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3 CITY 7 THE STORY OF BIRYANI IS RICH 5 STATE AND ROYAL. HERE’S A GLIMPSE - IN CITY, SEGREGATION OF SOLID WASTE AND A RECIPE TWO HR SEC SCHOOLS CLOSED IN NORTH FROM SOURCE COLLECTED IN ONLY 12% KASHMIR AFTER STUDENTS, STAFF Mumtaz Mahal, the legendary wife of Shah Jahan, MEMBERS TEST COVID-19 POSITIVE AREAS: COURTESY SMC THINK was a creative person and truly left her mark on In the city of 1.5 million, solid waste in nearly 88 percent of history. Among her many interests, she was an The authorities on Saturday ordered closure of two electoral wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC)... accomplished cook, and as legend has... Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Sumal...

Widom SHOPIAN ENCOUNTER Peace Has Returned Commandoes Ex-J&K Bank CMD Everything you can Rushed To imagine is real Parvez Ahmad Arrested —Pablo Picasso Track Militants To Kashmir: LG Observer Monitoring Desk Accused Of Tender Fraud In Housekeeping Agencies SRINAGAR: Army on Saturday Observer News Service SRINAGAR: Asserting that rushed its elite Para commandoes peace has returned to Valley to a forest area in south Kashmir’s SRINAGAR: The anti-cor- after decades and “we must Shopian district following an en- ruption bureau (ACB) on Ex-Deputy Director cash in on it,” the Jammu counter with militants who are Saturday arrested for- and Kashmir’s Lieutenant believed to be on the run. mer chairman of Jammu DIPR Mir Gowhar Dies Governor Manoj Sinha The special operations and Kashmir Bank, Parvez SRINAGAR: Former deputy direc- Saturday said that the admin- group (SOG) of police and Ahmad Nengroo in connec- tor of the information depart- istration led by him is com- army on Saturday morning tion with a case of tender ment, Mir Gowhar Ahmad died mitted to take Kashmir tour- launched a cordon and search fraud in housekeeping. of coronavirus at a hospital here ism to its new heights amid operation (CASO) in Choor ki Nengroo, former on Saturday. A 1972 batch officer, Coronavirus challenges. Gali, a forest area in Sedow- Chairman and Managing Ahmad lost battle with the deadly “Covid cases are rising in Hirpora belt of Shopian on Director of J&K Bank was ar- infection at the Chest diseases the country and in J&K UT as the basis of inputs suggesting rested for causing a loss of “Due to not following the hospital here where he was being well. Government here is com- presence of militants in the crores to the bank with ille- proper tendering processes, treated after he tested positive mitted to deal with the chal- LG Manoj Sinha (Left) taking a walk inside Tulip Garden with woods, officials said. As the gal allotment of tenders for improper ATM cleaning, for Covid-19. Ahmad, according lenges and steps are being Kerala Governor Arif Khan on Saturday. KO Photo, Abid Bhat combing operation in the for- housekeeping to a Mumbai undue addition of the man- to his colleagues, was a diligent taken to contain the spread est area was in progress, the based company SILA, an ACB agement fee and other omis- and honest officer besides a good of the virus. At the same time, guidelines in letter and spirit He said Covid has been and officials said militants opened spokesperson said Saturday. sions and commissions de- writer. He has also served as direc- the UT government is commit- while visiting the garden and is again a challenge. “We have fire upon the search team trig- He said that the ex-CMD had tected during the course of tor of food and  More On P10 ted to take the Kashmir tourist other places. put in place hi-tech testing fa- gering off an encounter. not followed proper tender- investigation, the J&K Bank to its new heights amid Covid “Prime Minister recently cilities at airports and railways "Encounter has  More On P10 ing norms as provided in the has suffered losses worth Youth Held Over challenges,” Sinha said while stated that people of India and stations. People coming posi- contract to the firm despite crores of rupees from the Rifle Snatching Bid addressing the audience dur- the rest of the world must visit tive for Covid are being put not falling into the criteria of date of award of contract,” SRINAGAR: Police on Saturday ing a festival at famous Tulip Kashmir and its Tulip garden. under quarantine,” he said. any such allotment and his the ACB spokesperson said. arrested a youth for attempting to garden here on Saturday. So PM himself is the brand The LG said that Tulip garden 10 Arrested For arrest was executed in con- Besides this case, he said, snatch the rifle of a bank guard in He said that peace has returned ambassador of tourism pro- is like an open book of poems Pulwama Clashes nection with investigation charge sheets have also Shopian district of south Kashmir. to Valley after so many decades motion of Kashmir. We are and people like “poets and na- of a case registered by the been filed before the Anti Nadish Ahmad was arrested by po- and “we must cash in on it.” hoping for the bumper tour- ture lovers can better explain Observer News Service agency last year. Corruption  More On P10 lice when he made a failed attempt He urged tourists and peo- ism season in Kashmir this its beauty in their own words.” to snatch a 12 bore rifle from the ple of Kashmir to follow Covid year,” the LG said. “The garden is  More On P10 SRINAGAR: Police on Saturday security guard at the Jammu and arrested ten youth for their al- Kashmir Bank’s Imam Sahib branch leged involvement in Friday’s No Trade With India on Saturday afternoon, a police clashes near the encounter site official said.  More On P10 in south Kashmir’s Kakpora town No Dumping Ground Established, on Friday in which eight people, Possible This Time: Pak PM Arms, Ammunition including a woman was injured. According to a police spokes- Press Trust Of India The prime minister after con- Recovered In Budgam HC Raps Baramulla Admin person, some “miscreants” sultations on Friday instructed SRINAGAR: Police on Saturday Agencies Sopore, a division bench of Chief Justice from Samboora had shouted ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister the Ministry of Commerce and his claimed to have recovered a huge Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice anti-national slogans and at- Imran Khan decided that economic team to immediately cache of arms and ammunition in SRINAGAR: Observing that “probably noth- Vinod Chatterji Koul observed that the tempted to disrupt state forces Pakistan cannot go ahead with take steps to facilitate the relevant Khansahib area of central Kash- ing has been done” for establishing dump- District Legal Services Authority vide its by pelting stones on them near any trade with India under the sectors, value added, apparel and mir’s Budgam district. ing ground for the garbage in Sopore, Jammu report dated 8 February 2021 had suggest- Kakpora when the encounter current circumstances after sugar, by finding alternative cheap Police and army’s 53 RR launched and Kashmir High Court has sought an ac- ed three places for establishing dumping in the area was going on. The holding consultations with key sources of import of the needed a search operation in forest area of tion taken report from authorities. ground for the garbage. miscreants, he said, were video members of his Cabinet on im- commodities, the Dawn newspa- village Shanipora in Khansahib on Hearing a public Interest Litigation “But probably nothing has been done to graphed on spot and later on porting cotton and sugar from per quoted sources as saying. Saturday morning on the basis of a regarding dumping of the waste near establish the dumping  More On P10 identified by police. the neighbouring country, a Various proposals have been credible input, a police spokesper- “Acting swiftly  More On P10 media report said on Saturday. presented to  More On P10 son said. During searches, he said, the joint team besides incriminat- ing material of Lashker-e-Taiba recovered  More On P10 501 New Cases, Two Corona Deaths In J&K Man Charged For Forging Sale Deed Observer Monitoring Desk SRINAGAR: The Crime Branch SRINAGAR: Showing no Kashmir on Saturday filed a sign of decline, Jammu chargesheet against a photo- and Kashmir reported on stat shop owner for forging sale Saturday 501 new cases deed ascribing to Sub Registrar of coronavirus, third Srinagar. According to an official highest single-day count spokesperson, the Crime Branch in three days, even as the Kashmir on Saturday produced deadly infection claimed a charge sheet against Abdul two more lives in the Rashid Haroon, proprietor of Union Territory during Shaheen Photostat, before the the last 24 hours. the pathogen to 2005 in Bandipora 8, Ganderbal Court of Sub Judge Special Mobile Among the fresh cases, J-K—740 in Jammu and 5, Kulgam 9, Shopian 3, Magistrate  More On P10 108 were reported from 1265 in the Valley. Jammu 69, Udhampur 5, Jammu division and Providing district- Rajouri 4, Doda 1, Kathua 2 Grenade Throwers 393 in Kashmir Valley, wise details, they said 18, Samba 8, Poonch 1, Held In Sopore: Police the officials said. Also that Srinagar reported Ramban 1 and Reasi 1. SRINAGAR: Police on Saturday two more persons suc- 207 cases, Baramulla 89, Moreover, they said, claimed to have cracked a case of cumbed to the virus, tak- Budgam 35, Pulwama 14, 140 more patients have grenade throwing in Sopore town ing the total toll due to Kupwara 12, Anantnag 11, recovered  More On P10 of Baramulla district by arresting two alleged militant associates of ational Conference president Farooq Abdullah was Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT). Moham- Dr Farooq hospitalized on Saturday, few days after he tested mad Asif Najar of Noor Bagh and positive for the novel coronavirus. “Based on the advice Sahil Rashid Bhat of Green Town Hospitalized N of doctors to enable them to better monitor my father, he has Sopore were detained by police in Days After been admitted to hospital in Srinagar,” Omar Abdullah, his son, connection with a grenade attack Testing Positive tweeted. “Our family remains grateful to  More On P10 at the Police  More On P10 CRITICAL CARE AMBULANCE SERVICE Mercury Dips In Gulmarg As HC Quashes 2 PSA IN SRINAGAR J&K Braces For Wet Spell Detention Orders FOR ASSISTANCE CALL

Agencies department official said that the Agencies mercury settled at 2.6 degree 9484-100-200; 0194-240-4000 SRINAGAR: As weatherman has Celsius against previous night’s SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir High Court forecast a wet spell next week, 4.8 degree Celsius in Srinagar. has quashed detention orders against two the night temperature The temperature was below persons and asked authorities to release them fell below sub-zero 3.4 degree Celsius normal forthwith if not required in any other case. level at several parts for this time of the year Quashing detention order of one Zubair in Kashmir Valley with in the summer capital Ahmad Laway from Kulgam, a bench of Justice Gulmarg recording a of J&K, the official said. Rajnesh Oswal said that he was ordered to be low of minus 3.5 de- Qazigund recorded a detained on the basis of three FIRs registered in gree Celsius, officials said low of 1.0 degree Celsius 2016 but nothing has been stated if he indulged on Saturday. A meteorological against 4.7 degree  More On P10 in any illegal activity till 2019 when PSA order was passed by the deputy commissioner. he Srinagar-Jammu highway will reopen “The perusal of the grounds of detention Highway for one-way traffic on Sunday after being reveal that all these three FIRs pertain to year Kashmiri American Society of Healthcare, Medical Reopens Today Tclosed for two days in view of mainte- 2016, and thereafter in the grounds of deten- nance. According to an official spokesperson, tion, there is no whisper that after the year of Education and Research (KASHMER) After 2 Days traffic will be allowed on the  More On P10 2016, the petitioner has  More On P10 To place an advertisement CALL +91-194 2502327 Monday - Saturday (9am - 6pm) Sunday| 04.04.2021 No 5- Dal Lake Boulevard Srinagar, 190001, Kashmir 2

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Scholarship Name 2: HDFC Bank for a need-based scholarship, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir Parivartan’s ECS Scholarship 2021-22 students must be facing a personal Eligibility: The scholar- or family crisis that has occurred ship is open for girl students only. Directorate of Information & Public Relations Description: HDFC Bank during the past three years, due to They must be studying in Class 9 invites applications from students which they are unable to continue to graduation level. The applicants Jammu. studying in Class 6 to post-gradua- bearing the cost of education and are required to have scored more tion level. The scholarship supports are at risk of dropping out. than 50% marks in their previous NOTICE meritorious and needy students be- examination. The annual family in- longing to underprivileged sections Prizes & Rewards: Up to INR 75,000 come must be less than INR 3,00,000 Subject : Fresh empanelment of newspapers/publications/journals in terms of Media Policy-2020. of the society. It will be given either Last Date to Apply: 31-07-2021 (3 lakh) from all sources. Candi- on the basis of merit-cum-means or Application mode: Online applications only dates who are currently Samasta Attention of all newspapers/publications/journals is invited towards this office notice issued vide endorse- family/personal crisis. Short Url: www.b4s.in/observer/HEC9 Microfinance customers or pros- pects only are eligible. ment No: INF/K-1755- 1759/2021 dated: 05-03-2021 where under they were informed to submit necessary Eligibility: The scholar- documents for fresh empanelment to this office up to 03-04-2021. ship is open for Indian nationals Scholarship Name 3: IIFL Prizes & Rewards: Up to INR 5,000 Scholarship 2020-21 only. The students must be study- Last Date to Apply: 15-04-2021 Please note the date for submission of the documents is extended up to 20-04-2021. ing in any of the standards between Application mode: Online applications Class 6 to 12, Diploma, Undergradu- Description:IIFL Foundation, only ate or Postgraduate (including a CSR arm of IIFL Group invites Short Url: www.b4s.in/observer/IIFL1 Haris Ahmad Handoo (KAS) DIPK-109/21 Joint Director Information Kashmir No.INF/K- 13-17/2021 Dated: 03-04-2021 JAMMU & KASHMIR HOUSING BOARD Office of the Deputy General Manager Government of Jammu & Kashmir Housing Unit-II, Bemina Srinagar. OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER E-mail:[email protected] R&B CONSTRUCTION DIVISION NO.II, SGR. Fax No Phone No Srinagar: 0194-2493249 Srinagar: 0194-2490715 FRESH NOTICE INVITING TENDER Head Office Srinagar Unit Office NIT No.03/CDII/68-78 of 2021-22 DATED: 01.04.2021 Jammu : A/D Block, Green Belt Park, Gandhinagar, Habitat Centre, Building Srinagar: Habitat Centre, Building Bemina Bypass Srinagar Bemina, BypassSrinagar For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor, UT J&K, e-tenders (In single cover system) are invited on Percentage basis from approved and Fresh Tender Notice No.01 of 2021-22(e) eligible Contractors registered with J&K State Govt., CPWD, Railways and other State/Central Governments for the following works:- For and on behalf of the Managing Director of Jammu & Kashmir Housing Board, e-tenders are invited from Registered/approved / S. Name of Work Adv. Cost Cost of T/Doc. Time of M.H of Class of reputed PWD/CPWD/MES contractors/firms/companies having sufficient experience for the work listed below:- No (Rs. In Lacs) (In Rupees ) completion Account Contractor Sr. No. Name of the work Estimated Time of Comp. Class of Tender fee /Cost of 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 Cost (Rs.) contract tender document 1. Improvement / Upgradation of L.P Bund road surface 4.87 200/- 05 Days 3054 M&R Registered Hot 01. Construction of Balance work for Girls Hostel at Government 420Lacs 18months AAY/ Rs.6000/ from Bakshi Stadium to Abdullah Bridge by way of P/L Mix Plant Owner Degree college Women Bemina Srinagar . (Part A) Special 25mm thick semidense in patches/ stretches on the eve 02. Construction of Balance work for Girls Hostel at Government 192Lacs 12months AAY Rs.3000/- of Dabar move 2021 (Machine mix to be laid manually). Degree college Women Kupwara.(Part A) 2. Improvement / Upgradation of road surface of Gupkar 2.16 200/- 05 Days 3054 M&R Registered Hot road upto Grand Palace junction by way of P/L 25mm Mix Plant Owner thick semidense in patches/ stretches on the eve of Dabar The Bidding documents consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specification, Bill of quantities (B.O.Q), Set of terms move 2021 (Machine mix to be laid manually). and conditions of contract and other details can be seen/downloaded from the departmental website https://jktenders.gov.in as per 3. Improvement / Upgradation of road surface from Jan 1.55 200/- 05 Days 3054 M&R Registered Hot the scheduled date given below:- Bakers Dalagate to Ghat No.6 by way of P/L 25mm thick Mix Plant Owner Online Bidding schedule: semidense in patches/ stretches on the eve of Dabar move 2021 (Machine mix to be laid manually). 01. Date of issue of tender Notice. 02.04.2021 02. Start date for downloading of bidding documents. 03-04-2021 (10.00 AM) Position of AAA: Accorded 03. Bid submission start date 03-04-2021 (2.00 PM) Position of funds Available 04. Bid submission end date 22-04-2021 (4.00PM) 1. The Bidding documents Consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications, Drawings, bill of quantities 05. Date and time of Pre Bid Meeting 12-4-2021 (11AM) at DGM office Habitate centre Bemina Srinagar (B.O.Q), Set of terms and conditions of contract and other details can be seen/downloaded from the departmental website www.jk- 06. Date and time of opening of Technical bids 24.04.2021 (2.00PM) tenders.gov.in as per schedule of dates given below:- 07. Date and time of opening Financial bids. To be notified latter nd 1 Date of Issue of Tender Notice 08. Tender inviting authority. Deputy General Manager Unit 2 Habibtate centre Bemina Srinagar 2 Period of downloading of bidding documents 03.04.2021 from 10.00 AM 09. Tender opening/receiving authority. Managing Director J&K Housing Board Bemina Jammu 3 Bid submission Start Date 03.04.2021 from 10.00 AM. 10 Tender fee to be drawn in favour of Director Finance J&K Housing Board Bemina Jammu 4 Bid Submission End Date 08.04.2021 upto 4.00 PM. The cost of bidding document must be credited in the following account through cash, RTGS/ NEFT and the proof of the same must be uploaded. 5 Date & time of opening of Bids (Online) 09.04.2021 at 11.00 AM in the office of Executive Engineer R&B Construction Name of the Bank: J & K Bank Ltd. Branch: Board of School Education Bemina Srinagar Division No.2nd, Srinagar Account Title: Director Finance, J&K HB Account No:1206040500005049 IFSC Code: JAKA0EXAMBR 1. Bids must be accompanied with cost of Tender document in shape of Treasury Challan in favour of Executive Engineer R&B Construction Division No.2nd, 2/- In pursuance to Circular No. A/Misc(2018)-III-895/J Dated:- 22-12-2020 issued by Finance Department of J&K, there is no requirement of submission of Bid Security/ Earnest Money Srinagar (tender inviting authority) (The Date of Treasury Challan should be between the date of start of bid and Bid Submission End date) pledged to Executive Engineer Deposit (EMD). However, every bidder has to furnish an undertaken/ declaration accepting that if it withdraws or modifies its bids during the period of bid validity or if it fails to sign the contract or fails R&B Construction Division No.2nd, Srinagar (tender receiving authority). to submit an amount equal to 3% of contract as performance security within 07 days of opening of price bid, if they are awarded the contract, they will be suspended from participating in any tender process in future till 31st March, 2023 Aforementioned undertaken/ declaration needs to be furnished as per format in Annexure-“A” and same must be uploaded.. 2. All Bidders has to submit Bid Security Declaration Form instead of Earnest money as per the circular of Finance Department (Bid Security Declaration Form is 3. The date and time of opening of Bids shall be notified on Web Site https://jktenders.gov.in and conveyed to the bidders automatically through an e-mail message on their e-mail address. The as per Annexure “A” below) bids of Responsive bidders shall be opened online on same Web Site by the Deputy General Manager Housing Board Unit-II Srinagar 3. The 1st lowest Bidder has to produce an amount equal to 3% of contract as performance security in shape of CDR/FDR/BG within 02 Days before fixation of 4. The bids for the work shall remain valid for a period of 90 days from the date of opening of technical bids. contract and shall be released after successful completion of work. 5. Instruction to bidders regarding e-tendering process. 4. The date and time of opening of Bids shall be notified on Web Site www.jktenders.gov.in and conveyed to the bidders automatically through an e-mail 5.1 Bidders are advised to download bid submission manual from the “Downloads” option as well as from “Bidders manual Kit” on website https://jktenders.gov.in to acquaint bid submission message on their e-mail address. The bids of Responsive bidders shall be opened online on same Web Site in the Office of Executive Engineer R&B Construction Division process. No.2nd, Srinagar (tender receiving authority). 5.2 To participate in bidding process, bidders have to get “Digital Signature certificate (DSC)” as per information Technology Act 2000. Bidders can get Digital Certificate from any approved vendors. 5. The bids for the work shall remain valid for a period of 120 days from the date of opening of Technical bids 5.3 The bidders have to submit their bids online in electronic format with digital signature. No financial bid will be accepted in physical form. 6. Instruction to bidders regarding e-tendering process. 5.4 Bids will be opened online as per time schedule mentioned in para-1. 6.1. Bidders are advised to download bid submission manual from the "Downloads" option as well as from "Bidders Manual Kit" on website www.jktenders.gov. 5.5 Bidders must ensure to upload scanned copy of all necessary documents with bid. Note: - Scan all the documents on 100 dpi with black and white option. into acquaint bid submission process. 6. The Department will not be responsible for delay in online submission due to any reasons. 6.2. To participate in bidding process, bidders have to get 'Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)' as per Information Technology Act-2000. Bidders can get digital 7. Scanned copy of cost of tender document in shape of Deposit Receipt pledged to Deputy General Manager Housing Board Unit-II Srinagar (Tender receiving authority) must be uploaded with the certificate from any approved Vendor. documents of the bid. 6.3. The bidders have to submit their bids online in electronic format with digital Signature. No bid will be accepted in physical form. 8. Bidders are advised not to make any change in BOQ (Bill of quantities) contents, in no case they should attempt to create similar BOQ manually. The BOQ downloaded should be used for filing the item rate inclusive of all taxes and it should be saved with the same name as it contains. 6.4. Bids will be opened online as per time schedule mentioned in Para-1. 9. Price escalation and taxes: - the unit rates and prices shall be quoted by the bidder entirely in Indian Rupees and the rates quoted shall be deemed to include price escalation and all taxes upto 6.5. Bidders must ensure to upload scanned copy of all necessary documents with the technical bid. completion 3 of the work unless otherwise specified deductions on account of taxes shall be made from the bills of the contractor on gross amount of the bill as per the rates prevailing at the time of a. Extension of time shall be also admissible in the event of temporary suspension of work. recovery. 18. The tender / bid is liable to rejection if it does not fulfill the requirements as laid down in NIT. 10. Bidders are advised to use “My Documents” area in their user on R&B E-Tendering portal to store such documents as are required. 19. All other terms conditions are as per PWD Form 25 (Double agreement Form) and detailed NIT issued vide this office No. 07/CDII/2011-12/389-414 dated 11 07.04.2011. 25. The tender/bid is liable to rejection if it does not fulfill requirements as laid down in NIT. Sd/- 26. All other terms conditions are as per PWD Form 25 (Double agreement Form) Sd/- No.68-78 Executive Engineer No: HU-2nd/Sgr/22-31 Deputy General Manager Dated:01.04.2021 R&B Construction Division IInd Dated: 01-04 -2021 DIPK-NB-59/21 Housing Unit 2nd J&K Housing Board sgr. DIPK-85/21 Srinagar

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DIAL-EMMA In City, segregation of solid waste from source • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 • PDD: 0194-2450213 • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : collected in only 12% areas: Courtesy SMC 2479488,2452222,2452155 • CAPD: 18001807011 Agencies administrative wards wherein be composted, non-biodegrad- • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 the solid waste is being col- able will be recycled and non- • Ambulance: Kashmer EMS Service: +91 94841 00200 Srinagar: In the city of 1.5 mil- lected from the source includes recycled will be shredded and lion, solid waste in nearly 88 Ward-Humhama, Karanagar, put in use in various factories AIRPORTS percent of electoral wards of Nishat Shalimar and Lal Bazar like cement factories where SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 Srinagar Municipal Corpora- ward. RDF is used. This all process is tion (SMC) is not being segre- “The process of segregation done with the existing waste,” RAILWAYS gated from source while in only of these wards was started on he said. • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 four administrative wards, the 10th of March, 2021 on pilot ba- He also said that as of now • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 process is in place. sis,” the official said. SMC is in a mechanism where • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 According to the news The SMC officials also we plan to segregate the old • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 agency, there are as many as claim that in coming months waste into biodegradable and • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 35 administrative wards in Sri- the segregation of waste will non-biodegradable by the pro- • PATTAN: 01954-293507 nagar Municipal Corporation be expanded across all wards cess of bio-mining and bio- • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 (SMC) out of which segregation of the city so that the collection remediation and the waste is of solid waste from source is be- part will be taken care of. taken out and put in segrega- HIGHWAY STATUS ing carried out in only four ad- SMC Commissioner, Athar we will be having 12 garbage disposal,” tors, after separation different • Sgr-Jammu highway - ( Open ) ministrative wards. Amin Khan said, “We are plan- transfer stations here where “At final site, a proper components are taken out like • Mughal Road - (Closed) The officials of the Corpora- ning to expand the segregation the waste will be decentralized mechanism would be followed RDF and that site gets cleared • Srinagar- Leh- (Open) tion said that among the four part throughout the city and and then moved to final site for where biodegradable waste can after all this process—(KNO) Four months on, Smart LG, Governor Keral inaugurates PRAYERS City Ltd yet to approve FAJR 4: 50 Smart House Numbering 2-day Tulip Festival HIJRI ZUHR 12:34 Observer News Service CALENDAR ASR 5:05 Agencies formulated a Proposal and Magrib 6:56 sent it to Srinagar Smart Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieu- 20 SHABAN Srinagar: Authorities of City Ltd for approval so tenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Ker- ISHA 8:19 Smart City Srinagar are that they can get funding ala Governor Arif Muhammad Khan 1442 yet to approve the propos- under Smart City Mission Saturday jointly inaugurated the two- al of providing smart ad- but still till date no re- day Tulip festival at the Tulip garden dresses to the residents in sponse has been received located in the foothills of Zabarwan Srinagar city. from Srinagar Smart City Mountains overlooking famous Dal This Day In History In December last year, Ltd due to which the proj- Lake in Srinagar. the Mayor of Srinagar city ect is pending. Hundreds of people including dig- • 1944 - Allied Bucharest bombings targeting railroads kills 5,000 Junaid Matoo had formu- Scores of people have nitaries from various parts of India, • • 1945 - Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) lated a proposal in Decem- even approached the top officials of police, administration • • 1947 - Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect ber 2020 and forwarded it Smart City authorities and the tourism department besides a • • 1947 - Largest group of sunspots on record to Srinagar Smart City Ltd and even registered their large number of tourists are present in • • 1947 - UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization forms but no response has been grievances on JK Gover- the garden. Tourism department has • • 1949 - Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement given from the authorities nor's Grievance cell re- organized a series of musical and cul- • • 1949 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed since then. garding house numbering tural shows to enthrall the audience in Washington DC Srinagar Mayor Jun- but still they are unmoved. in the garden, officials told the news • • 1960 - Senegal declares independence from France aid Matoo had convened When contacted SMC agency. • • 1968 - Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned a meeting of top Srinagar Commissioner Athar LG Sinha and Kerala Governor • • 1968 - US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee Municipal Corporation Amin, he said, " Con- Khan inaugurated the Tulip festival • • Marine clay under houses liquefies in St-Jean-Vianney, Quebec, Official's and approved a tract has been awarded by cutting the ribbon and lighting 31 die Project of Smart House to Bharat Electrical Lim- a candle. Earlier, LG Sinha laid the Idea of India’s age-old tradition, ethos flows • • 1972 - 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operat- Numbering for Srinagar ited (BEL) Survey and GIS foundation stone of Ornamental Cher- ing city and then Joint Com- mapping will start in some ry Theme Garden in the rear side of all the way from Kashmir: Kerala Governor • • 1975 - 130 killed as USAF plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans missioner (Admin) S.M.C days.”(KNS) the garden. At least 15 lakh Tulip bulbs crashes are in full bloom at Asia's largest Tulip Agencies guration of two-day Tulip festival • • 1975 - USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes kill- garden spread over 35 acres of land. at Tulip garden in Srinagar. ing 155 The LG said that Tulip garden is Srinagar: Stating that there is Khan said he has no hesitation • • CommunicationFounding of Microsoft Poor Health infrastructure like an open book of poems and people no place more beautiful than in stating that even though people • • 1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates like “poets and nature lovers can bet- Kashmir in the world, Kerala of Euroupe and Egypt once enjoyed and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Al- at SMHS, attendants face ter explain its beauty in their own Governor Muhammad Arif Khan a great culture, tradition and tair 8800 words.” “The garden is not all about Saturday said that its beyond ethos, which no more exists now. • • 1979 - Ex-President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. hardships: Traders Body flowers, it is about throwing open job doubt that the idea of “continu- “Look at India. It’s a country • • 1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/ Semipali- opportunities to people and provid- ous tradition and age old ethos” with continuous tradition and tinsk USSR Srinagar: Expressing con- medicines along with the ing livelihood to hoteliers, restaurant prevailing in India has come all ethos. Idea of India’s age-old cul- cern over the dilapidated beds, due to which the at- owners and footpath vendors,” he said. the way from Kashmir a place ture, tradition and ethos flows all condition of hospitals, Kash- tendants have to hang glu- He said that Indian film industry, es- also known as Resh Vear—the the way from Kashmir—the land From KO Archives mir Trade Alliance said that cose bottle in their hands pecially South Indian film makers have land of Reshis and Sufis. of Reshis and Sufi saints,” Khan the matter would be taken as a human hangar" Shah- evinced interest in shooting in Kashmir “It is beyond doubt that said, adding that Kashmir is In- up with the Divisional Com- dhar said. and that he has personally met some Kashmir is the most beautiful dia's crown and will remain so. Basketful of apples missioner Kashmir Ajaz Ajaz shahdhar said filmmakers recently. “I am hopeful to place in the world. People of He said there is no match Shahdhar President, Kash- in a questioning manner see the entire Bollywood industry shoot- Kashmir are beautiful, their for Kashmir's hospitality. “I first to say thank you mir Trade Alliance, termed that the authorities and ing in Kashmir including the Tulip gar- thoughts are beautiful and their came to this place in 1980 and I the lack of infrastructure hospital administrators den. Government will ensure elaborate vision is beautiful. This is the came to know one should not leave RINAGAR - Apple growers of Kashmir have sent a gift and necessary equipment in never tire of announcing security for the Bollywood filmmakers people’s legacy which they have his place empty even after eating of 12 cartons of apples to Pakistani and Indian leaders the hospitals of the Valley, that crores of rupees have and actors,” LG Sinha said. inherited from the great Reshis stomach full. Leaving your plate with a message "From Kashmir with Love." especially in the SMHS Hos- been released to the health He also hoped that international as the Valley is the land of Sufi empty will get you more food in Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. Pakistan SPrime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Indian Prime Minister Dr. pital, Srinagar, as playing sector, but even the most cargo services will start at the Sri- Reshis who have given Kashmiri Kashmir, so never leave your plate with the lives of the patients. important things are not nagar International airport soon so people a rich culture, tradition empty,” he said in a lighter vein, Manmohan Singh and Congress party president and Chairperson of the National Advisory Council, Sonia In a statement issued available in the hospitals that Kashmir products reach the in- and ethos,” he said addressing while highlighting the hospitality Gandhi will be among the recipients. to Kashmir News Service at the ground level. ternational market within the shortest the audience on the eve of inau- of Kashmiri people—(KNO) Apple growers are sending mix cartons of the world fa- (KNS) he said that the Pres- He Said only one nurse possible time. (KNO) mous apples to Pakistani leaders as a thanksgiving gesture ident was adamant about is available for the two for starting the bus service' between Srinagar and Muzaffar- the posting of only one wards, which is not only abad on April 7, which will link divided parts of Kashmir for the first time in 58 years. nurse in the Medical and a source of contention for GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR Six other cartons are being sent to New Delhi for Dr. Surgical Emergency ward the nurse, but also a major Singh and Mrs.Gandhi before both leave for Srinagar to inau- of Hospital and adminis- problem for the sick and OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ESTATES, KASHMIR gurate the historic bus service next week. tration and the authorities the needy people. He said Tel/Fax: 0194-2470970, email:- [email protected] The bus service is being seen as one of the most tangible were directly endangering that the matter would be signs of a fledgling peace between the nuclear rivals after de- cades of enmity. It will travel 170 km on the highway between the lives of the patients. taken up with the Provin- e- Tender Notice No.: 03 of 2021 dated. 03-04-2021 Srinagar and Muzaffarabad in the Pakistani sector. "The Glucometer me- cial Commissioner Kash- Apple growers say a carton each will be gifted to Mush- ter is not available and mir soon so that hospitals Re-Tender Notice arraf and Aziz, while the other four will be given to other po- there is no equipment to especially SHMS should litical leaders. hang glucose and other be improved. For and on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of J&K, e-Tenders are re-invited in double cover system are hereby in- Ghulam Rasool, the President of Fruit Growers Associa- vited by Deputy Director Estates, Kashmir from registered/approved contractors/dealers/firms and SSI unit holders for execution of the tion here, said with the opening of the bus service, there it following jobs/supply of items at Srinagar. The tender documents alongwith list of items with specification can also be downloaded hope it would revive trade links. from the website https://jk tenders. gov. in from 04-04-2021 to 10-04-2021 (4:00 Pm) for which the cost of tender documents in the "Kashmir is known in, the world for its fruits. So this time shape of DD of Rs. 1000/- (Rupees One Thousand Only) for each work/job in favour of Deputy Director Estates, Kashmir or G.R. to be we will gift baskets of apple to Pervez Musharraf, Shaukat remitted in treasury under M.H. 0216-Housing is to be uploaded with tender documents.. The earnest money in the shape of CDR/FDR Aziz and the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan. When M Raju reviews Darbar we had a good trade in apples 1947 the wholesale market was pledged to Deputy Director Estates, Kashmir as per the details shown against each items of work is to be uploaded with tender docu- in Rawalpindi and we used to send aples to Amritsar, Delhi ments. The tenderers should submit the tender form in two parts i.e., Technical bid and Financial bid separately. The financial bid shall Karachi etc front there and when we heard about this (the bus Move arrangements at Sgr be opened only after the bid documents of intending tenderers are found technically qualified. The intending tenderers should quote service), we decided then itself that we will gin six basket of rates including GST and other taxes if any. apples to Pakistan and seven basket of apples for our Prime Observer News Service offices in Srinagar. S.No. Name of work/items Amount of earnest money Annexure Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders which includes M Raju asked the Supply of Sundry items. Rs. 10,000/- A Ghulam Nabi Azad and Sonia Gandhi." he said SRINAGAR: Commis- concerned officers that India had said on Friday it hoped free trade with its nu- Supply of Plastic items. Rs. 20,000/- B clear-armed neighbour Pakistan would happen within one to sioner Secretary Estates special focus should be two years, as their sluggish peace process moves forward. and Jal Shakti, M. Raju been given to ensure Supply of heating gadgets Rs. 25,000/- C Around 600000 families’ arc directly involved in the val- today chaired a meeting that the drinking water Supply of Furnishing items. Rs. 1,50,000/- D ley's fruit business and if the market opens for their produce to review the arrange- tanks at Civil Secre- in Pakistan, growers are optimistic that both the countries Tender documents should be deposited in electronic format on the website: http://jktenders.gov.in alongwith Registration ments put in place for tariat as well as the could overtake Gulf countries. Ghulam Mohammed, a senior Card/SSI unit, Registration certificate/GSTIN registration documents. The tender (technical/financial bid) shall be opened on 12-04- Darbar Move 2021 at Civil residential areas should member of Fruit Growers Association, said fruit trade vi- 2021 online or on any other subsequent date which may be convenient to the Regional Level Purchase/Contract Committee in presence aPakistan could also solve the unemployment problem. Secretariat here. be cleaned scientifically. of tenderers willing to be present in the office chamber of the Undersigned. The tender documents consisting of qualifying information, "A lot of unemployment problems will also be solved. The Commissioner He stressed on them to eligibility criteria, specifications, set of terms and conditions of the contract and other details can be seen/downloaded from the web- More youths will be engaged in the work as there is no Secretary enjoined sensitize the manage- site: https://jktenders.gov.in as per schedule of dates given below: other viable industry and only Fruit industry is the living upon all the concerned ment of the private industry." said Rasool. With 1.2 million metric tonnes of ap- Date of issue of Tender notice: 03-04-2021 officers to ensure that hotels and ask them to ple production. Kashmir is the biggest producer of apples in Period of downloading of tender documents 04-04-2021 (10:00 a.m.) to 10-04-2021 India. Barriers to commerce cemented by more than a half- all civil and other al- put all measures in place (4.00 p.m.) century of hostility mean companies selling everything lied works are com- for the cleanliness of Bid Submission start date: 05-04-2021 (10:00 a.m.) from wheat to tyres to Pakistan arc forced to make costly pleted in a time bound rooms and surroundings Bid Submission end date: 10-04-2021 (4.00 p.m.) detours into countries like Afghanistan and the United manner. He empha- especially in view of the Date and time of opening of bids (online). 12-04-2021 (10.00 a.m.) in the office of Dy. Director Estates, Kashmir. Arab Emirates. sised upon the officers COVID- 19 pandemic. Trade is on course to rise more than 150 percent in the fi- Further details can be had from the office of Deputy Director Estates, Kashmir at Pratap Park, Kashmir during office hours and nancial year which ended in March to about $500 million, but that all employee colo- The Commissioner/ on contact Nos. viz: 8825035734, 9419484179, 7006583794. businessmen predict it could reach 10 billion dollars within nies should be properly Secretary inspected the The Regional Level Purchase Committee shall reserve the right to reject the tender without assigning any reason thereof. five years of signing a free trade agreement. cleaned and compre- ongoing works in Civil Pakistan, with 66 million dollars worth of exports to India hensive face-lifting Secretariat and directed Deputy Director Estates, Kashmir in the eight months to November, were dwarfed by imports of should be carried on in the concerned executing (Convener) 315 million dollars. (ANI) (Kashmir Observer, 04 April, 2005) a planned manner well agency to expedite the DIPK-119/21 Regional Level Purchase/Contract Committee, before the opening of pace of works. No: DDES/NIT/2021-22/846-54 Date: 03-04-2021 04 Sunday | 04.04.2021 WORLD Iran Says ‘No Step- 7 Deaths In UK From Blood Job Loss A Concern By-Step Plan’ For For 40% Workers Clots Among Millions Who Worldwide: WEF Report Lifting US sanctions Got AstraZeneca Shot

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LONDON: The UK medical regula- tor said Saturday that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots af- ter receiving the Oxford-AstraZene- ca vaccine, seven have died. The British acknowledgement of deaths comes as several European countries have paused the use of the AstraZeneca jab over a potential link to blood clots. The UK's Medicines and Health- care products Regulatory Agency said in a statement that "Out of the Agenceis thought that fewer people would Agenceis deal is the US will need to lift all 30 reports up to and including 24 obtain long-term employment in sanctions, after which Iran will March, sadly 7 have died." GENEVA: Close to 40 per cent of the future. TEHRAN, IRAN: Iran’s foreign “verify” their lifting and reduce The Netherlands on Friday halt- 30 reports of thrombosis, submit- on the basis of current data, the ben- workers worldwide think their job This prompted 61 per cent of ministry has said there will be “no uranium enrichment and remove ed vaccinations with the AstraZen- ted by medics or members of the efits of the vaccines against COVID-19 could disappear in five years, six the people surveyed, most of them step-by-step plan” to lift layers of the several cascades of advanced eca jab for people under the age public via a government website, "continue to outweigh any risks". in 10 are worried that machines young, to agree that governments American sanctions and restore centrifuges it has deployed. of 60 after five new cases among came after 18.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca said last month fol- would take over their jobs, and by should protect jobs. the country’s 2015 nuclear deal Iran is “in no hurry” to have women, one of whom died. vaccine had been administered in lowing US efficiency trials that its 2025 humans and machines are The survey also found that 40 with world powers. sanctions lifted, the supreme lead- Germany took a similar decision the country. vaccine is 79 percent effective at predicted to spend equal amounts per cent of workers used the Co- “The definitive policy of the er has said. earlier this week. Most of the cases (22) were ce- preventing the disease and does of time at work, according to a re- vid-19 lockdown last year to hone Islamic Republic of Iran is the lift- ‘Rapidly finalise sanction-lifting’ The European Medicines Agency rebral venous sinus thrombosis, a not increase the risk of blood clots. port published by the World Eco- their digital skills, and that 77 per ing of all US sanctions,” foreign Shortly after Friday’s virtual nu- (EMA), which like the World Health rare condition when a blood clot The UK has administered more nomic Forum (WEF). cent were ready to learn new skills ministry spokesman Saeed Khati- clear deal joint commission meeting, Organization previously declared forms in the brain. than 31 million first vaccine doses, Based on a survey of 32,000 or to retrain. bzadeh told state-run PressTV on Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas the AstraZeneca vaccine safe, is ex- Eight other cases saw people suffer using both the Oxford-AstraZeneca workers conducted by consulting Furthermore, 80 per cent were Saturday. Araghchi told state TV Iran requires pected to announce updated advice thrombosis and low levels of blood and the Pfizer-BioNTech jabs. People giant PwC in 19 countries, Xinhua confident in their ability to adapt He said that includes all sanc- no road map to restore the deal. on the issue on April 7. platelets, which help blood clot. cannot choose which one they get. news agency quoted the report as to new technologies. tions imposed and reimposed by “In our view, there is no step- The EMA said again on Wednes- There were no reports of blood The UK in June 2020 ordered saying on Thursday that half of the According to a previous WEF former US President Donald Trump. by-step plan. We only have a final day it believes the vaccine is safe clots from the Pfizer/BioNTech vac- 100 million doses of the Oxford- respondents were optimistic about report, 85 million jobs may be at Trump in 2018 unilaterally step that the US needs to take to and that experts have found no cine it said, adding that "our thor- AstraZeneca vaccine and supported their future. risk of disappearance due to the abandoned the nuclear deal, also lift the sanctions it has imposed, specific risk factors such as age, ough review into these reports is its development. It also ordered 30 The survey also highlighted that growing reliance on machines and signed by China, Russia, Germany, reimposed, or relabelled during gender or medical history. ongoing." million doses of the Pfizer-BioN- 60 per cent of the respondents artificial intelligence (AI), but 97 France, and the United Kingdom, the past four years. We will verify The UK regulator said that the The regulator's website says that Tech vaccine the same year. were worried about the effects million new jobs might emerge in and imposed harsh economic sanc- and then Iran will return to its of automation and 56 per cent such a scenario. tions that have only escalated since. commitments,” he said. The Iranian foreign ministry Foreign Minister Mohammad spokesman’s comments come Javad Zarif also said on Friday there as US State Department deputy will be no direct or indirect meetings Fully Vaccinated People Can Travel If Myanmar Protesters Defy spokeswoman Jalina Porter said between Iran and the US during the on Friday the focus of in-person Vienna talks, calling it “unnecessary”. They Take Precautions: US Health Body talks in Vienna next week on re- He said in a tweet the aim of Crackdown, Five Killed; viving the nuclear deal would be the talks will be to “rapidly finalise Agenceis on “the nuclear steps that Iran sanction-lifting and nuclear mea- Junta Hunts Critics would need to take in order to re- sures for choreographed removal Washington: Fully vaccinated turn to compliance”. of all sanctions, followed by Iran people can start traveling again Agenceis "People are still protesting every Iran had previously said it was ceasing remedial measures”. if they take precautions such as day because we believe strongly open to a step-by-step approach, Last week, President Hassan wearing a mask and observing yanmar security forces that this is a fight between good but changed its position after US Rouhani said Iran has seen “no social distancing, US health au- opened fire on pro-de- and evil," protest leader Tayzar San President Joe Biden refused to lift serious efforts” from the US to lift thorities said Friday. Mmocracy protests on Sat- said in an audio message to Reuters. any sanctions for months, insisting sanctions. Within the United States, vac- urday killing at least five people, The authorities are also waging Iran would need to act first to come “The Americans are lying that cinated people will not have to a protester and media said, as the a campaign to control information. back into full compliance with all they require time [to lift sanc- quarantine or take a Covid-19 military reinforced its bid to end They had shut down mobile data its commitments under the deal. tions]. They can do it in an hour test after traveling, the Centers dissent with arrest warrants for and on Friday ordered internet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali and we will only need a moment. for Disease Control and Preven- online critics and internet blocks. providers to cut wireless broad- Khamenei has since said Iran’s There are a few screws we need to tion said. Despite the killing of more than band, depriving most customers of “definitive policy” on the nuclear twist and untwist,” he said. But international travelers 550 people by the security forces access, though some messages and headed to the United States id-19 test before travel unless it is ered fully vaccinated two weeks since the Feb. 1 coup, protesters pictures were still being posted should have a negative Covid-19 required by the international des- after receiving the last recom- are coming out every day, often in and shared on social media. IN OUR VIEW, THERE IS NO STEP- test before they get on the plane, tination, the new guidelines say. mended dose of vaccine, the CDC smaller groups in smaller towns, to Authorities issued warrants for BY-STEP PLAN. We only have a be tested after arrival, and must They were released as travel is said. That means the second shot voice opposition to the reimposi- 18 celebrities, including social me- quarantine if local authorities in picking up again in the US, espe- for vaccines that require two jabs. tion of military rule. dia influencers and two journal- final step that the US needs to take to lift the the United States require it, the cially due to spring break and Eas- More than one in five adults Security forces in the central ists, under a law against material CDC said in a statement. ter trips, after all but shutting down in the United States is now fully town of Monywa, which has seen intended to cause a member of the sanctions it has imposed, reimposed, or relabelled Vaccinated travelers can go completely in the early months of vaccinated, CDC director Rochelle big protests day after days for weeks, armed forces to mutiny or disre- during the past four years. We will verify and then abroad without getting a Cov- the pandemic. A person is consid- Walensky said at a briefing. fired on a crowd killing at least four gard their duty, state media report- people and wounding several, two ed late on Friday. The charge can Iran will return to its commitments.” media organisations said. carry a prison term of three years. "They started firing non-stop Actress Paing Phyoe Thu, regu- with both stun grenade and live larly attended rallies in the main rounds," the protester in Monywa, city of Yangon in the weeks after the Police Officer Dead After Vehicle Rams Into Barriers At US Capitol; Driver Shot who declined to be identified, told coup, said she would not be cowed. Reuters via a messaging app. "Whether a warrant has been is- Agenceis dered the flags at the Capitol to be "People backed off and quickly sued or not, as long as I'm alive I'll flown at half-staff to mourn the put up ... barriers but a bullet hit a oppose the military dictatorship WASHINGTON: A police officer was death of the police officer. person in front of me in the head. who are bullying and killing people. killed after a person rammed his ve- Following the attack, there was a He died on the spot." The revolution must prevail," she hicle into barriers surrounding the US heavy police response outside of the One man was shot and killed in said on Facebook. Her whereabouts Capitol complex, according to author- Capitol, including a helicopter land- the southern town of Thaton, the were not immediately known. ities. The driver, identified as Noah ing on the premises. Bago Weekly Journal online news SILENCING THE VOICES? Green, a 25-year-old man from Indi- Washington Field Office of the portal and residents reported. Po- State broadcaster MRTV an- ana, was shot by police at the scene Federal Bureau of Investigation lice also fired in the central town of nounced the warrants for the 18 on Friday afternoon and died in hos- said it also provided support to the Bago, wounding one man. with screenshots and links to their pital, reports Xinhua news agency. Capitol Police. The D.C. National Police and a spokesman for the Facebook profiles. Green is a Nation of Islam fol- Guard also deployed an Immediate junta did not answer telephone While the military has banned lower, according to MSNBC, citing Response Force to the complex to calls seeking comment. platforms like Facebook, it has con- Facebook content that was thought support the Capitol Police. The Assistance Association for tinued to use social media to track to be posted by him. It was the second line-of-duty Political Prisoners activist group, in a critics and promote its message. The authorities have not yet death in the Capitol Police this year. statement earlier in the day, said the The United States condemned specified a motive. Capitol Police officer, Brian D. security forces had killed 550 peo- the internet shutdown. The slain police officer was iden- Sicknick, died a day after the Janu- ple, 46 of them children, since the "We hope this won’t silence tified by Capitol Police as 18-year ary 6 riot staged by supporters of military overthrew an elected gov- the voices of the people," a State veteran William "Billy" Evans. former President Donald Trump. ernment led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Department spokeswoman, Jalina "It is with profound sadness that tman said, noting the attack under- into two of our officers and then hit Immediately after the attack the He passed away "due to injuries The demonstrations that drew Porter, told a briefing. I share the news of the passing of scores that the Capitol Hill remains the north barricade barrier. complex was placed under a lock- sustained while on-duty". tens of thousands of people in the The United States and other Officer William 'Billy' Evans this af- a potential target for violence. "At such time the suspect exited down. It was lifted two hours later. Two other Capitol Police officers early days of defiance in big cities Western countries have denounced ternoon from injuries he sustained After ramming his car into the the vehicle with a knife in hand. Our White House Press Secretary Jen have died by suicide in the wake of have become more rare with oppo- the coup and called for the release following an attack at the North barricade, the suspect exited the ve- officers then engaged that suspect. Psaki told reporters that President the riot. Barbed wire fencing has nents of the coup adopting "guer- of Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Barricade by a lone assailant," act- hicle with a knife, started lunging at He did not respond to verbal com- Joe Biden, who landed at Camp Da- been set up around the Capitol com- rilla rallies" - small, quick shows of Peace Prize in 1991 for her cam- ing Capitol Police Chief Yogananda and was killed by the police, he said. mands," Pittman added. vid on Friday afternoon to spend the plex since the riot. defiance before security forces can paign against military rule. She has Pittman said at a news conference. "The suspect entered what we The attack occurred about 91 me- Easter weekend, is "aware" of the Several thousands of the National respond. been charged with violating an of- "This has been an extremely diffi- refer to as the north barricade of the tres from the entrance of the build- Capitol incident. Guard troops still remain in Wash- People also gather at night for ficial secrets act that is punishable cult time for US Capitol Police," Pit- Capitol. The suspect rammed his car ing on the Senate side of the Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or- ington, D.C. over security concerns. candle-lit vigils. by up to 14 years in prison.

Russian Doctors Complete Open-Heart SpaceX Rocket Debris Lands On Man's Farm In US Agenceis try," Grant County Sheriff's Office Surgery As Tsarist-Era Hospital Burns spokesperson Kyle Foreman was Agenceis SAN FRANCISCO: In a bizarre inci- quoted as saying in the report. dent, a farm owner in the US was left A sergeant then called Elon ussian doctors stayed behind in in shock when a pressure vessel from Musk-run SpaceX, which confirmed a burning, tsarist-era hospital in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fell on his the remnant of the rocket belonged Rthe country's Far East on Friday property in Washington state, leav- to the company and dispatched its to complete open-heart surgery after ing a "4-inch dent in the soil". workers to retrieve the debris. a fire broke out on the roof while they In a normal course, most second "Of course, we didn't have a were operating. stage parts either hang out in orbit for protocol for this, so we just erred Firefighters who took more than years or re-enter Earth over the ocean. on the side of returning someone's two hours to put out the blaze in the The debris was identified as property to them," Foreman said. city of Blagoveshchensk said they Composite-Overwrapped Pressure The COPV is a part of the Falcon used fans to keep smoke out of the op- Vessel (COPV) from the break-up 9's second stage, the smaller sec- erating room and ran in a power cable of a Falcon 9 second stage over tion of the rocket that detaches to keep it supplied with electricity. do. We had to save the person. We uated from the hospital as the fire Oregon and Washington state on from the main stage at the edge of A group of eight doctors and did everything at the highest level," broke out on the roof. March 26, reports The Verge, quot- space and boosts satellites farther nurses completed the operation in surgeon Valentin Filatov was quoted "The clinic was built more than ing local officials. The farm owner in Grant County, nor our sergeant is rocket scientist, from Earth. two hours before removing the pa- as saying by REN TV. a century ago, in 1907, and the fire The stage re-entered the atmo- Washington state, found the pres- of course, but judging from what It stores helium at pressures of tient to another site, the emergen- He said it had been a heart by- spread like lightning through the sphere in an unusual spot in the sky sure vessel and reported it to the had happened a few days prior, it nearly 6,000psi, which is used to cies ministry said. pass operation. The ministry said wooden ceilings of the roof," the after sending a payload of SpaceX's Grant County Sheriff's Office. looked to them like it was possi- pressurise the second stage's large "There's nothing else we could 128 people were immediately evac- ministry said. Starlink satellites to orbit. "Neither the property owner bly debris from the Falcon 9 reen- tanks of propellant. STATE Sunday | 04.04.2021 05 PDP Likely To Put ZEPO Purportedly Calls Bearded Thiago Silva Sent Off As Young Faces After Chelsea Slumps To A 5-2 Exodus Of Top Members Muslim Teacher 'Biggest Militant' Defeat Against West Brom In Poonch, Explanation Sought Agencies LONDON: Struggling West Bromwich Albion caused a big Pre- Agencies mier League shock on Saturday by winning 5-2 at fourth-place Chelsea after the home team had Thiago Silva sent off in the SRINAGAR: A senior officer of Educa- first half at Stamford Bridge. tion department in Surankote area The experienced Brazilian defender Silva was back in the side, of Poonch has purportedly called a following an injury absence, for the first time in 10 matches, but bearded Muslim teacher the “biggest was shown the red card in the 29th minute following two book- militant” and allegedly desecrated the ings. Christian Pulisic had put Chelsea in front two minutes ear- Agencies mosque in the vicinity of the school on lier, only to see Matheus Pereira strike twice in two minutes in her visit to the institution. first-half stoppage time to give second-bottom West Bromwich, SRINAGAR: Even as the PDP faces crisis of sorts, the party is Sub-District Magistrate Surankote has which almost needs a miracle to avoid relegation, a 2-1 lead learnt to be grooming younger faces to create an alternative sought an explanation from the officer at the interval. Callum Robinson grabbed a third goal for West leadership and fill the vacuum created by the recent exodus of for her unwarranted behaviour. Bromwich when he swept home a cross from Darnell Furlong in top members. Sources said, that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) According to the letter the incident the 63rd minute. president Mehbooba Mufti is revamping the party's organisation- took place at Yaseen Public School, Mason Mount tapped in from close range after good work by al structure by bringing wholesome change. Dundhak Khanikhodi on April 1. Timo Werner to give Champions League quarter-finalist Chelsea The party is set to put up new faces in many constituencies and “This man is the biggest militant. Just hope. But Mbaye Diagne drilled in a low shot to put West Brom- is considered imperative after Centre stripped the former state of look at his face…,” Kumari who is Zonal wich 4-2 up and Robinson clipped the ball over goalkeeper Ed- its special status and downgraded it into two Union Territories. Education Planning Officer (ZEPO) is ouard Mendy to complete a surprise scoreline in the closing stages. By bringing political debutants, they said, the party wants to tap seen yelling in the video. “democratic space which is still intact.” A local Imam of a mosque Farooq Ah- Youth remains the driving force and the party has felt that there mad Misbahi in his address to the media was lack or inadequacy in the particular space, they said. Political alleged that Kumari besides calling Farooq Two Hr Sec Schools Closed veterans keep calling for millennial to join their political parties in a militant, she had desecrated the Ma- public events but a very few young names are registered. drassa and two mosques in the vicinity of In North Kashmir After Even if the young guns do join politics, the chances of them the school by going inside wearing shoes. “A deliberate and malicious act , in- quarters of the School”. representing their party in Assembly or parliament are low due “If wearing a beard makes you a mili- tended to outrage religious feelings of The letter further alleged that Kumari Students, Staff Members to the presence of “more experienced” candidates waiting in line tant, then even the PM (Narendra Modi) any class by insulting its religious beliefs was not wearing a face mask and violat- for the ticket, and those who do, are either carrying some kind of won’t escape,” Misbahi said. is not expected from a government offi- ed COVID-19 SOPs. legacy or coming from an influential background, they said. None- Saying that all the communities in cer/ public servant,” the letter reads, add- It said that the ZEPO “harassed the Test COVID-19 Positive theless, it is their potential and attitude that makes a difference to Poonch district are living with commu- ing, “You are seen uttering, using words, school management on the pretext of Agencies public approach towards them. nal harmony, Imam urged DC Poonch etc., with deliberate intent to wound the inspection and used very harsh and de- In the last several years, world over many dynamic youngsters and SSP Poonch for strict action against feelings of a particular person.” rogatory language against a particular BARAMULLA: The authorities on Saturday ordered closure of have become the “voice of the nation” by addressing sensitive is- Kumari besides her immediate transfer. It said that Kumari’s action “has person of school management which has two Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Sumal and sues, the sources said. PDP is going to take credit to put more new Misbahi said that Kumari is known for caused public mischief and enmity, ha- caused hatred and unrest in the society.” Sopore area of North Kashmir districts after some students and young faces for future politics including few from political family her rude behavior in the area. tred and ill-will in the public at large.” The SDM asked the ZEPO to explain her staff members were tested positive for COVID-19. back ground, the sources said. According to a letter issued by SDM “It is also viral on social media that position within two days “as to why disci- An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer The new faces are expected from many constituencies includ- Surankote, Saleem Ahmad, ZEPO has during your visit to Yaseen Public School, plinary action may not be recommended (KNO), that the two students were tested positive for COVID-19 ing Kulgam,Shopian,Barmulla,Sangrama,Kupwara,Ganderbal,Rafi been asked to submit her explanation Dundhak (Khanikhodi) on 01/04/2021, against you to the competent authority.” at Government Girls Higher Secondary School Sumbal after abad and Uri etc, they added. within two days. you also entered the Mosque without In case of non-receipt of reply within which the decision to close the school has been taken by the A PDP leader who wished not to be named said that “these new “A video is viral on social media in removing your shoes.” two days, the SDM said that it shall be administration. The official said that concerned schools shall faces in PDP can bring change and strengthen the party and have which you are seen using derogatory The SDM’s letter says that the ZEPO presumed that she has nothing to say in remain closed for the next five days from today while the duo potential to become leaders to end dynastic politics of Kashmir,” language during [a] visit of [the] Yaseen also “forced the Head of Institution to her defence and “action under rule shall infected students will remain in quarantine as per the standard the leader said, adding, “Since 1947, high-profile families brought Public School, Dundhak (Khanikhodi) on open a specific room of school whose be recommended to the competent au- operating procedure. their children into politics.” (GNS) April 1,” reads the explanation letter. keys were lying at Poonch at the head- thority.” (KNS) Similarly, the four staff members were tested positive for CO- VID-19 at Government Girls Higher Secondary School Sopore in Baramulla district following which it was closed for one week. The official said that the concerned school shall remain closed DC B'pora Urges Religious Heads, Principal Secretary visits for one week from today. An order issued by Additional Deputy Commissioner Sopore in this regard, reads that in view of reported COVID-19 positivity Imams To Motivate Public For Strict Pahalgam, takes stock of of four staff members in Girls Higher Secondary School Sopore and to pre-emt further spread of the virus, the institution will Amarnath Yatra preparations remain closed for a period of seven days w.e.f 03/04/2021. Adherence To Covid-19 Protocols The order has been issued under the ambit of Disaster Man- BANDIPORA: The Deputy Com- agement Act, it added. Currently, COVID-19 cases are increasing missioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr for the last one week in educational institutions. In view of this, Owais Ahmad today convened a the authorities in many districts have started closing schools as meeting of religious leaders to a precaution. According to an official, the ongoing surge of CO- discuss various issues in view of VID-19 positive cases has prompted health officials to ask school Ramadhan and adherence of SOPs authorities in Kashmir to keep extra vigil and strictly implement and other Covid-19 mitigation ef- the coronavirus protocol. forts in the district. Pertinently, in Bandipora district, about five schools have been The meeting discussed the im- closed in the last few days after many students were found to be pact of the process and precautions infected with the coronavirus—(KNO) or measures that need to be taken to the looming threat of spread of the second wave of Covid-19 Pan- demic and the SOPs to be followed Seminar On War in view of the upcoming month of Ramdhan. Agenceis fence volunteers deputed for assistance Against Drugs Held At Speaking on the occasion, DC vaccine. from the second wave of Covid-19 of Yatris so they are easily identifiable, urged the imams and other reli- In view of the upcoming holy Pandemic. ANANTNAG: Principal Secretary to and setting up of special kiosks for Sim Al-Saba School Shopian gious heads to motivate the people month, DC asked the concerned of- Dr Owais called for raising Lieutenant Governor, Shri Nitishwar cards and other essentials. to follow SOPs especially use of ficers to ensure cleanliness around awareness among the masses to Kumar, accompanied by Divisional At the outset, the Yatra Officer, Dep- Agenceis face masks and adopting social dis- religious places and also appealed persuade the people especially Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K uty Commissioner Anantnag, Dr. Piyush tancing. to the Imams to ensure the SOPs above 45 years of age to go for vac- Pole today visited Pahalgam and took Singla briefed the Principal Secretary SHOPIAN: A seminar on war against drugs was Saturday held at Al He asked people not to lower are followed in letter and spirit. cination. stock of the arrangements being put in about the Yatra Plan vis a vis secu- Saba educational Institute Watchi area Shopian in which hundreds the guard and continue to main- He reiterated that apart from Later several Imams and reli- place for smooth conduct of Shri Ama- rity, accommodation, healthcare, food, of people participated. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observ- tain the highest level of alertness executing proactive measures, gious heads voluntarily received rnath Ji Yatra -2021 in a meeting here. drinking water and other facilities to be er (KNO), the seminar was organised by NGO “we helping hand foun- to ensure implementation of SOPs mobilization of all resources and the first jab of Covid-19 vaccine The Principal Secretary enquired made available to the pilgrims. dation in collaboration with Al-Saba Educational Institute Wachi.” to counter the spread of virus. He man power shall be put on ready and appealed to the people to re- about the measures being taken for Assistant Yatra Officer, CEO PDA, SDM Zainapora Mushtaq Rasool Lone (KAS), Tehsildar Zaina- also asked them to appeal to the gear to enable the administration ceive the vaccine jab at earliest as effective execution of the Yatra Plan Mushtaq Ahmad Simnani apprised the pora Fida Hussian, BDO Zainapora Dr Tariq Ahmad( KAS), Naib people to administer Covid-19 to tackle any emergencies arising it is safe and effective. for the smooth pilgrimage to the Holy meeting about the facilities available on Tehsildar Watchi Abdul Aziz, SDPO Zainapora Riaz Ahmad ( KPS) Cave. Pahalgam axis, besides the augmenta- and several social activists including Chairman “we the helping He impressed upon the officers to tion being made in wake of anticipated hand Umar Wani, Dr Tanveer Hayat, Firdous Nabi, Syed Aijaz take all the requisite steps to ensure increase in number of pilgrims. Kashani were present on the occasion.” DC kick Starts Town Beautification Programme proper arrangements and facilities at all The meeting was also attended by Students of the school highlighted the impacts of drug addic- BANDIPORA: The District Administration Bandip- green, clean and beautiful. He spoke of pathways, transit and base camps, besides halting SSP Anantnag, Additional ADC (S), tion among the youths and their families. During their speeches, ora today kick started the Town beautification pro- parking areas, walk ways, Solar street lighting etc. stations and along the routes to make Additional CEO Shrine Board, SEs Jal they said that as per a survey of United Drug Control, 70,000 gramme here, with Kaloosa Bridge beautification being established in the entire town besides, Wall the journey of Yatris smooth and easy. Shakti, PDD, SDM Pahalgam, and other people, 4000 of whom are females were addicted in Jammu and inaugurated by District Development Commis- paintings with messages are also being planned to To ensure proper healthcare for the concerned officers of Civil, Security and Kashmir Union Territory. sioner (DDC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad. While be installed shortly. The Kaloosa Bridge over Mad- pilgrims, he asked the concerned offi- engineering departments. Speaking on the occasion, SDM Zainapora complimented the briefing the media after formally inaugurating the humati stream however, has been beautified being cers to establish quarantine and isola- Later, the Principal Secretary made participants for their active participation and highlighted the project at Kaloosa Bridge, the DC stated that differ- centre of attraction. The project was conceived and tion centres, besides augmenting the an on spot inspection of Nunwan Base need to protect the young generation from the menace and drug ent departments are being mobilised, to converge designed by Joint Director Planning who hinted at ventilator facilities at critical locations. Camp where Additional CEO, Shrine abuse poses a serious challenge to the society. He underlined the their resources and ideas, to make Bandipora town more such interventions in coming days. The Principal Secretary passed direc- Board apprised him about the function- need to disseminate awareness through different mediums. tions for proper dress code of Civil De- ing of the camp. Tehsildar Zainapora urged upon different sections of the soci- ety to act vibrantly against the issue while assuring every possible initiative from the administration to nip this menace in the bud. He said that in the last few years, they have worked hard in the area to curb this menace but there is a need to do a lot more. Naib Tehsildar Held BDO said that parents had a major role to play in this regard as they act as a friend, philosopher and guide for their wards. With Rs 30,000 Bribe He also stressed upon the parents to closely monitor their chil- dren to check whether they are indulged into fallacious activities inflicted upon them through different mediums including mobile phones and internet. He requested the horticulture and agricul- ture Department to provide an alternative crop to bhung and poppy to the people of Melhoora, Banduna, Watchi and adjacent which is known as the hub of drug addiction in entire Kashmir. SDPO Zainapora requested locals including preachers and teach- ers to join hands so that we can unitely eradicate this menace from the society. He said that he is going to act against drug peddlers. Chairman of the foundation Umar Wani said that lack of paren- tal care and affection was the main cause that thrusts our youth SRINAGAR: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sat- towards drug addiction. He highlighted the role of parents and said urday arrested a revenue department official from that parents had a greater responsibility in social development of a Tangmarg area of Baramulla district for demanding and child as they act as the first teacher and guide of their wards. accepting bribe. Naib Tehsildar, Bashir Ahmad Hajam Other personalities who spoke also reiterated the role of the police was caught red-handed by the personnel of the anti- department and said that stringent actions shall be taken against drug graft body while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000, an ACB peddlers. They threw light on the importance of life as a precious gift spokesperson said Saturday. The ACB, he said, had laid from the creator and the same should be lived with gratitude. a trap for the corrupt revenue official after receiving a They further requested parents to take care and be conscious complaint alleging that he was demanding a bribe of Rs towards their wards and aware their children about the ill-effects 30,000 for issuing revenue extracts to the complainant of drug abuse. Organisers said that the aim of organizing the whose mother had sold six kanals of land from a 12 kanal seminar was to create awareness among the youth and general patch at Chandil, Tangmarg, Baramulla. public about the menace of drugs, the dreadful effects of drugs On the receipt of the complaint, the ACB spokesperson and the steps to be taken to eradicate this menace from society. said that a case FIR No. 05 u/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption They described the drug menace as an epidemic which is Act, 1988 was registered in Police Station ACB North Kashmir. spoiling the future of the J&K as a termite and sought the help of “Subsequently, a trap was laid and the accused was the youth to create awareness among all. caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe The students and people present on the occasion were briefed Rs. 30,000 from the complainant. The accused was ar- about the early symptoms of drug abuse which parents should rested and taken in custody by ACB,” he added. 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nternational brands like Nike, H&M, tries issued a joint statement censuring and UNIQLO are facing a backlash China for the Uyghur genocide, these at- in China after they announced their tempts to penalise China were rendered decision to boycott Chinese cotton futile by 45 other countries which in- Iwhich is manufactured by forced labour clude several Muslim majority nations in the Xinjiang province. like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Mo- Dania Sheikh This province is located in the rocco, UAE, and Palestinian Authority. northwestern part of China. It was pre- These countries backed China, refuted viously known as East Turkistan and the allegations of human rights viola- was a Muslim majority region when tions, and defended China’s actions as Mao Zedong invaded it in 1949. The Ui- necessary to thwart terrorism and tack- Despite the ghur constituted about 76% of the popu- le religious extremism in the country. lation of this region, a recent survey The tacit approval of China’s geno- criticism from shows their population has dwindled to cide by the Muslim world can be ex- International 42%. Uyghur's, who are part European plained on account of their economic and part Central Asian have a distinct dependence on China. These countries organisations and culture, language, and cuisine. are indebted to China and benefit from According to the Australian Stra- its Belt and Road Initiative. western leaders, the tegic Policy institute, about 82 Global Even International organisations brands including Apple, Nike,H&M, like UNHCR are incapable of indict- atrocities committed GAP, Adidas, Coca-Cola, and Tommy ing China as it occupies a powerful Hilfiger use raw materials from the Xin- position in the UN — it is a permanent Kemal Aslan/Depo Photos via ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock against Uighur's are jiang province. About 87% of China’s member of the UNSC and that gives it cotton comes from Xinjiang province. immense powers to veto any sanction unabated. What is The allegations of forced labour and to an unimaginable extent especially for leaving no stone unturned to forcefully imposed on it. human rights violations in the Xinjiang their religion — Islam, which is framed assimilate this region with China. New In this schema, only International more appalling is the province by the Uyghur diaspora and as a "mental illness". York Times has described Xinjiang as retailers are powerful and capable to human rights activists prompted the US The same old trope of Islamopho- a ‘virtual cage and an incubator for in- some extent to reprimand China. Their nonchalance of the Congress to pass the "Uighur Forced La- bia is used against them where they're creasingly intrusive policing systems’. decision to impose a ban on imports bour Prevention Act", this act banned deemed to be radicalised. This preju- Only a handful of leaders have from China will cause some disruption Muslim nations who the products made in Xinjiang and dice and pretext is then used against spoken against China’s treatment of in their supply chains and the angst asked these companies to disclose in- them. They are subjected to mass sur- the Uyghur’s. Trump's administration of Chinese citizens will prove costly otherwise claim to be formation related to Xinjiang. This act veillance, forced sterilisation, and de- called it a genocide and a systemic at- as China is a major market for these pressurised the global brands to seek tention on the pretext of tackling ter- tempt to destroy Uighur’s by the Chi- brands. But the losses China will suffer the spokespersons transparency about the supply chains. rorism. nese party-state. Other western leaders are much greater. It is the bigger loser The communist party and its The abuse doesn't stop there. China like Boris Johnson and Justin Trudeau here as it will lose out on Foreign Direct and torchbearers of mouthpiece Global Times have dis- is attempting to erase Uyghur identity have denounced China but refrained Investments which has been the back- missed the allegations and termed it as by adopting settler colonial policies that from calling it genocide. bone of Chinese economic boom. Islam a smear campaign against China. Sever- enable the Chinese Han community to Despite the criticism from Interna- al Chinese actors have terminated their settle in the Xinjiang province and es- tional organisations and western lead- Views expressed in the article are partnership with these International tablish their businesses therw. The Han ers, the atrocities committed against the author's own and do not brands as a mark of protest. community now constitutes 40% of the Uyghur's are unabated. What is more necessarily represent the editorial stance However, Uyghur's demands to seek region's population. Xinjiang is an asset appalling is the nonchalance of the of Kashmir Observer independence have been similarly dis- to China as it provides a major chunk Muslim nations who otherwise claim to missed and crushed by China. China Is of its fossil fuels and raw materials, it is be the spokespersons and torchbearers brutally assaulting basic human rights. also of strategic importance to China’s of Islam. The author can be reached at This community is being dehumanised Belt and Road Initiative, this is why it is In fact, in October 2020, 39 coun- [email protected]

o the great Indian tamasha (festi- The alternatives? val) of democracy has begun once To top this all, of course, is the obses- again, as the electorate exercise Has the Congress Still Got It? sion of the old guard in the party that no their right to choose their lead- one except the ‘first family’ of the party, Sers in a number of states for the next five the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, can lead it years. Festoons, caricatures, slogans, Somshankar Bandyopadhyay forward. The so-called Group of 23, the se- posters — and as technology progresses nior dissident voices who are calling for — memes, photoshopped pictures, gifs nent leaders, who had their own separate change, have remained unheard till now. are filling our everyday lives as the states units while remaining members of the This obsession has already cost the go to the polls. Congress. As the independence move- party a host of young leaders in the states, While there are a number of contend- ment gained momentum, these groups who could have been its future faces. But ers in the fray for the political rewards merged into the party, providing the even those losses do not seems to bother that follow the elections, one common groundswell of support that finally broke those at the helm. theme is apparent across all the states the shackles and freed the country from — the virtual disappearance of India’s colonial rule. So, what next? Grand Old Party — the Indian National In the initial period after indepen- The first issue that the Congress Congress — from a position of being a se- dence, as it has been observed in other needs to do, if it is serious about being a rious player on its own merit in any state. newly-liberated countries as well, the serious contender for political power in When India gained independence Congress held sway across the country the country and not just somehow form from Britain seven decades ago, the Fa- due to the virtual absence of any other alliances to cobble a few seats here and ther of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi sug- political force, barring the Left in some there, is to reinstate the system of inter- gested that the Congress — which was pockets. nal elections, free from the nepotism and the main political party dominating the At this juncture, the large landown- sycophancy that marks the selection of country at the time — be disbanded and ing classes, who were prominent mem- party officials. This will ensure that the turn into a social organisation for chari- bers of the party, provided the backbone various voices are heard within the party table activities. of its vote bank. The party consciously to take it forward. Like many of his suggestions, the po- allied itself to the dominant castes across Next, the Congress will have to seek to litical leaders of the day chose to ignore a ‘Mahajot’ — a term to denote a motley While there are a number of the region to ensure success in the polls. create a voter base from scratch, without hav- this advice. Now, it seems that the Mahat- group of opportunistic regional parties — As the country matured politically, ing to resort to factional and caste politics. ma’s advice would have at least helped to to prevent the split in opposition votes. contenders in the fray for these alliances started shifting too. Re- This is obviously going to be a long-term proj- save the party from the humiliating situ- Moving south, in Tamil Nadu, the the political rewards that follow gional forces, who felt that their issues ect, but can yield results if done properly. ation it faces across the country today. Congress has been out of power for al- the elections, one common and problems were not being given due There would still be large number of Let us take the states one by one. most five decades — since 1967. Allied consideration by the federal powers, be- Indians, in general, who would wish to with the DMK, one of the two principal theme is apparent across all the gan to drift away from the Congress. shun the current trend of divisive poli- Reduced to a bystander Dravidian parties in the state, it serves states — the virtual These parties gradually started gain- tics and give a chance to the politics of In West Bengal, the Congress, out of the function of a poor cousin, too timid to disappearance of India’s Grand ing prominence, culminating in the first inclusion once again. power since 1977, has been reduced to a upset the balance to ensure it gets some electoral setback of the party in 1967 Also, since the caste-ridden politics of basic bystander in the polls. Its mantle of seats during the federal parliamentary Old Party — the Indian National when the United Front was set up. Atul several states are already dominated by principal opposition has also now been elections. Congress — from a position of Kohli’s Crisis of Governability, pub- regional players, there is not much hope taken over by the Bharatiya Janata Party, In fact, local media reports suggest being a serious player on its own lished in 1991, gives us a detailed account that this form of voters would switch al- which is throwing everything it has in the that the party is in such a state that it of the power shift that was taking place legiances back to the party they shunned ring to wrest the state from the incumbent does not even have the manpower to merit in any state during this period. once already. Trinamul Congress. place agents across all the polling booths. A new era of coalition politics began The Congress once already played The Congress has reached such a in the country, as the opposition, while this game and lost, when it projected Ra- situation that it has been forced to join Advantage down South? gaining prominence, remained fragment- hul Gandhi as a ‘janaudhari’ (one who hands with the Left Front — also a pow- Kerala, Congress’ heir apparent Rahul power. If that happens, it will be another ed. This culminated in the successive wears the sacred thread — the symbol of er-that-was — to gain some semblance of Gandhi’s home constituency, is the only nail in the Indian GOP’s coffin. elections and minority governments at a high-caste Hindu) before the 2019 fed- respectability in garnering a few seats. place where the party has a modicum of Let us take a peek through the pages the Centre during the 1990s. eral elections. Looking further east, to Assam, the respectability. The party leads the United of history to understand how this situa- As a result of the rise of these re- Thus a new inclusive agenda, bereft BJP is the incumbent party in power, team- Democratic Front, and has alternately held tion has come to pass. gional forces, coupled with the explo- of caste, creed and religion, can be the ing up with the Asom Gana Parishad. The power at the state along with the Left Demo- During the initial days of the Con- sion of caste-based politics for which the Congress’ saviour, if it is scripted and ex- Congress, again once the dominant party, cratic Front, led by the CPI (M), which is, gress, it was, as the name suggests, a con- Congress was itself to blame as it aligned ecuted well. was reduced to just 26 seats in the 2016 polls. ironically, and stinking of opportunistic gress — a group of different people with with the dominant castes in the early But does the Congress have the fire in One major handicap for the party will politics, its ally in West Bengal. different points of view, with the broader 1950s, India’s GOP, since then, entered its belly to go for such a project? Or will it be the absence of Tarun Gogoi, its lon- However, while chances are brighter aim of achieving more rights for the na- into a steady stage of perennial decline, a go belly up again? Time will tell. gest-serving chief minister, who passed in the state, recent opinion polls suggest tives from the British Empire. There trend that continues to this day. away last year. The Congress has joined that the voters may return the LDF to were several people, including promi- Gulf News

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antibody test? KAUSHIKY KASHYAP Dr Jameel explains, “For example, we conduct a sero survey in some area and we find that antibod- ies were found in 57 percent of the population there. n essential tool to prevent the spread of This does not mean that 57 percent of the people coronavirus is to 'test, test, test.' have had the disease, some may have only been ex- According to experts, it's essential to posed to the virus.” test extensively to understand the spread Antibody test, on the other hand, consists of Aof the disease among the population. New variants qualitative and quantitative tests. The qualitative of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 vaccines have in- result indicates whether there has been an expo- creased the curiosity around testing for antibodies. sure to the virus or not. A quantitative test, which This curiosity around whether we already have is called an ELISA test, tells us if we have developed COVID-19 antibodies, or to know if the the vaccine is antibodies and to what extent. effective, has led to an increase in antibody testing. In some cases, elderly patients are being advised to Confused with all this information? Don’t be. test for antibodies by doctors before taking the sec- Dr Jameel explains, “Viruses have two different ond dose. types of proteins – spike protein (S Protein) and nu- So, should you get an antibody test done after cleocapsid protein (N Protein). The S protein is on you take your vaccine jab? What will this test tell the surface of the virus and the N protein is found you? How will it help? inside the virus. Most vaccines against coronavi- FIT speaks with Dr Shahid Jameel, virologist ruses are based on the S protein. Covishield, the and director, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka vaccine used in India, is based on the S protein and University to understand. this vaccine will produce S antibodies. Covaxin, on the other hand, is a whole virus vaccine, so it will What does an antibody test tell you? produce both S and N antibodies.” Antibody tests or serological (serum related) ter taking the vaccine, if specific amount of antibod- second dose of the vaccine when the antibody level But this does not mean that a vaccine that tests are done by taking a blood sample. ies are not produced, then they’ll not be protected comes close to the baseline. produces both S and N antibodies will offer When infected, our immune system produces from the infection. Dr Jameel says, it’s rare for an- “For the best immune response, it is advised to more protection. antibodies to neutralise the virus in the body. These tibodies to not be formed after vaccination, but it’s allow the antibody to drop after reaching the thresh- Antibodies neutralise the virus by binding to antibodies remain present in the body for some time known to happen and can be attributed to some ge- old level 10. The second booster dose is then most the surface of the virus. Since the N protein is not even after the virus infection is completely eradicat- netic abnormalities. effective. Although this applies equally to all people, present on the surface of the virus, it will not be able ed. This helps doctors identify whether the patient In an earlier story on FIT, we had explained that it is not necessary. Antibody tests are mostly per- to neutralise it. was infected earlier. there is a threshold of an antibody test. formed commercially in large pathology labs. But in In addition, there are neutralising antibod- A similar reaction occurs in the body after tak- “Antibodies in the blood are measured in the the private domain, its cost is almost double the cost ies that prevent the virus from binding to the cell. ing the vaccine. International Unit (IU). Its range is from 0 to 1,000. of the vaccine,” he adds. These are a part of the S antibody. Suppose you have “Whether we have got the disease or not, if our Usually 10 IU per ml is considered a cut off. Lev- However, Dr Jameel also says that it is not fea- 100 molecules of S antibody in the body, then there antibody test is positive, then we get to know wheth- els between 10 and 1000 are considered protective. sible for common people to have their antibody level will be 10 neutralising antibodies in them. er we have come in contact with the virus or not. However, it may not always be correlated. People checked repeatedly after infection, or after taking Therefore, it makes little sense to obsess over Our body produces antibodies in response to expo- with count below 10 can also avoid the disease the first dose of the vaccine and wait for the anti- antibody count and let it impact your decision to get sure to the virus,” said Dr Shahid Jameel. through cell immunity which is not measured by body levels to drop, before deciding to take the sec- vaccinated. Especially, amidst increasing COVID antibody test.” ond dose. This cannot be recommended at popula- cases, it is important that the elderly, who are more Is it necessary to have antibodies after taking The average count comes from 300 to 1,000 after tion level. vulnerable, take the complete dose and don’t avoid the vaccine? the second shot of the vaccine. it. It’s important that we get protection as soon as Antibodies are usually prepared in large quan- Can an antibody test indicate the efficacy of a vaccine? possible, and that will happen only after you’ve got tities after taking the vaccine, and after taking the Does a higher count indicate more protection? No, vaccine efficacy can only be tested in a prop- your two doses. complete dose, you get protection from the disease. Dr Jameel says that whether the count is 100 or er placebo-controlled clinical trial. No antibody test It is to be noted that these antibodies will protect 1,000, the vaccine provides equal protection. How- can measure vaccine efficacy. .. against disease and not from infection. ever, according to the science of vaccinology, for the The Quint There is a misconception among people that af- best response, we should take the booster dose or the What’s the difference between a sero survey and an The Story of Biryani The Story of Biryani is rich and royal. Here's a glimpse - and a recipe

umtaz Mahal, the legendary wife of Shah Jahan, was a creative person and truly left her mark on history. Among her many interests, she was an accomplished Mcook, and as legend has it she invented biryani. The story of biryani is rich and royal, and here’s a glimpse. Recent history of biryani dating to the 18th and 19th century tells us many a stories as to how the rice dish gained popularity far and wide in the region. BISMA TIRMIZI The story of biryani from the Mughal kitchen to the 21st century and how it gained popularity far and wide in the region Lucknow was called Awadh and, since the Mu- ghals were ruling at the time, the royal palace intro- duced the subcontinent to the Awadhi Biryani. And we can thank Wajid Ali Shah, the Nawab of Awadh, for adding the rustic potato to this culinary gem. The spud is a fabulous addition to the rice dish; it adds texture and a delicious complementary fla- Biryani is a vour to the meat and rice. Can you imagine, if Wajid Shah had not come up with the potato epiphany, how celebratory dish boring this particular variation of biryani would be? Despite all the different twists to the dish, such in more ways than as the Sindhi Biryani with potatoes, the Memoni Biryani with tez masala, the Kachay Gosht ki Biry- imperialists, his entourage brought the Awadhi 16 oz to 20oz yogurt ani that is cooked in garam masala spices without Biryani to the city of palaces. 6 to 8 green chillies one; it is cooked at a tomatoes and the Bohri Biryani, popular in Karachi The Calcutta Biryani’s defining mark is the in- ½ bunch coriander leaves and Bombay, it is actually Lucknow that lays the ul- variable chunk of a large potato. There is really no Orange food colour (a pinch) time of celebration, timate claim to it. documented evidence, but it is assumed that with 8 oz to 16 oz water Biryani is a celebratory dish in more ways than rising expenses, over generations, meat was re- Dash of lemon juice and when it is one; it is cooked at a time of celebration, and when duced and potatoes added. Ingredients to be added to boiling rice: it is cooked it is time to celebrate. Where the variety A true biryani lover today would rightfully com- Salt to taste of pulao dishes are known for their aroma, the dif- plain if a plate of Kolkata Biryani, like the Sindhi 4 bay leaves cooked it is time to ferent kinds of biryani platters are known for their Biryani, was served without the potato chunk. 4 cinnamon sticks spices, masala and unique fiery flavour. Biryani reached Hyderabad Deccan with Au- 3 black cardamom pods celebrate. Where Having lived in Karachi all my life, I know the rangzeb’s southern aspirations. He had left behind ¼ teaspoon black peppercorns taste of a deliciously spicy Sindhi Biryani and can Nizam-ul-Mulk as his representative in the Ara ¼ teaspoon cloves the variety of pulao also distinguish between most styles of biryani. The Kadu area. It is said that the Nizam’s chefs devel- cooking style is somewhat different from other re- oped 47 varieties of biryani, and among them is the Method dishes are known gional biryanis and there is no use of rose or kewra famed tahiri. Heat oil and add meat, one-and-a-half sliced on- water, as is common in most Mughlai dishes. We can safely assume here that the meatless ions, ginger-garlic paste, salt, red chillies and whole However, the Awadhi Dum Biryani must wear biryani may be a result of forced austerity. Howev- garam masala. Cook until half done, adding brown on- for their aroma, the the crown out of the many dozen varieties out there er, today I share a sublime biryani fare, one that is ions (fried earlier) yogurt and lemon juice. Once meat on the desi platter. It was only during Shuja-ud- bound to leave a mark. Here it is, from my kitchen is tender, set it aside. The biryani masala is ready. different kinds of Daula’s, and his successor Asaf-ud-Daula’s, reign to yours. In a separate pot (colander) boil water adding in the 1750s that Awadh’s dastarkhwan was over- whole garam masala and bay leaves. Once water biryani platters are whelmed with culinary delights and money was be- Kachay Gohst Ki Biryani comes to boil add pre-soaked rice, keeping the rice ing spent voraciously in lieu of sublime grandeur in Ingredients to a tender crisp phase, since we only cook the rice known for their culinary delights. 3 to 4 lbs. mutton (leg meat) completely in the dum phase. Drain rice; layer the The royal paraphernalia included half-a-dozen 3 mugs basmati rice pot with rice, topping with a layer of biryani masala, kitchens, where hundreds of chefs drained the roy- 6 oz. to 10 oz. oil adding a second layer of rice. Top with fried onions, spices, masala and al exchequer preparing hundreds of meals. Thus 3 to 4 large onions, sliced sprinkle food colouring, cilantro, mint, a pinch of ga- emerged the Awadhi variety of biryani from long 4 teaspoons freshly chopped garlic and garlic ram masala powder and two teaspoons kewra. Seal unique fiery flavour experiments of experienced chefs. Salt to taste pot with foil and lid. Keep full heat for five minutes We may rightfully conclude here that, while the Red chilli powder to taste and medium to low heat for 15 minutes, to complete Nawabs drained the treasury in lieu of extravagance 10 green cardamoms the dum. Let sit for 10 minutes, mix and serve. while playing chess, of course, the Europeans aimed ½ to ¾ teaspoon, peppercorns Garnish with green chillies, mint and chopped at, and were successful in taking over the subcon- ½ to ¾ teaspoon, cloves cilantro. Serve with a side of kachumer (chopped on- tinent. And a century later, when Wajid Ali Shah, 2 to 4 cinnamon sticks ion, tomato and green chillies salad) and raita. sacked from his throne, was sent to Calcutta by the 5 black cardamom pods Dawn LIFE & TIMES Sunday | 04.04.2021 8 Study on Covid-19 mask finds layering, material choice matter Agencies the lab," Ng recalled. Multilayered samples performed The study's findings were used to much better than single-layer samples, earing a face mask can pro- shape homemade face mask recommen- but people should pay attention to breath- tect yourself and others from dations here last April, with the com- ability. The two-layered and three-lay- Covid-19, but the type of mate- prehensive study findings published on ered samples tested show an overall fil- rial and how many fabric layers March 22 in the journal Aerosol Science tration efficiency of about 50 per cent for usedW can significantly affect exposure risk, and Technology. submicron particles. Mask fit is also im- found a new study from the Georgia Institute In all, the researchers tested 33 differ- portant since particles can easily escape of Technology. ent commercially accessible materials not through gaps at the nose or through the The study measured the filtration ef- limited to cloth fabrics, including single- sides of the mask. ficiency of submicron particles passing layer woven fabrics such as cotton and wo- The analysis showed that properly fitted through a variety of different materials. For ven polyester, blended fabrics, nonwoven and multilayer masks reject 84 per cent of comparison, a human hair is about 50 mi- materials, cellulose-based materials, ma- particles expelled by a person when one per- crons in diameter while 1 millimetre is 1,000 terials commonly found and used in hospi- son wears it. Two people donning these types microns in size. tals, and various filter materials. of masks reduces particle transmission by 96 "A submicron particle can stay in the "We learned there was a lot of variability per cent. air for hours and days, depending on the infiltration performance even in the same A final takeaway of the research was the ventilation, so if you have a room that is not type of material," Ng said. importance of universal mask-wearing. ventilated or poorly ventilated then these "We found commercially available "The best way to protect ourselves and small particles can stay there for a very long materials that provide acceptable levels others is to reduce exhaled particles at the period of time," said Nga Lee (Sally) Ng, as- of submicron particle rejection while source, and the source is our face," Ng said, sociate professor and Tanner Faculty Fellow still maintaining airflow resistance adding, "That really gets amplified when ev- in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular similar to a surgical mask," said Ryan eryone starts wearing masks." Engineering and the School of Earth and At- Lively, an associate professor and John She expressed optimism that the find- mospheric Sciences. H. Woody Faculty Fellow in the School ings will motivate people to more widely The study was conducted during spring of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineer- embrace mask-wearing if they are sick and 2020 when the pandemic triggered a global ing. "These materials combine fabric fi- need to be in public. shutdown of most institutions. Communities bre density, a maze-like structure, and "Not everyone understands the impor- faced massive shortages of personal protec- fibre surface chemistry to effectively re- tance of airborne virus transmission, and tive equipment, prompting many people to ject submicron particles." commercially available. on their own may release glass fibres that the importance of wearing a mask," she said. make their own homemade masks. Georgia The best-performing materials for home- The researchers said people should can be inhaled. Other materials to avoid for She concluded, "I hope that the practice Tech quickly set up the study since it al- made masks were blackout drapery and avoid using filters such as a HEPA/MERV masks include loose-knitted material, bat- will continue to help reduce the release of ready had "a great system for testing filtra- sterilization wrap widely used for packing or vacuum bags unless they are certified ting fabric, felt, fleece, or shiny, reusable these viral particles into the environment tion efficiency using existing instruments in surgical instruments. Both materials are to be fibreglass-free since often such filters shopping bags. and help protect others." ‘Health technology in mobiles can be helpful for adults with heart disease’

Agencies declines with aging, particularly in people who have heart dis- Mobile health technology includ- ease. ing fitness apps have become a People who have experi- popular tool to track calories, enced a major cardiac event, weight loss, sleep, and even men- such as a heart attack or stroke, strual cycles, and now another are at 20 times the risk for fu- PUBLIC NOTICE benefit of using these applica- ture cardiac events compared tions has come to light. to people without heart disease, I want to change the name of my daughter from Aamina Arshad According to a new study, therefore more research is need- To Aamina Arshad Tramboo. If anybody having any objection in mobile health technology can ed to identify strategies to slow this regard he/she may file his/her objection in the office of the be beneficial in encouraging the progression of heart disease - Principal Presentation Convent School Raj Bagh Srinagar within Google Maps brings back lifestyle behaviour changes and secondary prevention strategies a period of three days from the date of publication of this notice. medication adherence among - in this population. After that no objection shall be entertained. compass on Android adults aged 60 and older with ex- The scientific statement isting heart disease. highlighted research from 26 Arshad Tramboo The findings of the study Over the last studies from the past 11 years F/O Aamina Arshad Tramboo Agencies were published in the American decade, mobile that examined mobile health R/o Kalashpora Shamswari X Heart Association journal 'Cir- health technology, technology for secondary heart oogle has announced that it is bringing back culation: Cardiovascular Qual- especially disease prevention in adults the compass widget within Maps on Android ity and Outcomes'. the wearable ages 60 and older with existing Office Of The Assistant Regional devices. Mobile health technology heart disease. In a support post, Google said it has de- -- the use of mobile and wire- technology and Studies that incorporated Transport Officer Anantnag cidedG to bring back the compass due to “overwhelm- less technologies to support the mobile health text messaging and website No. 101/5846/MVD/ANG Date:-03/04/2021 ing support” for the feature. achievement of health objectives application resource information showed NOTICE “We are excited to announce the return of the com- -- can include voice and short markets, has grown improvements in people's physi- pass on Maps for Android. The compass was removed messaging services (text messag- cal activity and other lifestyle Whereas joint application has from Maps for Android in early 2019 in an effort to ing), global positioning systems substantially behavioral changes after three been received by this office months of enrollment and led to clean up the Navigation screen but due to overwhelm- (GPS) and bluetooth technology, from Mr.Junaid Nazir Bhat S/O ing support it’s back,” the company said. as well as wearable devices that an increase in medication adher- Nazir Ahmad Bhat R/O Lal- “When you use Maps on Android to navigate to can monitor and inform the user tion that mobile health technol- ence among study participants. chowck Sheikhul alam (Party a destination, the compass will, again, be featured as about specific health measures ogy use is lower among older Significant improvements in No.1st) as Transferor, (Seller) one of the widgets on the right side of the screen. As or behaviors to improve health. adults, when in fact most Ameri- medication adherence have also Owner of the Vehicle Motor Cy- you rotate, the red arrow will indicate which direc- "Over the last decade, mobile cans aged 60 years and older own been noted in some trials when cle Bearing Regd. No.JK03G-2458(Commercial/ tion is north,” it added. health technology, especially the a cell phone and spend a signifi- study participants used a mobile Non-Commercial) covering under R/P No.Nill . and Mr.Yasir Arfat This feature is available for all Android users who wearable technology and mobile cant amount of leisure time in app or received a text messaging Beig S/O Khursheed Ahmad Beig R/O Shairgund Shangus(Party have updated to version 10.62 globally. For Google health application markets, has front of a screen. This statement reminder. A large systematic re- No.2nd) as Transferee (Purchaser) requesting for transfer of Maps users on iOS the compass was not removed and grown substantially," said the highlights the potential benefits view showed that successful mo- R/C & R/P of the above noted Vehicle from party No 1st and 2nd. will continue to be available, the company said. chair of the statement writing that mobile health interventions bile health interventions include And Cancellation of hire purchase agreement with Nill. Before Last month, Google Maps rolled out dark theme on committee Erica N. Schorr, PhD, can provide for monitoring, frequent, personalised, two-way the case is disposed off on its merit, anybody have any objection its Android app for users around the globe. B.S.B.A, R.N., FAHA, an associ- prompting, encouraging and messaging. regarding the proposed transfer Amy file his objection within (7) The Google Maps in dark model features a super- ate professor in the Adult and educating older adults with car- "We know that controlling days from the publication of this notice to the office of the un- dark shade of grey for the map background. The street Gerontological Health Coopera- diovascular disease." blood pressure, blood sugar and dersigned. No any representation / objection shall be entertained after stipulated period. names come in a lighter shade of grey, allowing users tive at the University of Minne- An estimated two-thirds of cholesterol are essential second- Assistant Regional to easily spot the important landmarks and roads. sota School of Nursing. all people with heart disease are ary prevention strategies and of- mja Transport Officer Anantnag Schorr added, "There is, 60 years old and over, and the ten require medication manage- however, a common mispercep- prevalence of physical activity ment," added Schorr.

Office Of The Assistant Regional OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT REGIONAL Office Of The Assistant Regional Transport Officer Anantnag TRANSPORT OFFICER ANANTNAG Transport Officer Anantnag No. 101/5856/MVD/ANG No. 101/5841/MVD/ANG No. 101/5777/MVD/ANG Date:-03/04/2021 Date:-03/04/2021 Date:-31/03/2021 NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE Whereas joint application has Whereas joint application has Whereas joint application has been received by this office from been received by this office from been received by this office from Mr.Mohd Iqbal Dar S/O Mohd Mr.Umar Rashid S/O Ab Rashid Mr.Mohd Jabbar Parray S/O Gh Shaban Dar R/O Aramgund Sheikh R/O Magraypora Achabal Ahmad Parray R/O Jablipora Bijbehara Anantnag(Party Anantnag(Party No.1st) as (Party No.1st) as Transferor, No.1st) as Transferor, (Seller) Transferor, (Seller) Owner of the (Seller) Owner of the Vehicle Alto Owner of the Vehicle Taveera Bearing Regd. Vehicle Maxi Cab Bearing Regd. No.JK03D- Bearing Regd. 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Assistant Regional Assistant Regional Assistant Regional mja Transport Officer Anantnag mja Transport Officer Anantnag mja Transport Officer Anantnag 09 Sunday | 04.04.2021 BUSINESS Surge In Commodity Govt Working On Options Petrol, Diesel Prices Prices To Impact India's Revision Unchanged For Economy, Says Ind-Ra For Promoting Horticulture 4Th Consecutive Day Agenceis demand, the stimulus measures Products In Global Markets: LG Agenceis during the period crude jumped to announced by the US, the roll out over $70 a barrel only to start falling urther surge in global commod- of Covid-19 vaccine and ultra-low il marketing companies on Sat- the after to touch close to $ 60 a bar- ity prices will have serious im- interest rates are fuelling the surge urday continued on the pause rel and is now slightly up at $ 63.5 Fplications for India's economy in commodity prices. Omode and decided against re- a barrel. It was cut for the first time which is still struggling to come Consequently, energy commod- vising the petrol and diesel after cut- this year on March 24 and 25 before out of the Covid-19 impact, ratings ity prices over the past six months ting its retail rates on Tuesday. revision being put on hold again. agency Ind-Ra said. have increased by 55.4 per cent, the Accordingly, pump price of pet- Sources said that oil companies As per Ind-Ra, a higher retail in- increase in non-energy commodity rol and diesel remained at previous took time to revise petrol and diesel flation not accompanied by a com- prices is 19.3 per cent. days level of Rs 90.56 and Rs 80.87 a prices downwards earlier as they mensurate increase in wage growth Among the major non-energy litre respectively in the capital. were covering up for losses incurred will adversely impact the consump- subgroups, agricultural commodi- Petrol and diesel fell by 22 paisa on its sale when crude was high and tion demand and in turn investment ties rose by 16 per cent, fertilisers and 23 paisa per litre respectively on retail prices remained static. Some in- revival in the economy. 30.2 per cent and metals and miner- Tuesday in the wake global soften- dications suggest that their was a loss "Though a spike in global agri- als by 25.1 per cent. On a more dis- ing of oil prices. OMC has decided of Rs 4 and Rs 2 per litre on sale of die- cultural commodity prices could aggregated level, the prices of cop- to pause price revision as crude has sel and petrol respectively earlier that benefit India, it may not move the per, aluminium, tin, nickel and zinc again gained and climbed up to close had now been more or less covered. needle favourably because India, have gone up by 26.3 per cent, 19.2 to $65 a barrel from a lower $ 60 a The current reduction in retail despite the world's biggest exporter per cent, 46.6 per cent, 25.1 per cent barrel earlier. prices has not helped in bringing of Basmati rice, exported just $6.59 and 12.4 per cent respectively. Across the country as well, the down fuel prices that have crossed Rs petrol and diesel price remain static 100 per litre (petrol) mark in several on Saturday but its retail levels var- parts of the country and continues to Observer News Service besides doubling farmer’s income. He further said that the institu- ied depending on the level of local remain above the levels even now. While expressing his satisfaction tional credit mechanism has been • LG Felicitates Progressive over an overwhelming participation strengthened and farmers are being Farmers; Releases of Farmers in the programme, the Lt given loans under the KCC scheme Governor said that the Farmers of so as to insulate them from the “Krishi Calendar” Jammu & Kashmir are progressive clutches of private money lenders. • Stresses for adopting and adaptive to new farming tech- The Lt Governor also emphasized Integrated, Organic & niques. He emphasized on adopt- for promoting organic products, Sustainable Farming for ing integrated farming which has agro-entrepreneurship and stressed the potential to explore more agro- that the farmers should brand their better remunerative prices based livelihood opportunities. products and adopt cooperative BARAMULLA: Right Marketing, Pack- “The income of the Farmers will based market linking so that the agri- aging, and Branding of Horticulture triple even quadrupled with the culture sector is made remunerative. produce at different forums is being adoption of all modern, latest and sci- Meanwhile, the Lieutenant Gov- done for getting appropriate divi- entific know-hows based on chang- ernor distributed felicitation awards dends for farmers and other stake- ing circumstances in agricultural and farming machinery among the holders associated with the sector. fields”, the Lt Governor observed. progressive farmers of the district. Lieutenant Governor, Manoj The Horticulture sector is the Pertinently, these farmers have ex- billion worth of cereals and import- In addition, it warned against a Sinha made these remarks dur- backbone of our economy and about celled in several agro based sectors ed vegetable oil and pulses worth commodity super cycle. ing his visit to Baramulla where he 30 lakh population is associated using modern farming techniques. levies on respective states. Since the beginning of February $9.66 billion and $1.44 billion, re- This phenomenon occurs as a inaugurated a Mega Farmers and with it directly or indirectly for their He also released the ‘Krishi Cal- In Mumbai petrol continues to be crude has gained more than $7 per spectively, in FY20." "long-term, above-trend move- Growers Mela that was organized livelihoods, said the Lt Governor, endar’ at the event which highlight- priced at Rs 96.98 a litre and diesel barrel that pushed OMCs to increase "On the other hand, India's import ments in a wide range of base ma- by the Agriculture Production & adding that Rs 2008 Cr in the recent- ed the achievements recorded by at Rs 87.96 a litre. Premium petrol, fuel prices on 14 occasions raising the bill on oil, coal and nonferrous met- terial prices, driven by a structural Farmers' Welfare department as a ly passed UT budget was earmarked the Agriculture Department. however, continues to remain over prices by Rs 4.22 per litre for petrol als was $129.86 billion, $22.45 billion change in demand". part of the ongoing Azaadi Ka Am- for the agriculture sector which is At the outset of the event, the Lt Rs 100 a litre in the city as is the case and by Rs 4.34 a litre for diesel in Delhi. and $13.14 billion, respectively." The last such super cycle started rut Mahotsav celebrations. the highest ever allocation till date. Governor inspected various stalls with several cities across the country. The petrol and diesel prices have According to the agency, a in early 2000 and lasted till the glob- The Lt Governor also launched Enlisting various farm centric that were installed by the Agricul- The OMCs went on price cut for increased 26 times in 2021 with the faster-than-expected recovery in al financial crisis of 2008. a Massive High Density Plantation initiatives that were taken by the ture and allied departments display- the first time this year on two con- two auto fuels increasing by Rs 7.46 drive which is aimed to introduce government, the Lt Governor said ing different farming schemes/pro- secutive days – March 24 and 25 af- and Rs 7.60 per litre respectively so high yielding horticultural variet- that the Government is sensitive to- grammes and other useful farming ter keeping oil prices steady for past far this year. This is for the first time ies for getting enhanced outputs in wards issues of the farmers. Several machinery and equipment. In ad- 24 days. It again reduced the price it has fallen this year. Govt Allows Further horticulture production. laws have been relaxed wherein dition to that, some stalls were also on March 30. Officials in public sector oil com- Speaking on the occasion, the farmers can now avail benefits from installed by private entrepreneurs Petrol and diesel prices were panies said that retail price may rise Lt Governor asserted that the High different government sponsored associated with the farming sector. last revised upwards on February again if crude and product prices Operational Flexibility Density Plantation along with value welfare schemes and programmes Sh. Navin Kumar Choudhary, Prin- 27 and ever since then retail prices pick up but for now it will fall over addition of agricultural and horti- which were previously not available cipal Secretary, Agriculture Produc- remained unchanged even though the needy few days. To GST Filers cultural produce is the most viable owing to restrictive enactments, tion Department presented the vale- option for getting better outcomes. added the Lt Governor. dictory address wherein he gave a Several novel initiatives are be- He also said that testing labs brief description of various schemes ing taken by the present dispen- based on international standards and programmes sponsored by the India Pitches For sation at the central as well as the shall be established for welfare of agriculture department. Such events regional level for connecting the the farming community, adding are being organized to acquaint the farming sector with the global mar- that strict legal action shall be taken farmers regarding the latest technol- Easing Cuts In Crude ket chain, added the Lt Governor. against all those stakeholders/deal- ogies and giving exposure to them Focus is being given to aggressive ers involved in the sale of spurious by bringing farmers, agriculture sci- Oil Production marketing, branding, packaging, dis- pesticides and fertilizers. entists, and other stakeholders on a tribution, and promotion of the local On promotion of High Density common platform, he added. Horticulture produce in the Inter- Plantation, the Lt Governor observed Sh. Sanjay Kumar Chadha, Man- national Circuit. GI Tagging and or- that the Agriculture Department has aging Director, NAFED also spoke on ganic certification has been done to signed MoU with National Agricul- the occasion and highlighted the key promote the products of J&K at the tural Cooperative Marketing Federa- features of High Density Plantation. global market, said the Lt Governor. tion of India Ltd. (NAFED) wherein Sh. Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal, Agenceis required as invoices already saved The Lt Governor observed that the high density horticultural varieties Director, Agriculture, Kashmir deliv- in any of the months on the quar- High Density Plantation drive will go like Apple, Walnut, Mango, Straw- ered the welcome address while Sh. NEW DELHI: The government has ter may be either deleted/moved a long way in enhancing the quality berry, and Litchi shall be developed Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, Director Horticulture allowed further flexibility to tax to quarterly GSTR-1 by a function- and quantity of Horticulture produce, on about 5500 hectares of land. Kashmir presented the Vote of Thanks. filers operating under the Quar- ality to be introduced shortly. terly Return Filing and Monthly The advisory also said that Payment of Taxes (QRMP) scheme any submitted but not filed IFF of GST. These tax filers will now for the month of Jan-2021 or be permitted to declare invoices Feb-2021 must be filed before 'High Density Plantation, A Way pertaining to movement of goods filing GSTR-1 for Jan-Mar-2021 and services in their quarterly re- quarter. The advisory has been Towards Doubling Farmers Income' turn form GSTR 1 to be filed in the issued for filing quarterly GSTR-1 Agenceis last month of each quarter. for January – March 2021 under As per an advisory issued by QRMP scheme. PULWAMA: The District Devel- Agenceis other crude producers. the Goods and Services Tax Net- The taxpayers under QRMP opment Commissioner (DDC) “India has been appealing to work (GSTN), the taxpayer must scheme have a facility to file In- Pulwama, Baseer Ul Haq Choud- ndia on Friday strongly pitched for crude oil producing countries – ensure that any saved but not voice Furnishing Facility (IFF) in hary today said that optimum easing cuts in crude oil production OPEC and OPEC Plus, since the be- Filed/Submitted IFF (Invoice Fur- first two months of the quarter High density plantation will help Isaying high oil prices are hurting ginning of the year, to ease crude nishing Facility) records for the and file Form GSTR-1 in third in doubling the farmers income the consumption-led recovery of sev- oil production cuts announced first two months of the quarter month of the quarter. As IFF is an besides boosting the Horticulture eral countries including it. last year, as high crude prices hurt i.e. month of Jan-2021 or Feb- optional facility it cannot be filed sector in the district. Spokesperson in the Ministry the consumption-led recovery of 2021 must be deleted using RE- after the end date (13th of the The DC said this during the of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi several countries including India,” SET button before filing GSTR-1 month succeeding the IFF period). launch of High density planta- also said that crude supply should Bagchi said. for Jan-Mar-2021 quarter. The document saved in IFF, where tion drive by him under ‘Azadi be market determined rather than “Crude supply should be market The advisory added that the de- taxpayer has not filed by the end Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ campaign The DDC assured that district fice complex here. The rally was artificially managed. determined rather than artificially leted records should be added in date, cannot be filed anymore. here in presence of District Hor- administration will take all steps organized by the Department At the same time, he said India managed,” he added. GSTR-1 for Jan-Mar-2021 quarter Hence taxpayers have a been ticulture officer and other con- in equipping farmers with mod- of Youth Services and Sports in has noted announcements by OPEC The MEA spokesperson said the after deleting the saved records asked to declare such document cerned officials. ern technology besides hand- which scores of students and de- and OPEC Plus to effect a slight eas- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural from IFF. In future this may not be in the GSTR-1 for the quarter. Speaking on the occasion, the holding of young entrants into partmental officials participated. ing of crude production cuts. Gas is reviewing closely the global DDC said the launch of planta- the farm sector. He urged upon The rally went through the main The OPEC (Organisation of the crude supplies and price situation. THE ADVISORY ALSO SAID THAT ANY SUBMITTED tion drive will be a watershed the farmers to avail the benefits of market of Pulwama town with an Petroleum Exporting Countries) is “We have noted that OPEC and but not filed IFF for the month of Jan-2021 or Feb-2021 for farmers/orchardists switching government schemes so that self aim to create awareness among an influential entity that plays a key OPEC Plus have announced last must be filed before filing GSTR-1 for Jan-Mar-2021 over to the High density planta- reliance is achieved. people to Save Water. District role in policy formulations relating week a slight easing of crude pro- tion having high yield potential Later, the DDC flagged off an Sports Officer and other officials to crude production. duction cuts, even though it is still quarter. The advisory has been issued for filing quarterly and minimal inputs. awareness rally from the DC of- were present on the occasion. The OPEC Plus comprises the far below the originally announced GSTR-1 for January – March 2021 under QRMP scheme. OPEC countries, Russia and several schedule of cuts,” he added.

Google Wifi App Getting Rolled Govt Withdraws Cut In Rate On Small Savings Schemes Agenceis tinue to be at the rates which Into Google Home App: Report existed in the last quarter of New Delhi: In a relief to sav- 2020-2021, ie, rates that pre- SAN FRANCISCO: Google is reportedly change since 2019, when it launched ers, Finance Minister Nirmala vailed as of March 2021. Orders shutting down its dedicated Google the Nest Wifi routers, which could Sitharaman on Thursday said issued by oversight shall be Wifi app for managing its routers and only be configured in the Google the government will withdraw withdrawn," Sitharaman said in rolling that functionality over to the Home app. orders to cut interest rate on a early morning tweet. Google Home app to help users con- Google points out that migrating small savings schemes and as- Interest rate on Public Provi- trol and manage all their connected existing Wifi setups to the Google sured to restore the rates to last dent Fund (PPF) was reduced products in one place. Home app will offer some new bene- quarter of the financial year by 0.7 per cent to 6.4 per cent, The switchover to the Google Home fits, including the ability to use Google ending on March 31. while National Savings Certifi- app will come in two phases first, Assistant for things like pausing the In a jolt to savers, the Finance cate (NSC) was to earn 0.9 per Google will disable most of the func- Wi-Fi connection, testing your current Ministry on Wednesday had re- cent less at 5.9 per cent. tionality of the Google Wifi app on internet speed, and showing a guest duced interest rate by up to 1.1 The steepest fall of 1.1 per May 25, The Verge reported on Friday. Wi-Fi password on a Google Nest Hub per cent across various small cent was effected in the one- Starting then, users will only be Then, Google will remove the Wifi or Nest Hub Max display. savings schemes, including the year term deposit. The new rate able to view the current status of their app from the Play Store and iOS App Migrating a network setup seems National Savings Certificates was brought down to 4.4 per networks, but any changes, including Store, funneling all users to exclusive- to be a relatively simple process, al- (NSC) and Public Provident cent as compared to 5.5 per cent. adding new routers or access points, ly use the Google Home app in June, though Google’s how-to warns that Fund (PPF). Interest rates for small sav- will have to be done in the Google the report said. once a user switch over to the Google "Interest rates of small sav- ings schemes are notified on a Home app. Google has been working on this Home app, they can’t go back. ings schemes of GoI shall con- quarterly basis. NEWS Sunday | 04.04.2021 10 Chenab Bridge Project In J&K On Course, Construction COVID VACCINATION Govt Asks States/UTs Not To Of Arches To Be Completed Soon: Officials Allow Fresh Registrations Press Trust of India weather conditions and con- tractual issues. NEW DELHI; The construc- While the work on the bridge Of Healthcare Workers tion of the iconic Chenab Arch started in July 2017 with a target of Press Trust of India vaccination commenced from Bridge, which will soar 359 me- completing its construction by the March 1 for those over 60 years tres above the bed of the river end of 2019, it came to a halt due NEW DELHI: The Centre on of age and for people aged 45 and will be 30 metres higher to contractual issues in 2018. The Saturday directed the states and and above with specified co- than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, revised deadline is now December UTs that no fresh registrations of morbid conditions. will reach another milestone 2021. The cost of constructing the healthcare and frontline workers In the letter, Bhushan said all with the completion of its ma- bridge is Rs 1,300 crore. will be allowed since some ineli- efforts have been made in close jestic arches in a couple of days, With the threat of terrorism gible beneficiaries were getting collaboration with states and officials said on Saturday. to be considered, the bridge, their names enlisted for vaccina- UTs to saturate vaccination of Recently, Railway Minister which is located just 60 km from tion against COVID-19, under this HCWs and FLWs. Piyush Goyal announced that the Line of Control (LoC) with category, in violation of rules. While tracking the progress, the bottom ends of the main Pakistan, was planned in such Union Health Secretary Rajesh timeline for completing vac- arch were connected. With the a way that even if one of the 17 Bhushan, in a letter, said registra- cination of all HCWs and FLWs completion of the upper arch, estimated cost of Rs 28,000 1.2-metre-wide central verge. in the Kashmir valley began in piers supporting it were to be tion of persons aged 45 years and with first dose of COVID-19 vac- the two will now be closed. crore to connect the valley to The bridge will include 17 2002 when the government blown up, it will not collapse. above will continue to be permitted cine has been extended multi- Next, the tracks will be laid. the rest of the country. spans with a 469-metre main planned to connect Baramulla, Officials said a ring of aerial secu- on Co-WIN portal, and asked the ple times and was finally fixed The bridge, which will be the Railway officials said the arch across the Chenab river Kashmir's northernmost city, rity is also a part of the plan along states/UTs to ensure universal vacci- at February 25 for HCWs and world's highest bridge once bridge can withstand earth- and viaducts on either side and to New Delhi. But despite be- with online monitoring systems. nation of already registered health- March 6 for FLWs, he stated. completed in December, will quakes with a magnitude of according to officials, steel was ing prioritised by the Atal The last remaining section of care workers (HCWs) and frontline Around one month has provide all-weather connectiv- up to eight and high-intensity chosen to construct the bridge Bihari Vajpayee government as the rail link, Katra-Banihal (111 workers (FLWs) at the earliest. elapsed since these timelines ity to Kashmir with the rest of blasts. as it will be more economical a "project of national impor- km), is currently under execu- The countrywide vaccination and even after starting the vac- the country seamlessly. It will have a design speed of and able to resist temperatures tance", the construction was de- tion. It is targeted for comple- drive was rolled out on January cination of the population above It is part of an ambitious 272- around 100 kilometres per hour of minus 20 degree Celsius and layed. The biggest setback was tion in December 2022. Work 16 with HCWs getting inoculat- 60 years, provision was made to km rail link project in Kashmir, with a lifespan of 120 years. wind speeds of above 200 kilo- the construction of the Chenab on 126 km of the 174 km of tun- ed and the vaccination of FLWs register and vaccinate HCWs and which is being constructed by It will include a 14-metre- metre per hour. bridge, which faced several de- nels on the section has already started from February 2. FLWs with a view to ensure opti- the Northern Railway at an wide dual carriageway and a Preparations for a rail link lays, mostly due to inclement been completed. The next phase of COVID-19 mal coverage, he underlined. Row Over 'Two Shots' Of Covid Vaccine To Chhattisgarh: Five Jawans, One Naxal Killed In Encounter

Woman In One Go, Officials Deny Possibility Press Trust of India "Separate joint teams of secu- and the Special Task Force area (in Sukma)," Pal said, add- rity forces, over 2,000 in number, (STF) were involved in the op- ing the gunfight lasted for about KANPUR (UP): After a controversy doses being given in one go. as the "auto-disable syringe" can- RAIPUR: Five security person- had launched a major anti-Naxal eration launched from five three hours. arose over reports of a woman pur- "It is technically not possible to not be reused, Prasad explained nel were killed and 12 others in- operation from Bijapur and Sukma places - Tarrem, Usoor and As per the information re- portedly getting two shots of an administer two shots to anyone after reports about the alleged neg- jured on Saturday in an encoun- districts in the South Bastar forests, Pamed (Bijapur) and Minpa and ceived so far, five security per- anti-Covid vaccine in one go at a pri- back to back," Additional Chief ligence went viral on TV channels. ter with Naxals in a forest along considered as the Maoist strong- Narsapuram (Sukma), he said. sonnel have been killed and 12 mary health centre in Akbarpur area Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Kanpur Dehat's Chief Medical the border between Bijapur and hold, on Friday night," state's "At around 12 noon on others injured, he said. of Kanpur Dehat district, health offi- Prasad told PTI in Lucknow after Officer Rajesh Katiyar, mean- Sukma districts in Chhattisgarh, Deputy Inspector General (anti- Saturday, an encounter broke "Of the martyred personnel, cials claimed that only one dose was reports emerged that the auxilia- while, said Officiating Medical police officials said. naxal operations) OP Pal said. out between the patrolling one belonged to the CoBRA unit administered. The condition of a ry nursing midwife (ANM), who Superintendent I H Khan, who The body of a woman Maoist The personnel belonging team that was dispatched from and two each are from the DRG woman, who was allegedly ad- gave the shots, was on a phone was asked to probe the inci- was also recovered from the en- to the Central Reserve Police Tarrem and ultras belong- and the 'Bastariya' battalion of ministered two shots of the vac- call leading to the goof-up. dent, met the woman, Kamlesh counter spot, they said. Force (CRPF), its elite unit ing PLGA (Peoples' Liberation the CRPF," the DIG said. cine is stable, officials said here. After the administration of one Kumari, to know the facts and A senior police officer claimed, CoBRA (Commando Battalion Guerilla Army) battalion of He said a woman naxal A senior official, meanwhile, dose of the vaccine, the syringe she denied that she received two prima facie, Maoists have suffered for Resolute Action), the Maoists near Jonaguda village was also gunned down in the ruled out the possibility of two and needle have to be disposed of shots of the vaccine. a "huge loss" in the gunfight. District Reserve Guard (DRG) under Jagargunda police station encounter.

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Peace Has accused beneficiary was functioning as deputy within one month supported by affidavit of Celsius below normal for this time of the year Meanwhile, the employees of the information not all about flowers, it is about throwing manager. the Deputy Commissioner himself,” the court in the place, he said. department have condoled Ahmad’s demise open job opportunities to people and provid- The ACB had said that J&K Bank had entered added. Pahalgam, the famous resort in south and expressed heartfelt condolences with the ing livelihood to hoteliers, restaurant owners into insurance deal in violation of norms, with During a previous hearing, the High Court Kashmir, recorded a minimum of minus 0.2 bereaved family. They also prayed for eternal and footpath vendors,” he said. IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance Company in banned constructions within 200 metres of the degree Celsius against 0.7 degree Celsius on the peace to the departed soul. He said that Indian film industry, especially which Nengroo’s relative was working. boundaries of the Wular Lake, one of the larg- earlier night, he said. The Director General of Police, J&K Dilbag South Indian film makers have evinced inter- est freshwater lakes of Asia. Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded Singh has also expressed grief over the demise est in shooting in Kashmir and that he has No Trade With The court had also directed authorities to a low of 1.7 degree Celsius against previous of Mir Gowhar Ahmed. personally met some filmmakers recently. “I the Economic Coordination Committee ensure that no garbage was “at all” dumped night’s 4.3 degree Celsius, the official said. The DGP in his message has prayed for the am hopeful to see entire Bollywood industry (ECC) which considers these suggestions from within the boundaries or within such distance The minimum temperature settled at minus peace of the departed soul and expressed his shooting in Kashmir including the Tulip gar- an economic and commercial point of view. of the Lake as is mandated by the law as well 1.5 degree Celsius in Kupwara against 0.5 de- sympathy with the bereaved family. den. Government will ensure elaborate secu- After consideration by the ECC, its decisions are as the International and National Protocols for gree Celsius on the previous night in the north “Mir Gowhar Ahmed was former PRO of rity for the Bollywood film makers and actors,” presented to the Cabinet for ratification and fi- such area. Kashmir district, the official said. Police Headquarters Jammu and Kashmir. He LG Sinha said. nal approval, the report said. Rejecting the “excuse” by the government Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort in was inducted in Indian Administrative Services He also hoped that international cargo ser- In the present case, a proposal was present- that garbage was dumped within the boundar- north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, recorded and served as Administrative Secretary to dif- vices will start at the Srinagar International ed to the ECC to allow the import of cotton, cot- ies of the Wular Lake “for want of land for the a minimum temperature of minus 3.5 degree ferent departments,” a police spokesperson airport soon so that Kashmir products reach ton yarn and sugar from India keeping in view dumping of the garbage,” the court had made Celsius against minus 2.6 degree Celsius on the said. international market within shortest possible domestic requirements, it said. it clear that the authorities were “bound to and previous night. The temperature was minus 0.8 time. With regards to the ECC decision to allow shall ensure that no garbage at all is dumped degree Celsius below normal for the place dur- Youth Held Over import of sugar, cotton and cotton yarn from within the boundaries or within such distance ing this time of the year, the official added. He was arrested on the spot and is being Commandoes Rushed India, Khan held consultations with key mem- of the Lake as is mandated by the law as well In view of a fresh western disturbance af- questioned at a police station, he added. started at Choor ki Gali Sedaw area of bers of his Cabinet on Friday and decided that as the International and National Protocols of fecting Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, the #Hurpora_Shopian. Police and Army are on the Pakistan could not go ahead with any trade the area. “Every step in this regard shall be un- weatherman has forecast fresh rains or snow Arms, Ammunition job. Further details shall follow,” Police wrote with India under the current circumstances, it dertaken to ensure that there is no pollution of next week with main activity during April 6 a concealed bag containing arms and on its official Twitter handle. said. the Lake,” the court had added. Subsequently and 7. ammunition. However, a local news agency KNO quoted The ECC had decided on commercial grounds various places were identified for the dumping “Dry weather is expected till late afternoon/ The recovered arms and ammunition, the an unnamed police officer as saying that after to recommend these imports for the Cabinet’s of the waste. evening of April 4,” the official said. police spokesperson said, included one Chinese brief exchange of fire, militants are believed consideration. “As per present data analysis and synoptic pistol with four magazines, one UBGL with to have escaped from the spot as there was no While the decision was not on the formal 501 New Cases conditions, a fresh WD may most likely affect four rounds, 3 Radio Set Antennas, one 9 Volt fresh exchange of fire. However, the officer said agenda of the Cabinet meeting, the issue was and were discharged from various hospi- J&K and adjoining areas from 4th night with its Battery, three rounds of 7.62mm and 98 rounds that search operation was still underway in the brought up by Cabinet members and the prime tals—31 from Jammu Division and 109 from peak intensity during 6th evening to 7th morn- of 9 mm besides a bonnet cover. area. minister instructed that the ECC’s decision be Kashmir Division. There are 3574 covid-19 ac- ing and gradual decrease thereafter.” “Upon this, a case FIR Number 44/2021 un- The official said that helicopter and Para deferred and immediately reviewed, the report tive cases—840 in Jammu division and 3734 in der relevant sections of law stands registered commandos were also pressed into the service said. Kashmir. 126860 people have recovered so far Highway Reopens at Police Station Khansahib and investigation is but so far no fresh with the militants has been The Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Khan in the J-K, they added. strategic 274km highway from Srinagar to- taken up,” he added. established. on Thursday rejected the proposal of the high- wards Jammu if the weather and road condi- “Given the dense forest area and no mobile powered committee to import cotton from Dr Farooq Hospitalized tions are suitable. Man Charged For connectivity, the operation in the area is very India, with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood everyone for their messages of support & “Tomorrow (April 4), subject to fair weath- 13th Finance Srinagar, in a case FIR No. tough and as of now searches are underway,” Qureshi asserting that there can be no nor- their prayers,” Omar, National Conference vice er and better road condition, LMVs shall be 30/2013 U/S 420, 467, 468 RPC filed against he added. malisation of ties until New Delhi reverses its president and former Chief Minister of J&K. allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu on him. decision in 2019 to revoke the special status of On March 30, Farooq, who is Lok Sabha Jammu-Srinagar highway,” he said. “The Crime Branch Kashmir had received 10 Arrested For Jammu and Kashmir. member from Srinagar, tested positive for the “However, TCU Srinagar shall liaise with TCU a communication from the Sub Registrar police station Pampore arrested 10 identi- Pakistan’s U-turn on Thursday came a day virus, four weeks after getting covid-19 vaccine Ramban before releasing the traffic,” he added. Srinagar with an enclosure comprising of a fied miscreants and booked them under rel- after the ECC, under newly-appointed Finance jab. Abdullah, 85, was given the first dose of the partnership deed which inter alia revealed evant sections of law. Efforts are on for the ar- Minister Hammad Azhar, recommended im- vaccine at the SK Institute of Medical Sciences, HC Quashes that the office of Sub registrar Srinagar has re- rest of others involved persons and they will be porting cotton and sugar from India, lifting a Soura on March 2. indulged in any illegal activity in the year ceived a letter from J&K Bank Branch Unit Bazar booked accordingly,” he said. nearly two-year-long ban on its import from Prime Minister Narendra Modi also wished 2017, 2018 and 2019 i.e. till the passing of de- Batmalloo, regarding ascertaining the genuine- Warning stern action against the stone pel- the neighbouring country amidst tensions over Farooq Abdullah, a speedy recovery.“Praying tention order. Thus apparently there is a delay ness of a deed of partnership, alleged to have ters, the police spokesperson said that these the Kashmir issue. for the good health and speedy recovery of three years in passing the order of deten- been registered in the office of Sub registrar incidents will not be tolerated and parents India has said that it desires normal neigh- of Dr. Farooq Abdullah Ji. Also praying for tion,” the court said as per GNS. Srinagar,” the CBK said. should refrain their children from indulging in bourly relations with Pakistan in an environ- your and the entire family’s good health @ “So, once there is a gap of three years in the “The communication revealed that some such activities. ment free of “terror, hostility, and violence”. OmarAbdullah,” he tweeted. issuance of order of detention, vis-à-vis last il- people had prepared the sale deed in a forged Pertinently, three local militants were killed The ECC’s decision had raised hopes of a Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant legal activity attributed to the petitioner, the manner ascribing it to the office of the Sub by government forces in an encounter in partial revival of Pakistan-India bilateral trade Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday prayed for proximate link between the detention order Registrar,” it said, adding, “Accordingly Crime Kakpora area of Pulwama on Friday. Police had relations, which were suspended after the the speedy recovery of Dr Farooq. and the purpose for which Branch Kashmir registered an FIR to investigate claimed that two of three killed militants were August 5, 2019 decision of New Delhi to revoke I pray to Allah for his speedy recovery, Sinha It has been issued is snapped. On this ground the matter.” involved in an attack on a BJP leader’s house in the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. told reporters on the sidelines of a function at only, the order impugned is required to be During the course of investigation, it was Nowgam area of Srinagar a day earlier in which In May 2020, Pakistan lifted the ban on the Tulip Garden here. quashed.” found that the accused Abdul Rashid Haroon a policeman was killed. import of medicines and raw material of es- NC general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar Otherwise also, the court said: “a perusal of had deceived the victims with criminal inten- The killing of militants had set off violent sential drugs from India amidst the COVID-19 on Saturday presided over a meeting here at the ground of detention reveals that there is tion under the pretext of registering their part- protests near the gunfight site in Kakpora leav- pandemic. the party headquarters ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ where no whisper that the petitioner was earlier also nership deeds, it added. ing at least eight people injured with pellet and India’s move to revoke the special sta- he led the party functionaries in praying for the detained under the Public Safety Act and his bullet injuries, including a woman. tus of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 angered speedy recovery and well-being of the party order of detention was quashed by the court 2 Grenade Throwers Pakistan, which downgraded diplomatic ties president. vide order dated 31st December 2016 and it is Post at the Bus Stand Sopore on December Ex-J&K Bank and expelled the Indian High Commissioner Sagar thanked everyone for their good wish- evident that this vital fact has not been brought last in which three civilians were injured, a Court against Nengroo in another case regis- in Islamabad. Pakistan also snapped all air and es and prayers for Abdullah’s quick recovery. to the notice of the detaining authority.” police spokesperson said Saturday. During tered against him in 2019. He further said that land links with India and suspended trade and I express my earnest gratitude to all socio- It added: “Needless to mention here that questioning, he said that the duo confessed J&K Bank had suffered a loss of over Rs 250 crore railway services. political, religious leaders and people from notwithstanding the quashing of the earlier that they are working for LeT outfit as over- on account of salary paid to the illegally appoint- all walks of life for their good wishes for the detention order, the subsequent detention or- ground workers (OGWs) and had thrown the ed employees over the period. No Dumping Ground speedy recovery of Dr Farooq Sahib from der can be passed, but the facts remains that Grenade on police post on the directions of LeT “Further investigation in the case is in prog- ground nor any steps have been taken by COVID-19. The get-well wishes and prayers the issuance as well as quashing of earlier de- militants. ress,” he said. the Deputy Commissioner to ensure that the that have been pouring in from across the tention order must be brought to the notice of Regarding the incident, he said a case Pertinently, Nengroo has also been accused Municipal Corporation works effectively for country and abroad have comforted us all at the detaining authority, that has not been done FIR No.349/2020 was registered in Police of conferring undue benefits to an insurance lifting the garbage,” the court observed. this difficult time, he said. in the instant case.” Station Sopore and investigation set into the company where his close relative was working. B. A. Dar, senior AAG, submitted that recent- He expressed gratitude to the workers, party The court also quashed detention order, motion. In 2019, ACB filed a case against Nengroo ly the new Deputy Commissioner Baramulla functionaries and people for holding spe- also passed in 2019 by Deputy Commissioner “The duo also confessed that they were de- for resorting to the acts of favouritism and has taken over the charge and, as such, he may cial prayers in various prominent shrines and Srinagar against one Bashir Ahmad Bhat. sirous to join the militant ranks but before that abuse of official position as Chairman J&K be allowed some more time for taking action mosques. ”Petitioner( Bhat) be set at liberty forthwith a hand grenade was handed over to them with Bank by facilitating appointment of his close in regard to the matters connected in this PIL. On the occasion, Sagar advised party func- from the preventive custody provided he is not the directions to throw it on any security forc- relative Asif Manzoor Beig in connivance “In view of the above, we direct B. A. Dar, tionaries and workers to exercise caution and required in any other case,” the court added. es/ police establishments in Sopore area,” the with MD IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance learned Sr. AAG to submit a fresh action tak- refrain from visiting hospitals where the party (GNS) police spokesperson said Company, against annual salary package of Rs en report regarding the establishment of the president has been hospitalised. He said both the alleged OGWs have been 19, 28,886 which is approximately 2.5 times dumping ground for the garbage and for clean- Ex-Deputy Director formally arrested on April 01in the case and are higher than that of the package given by Bajaj ing and lifting of the garbage from the town of Mercury Dips In supplies department and director handi- presently on Police remand. Allianz General Insurance Company where the Sopore,” the court said “He may file the report Celsius on the previous night. It was 4.1 degree crafts in the Jammu and Kashmir government. “Further investigation is going on,” he added. 11 Sunday | 04.04.2021 SPORTS Despite COVID-19 Spike, IPL 2021 Bullish BCCI Wants To Stage Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2021 Matches In Mumbai - Full Squad List, Strengths, Press Trust of India is in constant touch with Axar and Weaknesses And Form Analysis ensuring his safety and well-being." MUMBAI: The Board of Control With addition of 47,000 cases for Cricket in India (BCCI) is bull- on Friday, Maharashtra is looking ish about holding the 10 IPL games at a potential situation of a mini- in Mumbai between April 10-25 lockdown as indicated by Chief despite an enormous spike in CO- Minister Uddhav Thackeray. VID-19 cases in the city, saying cre- "...I am giving an indication for ating a bio-bubble at an alternative a complete lockdown, but not an- venue would not be feasible at a nouncing it formally. If things do short notice. not improve visibly in a couple Delhi Capitals' Axar Patel, 10 of days and if no other solution is members of the ground staff at found, we will have to announce Wankhede stadium and six event another lockdown like it is being managers, deployed by the BCCI, done globally," Maharashtra CM have added to the growing list of had tweeted late on Friday. Budgam Police Felicitates positive cases in the Indian Pre- When a senior BCCI office- mier League (IPL), starting April 9. bearer was asked about the situ- Press Trust of India joined by the immensely accurate Hyderabad and Indore have ation, he admitted that BCCI is off-spinner Washington, who was been kept as stand by venues for indeed concerned but are hopeful Meritorious Sports BENGALURU: Armed with exciting Kohli’s go to man in the power- the IPL in case the COVID situa- of pulling off matches. new recruits, including Australia plays last season. tion spirals out of control but as of "Look, even if there is a lock- all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and The two will have assistance now, the BCCI is confident about down, the teams are in bio-bubble New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson, from Maxwell, who consistently holding the games in Mumbai. and also it's a closed-door event. Persons Of The District perennial under-achievers Royal bowls for Australia in white-ball "Yes, Hyderabad is one of the So we are still confident that IPL Observer News Service lated the achievers for making the sports events organised by Bud- Challengers Bangalore will hope to cricket and in the Big Bash League, stand-by venues but for all prac- games in Mumbai will be held as feat and hoped that they would gam Police on a regular basis. battle hard in their bid for the elu- while Australian Adam Zampa is tical purposes, we are still not per schedule with Delhi Capitals SRINAGAR: Police in Budgam today also inspire other youth in engag- The sports achievers who were sive IPL trophy. another available leg spin option. thinking about shifting games playing Chennai Super Kings on felicitated meritorious sports per- ing them in sports activities. He felicitated during the event includ- Balance issues in the squad, from Mumbai. It will be difficult April 10 on the second day of the sons of district Budgam who have also said that the sports play an ed Parvaiz Ahmad Gojree (Cycling), injuries and over reliance on skip- WEAKNESSES: to create another bio-bubble at tournament. excelled in various sports categories. important role in the overall per- Adil Teli (Cycling), Mohmiss Ins- per Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers such short notice," a senior BCCI "But Hyderabad and Indore are The event was organised at District sonality development of an indi- mail Wani (Cycling), Suhail Ahmad marred RCB’s chances to win the The RCB pace department does official told PTI on Saturday. there on stand-by in case the situ- Police Headquarters Budgam. vidual and is important for chan- Dar (Cycling), Mohammad Akbar title last season. Off to a brilliant not inspire confidence. Navdeep The organisers are worried ation goes out of hand. But if there The event was attended by SSP nelisation of youth energy to keep Khan (Cycling), Anisa Muzaffar (Ka- start, they ran out of steam to- Saini and Mohammed Siraj lack about the growing number cases is lockdown, it is even more easier Budgam Shri Tahir Saleem-JKPS, them away from negative forces. rate), Burhan Ali (Karate), Moham- wards the fag end of the tourna- the experience of bowling with at the Wankhede stadium. The to hold the games as the crowd DySP Hqrs Budgam, DySP DAR DPL While appreciating their role, mad Furqan (SQAY Martial Art), Ya- ment, losing five in a row to bow the white ball and have a propen- number was 8 till Friday evening factor even around the venue and Budgam and other senior police SSP Budgam presented mementos meen Hyder (SQAY Martial Art and out in the Eliminator. sity of leaking runs. but now it's 10. other paces is taken care of," the officers of the District. & appreciation letters among the Skiing), Uswa Jan (Taekwondo). The Having released 10 play- Jamieson has struggled in T20Is If that wasn't enough, around office bearer told PTI. SSP Budgam while interacting participants. He also emphasised parents of some of the awardees ers ahead of the auction, the and has no experience of playing six members of the event man- As of now, none of the teams with the sports persons congratu- on the youth to take advantage of were also present on the occasion. team management focussed on in India. Other options include agement team have also tested currently in Mumbai -- Delhi strengthening the batting and medium pacer Harshal Patel, and positive for COVID-19 and have Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Rajast- pace bowling units. the Australian trio of Christian, been sent to isolation. han Royals, Punjab Kings -- have Here's is a SWOT analysis of the Daniel Sams and Kane Richardson. "Yes, it was 8 positive cases access to Wankhede. side that will take on defending yesterday as far as ground-staff "Delhi Capitals and Punjab Indian Army Soldier Eyes Guinness champions Mumbai Indians in the OPPORTUNITY: are concerned. Today two more Kings for example are taking tournament opener on April 9 positive cases have emerged and turns to train at the Brabourne The presence of several big-hit- all 10 have been sent back home Stadium and Bandra Kurla Com- Record By Running Kashmir To STRENGTHS: ters in the team could go in RCB’s and are isolated. plex (BKC) ground. KKR is training favour while chasing big totals. "We are bringing fresh ground- in Navi Mumbai at the DY Patil RCB have assembled a strong It is also the perfect opportu- staff from the Mumbai CA ground before they leave for Chennai," Kanyakumari Within 50 Days batting line up on paper. Run- nity for Maxwell to set the tour- in Kandivali for preparations. Also the official informed. Press Trust of India machine Kohli, who enjoys an nament ablaze. A proven match 6 to 7 event management staff It is expected that BCCI's medi- impressive record as an winner for Australia, the hired by BCCI have also tested cal unit will enhance the testing JAMMU: Soldier Naik Velu P is all set opener in the league, all-rounder has been a dis- positive," a senior Mumbai Cricket rate due to the surge of cases in to make his 30th birthday memo- has already con- appointment in the IPL. Association official told PTI. the state. The event management rable as he left for a mission to enter firmed that he will be RCB have two attacking In the afternoon, Delhi Capitals and operations of IPL till last year, the Guinness Book of World Records opening the innings. batsmen in the uncapped issued a statement that their spin was handled by the IMG but from by running from Kashmir to Kanya- Partnering Kohli Azharuddeen and Sachin, all-rounder Axar Patel has been this year, the board is handling kumari under 50 days. will be the highly-tal- who would be keen to grab shifted to a COVID isolation facil- the event on its own. Last year in June, Naik Velu be- ented Devdutt Padikkal on to their opportuni- ity after testing positive. "We have enough back-up staff came the first Indian ultra-runner who impressed every- ties. "Delhi Capitals all-rounder to handle as we had factored in to complete 1,600 km in just 17 one last season and is Axar Patel has tested positive for that the situation in Mumbai is days, a feat which is in the process in red-hot form. THREATS: COVID-19. He had checked into grim at the moment. But yes, we of being entered as an Asian record. Young wicket- the team hotel in Mumbai on are closely monitoring the situa- "Naik Velu, serving as a nursing keeper-batsman Maxwell is a March 28, 2021, with a negative tion," the official added. assistant in the 60 Para Field Hos- Mohammad vital cog in RCB’s report. His report from the second Meanwhile, a positive case has pital, is an ultra marathoner who is Azharuddeen, grand scheme of COVID test, came positive," the DC also emerged from Chennai Su- attempting a Guinness World Re- ing major towns, cities and states," Born on April 21, 1991 in Krish- who had a stag- things this sea- statement said. per Kings' media content team. cord by running from Kashmir to Lt Col Navneet said. nagiri (Tamil Nadu), he had earlier gering strike-rate son. If he tanks "He is currently in isolation at The member isn't a part of the Kanyakumari covering a distance The PRO said Velu has already won represented his state in athletics at of 194.54 in the Syed with the bat, it could a designated medical care facility. bio-bubble. The team's training of about 4,300 km under 50 days," many ultra-marathons, Tuffman runs the age of 13 and later joined the Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and have disastrous conse- The Delhi Capitals medical team schedule remains unaffected. Udhampur-based Army Public Re- and stadium runs across India. Army in December 2011. His first New Zealand’s Finn Allen are quences for the side. lations Officer (PRO) Lieutenant After covering 200 km from his achievement in the Army was a other attacking options at the The over-reliance on Kohli and Colonel Abhinav Navneet said. starting point, Naik left Udhampur gold medal in cross-country 12.5 top. De Villiers and Maxwell add de Villiers continued last year de- To start this epic feat, he said headquarters at 7 am on Saturday km run in 2012. the fire-power to the middle- spite big signings. The Indian bats- ‘Chennai Super Kings Naik Velu, who is celebrating his and was given a grand welcome by He subsequently shifted his order while Sachin Baby, expe- men in the team need to step up 30th birthday on April 21, was Brigadier K J Singh, Commandant interest to ultra-marathons and rienced Daniel Christian and to avoid going the familiar route. Have Got Almost All Bases flagged off from 92 Base Hospital and all ranks at 166 Military Hos- brought many laurels to the Army Washington Sundar add to the Squad: Virat Kohli (c), AB de in Srinagar on Friday with a heart- pital, Jammu later in the afternoon. by making many such records. depth. Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuz- warming gathering of enthusiasts “He is travelling with a message He represents the Indian team RCB possess a potent spin bat- vendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Covered,’ Says Michael Hussey who accompanied him in his solo of ''Clean India- Green India'' and of Athletics Federation of India tery and it augers well for them Kane Richardson, Washington run for the initial five kilometres also as an inspiration to the youth since 2016 and would be repre- that they will be playing a ma- Sundar, Pavan Deshpande, Finn carrying the national flag and to be a strong contributor in ''Fit senting India in September for sta- jor chunk of their matches on Allen, Shahbaz Ahamad, Navdeep boosting his morale. India'' mission,” PRO Defence (Jam- dium run at the World Champion- the slow tracks in Chennai and Saini, Adam Zampa, Kyle Jamie- "To cover this mammoth dis- mu) Lt Col Devender Anand said. ship in Romania, for which he had Ahmedabad. son, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Pa- tance from Kashmir to Kanyaku- Later, he was flagged off by Brig- won a trial run of 24-hour stadium Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal tidar, Sachin Baby, Mohammed mari in 50 days, Velu would be adier Singh for his journey to Sam- running held in Bengaluru, Lt Col has enjoyed a lot of success in the Azharuddeen, Daniel Christian, running 70-100 km per day, cross- ba district and further onwards. Navneet said. league and will be eager to weave KS Bharat, Suyash Prabhudessai, magic with the ball. He will be Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel. Hundreds Of French Sourav Ganguly 'Obsessed' With Rishabh Sports Figures Accused Of Pant, Calls Him 'An Absolute Match-Winner' Press Trust of India

Sexual Violence NEW DELHI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly says he is “obsessed” with Rishabh Pant’s game and calls the swashbuckling India wicketkeeper- batsman “an absolute match-winner”. The former India captain added Press Trust of India cluding Ali and Gowtham at the that he loves watching the likes of February auction after buying Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma bat. NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings top-order batsman Uthappa in a “There are some fantastic play- batting coach Michael Hussey on trade with Rajasthan Royals. ers and I think as President of the Saturday said the franchise has got Hussey said a good start in the Board I should not say who is my all its bases covered and is looking forthcoming IPL would be nice favourite player. All are favourite to to start afresh after a forgettable because the players will then me but I enjoy Kohli, I enjoy Rohit outing in the last Indian Premier relax and play their best cricket Sharma,” Ganguly said during an produce world beaters in every on how to handle the pressure,” League (IPL). with confidence. interactive session organised by generation.” he recalled. In the 2020 edition, the three- "A good start would be nice Agencies launched in February 2020 after 10- Classplus, a platform for educators Ganguly, who was picked for “My series in Australia in 1992 time winners finished seventh because the players will then re- time French skating champion Sarah to go digital. India’s tour of Australia in 1992 but actually helped me become a bet- in the points table and failed to lax and hopefully play their best PARIS: A year-long, nationwide French Abitbol said in a book that she was “I am obsessed with Rishabh didn’t get a single game, recalled ter cricketer. When I went to Eng- qualify for the play-offs for the cricket with confidence, other- effort to uncover and combat sexual raped by coach Gilles Beyer from Pant because I think he is just how that experience Down Under land in 1996, I was much stronger. first time in the league's history. wise the pressure can build up on violence in sports has identified more 1990-92, when she was a teen. Beyer an absolute match-winner. Jas- and the hard work that followed in I knew what it takes to score runs "I feel we have a very bal- everyone involved," the former than 400 coaches, teachers and others was handed preliminary charges of prit Bumrah is good, Moham- the subsequent years made him a in international level. anced squad that has most bases Australia batsman said. suspected of abuse or covering it up. sexual assault and the investigation med Shami is good, I like Shardul better cricketer. “I had another four years of covered and with depth in most Hussey said playing a block of Most of the victims were under is ongoing. Thakur a lot because he has got the “I consider my 1992 series as domestic cricket under my belt areas. The guys are in really good matches would help the players 15, according to data released Friday In the wake of Abitbol's accusations, courage and guts. a failure. To be honest I didn’t get where I kept scoring runs. Those spirits and have been preparing settle and build confidence early by the sports ministry. The alleged more skaters spoke out to denounce “There is immense cricketing much opportunities to play and I four years I think was a blessing extremely well,” he was quoted as in the tournament. abuse included sexual assault, ha- alleged sexual violence from coaches. talent in India. When (Sunil) Ga- came back from the tour of Austra- in disguise for me. Failures makes saying by CSK website. "I think playing a block of rassment or other violence. The sports ministry set up a dedicated vaskar was there people used to lia, but I was young,. That (series) you better cricketer.” Hussey said CSK had a very bal- matches in Mumbai will help the Sixty people have faced criminal platform for athletes'' testimonies and think what will happen after him, actually helped me to become a Ganguly, who underwent two anced squad, adding the new re- players settle and build confi- proceedings, more than 100 have conducted a year of hearings. then came (Sachin) Tendulkar, (Ra- better cricketer. rounds of angioplasty at a Kolkata cruits Moeen Ali, K Gowtham and dence early in the tournament," been temporarily or permanently In its statement, the ministry hul) Dravid, Anil Kumble. When “I came back stronger men- hospital in January after com- Robin Uthappa were "excellent he added. removed from their posts, and local called Abitbol's testimony "a historic Tendulkar, Dravid left, Virat Kohli, tally. I was not fitter, I understood plaining of chest pain, said he is additions." "The conditions at Wankhede are investigations are under way into moment for French sport" that raised Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant took what international cricket was hale and hearty now. "I think they are all excellent generally very good for both bats- other cases, the ministry said. awareness and has pushed authori- over,” he said. all about. I started to train myself “I am absolutely fit and fine additions. Moeen is an excellent men and bowlers, so hopefully we The abuse reached across the ties to crack down on abuse. “There is so much talent for over the period of 3-4 years not and back to work, doing every- all-rounder, Robin has a lot of can start well and players can feel country and across the whole sector, A new law on tougher screening cricket in India that I think it will just physically but mentally also thing as I did before.” experience and has been a qual- good about their games," he said. with accusations targeting a total of of sports educators, including vol- ity performer in the past and The Super Kings are currently 48 sports federations. unteer coaches, went into effect Fri- Gowtham has some genuine tal- training in Mumbai where they Of those accused, 96% are men. Of day, and the French government and I CAME BACK STRONGER MENTALLY. I was not fitter, I understood ent that we can look to develop play their first five matches of IPL- the victims, 83% were women, and sports federations have pledged to what international cricket was all about. I started to train myself over the period further," Hussey said. 14 beginning with a game against 63% were under 15, the ministry said. respond faster and more effectively CSK picked up six players in- Delhi Capitals on April 10. The fact-finding probe was to reports of abuse. of 3-4 years not just physically but mentally also on how to handle the pressure.” OUTPOST Sunday | 04.04.2021 12 Attack On My Convoy Study: Sunlight Destroys Assam Minister Summoned Pre-Planned By BJP By Police For Allegedly Workers: Tikait Covid 8 Times Faster Threatening Journalists Than Scientists Believed Agenceis But the ozone layer bar this type Earth's surface, they based their en- of UV from coming into contact vironmental light exposure calcu- team of scientists is calling with Earth's surface. lations on the medium-wave UVB for further research into how "UVC is great for hospitals," said part of the UV spectrum. Asunlight inactivates SARS- co-author and Oregon State Uni- "The experimentally observed in- CoV-2 after noticing a glaring in- versity toxicologist Julie McMurry. activation in simulated saliva is over consistency between the most re- "But in other environments – for eight times faster than would have cent theoretical and experimental instance, kitchens or subways – been expected from the theory," Agenceis pared to continue with their agita- results, Science Alert reports. UVC would interact with the partic- Luzzatto-Feigiz wrote in the paper. tion at least till the end of the year, Mechanical engineer Paolo Luz- ulates to produce harmful ozone." "So, scientists don't yet know haratiya Kisan Union (BKU) when they would taste victory. zatto-Fegiz and colleagues from UC In July 2020, an experimental what's going on." leader Rakesh Tikait claimed He urged them to be mobile Santa Barbara noticed the virus was study was initiated to test the ef- The researchers suspect it's pos- Bon Saturday that the attack phone savvy so that they can be ac- inactivated as much as eight times fects of UV light on SARS-CoV-2 sible that instead of affecting the on his convoy of vehicles in Raj- tive on social media. faster in experiments than the most in simulated saliva. They discov- RNA directly, long-wave UVA may asthan''s Alwar was "pre-planned Tikait, who held a "maha- recent theoretical model predicted. ered that the virus was inactivated be interacting with molecules in by BJP workers" and said it should panchayat" in Aligarh for the first "The theory assumes that inac- when exposed to simulated sun- the testing medium (simulated serve as a reminder to the farmers time after the farmers'' agitation tivation works by having UVB hit light for 10-20 minutes. saliva) in a way that hastens the protesting against three new ag- was launched in November last year, the RNA of the virus, damaging it," "Natural sunlight may be effec- inactivation of the virus. riculture laws of the Centre about alleged that corporates had fully en- explained Luzzatto-Fegiz. tive as a disinfectant for contami- Something similar is seen in the travails and challenges they are trenched themselves in the present However, the inconsistency nated nonporous materials," The wastewater treatment – where UVA going to face in the days to come. ruling dispensation, including the suggests there's something more paper concluded. reacts with other substances to cre- Addressing a "kisan maha- Prime Minister''s Office (PMO). going on than that, and figuring Luzzatto-Feigiz and team com- ate molecules that damage viruses. panchayat" at Bhaimalkheda vil- He said how else can one explain out what is necessary as it can help pared those results with a theory If UVA can be harnessed to com- lage in this Uttar Pradesh district, the construction of huge grain de- manage the virus. about how sunlight achieved this, bat SARS-CoV-2, cheap and energy- Tikait said such attacks "are, in fact, pots and godowns in several parts of According to the researchers, which was published just a month efficient wavelength-specific light strengthening our resolve to further the country "even before the contro- there are certain nucleic acid bases later, and saw the math didn't add up. sources might be useful in aug- Agenceis Hazarika had threatened them intensify our struggle, which is a versial farm laws came to existence". in DNA and RNA which can easily ab- This study found the SARS- menting air filtration systems at with dire consequences at 1 pm on battle for our existence". The BKU leader said this itself sorb UV light or the ultraviolet part CoV-2 virus was three times more relatively low risk for human health. MORIGAON: Assam minister Pijush Thursday, when they were busy in Talking to reporters after the provides conclusive evidence of the of the spectrum. It can cause them to sensitive to the UV in sunlight than "Our analysis points to the need Hazarika, who allegedly threatened poll coverage of the second phase "mahapanchayat", he said, "We are government''s intentions. bond in ways that are hard to fix. influenza A, with 90% of the coro- for additional experiments to sepa- two journalists, has been issued a in Morigaon district. mentally prepared for more such He warned the farmers that even However, not all UV lights are navirus's particles being inactivat- rately test the effects of specific light notice to appear before police and The police have also provided per- incidents." more draconian measures are on the effective. Longer UV waves, called ed after just half an hour of expo- wavelengths and medium composi- his call recordings have been sent to sonal security cover to both the jour- Stones were allegedly pelted at anvil as far as the farm laws are con- UVA, don't have quite enough en- sure to midday sunlight in summer. tion," Luzzatto-Fegiz concludes. forensic lab for examination, officials nalists. Meanwhile, the IG (Law and the convoy of Tikait, an influential cerned, including stringent regula- ergy to cause problems. It's the However, in winter light infectious With the ability of this virus to said today. Order) Deepak Kumar Kedia, who is farmer leader, in Rajasthan''s Alwar tions regarding crop seeds. mid-range UVB waves in sunlight particles could remain intact for days. remain suspended in the air for ex- Two cases filed at Jagiroad police the nodal officer of the state police district on Friday, damaging the Tikait alleged that under the that are primarily responsible for A separate team of researchers made tended periods, the safest means station by the journalists have been for the ongoing Assam assembly elec- rear windshield of his car. Police proposed measures, farmers would killing microbes and putting our Environmental calculations and con- to avoid it in countries where it's merged, and Mr Hazarika has been tions, has sought a report from the had detained a student leader, who be liable to be bound by pernicious cells at risk of sun damage. cluded the virus's RNA molecules are running rampant is still social dis- booked under Sections 500 (defama- district police on the case. the BKU claimed belonged to the terms and conditions, which would Short-wave UVC radiation has being photochemically damaged di- tancing and wearing masks where tion), 506 (criminal intimidation) and Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad place them at the mercy of the seed- been proved to be effective against rectly by light rays. distancing isn't possible. But it's 341 (wrongful restraint) of the IPC. has also filed a complaint with the (ABVP), the student wing of the selling firms. viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, even This is more powerfully achieved nice to know that sunlight may be The minister, who is contest- state's chief electoral officer, demand- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and ac- He said the three laws would make while it's still safely enveloped in by shorter wavelengths of light, like helping us out during the warm- ing from the Jagiroad constituency ing Mr Hazarika's disqualification cused the saffron party of being be- it impossible for the farmers to enjoy human fluids. UVC and UVB. As UVC doesn't reach er months. where polling took place in the sec- from the polls. hind the attack. the right to use the seeds of their ond phase on Thursday, had allegedly Other opposition parties like Addressing the "mahapanchayat" choice and frustrate them to such an threatened the two journalists for the AIUDF, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya here, Tikait issued a call to the pro- extent that they would be compelled reporting about a controversial cam- Dal, AASU, AJYCP and several social testing farmers to be mentally pre- to sell their land to corporates. paign speech by his wife. groups also called for immediate 5 Security Personnel, Woman Maoist "The statements of the journal- disqualification of Mr Hazarika from ists were recorded and a notice was the elections. Killed In Encounter In Chhattisgarh issued to the minister in connection The Gauhati Press Club (GPC) CBSE Not To Reduce Syllabus with the case. He has been asked to condemned the "act of intimida- Press Trust of India come to Jagiroad PS for recording his tion" by Hazarika. For Students Of Classes 9-12 statement," Morigaon District Su- In an audio clip telecast by an As- RAIPUR: Five security personnel perintendent of Police Nanda Singh samese news channel on Thursday, For Academic Year 2021-22 were killed and 12 others injured on Borkala said. the minister can be heard threaten- Saturday in an encounter with Nax- Mr Hazarika, the Minister of State ing the scribes of dragging them Agenceis CBSE official said. als in a forest along the border be- for Health and Family Welfare, said out of their homes and making Schools across the country were tween Bijapur and Sukma districts he will come to the police station on them "vanish". he Central Board of Second- closed in March last year, ahead in Chhattisgarh, police officials said. Sunday to give his statement, the of- The minister also said in the tele- ary Education (CBSE) has de- of a nationwide lockdown to curb The body of a woman Maoist ficial said. phonic conversation, which has now Tcided not to reduce the syl- the spread of the coronavirus. The was also recovered from the en- Mr Borkala said the mobile phones gone viral, that he was "sad" because labus for the students of classes 9 teaching and learning activities counter spot, they said. of the scribes and that of Mr Hazarika the news was related to his wife Ai- to 12 for academic year 2021-22, majorly moved online during the A senior police officer claimed, have been seized and the voice re- mee Baruah, who while campaigning according to the new curriculum. lockdown. While a few states al- prima facie, Maoists have suffered cordings of the conversation sent to a for her husband a few days ago had The CBSE had, last year, ration- lowed a partial reopening of the a “huge loss” in the gunfight. “At around 12 noon on Saturday, Citing the “ground report”, Pal forensic laboratory in Guwahati. made a controversial comment on alised the syllabus by up to 30 per schools in October, several states “Separate joint teams of secu- an encounter broke out between claimed that Maoists have suffered "As per law and procedure, we will the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. cent for classes 9 to 12 for aca- are again resorting to online class- rity forces, over 2,000 in number, the patrolling team that was dis- a huge loss in the gunfight. proceed in the case," he added. Ms Baruah, at a recent public demic year 2020-21 to reduce the es in the new academic session had launched a major anti-Naxal patched from Tarrem and ultras be- “Reinforcements were rushed to In the first information report, meeting in Jagiroad, had allegedly said course load of students amid the amid a surge in the number of CO- operation from Bijapur and Sukma longing PLGA (Peoples’ Liberation the spot and the operation was un- the two journalists - Nazrul Islam the people from the Bengali commu- COVID-19 crisis. VID-19 cases. districts in the South Bastar forests, Guerilla Army) battalion of Maoists derway to evacuate injured jawans and Tulsi Manta - of Assamese nity will be thrown out of the country The students who studied the In its syllabus-rationalisation considered as the Maoist strong- near Jonaguda village under Jagar- as well as the bodies from the for- news channels claimed that Mr if the CAA is not implemented. reduced syllabus will appear in ex- exercise, the board had dropped hold, on Friday night,” state’s Dep- gunda police station area (in Suk- est through helicopters,” he said. ams in May-June. the chapters on democracy and uty Inspector General (anti-naxal ma),” Pal said, adding the gunfight State’s Director General of Po- According to the new syllabus diversity, demonetisation, nation- operations) OP Pal said. lasted for about three hours. lice DM Awasthi, Task Force Com- released by the CBSE, the chapters alism, secularism, India's relations The personnel belonging to the As per the information received so mander of IAF’s Anti-Naxal Task DMK Chief's Family, Others and topics that were slashed in the with its neighbours and growth of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), far, five security personnel have been Force (ANTF) and senior police last academic year have been re- local governments in the country, its elite unit CoBRA (Commando killed and 12 others injured, he said. officials monitored the rescue op- Raided To Check Illegal stored in the official curriculum for among others. Battalion for Resolute Action), the “Of the martyred personnel, one eration and the situation from the the upcoming academic session, The choice of the chapters District Reserve Guard (DRG) and belonged to the CoBRA unit and ‘ops room’ at the police headquar- 2021-22. dropped from the syllabus drew a the Special Task Force (STF) were two each are from the DRG and the ter, he said. Political Cash: Report "The board already announced backlash from opposition political involved in the operation launched ‘Bastariya’ battalion of the CRPF,” On March 23, five DRG personnel last year that the rationalisation parties and a section of academi- from five places - -Tarrem, Usoor the DIG said. were killed when Naxals blew up exercise was a one-time initiative cians, who claimed that the move and Pamed (Bijapur) and Minpa He said a woman naxal was also a bus carrying security personnel as teaching and learning through was "ideologically driven", while and Narsapuram (Sukma), he said. gunned down in the encounter. with an IED in Narayanpur district. online mediums or alternative several school principals wel- methods was fairly new then," a comed it as a relief to students. G|u|l|b|e|r|g Collections M E & M Y H OME AN ONLINE STORE Agenceis for the ongoing elections," a senior PAINTINGS, tax department officer said. NEW DELHI/ VELLORE: The In- "Part of these groups and indi- HOME DECOR, come Tax Department's raids on viduals are alleged to have been DMK chief MK Stalin's daughter actively assisting in political cash COMFORT & Senthamarai and others on Friday distribution. Searches have been were aimed to check "political cash conducted to verify and unearth GIFT ITEMS, distribution" in poll-bound Tamil such activities too," the officer said. Nadu, sources in the Central Board The DMK has condemned the of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said. central government for this action WOMEN & Till now, 28 premises in Chen- and alleged that it had a "political nai, Coimbatore and Karur have objective". KIDS WARE been covered as part of the action, Party general secretary Du- they said. raimurugan said when parties are "Several incriminating material on the verge of completing cam- on tax evasion have been found so paigning and are looking forward SELECT ONLINE & far" during the raids which are un- to the day of polling, the income derway, claimed the sources in the tax searches in the residence of PAY AT YOUR DOORSTEP Gulberg CBDT, which frames policy for the Senthamarai was done with a "po- tax department. The searches are litical objective". Collections being conducted on three different The Centre has made a "wrong M E & M Y H OME groups and a few individuals in the calculation" that raids just ahead state, they said. of the election would shock Sta- Tamil Nadu will vote for its lin, his family and the party, and 234-member assembly in a single also weaken poll preparations, he phase on April 6. claimed while speaking to report- [email protected] "These groups and individuals ers in Vellore. Cell: 7006034174 are involved in businesses rang- "The DMK is not a party that ing from running distilleries and can be scared by such searches," breweries, real estate, local financ- he said adding that the party had ing, solar power EPC to handling already faced similar instances and www.gulberg.net cash of politically exposed persons it would not be deterred.