- assembly elections. Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga for the same. After the meeting many BJP workers are angry. tions. Because, the Deputy CM BJP city unit President Project at his camp office here in Lucknow, speculation of In the panchayat elections, has a good grip on the com- Ganesh Kesarwani said that he on Saturday, expressed dis- reshuffle in the BJP govern- there has also been talk of less mon people. is not aware of what happened pleasure over the GAIL officials ment and organisation in the backward caste votes for the Meanwhile, on social in Lucknow and Delhi. Right for not having sufficient state has intensified. On Friday, party. Former BJP district pres- media, the news of the change now the focus of all of us is amount of PNG gas connec- there was a discussion among ident Narendra Dev Pandey of a few office-bearers to sev- on the election of the tions, despite considerable the party workers in Prayagraj said that there is still time in the eral ministers continued to go District Panchayat President, efforts, and said that it was that the BJP’s national organi- assembly elections. Keshav viral. It was also discussed that he added. being reviewed regularly at a higher level. According to him, the facil- ity of PNG gas is easily avail- able through GAIL and it is also cheap and directed the ,-- 0 /'2$ -!- &!4 5 & officials of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), ous schemes so that it can be every Saturday. completed against the target of Cantonment Board, Railways, used more and more. In yet another meeting, he 28,114, on which the DM 7 Electricity department and During the day, the DM reviewed the Pradhan Mantri directed to complete the same Public Works Department also held a meeting of Jal Swanidhi Yojana. Sharma said within 10 days. (PWD) present in the meeting Jeevan Mission in which, 206 that the details of the social and According to him, as many - # - ers and workers at his resi- zens like criminals. Siddharth Bhupendra Nath Singh and that asked them to take respon- new projects have been sub- economic profile of the bene- as 4,838 applications have been dence. Nath said that the government expressed condolences. sibility for 100 per cent PNG mitted for approval under the ficiaries and their families approved under ‘One Nation he Cabinet Minister He said that in today’s era, takes care of the interests of the On the other hand, some gas supply in the houses of Rural Drinking Water Scheme should be fed on the portal so One Ration Card’ and under TSiddharth Nath Singh said it has become a big duty of the traders. Partial corona curfew people of Dhussa Jhalwa, employees in their respective and out of them, 191 projects that they can get the benefits Janani Suraksha Yojana, four on Saturday that the Yogi gov- workers to go door-to-door to has been imposed only to break Rajrooppur and Lal Bahadur premises and if there is any were approved while remaining under the eight schemes oper- people have applied, thus ernment was determined to motivate people to get the the chain of corona epidemic. Shastri Nagar Green Valley problem, then tell the officials 15 projects were forwarded ated by the Central 90,314 eligible beneficiaries save both life and livelihood in Corona vaccine. During this, Because of this, continu- submitted memorandum of of GAIL apart from him. He for revision. Government. The meeting to were found in eight schemes the second wave of Corona. the activists informed the min- ously infected patients are problems of road construc- also directed the officers of the The DM said that detailed review the progress of the including PM Bima Suraksha The government is con- ister about all the problems of being found in Prayagraj. tion, street light, sewer and Municipal Corporation and project reports (DPRs) whose scheme is organised in the Yojana, PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima stantly reviewing and taking the people. It was said that peo- Siddharth Nath also went to the pipeline to Siddharth Nath Varanasi Development per capital cost is more than first week of every month. Yojana, PM Jan Dhan Yojana, decisions keeping in mind the ple are being challaned if the residence of the late corporator Singh. Authority (VDA) to make nec- 6,000 per person should also be Project Director of District PM Shram Yogi Maandhan interests of every section. mask is slightly up and down. Rohit Malaviya on Saturday. Corporator Akhilesh essary arrangements for the examined and sent to the State Urban Development Authority Yojana and out of which 6,536 Under this, the process for The economic condition of Apart from this, the BJP leader Singh, Mithilesh Singh, Ravi supply of PNG wherever new Water and Sanitation Mission. (DUDA) informed that the have applied and the applica- giving 1,000 to the labourers the poor, farmers, labourers, went to Abha Singh’s house and Tiwari, Jitendra Singh, houses are being allotted or are He also instructed to review the profiling of 22,923 vendors tions of 4,846 beneficiaries for three months and ration women and traders is in dis- mourned the death of her hus- Shailendra Kumar Singh, being constructed under vari- Jal Jeevan Mission programme and 25,710 families has been have been approved. free of cost for three months to tress in the global pandemic. band. Dhirendra Tiwari, Vijay each poor family. Siddharth BJP office-bearers said that The minister also went to Chandra etc were present dur- Nath said these things in his the police should not treat the residence of late former RSS ing the presentation of the meeting with party office-bear- civilised and respected citi- District Sanghchalak Advocate memorandum. /#& !! 6$ ' !- - # * lodged against those who failed asked the district mission man- said that the same was the in making cooperation in this ager and block mission man- responsibility of the BDOs and hief Development Officer high priority scheme of the agers to record the progress of no laxity or negligence in work C(CDO) Madhusudan government. He also reviewed all their related works on the would be tolerated. " 5 0 Hulgi, while reviewing the the progress made in ration dis- respective portal. He also reviewed the works of the National Rural tribution in coordination with Meanwhile, Hulgi also progress made in the direction Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) the Integrated Child reviewed the development pro- of giving the appointment let- - # - medical stores in Prayagraj. caught, was also in contact with these. The accused have also through virtual platform on Development Services (ICDS) grammes including progress of ters to the dependents of such After getting information from a gang selling fake Remdesivir given some injections directly Friday, expressed concern over department and directed the house construction in all the employees who died due to wo medical stores in the the Kanpur police, the district injections caught in Babpurwa to the doctors. the progress made till date officers concerned to distribute blocks, village level adminis- COVID-19 infection and Tcity were found selling fake police came into action. After a few days ago. All together the The ACP said that the under the scheme and direct- 100 per cent ration within two trative committees and moni- instructed the officers con- Amphonex injections (ampho- which both the medical stores consignments of fake injections accused had given injections to ed the bank branch managers days. He also directed that in toring committees constituted cerned to withhold the salaries tericin B salt) of black fungus located at Cotton Mill trisec- were sold in different cities. a doctor in Varanasi. If the case to achieve the target of each coordination with the in village panchayats and giv- of guilty officers for the month in the city. It came to light after tion in Naini and Himmatganj Connection with Prayagraj to came to fore, a sample testing month by increasing the for- Electricity department, more ing of appointment letters to of May for not completing the two smugglers belonging to the in Khuldabad were raided. Varanasi is also found in this was done. It was revealed that mation of Self Help Groups and more women should be the deceased dependents. He process of issuing letters as per gang were nabbed in Kanpur. A thorough search of both connection. the injection contained glucose. (SHGs), opening of bank connected with livelihood work instructed that in all the blocks the directions of the District On receipt of information, the medical stores was conducted The police investigation The injections that have been accounts and credit linkage. He by making their registration on that the houses whose third Magistrate (DM). According to police have taken the operators in the presence of a drug has revealed another major caught here, it is feared that it directed the Deputy respective portal within two installment had already been him, the list of village level of both medical stores in inspector, but nothing could be revelation. The accused have will also contain glucose. Commissioner (Self-employ- days. The CDO instructed the released should be completed administrative committees and Khuldabad and Naini into cus- recovered there. After this, consigned hundreds of injec- Currently, the Drug depart- ment) to coordinate with the Block Development Officers within two days. Under the monitoring committees con- tody. A team of Kanpur police Pankaj Aggarwal, the director tions to Kanpur. In addition to ment has taken 40 injections as banks for disposal of pending (BDOs) to take action against MNREGA, if the muster roll of stituted in all gram panchayats also came on the information of Obeligo and the operator of selling them to direct atten- a sample which has been sent applications in the banks by those block mission managers the beneficiaries could not be has been received from all who was engaged in interro- Bajpai Medical Store, was taken dants, a large number of injec- to the lab for testing. A test June 15. by withholding their remu- released due to some technical BDOs and the same has already gation of the accused till late into custody. The police kept tions have also been sold to sev- report will come in a few days, Showing strictness, the neration for the month of May problems, then all such hous- been sent to the District night. interrogating them till late in eral hospitals. During interro- which will reveal as to what was CDO warned the bank branch whose development works are es should be completed imme- Panchayat Raj Officer for fur- In Kanpur, police arrested the night. Late night a team of gation, the accused have also in the injection. managers that FIRs would be not in line with the targets and diately without waiting. He ther action. Prakash Mishra, a resident of Kanpur police also came to the given the names of the hospi- Cases of black marketing of Yashoda Nagar and Gyanesh city. After which both were tals. Now the question is, what Remdesivir injections and oxy- Sharma, a resident of questioned till late in the night. would be the effect on the gen cylinders have come to fore Ratandeep Apartment Nirala The police are trying to patient due to the use of these earlier in Prayagraj. But this is Nagar, near Gwalatoli inter- ascertain whether the ware- injections. It is suspected that the first case of selling fake *) " section on Thursday night with house has been built elsewhere fake injections had taken many injections. 68 fake fungal injections. Both to store fake injections. Along lives. The police are also inves- Earlier, the Kotwali police - # * to the safety of the workforce the accused, including MR with this, it is also being ascer- tigating whether the hospital arrested three people in the which will prove to be capable Dnyanesh, said during inter- tained where these injections administration knew that the black market of Remdesivir. he Safety department of and effective in ensuring well- rogation that they had pur- were made. In fact, the Kanpur fake injections were being sup- But Ajay Vishwakarma, the TBanaras Locomotive Works trained disciplined manpower chased these fake injections police said that the smuggler plied by the accused. If done so, kingpin of this gang, could not (BLW) has published a ‘Code security,’ said Anjali Goyal, from the Obeligo and Bajpai Gyanesh Sharma, who was action will also be taken on be nabbed so far. of practice for protection from adding that she was delighted fire and other such untoward that on March 8 last ‘Manthan’, incidents’, which was released a dedicated facility for safety on Saturday through virtual training, was inaugurated medium by the General which ensures a safe workplace ;% - Manager (GM) Anjali Goyal. by strict adherence to practical The code of practice is a com- and consistent training of the prehensive collection of guide- practices laid down in the safe- - # - Bridge Engineer, ADRM/infra, Graduate Programme in mics, corporate industries, lines for fire prevention in ty code. Prayagraj to study the techni- Business Administration by career goals, hobbies, and soft workshops, offices and colony ‘The Safety department has op officials of North cal issues involved in the work the prestigious Indian Institute skills. Due to the current pan- areas that enables a safe and fire done a good job compiling this TCentral Railway such as construction of Road of Management, Ahmedabad demic situation, the Interviews free work environment. This is code of practice covering every Headquarters and Prayagaraj under Bridge in lieu of a level and Bangalore under the were conducted in an online the first time in the summer area of the BLW campus and Division besides those related crossing coming in way of pro- General category. The selection fashion this year. season when such unique safe- shop floors,’ the GM said. On to Dedicated Freight Corridor posed alignment of longer loop, has been made through the Aditya aspires to become a ty bulletin was released for the the occasion of the release, sev- (DFC) visited Iradatganj sta- land acquisition issues and to highly competitive all India leader in the domain of precautions to be taken for fire According to the GM, this code of practice. Expressing her eral senior officials participat- tion on Saturday. suggest the measures to get the CAT examination. Both IIM Technological Product protection in parks, DG sets bulletin will be very useful in happiness, she also empha- ed in the programme through GM in his video confer- work done at the earliest. Ahmedabad and IIM Management. Like his father, and powerhouses at the high- enhancing the preparation for sised that the production units virtual medium, which includ- ence instructed officials to The team comprising DK Bangalore are the most covet- Aditya is also a writer who risk areas of workshops, office fire protection of the work- have many security dimen- ed Principal Chief Mechanical finalise connection with Verma (CPTM), Sushil Yadav ed Business Schools in India loves to write online fiction buildings, hospitals, residential shops and offices of the BLW sions which need attention. Engineer Vineet Kumar Saxena Dedicated Freight Corridor (Chief Engineer), AK Mishra that are globally reputed and blogs. complexes, market places and and congratulated all the ‘These methodological codes and Chief Safety Officer Nitin and possibility of longer loop at (CTPM), Atul Gupta considered as the ‘College of 48 MORE TEST POSI- oil and lubricant stores. departments for compiling the are very important in relation Mehrotra. Iradatganj. (ADRM/PRYJ), SK Shukla Dreams’ for all the MBA aspi- TIVE: The number of new This joint visit to Iradatganj (SrDOM/PRYJ), Narendra rants in India. Many eminent corona infections declined station and adjoining area (Chief Bridge Engineer) and personalities like Raghuram from a day earlier. A total of 48 explored the possibilities of a Rajesh Srivastava (Sr.Divisional Rajan, Harsha Bhogle, and new cases of COVID-19 were 6! . longer loop and it’s connection Engineer Prayagraj) reached Chetan Bhagat are alumni of found in the last 24 hours, to DFC. the site and deliberated upon IIM Ahmedabad. while 110 people became infec- It is proposed to construct the issue. The team is expect- Aditya has done BTech in tion-free. This was confirmed VARANASI (PNS): To mark state co in-charge Sunil Ojha, given by party central leader- the second wave of pandemic a longer loop at Iradatganj sta- ed to arrive a solution upon the Computer Science and by Dr Rishi Sahai, the Nodal the seventh anniversary of the ministers Dr Neelkanth Tiwari ship, a three-day service pro- and the figure remained below tion as trains on DFC will run technical issues involved and Engineering from IIT Patna. Officer of Corona. He further Narendra Modi-led & Ravindra Jaiswal, party gramme is being held under 100 marks on the second con- as long hauls. A longer loop is give it’s feedback to the General Presently he is working as a said that one infected person Government at Centre, the regional president Mahesh which a blood donation camp secutive day. As many as 73 of double the length of a nor- Manager soon. Senior Software Engineer at died on Friday. There was a lot Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is Chandra Srivastava and MLA was held at IMA by party positive cases were recorded on mal loop line and is used for The team also visited Jasra InMobi Technology which is of relief in the case of Corona. organising service programme Saurabh Srivastava were main- frontal organisations. The party Saturday evening increasing holding trains for crossings. A station where a multi model India’s first Unicorn company. In the district, a corona exam- and in this order, its seven ly present on the occasion. has set a target of donating 100 the total number to 81,634. stretch of DFC is being con- logistics park is proposed to be Aditya shares his inspiring ination of a total of 10,502 peo- frontal organisations held a The PM Modi has always units of blood by party men for There is also a decrease in structed from Iradatganj station developed to handle bulk traf- preparation experience which ple was conducted of which a blood donation camp at Blood directed the party workers on the needy persons, he said. deaths and with two more which will connect New fic. Technical issues involved in involved over four months of total of 48 new infections were Bank in the building of Indian the completion of government The party has decided not deaths during the last 24 hours Karchhana station of DFC. construction of this logistics dedicated late night studies found. The district adminis- Medical Association (IMA) in six months or one year to go to to celebrate the anniversary and and with this, the death toll Trains coming from Western, park were studied and dis- alongside a full time job. Aditya tration, Health department has Chetganj here, on Saturday. people and furnish the report instead, to hold service pro- increased to 748. As many as Central and West Central cussed to arrive a working cleared the CAT examination received further relief from On the second day of card of the government before grammes for three days that 146 patients of home isolation Railway from Manikpur side solution. in the top one per cent. IIMs the fall in the number of newly three-day service programme, them and also take feedback began on Friday last, the recovered, while as many as 60 can directly be handed over to ADITYA SELECTED BY shortlist the candidates with the infected corona. However, the the seven frontal organisations but this time in the present cri- regional president of party have been recovered from the DFC via this connection with- IIM AHMEDABAD, best overall profiles along with death toll is still the same. of the BJP including youth sis of COVID-19 pandemic, the Mahesh Chandra Srivastava hospitals. out touching Prayagraj. BANGALORE: Aditya Gupta, a high CAT score. The inter- About 14 patients were dis- wing, women wing, minority party decided to do service said. The total number of GM NCR VK Tripathi, has son of Kundan Kumar views are said to be performed charged from different hospi- cell, farmer’s cell, SC cell, ST cell work on the completion of VARANASI RECORDS patients cured in the district formed a joint team compris- (Principal Chief Mechanical in a UPSC style in which the tals including the private one, and OBC cell held a blood seventh year of government at LOWEST CASES: The district increased to 79,523 including ing Chief Passenger Traffic Engineer North Central candidates are supposed to be while the home isolation of 96 donation camp at the above Centre, the minister Dr Tiwari continued recording the low- 73,493 in home isolation and Manager, Chief Traffic Railway) and Vijayanti Kumar holistically proficient in current people was completed on the mentioned place. The party informed adding, on the call est-ever cases of COVID-19 in 6,030 in COVID-19 hospitals. Planning Manager, Chief got selected for the Post affairs, general studies, acade- same day. !"% $( 0$( 1234245 78 998 ! &!! . 6' $8! 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $+ ,-#* in the hospital for giving infor- hospital and D-dimer and fer- - # mation about the condition of ritin testing will be started he North Eastern Railway such admitted patients to their soon after getting the kit. s the new normal has T(NER) headquarters, families. The food sent to Besides, a Covid-19 vaccination Achanged since the begin- Gorakhpur-situated Lalit Covid patients from their home centre has been set up in the ning of the COVID-19 pan- Narayan Mishra (LNM) is being delivered to them outpatient department (OPD) demic, the measures that peo- Railway Hospital is constantly through the help desk by the of this hospital, in which vac- ple need to adopt to ensure providing better medical facil- paramedical staff of the cination facility is being pro- their safety have also changed ities to railway personnel and Railways. Arrangement for ALS vided daily to railway employ- drastically. The regular air their families through spe- ambulance has been made for ees and non-railway people purifiers that helped people cialised doctors even during bringing and taking Covid above 45 years and in the 18- breathe clean air are now not this coronavirus infection. patients which is working 24 44 years age group. Along with enough to save them from the Serious patients are also being hours. Besides adequate it at Mechanical Workshop deadly microbes contaminating treated through non-invasive here the vaccination of its offi- the air. ventilators in this hospital, cials and employees was done In an attempt to help peo- Chief Public Relations Officer smoothly by setting up Covid ple breathe cleaner air, safe (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh vaccination camp there. In this from deadly microbes, AiRTH, said. According to the instruc- sequence, a total of 16,884 in collaboration with the IIT tions of NER General Manager doses of the vaccine have been Kanpur and IIT Bombay, has Vinay Kumar Tripathi in view administered in this hospital so &' ' - - ! &8& & created an anti-microbial air of the possibility of the third far. In Health Centre, purifier. The company claims wave of Covid-19 and the Gorakhpur Cantonment, a cen- that this air purifier can deac- apprehension of children tre is being set up for Covid-19 tivate microbes in real-time, becoming more infected, vaccination in which vaccina- even those that are of the size preparations are going on to set tion will be started after getting of the coronavirus. up paediatric Covid ward for vaccine. Besides, a post-Covid Q- Scientists at IIT Kanpur children in LNM Railway ward has been set up. Separate have claimed that they have Hospital. In view of increasing wards have been opened for developed an air purifier that number of Covid patients and men and women and a total of can kill black fungus along with demand for oxygen gas in this 13 patients are admitted. other viruses present in the air. hospital, oxygen generation Under the direction of Dr M 5 R This anti-microbial air purifi- plant is being set up so that Nath, Additional Chief Health er has been prepared by AiRTH continuous availability of oxy- Director/Nodal Officer (Covid under the supervision of gen gas can be ensured. Under arrangements have been made Ward), duty of 10 teams has - # related changes or structural health diagnostics around the tion. He said the pleural effu- experts from IIT Kanpur and in the guidance of Chief Medical for monitoring the home iso- been put in which Dr M Nath, variations. He said it also world, making it more easily sion, pleural thickening and collaboration with IIT Bombay. Director Dr Vineet Agarwal lation patients. A WhatsApp physician, Dr Anita Sharma, he IMA, Academy of helped in diagnosing the prob- accessible to the population in lymphadenopathy had also It has been claimed that and Medical Director Dr group has been formed by Dr anaesthetist, Dr Snehlata Singh, TMedical Speciality chair- lems early, which increased economically weaker coun- been reported, although with this air purifier can filter and Kumar Umesh, LNM Railway M Nath and Dr Jaya Gupta anaesthetist, Dr Pawan Pal, person, Dr Akhilesh Sharma, the chances of cure. tries. less frequency. deactivate microbes contami- Hospital has set many stan- through which condition of physician, Dr Umesha Maurya while inaugurating the CME on He said in recent times the He said the integration of Dr Singh said in COVID- nating the air in an area of 600 dards in the field of medicine. home isolation patients is being and Dr Deepti Pal, contributed the topic ‘Importance of CME world had come to realise the imaging technology into mod- 19, due to the current limita- square yards. This invention A total of 260 patients monitored daily. Counselling significantly to the treatment of in pandemic’, on Saturday, said importance of radio imaging ern radiotherapy treatment tions of the reverse transcrip- will especially be useful to were admitted to the Covid of Covid patients is also being Covid patients. Besides Dr across the world more impor- and added that VR and 3D machines had led to an increase tion-polymerase chain reac- sanitise hospitals where cur- ward of LNM Hospital out of done by physicians. Given the Durgesh Chaudhary (Oxygen tance was being laid on radi- medical imaging technologies in the precision and accuracy tion (RT-PCR) based tests for rently ultra violet rays and which 150 serious ones placed increasing number of Corona Gas/Nodal Officer), Dr CB ology, especially in the times of had important implications of radiation delivery. He said detecting COVID19, recently chemical sprays are being used. on non-invasive ventilator have patients and in view of the Singh, Dr Tribhuvan COVID-19. within the healthcare industry. imaging throughout a course of radiology imaging based ideas Unlike the traditional methods, been successfully treated and infection, RT-PCR and antigen Chaudhary, CMP doctor Dr He praised the efforts of He said new technologies radiation treatment enabled had been proposed by various this air purifier can be used sent home. Besides, 26 non- testing centre has been estab- Akanksha, Dr Satyendra and the Kanpur Chapter for organ- like EchoPixel True 3D, made anatomical changes to be works where deep CNN based even when hospital premises railway patients were admitted lished in the South Dispensary Dr Shubham are making sig- ising a webinar on an impor- it possible for physicians to cre- detected, and radiation plans to approaches were explored for are full of patients as it is non- and their treatment was done. under the LNM Railway nificant contribution in prop- tant topic which would be able ate a 3D image of MRIs. He be adapted accordingly. detecting the presence of lethal. Moreover arrangement for Hospital. The CRP and LDH er treatment of patients admit- to not only benefit but help in said now there was a faster The second session was COVID19 from chest CT Experts say that black fun- Covid help desk has been done testing have been started in the ted in Covid ward. saving lives of millions of peo- acquisition that enabled addressed by Dr AK Singh, images. gus can reach inside the human ple. improved image quality, gained consultant pulmonary and He said a decision fusion body via mouth and nose and The first session was on in optimal dose efficiency, the critical care, who said in the based approach was also pro- in light of the recent deaths due ‘Increasing importance of radio 3 and 2-D image capture evolv- present times of pandemic CT posed, which combined pre- to this fungal infection, this air &'' " imaging across the globe’ and ing 3D and finally the AI acted scan had emerged highly effec- dictions from multiple indi- purifier seems useful. It is dif- the special speaker was Padma as a supplemental lens for tive in COVID-19 treatment. vidual models, to produce a ferent from normal air purifiers 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '( )#* meeting at Integrated Covid Control Room and Shri Dr Harsh Mahajan from medical image analysis. He said Chest CT scanning of final prediction. He added that that only catch the microbes on Command Centre on Friday. He checked the sta- New Delhi who said there was He allayed all apprehen- patients with COVID-19 asso- deep CNN based approach in a filter, from which these nder it’s social responsibility scheme Indian tus of availability of oxygen for Covid patients a myth that exposure to radi- sions that in future radiologist ciated pneumonia usually real diagnostic scenarios could microbes can escape at any UBank, the lead bank of the district, hand- admitted in hospitals as well as those under ation increased cancer. He clar- would be replaced by the new showed ground-glass opacifi- be of very high utility in terms time. ed over 100 Covid-19 medicine kits to District home isolation. He made it clear that 100 per ified that the modern diag- artificial intelligence technolo- cation, possibly with consoli- of achieving fast testing for The anti-microbial air Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxkar on Friday. On cent presence of doctors was a must on duty and nostic tools were far more gy and added that the truth was dation. COVID-19. purifier works in three steps. no laxity will be tolerated. He made available a advanced and thus the radia- the role of radiologist was on He said studies had report- The vote of thanks was Firstly, it deactivates the check list of three pages to ensure better health tion was minimal. reading images. ed that abnormalities on chest proposed by IMA-K president microbes as they enter the services. He directed sub-divisional magistrate He said radio imaging He said the advanced med- CT scans were usually bilater- Dr Neelam Mishra. A large purifier. Then, these microbes (SDMs) to report daily as per the check list helped in providing detailed ical imaging technology aimed al, involving the lower lobes, number of doctors joined in are captured in a special filter about CHCs, to BDOs about PHCs and to information about disease- at improving access to quality and had a peripheral distribu- the webinar. and lastly, the microbes are ADOs (panchayat) about health sub-centres deactivated for a second time. and inform the DM. He said that keeping in This three-step process ensures view the decreasing number of the patients in that a live virus does not escape L1 as well as the L2 hospitals additional deploy- and contaminate the air again. ment of doctors should be withdrawn and they #:"" AiRTH claims that this air must be directed to return at the place of their purifier has been tested in two the occasion the DM thanked AGM, Mirzapur posting and make the health services effective different labs and the test region, RK Jha, and said the contribution will in their respective areas. On the initiative of the results from both places have prove as a weapon to fight the pandemic. DC construction of oxygen generator plants were proved that it can deactivate Describing the contribution as service to in progress at CHCs Vindhyachal Madihan and particles equal to the size of the humanity the DM appealed to the other organ- Lalganj under CSR. The meeting was attended by coronavirus. With these posi- isations too to come forward for the noble cause. DM Praveen Kumar Laxkar, ADM (F&R) UP tive test results, the company MEETING HELD: Divisional Singh, ADM (Namami Gange) Amarendra Kumar, medical college will become supporting ICU, PICU and fungus treatment in the hospi- further assures that this anti- Commissioner Yogeshwar Ram Mishra held a DIO Pankaj Kumar and PO ICDS PK Singh. - # self reliant and generate 3,000 isolation wards. tal and surgery had also been microbial air purifier can keep litres of oxygen. He said the new third plant performed on two of the crit- the air around us 99 per cent SVM Medical College He said the divisional com- was proposed to be set up at ical patients. clean. % " GPrincipal Prof RB Kamal missioner had already given a Murari Lal Chest Hospital pop- He said with the UP gov- on Saturday said that while the green signal for setting up ular as TB Hospital where the ernment providing medicine process to set up the first two three more oxygen generation chest related patients will be and injections to tackle black QIT . /0( years, 66 railway employees and hands at regular intervals and oxygen plants was already in units. He said the current two admitted. fungus it would be tackled their families and 24 non-railway maintain physical distancing. the final stages, the government on LLR campus were nearly Meanwhile, Chief Medical effectively. n North Eastern Railway people was done following the Apart from it deep cleaning, planned to set up three more catering to the oxygen needs. Officer Dr Nepal Singh on He said the UP govern- I(NER) in order to protect all Covid protocol, Public sanitisation and cleanliness is oxygen generation plants in the He said another new plant Saturday said that there was a ment was keen on making P railway personnel and their Relations Officer (PRO), Ashok being done every day in vari- medical college hospital. would soon be set up in the substantial decline in COVID- elaborate medical arrange- families from the coronavirus ous railway sections, station He said in preparation to medicine department to sup- 19 cases and said the recovery ments in the city to handle the infection their vaccination is premises, stations and trains of combat the third wave of port the surrounding depart- rate of home isolation patients third wave as apprehended 0& being done on a priority basis. the division. At major stations COVID-19, work was being ments. He said the second was quite encouraging. and thus every effort was being In this sequence, under the of the division for creating carried out on a war footing plant would cater to the needs He said there were a few made to end Black Fungus as - # direction of Divisional Railway awareness among passengers and once completed then the of the 100-bed maternity wing patients still undergoing black early as possible. Manager (DRM) Vijay Kumar and employees, messages relat- ystery shrouds the death Panjiyar and under the leader- ed to Covid-19 and vaccination Mof an unidentified woman ship of Chief Medical are being displayed through whose body wrapped in a Superintendent (CMS) Dr posters in station premises. bedroll was recovered from Mahendra Singh Nabiyal, at the Marking has been done to fol- 1<..% 5 the bushes in Sanigawa under NER Divisional Hospital, low social distancing in stations Chakeri police station on the Lahartara here the vaccina- and railway premises. The intervening night of Friday tion work is being done by Varanasi division of NER in and Saturday. Railway medical team and the strict compliance with the ACP Anwarganj Mohd team constituted by the State instructions specified by the Akhmal Khan visited the spot Government by running a Government of India during with forensic experts and a snif- campaign. On Friday in collab- the Coronavirus pandemic is fer dog squad and collected evi- oration with the district admin- alert towards the protection of - # dence. Efforts are on to ascer- istration in the age group of 18 passengers as well as for the tain the identity of the to 44, the Covid-19 vaccination Kumar said. The employees safety and health of its employ- he PUKAAR Foundation, deceased. of 96 railway employees and and their families were also ees and taking several effective Tan initiative by JK Residents of Highway City 244 non-railway people was done made aware to wearing their steps for the prevention of Organisation, under the guid- Kashiram Colony in Sanigawa, while in the age group of over 45 masks properly, washing their infection. ance of JK Cotton Ltd Chakeri, spotted something Managing Director Abhishek wrapped in a bedroll dumped Singhania, launched a mission in the bushes late Friday night. 74 343 34?&3:A3 4':7 to help the poor and needy On opening the bedroll, they with food especially in found the body of a woman 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '( )#* Sameer Verma exhorted the media to prefer pos- COVID-19 pandemic times. aged about 30 in it and itive news items too during pandemic along with He successfully carried for- informed the police. ormer V-C of Purvanchal University Prof reporting the facts. The seminar was chaired by ward his family's legacy of After killing the woman, FRaja Ram Yadav while addressing a virtual veteran journalist Amaresh Mishra and con- philanthropy and giving back the body was wrapped in the seminar on ‘Corona and positive journalism’ ducted by Anil Mishra. Prominent who also took to society. bedroll and dumped in the organised under the aegis of Vishwa Sanvad part in it were Sharad Upadhyay, Rakesh, The PUKAAR Foundation bushes there. Sanigwa police Kendra on Narad Jayanti on Friday said during Abhay, Dheeraj, Ashish, Anand and Kuldeep. surfaced at a crucial time to outpost incharge Pankaj Singh an emergency like pandemic positive journal- MISHAP: Two youths died in a road contribute its bit for the cause also visited the spot on ism was a booster dose to get cured. Referring mishap under Adalhaat police station recently. of humanity. It also strived to Saturday morning. He said to Narad as the first journalist of the universe The two were going on a motorcycle when it was create consistent means for 2 $9& 0& -! ( going by the decomposed state he said we should follow his spirit who used to hit by a tanker in Sikiya village on Varanasi- improved human resource of the body, the woman play his role for the sake of society. He opined Shaktinagar highway as a result of which they development wherein people slept empty stomach. He said said the meals were prepared capacity at Cantonment appeared to have been killed that though it was duty of a journalist to expose died on the spot. The victims could be identi- can develop skills, education it was a critical time to look at with full precautions as advised General Hospital which had around three days back. Her the shortcomings and it should be done but not fied by police with the help of papers found in and health to earn employment how one could create the by the district administration. recently been converted into limbs were tied with a rope and at the cost of the people’s interests. He said we their pockets as Anand Kumar Patel (24), a res- for themselves and become breakthroughs needed to end The team comprising Ravindra COVID-19 Level-1 hospital, the body was wrapped in the should target the system for improvement and ident of Biyahur and Sujeet Patel (22) of self-reliant. Spokesperson hunger. He said the PUKAAR Singh, Zishan Ali, Ravi, was facilitated by PUKAAR bedroll. not to create unnecessary fear in the society. Basaarhi village, both under Ahraura police sta- Ashish Chauhan said the foun- Foundation distributed food to Gulshad, Balvinder Singh and Foundation with the financial He said the woman was While referring to statements of political lead- tion, and were returning home after attending a dation was an initiative of JK thousands of hungry people in Danish worked tirelessly to assistance of JK Cotton Ltd. He killed elsewhere and the body ers which caused confusion over Covid vaccine, marriage wehen the mishap occurred. After tak- Organisation and was started the slums and at Hallet achieve the mission. said very soon an ambulance was dumped in Sanigawa vil- senior journalist Santosh Srivastava said media ing their bodies into custody the police informed with the vision to reach the Hospital, Ursula Hospital and He said that the oxygen service would also be provid- lage under Chakeri police sta- should make the people aware about the fact in their kin. A case has been lodged against an hungry with food so none Chandini Nursing Home. He generation plant of 170 litres ed. tion. the larger interest of the nation. Senior journalist unknown tanker driver at the police station. !"% $( 0$( 1234245 O&- 2 -& $ #-& 5 0 - 0 3 -- ;<0-- 4 & 5 - ! " P '(= & all ages. While the TMC party also submitted report on the fter Amul, PETA India New Delhi: Revocation of high command and leaders same issue. Vegan milk, a new rising available source of nutrition.” Awrote that a Burger King Article 370 in Jammu & civil society outfit — belong to privileged back- The BJP, for its part, it will trend in millennials, is an Sodhi took further to outlet in Germany was trying Kashmir is the biggest achieve- AGroup of Intellectuals and grounds and did not face the organise an outreach pro- etizens witnessed a war of umbrella term referring to Twitter to ask Peta if switch- to go completely meat-free. ment of Narendra Modi gov- Academicians (GIA) — on violence overtly and covertly gramme from June 1-3 to cre- Nwords between India’s various kinds of non-dairy, ing over to vegan milk will Tagging Burger King India, the ernment in its second term, as Saturday called for an SIT supported by them, the most ate awareness among party largest dairy brand Amul and plant-based ‘milks’ such as provide 100 million dairy organisation suggested that per the ABP-C Voter Modi 2.0 probe, under a retired Supreme marginal communities suf- cadres through social media People for the Ethical soy, coconut and almond. farmers, 70% of whom are the latter come up with a Report Card. Court judge, into the post-poll fered, it stated and other media outlets, Treatment of Animals (PETA) Non-dairy milk is the latest landless,vegan Burger King outlet, or to As per the ABP-C Voter Bengal violence in which The GIA said it inter- regarding the post-poll violence India over the latter’s advice to toast in the world of nutrition. with a livelihood, and pay at least start a vegan option of survey, 47.4 per cent respon- women were singled out, viewed 20 victims of the post in West Bengal. switch to producing Vegan From Virat Kohli to Amir their children’s school fees, the fast food chain’s ‘whoppers’ dents said that abrogation of “raped, stripped beaten and poll violence in West Bengal on The GIA in its report fur- milk. Khan; Hollywood actress and how many people in category of burgers. Netizens Article 370 is the biggest violated in the most horrific online platforms like Zoom and ther said that the National RS Sodhi, managing Netalie Portman to Jessica India can actually afford lab had mixed reactions to the achievement, while 23.7 per ways”. While it also recom- Goggle meet as well as on Human Rights Commission, director of Gujarat Chastain and Jacqualin manufactured milk. “Will post. cent feel that the Supreme mended an NIA investigation phone. Almost all our respon- The National Commission for Cooperative Milk Marketing Fernandez to Alia Bhatt, all they give livelihood to 100 While some backed PETA Court decision on Ram Temple as the violence “may have cross dents mentioned having to pay Women, the National Federation (GCMMF) which have switched to Vegan milk million dairy farmers (70% India for the idea, and one is the biggest achievement. border terror angle”, the GIA up large amounts of extortion Commission for Scheduled makes Amul milk, butter, ice- products. Kohli recently landless)? Who will pay for even promised to eat the vegan The sample size of the sur- pointed out that the “victims money to TMC after the elec- Castes and Scheduled Tribes cream and cheese slammed revealed the reason behind their children’s school fees? burgers, some claimed that vey was 1.39 lakh with the sam- primarily belong to very mar- tion results came out, it said. and National Commission for PETA, for advising it to switch him turning vegan. He left How many can afford expen- vegan burgers were already a ples spread across 543 Lok ginal sections of Hindu society “The main modus operan- Protection of Child Rights to producing vegan milk say- eating meat before the sive lab manufactured facto- part of the menu. Others felt Sabha seats. The fieldwork was that are BJP supporters or vot- di of the TMC is to debilitate should take cognizance of the ing the animal rights organi- England Test series in 2018, ry food made out of chemicals that it was not right to impose done between January 1 and ers”. political opponents by target- cases. “A larger ground study of sation wanted it to snatch when he got a ‘cervical spine and synthetic vitamins?” a particular food-eating habit May 28, 2021. Crude bombs have been ing their bodies, economic victims and data collection livelihood of 100 million poor issue’. Kohli follows a plant- Sodhi tweeted. and that people had their Voters are also supporting used, men murdered and shops resources and their psycholog- should be undertaken by the dairy farmers, of which 70 per based diet and draws his pro- Owing to the growing choice to consume any food the government on lockdowns, and ration cards looted, the ical wellbeing,” the GIA main- commissions,” the report said. cent are landless. Earlier, the tein from it. Actress Sonam scope of veganism in India, that they wished to. the survey found. A massive GIA said in its report, titled tained. The report said that Advertising Standards Kapoor who is associated PETA urged the largest 68.4 per cent said imposing ‘Khela in Bengal 2021: Reddy later said the treating the violence in Bengal Council of India (ASCI) had with PETA turned vegan. dairy producer of the country countrywide lockdowns last Shocking Ground Stories’ , Trinamool Congress (TMC) merely as “political violence is dismissed a plea filed by Sodhi, while replying to a Amul to start producing ing. Other companies are year was a right decision. submitted to Minister of State is running government in toPETA against Amul for stat- tweet by Ashwini Mahajan, vegan milk, instead of cattle responding to market Similarly, 53.4 per cent for Home G. Kishan Reddy. Bengal against the constitution trivialise the horrors faced pri- ing that plant-based products national co-convener of milk. It took to Twitter and changes, and Amul can too.” said not imposing country- “Women have been singled of Dr Baba Saheb and the marily by marginal sections of can’t be called ‘milk’. Swadeshi Jagran Manch said, wrote, “We would again like PETA in its letter to Sodhi wide lockdowns this year is a out for most horrific terror and State police is working as TMC Hindu society who supported Within a few hours, “Don’t you know dairy farm- to encourage Amul to bene- cited a 2018 report by global right decision of the Modi intimidation. Our data reveals workers. “To protect the fun- or voted the BJP”. countless netizens have joined ers are mostly landless. Your fit from the booming vegan food corporation Cargill government. many incidents of rape, griev- damental rights of people, the GIA convenor Monika the debate, with some designs may kill their only food and milk which claims that demand for There is support for the ous bodily harm, the threat of Central Government will dis- Arora, Prof Vijeta Singh extolling the virtues of vegan source of livelihood. Mind it market, instead of wasting dairy products around the Central Vista project with 41.8 rape, stripping and sexual vio- cuss the issue in the coming Aggarwal, Sonali Chitalkar and milk even as others lashed out milk is in our faith, our tra- resources trying to fight the world is on the decline as per cent respondents backing lence. The streets were sites of days, “ he said adding a Home Shruti Mishra submitted the at PETA India over its various ditions, our taste, our food demand for plant-based dairy is no longer considered the Modi government’s deci- dehumanisation of women of Ministry-led committee has report to the Minister. campaigns. habits an easy and always products that are only grow- an essential part of a diet. sion to start and continue with the project during Corona times. ' The opinion is divided on 99( . *5 the handling of the vaccination programme though with 44.9 per cent saying the government has appropriately handled vac- cine management in the coun- try, while 43.9 per cent feeling $ !& ! &! ( ) * otherwise. . The decision to export vac- cines also enjoys wide support , as 47.9 per cent backing the ! s the tool-kit controversy ! R " , government’s decision to Asnowballs with the export Covid vaccines. the supply of the drug, which used in making the antiviral Government-Twitter faceoff O A majority of 51 per cent is being used to treat COVID- drug in order to help augment intensifying, the BJP on said revocation of Article 370 he Government has decid- 19, has been ramped up over domestic availability and Saturday scaled-up its attack on , in Jammu & Kashmir has led to the animal trials are underway Ted to discontinue the cen- ten times from just 33,000 vials reduce the cost of the injec- the Congress accusing it of a the permanent solution of the currently and is expected to tral allocation of Remdesivir to a day on April 11, 2021 to tion. On April 11, in view of collaboration with Pakistan. vexed issues in J&K. Similarly, SU, Indian Immunologicals come out by next year for States even as it has ramped up 3,50,000 vials per day cur- increased demand for BJP IT cell chief Amit , 59.3 per cent say that the situ- PLtd, will produce the drug human vaccination. its production by 10 times rently. The government has Remdesivir, the Centre Malviya and national ation in Kashmir has improved substance required for manu- Under Atmanirbhar Bharat between April and May. also increased the number of banned the export of the spokesman Sambit Patra in the past two years. facturing Covaxin. 3.0, Mission Covid Suraksha Minister of State for Chemicals plants producing Remdesivir injection and its active phar- claimed that the Congress tool- #, There is massive endorse- IIL Managing Director, Dr was announced by the govern- and Fertilizers Mansukh from just 20 to 60 plants with- maceutical ingredients (APIs) kit has found resonance across ment of foreign policy with K. Anand Kumar said: “IIL is ment to accelerate the devel- Mandaviya has directed the in a month, he added. The till the situation improves. the borders in Pakistan and that #R , 62.3 per cent saying India’s rela- planning to start the produc- opment and production of National Pharmaceuticals overall Covid-19 situation of Various drug companies the opposition party should be tions with different countries tion of drug substance for indigenous Covid vaccines. Pricing Agency & CDSCO to the country has stabilised in have also cut the prices of happy about it. as “manipulated media, trig- around the world have Covaxin from next month “This is being implemented by continuously monitor the the past few days and on Remdesivir injection follow- “Congress finally has rea- gering confrontation with the improved during the tenure of (June) and send out the first the Department of availability of Remdesivir in Saturday, the country record- ing intervention of the gov- sons to be elated. Their malign union government which has Prime Minister Narendra batch to Bharat Biotech Ltd by Biotechnology. IIL Hyderabad the country. ed 1.73 lakh fresh Covid-19 ernment. India tool kit now has collab- sought it to comply with the Modi. July.” has been sanctioned a grant of During the peak of the sec- infection, the lowest in the last Remdesivir is a patented orators in Pakistan! country’s law. However, voters support Stating that Indian Rs 60 crore towards enhancing ond wave of the pandemic in 45 days. drug that was recommended #CongressToolKitExposed “, A day before IT and Law the farmers’ agitation with 41.9 Immunologicals is expected to production capabilities,” said April, there was an acute short- Besides, the Centre has as an investigational therapy tweeted Malviya quoting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad per cent saying the Centre produce the drug substance for the statement. age of Remdesivir across the decided to procure 50 lakh drug given in acute and Pakistani media referring to had accused twitter of adopting should have accepted farmers’ about 10-15 million doses per As of today, India has only country. The drug, which is vials of Remdesivir to main- severe Covid-19. This drug is “Indian Coronavirus variant.” “double standards” even as demand of revoking the three month, he said it will be ini- three vaccines against Covid-19 only to be used in severe cases, tain it as a strategic stock for to be administered only to In a similar vein, Patra Union I & B Minister Prakash new farm laws. IANS tially 2-3 million doses and will pandemic in its immunisation was hoarded, black-marketed emergency requirement, patients under oxygen sup- targeted former Congress pres- Javadekar said Rahul’s be scaled up to 6-7 million per drive - two made-in-India vac- which too contributed to the Mandaviya said. “But I have port. Seven pharmaceutical ident Rahul Gandhi on the unsavoury comments on Prime month later in the year. cines: Serum Institute of India’s shortage. also directed @nppa_india & companies, including Cipla, tool-kit issue and also referred Minister Modi confirmed that 6BC%'4 Kumar said that they are Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s “Now the country has @CDSCO_INDIA_INF to Dr Reddy’s Lab., Hetero, to the Pakistani media. the “Congress toolkit” was to converting IIL’s Karkapatla Covaxin. Russian Sputnik V is enough #Remdesivir as the continuously monitor the Jubilant Pharma, Mylan, “ Congratulations Rahul defame the government and :"3 '9" manufacturing unit near the third vaccine to get supply is much more than the availability of Remdesivir in Syngene and Zydus Cadila, Gandhi Congress’ Mission derail the Indian vaccination Hyderabad into a Bio Safety approval from the Drug demand. So we have decided the country,” he noted. manufacture Remdesivir in accomplished”, tweeted Patra programme. !!&9% 7 :O Level-3 (BSL3) facility for the Controller General of India for to DISCONTINUE the In order to improve sup- India under voluntary against whom Congrees has Javadekar said the kind of production of the drug sub- Emergency Use Authorisation Central Allocation of ply, the government has licences granted by Gilead lodged an FIR on the tool-kit language the Congress leader 9749: stance and is also taking up and is being used in a few pri- Remdesivir to States,” already waived customs duty Life Sciences USA, the com- issue which it had described as used and the way he tried to construction of another block. vate hospitals which are expect- Mandaviya said in a tweet. on Remdesivir, its raw mate- pany which holds the patent “fake”. stoke “fears” and “confusion” New Delhi: Around 40 per The IIL is also working on ed to be increased over the The Minister noted that rials and other components of Remdesivir. Microblogging site twitter has confirmed that the “toolk- cent people in the country another Covid-19 vaccine and coming days. has termed Patra’s tool-kit tweet it” was produced by his party. believe that the Union Government should have &- accepted the demands of the -373 protesting farmers, according ! 2 !!! to the ABP-C Voter Modi 2.0 Report Card. 0&2 3''#:3 The C Voter-ABP News survey found that only 41. 9 per cent respondents feel that "'&39 the Centre should have ormer Administrator of accepted the demands of the FLakshadweep Omesh Saigal he CBI on &4: farmers. Farmers from on Saturday urged Union TSaturday Punjab, Haryana and Home Minister Amit Shah to arrested four offi- Uttar Pradesh have been withdraw the controversial cials, including a protesting at the borders of steps taken by the incumbent divisional manag- the national capital for over Praful Khoda Patel. er, of Food he BJP will reach out to one six months now, demanding In a detailed letter, Saigal Corporation of Tlakh villages in the country the three Central farm who was also Chief Secretary, India, in a bribery to provide help to those suf- laws be repealed. Delhi, said that Patel’s drastic case of Rs 1 lakh fering from Covid-19 under About 32. 8 per cent steps have created a lot of and recovered Rs the second wave of Coronavirus. respondents said that the repercussions in the Island and 3.01 crore in cash, The BJP is stepping up its Centre should not accept the turned the people against the a note counting Covid-19 work under ‘Seva hi farmers’ demands, while 25.3 Central Government. He said machine, and gold and silver machine was also found,” the Sanghthan’ programme after per cent did not comment on that Lakshadweep’s develop- jewellery besides property doc- agency said in a statement. receiving critical feedback from the matter. ment and tourism promotion uments during the searches. Further, a diary was the BJP-ruled States. The party Interestingly, the survey cannot be copied like Maldives Besides the Divisional recovered during the search- will not celebrate the completion found that more urban peo- and stopping meat from school Manager Harish Hinonia, the es containing the alleged of 7th year of the Modi govern- ple in comparison to rural meals were unnecessarilys-cre- agency also arrested Manager records, including cash ment at the Centre and would population feel that the gov- ated troubles. (Accounts) Arun Shrivastava, amounts obtained, date, name rather gear-up its organization to ernment should have “Within five months of Manager (Security) Mohan and the like, it said. assist Covid patients in the accepted the farmers’ joining, the new Administrator Parate and Assistant (Grade-I) A case was country, said BJP’s National demands. has taken a number of drastic Kishore Meena. registered on a complaint Media-in-charge Anil Baluni. As per the survey, about but negative steps which have Searches were conducted against Manager (Accounts) The party has asked each of 43.8 per cent urban people disturbed the normally placid at six places in Bhopal at the Arun Srivastava posted at its MPs, MLAs, Central and feel that the Centre should waters of the territory. This official/residential premises FCI’s Divisional Office in State Ministers to “fix their duty have accepted the farmers’ reminds one of the oft quoted of the accused persons. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) on and responsibility for at least to help and support the needy. nous population, refugees, demands, while 41.1 per cent ‘fools rush in where angels “During the searches, the allegations of demanding two-villages”, said Baluni adding "Our medical fraternity, migrants, minorities and artists rural respondents also hold fear to tread’. He has closed cash of Rs 3.01 crore (approx- a “Responsibility upto booth-level lobal Kashmiri Pandit the law-and-order authorities, among others. similar views. anganwadis, sacked dozens of imately), gold jewellery 387 bribe of Rs 1,50,000 for releas- has been outlined”. GDiaspora (GKPD) has media, civic workers, crema- It is in this context, that the About 41.1 per cent urban employees who worked for gms and 670 gms of silver ing the pending bills of com- The BJP president has made an appeal for donations torium staff and so many oth- GKPD, the I Am Buddha and 29.3 per cent many years, banned meat from articles/jewellery and also plainant’s company for instructed that the selection of to step up the relief work for ers have worked day and night, Foundation and the Anupam rural people believe that the schools, demolished dozens of certain documents were January, February and March villages be on the basis of the those in distress due to the without care for their person- Kher Foundation, in partner- Union Government should sheds of fishermen which were recovered. The said cash at the rate of Rs 50,000 per degree of infection there. Covid pandemic. al well-being for the sake of the ship with leading non-profits not accept the demands of the built as per integrated scientif- amount was allegedly kept in month. It was also alleged that The party leaders and min- GKPD said India has suf- suffering. The efforts have organisations such as Sewa farmers. ic plan prepared by a Supreme different envelopes, some of the accused demanded Rs isters will “personally go and dis- fered a devastating second borne results and the peak International Foundation, A total of 15.1 per cent Court appointed committee, the bundles marked/written 70,000 each for the new bills tribute relief and food materi- wave of the Covid pandemic. seems to be waning. The need Kashyap Seva Foundation, the urban and 29.7 per cent rural brought in a goonda act in a with names, dates and to be submitted. al as also Oxymeters, sanitisers Amid all the gloom and doom, of the hour now is to massive- US India Pragati Foundation population have nothing to territory which has strong fam- amounts etc. Some cash was The CBI laid a trap and and mask”, he said. civil society rose admirably to ly step-up long-term aid for and Federation of Indian on the issue. ily bonds and has had no crime allegedly found in a heavy caught the accused while BJP would organise “blood the occasion. those in distress", it said. Physician Associations are The survey was carried for at least one century, closed safety vault/chest which was demanding and accepting the donation camps” with 50,000 Thousands of volunteers Amongst the most affect- organising a global, online out between May 23 and May dairy farms, amended pan- concealed in the wooden bribe of Rs 1,00,000 from the workers of party’s different from across the globe joined ed are orphans, widows, peo- Bollywood concert featuring 27 on 12,070 people across chayati rules as per his whims. almirah. A note counting complainant, it said. Morchas donating blood. hands with volunteers in India, ple with disabilities, the indige- India's leading musical artists. the country. IANS !"% $( 0$( 1234245 #<-** ,:,*$",;& ' #:('=9 !9433!344!" . ! :37 :"37":3'9 + !34!4 3 : Additional Public Prosecutor patients, were recovered from 9!=>>? Atul Shrivastava, representing Khan Chacha, Town Hall, irecting the businessman the Delhi Police, told the and Nege & Ju restaurants DNavneet Kalra not to court that the businessman owned by Kalra. contact the customers to committed a white-collar The businessman, 5 whom he had sold the oxygen crime and made profit by accused of black-marketing concentrators, a Delhi court selling medical devices at the critical medical device, on Saturday granted him bail exorbitant price to those on was nabbed from Gurugram ; tions, with the state bearing in a case pertaining to the death beds. on May 16 and formally their expenses. seizure of concentrators from Kalra's lawyers, senior arrested the next day. He had ssam Chief Himanta Biswa All such children, who his upscale restaurants in the advocate Vikas Pahwa and been on the run ever since the ASarma on Saturday said his have lost their parents to the national Capital. advocate Vineet Malhotra, police raided his restaurants Government will be providing pandemic, will be given voca- While granting the bail, opposed the contentions of and seized the medical 3,500 per month to the tional or skill-based training to the Chief Metropolitan the police and said that their devices. A court had later sent guardian of every child ensure they get to earn a liveli- Magistrate Arun Kumar Garg client is being made a scape- him to judicial custody till orphaned due to hood, he said. has directed Kalra not to con- goat and had no criminal June 3. Covid-19 in the State, for their The initiative, to be under- tact the customers to whom intent to cheat people as he The police claimed that education and skill develop- taken under a new programme he had sold the concentrators, sold the oxygen concentrators the concentrators were ment. 'Chief Minister's Shishu Seva not to tamper with evidence to merely help family and imported from China and Sarma, while addressing a Scheme' - will be launched on or influence the witnesses, friends. were being sold at an exorbi- press conference here, also said Sunday, marking seven years of and join the investigation as During a recent raid, 524 tant price of Rs 50,000 to that the ones who have no the PM Narendra Modi-led and when called by the police. oxygen concentrators, which 70,000 a piece as against its extended family will be sent to NDA Government at the During the course of are a crucial medical equip- cost of Rs 16,000 to Rs residential schools or institu- Centre. hearing on the bail plea, ment used for COVID-19 22,000. & & & +,-. ' #+/ % $@ =>>45 A + 0" 10" Lt Governor observed that the DRDO hos- pital, with efficient mechanisms, will play * health department bulletin he Union Territory of Jammu & an important role in adding to the gov- said. TKashmir on Saturday witnessed sig- ernment’s efforts in the fight against ndhra Pradesh reported The gross positives nificant improvement as more than 4,000 Covid pandemic. A13,756 fresh cases of coro- increased to 16,71,742, recov- patients were discharged from different “I must congratulate and appreciate navirus from 79,564 tests in 24 eries to 14,87,382 and deaths hospitals and 2,253 new cases tested pos- Chairman, DRDO Dr. G Satheesh Reddy hours ending 9 am on Saturday 10,738, it said. The number of itive. and his entire team working round-the- at a positivity rate of 17 per active cases dropped to However, the mortality rate has not clock to build this well-equipped medical cent. 1,73,622. In 24 hours, East come down. 46 patients, 30 in Jammu and facility in record time”, the Lt Governor The State also reported Godavari district added 2,301 16 in Kashmir division succumbed to the added. &! & - " & +!& 20,392 recoveries and 104 and Chittoor 2,155 new coro- virus. The positivity rate, for the first time, Nagar Centre, 125 would be Intensive Care Financial Commissioner, Medical & Covid-19 fatalities in a day, a navirus infections. dropped down to 5.14 per cent and total Unit (ICU) beds, while others would be a Health and Education department Atal active positive cases also came down to set of covid- beds with 24 hours oxygen Dullo on the occasion said the patients 39,255. facility. The hospital would be equipped would be admitted in the covid hospital Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor, with Ventilators, Monitors; in-house from June 1 after completing the dry and "4%!34:9 3&3+,=+B=9":9343>1+ Manoj Sinha on Saturday inaugurated the Pharmacy, Diagnostic Facility, X Ray and trial run of the facilities. The team of doc- Defence Research and Development CT Scan facility. CT scan machine has not tors and paramedics, technicians are also - With 832 deaths reported recovery rate in the State rose trigger a jump in the infections Organisation’s (DRDO) 500-bedded Covid been installed as yet as civil works were still undergoing orientation programs at on Saturday, the total number of from 93.24 per cent to 93.46 per from 7,02,522 to 7,03,560. Hospital and dedicated the facility to the going on to install the machine. Government Medical College hospital to he Covid-19 infections in deaths in the State climbed cent. The total “active cases” in The situation in Pune people of Jammu region. Speaking on the management of ongo- provide better patient care facilities to the TMaharashtra dropped mar- from 93,198 to 94030. Similarly, the state increased marginally improved further, as the “active Of the total 500 beds here at Bhagwati ing pandemic and future challenges, the patients. ginally further to 20,295 on with 20,295 new infections, the from 2,89,088 to 2,76,573. The cases” dropped from 42,550 to Saturday, while the daily deaths total number of cases climbed fatality rate in the state increased 40,754. came down to 832. from 56,92,920 to 57,13,215. from 1.64 per cent to 1.65 per Mumbai with 28,606 active A day after the State record- As 31,964 patients were dis- cent cases stood second in the state, 4 ; 5 ed 20,740 infections and 973 charged from the hospitals With 25 fresh deaths, the followed by Thane (19,136), deaths, the daily infections across the state after full recov- Covid-19 toll in Mumbai Satara (21826), Nagpur dropped to 20,295, while it ery, the total number of people increased from 14,750 to (13,012), Ahmednagar (10919), !" * " , 6 1 added 832 deaths – comprising discharged from the hospitals 14,775, while the infected cases Solapur (10,130), Nashik (9953), 443 current ones and 389 pre- since the second week of March crossed 1,000 mark from Beed (7657), Jalgaon (6463), KOCHI: The Kerala was 16.59 per cent,” said the vious unrecorded one – to its last year increased from Friday’s 924 and touched a fig- Amaravati (5524) and # ; Government extended the total Chief Minister. fatality tally. 53,07,874 to 53,39,838. The ure of 1,038 on Saturday to Aurangabad (4731). lockdown till June 9 in the Vijayan said the hike in backdrop of the high Test death toll was due to the ,, Narendra Modi to immediate- Positivity Rate prevailing in the unabated transmission of the ly implement the Citizenship State due to pandemic. This pandemic. “But the number of he gangrape of 14-year-old Amendment Act passed by the was stated by Chief Minister people getting cured of Covid- TChristian girl Sunita Masih Indian Parliament so that Pinarayi Vijayan in his daily 19 is more than the number of by Muslim zealots in Pakistan’s minority communities getting media briefing on Saturday. persons getting afflicted with Faisalabad early this week has tortured and face annihilation in He said though the death the pandemic,” he said. left the Christian community in countries like Pakistan, toll on Saturday was 198, there He said though the lock Kerala appalled and speechless. Bangladesh and Afghanistan has been a decrease in the down was being extended up to A B Sunita was not only gan- could come back to India, their number of new Covid-19 June 9, a series of concessions graped but was subjected to the homeland. patients. “On Saturday 23,513 like allowing industrial units to worst kind of physical torture in “When the State of Pakistan persons tested positive for operate with 50 per cent staff an incident which brought back was formed by partitioning Covid-19 . The Test Positivity have been made. Shops selling memories of the unpardonable India in 1947, minorities like Rate in the State except mobile phones, spectacles and crimes committed on Nirbhaya Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, Palakkadu and essential materials are allowed to he Delhi Government has in 2012 in New Delhi, accord- Parsees and Jains constituted 30 Thiruvananthapuram districts open for three days a week. PNS Textended Covid-19 cur- ing to Kevin Peter, president, percent of the population. But few till June 7. However, pro- Christian Association and as on date the Islamic Republic duction units and construc- Alliance for Social of Pakistan has less than 3 per tion activities are being Action, an umbrella organisa- cent of these communities. The allowed to function in indus- tion of all Christian sects in remaining 27 per cent were trial areas from May 31. Kerala. annihilated by genocide or sub- Several activities still contin- He said Sunita was tortured jected to religious conversion by ue to be prohibited as per the for refusing to convert to Islam persecution,” said the CASA Delhi Disaster Management as demanded by the zealots who leaders. Authority (DDMA’s ) guide- kidnapped her from her house. They said religious minori- lines issued on Saturday. “This is not an isolated incident. ties including Christians in After reviewing the Information reaching us from Pakistan suffer hell from phys- Covid-19 situation, the Pakistan says that minority ical and mental torture. “The DDMA authority has decid- communities are not safe in that only job reserved for a Christian ed to extend the country as members of the in Pakistan is in the military and lockdown. majority community has that too as drainage and toilet “The situation of Covid- unleashed a reign of terror on cleaners,” they said in the state- 19 in NCT of Delhi has again them,” said Peter. ment. been reviewed and observed A joint statement issued by The statement says that reli- that, though the number of manner in areas outside the application with details of city. Peter, Joy Abraham (secretary) gious persecution of minorities Covid-19 patients and posi- containment zones for over- workers/employees on the Bank and private sector and Jomer K Jose (Treasurer) of in Pakistan has become a regu- ! ->& & & "?@ 5 tivity rate is declining, the sit- all well-being of the people of website delhi.gov.in. employees, people working in CASA has asked Prime Minister lar feature in that country. & uation is still precarious, NC.T of Delhi,” the order As per fresh guidelines, IT and Internet services, therefore, in order to contain said. Delhiites and people from broadcasting and cable ser- the spread of virus and to fur- According to the DDMA adjoining areas would require vices will have to produce an 5 , 3, ther break the transmission order, the movement of work- an e-pass to travel in the cap- e-pass before concerned chain, curfew needs to be ers / employees shall be ital city. An e-pass is also authorities if they want to extended for another week in allowed only on the posses- mandatory for people cross- travel to the national the territory of NCT of Delhi sion of e-pass (in soft or ing the border, it implies that capital. 9 ! 0&!& 0- (except for essential activities hard copy), which can be those travelling from Noida, On Friday, Chief Minister / services), permitting obtained by the Ghaziabad, Faridabad to Arvind Kejriwal had said that reopening of certain prohib- owners/employers/ contrac- Delhi must apply for an e- Delhi will start the unlock - the sea. We have already in turn reached out to the laid along the boom. It will be ited activities in a phased tors by submitting online pass before getting into the process from May 31. noticed an oil spill in the water contractors and owners of the recovered with binge oil with welve days after cyclone around the stranded barrage. barge for containment oil spill the help of fishing boats," the TTauktae wreaked havoc in We anticipate a big ecological in the area. spokesperson said. and around the ONGC’s problem in the days to come.” In a related development, Of the total 350 floating 9 . 4 Mumbai High oil fields as it Till July 31, the reacting to the concerns and fixed assets in the Mumbai passed to Gujarat, oil spill has Maharashtra government has expressed by the local fisher- High region, five were affected been reported by local fisher- imposed a ban on fishing in the men about the oil spill in their in the cyclone that passed the ;; E Mohal Lal and Harender Singh men along the Palghar coast in area, because of the south west area, the Indian Coast Guard Maharashtra coast on all residents of Gurugram. Maharashtra, from one of the monsoon As a consequence a said that the barge was carry- May 17. The five floating ves- he Gurugram Police have The police also claimed barges that ran aground. lot of fishermen depend on ing 78,000 litres of "high flash sels comprised Papaa-305, n Tbusted an illegal casino that Kapoor works in the Having noticed the oil spill fishing in the water along the high speed diesel" and not accommodation barge with being run in a house in Sushant German Embassy as protocol around GAL Constructor that shores. crude oil. 261 persons on Lok Phase-1, Gurugram and advisor. All of them were got stuck in the rocky shores of “Already some people have "No breach of the oil tank board, GAL Constructor barge arrested five people, including taken into police custody. The Vadrai, the local fishermen started complaining about the is reported... Afcons with 176 persons on board, its an official of the German police have recovered 325 have reported the matter to the smell in the fish that we catch Infrastructure Ltd has arranged anchor handling vessel Embassy, who is also the owner chips worth Rs 2,2,000 and 60 Satpati coastal police station. along the shore. Before long, M/s Seacare which has laid a Varaprada with 13 persons on of the house, the police said on sets of open cards, 6 sets of Vadrai Machimar the oil spill will affect the fish 400 mts boom around the board, drill ship Sagar Bhushan Saturday. new cards and 290 Expensive Sarvodaya Society chairman in the area. If no steps are taken barge while M/s Shree Krishna with 101 persons on board and "We received a tip-off on liquor bottles of different and a member of Maharashtra to address the oil spill issue, the is undertaking hull repairs. construction barge Support Friday evening regarding illegal brands were recovered during Machhimar Kruti Samiti livelihoods of fishermen in the Besides, M/s Smith & Coy has Station with 202 persons on gambling which was going on in the raid, Goyal said. Manendra Arekar, has flagged area will be severely affected. been hired for removal of the board. the basement of the house for During probe the police the issue, said: “We estimate Hence, I appeal to the state gov- vessel, “ the ICG said. A total of 714 persons were the past one month. A raid was came to know that the Kapoor that is at least 80,000 litres of ernment and other authorities The ICG said that its on board these vessels of which conducted in the house during was also running illegal bar diesel, besides large quantities to remove diesel and oil on Guard helicopters had report- 628 were saved while 86 lost which five people were found inside his house without licence. of lubricants and grease on board the barge immediately ed "silvery oil sheen" of 50 their lives. gambling using colourful chips A case has been registered board the barge. It is 12 days and also do something about meters width. "No oil spill has The deceased oil workers and cards. These chips were against the culprits under rele- since the barge ran aground, no the oil spill in the area,” Arekar been reported on shore now were from Papaa-305 and used as a transaction currency vant sections of the Gambling agency concerned has turned said. and continuous liaison has Varaprada. and the actual cash payment Act, Disaster Management Act up here to remove diesel and oil On their part, the local been maintained with agent of All those on board the was made the next day," Karan and Haryana (Amendment) board the barrage. As a result, fishermen have already report- GAL Constructor," an ICG GAL Constructor were res- Goyal, Assistant Commissioner The arrested were identified owner of the house), Kawaljeet Excise Act at the Sector-29 diesel and oil are leaking in a ed the matter to the Satpati spokesperson said cued by Indian Navy and Coast of Police (DLF) said. as Pravesh Pal Kapoor (the Singh Sethi, Naresh Kumar, police station, he said. big way from the barrage into coast police station which has “Sorbent pads have been Guard. !"% $( 0$( 1234245 ! $ (>>5 C&-! =- Many were beaten and verbal- the wounds from this legacy of - ! - ly abused, and up to 6,000 are genocide towards Indigenous said to have died. people," Terry Teegee, he remains of 215 children, The Canadian government Assembly of First Nations + Tsome as young as 3 years apologized in Parliament in regional chief for British old, have been found buried on 2008 and admitted that physi- Colombia, said Friday. the site of what was once cal and sexual abuse in the British Columbia Premier Washington: The informal not being addressed at the Canada's largest Indigenous schools was rampant. Many John Horgan said he was "hor- Quad grouping in the strategi- multilateral level,” he told a residential school — one of the students recall being beaten for rified and heartbroken" to learn cally vital Indo-Pacific region group of Indian journalists as he institutions that held children speaking their native languages; of the discovery, calling it a comprising Australia, India, concluded most of his meetings taken from families across the they also lost touch with their tragedy of "unimaginable pro- Japan and the US fills a "very here on Friday. nation. parents and customs. portions" that highlights the important gap" that has Jaishankar, who is on an Chief Rosanne Casimir of Indigenous leaders have violence and consequences of emerged in contemporary official trip to the US, is the first the Tk'emlups te Secwépemc cited that legacy of abuse and the residential school times and New Delhi has clar- Indian Cabinet minister to First Nation said in a news isolation as the root cause of system. ity on its membership in it, visit the country since Joe release that the remains were epidemic rates of alcoholism The Kamloops school External Affairs Minister S Biden became the President on confirmed last weekend with and drug addiction on reser- operated between 1890 and Jaishankar has said. January 20. He asserted that the help of ground-penetrating vations. 1969, when the federal gov- The Quad aims at strength- India has clarity on its mem- radar. A report more than five ernment took over operations ening a rules-based order in the bership to Quad, adding that he More bodies may be found years ago by a Truth and from the Catholic Church and Indo-Pacific amid China's had been personally involved because there are more areas to Reconciliation Commission operated it as a day school until aggressive actions in the region. with its progress over the past search on the school grounds, said at least 3,200 children it closed in 1978. “Quad today fills a very several years, including when Casimir said Friday. 2 ! $ A &! ! 96 2 ! had died amid abuse and Casimir said it's believed important gap that has emerged he was India's foreign secretary. In an earlier release, she & 0 & neglect, and it said it had the deaths are undocumented, in contemporary times, where “We are members of Quad. called the discovery an reports of at least 51 deaths at although a local museum there are global or regional When we are members of any- "unthinkable loss that was spo- once the site of Canada's largest 150,000 First Nations children them into Canadian society. the Kamloops school alone archivist is working with the requirements, which cannot be thing, we are very keen about ken about but never docu- residential school. were required to attend state- They were forced to convert to between 1915 and 1963. Royal British Columbia filled by a single country. It can- it, we won't be its members. We mented at the Kamloops Indian From the 19th century funded Christian schools as Christianity and not allowed to "This really resurfaces the Museum to see if any records not even be filled by one bilat- have clarity on the Quad,” Residential School." It was the until the 1970s, more than part of a program to assimilate speak their native languages. issue of residential schools and of the deaths can be found. eral relationship, and which is Jaishankar underlined. PTI <5 = ! ( '" 0 5 . ," = ;, - ; ited. Grade schools were told to stop in- ,1 person classes. > he southern Chinese city of People in parts of four nearby dis- Washington: The US govern- “We will not tolerate any ) *F G - = TGuangzhou shut down a neighbor- tricts were ordered to limit outdoor Manila: The Philippines has lifted a ban on the ment blocked imports of amount derived from forced hood and ordered its residents to stay activity. deployment of workers to Saudi Arabia, which seafood Friday from the entire labor,” Homeland Security s fear of repression rises here is Sheikh Jaber? home Saturday for door-to-door coro- The city government earlier ordered it imposed after receiving reports that workers fleet of a Chinese company that Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Aamong Belarusians fol- WKuwait was abuzz with navirus testing following an upsurge in testing of hundreds of thousands of res- were being asked to shoulder Covid-19 test and authorities say forced crew told reporters as he announced lowing the arrest of a dissident the question as citizens on infections that has rattled authorities. idents following the initial infections. quarantine costs in the oil-rich kingdom. members to work in slave-like the measure. journalist whose plane was social media demanded to Guangzhou, a business and indus- The government said some 700,000 Philippine Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello conditions that led to the CBP issued what is known forcibly diverted to Minsk, know the whereabouts of their trial center of 15 million people north people had been tested by Wednesday. III said that after Saudi Arabia formally notified deaths of several Indonesian as a withhold release order that those who want to leave the 79-year-old former prime of Hong Hong, has reported 20 new China reports a handful of new cases his country Saturday that recruitment agencies fishermen last year. halts shipments that have sus- country are feeling increas- minister. He'd been ordered infections over the past week. The num- every day but says almost all are and Saudi employers would bear the costs of tests Customs and Border pected links to forced labor, ingly cornered. detained pending trial in an ber is small compared with India's thou- believed to be people who were infect- and 10 days of quarantine for Filipinos, he decid- Protection said it will place an under a law that has been on Its land borders already unprecedented move last sands of daily cases but alarmed ed abroad. The mainland's official ed to lift the ban. immediate hold on any imports the books for decades, osten- were under tight restrictions, month over the alleged embez- Chinese authorities who believed they death toll stands at 4,636 out of 91,061 The ban, which Bello imposed Thursday, linked to the more than 30 ves- sibly to protect US producers and now the European Union zlement of millions of dollars had the disease under control. confirmed cases. prevented more than 400 Filipino workers sels operated by Dalian Ocean from unfair competition. has banned flights from Belarus from a military aid fund. The spread of infections was “fast On Saturday, the National Health from boarding their Philippine Airlines flights Fishing, under a US law that bars The law has been used after a jetliner was diverted to Activists believe corrup- and strong,” the official Global Times Commission reported two new locally for Saudi Arabia on Friday. goods suspected to have been with increased frequency in Minsk earlier this week and tion runs rampant through the newspaper cited health authorities as transmitted cases in Guangzhou and 14 Many were stranded at the Manila airport, produced with forced labor. recent years, given the growing authorities arrested a dissident region of oil-rich Gulf Arab saying. in other parts of the country that it said with some begging in tears for the government Imports from Dalian, which awareness of the prevalence of journalist who was aboard. sheikhdoms, but public crim- Saturday's order to stay home came from abroad. to immediately lift the ban. primarily fishes for tuna, have what is essentially modern- That leaves opposition- inal cases against senior offi- applied to residents of five streets in Most of the latest infections in “I apologise for the inconvenience and exceeded USD 20 million as day slavery in a range of indus- minded Belarusians with few cials and royal family mem- Liwan District in the city center. Guangzhou are believed to be linked to momentary anguish that it may have caused our recently as 2018. Shipments tries, with workers forced to options to get out from under bers remain rare, typically Outdoor markets, child care centers and a 75-year-old woman who was found dear overseas Filipino workers,” Bello said, but linked to the company have work long hours for low pay, or the authoritarian rule of playing out behind palace entertainment venues were closed. May 21 to have the variant first iden- added “our Saudi-bound workers will no longer dropped over the past year to none at all, and subjected to President Alexander doors. Indoor restaurant dining was prohib- tified in India, state media say. be disadvantaged.” AP about USD 200,000, officials said. violence. AP Lukashenko. "#$ %&'( ) . =666 Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 66 ers have publicly showed their anger for it, switched loyalty to the BJP. Christians, residing in the districts men- while 12 had received one dose of the not being able to extend help to people at In this scenario, Yogi picked up the the period of higher education and on tioned and the states entioned below....,” the AstraZeneca vaccine. After his flight from India in January this time of crisis. gauntlet thrown by the Opposition parties reaching the age of 23 years, he or she will fresh notification said. People who had received two doses of 2018 when the PNB scam came to light, This is the tailor made situation for the and started inspection tours of districts. get the corpus amount as one lump-sum “The application for registration as cit- Pfizer saw a three-fold reduction in their Choksi acquired citizenship of Antigua and Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh to He spoke to gram pradhans, panchayat for personal and professional use,” said izen of India or grant of certificate of nat- antibodies against the variant, B.1.617, Barbuda. On last Sunday he was report- make inroads into the BJP vote bank and members and villagers and coined a slo- PMO in statement. uralisation as citizen of India under the according to the study, but were still pro- ed missing from Antigua and had fled to can dislodge BJP in Uttar Pradesh. gan mera gaon, corona mukt gaon. The Children under 10 years, will be given said rules (Citizenship Rules, 2009) shall tected. “The situation was different with neighbouring Dominica on a boat. In last election the BJP had 41 per cent BJP on the other hand made plans to reach admission in the nearest Kendriya be made by the applicant online,” the noti- the AstraZeneca vaccine, which induced Choksi was caught by the Dominican vote share. Despite this, the recently held out to the public through various service Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day fication said. particularly low levels of antibodies neu- police in the wake of a Yellow Notice of panchayat election is an indicator of functions as the occasion was completion scholar. If the child is admitted in a pri- In 2016, the Central Government tralising” the variant, the study said. Interpol issued at the behest of Antigua. groundswell of support for the Opposition of 7 years of the Central Government vate school, the fees as per the RTE norms had in a similar step sought applications Patients who had had Covid-19 within the Choksi and nephew Nirav Modi are as the ruling party lost elections in key dis- under Narendra Modi. will be given from the PM CARES. PM- from members of these minority com- past year and people vaccinated with two wanted here for allegedly defrauding the tricts like Ayodhya, Varanasi, Gorakhpur The party planned many functions in CARES will also pay for expenditure on munities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and doses of Pfizer retained enough antibod- public Sector Punjab National Bank to the and Lucknow. 20,000 points across the state where they uniform, text books and notebooks. Bangladesh living in 16 districts in Gujarat, ies to be protected against the variant tune of over Rs 13,500 crore through In this scenario the Opposition par- will also organise blood donation camps. Similarly, children between 11-18 Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, found in India, but three to six times less Letters of Credit and Letters of ties namely the Samajwadi Party, the The die is cast for an interesting bat- years will be given admission in any Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. antibodies than against the UK variant, Understanding. Modi had escaped to Bahujan Samaj Party, the Congress, the tle in UP. That party will emerge winners Central Government residential school Schwartz said. Schwartz said the study Britain and is currently jailed in London. Rashtriya Lok Dal and small caste based which will have a better organisational skill such as Sainik School, Navodaya Vidyalaya - .;666 shows that this variant has acquired par- He is contesting his extradition to India. parties like Suheldeb Bharatiya Samaj and be able to reach out to people through etc. In case the child is to be continued tial resistance to antibodies. India does not have an extradition Party of Om Prakash Rajbhar, Mahan Dal the spirit of “sewa”. under the care of Guardian/ grandparents/ disease, the authorities are silent on the Since first emerging in late 2019 in treaty with Dominica and Choksi has pre- of Keshav Dev Maurya, Nishad Party, rep- extended family, then he or she will be increasing cost which is leaving patients China, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caus- ferred before the court there to be sent back resenting Binds and Nishad and other O 666 given admission in the nearest Kendriya high and dry to arrange short supplied life- es Covid-19 has developed several variants, to Antigua. Muslim outfits like Peace Party and Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day saving drugs — Liposomal Amphotericin usually named for the places where it first Choksi’s lawyers have asserted that he Asadudin Owasi’s AIMIM are planning for efforts to help the Covid-affected scholar. If the child is admitted in a pri- B — in the market. Majority of patients are appeared, including the so-called South can only be sent back to Antigua and possible alignment and re-alignment to people and gain a foothold in the State. But vate school, the fees as per the RTE norms being forced to shell out hefty amount, Africa and UK strains. Barbuda from Dominica, and not India. break BJP’s Hindutava hegemony. the BJP is way ahead in this exercise. will be given from the PM CARES. PM ranging from 8,000 to over 10,000 for The variant first detected in India The Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya According to observers, the BJP with CARES will also pay for expenditure on a vial. appears to be much more transmissible )O Lok Dal have more or less decided to con- 57 MLAs in the 70-member Assembly uniform, text books and notebooks, said To make the matter worse for the than earlier variations. test the next election as an ally. These par- remains in the driver seats in Uttarakhand the statement. patients, at least 54 per cent opting for It has now been officially recorded in .666 ties had already contested Panchayat elec- due to its relatively better organisational The PMO said that such children will treatment succumb to the disease. A seri- 53 territories, according to a World Health tions together. “We have an understand- structure and coordination between the be assisted in obtaining education loan for ous but rare fungal infection, mucormy- Organization report. Union Minister Smriti Irani also con- ing and we will go ahead with that under- State and Central Governments. professional courses / higher education in cosis is caused by a group of molds called To try to curb its spread, France and gratulated Kaul. Irani tweeted, “Kaul standing,” Jayant Chaudhry, told this The party has tried to offset the anti- India as per the existing education loan mucormycetes. If not treated on time, it Germany have re-introduced tighter rules you’re an embodiment of dedication, reporter recently. incumbency issues arising out of allega- norms. The interest on this loan will be can leave one blind or with organ dys- on arrivals from affected countries, includ- determination and devotion of India’s Nari This alliance is important in the con- tions of corruptions and lack of gover- paid by the PM CARES. As an alternative, function, loss of body tissue and even ing the United Kingdom. Shakti. Major Vibhuti Dhoundiyal would text of western UP. Besides the corona mis- nance, by removing Trivendra Singh scholarship equivalent to the tuition fees death. Over 12,000 fungus infections, be smiling today with joy and pride see- handling leading to deaths, the on-going Rawat as Chief Minister just a few days / course fees for undergraduate/ vocational including mucormycosis, cases have been ing Stars on your shoulder. My best wish- farmers’ agitation is more or less west UP before completion of his four years in courses as per Government norms will be reported till date from across the country. ) 666 es to you in all your endeavours.” centric now. The anger of the farmers is office.His successor Tirath Singh Rawat provided to such children under Central Deaths are registered daily. She was among the 198 cadets that palpable and RLD has in over a year’s time wasted no time in reversing some of the or State Government Schemes. For chil- Dr Rahul Bhargava, Principal Director “After that we were told that the passed out of the academy, 167 were gen- has positioned itself very well and has controversial decisions of the previous dren who are not eligible under the exist- of the Hematology Division at Fortis meeting has moved to the conference hall, tleman cadets, 31 were women cadets. Five gained confidence of Jats. Then, the Government and accelerated Covid-19 ing scholarship schemes, PM CARES will Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, so the Chief Secretary and I decided to go gentlemen cadets and seven women cadets untimely death of Chaudhry Ajit Singh will relief exercise. provide an equivalent scholarship,” said said treatment cost varies, depending on there. When we reached there, we saw the from the mountain Kingdom of Bhutan help the RLD to get emotional traction. The Government and the BJP are now PMO detailing the scheme. the gravity of the disease. PM was in a meeting with the Honourable also had undergone the 11-month course “This time we will do very well in Uttar focusing majorly on providing assistance But usually, it can be around 5 lakh Governor, central leaders and even some at the academy, along with their Indian Pradesh. The RLD is on a firm footing. We and relief to Covid affected persons and ) ; . a week incurred on equipment, investiga- MLAs of the Opposition Party.” counterparts. do not want a division of vote banks and their families especially in the rural moun- tions, room rent and surgery besides vial The BJP and a section in the Union The passing out parade at the therefore are ready for an alliance with the tainous regions of the State. Children’s Homes in Mathura, cost, he said. Government had earlier criticised the Parameswaran Drill Square was reviewed SP,” Jayant said and added that the party Lucknow, Prayagraj, Agra and Rampur. “Main treatment involves costly anti- Chief Minister for being indecorous in by Lieutenant General YK Joshi, General is helping villagers at this time of crisis ; ..666 The orphaned girls will be kept in Kasturba fungal medicines and injections (which are skipping a pre-scheduled meeting with the Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC- because the Government has failed to do Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya residential in short supply) and tedious surgeries by Prime Minister and scurrying out of the in-C) Northern Command. However, its duty. State. Two main rivals of the ruling schools for proper care and education. The a battery of surgeons — ENT, ophthal- venue showing great misdemeanor. owing to the Covid-19 protocols in place On the other hand the Samajwadi Congress — AAP and SAD — too have children will also be admitted to 18 Atal mologist, Faciomaxillary, neurosurgeon Attacking the Centre for breaking the parents watched the ceremony live on TV Party has initiated a big step to resolve upped the ante, targeting both the State and Residential Schools. and reconstructive surgeon. This all cost standard protocol, the Chief Minister and YouTube from their homes. intra-family feud. Party patriarch Central Governments on a host of issues Besides, the UP government will pro- money,” he explained. Dr Bhargava said a said, “it was supposed to be a meeting of Mulayam Singh Yadav had asked his son ranging from Covid management, farm- vide a support amount of Rs 1,01,000 for 5mg dose is needed per kilogram (kg) of the Prime Minister and Chief Minister … N . O Akhilesh and brother Shivpal to bury that ers’ protest to economic distress and ris- the marriage of each of these girls, the CM body weight. Hence, if a person is 70 kgs, even I would not mind the presence of hatchet. “It is now or never,” was the terse ing inflation. announced. He said these children study- he would require 350mg of the dose. So, Governor or other Ministers … but how deaths has put the ruling BJP in the tight message from senior Yadav because a uni- The main player at the moment — ing in schools or colleges or pursuing voca- a patient needs at least eight vials which could it be that the BJP leaders and MLAs spot. fied Samajwadi Party is a force to reckon the Congress — has escaped unhurt from tional education would be given away costs 70,000 daily. were allowed in? Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has with in the Central UP, particularly in the the political attacks of its rivals, deflect- tablets and laptops. Chakrabarti, who manages the WHO “Can an Opposition Leader remain tried to salvage the situation by touring the Yadav belt. ing the crisis at the Centre while taking Collaborating Centre for Reference and present in PM-CM meetings … if so why length and breadth of the State but the The Congress has taken the “sewa” credit wherever it possibly can. Of * 666 Research on Fungi of Medical Importance Opposition leaders were not present in death of people for want of medicine has route. It has decided to distribute medi- course, it is facing heat from within with at PGI, Chandigarh, said it has been Odisha or for that matter his own State emerged as an ugly wart on Yogi’s so-far cines and sanitise villages. State Congress firebrand leader and former Minister “In exercise of powers conferred under noticed that quite a few hospitals are pre- Gujarat … why the Centre is not giving any clean image. president Ajay Kumar Lallu said 12 lakh Navjot Singh Sidhu leading the charge Section 16 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 scribing a cocktail of drugs, including Opposition leader status to any party in He has called lawmakers to adopt medical kit will be distributed among against Chief Minister Capt Amarinder of 1955), the central government hereby doxycycline, ivermectin, steroids etc. Parliament even after two years of elec- PHCs and CHCs in their constituencies so 58,000 gram panchayats. “Food grains and Singh. directs that powers exercisable by it for reg- tions.” that they can serve humanity. other essential kits would be made avail- All attempts to thrash out a truce istration as citizen of India under Section . H -666 The Chief Minister was apparently Several BJP leaders, MLAs and work- able in over 800 blocks of UP,” he said. between Sidhu and Captain have failed till 5, or for grant of certificate of naturalisa- replying to the allegations leveled against ers have also shown their annoyance over This effort is commendable as it will now. A couple of Cabinet Ministers and tion under section 6 of the Citizenship Act published on the BioRxiv website her by the BJP that “she had shown utmost the Yogi Government’s style of handling increase the party’s visibility in the villages two Rajya Sabha MPs too have joined 1955 in respect of any person belonging ahead of peer review. misdemeanor to the Prime Minister by the corona crisis. Their allegation was that as its support has systematically eroded in hands, forcing the Congress high com- to a minority community in Afghanistan, The study sampled 28 healthcare skipping his meeting.” this Government relied more on bureau- last few decades first to the SP, then to the mand to form a panel to thrash out the dif- Bangladesh and Pakistan namely, Hindus, workers in Orleans. Sixteen of them had crats. BJP lawmakers and senior party lead- BSP and whatever upper caste were with ferences within the party. !"% $( 0$( 1234245 *) C$",&C,.&%, ( . " ,B !"# $ % *1-/,%G#,.#$;=.%&--H planet. Fun times begin! ; In the midst of all this, is Lucifer and E 0&, !* ! detective Chloe trying to solve crime & % ' C 5 !< . ! and murder. With God wanting to make ) !* 4. ! amends with how he treated Samael # , !% C (Lucifer), he tags along, opening doors % 0I?'> to plenty of fun moments that bring a smile. 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Not only this, peo- stantly reviewing the rapidly changing evidence “Take proper precautions and visit the hos- pleR even anticipated that the Coronavirus in a pandemic is an intensive exercise, which pital if you are undergoing treatment for can- would die in summers because of the high tem- many doctors are finding it difficult correlat- cer of tuberculosis. Avoiding it can pose seri- peratures, not to mention the perception that ing with individual patients and their conditions. ) ous threat to your health. Remember, mortal- the elderly and people with comorbidities are Making quick changes to treatment protocols ity rate of COVID is only 2 per cent, while for at a higher risk of getting infected. There is more. to reflect evidence may be challenging for every- ) cancer, it is much higher. So, if it’s the fear of A certain type of UV rays were believed to inac- one, given that they have to coordinate with peo- ; catching infection that is holding you back from tivate the virus. However, all these notions got ple across institutions, States and local admin- going to the hospital, don’t forget there are other nullified sooner than later. istrations,” Ali explains. ) ; diseases that are equally or, for that matter, even “Few new reliable scientific studies say that Singh adds and tells you that both more deadly. But, this doesn’t mean that you temperature, humidity or UV rays do not play Remidesivir and Fabipiravir drugs are repur- ) start taking the virus lightly,” Singh advises. a significant role in Coronavirus spread. That posed for COVID. These are the drugs that 6 = Doctors believe blaming experts and scien- means whether it’s hot or cold outside, the trans- helped fight several infections earlier, but for tists worldwide for not finding a cure for the dis- mission of COVID-19 from one person to the COVID, the efficacy was less and that we are ) *- ease is not the right thing. It takes years to come other depends almost entirely on human behav- yet to find anti-viral drugs for COVID. “These .)* 6 up with a proper treatment for diseases. iour. Weather influences the environment in drugs are for emergency use only; they are not “COVID is a new disease which none of us which the Coronavirus must survive before fit for long-term use,” he says. =- . ; understand right now. So there is a lot of con- infecting a new host. But it also influences This is not all. The use of steroids are under ) flicting claims coming in. It was said that ven- human behaviour, which moves the virus from the scanner too. Steroids are a life saving med- ● : =:: ##:9"34' * tilators will be the only cure, then it was said one host to another,” Dr Mubasheer Ali, Senior icine and have been used historically for a long * - ! # ::"3 '9( 4#7:56 = maybe ventilators are not necessary, maybe you Internal Medicine Consultant, Apollo time in conditions of acute stress and where the ) ; 7:5: 797493 %3 346 need to have high flow nasal cannulas. Then it TeleHealth, tells you. patient’s life is in danger. And they should, in ● & :=': =4!&9"""#" was said that smokers will be most affected Whenever a pandemic breaks out, the ori- the same way be used in COVID as well when ) 7& :3 '95''" :63 = because their lungs are already weak and they gin country knows more about the virus than the cytokine shower is starting, and is in immi- - ; :' :9"" ::43 will die. Later, it was changed to that smokers any other country and for all the right reasons. nently danger of becoming a cytokine storm that 7& :4:6 may be the only people who will survive this. “When COVID broke, initially it was believed is when the steroids should be started. = ● ::9"4'3 :3 '9(" So this is something that is coming back and to transmit through droplets; hence, the mask “They should not be started too early, espe- ; ) * 34'! ="4::97( forth. But it is, I think, exactly like how science was only mandatory for COVID caregivers. For cially never during the viremic phase, because 4'3 : 434!:: 497( functions. Science works on getting evidence. the rest, a six-foot distance and hand hygiene they suppress your antibodies, your immune . 3 493""#"%'34:'!44 ':6 And we are unearthing a lot of evidences which was enough. But gradually, with time, it was response and will allow the virus to replicate in ':3=::9:735 :3 '9(73: will take some time to understand. Most of the found that the virus is air borne and can sus- an unlimited form,” Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder ; . 6 %%!9(! :" ' 4#: ' 9 diseases that came in usually took hundreds of tain in the air for about four hours. Hence, Director, Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals, = 549"''96 =: years for us to understand and find an effective masks were made mandatory for everyone,” Dr opines. !"4#93":735 :7("34' cure. We’ve seen this only for one year. So I think AP Singh, Senior Consultant Physician, Yashoda Singh agrees with Bajaj and says that . * - &3&'"3'': ":6 within the next one or two years, we will have Super Specialty Hospital, Ghaziabad, tells you. steroids have been used in the treatment of sev- . ● 4''=:('9""'9 '49 a much better understanding and we will That said, about two years into the pandem- eral diseases for years and so is being done in &3&'"!373 (9: "#" develop a sure shot cure for it as well. ic, experts worldwide are struggling to complete- COVID. However, it should only be started in ; :53%#4#4%!963 =4" Historically, viruses have been difficult to cure. ly understand the virus’ nature completely. So the second phase of the disease where a patient . * :!349=(3"3 4#: :493 4# HIV we have not been able to cure even now, much so, that there are clashes of opinions even experiences cough, chest pain and his oxygen 9 ':#3N ''%%!9=%4373 6 even after 40 years of its emergence. So it may when it comes to treating the disease. Be it the levels start to fall. K ;= take some time, but we will definitely find drugs use of common drugs like Remidesivir and “There are cases of Black Fungus in various to control it,” Bajaj asserts. Fabipiravir or steroids, dark clouds of confusion hospitals which are being attributed to exten- ) be visiting hospitals unnecessary. What we see Ali adds that researchers are moving as have engulfed everybody’s mind resulting in a sive use of steroids. However, in our hospital we = in India and especially North India is that peo- quickly as they can to find a complete cure for Catch-22 situation, and many people worldwide haven’t seen a single case of this fungal infec- ple even for the smallest of ailments like com- this virus and as part of this scientists have spent remain clueless of what to do next. tion. Like I said, steroids aren’t a new treatment. ) mon cold will go and visit the highest super spe- the past two years developing vaccines and treat- “Many are asking why experts haven’t been Then there are some, who call it a hospital ) = cialty hospital. So it’s a good thing that now due ments to slow the pandemic and lessen the dis- able to find a treatment or cure for the virus. acquired infection. The reason being the use of to COVID patients are avoiding hospital visits ease’s damage. “Healthcare professionals are The simple answer: there’s too much they don’t industrial oxygen and lack of hygiene practices. ; H - most of the conditions, more than 90 per cent, working tirelessly to fight this disease, but they know. Two years feels like a long time, but it’s But, again there are no facts to support it. can be solved easily at home, especially in these can’t do it alone. The people will still have to no time at all when it comes to medical Hospitals are doing everything they could. It is times with the availability of teleconsultation. help flatten the curve by following all the pre- research. COVID-19 is a novel virus, which too early to predict whether Black Fungus is a And even if you don’t trust teleconsultations you cautions and guidelines,” Ali says. means that very few have natural immunity to post-COVID complication or a hospital can visit your neighbourhood clinic or the doc- Singh concludes by saying that the need of it and experts couldn’t research on it prior to acquired opportunist fungal infection,” Singh tor who you want to see, I think most of them the hour is to to be patient. The focus of every the outbreak in December 2019,” Ali says. opines. have their own standalone clinics. So you can doctor right now is to save lives. Research can While the reasons for the usage of unproven The other side of the story is many people go and visit them, only in very unavoidable cases wait. Having said that, there are people who are drugs are complicated, for once, it is difficult are avoiding hospital visits due to the fear of should you go and visit the hospital directly,” studying the virus, but they need time as well. in a pandemic to treat a patient with only min- catching infection. Bajaj has a take on that. Bajaj suggests. Once, the situation is under control, we will be imal care. “This pressure to ‘do something’ “Hospital visits being avoided by patients is Singh has a different take on the matter. He conducting research to get more insights about might nudge physicians towards creating guide- the right thing to do actually, patient should not doesn’t find this as a feasible option. Many peo- the virus. 4 ) !"% $( 0$( 1234245 9!('&8C7<>-<9A- < $ - 0 ! !"#J >& remaining games of IPL. We believe other aspects will be he remaining 31 matches taken care of,” he added. - of Indian Premier League According to Cricbuzz, T2021 season will take place BCCI has decided that the fran- in United Arab Emirates (UAE) chises will be told to take 8 # in September and October, replacements, both from India Board of Control for Cricket in and overseas, to refurbish their India (BCCI) announced on line-ups. training schedule and for that Saturday after its Special General intimation about the dura- Meeting (SGM) held virtually, GANGULY, SHAH GOING tion of hard and soft quaran- where members unanimously TO DUBAI tine period is very important. agreed to resume the cash rich BCCI president Sourav It is the ECB which will han- tournament. Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah dover a complete chart start- The cricket administrative will join vice president Rajiv ing from day one of our man- body also decided to seek an Shukla in Dubai for the ICC aged isolation,” the official extension of time from the ICC Board Meeting on June 1 where said. to take an appropriate call on the there will be discussions on the It is expected that the hosting of ICC T20 World Cup fate of the T20 World Cup in women’s team will be putting 2021 that is scheduled to take India in October. up at the same hotel which is place here in October and “As they will ask for one adjacent to the County ground November. month’s time, the best option for in Bristol to ensure a safe bio- “The BCCI on Saturday BCCI is to hold it in secure zone for the squad. announced to complete the Maharashtra — three grounds in The women’s team will remaining matches of VIVO Mumbai and one in Pune. play their one-off Test from Indian Premier League 2021 sea- However, the issue of Pakistan June 16-19 which also over- son in the United Arab Emirates travelling to Mumbai could be laps, for a couple of days, with (UAE) considering the monsoon more of a political decision the men’s World Test season in India in the months of where the security will also Championship final against September-October this year. need to be factored in,” the offi- New Zealand to be played at “The BCCI SGM further cial said. the Hampshire Bowl starting authorised the Office Bearers to O June 18. seek an extension of time from want the T20 World Cup to be holders happen to gain. But sit- ; the ICC to take an appropriate held in India in last week of ting in May, you can’t predict the he Indian women’s cricket KOHLI, SHARMA TO HIT call on the hosting of ICC T20 October but no decision can be health emergency in October. So + !6 Tsquad, which will be trav- * ; - GYM TODAY World Cup 2021,” secretary Jay taken right now. we need some time,” he said. elling to the United Kingdom ;6 ) India captain Virat Kohli Shah said in the statement. “The BCCI representatives While IPL’s UAE shift was a along with the men’s team for -; ; and his white ball deputy The likely dates for the — president Sourav Ganguly foregone conclusion, the office &! - 8& their month-long series, will Rohit Sharma will end their tournament will be between and secretary Jay Shah — will be bearers intimated the general also undergo their hard quar- seven-day hard quarantine in September 18 and October 10 as seeking time till July 1 after body about the issue of availabil- Mumbai: Young India batter antine in Southampton instead O India on Sunday and are it was reported few days back by which another SGM will be held ity of players. Jemimah Rodrigues will play of Bristol where they are sup- Q expected to hit the gym for a PTI. to decide on whether we would England and Wales Cricket for Northern Superchargers posed to play their one-off Test full workout. “The SGM approved the go ahead with hosting of World Board (ECB) has already stated in the inaugural edition of The match. K - “Tomorrow their seven decision to hold the remaining T20. that it won’t release its players for Hundred in the UK starting on Both the Indian teams are day hard quarantine ends. matches of IPL between “Right now, the health situ- the unfinished league while July 21. awaiting their complete quar- women’s team will only leave They can now do their sessions September and October. The ation in the country doesn’t Cricket Australia is yet come out The 20-year-old joins her antine routine from the for Bristol once the quarantine for the next three days before dates will be intimated later,” a allow us to take any final deci- with its position on the matter. T20I skipper Harmanpreet England and Wales Cricket period in Southampton is departure. If you come to senior state association member, sion.” “The BCCI is pretty clear Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Board (ECB). over,” a senior BCCI official think of it, despite team’s hard who was present in the meeting, The senior state association that even if there is a case of Mandhana, opener Shafali different,” Rodrigues told the “The Indian women’s con- privy to travel details told quarantine in India and six told PTI. member said there is also a tax unavailability of English players Verma and all-rounder Deepti BBC’s Stumped podcast. tingent is not moving to Bristol PTI. negative RT-PCR test, they “In September, it’s the time rebate issue which is still an due to their series against Sharma in the 100-ball tourna- “I have played for the on landing. Instead they will Both the teams will be will have to undergo another for retreating monsoon in India. ongoing process. Pakistan, we are not going to ment involving eight men’s Yorkshire Diamonds and my also be going to Southampton putting up at the Hilton Hotel, round of hard isolation on Also the fact that three grounds “ICC wants tax waivers but plead to any of the boards about and women’s teams. team is the Northern with the men’s team and start which is a part of the reaching UK. But these are in the UAE makes it easier as we we have to abide by government releasing their players. “I am really looking for- Superchargers. So, I have their room quarantine. With Hampshire Bowl Stadium tough times and you have to had seen in 2020.” guidelines. But a World T20 in “The first and foremost ward to it (The Hundred). played a few of them before,” ECB yet to send us the routine property. adapt accordingly,” the official He also said all the members India means that all the stake- thing is to complete the 31 Something new, something Rodrigues added. PTI that we need to follow, the “We need to plan our added. 58 /& - ( 62' )'' ( , 00 =5&- UK after completing 14-days in a bio-bubble in Mumbai with six he Indian team will stay in RT-PCR negative tests. ngland will beat India in T“managed isolation” before Some of the players like Efive-Test series in August- the World Test Championship Ravichandran Ashwin, Mayank September since they are more final against New Zealand in Agarwal, Washington Sundar comfortable with Dukes balls Southampton from June 18, the are now allowed to use the which are used in the country ICC announced on Saturday but hotel gymnasium from May 25 for Test cricket, said Michael did not mention the exact peri- after a week-long room quaran- Vaughan. od of hard quarantine upon tine and three negative tests. Southampton: After acclimatis- The former England skip- reaching United Kingdom. However a few like skipper ing to the conditions in per, who led his team to their While the Kiwis are already Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, all of Southampton which will host first Ashes series win in two scorers), and Jasprit Bumrah in England for a two match Test whom joined late will have a the WTC final against India next decades in 2005, added that Joe and Chris Woakes (as top series against the hosts, the complete room quarantine month, the New Zealand team Root and Virat Kohli are going wicket-takers),” he added. Virat Kohli-led Indian team before boarding the UK flight. travels to London for the two- to be the top-scorers in the Test The 46-year-old, who is will arrive in the UK on June 3 In the UK, players’ activity match series against England. series while Jasprit Bumrah and now a commentator picked after competing a 14-day quar- managed isolation,” said the will be allowed in a gradually The Blackcaps are scheduled to Chris Woakes will be the top New Zealand pace bowling antine period in India. ICC release. increasing manner after each play England in two Tests, in wicket-takers. all-rounder Kyle Jamieson and “The event has now been However the release doesn’t round of negative testing, mov- London and Birmingham, start- “England will win. Every India wicketkeeper-batsman granted an exemption by the UK specify the duration of hard ing from exercise in isolation to ing June 2, following which time England have gone to Rishabh Pant as men to watch Government as outlined in The (room) quarantine in small group and then larger they will face India in the WTC India, they have been ham- out for in the World Test Health Protection (Coronavirus, Southampton. squad activity, whilst always final from June 18-22 at the Rose mered. And every time, India Championship (WTC) final. International Travel and For New Zealand team, remaining within the bio-secure Bowl. “The New Zealand team have come to England, the “First is Kyle Jamieson as Operator Liability) Regulations ECB made it a three-day venue. travels to London today,” the opposite has happened. he’s had a magnificent start to 2021, released on 17 May 2021,” mandatory room quarantine The New Zealand team will New Zealand Cricket England are a team at home his Test career. Next is Rishabh the ICC said in a release. before allowing the players to move from the ECB bio-secure (NZC)wrote on its official that are very tough to beat with Pant as he is the star of the “....Upon landing, they will train. environment into the WTC Twitter handle on Saturday. As the Dukes ball,” Vaughan said world game. He has been proceed directly to the on-site Regular tests will be con- Final bubble on June 15 and will part of their preparation for the " ! $ + 4 &! !& in an interview to incredible over the last few hotel at the Hampshire Bowl ducted during the period of iso- be subject to regular testing prior WTC final, the Kiwis played a 4& ! ! & - - 6 F ( crictracker.com. months, especially against where they will be tested again lation. to and post arrival in three-day team intra-squad M$ @A N "& - !& “I’m going to go with Virat Australia and England,” said before commencing a period of The Indian team will enter Southampton. game here. PTI - 4 I 4 4 Kohli and Joe Root (as top run- Vaughan in the interview. & > , # / = & 5 )) in batting at those spots,” he guidance at the Delhi former captain, is identifying added. Capitals. the best option for wicket- + > >( # ormer captain Ricky Ponting, who coached “I saw Stoinis at keeper, and suggested that the FPonting feels Australia lacks Delhi Capitals in the IPL, said Delhi last year, he’s uncapped Josh Inglis could be Dubai: Bangladesh captain - Committee, which he heads, has a ‘finisher’ in the mould of for- one of the reasons for Australia opened the last few in the mix, despite missing out Tamim Iqbal has been fined been very fair to the players as mer India skipper Mahendra not having a good ‘finisher’ years of BBL and done on preliminary squad for the 15 per cent of his match fee ormer Sri Lanka captain the new system will infuse addi- Singh Dhoni or all-rounder is that all of the best a great job for the upcoming tours of the for using obscene language Fand legendary batsman tional benefits than before as it Hardik Pandya despite the batsmen of the Melbourne Caribbean and Bangladesh. during the third ODI of the Aravinda de Silva has asked the is a performance-based scheme. abundance of experienced country bat in top Stars, but I “The keeper-batsman is World Cup Super League national team cricketers to “start “We discussed this matter players ahead of the upcoming four in Big Bash needed some- probably the slot they’d be los- series against Sri Lanka in winning games rather than in depth before we presented it T20 World Cup. League. one that could ing the most sleep over right Dhaka. complaining” as he defended to the players. Unlike in the past, Ponting also feels that “So you’ve finish games now...‘who is going to be stand- According to a release the proposed annual players’ we have increased the benefits unearthing a reliable middle or actually got no for us and he ing behind the stumps with the issued by the ICC, Tamim was contracts prepared by the com- three-fold (300%) than what it lower-order batsman who can one that’s con- won two or gloves on’? found to have breached mittee under him. was but purely on the team’s keep wickets could kill two sistently batting three games off “They have tried a few Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of De Silva said the players’ performance. birds with one stone. in that area. his own bat. blokes — (Matthew) Wade has Conduct for players and play- rejection of the central contracts “It has to be a collective “The spot they (Australia) That’s what “So, it’s there been there, (Josh) Phillipe has er support personnel, which was “unfair”, because the Board ! / & 2& effort by the whole team. If they have always been worried we’ve got to find,” —but they will just played as a batter, Alex relates to “use of an audible is offering more for winning ed as saying by Daily News. win a Test series, we pay them about is that finishing role. It’s said the 46-year- get better at it the Carey has been in and out and obscenity during an series against top-ranked oppo- Last week, the Sri Lanka $150,000 which was earlier lim- a very specialist position to be old legendary bats- more they do tried in a few different batting International Match.” sition. Cricket (SLC) said that 24 of the ited to $50,000,” said the 55- able to go in with three of four man. it. How they spots.” In addition to the fine, “It is very unfair that our leading players had been offered year-old who scored 6361 runs overs to go, with 50 runs need- “Is it going to be find a way for “Josh Inglis’ name could be one demerit point has been players say that they are not contracts under four categories from 93 Tests between 1984 and ed and be able to do it,” Ponting (Glenn) Maxwell and these guys to do thrown into the ring as well — added to the disciplinary agreeable to this scheme. The and they had been given a 2002. was quoted as saying in Mitchell Marsh that it more, I’m not I really liked what I saw from record of Tamim, for whom it most important fact is they deadline until June 3 to sign on Explaining further, he said: cricket.com.au. are going to finish the sure,” said him batting in the middle was the first offence in a 24- should get into the middle and dotted lines. “Winning a limited overs series “Dhoni has been in that games, is it going to be Ponting who is order in last summer’s BBL.” month period. play positive cricket and start Sri Lanka’s leading crick- we have offered them $75,000, one spot his whole career and (Marcus) Stoinis? I currently in quar- Ponting added: “He (Inglis) The incident occurred in winning games for the country eters led by Test captain Dimuth which was earlier limited to no wonder he’s so good at it. think that’s the area that antine in a Sydney plays spin really well and you the 10th over of Bangladesh's rather than complaining. Karunaratne along with host of $25,000. Hardik Pandya and Kieron they’re more worried hotel after return- think about where the World innings on Friday, when “This positive approach will senior players refused to sign the “We also introduced a slab Pollard are similar — these about.” ing from the sus- Cup is going to be (in India or Tamim used inappropriate encourage us to consider offer- central contracts which they for the T20 format, which also guys continually win games of Stoinis has had suc- pended IPL. the UAE), he could be a name language after an unsuccess- ing them more benefits, like believe is far less compared to runs up to a maximum of cricket for their country and in cess batting lower down And of equal that could come up (for selec- ful review of his caught- some of the other countries in other countries. $50,000, which earlier didn't the IPL, they’re used to going the order under Ponting’s concern, said the tion).” behind dismissal. PTI our region,” de Silva was quot- De Silva said the Cricket have any rewards at all.” 4 ) !"% $( 0$( 1234245 ;! # & !, " 7 % R '0A&A", . # , 0 7 "8 9 +: afael Nadal and Novak ; 1), 2 Djokovic will set their sights #&.%#$%&#;,&)$%< Ron more Grand Slam history at the French Open as Roland He is also a four-time runner-up Garros embraces a new but eerily although three of those defeats in the empty era of night-time tennis. championship match came against A 14th title in Paris for Nadal the Spaniard. would take him to a record-setting Only two men have previously 21st major, surpassing the mark he managed to win all four of the Slams shares with Roger Federer who has on more than one occasion — Roy already written off his hopes of Emerson and Rod Laver of Australia. adding to his lone success in the Laver’s achievement came back French capital back in 2009. in 1969. Djokovic, the champion in 2016, Djokovic tackles 66th-ranked can move to 19 Grand Slam titles Tennys Sandgren of the United with victory. States in his first round match while That would make the world Federer, playing the tournament number one the first man in over for the first time since 2019, begins 6 /4 ! 0 ' half a century to win all four majors against a qualifier. - #! & - & on multiple occasions. Federer, with his 40th birthday Only one of the sport’s Big fast approaching, remains the sen- Three will make the June 13 final timental favourite but his priority after the draw placed top seed will be an assault on Wimbledon A" $- 9 ! ! Djokovic, third seed Nadal and where he has been champion eight 9 #! $ eighth-seeded Federer in the same times. 3& I - half of the draw. That means Djokovic is sched- CHASING PACK upset the odds of Nadal or Djokovic uled to face Federer in the quarter- “I’m not so sure in the last 50 again taking the title. finals before a potential semi-final years of the French Open, somebody The 22-year-old Greek won the blockbuster with Nadal. just rocks up at nearly 40 years old, prestigious Monte Carlo clay court -; Garros,” he said. “I am playing well, “I see it as completely normal. being out for a year and a half, and title in April, had match point feeling good and I have spent qual- I’m not worried about it. I have a lot wins everything straight,” said before losing the Barcelona final to ovak Djokovic completed a ity time with my family.” of work in front of me to play a Federer after losing his only clay Nadal and then lifted the Lyon tro- Nsuccesful warm-up for the It was the second title this sea- potential match versus Djokovic,” court match this year in Geneva last phy. French Open when he beat son for the 34-year-old world said Nadal, who has already won clay week. He has beaten Nadal on clay in Slovakian Alex Molcan 6-4, 6-3, on number one, the winner of the court titles this season in Barcelona Of the chasing pack, two-time Madrid in 2019 and stretched Saturday in the final of the ATP Australian Open in February, and and Rome. runner-up Dominic Thiem is low on Djokovic to five sets in the 2020 clay tournament in Belgrade. the 83rd of his career. At last year’s delayed Roland form and confidence. French Open semi-finals. This was the second event in The 23-year-old Molcan was Garros, Nadal swept past Djokovic A run to the Madrid semi- This year’s Roland Garros will be the city in just over a month but trying to become the fifth first-time in straight sets in the final. finals was followed by a straight sets the second taking place under the where the Serbia Open in April was ATP tournament winner this sea- It was Nadal’s 100th win at the defeat to Cameron Norrie in his shadow of the coronavirus. played in an empty stadium, fans son. Before Belgrade he had not tournament against just two losses Lyon opener. Just over 5,000 fans a day will be were allowed for this tournament. won a match on the ATP tour this since his 2005 title-winning debut. World number two Daniil allowed on site until June 9 when “It’s been a while since I last year. Nadal, who defeated Djokovic in Medvedev has yet to win a match at that figure rises to 13,000. played here in front of a crowd,” “I didn’t play badly, but I was the Rome final, starts his campaign Roland Garros in four attempts. For the first time this year, said Djokovic, a Belgrade native playing against Djokovic. I’m feel- against Alexei Popyrin of Australia, In Rome, he fell at the first hur- there will be nine evening sessions who lost in the semi-final in the ing good and tired,” he said. the world number 62. dle and half-jokingly pleaded with at the tournament. Serbia Open, a tournament he last “I made my first ATP Tour Giving Djokovic hope, howev- the referee to disqualify him such is However, a Covid-19 curfew won in 2011. final from qualification. I played er, is the knowledge that he was his dislike for clay. from 9pm means that eight of those “To hold a trophy here after 10 good tennis here and I was fight- responsible for one of Nadal’s loss- World number five Stefanos ?; 9 #! ! $ 6! ! & ! sessions will be played inside an years is really special and it could- ing. Today, I tried as well, but it es in Paris, in the 2015 quarter-finals. Tsitsipas is the most likely man to +/ ! -$ 6 $ 3& I - empty Court Philippe Chatrier. n’t be better ahead of Roland wasn’t enough.” #5 4 -A 4#3 ' ::%3 44# became a huge challenge point recovery process, so to get sparring partners. I now try not to concede Kazakh boxer Nazym Kyzaibay Second seeded Sanjeet will ndia’s top wrestler Bajrang Staying fit was also a chal- those early points. My in the 51kg final. fight against the Rio Olympics IPunia will not compete in the lenge,” Bajrang said. training has been such since he six-time world champi- Another Olympic-bound Silver medallist Vassiliy Levit, upcoming Ranking Series event “In my category there my early days that my Ton Mary Kom and defend- Pooja Rani, who received a who is chasing his fourth Gold in Poland, saying more than the are 10-12 wrestlers game has become ing champion Amit Panghal walk-over in the semi-finals, medal of the Asian ranking points he desperately and each of them is power-oriented. are among the seven Indian will fight against an in-form Championships. needs mat-training with strong capable of beating But still I have pugilists who will play in the Mavluda Movlonova of The International Boxing sparring partners ahead of the anyone. There is worked on my leg finals at the 2021 ASBC Asian Uzbekistan, who ended the Association (AIBA) has allocat- Tokyo Olympics since the 65kg no one wrestler defence and it has Boxing Championships in challenge of London Olympics ed $4,00,000 prize money for category is loaded with top who is favourite got better,” he Dubai. medallist Marina Volnova in this Championships. The Gold performers. in 65kg. I can’t said. While the seasoned cam- the last-4 stage. medallists of men’s and The 27-year-old said the prepare for one Bajrang said he is paigner Mary Kom alongside On the other hand, women’s categories will be pandemic has adversely impact- particular rival, what If I in favour of Tokyo Pooja Rani (75kg), Anupama Lalbuatsaihi and Anupama will awarded with $10,000 while ed his training schedule because don’t get him in the draw. Olympics going ahead (+81kg) and Lalbuatsahi (64kg) also face strong Kazakh boxers both the silver and bronze neither he could travel abroad “So I need to focus as scheduled even as will play their respective final in their respective finals. medal winners will take home nor anyone could be invited to on my training, so I have there is a growing bouts on Sunday, Panghal, In the men’s section, $5,000 and 2,500 respectively. India for practice. planned this Russia trip. chorus for the Games Shiva Thapa (64kg) and Sanjeet Panghal will look to defend his Eight Indian pugilists While India’s other I am awaiting my visa. to be cancelled amidst (91kg) will be in action on title when he will be up against Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Vikas Olympic-bound wrestlers will There will be lot of the pandemic. “As an Monday. the Rio Olympics and world Krishan (69kg), Lovlina travel to Poland, Bajrang will go strong wrestlers there athlete I want the At the on-going presti- champion Uzbek pugilist Borgohain (69kg), Jaismine to Russia with his coach in Russia, including Olympics to go ahead. gious Championships, which is Zoirov Shakhobidin of (57kg), Sakshi Chaudhary Georgian Shako Bentinidis. world and olympic No player will say that jointly hosted by the Boxing Uzbekistan in the Gold medal (64kg), Monika (48kg), The June 8-13 event in champions.” he wants Olympic Federation of India (BFI) and match on Monday. Saweety (81kg) and Varinder Warsaw is the last ranking series A weak leg defence Games to be cancelled.” UAE Boxing Federation, Indian Assam boxer Thapa, who Singh (60kg) secured Bronze event before the Olympics. The and conceding early points Bajrang said getting contingent have already has been impressive and the medals with their semi-final Indian team will stay in Warsaw has been a bane for him but a foreign coach has ensured their best-ever show by joint most successful male finish at the event which has for a training camp also after the Bajrang said he has worked helped him as earlier he securing unprecedented 15 boxer in the Championships witnessed the presence of 150 tournament. hard to improve on both the had struggled to get medals and bettered previous with five consecutive medals, boxers from 17 countries “Before Olympics, I need counts. His immense power strong partners when in highest of 13 medals (2 Gold, will be challenged by the Asian including strong boxing more training. The last 18 and stamina always gives him abroad due to language 4 Silver and 7 Bronze) achieved Games silver medallist nations such as India, months have been tough. There an edge over his rivals. barrier but since the during the 2019 edition. medal in just seven appear- will face a stiff challenge from Mongolia’s Baatarsukh Uzbekistan, Philippines and were neither competitions nor “My coaches say I end up arrival of Bentinidis, Aiming for the sixth Gold ances, the veteran Mary Kom the two-time world champion Chinzorig. Kazakhstan. training camps outside. It wasting a lot of power in that things have become easier. 7 "#( How tough has it been for you during arate ID and asked my fans and friends spirits high. . Then again I go back to read- work I would do my MBA. Luckily the last one year? to please help. We thn created a team in ing messages. This is what I have been everything fell in place. A video went viral In April 2021, my shows that were every city to help those in need. This doing for the last 30-40 days. in 2013 and there was no looking back. booked started getting cancelled one by helped to streamline things. Also, the sit- What are the challenges you have been I was doing 12-14 shows; sometimes I one. Then things came to a head. Mid- uation is much better today than what it facing in trying to help people? would end up doing two shows back to April I read a Twitter SOS asking for help. was in April. But the good part is that we 70 The main challenge these days Is to back. It was an exciting phase; kind of a And I thought what was the point were able to help quite a few people. 4 0 verify information. There is so much fake roller coaster ride. of so many followers if I was What is keeping you busy? information that is circulating over the Why is it that most stand up comedian not in a position to help I am just staying safe and keeping 4 1 Internet that is is tough to verify each and are engineers? those in need. The tweet indoors. This last one year has been full every one of them. But we do our best to Because many people realise its not that I got, I forwarded the of stress and tension. Last year, In March 0 verify each one but sometimes it is just not they want to explore options. It is impor- same and that’s when I was probably the last time that I had my 0 0 0 possible due to the sheer number of tant o follow one’s passion. Most of the started getting more show without any worry. Then things queries we get. One has to be sure that the engineers are either stand-ups, musicians, SOS messages. There picked up a little after six months — I did 4 information being sent to the person who writers, authors, and even actors. were so many that it a few shows. The New Year brought hope needs it is genuine; one can’t lose a sin- PUrsuing engineering gives you an oppor- was impossible for me and I felt things were looking up. Then 4 0 gle second — each life is precious. Then, tunity to think what you want to really do to reply to all. That’s the second wave hot us and we are even 9 09 0 there is the gap between demand and sup- in life. when I created a sep- in a worse situation today as compared to ply. Why did you not continue with how things were in May 2020. It has been 0 4 Do you think that stage shows are Mudde ki Baat? a nightmare as a stand-up comedian but thing of the past? I started doing Mudde Ki Baat in 2015 there’s a silver lining. Things are good 4 Definitely, stage shows won’t be hap- and it was a great concept. But the idea around where we live; that’s the 0 1. 9 pening for the next few months. Maybe was probably ahead of its time. India ke only positive that there is to this after six-eight months when when a large liye woh thoda jaldi thha. I think abhi for now population has been vaccinated, there is karta toh sahi hota. Maybe I will start it *+$ , How did you get involved 0 0 a chance to hold such shows. Otherwise again. -.(.*- with the social cause? it will take a year or 18 months for things What are the plans for this year? Like I said, I got an SOS 9 0 to get back to being like it used to be in For now, the important thing is to message on Twitter — that 2018-19. keep safe; that’s the need of the hour. started it all. My day starts From an engineer to stand up come- Folow the protocol — wear a mask and "+ $% with talking to volunteers in dian, how has the journey been? maintain social distancing. If there is one each city to see what more I enrolled for engineering in 2008 and thing that the present pandemic has E " can be done to help people in soon realised it's not my cup of tea. That’s taught us is that there is no point in plan- need. Then, if I have time and when I started exploring other avenues ning ahead. You never know when things " I feel the inclination, I sit down and I ended up doing stand-up. It was a will turn for the worse again. However, I to write or try to make videos; new concept back then and I was skep- am working on a couple of things that there is so much negativity around tical whether it would work for me. I gave people will get to listen in next few us today. There is need to keep our myself two years. and decided if it didn’t months. OP -- .5 !4 79A ( D-88 ,.. %, " F . # . , 8? ! ! *C?9D 1131 9 ", #> (9A9 > ;> (9A9 > ;> # , ince the COVID-19 hit the world Coronavirus’ structure; here also we last year, our lives have never have seen success. Then we tested the . 0 Sbeen the way it was before the device on SAR-COV2 with the ICMR pandemic took over the world. While recommendation at Rajiv Gandhi doctors have been advising people to Centre for Biotechnology in wear masks, maintain social distanc- Trivandrum, Kerala. The research ing, there have been many companies methodology used to carry out such and that have been conducting tests is that a certain number of virus- research and coming up with innov- es are kept under specified quarantine ative devices that can make it a bit area. There is a controlled mechanism more easier to live a life without fear. to measure. Then there is a research Last year, as well people were mechanism as well. We create two apprehensive when there was talk of such facilities. One where the machine the lockdown opening. Today, the sit- is working, and the other where there uation is even more scary given that is no such device. We then measure the virus is air borne. From anti-viral the number of viruses in the facility fabric as a protective gear to antibac- through RT-PCR. This is then analyse terial sprays to prevent spread of infec- which gene is not present. If the gene tion to liquid-based anti-pollution is absent, the device works for that,” product aims to reduce the PM lev- Gasper explains. els up to 65 per cent in seven days, Unfortunately, since in India, innovators are leaving no stone there is no facility to conduct it on a unturned to ensure safety and pro- 1,000 sq feet lab with Coronavirus but tection for all. The latest to join the it can be cross validated with other innovative list is Wolf Air Mask. ambient microbes. However, it has According to Boniface Gasper, been proven that the device works on director and chief scientific officer of the Coronavirus in an much smaller Allabout Innovations the device neu- area and if it is working on this area tralises SAR-COV2 virus to 99.9 per small scale, it will work on a much cent. “It is an air sterilisation device larger space as well. that works on the plasma air sterili- first ion-based airmask that provides space, the device can be switched off “This means that wherever this sation technology. The present pan- 99.9 per cent real-time protection ) and switched on when the first per- device is placed, it will neutralise the What is His Story about? demic has made is mandatory that we from all kinds of bacteria and virus- son arrives. Primarily, the device has virus and the air will be sterlised. The It is a beautiful show about relationships. It is love, it’s about wear a mask at all times and sanitise es, airborne mold corona or influen- "9!!4& 39 !,,C been created to work in places like world is already using such a device longing, it’s about despair, it’s about acceptance and unacceptance. our hands regularly to prevent the za viruses, allergens, bacteria, pollens 4#34:%%!4'34 hospitals that require the air to be neu- — Denmark and Dubai are a few If I had to sum it up — it is a beautiful tale about love. infection from spreading. We have to and dust in an enclosed space. 3%,,,:N%49,=,,,! %49 tralised of the the virus; that is our pri- countries to name where they are How did you come on board for the project? maintain social distancing as well. Gasper tells you that the negative & 39 !:43&3:34:3 334 ority, to make sure that the hospitals using it. However, it doesn’t mean that The makers of this show approached me for this show. The This device, besides following the pro- ions is nothing but what most of us ":" 7% '44 and healthcare workers are safe. The one can do away with the protocol of story was already in place. They were gung-ho and enthuiastic tocol mentioned, will go a step ahead. have studied in Class X and the three product is available in the market and wearing masks, using sanitiser, main- about it the project. On a brief call over the phone they told me It works in a different manner. Since stages of matter — solid, liquid and ::9#4: :3+* :6 is priced at 29,500 including GST for tain social distancing. We are hoping about the show. When I heard the story I was interested and asked the virus is now airborne, inside gas. Then there is the fourth stage ::9A;49"4 1,000 sq feet area. But it can be that this device will also become them for a narration. Besides a few questions, I really like the closed environment, the dangers are which is plasma. %3 -3!"43'3# installed at home as well. There is a another thing that will be added to the way the story was written and the set up of how it would unfold. even more especially where ACs work The device itself works on a sim- rise in demand for this device and we protocol. However, one has to under- I said yes and took it on; the whole concept interested me. the chance is that the virus in aerosol ple technology. The negative ions dis- "9!":(4:9 have already prototyped a device for stand that that his device is different What is the USP of the show? form will linger up to four to five charged by the it bind with the virus #4:3" ::49+ 250 sq feet and a personalised airmask, from air purifiers that many people There are a few on them. First, it is beautifully written. Second, hours. There was no way to neutralise surface and transform into highly oxi- (! :'' a device that one can carry with one- use regularly in their home,” Gasper it has a wonderful team. This is what makes the show and is the that aerosoled virus. In order to dising OH radicals, drawing out the 39:1S,09# & 3!34 self,” Gasper tells you. This person- tells you. heart of it. The team pushes the show ahead. The content is won- address this, the Centre announced Hydrogen from the spike protein. The 49+ :"'93 "4# alised device, he says, can be put on In the air purifier, the air gets fil- derful; it talks about same sex love and representing the same that there was need to research on this. protein is then degraded, and OH rad- 4:!4 a table top to neutralise the aerosol tered through the hyperfilter. “There in the most wonderful and delicate manner. I don’t think that This is where we stepped in,” Gasper ical returns as water into the atmos- and the person will not be infected. is protocol to clean this as well since there has been any show that has approached this subject with says. phere neutralising the virus or any 4 '::7! 3:!3&!& !': The product has undergone more these particles are biohazard. Here, the such delicacy. After a lot of research and dis- other microbe in the environment 497! 3(:4!' 94#(! = than 10 studies with the device where aerosols generated can be transmitted You play a homosexual here. How tough was it play the char- cussions, the company decided to use effectively. “It is a plug-in device. ::=9 :49&3''4%: 3 the efficacy of the device has been 99.9 to the people sitting in the room. With acter? the negative ion methodology. In Once you plug it in, it starts doing its & 39!'449: ':9 " per cent on microbes. “The device has Airmask. it negates the effect and ster- It was not really very difficult. I just wanted to know how other words, it is a needle point plas- work. It works 24X7 in an occupied 34!4( ""3 4% also been tested against bacterio- ilises the air; in other works it is a live the show has been written, made and treated. I wanted to know ma negative ion generator, country’s space. If there are no people in that phage, it is in fact a virus similar to sterlisation process,” Gasper says. if there were any graphic scenes just for the heck of it. It has none of that. I wanted it to be responsible and sensitive portrayal about two men in love. When you say yes to a project, you start liv- :((/-.5&,,(" ing it from that day on. You start preparing yourself for the role and the character. I played it like I would approach any other role that I have done in the past. To have Satyadeep (Mishra) P - , , ; 3, play it with me was great. It went off rather smoothly. - P P ; You did 55km/sec. What was the film about? The film is about an apocalyptic world. In the midst of all, 4# 54#"::"'' ! ::7'-' 4": !3 5;49"'5:3 is the story of a reclusive an who is watching things falling apart. 754:4#''9 9:! (9" % :5::: & 74"":&' I play Suraj who finds love in all the mayhem around. !'74#":34#:743 "3 3 :"3=(! ::":'% ( "":":#303 How did you get into acting? ((%4# &'3!3 0 490 494#3&" 73 ""4 %3396 I have been performing since my school days. In college, I ! ! 7' "4=3 =4" "5:::3 6 L3:3%"7 " started doing street plays. I worked in theatre in Delhi. I came !343%"' :34#34# ::' -' 4:" 9":": " F"37!3359%339G: to Mumbai, auditioned for a part and got it. It has been a grad- "-3''339: '74 "46 &'4#:&4"(3'"% 49: 7#303%339=( 5& ual progression into acting since then. :74:: 9('74O: "4"(3''49934 :"'= & 744#6 '5%3396 '5 Does it bother you that you haven’t had the typical main- ' : !4':9"": "37:":9:''49 &'3 4#9%% 4494 stream film till now? %'4#9%734: #4: "49:37(3"B,: ! :4:=M 5:96 May be it did at one point but not now. I am happy that I %3 ''#4#"": 4##:4 ! 49" :'":"49 "!3 ="3 3:3%7 am getting to play different and good roles. I now have the lib- % 9 '4!49' 49 : " % 49:%3 49 !6 "":&3 '3% :"9 erty to pick and choose my projects and wait for the right one. % 49:" 3 #"":; =-4# L :& 4"(3'='499 "4"&3& ' : : How tough is it to choose right projects for a newcomer? 7465O:443 4!74 34 :"'=49 "3 #"=N "7 #$!%&&'() It is tough in the beginning but slowly it gets better. At the !37:7"4 ": ;39="::O63= "9" 9 # :! 4'( : start, getting a call for the audition is a task. From knowing a 9!' 9"" % ::3&3'3#: (3 "!34!&3%. 4!" :"334#%3 " &!374# casting director to getting an audition to getting rejected to get- 34(396 5::4#( "3 #"EO"3 '9"(&': ('3 4!TO 49 "3 3 !379* ting the roles, this takes time. L "45 3 '9("&&(3 ":34#6:5:&3& ' :4O=M-' 4 !''99 4#4&& 4!34U77 77' , What next? 49 7#34#375"7: & &3& ' 6 7#34#3#"7 VU=!!3 94#3 &3 4%7'% :6!36 56"999EL : 3&49 &34":%339 This show is out and so is Hello Mini. The next project is (%4# &'" 3 #"7:34#6 ":34#:'9 F " A :"3 %9(""3'"4#6 A : 77( : &3 :' !"3!:34# -. =" on Voot. I am very excited about it. It has been shot abroad. I 93#G6 "7 :!''(!37&3:9( 3:"( =M"999=:&54# &4#773 "% 9:6 :"3 ('6M "::4 4#":"49"&&4# &!3'90 3:9#'3( can’t say more about it. Two short films have also released. Post 3"796 !"35:49&3 3(''37 :" 337:6 ":"3 :34:!3 R6 opening of lockdown, I will get to working on a new web series. $ 7 . 8 .. . . L$$ "#$ ,2( 5;3( - 7 8$ 7=7 ! $ "$779& 7 " ! $'$!" $$> &9$7 $8 '$ 7!!&7! ="" $"&99$ 9&' $ 7' $& '" 28 2 4 :#"4#= ) ":!"4!33(: 54#!3( : 374!4#47'349 44#''3%"3 :('3":4"''#3%-3" 53=4 7# "4 5"496 % :0& :34!!3 4 !"# !"$% "& " "& "& &'% ## & "& '(& " " "& ') """ *+ # " , "" # &"*+ &" * xcitement rippled through Bohrakot Rufford Foundation (his second one from tected species included in Schedule II (Part II) bushes for around 15 minutes, weighing its village in Ramgarh in Uttarakhand’s them), relates to the distribution and nesting of the Wildlife (Protection) Act of India, 1972. options. Second, the loving tenderness they Nainital district on May 14 as the ecology of king cobras and the threats facing Its illegal capture and killing were non-bailable displayed towards each other before parting, word spread that a local young man them. The other one is about human-snake offenses punishable with imprisonment and/or was deeply moving, with the most touching act had seen a king cobra. The stir was conflict mitigation principally in Uttarakhand’s fine. being that of the male placing his head on her Ehardly surprising. King cobras are found in Terai area and the Nainital Forest Division. It His recalcitrance vanished. The forest body gently and with obvious emotion. He many parts of India — ranging from the has been undertaken under the Government of department got into the act setting up a CCTV clearly did not want her to go, and, when she Western and Eastern Ghat ranges in the south India’s National Mission on Himalayan Studies. system with three cameras and a monitor did, raised his head and watched her journey, to Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in the Its principal investigator is Tejaswini Patil, screen to keep a watch not only on the two before slowly following in the same direction. north, and Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal in the Chief Conservator of Forests, Kumaon. Jignasu king cobras but also trap on the recorder any- I was worried — not only for them but east, and most north-eastern states. They are, has also been training Uttarakhand’s forest one coming to harm them or otherwise. As for their species. The International Union for the however, extremely shy and stay away from department personnel on proper methods of Malavika and I, we could watch them on the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has put the humans, which is why they are not a common snake rescue and spreading awareness about surface of the wall from our property. I had a latter on its “vulnerable” list for the many sight. Their photographs one sees are mostly the ways of snakes in the region for over a field day with my camera, which I had fitted threats their survival faces. Forests, in which from research centres and conservation areas. decade. with a 55-300 mm zoom. While I clicked many they live, are shrinking because of invading Those from the open are uncommon. Jignasu arrived on May 15 with his camera shots of their being together as well as alone, human settlements, and infrastructure like King cobras are not the most venomous and an assortment of other equipment. As he the prize harvest was the ones showing them roads — which disturb and cut across their snakes; nor are they the longest. They are, was surveying the scene, he ran into a neigh- romancing intimately, which, I was told, was a territories — they bring in their wake. however, the longest venomous snakes, grow- bour who said that it was his land, and that he very, very rare sight. We, however, did not see Instances of snakes and hatchlings, that have ing mostly between three to four metres in wanted the snakes removed because his chil- them mating. been run over and killed, are growing. Besides, length. In some cases, mainly in Thailand, one dren, who came to play into the area, could be Jignasu saw them leaving on the 22nd the increasing number of dams are causing has found specimens over five metres long. in danger, as could be his domestic animals. ; - morning. Later, I saw them leaving on the deforestation, as is illegal felling of trees for The longest ever king cobra found measured His concern was understandable but his * P CCTV’s monitor screen and wondered timber. Climate change contributes by altering 5.85 metres. If injected in a person’s blood- demand echoed the commonplace approach of ) whether they mated without our seeing it. the weather of their habitats and conducing to stream, their venom can kill in 20 to 30 min- most people towards snakes based on the blan- ; 6 ) = And, as is normally the case, had they gone the growing number of forest fires, which utes. Thailand produces an antidote to it; none ket belief that all of them were venomous, *= ; their own respective ways thereafter? He to his destroy their territories, and, perhaps kill them is available in India. Fortunately, contrary to aggressive and best removed from one’s * = individual existence, and she to build a nest as well. popular belief, they are generally not aggressive premises. The fact is, most snakes are not ven- ; ; ) and lay eggs in a deep forest? Female king It is an increasingly hostile world that faces and tend to avoid confrontation of any kind. omous and, as said earlier, king cobras are usu- - . cobras are the only snakes that build their nests snakes and all non-human living beings, As it so happened, the sighting in Bohrakot ally not aggressive. In fact, they inject venom overground and guard them against predators. thanks to the activities of Homo sapiens, the was on the very wide retaining wall of a house in their bites only when they consider neces- ; 6 . They either leave a few weeks after building worst of all predators, who themselves face just downhill of ours, which had remained sary. The rest are “dry bites” which do no more O them or stay around for two months or more, extinction because of their ruthless exploita- unoccupied for several years. A small crowd of than cause pain and, even before resorting to - = leaving just a few days before the eggs hatch. In tion of nature — including plants, animals, and cell-phone photographers and one serious these, they often raise their heads, spreading * +, neither case do they leave the nests even to eat. the earth’s surface — and the generation and wielder of a camera with a zoom lens, gathered out their hoods, and rising erect from the 1, 6 Or had they left because of stalking by a use of energy that pollutes the atmosphere. to watch on the next day when two king ground, which can be up to a height of one- local cat which, darting from a nearby bush, Meanwhile, I will miss the romancing two cobras, a male and a female, were seen sunning third of their lengths, to frighten their per- P * - struck the male once with one of its paws, and who left. I wish I could give the snake call that themselves at the same place. Sensing the ceived enemies off. 6. )= retreated instantaneously as the female raised Mowgli did in Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book crowd’s presence, they disappeared in one of Jignasu thought that the best way to deal her head threateningly? Or were they disturbed and say, like him, “We be of one blood, ye and the deep crevices in the wall, which they with the situation was to involve Uttarakhand’s ) by the arrival of workers to live in a nearby ser- I.” Alas, life does not take after fiction. So, seemed to have made their temporary home. forest department. He got in touch with - .= ) vants’ quarters? good bye, royal reptiles! May peace and happi- Realising that I could get the chance of a life- Tejaswini Patil, as well as Sanjiv Chaturvedi, ; ) There is no knowing. Whatever the cause, ness travel with you. time, I got my camera ready, as my wife, Chief Conservator of Forests, Research, ;; * they have left behind memories of two inci- Malavika, contacted Jignasu Dolia, a noted Uttarakhand. Known for their uprightness and * . . dents that reflect much about their species. The writer is Consulting Editor, The Pioneer. herpetologist we know well. competence, both sprang into action. A forest ) First, they never killed the cat, which either of All rights reserved. No part of the text of this Jignasu, who specialises in studying king department contingent arrived on May 17. It them could easily have done, There was plenty article and pictures used can be published or cobras, is currently working on two projects. was explained to the neighbour that the king of time for that as the cat, after the encounter reproduced in any other form without the per- One of them, under a grant from Britain’s cobra was India’s national reptile. It was a pro- on the retaining wall’s top, hung around in the mission of the author * ) = .= = 8tdiauxrd K- (01)3415%3634531(7 3.-+)+8+3.4(+63)94 -& "& " "! " " "# "& "##""& # *. " & ! $5.& ! # " # /& ""& " 0+((1)23 t a five minute walk from minds and instead obeyed what we with local MLAs for infrastructure the banks of the Nile were being told to do — getting in to and hospital management was essen- river in Cairo, at Tahrir lock downs and then exiting them tial. The efficacy of local government Square, a leaderless move- even when the number of cases bodies has varied across districts. For ment had broken out a around us were surging — until the example in Delhi, one of the key rea- decadeA ago. I was living in Cairo at time people took it upon themselves sons for the mismanagement of the that time and had joined with my to ensure their and others’ survival. It pandemic has been that the roll out placard ‘Indians for Egyptians’ the reminds me of the frustration of the of Covid relief is largely being done thousands of people first congregat- ordinary citizens of Egypt 10 years ago by the yes-men of administrators who ing at Tahrir, and then in cities across when they too were tired of their gov- are out to please the latter. The the country to ask for a governance ernment and took matters in their administrators, on the other hand, system that distributed resources hand. take decisions based on the informa- equally to all strata of the society. It tion provided to them which largely was a revolution, in January 2011, consists of only ‘good news’ which is more for jobs for all than for democ- India’s CSR expenditure for FY20 often even fabricated. An example of racy. In a country that had refrained stood at 17,885 crore, already down good practice is MLA Amin Patel in from the very mention of the regime from 18,655 crore the previous year. Mumbai’s run down Amin Patel who even in their homes, citizens of Egypt Then further, as what might be a physically visits the community and now came out, day after day, on the direct economic consequence of the directly keeps in touch with all part- streets, asking for jobs for the poor- pandemic, 19.65% of Indian compa- ners involved in helping the est, equal opportunity, a free and fair nies who were profitable in Q4 of FY Brihanmumbai Municipal democracy. They then demanded that 20 reported losses in Q1 of FY 21. CSR Corporation fight Covid. The most Egypt’s President must step down. constitutes 28 percent of India’s total successful partnerships between these philanthropic giving, but is expected hyper-local government bodies are to further decline by 5% this year, therefore those where the key decision Today in India, the Indian gov- according to the India Philanthropy makers are administrating the Covid ernment has failed and committed cit- Report 2021. During the pandemic, relief work on the ground and there izens have stepped up to prevent the corporations at large have had their is a high degree of trust between the nation from slipping into an even own share of worries about keeping decision makers and the private part- deeper abyss than it has already. All their employees safe, managing with ners involved. across the country, thousands of of 2011 when citizens across a set of India during the early months of the reduced workforce due to employees These are some of the reasons that individuals, corporates, and non- There has been another astonish- countries in the Middle East were act- pandemic. Yet in December 2020 the catching the virus, ramping up the have led to the spectacular rise of governmental organisations have ing trend. Rapidly people across ing in similar ways to initiate negoti- Foreign Contribution (Regulation) digital transition of their organisations, India’s civil society to fight the pan- come together to help. Many are doing India are sharing information and ations with their governments for Act, 2020, shut down their contribu- besides those who also dealt with demic. While the world is indeed also so to genuinely offer all the help they learning from each other. There are political change. They learnt from tions by restricting subcontracting, squeezed revenues. Yet corporates at war against the same virus — as UN can. Their motivation is humanitar- thousands of Covid relief whatsapp each other via the fast flow of infor- forcing NGOs to open their FCRA contributed with funds and resources Secretary-General António Guterres ian. On the other hand, there are not groups that have quickly connected mation facilitated by telecommunica- account only at the State Bank of India to fight the pandemic in India, which rightly declared yesterday — the for profits that are demanding com- people to collaborate for treatments, tion and media. They shared a new Parliament Street branch, and a host by the end of FY2021 seemed exhaust- uprising in India is truly unique as it missions for relief projects, companies resources, scientific evidence, and understanding on how power should of other irrational and uncertainly ed and dwindling. Large corporations is leaderless. The Indian government that are profiting from inflated prices other needs such as mental health. be organised and how national wealth - untimely changes. Administrators are also stuck in the dilemma of toe- is absent in our fight. India’s political of medical equipment, and individu- There are lists on excel for verified should be used for the good of the underestimate the pandemic and ing the government’s cues of inaction opposition has not been able to rise als doing nothing but claiming polit- resource persons and their phone public, putting forth a new political miscalculated the availability of hos- and poor policies, or being innovative to the occasion either and has thus ical mileage out of others’ work. numbers. As corporate funds for arrangement that spread, quickly pital beds — last year I had offered free towards fighting the pandemic. once again proved its weakness. There is a missionary and a mercenary Covid relief are fast getting exhaust- across international borders. of cost temporary Covid recovery There is no other organisation or per- side to India’s civil society stepping up ed this year, crowdfunding platforms facilities to State governments son giving direction to our citizens’ where the State has vanished. On the such as Milaap and Ketto have * amongst which a few accepted while movement of self-help. Will people extreme end of the spectrum are emerged to the rescue. The platforms Finally, there has been a trend of * some smugly gave me details about While the central government power lend to rage against the govern- indeed scams such as businessman are now flooded with information unforgivingly poor policy decisions to sufficient state health infrastructure. failed to deliver, several local munic- ment, as it did in Egypt a decade ago? Navneet Kalra’s alleged hoarding of about various Covid relief initiatives support the people’s uprising against ; Even the communication about the ipal corporations and panchayats The problem with leaderless social involving dubious quality and a grow- that need funds. School and univer- Covid in India. The gravest and ear- virus was incredibly convoluted and took it upon themselves to support the movements is that it provides no ing black market. As the Indian sity alumni groups have transformed liest glitch was in mobilising people’s * ineffective, leaving Indians confused public. New indigenous technologies strong alternative to the status quo. economy shrinks the mercenaries will into Covid task forces. Indeed news- energy towards a lockdown as mind- about what they really need to do to for Covid recovery were funded by increase in number, indeed making it papers, television, and news on the less and deadly as the virus itself. Q stay safe. Universities were told that small and large private companies and The writer is the CEO of Sustain more challenging for the missionar- internet have provided ways for ordi- Pockets of the country’s population it was okay to reopen, leading to Covid handed over to these local govern- Labs, a company that transforms ies to procure partnerships and mate- nary people to keep up with the new that were not even remotely affected massacres on campus. Politicians ment bodies to manage. My own companies towards being sustainable rial to persist. The battle against findings of this deadly virus. The rapid by the virus were shut down, where- across parties prioritised votes over company Sustain Labs led a consor- and profitable. She is the author of Covid in India (and the world) is far mobilisation of people across the as they could have continued. people’s safety and gathered large tium of university, private sector, Indian Instincts: Essays on from over and during this time we will country has been greatly aided by the Nonprofits have long been a part of crowds. Our education system is and local government partners to Freedom & Equality in India, and a continue to see mercenaries and ease of transmission of information. India’s development journey, and such that it doesn’t teach us to think establish 15 Covid care hospitals so far Global Leadership Fellow at the thankfully also missionaries. It reminds me once again of the spring were especially helping millions in for ourselves. We did not apply our across India, for which partnering World Economic Forum . (">. A 9 G 8 #, !" # A , -88 ;- 7>9A ,." 5 + arliament was in ses- Vajpayee, whom Nehru assume the deputy chair- representative from West sion until 9 September had predicted would one day manship of the planning Bengal, to ask, “...Has P1960 and the Indus become the country’s prime commission for which he Pakistan responded in any Waters Treaty was signed on minister, responded with (Mehta) was expelled from friendly manner?” 19 September 1960. The Lok pointed urgency, “May I sub- the PSP, summed up India’s Nehru was not averse to Sabha, the lower house, was mit that the ratification of position, “This is a peculiar participating in the discus- not in full knowledge of the the treaty is not complete arrangement wherein the sions on foreign policy or provisions of the treaty or until the exchange of other side’s obligations are economic planning. In fact, whether it was ratified. It was Instruments takes place.” not brought into the focus at he was more than up to it, not clear whether the gov- Peeved, but not disregarding all and unilaterally we come viewing it as a test and a ernment had consulted the parliamentary methods, forward to make significant demonstration of his ability leaders of the recognized all- Nehru replied, “. . . the concessions.” and power unlike his India parties as to how the exchange of instruments is a Right from the time of unequivocal stand on social treaty would affect India. technicality to which the the Nehru-Liaquat reforms which he candidly The opposition felt strongly honourable member, per- Agreement in 1950, India, it confessed to not being that India had yielded to haps, has not paid attention.” was felt, often undermined knowledgeable about. Nehru Pakistan’s terms at the cost of Sitting in the House and per- its interest for the larger had faced the heat of the its own interests. In a motion turbed over the lack of cause of peace with Pakistan. Parliament over the Tibetan for adjournment in the Lok meaningful debate, the The Nehru-Noon Agreement crisis in 1959 with many Sabha on 16 November 1960, renowned Odia writer Bhagirath, published by the progress and the develop- It is not that our over-gener- Indus negotiations that “... of 1958 to end disputes along opposition leaders, including Narayan Gore, the leader of Surendra Mahanty of the Ministry of Irrigation and mental programmes will be ousness should be at the cost India will not wait indefi- the Indo-East Pakistan bor- those of the PSP and Jan the PSP, questioned Nehru’s Ganatantra Parishad sharply Power, in its editorial cap- retarded and it is all to the of our own people and at the nitely for a settlement, ignor- der areas, resulted in an Sangh, except the statement a couple of days observed that the treaty “. . . tioned ‘A memorable agree- advantage of Pakistan.” A cost of the development of ing the needs of her people . exchange of enclaves and a Communist Party of India, previously that the IWT had is agitating the minds of the ment’, noted with no tri- number of parliamentarians this country.” . .” and that not a drop of part of Berubari went to demanding that the govern- been ratified. people and the government umph, “This attitude of were of the view that, had Nehru’s government had water will be given to Pakistan, apparently without ment review its policies of Correspondingly, a young must come forward with this steady negotiations have last- India conceded to the needs a lot of explaining to do on a Pakistan beyond 1962. the West Bengal assembly India-China friendship. The parliamentarian, represent- motion.” What began as a ed over more than a decade of Pakistan in 1948 as a treaty that seemed to back- A feeling had emerged being consulted. West Bengal spate of adjournment ing Balrampur constituency, procedural issue opened up and called for considerable ‘human consideration’, the track from its earlier posi- that India had agreed to was up in arms and the motions on Chinese aggres- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, sought to a long debate a few weeks patience and sacrifice on the treaty would have possibly tion. In preparation for a terms that were acting Supreme Court, in a unani- sion on Tibet had rattled clarification on the issue and later on 30 November 1960 part of India and involved a not been required and would meeting between the Indus against its own advice and at mous judgment, held that Nehru as he defended his raised a ‘question of privi- that not only sought various heavy gift of money and have also saved tonnes of negotiators in Rome in 1958, the cost of its own people. It Article 253 was not sufficient government’s decision to lege’. Making his submission clarifications of the details of water supply from our rivers paperwork and notes, and Nehru had expressed, “I am was calculated that India when it came to the question accept Chinese suzerainty without entering into an the treaty but also prised for a further period of 10 many a blush. Was then the not at all happy about the would lose about 5 million of cessation of national terri- over Tibet as a rational argument, Nehru responded: open old wounds and revisit- years with both of which treaty a sheer giveaway? way our discussions with the acre-feet of water from the tory. While it was the privi- choice. The debate on the “This was ratified, I think, ed the history of the India- India could well do for her- Would it have been better for Bank are proceeding in Chenab, resulting in a per- lege of the executive to come Indus treaty offered similar on the 24th of September. Pakistan water dispute. self in this crucial period of India to have conceded in regard to this matter. Step by petual loss to the country to to international agreements intensity and presented On the 8th October, the The pulse-beat on the the growth of our economy.” 1948, when Pakistan’s step, we are dragged in a the extent of about Rs 70-80 which Nehru exercised, some very uncomfortable Pakistan Government was treaty signed by Nehru was In Rajasthan, a strong demand was limited, rather direction unfavourable to crore per year. The Lok within the democratic facts for the government to informed that we have rati- not healthy. Several main- Congress belt, the mood of than to have become so gen- us.” A few months earlier, the Sabha was keen to under- framework, it was equally respond to. fied it. It is one thing to rati- stream newspapers had casti- the state over the treaty, erous in the negotiations newly appointed irrigation stand the advantage or, as incumbent to consider the Excerpted with permis- fy a thing; and it is another gated the government for which it always viewed with leading up to the treaty? As and power minister, S.K. many felt, the disadvantage opinion and the sentiments sion from Indus Basin thing to have the formalities giving in to Pakistan, making trepidation, was hardly things developed, Pakistan’s Patil, an undisputed leader of of the treaty. Ashok Mehta, of the country and the Uninterrupted: A History of of it, the exchange of what “...concessions after conces- encouraging. Harish Mathur, demand became bigger and Mumbai who was regarded who liked to challenge House. Nehru was chastised Territory and Politics from are called the ‘Instruments of sions...” as the negotiations a Congressman representing bolder. “I wish,” said Mathur, as Sardar Patel’s man in Nehru on issues of decentral- repeatedly for placating Alexander to Nehru, by Ratification’. That is a techni- progressed and even “...yield- Pali, unflinchingly said on “Our Government takes note Maharashtra, had stated ization and nationalism and Pakistan. The issue prompt- Uttam Kumar Sinha, Penguin cality.” ing to Pakistan’s wishes...” the floor of the House, “The of the feeling in this country. firmly over the prolonged was later invited by Nehru to ed Arun Guha, a Congress Random House, 799 uvitiut , 1 1+ !. N-- uppose, from financial year fetched but are possibilities organisation, including CAG S2024-25 to financial year and very well feasible as per office. Robustness of this great 2033-34, the number of audit existing regulations. One vari- organisation has got to be $779&' reports for both States and ant of these decisions can raised to further heights. 9 9 $7 Centre per year varies between involve inordinate delays in Timely reports based on facts 240 and 280. What these trends finalisation of audit reports contained in files/documents of 7" & $7$ indicate? These indicate first, because a CAG has to reach the departments properly analysed conventional, collective capa- level of his satisfaction before with logically arrived at con- "$&!'!! bility of the entire institution of he approves reports. Towards clusions after considering the '=& 5==' CAG, given its that purpose, he seeks clarifi- auditee’s views serve dual manpower/other resources, cation by raising a number of objective: these highlight pos- '$!@3$ !$ assessed risk parameters, etc, to observations/queries but reach- itive achievements of various &! $ 8 7 produce these many reports. ing the threshold level still departments, and second, these Second, it would indicate the continues to be elusive. Any suggest corrective measures 7=A$=9 "78 trend duly approved by more CAG can take these decisions for improvement in deficient than one CAG during 2024-25 and there may be no need to areas of functioning. In short, =7=&= to 2033-34. This trend then acts doubt these. But the most cru- timely audit reports contribute ==' "B&" > as an important guide for any cial issue is ownership of the to good governance. Institution new CAG. It acts as a yardstick. final decision before he demits of CAG has to make sure that $7 Further suppose a CAG office. If any CAG, in his wis- the nation is not deprived of $==""$7$ has five-year tenure effective dom, arrives at decision 1 or 2 such reports. from January 1, 2034 to or 3 above or combination of The perception ensuing 7!% 5 December 31, 2037. Well aware different variants of these from the print/online media ==' 3$ !$ of his constitutional position, resulting in significantly reports can be salvaged by a he puts aside all conventions delayed/reduced number of down to earth dynamic CAG &! " " and precedence dexterously audit reports, he should leave who takes his officers along. A established during earlier a detailed reasoned note/order lot depends on the present as $77 7 CAGs’ periods, forgets that at his level justifying his deci- well as future incumbents. $7 $:==' " audit reports are outcome of sion so that posterity can judge Hopefully, the institution will collective toil of the thousands and appreciate that justification see overall growth, including '77! of employees, and takes any in times to come. It will be dis- timely audit reports that apart & '9$""' one or a mixture of following cernable to anyone, including reports; how they they act to Governments, say in 2019- office, wrote articles titled Equally importantly, Sinha from the stakeholders, people three decisions: his successors and common cit- ensure executive’s responsibil- 2020 as compared to what “Challenges and penned in part II of the article, in general, having paid taxes, ' $7"% Decision 1: izens, the aam aadmi, if the jus- ity to the legislature? No these were, let us say, in 1950- Opportunities” in three parts “The work of audit of will tend to read and satisfy 8$$787 “Well, my tenure is for tification asserts itself. A CAG reports or significantly reduced 51, may notice phenomenal published in this newspaper. accounts of the Union and of themselves if public funds are four years, I will observe the enjoys the same status as a sit- number of reports vis-à-vis and multiple increase in these These very thought provoking States is actually done by the used efficiently and for intend- 7 $ 78=$ working of the departments for ting judge of the honorable earlier periods will have effect at Union and States’ levels. articles give deep insight into officers and staff of the IA&AD. ed purposes. Towards dis- four years and since form, Supreme Court. In that light, on the functioning of com- Increasing complexities in working of the office of CAG. However, no statutory recog- charging that responsibility, $7 =$ content and time of submission reasoned orders on his part mittees. What is the possible decision-making processes in In part III of the article, this nition has been given to the the entire institution will be 7"9 77! of audit reports is to be decid- duly signed by him become all solution? Governments add yet another was what he opined: work of IA&AD in India as one with any CAG. ed by me, I will sign reports for the more necessary as far as his Public perception as dimension. Similarly for the “The CAG should also be against National Audit Office $&7 ' two years or four years as the constitutional duties regarding regards this august institution’s institution of CAG, a compar- made more accountable by of the UK, Government (KK Srivastava, an officer of 7 case may be in one go. No press reports are concerned. Any fall is not healthy. To enhance ison between number of audit making it subject to external Accountability office of the Indian Audit & Accounts conferences please.” CAG has to be accountable for public perception, the institu- reports submitted to the audit, periodical peer review US, Australian National Audit Service of 1983 batch, superan- $ 87" $7 Decision 2: his tenure vis-à-vis his consti- tion of CAG should be head- President/Governors say in and oversight by an indepen- Office of Australia.” nuated as Additional Deputy “For 2034-2035, audit find- tutional duties, for, as already ed by a multi-member body 1951 and again say in 2016 will dent audit committee. In an age I echo RB Sinha’s views Comptroller & Auditor General 7&!78 ings put forth before me does clarified, none else can substi- (Board of Audit or give it any intensify the justification for a of transparency and account- completely. His question “It is in July 2020. He is a poet, writer $ not merit inclusion in the audit tute for him for these duties. name) comprising minimum three member Board of Audit ability, when the top court not understood as to why…?” and columnist. Author of three reports. These are weak and I A few important related three members just like in place of a single CAG. collegium has agreed to make is indeed a puzzling question. volumes of poetry, his poems don’t agree with the risk para- issues do emerge. If a CAG Election Commission of India. Increased workload in terms of public its minutes regarding The answer lies in knocking at have been translated into Hindi meters placed before me. takes these decisions, obvi- Once upon a time, there was audit reports at the level of appointments, promotion and and dissecting the monolithic (Andhere Se Nikli Kavitayen- Hence please follow these at ously not expected number of one Chief Election CAG over the last seven transfer of Supreme/High nature and character of the VANI PRAKASHAN (2017) field office level; no need for reports or timely reports as Commissioner. Now it has decades, coupled with work- Court Judges, it is not under- institution. The hour has come and his book “Shadows of the inclusion in the audit reports. compared to preceding years three members. It is normally load ensuing from his respon- stood as to why should the for the clock to strike. Real” into Russian by veteran No press conferences please.” will be available to believed that in any system a sibility towards audit of various CAG not publish its annual The Indian Constitution is Russian poet Adolf Shvedchikov. Audit findings for suc- Parliament/State Legislatures multi-body board goes a long international organisations like audit plan and then report said to be dynamic in nature. His fourth book “Soliloquy of a ceeding years might meet the and through these to Public way to ensure blunting of activ- UNO, FAO, WHO, IPU, etc, their achievement and the rea- Multiple amendments confirm Small-Town Uncivil Servant”, a same fate. Accounts Committee (PAC) ities involving what psycholo- during last three decades cer- sons for failure of planned it. A three-member Board of literary non-fiction published in Decision 3: or Committee on Public gists call, “Hypokinesia” or its tainly makes a strong case for audits, if any… Complete trail Audit will act as its own inter- March 2019 by Rupa “I will produce, time to Undertakings (COPU). If reverse “Hyperkinesia”. a Board of Audit. of the processing draft nal control: members will bal- Publications, New Delhi, has time basis stand-alone audit much reduced number of Let us look at one more In November 2017, RB reports/paragraphs should be ance and curb possible aber- been receving international reports, backed by massive reports/much delayed reports reality. Anyone comparing Sinha, a distinguished and maintained until the final rations. It will go a long way in acclaim in literary field. His fifth 22 $5 5 press conferences and media go to PAC/COPU, how they activities, volumes, complexi- experienced officer of IA&AS report of the PAC on the rele- enforcing more rationality, book: a book of essays is expect- coverage. Please go ahead.” will ensure the tasks assigned ties and patterns of expendi- who superannuated as Director vant audit reports/paragraphs more transparency and ed shortly. Views expressed here These might look very far- to them in relation to audit ture and receipts of Union/State General, Audit, from CAG is issued.” accountability within the are his personal views) %(";%(,<( ! , * R . hina's violent forays into need to take sides in the ongo- the Philippines against China ences in an atmosphere of 1982, the UNCLOS was signed Despite repeated appeals from problem with Xi and his team $ 7 Cthe South China Sea (SCS) ing geo-economic competition in regard to resource rights. openness and cordiality to at the Montego Bay, Jamaica, as Manila, Beijing refused to is that they all calculate that are turning out to be threats to among big powers. The Hague-based tribunal pave the way for practical a result of the UN Conference withdraw its vessels from the they can influence outcomes in "9 &7! the neighbouring nations. It is worth noting the back- overwhelmingly backed the cooperation and initiatives”. on the Law of the Sea. area. the global power calculus 7 $7" 7&!78 China's constant provocation ground of the SCS conflict at Philippines and ruled that the But how the bilateral dialogues However, the law came into This month, the US is through coercion and the eco- towards the Philippines has this moment. This will offer a rocky outcrops claimed by will push back China from the force only in 1994. But way gearing up for war with China nomic realm by inducements. 997" forced the latter to embrace the window of opportunity to China, some of which are Philippines’ territory is a big back in 1973, such proposals in the Indo-Pacific. President For China, the SCS is peaceful 78 7 US security umbrella. Nearly a understand the original cause exposed only at low tides, can’t question. Will Beijing abide by for international sea laws sur- Joe Biden has authorised more and the nations, including the swarm of 220-armed Chinese behind the clash between be used as the basis of territo- the guidelines of such talks? Do faced at the UN. And today, weapons to army bases in Philippines, are living there in $=9 =$7% fishing vessels entered the China and Philippines and rial claims. It said some of the they matter to the rogues in the more than 160 nations across Australia. The continued complete harmony. The reason Whitsun Reef in the SCS. This other claimants in the region. waters were within the EEZ of power corridors of China? the world recognise these glob- Chinese aggression in the behind such bizarre thinking of "$7'7! particular zone falls rightly The maritime dispute with the Philippines because those First of all, the opacity in al sea laws, and China violat- South China Sea and around the Beijing monarch is that all "&' within the Exclusive Economic Philippines has its roots lying areas are not overlapped any Chinese public policy making ing the same is no less than an the world has forced the top the smaller neighbours in the Zone (EEZ) and continental in China’s controversial nine- possible entitlement of China. is an old game since the estab- outrageous act. Biden policy makers to prepare SCS are resigning themselves to 7>78$ shelf of the sovereign territory dash line claim. Indeed, its offi- The tribunal found that China lishment of the People’s In March, the US warned for the worst. And this is push- a new normal, heavily pushed 3B78=$7 " of the Philippines. cial appearance was noticed for had violated the Philippines’ Republic of China (PRC) in China against what the ing the US-Australian military by the former’s muscle power It is not about withdrawing the first time in a map Beijing sovereign rights in those waters October 1949. Nevertheless, Philippines and Taiwan see alliances coming ever closer in and money in all these years. "= China’s “maritime militia” from submitted to the UN in the year by interfering with its fishing starting from Chairman Mao increasingly aggressive moves recent times. China must not treat the 78'$& "7 the EEZ’s of the Philippines in 2009. This map appears to and petroleum exploration and Zedong till the coming of cur- towards them from Beijing. Finally, what one can con- Philippines as a small and the SCS for now. The moot encapsulate major part of the by constructing artificial rent President Xi, China has Washington clearly reminded clude today is that international weak nation. All are equal sov- "8778 point is why the Xi regime is contested SCS. But the SCS islands. But then President Xi always suffered from its old Beijing of the former’s obliga- pressure on China has not at all ereign nations in the eyes of militarising the international concerns competing maritime claimed that China’s territori- dream of making an empire in tions to its partners in the been consistent in all these international law. They all have ="" $ navigational lines? China must and territorial claims. At the al sovereignty and marine modern Asia. Pacific. The State Department years. As a result, the periods the equal right to defend their 77$ = respect the freedom of naviga- centre of the conflict, four rights in the seas would not be The way China is behaving clearly said: “An armed attack of neglect towards China’s sovereign territories the way tion across the SCS by the groups of geographical fea- affected by the ruling. He in the SCS is weakening the against the Philippines’ armed aggression corresponded with China does. The Xi regime 9&"!' neighbouring nations and the tures are contested, which are insisted China was still com- international law in the sea. It’s forces, public vessels or aircrafts more and more Chinese incur- must respect international law $ = P"=&" rest of the world. the Pratas Islands, the Paracel mitted to resolving disputes a blatant violation of the UNC- in the Pacific, including in the sions in the recent times. For and should not create any hur- However, Filipino Islands, the Macclesfield Bank with its neighbours. Thus LOS. It is also known as the South China Sea, will trigger now, and in the coming days, dle in international sea com- 9$ 7!=$7 President Rodrigue Duterte and Scarborough Shoal and the China outrightly rejected the Law of the Sea Treaty or Law our obligations under the US- Beijing is fast losing its repu- munication lines in the SCS. 7 " " has refused to be drawn into Spratly Islands. The most con- ruling given by the interna- of the Sea Convention. Simply Philippines Mutual Defence tation because of its massive China can’t act like a “grand the big power competition in troversial one is the Spratly tional tribunal. it is an international treaty Treaty.” plan to occupy the entire SCS. vizier” ruling over smaller the SCS. He urged the global Islands claimed in their entire- Currently, the Philippines that clearly establishes a regu- Further the report of the Certainly, Xi regime appears nations (Philippines) like leaders to refrain from pursu- ty by China, Taiwan and and China have called for latory framework and guide- State Department highlighted willing to sacrifice its reputa- slaves. ing their interests at the Vietnam, and in part by the Bilateral Consultation lines for using the seas and that America is aware of the tion, but only at the cost of expense of smaller countries. Philippines, Malaysia and Mechanism (BCM) to ease oceans. Its aim is to ensure the concerns of the Philippines strategic and military gains. (Dr Makhan Saikia has Duterte said that the world Brunei. tension in the SCS. Both the use and conserve marine regarding continued massing of The recent incursion of taught political science and appeared to be hurtling back to In March 2013, the countries have met for the resources and also to preserve the PRC maritime militia near Chinese military into Indian international relations for over the era of heightened big power Philippines brought a case sixth round of talks on the lat- and protect all living organisms the Whitsun Reef. More than territory at Eastern Ladakh is a decade in institutions of competition that adds another against China over its grand est incursions of Chinese ves- in the sea. Further, the UNC- 200 Chinese boats were first a fit example. China is not wary national and international layer of complexity to long- claims and activities in the SCS. sels into Philippines’ territory. LOS highlights the rules of the spotted near the Whitsun Reef of such salami-slicing tactics so repute after specialisation in standing security issues in the The case was heard by the arbi- During the virtual meet, they high seas for the purpose of in March, nearly 320 kilome- as to expand its border claims. globalisation and governance region. Further he highlighted tral tribunal under the United cited the importance of dia- international navigation and tres west of Palawan Island in What China is playing in the from Tata Institute of Social that his country is not blind to Nations Conventions for the logue in “easing tensions and establishes the rights and the contested SCS. However, SCS over the years is an old Sciences, Mumbai. He is the the geopolitics of diversifica- Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The understanding each country’s responsibilities of nations in the these islands wherein Chinese game by the big bosses of the chief editor of the Journal of ' 28 6 2 tion and decoupling. However, final verdict that came in July position and intentions in the protection of the marine envi- vessels entered belonged to Communist Party of the coun- Global Studies, an internation- the Philippines does not see the 2016 was a major victory for area” and “addressing differ- ronment. On November 16, the SEZs of Philippines. try over the years. 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The Devatas then so particular about their righteous con- both individually and collectively, that we beings, turn out to be a double- gathered and together called upon Lord duct, had to face the humiliation of being could be at our best. Second, life does not Sedged sword. The question now is: Brahma, the God-personified for cre- driven away by evil-forces from their move to one’s asking. We have to be well what makes Sakti strike divergent notes ation, and sought His help. Lord Brahma homeland? Evidently, either the Devatas geared up to take on impending chal- on different people — productive in case then led them all to Lord Vishnu, the were not strong enough to match the lenges if any, to ensure individualistic as of some and self-defeating for others? God-personified assigned with the task to might of demons, or else, there had to be well as collective well-being. This, despite the fact that sakti is available administer. Realising that enormous something wrong in them, which brought Even otherwise, let us not forget that in equal proportion to all. Here comes power is needed to counter the might of them to such a pass. One possibility is we have to necessarily contend with dis- into picture one’s unique mind-trend, Rakshasas, Lord Vishnu in turn, led them that being overtaken by egotistic sense of parate people all around, quite good in which varies from person-to-person. It is all to Lord Shiva, the epitome of Sakti. being superior ones; they mistook them- number, some of them even acting weird. this uniqueness of a being, which Lord Shiva asked all the Devatas to selves to be unassailable. And then, they Our plane of living, therefore, remains a responds to sakti varied ways according share their individual Tejas (Sakti or radi- were so engrossed in their individualistic fertile ground for arousal of conflicting as each mind is inherently made out. ance). Accordingly, all the Devatas, pursuits that they missed their alert on interests. We, therefore, need to be pre- How to ensure productive application including Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh the impending danger. Passionately pared to take on danger inherent in the of Sakti, overriding individualistic vulner- (another name for Shiva), pooled in their engrossed in their individualistic pur- existential order itself, looming large over abilities, coming as they may with one’s individual Sakti, which together turned suits, they probably would not have cared our head all the time. So, no matter how unique nature, you may ask? The answer into a huge fire. Out of that huge fire to remain true to their collective obliga- virtuous a person individually is, unless evidently lies in having exposure to the pool, came into being the all-powerful tions either. The inevitable had to hap- he remains live to existential needs, life Sakti concept, which the imagery of Mother Goddess Durga. The different pen. The implication is that a Devata, may turn into a nightmare, both individ- Mother Goddess Durga so aptly displays. Devatas offered their respective weapons though placed on a high pedestal, by one- ually and collectively. Therefore, the call- Let us first begin with the name for Mother’s use. She then took on and self would not suffice to ensure his well- ings of life need to be attended holistical- “Durga” itself. It means something avail- humbled all the demons. But mind it: She being unless the collective existence is ly. Definitely, the Devatas would have able with great difficulties. What then is does not do it single-handed. She is well secured. been caught unawares during one of their that force, personified as Durga, which assisted by many other Goddesses in Her What comes out loud and clear from unguarded moments, which led to their cannot be accessed so easily? Here a look mission, all of them originating from the the story is that when the Devatas pooled humiliating defeat at the hands of the into the legend pertaining to the making mainframe of Durga herself, who, after in their individual energies, and put them evil-forces. of the Mother becomes imperative. completing their respective tasks, revert- together, turned into a mighty force. That - & & As the allegory runs, the Rakshas ed back to their source-frame. very force is personified as Durga, which !&& ( (Demons/devil) drove away the Devatas You may wonder: how comes the tamed the demons. It simply implies that =@@?"???"@@M?M;<<;N@M W * = ; ★ , W = F *G . " "" # : *