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On Sunday, the WHO said its Pface masks properly during “No cases of blood clots vaccines advisory committee a flight could be placed on a have been reported so far in the !"# was currently going through no-fly list for a period of three country, but we are looking at $ % & safety data and emphasised months to two years or more. # ! all the adverse events, particu- that no causal link had been Amid reports of Covid-19 vio- $ %& larly serious adverse events established between the vaccine lation by air passengers and $'' -. like deaths and hospitalisa- and blood clot. surge in coronavirus cases & $! !! tion. We will come back if we So far, a cumulative total of again in several States, the % &$ / 01 '23 find anything of concern,” NK more than 2.82 crore Directorate General of Civil Arora, a member of national (2,82,18,457) vaccine doses Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday air travel. The Airlines have to Kolkata-Delhi flight earlier ! task force on Covid-19, told a have been administered in two said a passenger violating pro- ensure that passengers are fol- this month. ,# 4 news agency. phases — first, to frontline and tocol despite repeated warn- lowing the Covid-19 guide- “In case, any passenger $ 00 This new development healthcare workers, and sec- ings will be treated as “unruly lines. Besides, the violators on board an aircraft refuses to took place even as the World ond, to citizens above the age passenger”. If a passenger refus- will be de-boarded and classi- wear mask or violates the Health Organization (WHO) of 60 and co-morbid above 45 es to comply with the instruc- fied as “unruly passengers”. Covid-19 protocol for passen- " ( on Friday said there was no rea- years. tions before a flight takes off, The move follows a Delhi gers even after repeated warn- ! ) son to stop using AstraZeneca’s Meanwhile, with India then he or she should be de- High Court order that pas- ings during the course of the 5 Covid-19 jab. in its vaccination drive. Government has also gifted recording the highest number boarded, DGCA said. sengers without a mask be put flight, such passenger may be India has been using the Serum Institute had joined and allowed exports of millions of daily coronavirus cases in 83 In a circular, the DGCA on a no-fly list after the judge treated as “unruly passenger” !!! Indian version of the Oxford- hands with AstraZeneca to of these jabs to around 70 days on Saturday, the country has directed airport officials observed the callous attitude of and the procedure in respect of ! 62 0 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufacture 1 billion doses of countries over the last few could be heading towards a and security personnel to passengers. Justice Hari handling such unruly passen- ' called Covishield, as devel- the vaccine shot. weeks as a part of its vaccine new wave that scientists say can ensure that no one is allowed Shankar took suo motu cog- ger as provided in Civil O oped by SII, the world’s largest India has given at least 28 diplomacy. be quelled by vaccinating the to enter the airport without nizance of the matter after he Aviation Requirements (CAR) * # vaccine manufacturer by vol- million shots in its vast vacci- Arora said there was “no maximum number of people wearing a mask and everyone witnessed fellow passengers shall be followed by the con- ! ume, and indigenous vaccine nation programme, most of immediate issue of concern as and following Covid-appro- must maintain social distanc- wearing their masks pulled cerned airline,” the DGCA cir- ! giant Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin them Covishield. The the number of adverse events priate behaviour. ing norms at all times during down while on an Air India cular said. 23456 234+ $5 O P 237 366 *1 ! 4/ !! ! $! * 7 '9++$5 ,# O he main Opposition DMK ! Tin Tamil Nadu on Saturday " made a whopping 500 plus 49"4$+7$, promises, including a shower of doles like 4,000 relief to ) ) 8 $ $ embers of Opposition BJP Covid-19 hit rice ration card Mand Congress and ruling holders, in its manifesto for the mid a steady outflow of BJD created pandemonium April 6 Assembly polls. Asenior leaders from the over different issues in the On the lines of Andhra Trinamool Congress, former State Assembly on Saturday. Pradesh and Haryana, which Union Finance Minister and Soon after the House till 11.30 am and then till 4 pm. opposed such a protest by the passed laws to reserve 75 per ex-BJP leader Yashwant Sinha assembled for the day, The BJD members alleged BJD in the Well of the Assembly. cent jobs for locals, DMK pres- joined Mamata Banerjee’s party Opposition members went that Panigrahi desecrated the They demanded an apology ident MK Stalin assured legis- on Saturday saying the tipping ' ( & ) * % + ,-. near the Speaker’s podium and sanctity of the House by from the ruling party MLAs. lation to earmark 75 per cent (/& 0%,). + point for him to join the TMC created ruckus over irregular- attempting suicide during its “This is the first time that of jobs in industrial houses for *1 1% $ & ' ( 1 was the “attack” on the Bengal ities in paddy procurement in proceedings and maintained Ministers went to the Well of locals and promised to press for % &$ Chief Minister at mandis. And BJD members that they would not let the the House and created uproar. quota in private sector. % &$ Nandigram. demanded an apology from House run till the BJP MLA We will not allow the House to Crop and jewel loans (up to Sinha said Mamata is one country is facing an unprece- hijacked an Indian Airlines BJP MLA Subash Chandra apologises. function until they apologise,” 5 sovereigns) of small and Free computer tablets with of the few visible faces in the dented situation…” adding the aircraft. Panigrahi for attempting sui- “We hadn’t witnessed such said Congress MLA Tara marginal farmers in coopera- data card for students, milk to country trying to stop the BJP democratic institutions like The former Union cide by consuming sanitiser in an instance in the Assembly Prasad Bahinipati. tive banks, pending loans of school students in the morning from “crushing and conquer- “the judiciary have become Minister who once handled the the Assembly over the paddy ever. He (Panigrahi) should Opposition Chief Whip Women Self Help Groups in to provide nutritional support ing” the Opposition and the weak now.” External Affairs joined his new procurement issue on Friday. immediately apologise for his Mohan Majhi (BJP) said, co-op institutions and educa- and distribution of napkins time has come when the demo- Praising the Chief Minister party at the Trinamool Bhawan Ruling party members act,” demanded senior BJD “There is no question of apol- tional loans of college students free of cost to girl pupils of cratic-minded parties of the whom he met at her residence in the presence of senior lead- stood up and protested the act MLA Pratap Keshari Deb. ogising. The Speaker has the below the age of 30 would all schools and colleges were some country will have to take a deci- before joining her party, Sinha ers Derek O Brien, Sudip of suicide attempt by Panigrahi. BJD Chief Whip Pramila power; he should take a deci- be waived, he said, releasing the of the other promises. sion to sink differences and said he always knew her as a Bandopadhyay, and Subrata Later, they along with some Mallick said the farmer issue sion. When the Government manifesto at the party HQ. The rural employment unite for a bigger cause. fighter who as a Cabinet Mukherjee. Ministers rushed to the Well of could have been resolved didn’t listen to him (Panigrahi), In Government town guarantee programme would The 83-year-old veteran Minister in the Atal Behari Sinha said there is qualita- the House and demanded that through a debate in the House, what would he have done? We buses, women shall be allowed see an increase from 100 to 150 IAS officer-turned politician, Vajpayee Government and tively difference between the the BJP legislator must apologise. but the MLA opted to create a are having an anti-farmer to travel free of cost and quota days and poor farmers and auto who left the BJP in 2018, said offered herself as a hostage dur- NDA Government led by Unable to run the House, scene by threatening suicide. Government here which never for women in Government drivers would get 10,000 sub- he is joining the Trinamool at ing the Kandahar crisis when Vajpayee and the one being run Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro On the other hand, cares for the farmers’ prob- jobs shall be increased from 30 sidy to buy farm pumpset and a crucial juncture when “the Pakistani terrorists had today. adjourned it for two times, first Congress and BJP MLAs lems.” to 40 per cent, he announced. autos respectively, he said. '( )*+* ! # % $ , --./%/ $ %& &'( 01 * Q R 49"4$+7$, 49"4$+7$, he State Government has pro- 49"4$+7$, the class promotion without soon, he said. ain and thunderstorms Tposed to repeal 206 enactments to conducting examinations this However, the examination Rhave brought the soar- lessen the burden of the Statute he State registered 65 new year due to the Covid situation. for the students of Class-IX ing temperatures down in Book. Law Minister Pratap Jena TCovid-19 positive cases on As no offline class has been would be held offline this year. several parts of the State. introduced an ‘Odisha Repealing Bill Saturday in 12 districts and the held since a year due to the “As the offline classes are The weather office on 2021’ in the State Assembly on State pool, increasing its total pandemic, it is not possible to being held regularly for the stu- Saturday said the tempera- Saturday to repeal certain enact- caseload to 3,38,121. conduct examinations in dents of Classes-IX, X, XI and ture would fall by 2 to 3 ments in force. Of the new cases, 38 were 49"4$+7$, schools,” he said. XII, the examination will be degrees Celsius at many These enactments have either lost reported from quarantine cen- Notably, last year, the conducted for the Class-X stu- places in next 24 hours. their significance being obsolete or tres and 27 were local contacts. appy news for the school Government had declared the dents offline in schools,” Dash The IMD Regional redundant or no longer required to Cuttack and Sundargarh Hstudents of Classes-I to students of Classes-I to VIII ‘all informed. Office here said the tem- thunderstorm activity in be retained in the Statute Book, said districts recorded the day’s VIII that they would be pro- pass’ due to the pandemic. On the issue of com- perature would rise gradu- next 24 hours. the statement of objects of the highest 13 cases each followed moted without holding exam- “The students of Classes-I mencement of a new academ- ally therefter by 3 to 4 The IMD issuing a yel- Bill. by Mayurbhanj with seven. inations for them this year. to VIII were promoted without ic session, the Minister said that degree. low warning said thunder- These Acts have been identified Besides, two cases were report- In the wake of an upsurge examinations in view of the in view of the present Covid sit- However, there would storm with lightning is very in consultation with the respective ed from the State pool. in Covid cases, the students Covid situation last year. The uation, the schools would not be no large change in min- likely to occur at one or two administrative departments and their Currently, the active cases from Classes-I to VIII would be same method will be adopted be reopened in April. A deci- imum temperature (night places over the districts of repeal is stated to be an important stood at 651 and the cumula- declared ‘all pass’ this year too, this year too,” the Minister sion on reopening of schools temperature) during the Sundargarh, Keonjhar, step towards god governance. tive samples tested were informed School & Mass said. would be taken after June this next four to five days, said Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, The State Law Commission has 85,9,8542. However, 70 patients Education Minister Samir Though a formal year. the IMD. Jajpur, Bhadrak, Angul, also recommended for repeal of such The death toll remained at recovered on the day, taking the Ranjan Dash on Saturday. announcement has not been “It is not possible to com- A per the weather office, Dhenkanal, Kendrapada, enactments, including Amendment 1,918 as no new fatality was total recoveries to3,35,569 in “All students from the made in this regard, an official mence a new academic session several parts of the State Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur Acts, enacted during the period from reported on the day. the State. Classes-I to VIII will be given notification would be issued from April,” he said. would experience rain and districts. 1974 to 2016. !" + ,-. /0/, !!/ 1 + ,- 66 ++7 -. ! 22 ,2 34 $!5 of the fittest — you snooze you lose. Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava +2 2/! (Lipstick Under My Burkha fame), 3/ 6/ Bombay Begums takes one on a journey + 6 2 & & where a woman is allowed to pursue !&'()* her dreams and make it big in life without feeling guilty that they iven the controversies preferred to pursue a career rather stay surrounding this latest web at home and be a mom. Gseries, it may be prudent for The only problem here is that those who feel that one must shut one’s even though there is plenty of intrigue eyes to all the bad that is happening and twists and turns in the plot it moves around them to avoid this one. at an extremely slow pace. So much so However, if you are the kind of person that one can even go for a bathroom who knows what teenagers are up to break and come back and pick up the these days, you need to watch it to take story of these five women without a lesson and ensure that your wards having missed much in terms of how don’t walk the thin line of what is right things unfold. * 9 <! + and wrong. Of course, one’s perspective Pooja Bhatt, who was last seen in " * 2B 0E02 of the situation and circumstances Sadak 2 plays the part of a powerful ' 1 ! also make a difference and one takes banker (Rani) rather well. Her choice # ! M @ 4# @ 8# 7 ! 6 decisions based on them. of sarees is brilliant and will leave one # ! So despite the hue and cry by child impressed. Aadhya Anand deserves a # right activists about the inappropriate round of applause. Shahana Goswami, 7 #I 4# ! H !# # portrayal of teenagers, the series is also Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur do H ! ! about four other adult women who are their part as well. # ! # trying to make a place for themselves The men here don’t have much to ! $ 5 N , ! in a man’s world — a world that is filled do except plot the downfall of these comedy genre. Sadly, there is bhi mujhe love you too karti with cut-throat competition where women so that they rule. ( neither any horror nor any naa toh palat kar jaroor dog eats dog and it is all about survival L% % comedy. Just because the dekhegi. !#$ ! chudail, in this case a mudhiya Also, this is the 21st " pairi (witch with inverted legs) century where science and !&'()* doesn’t make the film scary technology rule the roast and * 4# * even if they show ultey bloody yet Bollywood still continues " * 2B 0E02 his is the first movie with footprints, a face that has to make movies on chudails big stars to have had a more blue veins and slightly and shows how people here, in 8! ! Ttheatrical release after reddish eyes, a smirk and hair order to ward off evil, marry 5 ! ! Hollywood’s Wonder Woman all over the face. a tree or even a dog — ! ! ! 1984 that released in Director Hardik Mehta Rajkummar Rao marries one ! December 2020. Given the shoves down the message that — to mislead the mudiya ! increase in the number of the paranormal entity here is pairi. + ' < ! $ F+'<$G 4#* COVID-19 cases once again, not a ghost but a chudail. One What doesn’t make even ! ! the BO was sure to be affected wonders what the difference is more sense is why all our ! ! H and the film could only make given that there are no frightful chudails end up at the edge of +'<$ 9 4 ( ! /! a modest 2.50 crore on Day moments or even eerie music either the tallest building or a # 7 /! I L !! 1. playing in the background. mountain where there is a ! ! # It has less to do with the However much we were mandir. 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I personally L5 What was your reaction when you feel that one can’t predict which role will be ! $ $ ! 5 * were offered to host and be a a turning point in one’s career. I have always +# !! $ $4O $% &' producer? played good role and then I did negative ! ! ! 4 5 ! # These were two genres where I had roles and people loved me as the vamp. I $ ! ! ! ! no prior knowledge about. For me, would not have survived in the industry for ! /# 5 # when it was suggested that I turn a 25 years if I had turned down the negative ! ! ! producer, my reaction was where would roles that came my way. ! ! M = F$ # +!G O F> I get the money from. I could not put all You have been part of Tamil, Malayalam, ,G my hard-earned money in the series. Hindi, Telugu and, Gujarati, Kannada ! ! # )* ! 9 7 ,# F G $! When I met the owners, I told them that even Bhojpuri films. How did this 4 O I > # # N F (G ! I would like to produce one. They guided happen? L ! 7 ! !N 7 9 # me and gave me the confidence to go ahead. 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( ) !/ /! (8 (+% % & ( ( 9 a local here on Thursday. 4,$9*$<", There were thousands of (( people assembled to witness the / /7& !1/-/ he Bhajan Sandhya con- fest. Hence there was absolute- +$! Tducted by the Berhampur ly no restrictions on the num- Q R R Municipal Corporation ber of visitors. Eye witnesses 49"4$+$7$, (BeMC) on the occasion of claimed that, this was an open Mahashivaratri here on deviation of the SoP issued by n view of an uptick in Covid- Thursday in the premises of the the district administration. I19 cases in States like '" $' “Preferably, these visits (of Based on Amicus Curiae newly-renovated Brahmapur MP Chandra Maharashtra and Kerala, the the DMs) should be unan- Gautam Mishra’s report of at Ramalingeswar Park has Sekhar Sahu graced the event Odisha Government has djudicating a 15-year-old nounced,” said an order passed least five deaths of inmates in sparked controversy. as chief guest, while extended the Covid testing Awrit petition and after by the High Court fixing April Odisha jails during the last five The district administra- Brahmapur MLA Bikram deadline till April 30 from receiving a recent report sub- 27 for next hearing of the peti- years, the High Court has tion and the BeMC forgot their Kumar Panda, former Deputy March 31. mitted by the Amicus Curiae in tion. asked the Government to own SoP and deviated from Speaker of OLA and senior Besides, the State this matter, the Orissa High The State Government, in inform it separately as to what Covid-19 guidelines while con- most leader of Ganjam district Government has decided to Court has expressed shock and the meantime, has been asked actions have been taken in ducting the fest as none of the Rama Chandra Panda, former ramp up testing, for which six concern over the precarious to arrange at least one medical each of these custodial visitors and devotees had worn MLA Dr Ramesh Chandra doctors and an official in rank conditions prevailing in various visit to each jail and submit a deaths. face mask. Neither had they cases, on the other, the BeMC their family were denied per- Chyu Pattnaik, Southern Range of Special Secretary have been jails of the State. report on it. The Government shall also maintained social distancing in authorities organised a “Bhajan mission to enter Goutam Hall DIG Satyabrat Bhoi, Ganjam assigned to monitor the A Bench headed by Chief The High Court has also inform the court by the next the event performed by Sandhya” in the Road forcing them to divert Collector Vijaya Amruta process. Justice S Muralidhar has direct- sought cooperation from the date as to what instructions it Padmashree Anup Jolta. Ramalingeswar Amusement their vehicles through some Kulange, Brahmapur SP Pinak “Even as the Covid infec- ed all District Magistrates Odisha State Legal Aid Services has issued with regard to dis- While on the one hand, the complex and reportedly com- other roads during the night Mishra, Brahmapur Sub- tions are under containment in (DMs) to make surprise visits Authority and the High Court continuance of handcuffing district administration and the mercialised the event in the causing much inconvenience. Collector Kirthivasan, BeMC Odisha, we need to remain on to the jails in their respective Legal Aid Services Authority the prisoners in jails or while State Government have cau- name of “Ramalingeswar Except the vehicles of politi- Commissioner Dr Siddheswar alert. We want to make sure jurisdictions and submit for execution of jail reforms in bringing them to the courts. tioned the people to refrain Mahostsav” imposing an entry cians and elected representa- Baliram Bonder, BJD leader that returnees from other States reports detailing jail condi- the State as suggested by the Handcuffing the prisoners has from mass gathering without fee Rs 50 per visitor/devotee. tives, others were denied access Subash Maharana, District are not infected with tions, overcrowding, food, Supreme Court in its judge- been banned by the Supreme putting face mask and strictly Even the vehicles of a to cross Goutam Hall road. vice-president of BJD Sanjeet Coronavirus. We are discussing accommodation and recreation ments passed in 2016 and Court in several judgements, follow social distancing norms number of devotees who visit- The BeMC could have allowed Panigrahi attended as guests of with the RMRC, ILS of inmates. 2017. the High Court pointed out. in view spike in Covid-19 ed different Shiva temples with senior citizens free access, said honour. researchers and Directorate of Public Health on imposing restrictions on movement of returnees,” said Health and %%% &' $@ Q 2 A Family Welfare Secretary Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra. Keeping the rise in Covid !5 5 2$> R cases in mind in Maharashtra and Kerala, passengers visiting from five high-risk States 4 * 4 $5 7>! including these two, are under- 5 6!2- going thermal screening test in R airports and railway stations. <",5 Dash had visited the Puri Zilla based on old course will be The Covid test is being con- School for inspection. He meant for the ex-regular can- ducted only on returnees with 1 & &! 6 ? 5 /'45 /. chool & Mass Education directed the Puri DEO to serve didates, the new course ques- symptoms. If required, other SMinister Samir Ranjan Dash a show-cause notice to the tion will be for regular candi- States can be listed in the cat- 49"4$+7$, stituency, which is adjacent to 49"4$+7$, %9 + on Saturday instructed all Headmistress of the school, dates. egory, he added. Pipili, he knows it well that the +# # District Education Officers who was absent during his The questions in other So far, 10,94,952 persons t seems certain that either people of Pipili want someone five-member team of the (DEOs) to complete the pre- visit, for not conducting the subjects for annual HSC and have been vaccinated in the Iwife Prativa Maharathy or from the Maharathy clan to be ANational Security Guard ,: board examination in March by Matric Test examination in SOSC Examination, 2021 will State. On Friday, 77,094 per- son Rudra Pratap of late the BJD candidate. This is (NSG) has arrived in the State 0++ (+; adopting the examination pat- the BSE-prescribed format in be the same for all students cat- sons received the vaccine, of Pradeep Maharathy will be the because the people used to love ahead of its inspection drives at # ( tern prescribed by the Board of the school. egory. The question papers in which 393 healthcare workers Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candi- Pradeep Maharathy and they the Lingaraj Temple in Secondary Education (BSE), He also asked the DEO to all subjects for Madhyama took the first dose and 5,698 date in the by-election to the now want one from the fami- Bhubaneswar and the 9 Odisha. layoff one-day salary of teach- Examination, 2021 will be the were administered the second Pipili Assembly constituency. ly to step into his shoes and Jagannath Temple in Puri + ( + +++ “All the DEOs are instruct- ers, who remain absent in the same for different categories of dose. The Election Commission continue to work for the area’s scheduled on March 16 and 18, ed to conduct the Matric Test school without prior notice to students. As many as 941 frontline of India is expected to development. respectively. (Operations) Amitabh Thakur exam based on the BSE pattern the authorities. As per the revised exam Covid warriors were vaccinat- announce soon the date of the Dash, however, added that The team, including two has been appointed as the by March-end so that the stu- Last month, the BSE had pattern, the students will have ed with the first dose and by-poll necessitated by Predeep it is up to BJD supremo Naveen senior officials, would review nodal officer to assist the NSG dents will be familiar with the released HSC Exam Pattern for to answer questions for 80 20,753 with second dose. Maharathy’s death. Patnaik to take a final decision security and conduct mock team. examination pattern and they the year 2021 on its official marks instead of 100 marks. Similarly, 47,179 senior citizens That the BJD would choose in the matter. drill along with the State police It will be the first recon- will not face any issue while website. As per the BSE pattern, However, the overall evaluation were given the shot on 12th day a member of the Maharathy Political observers are of at the two famous shrines. naissance of NSG at the Puri appearing in the annual High there will be two separate ques- in each paper will be for 100 of the third phase vaccination family as its nominee in the by- the view that Dash, who is con- Besides, the Odisha police Snreemandir, which is stated to School Certificate (HSC) tion papers in subjects includ- marks. programme with which the poll was amply evident from a sidered as a confidant of would update the officials of be on the radar of terrorists, Examination,” Dash told ing General Science, Social The remaining 20 marks total rose to 3,00,589. statement of Minister Samir Patnaik, would not have made the elite counter-terrorism unit after demolition of structures reporters after making a sur- Science based on old and new will be evaluated on the basis Besides, 2,940 persons Ranjan Dash on Saturday. the statement without knowing about the security system around the shrine under the prise visit to a Government courses for HSC of the percentage secured by an above 45 age and below 59 with Dash said that as he repre- the BJD high command’s around the temples. State Government’s heritage school in Puri district. candidates. examinee from the given 80 comorbidities were adminis- sents the Nimapara con- mind. Sources said IG and security corridor project. Earlier in the morning, While the question papers marks in a particular paper. tered the vaccine on Friday. 9 : Q %,-''.%- + / # 49"4$+7$, places to the State capital for the first time. They would befriend #0 + he Commissionerate police the unsuspecting travellers and Ton Saturday nabbed six decamp with their belongings ! charge Satyabrata Grahacharya revealed that the skeleton was members of a gang from after offering them spiked for dereliction in duty. of a 45-year woman and she Bharatpur in the capital city drinks and food.” +$4$,$+(<", ically wounded Subudhi was City DCP Umashankar had died naturally. The cause of who looted passengers at bus Police said the Special rushed to the Umerkote Dash said the skeleton was dis- death was stated to be TB and train terminuses in the Squad was on the trail of the businessman was grievous- Community Health Centre by covered from a vehicle seized She somehow got stuck in twin cities of Bhubaneswar gang after three cases of drug- Aly injured when some the neighbours. As his condition by the Ganjam police in con- the vehicle and died naturally. and Cuttack by spiking their ging and loot were reported in unidentified miscreants fired at deteriorated he was shifted to the nection with a ganja smuggling We are trying to ascertain drinks. the city within a span of few a him in Umarkote in District Headquarters Hospital 49"4$+7$, case in 2019. identity of the deceased per- The arrested included the days. As many as 11 to12 such Nabarangpur district on Friday and later to Visakhapatnam. “When the Ganjam police son,” the DCP added. owner of a medicine store, icine store owner and the two cases were reported in Cuttack evening. His family members alleged n a serious lapse, a human came to release the vehicle in The disciplinary action was who supplied the sedatives to receivers of the stolen proper- and Bhubaneswar in 2020. As per sources, the busi- that a mediaperson and few per- Iskeleton was found in a February, the skeleton was taken on the grounds that he the gang members and two ty were subsequently arrested Meanwhile, Priyadarshi nessman identified as Sanjib sons with whom Subudhi had seized vehicle parked in the found in the vehicle aban- was unaware of the incident, receivers of the looted goods. after their link with the arrest- has warned passengers to be Subudhi was on his way home past enmity, were involved in the premises of the Janla police doned on the outpost premis- which occurred on the outpost Police said three gold ed accused was ascertained. careful about strangers and after closing his shop. All of incident.However, investiga- outpost on the outskirts of es following which we called up premises. chains weighing 40 grams, 18 Commissioner of Police not accept any food or drink sudden three bike-borne mis- tions into the incident by police Bhubaneswar on Saturday. a scientific team for examina- Even after clarification by strips of medicines (sedatives), Saumendra Priyadarshi said, from them. He also warned creants shot at him from close- are ongoing.The attack on Following the incident tion. The skeleton was sent to the DCP in the incident, the one motorcycle, six mobile “The modus operandi of the medicine stores not to provide range near the Punjab National Subudhi has triggered shock- coming to light, the the AIIMS Bhubaneswar for mystery still shrouds the case phones were recovered from gang was they targeted pas- sedatives without a certified Bank branch here and fled from waves among the locals in the Commissionerate police sus- postmortem,” the DCP said. why the police had kept the the gang members. The med- sengers travelling from far-off doctor’s prescription. the spot. After the attack, a crit- region. pended Janla police outpost in- The scientific examination case under wraps till now. > -1) ( + 23) 456 + (#( +4 '
# R 6 increased to 164 on 11 , sub- cinal flora in all the forests and members, SHG leaders, VSS =" ! sided to 101 on 12 and finally especially in Niyamagiri hills and NGO functionaries and to 20 on March 13. As there is range are gone," said Rabindra other rural gentries. * 2. extreme heat due to the present Patakhandal, an RTI activist Monitoring visits to hotspots 49"4$+7$, B summer, the intensity of fire and State convenor of Odisha were conducted by the forest $*4$8<", has been doubled. Suchana Adhikar Mancha. officials.In the fire points, nine ffline classes would youth drowned while three ,$>$($ $ Fortunately, because of the District Collector Saroj special squads with 90 forest Oresume in the Veer Aothers narrowly escaped FAST system developed by the Kumar Mishra reviewed the staff alongwith 1,016 VSSs are Surendra Sai University of from watery grave in the ccording to the Forest FSI, fire alerts are made and grievous situation in the district engaged to put off the fire fol- Technology (VSSUT), Burla, Kuakhai river at Bankuala on ASurvey Institute (FSI), sev- messages are sent to concerned and instructed all the BDOs lowing technical methods. from March 16, informed Vice- the city outskirts on Saturday. eral beats, reserve forests (RF), authorities on real time basis and Tehsildars to raise aware- According to ACF Chancellor Bibhuti Bhusan Pati The mishap took place demarcated protected forests for quick action. ness among public and if need Prabhakar Senapati, out of on Saturday. when the four friends were tak- (DPF) and protected reserve “It is unfortunate that the be, take punitive action. 1,716 fire points in toto, 1,415 As per a decision, the online ing bath in the water body. forests (PRF) are devastated fire incidents are mostly man- Accordingly joint opera- have been attended and the fire classes would be suspended On receiving information, due to manmade fire. Statistics made. The forest dependents tions were initiated at block lev- put off till date. and the first year students can Fire Services personnel from of the FSI depict that 784 fire put fire on the fallen dried els by respective BDOs, DFO Aswini Kumar Kar is join the campus from March Balianta rushed to the spot and points were there on March 7 leaves and twigs to collect Tehsildars, fire officers, police coordinating all these initiatives 17.The Vice-Chancellor took launched a search operation. in Rayagada district. mahua flowers, tendu leaf, podu(shifting or burn and forest dwellers do it for akhand and forest rangers. Awareness with the help of the ODRAF the decision after the VSSUT Further details were await- This came down to 289 on tamarind and sal seeds. In a few slash cultivation) on rotation- shikar (continuous hunting) and orientation workshops team, which has arrived has now been declared a ed. March 8, 53 on 9, 45 on 10 , patches, tribal perform al basis. Sometimes, the local and charcoal. Scores of medi- were organised for elected PRI Saturday. Covid-free institution. 6 @ ? $4 = $ ? 7 ++ 9 4 4,$9*$<", + (O7%+ P anjam Superintendent of BOUDH: Three persons were arrested by the Forest Department GPolice Brijesh Kumar Rai 49"4$+7$, brand value. Odisha.The Bill further amend- personnel on Saturday for allegedly setting a fire at the Mundeswar and three Additional SPs were The Bill also stated that the ed that the university can start Forest Range in Boudh district. Later, in the day the accused were honoured by the Kurmi he State Government has Xavier Institute of Management online courses and programmes forwarded to court. Acting on a tipoff, the officials raided some Khetriya Samaj at Chhatrapur Ttaken a decision to change (XIM) campus situated at under the provisions of the locations in the forest and located and caught red-handed the in the district. the name of ‘Xavier University’ Chandrasekharpur in University Grants Commission accused, who were burning dry leaves for poaching wild animals. Before joining as Ganjam to ‘XIM University’. A Xavier Bhubaneswar over 20 acres of (UGC); and from now, the State Meanwhile, the Forest Department has pulled up it socks to SP, Rai had served in Rayagada University, Odisha land would be declared as the Government is authorised to take stringent action against those who set forest ablaze by form- district where he combated the (Amendment) Bill 2021 was additional campus of ‘XIM suspend the highest the author- ing special squads. A coordination meeting between forest officials Maoist menace successfully said moved by Higher Education University’. ities ‘Controlling Authority” and district administration was held to plan strategies for the joint president of the district Kurmi Minister Arun Sahoo in the State It is to be recalled that the and ‘Management Authority” in crackdown.“The staffs in the zone have been split into several teams Samaj Abhimanyu Pradhan. demic and wished that peace Additional SP of the district Assembly on Saturday. The Bill Xavier University was estab- case of mismanagement, mal- and they are keeping a watch on fire incidents. We are taking all The Kurmi Samaj also and harmony would prevail in Thakur Prasad Patro, Ashok stated that because ‘XIM’ has lished on July 6, 2013 through administration, indiscipline or necessary steps to prevent poachers from setting forests afire,” said praised the SP for effectively the district during his tenure. Mohapatra and Bijay Kumar more brand value than ‘Xavier’, the Xavier University Rules 2013 violation of rules framed for the a forest official. PNS tackling the Covid-19 pan- Besides, Rai three Mallick were also felicitated. there is a need to utilise the framed by the Government of university. + ,-. /0/, !6 77 !1/! =C 75 * * !& ! <9"84$+5 taskforce committee was Chandra Mahapatra here on jects. Aformed in joint collabora- $ plant management for local )$ Friday. He also directed the project tion of Unicef and Action Aid employment, drinking water Mahapatra resolved the proponents and concerned offi- to check child marriage in the * facilities, electricity, ambulance ground level issues that came cials to keep pace with time- district. The performance of services, development of road up on the way of the expedi- lines set against different phas- the taskforce was reviewed by and playground, more planta- tious implementation of the es of the projects. district Collector Kandhamal ? tions, engagement of more projects through detail discus- The committee reviewed Dr Brunda D. teachers in village schools, 49"4$+7$, sion with the project propo- the progress of twenty five The Collector was dissatis- ,", 8$ construction of bus stand at nents, departmental officers major projects envisaging a fied as the information collect- Kusumdihi etc. he Cabinet Committee and collectors of the concerned total investment of around ed by the taskforce in the pan- public hearing for expan- The management agreed to TInvestment (CCI) projects districts. Rs.73,362 cr. These included chayat and block level had not Asion of Rungta Mines fulfil the demands and the monitored under the Project The Chief Secretary direct- sixteen railway projects, two reached the DSWO. Sub Limited's Kamanda Steel Plant expansion proposal got public Monitoring Group (PMG) of ed the project proponents to national highway projects, two Collector Kandhamal Devendra was held on March 9 at nod. the Government of India have complete the projects in time as coal mining projects of MCL, Kumar Nanda defined the Mundasahi Anganwadi Centre Among others, Sundargarh made significant progress all the issues raised by them a STTP project of NTPC, a meaning of single parent so play ground of Koira block ADM Biswajit Mohapatra, Odisha. were resolved promptly. He refinery and crude oil pipe line that the Government can help to child marriage. sentatives and child protection under Sundargarh district. Bonai Sub collector Pradip This was ascertained from added, “this joint exercise has project of IOCL, two gas the helpless child. The Collector In the meeting, 298 villages officers were present. Besides At the beginning steel plant Dang, Rourkela Pollution the CCI PMG meeting held been very fruitful and there has pipeline projects of GAIL and directed the DEO to display art were declared as child marriage DSWO Manaswini Mishra and chief general manager Pranay Control Office head Dr under the chairmanship of been substantial progress in a project of Dalmia in walls of each school of the free. The district level officials, Action Aid coordinator Deo appraised the public Prakash Kumar Mohapatra, Chief Secretary Suresh implementation of the pro- Cement. district giving a message of no supervisors, childline repre- Swatitanaya Mishra attended. regarding the impacts and rem- Scientist Deepak Wahoo, other edy of the project. He also said block officials, steel plant with the expansion of the plant administration head Ramu == -'-, the peripheral development Agarwal, logistic head BB Patel, #+9 +(0# + 2+ 9 - works will be expedited further. villagers and local political 0 <$' The villagers urged the leaders were present. !:D3 Choudhury maintained that the job of the mediapersons is + ,$<$ $ Ameipal , came to know that 7 to create an enlightened pub- paddy had been sold on his lic opinion for a sustainable dditional Registrar of token and money had been democracy. ACooperative Societies withdrawn without his knowl- < 49"4$+7$, Secretary of the association (ARCS) Sarat Chandra edge,when he came to provide Pabitra Kumar Patra presented Panigrahi on Tuesday suspend- his paddy to the PAC on he Cuttack Chapter of a brief annual report earlier. In ed the secretaries of Jadupur February 24. TOdisha Union of Working this context, noted personalities PAC and Ameipal PAC, who are Behera lodged a complaint Journalists affiliated to the like the Director of SVNIRTAR husband and wife, for their before the district Collector in Indian Journalists Union, New (Swami Vivekananda National alleged involvement in selling this regard. Acting on direction Delhi held its2021 Annual Day Institute of Rehabilitation and paddy to black market on the of the Collector, the ARCS con- at Phulnakhara. Joining as the President of Cuttack Union public. Research) Dr Shakti Prasad token of farmers.The duo sus- ducted a probe and the duo sec- inaugurator of the event and of Journalists Lalit Kumar Dash Noted Indo-Anglican poet Das, Dr Chittaranjan Mishra, pended have been identified as retaries were found guilty in the )* been encroached by different chief guest, noted writer Padma presided over the programme. Raju Samal called for character Dr Adhiraj Parida, Bharata Ajitbandhu Samantaray and his inquiry. people as it remained unused Shri Pratibha Ray opined that Chief speaker retired IPS building of all these three Masala enterpriser Surendra wife , Miyanka Beura. “ The district Collector 237 for a century. journalists are like the teachers Officer and former Additional stake-holders in order to create Nath Panda, Ganesh Prasad According to official directed me to place the duo Upon a fresh decision of of the society. Director General of Police a healthy society. Das, Biman Bihari Behera, sources, the matter has come to husband and wife under sus- $*4$8<", the Railways to close it again They show the real path Arun Kumar Upadhyay in his Guest of Honour and pres- Manoj Kumar Nayak, Er the fore about the nexus of duo pension for their alleged involve- and issue of a letter under the and thereby contribute a great address stated the relationship ident of Odisha Union of Pradeep Kumar Behera and with paddy traders as one ment in corruption and negli- he residents of Sambalpur signature of Sanjaya deal to the society. among the Press, police and Working Journalists Sugyan Deben Roy were felicitated. Sarojkant Behera, a farmer of gence in duty," added Panigrahi. Tare much aggrieved over a Mahapatra, Chief Transport decision of the Railways to and Planning Manager, Eco close the Fatak Rail Station sit- Railway Bhubaneswar, that the -':%,<<-% uated in the heart of the city station is closed, people here # and catering to the needs of 70 are preparing for agitation. per cent of users. “We will never allow it to Notably, the people of the happen. This is free India and ' region have got an emotional never British India that the $4)2 * * attachment with the station as Government will take an anti- the father of the nation people decision without con- Mahatma Gandhi had got sulting the people. We will #5) Rourkela city was recorded as regarding the alarming the sit- down here to address meetings fight it tooth and nail,” warned high as 526, which is consid- uation. during the freedom movement. president of the Action '9$+ 5($,9 the whole world, the day is cel- attempting to strip them of $ 75 ered as severe condition. The SPCB in its letter And it has got a long his- Committee of lawyers, Pradeep ebrated as International their joy and pride as presiding The same however has advised various measures like tory of 126 years of existence Bahidar. aryana State Women Women''s Day and the occasion officers" in the Haryana come down to as low as 342, cleaning of road and water from 1884 under the Bengal “Why is the Railways not HCommission has sought shocked the entire nation, Assembly. You chose to chal- ,", 8$ which is considered as moder- sprinkling on major roads, Nagpur Railway (BNR) when it using its encroached land and an explanation from Congress Bhardwaj wrote in the letter. lenge the head of the govern- ate to poor condition, since 100 adequate cleaning and water started operating during the modern technology like double leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda Seeking a “strict written ment–chief minister of he State Pollution Control is the ideal for a city like sprinkling on approach road of British India. tier system as used in other for riding a tractor that was explanation” from Hooda with- Haryana--who was over- TBoard on Thursday, in a Rourkela. Sources said, the railway siding, strict vigilance An attempt was made ear- cities of the country including pulled by his party's women in three days (by Sunday), whelmed while making a point letter to the Collector people of Rourkela reportedly on high polluting vehicles, lier in the year 2007 to close the Bhubaneswar,” Bahidar asked. legislators to protest the rise in Bhardwaj wrote why strict regarding the context of this Sundargarh and the had experienced eye burning ensuring no garbage burning, station on the plea of doubling Sureswar Mishra, fuel prices earlier this week. penal action under relevant incident next day before the Commissioner, Rourkela experience on March 8 and had no outdoor sports activity in of lines and shortage of space. Gaurishankar Dash, Commission chairperson provisions of law may not be whole strength of the Municipal Corporation, complained with the regional schools and colleges and But it couldn’t be success- Jayashankar Mishra, Mahendra (officiating) Preeti Bhardwaj taken against him. In the Legislative Assembly, she said. expressed its concern over sud- office of SPCB, Rourkela. restriction and regulation on ful due to strong interference of Mishra of Nagarika Kalyan shot off a letter to Hooda, who communication, she wrote, She further added, “You den rise in air pollution level in On the reports of regional air polluting industries etc. the then administration and Samity, Subash Panigrahi, pres- is the Leader of the Opposition "What is important to under- chose to challenge and you Rourkela city. office of SPCB Rourkela, The officials of SPCB protest by public. The then ident of Rail users Forum, in the Haryana Assembly, cit- stand here is the fact that this managed to play with the emo- It also served a nine-point Member Secretary SPCB Rourkela however maintained RDC MS Padhi, Collector LN Bhupen Sahu of APP, ing news reports. act was committed with the tional connection that each advisory to bring an improve- Odisha had sent a letter to the that they were closely moni- Nayak and sub collector KC Siddhartha Das of BJD and Hooda on Monday rode a ulterior motive and intention to person has with women in ment in the situation. Sundargarh Collector and the toring the development related Sahu told railway officials here many others warned the tractor pulled by party legisla- harm, disrespect and strip the their lives – as grandmother, as Significantly, on March 8, Commissioner of Rourkela to Air Quality Index of the that the Railways has sufficient Railways to refrain from such tors on the way to the state dignity of women on Women''s mother, as daughter, as wife, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Municipal Corporation, city. lands on both sides which have dictatorial decision. Assembly here to protest the Day itself." niece, as colleague, as party rise in fuel prices. Monday "You have committed an worker, as neighbour and a happened to be International act of gendered political vio- Goddess, too.” Women''s Day and on the occa- lence with the motive to water- One of the MLAs who had 0 ! 2-2- 0+( +)+ sion, women MLAs from shed the relevance of all events pulled the tractor , Shakuntala across parties had presided planned for March 8 Women''s Khatak, had on Thursday over the day''s proceedings in Day. asserted that she never con- <& # + +/) + the Haryana Assembly. Hooda Sadly, you chose women to sidered herself less than men Chandigarh: The Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread its ten- along with some party legisla- commit this undignified and and accused the BJP of "play- tacles in what many say is the second wave, claiming 22 more tors sat on the tractor while disrespectful act that has ing dirty politics" over the lives in Punjab on Saturday, raising the death toll due to the dis- Hospital in Cuttack. multi-storied residential com- some other Congress MLAs hanged the heads of one and matter. "This is our internal ease to 6,052 in the State.The infection count too climbed to 4$87$, The victim was identified plex. A heated altercation pulled the tractor with ropes. all, irrespective of gender or matter. When I am not com- 1,96,263 with 1,515 fresh coronavirus cases reported in the State, as Anand Singh, owner of an between them over the car Haryana Chief Minister party or any affiliations, in plaining, why do they have a a medical bulletin said. The total number of active cases in the dispute over car parking in electronic gadgets outlet, parking resulted in the inci- Manohar Lal Khattar had shame…You chose to chal- problem? State is 10,916.Punjab’s total eight districts have come under ‘night Aan apartment complex in Ananda Construction. dent. expressed his anguish over the lenge our existence—as He (Hooda) is my leader, curfew’ rule with the Districts Administration of Mohali and Baleswar led to firing on He was allegedly shot by The Town police rushed to incident and said in the women,” she wrote. he is like my father. If I have to Fatehgarh Sahib also ordering re-imposition of clampdown from Saturday evening, in which a one Laxman Behera with his the spot and took the accused Assembly, "This treatment to Bhardwaj alleged that push a truck, I will do that too," the night of March 12. Already, night curfew is in place from 42-year-old man received bul- licensed pistol. into custody and shifted the women MLAs was worse than Hooda chose to challenge Khatak had told reporters 11 pm to 5 am in Ludhiana, Patiala, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, let injuries and was referred to Reports said both accused injured to hospital. Further bonded labour." As known to women MLAs of Haryana “by here. Kapurthala, and Hoshiarpur districts. PNS the SCB Medical College and victim were residing in the investigation was on. ( (+ <% ++ ) +#+
mainly due to low sale prices at ment, currently, unsold stock years. More so, another private 40% of the total population. By and tradable in the open mar- and storage charges. promote food grain processing farm gates and the surplus with Food Corporation of India mandi, as proposed in the new this, the food subsidy bill shall ket, e-NAM and Commodity No doubt, with the above industries near to FCI production of food grains. Few (FCI) is about 32.0 million law may not be needed. be moderated. exchange. For which, FCI must arrangement, the farmers godown.FCI should share farmers get a MSP. This helps tonnes (excluding 24.0 million The buffer stock limit During crop arrival sea- assist and charge a nominal fee might get about 95 prices of logistic infrastructure with pro- them survive. tonnes with states) and the debt with FCI may be reduced to 20- son, the trade channel and of 0.5% on sale value. The MSP but they will be protect- cessing industries and trade In general, there is peren- of FCI has exceeded Rs 4.0 lakh 25% of the public distribution processing industries may be interest and storage charges ed from selling at a distress channels for exports and nial distress among framers crore incurring interest and system (PDS) requirement. As pursued to purchase food grain may be levied maximum 9% price. With the active market- onward marketing. A team causing suicide and agitations. storage cost. per demand, part stock may be stock brought by farmers in per annum on the stock value ing role of FCI, after one year, spirit between FCI, Here, we are not discussing Hence, it is not feasible for sold in the open market. APMC mandis. FCI must which may be recovered from there are bright chances for get- Government, industries, about perishable agri-produce the government to buy entire Balance may be exported assist for such sale transactions the ultimate buyer during ting higher prices to farm- traders and farmers will cer- RP GUPTA for which separate policy is production and hence; the directly or through trade chan- through auction. The floor delivery of goods. Balance ers.FCI shall also be benefited tainly deliver the desired out- needed. trade channel must be pro- nels and processing industries. price may be kept at about 93- money may be remitted to since; its debt burden and stor- come. n 1964, the Food So far, India has kept the moted. For this, the market While exporting, the loss to 95 per cent of MSP. FCI should farmers. This will eliminate age cost shall reduce. Rather, Currently, India must pro- ICorporation of India (FCI) food price under check for pro- price must be economically FCI and trade channels may be fix quality standards and pro- interest and storage cost of FCI. it might earn gross profit. vide relief to farmers from the was incorporated with several tecting the poor and middle viable after meeting the cost of compensated through need- vide testing facility to avoid any In general, the price of For availing benefit by all prolonged sufferings objectives such as, to maintain class. Hence, the rich class also transport and storage. More so, based export incentive. By this, arbitrary deduction on quality food grain will increase after farmers across the nation, FCI .Subsequently, the production buffer stock and ensure nation- enjoyed cheaper prices of food the farmers don’t have bar- the debt of FCI shall reduce and ground by purchasers. crop arrival season till the next should increase the network of cost of agro-produce must be al food security, to procure grain compared to peer gaining power with trade chan- the storage capacity shall be Unsold stock must be crop arrives in mandis. Thus, mandis and storage capacity. It reduced through investment in food grains from the farmers at nations. In a sequel, the pover- nels without government sup- available for fresh arrival of essentially stored by FCI and a farmers shall get better prices should also build marketing infrastructure and Minimum Support Price ty among farmers has aggra- port. Allowing farmers for crops. More so, trade channels “Goods Receipt” (GR) may be after storage, as done by the infrastructures. More so, it technology. (MSP) and distribute among vated. The question arises; why open market sale and legal shall also participate. issued to farmers mentioning trade channel. With prior con- must disseminate market Farmers may be also pur- the poor as per the public dis- should the poor farmer sub- binding of MSP on trade chan- Considering the huge the quantity, quality and loan sent of farmers, FCI may also information to farmers. sued for crop diversion; that tribution scheme (PDS). sidise the rich class by selling nels are incomplete and unvi- difference between PDS and amount. The validity period of purchase stock at MSP as per Intermittently, the stock will reduce Agro-imports and Successive governments its produce below MSP? able solutions. market prices, the PDS price such GR may be 5-6 months. the needs of PDS scheme. By with FCI might increase due to enhance income. Also, the pol- have subsidised farm inputs If the entire food grain is Considering complexity, must be gradually increased. FCI shall extend loan to farm- this, FCI need not keep sepa- excess production or poor mar- icy may be framed for perish- and provided cheaper bank sold at MSP, the farmer’s dis- the role of FCI should be mod- Such a large difference is caus- ers up to 90% of stock value at rate buffer stock, as done now. ket demand. In such a situation, able produce for the overall credits. The farmers have also tress can be almost resolved. ified in totality, as discussed ing leakages and the PDS quan- MSP price. Same can be refi- Hence, it will reduce the debt it must quickly export directly growth of Agro-sector. India responded to such policies and Currently, Union Government, below. By which, the farmers tity is diverted into the market nanced by banks to FCI at burden on FCI. or through trade channels. The should also develop entrepre- made India self-sufficient in in the Financial Year 2020-21, will sell the entire produce which artificially reduces mar- Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) In case, the stock is not government must encourage neurial skills of farmers; that food; that needs applause. procured barely 26 per cent (by almost at MSP. After stabilisa- ket price. For arresting leak- rate. Currently, in absence of sold by farmers within the export and be liberal for giving will fetch rural prosperity. Somehow, the average value) food grain under MSP tion, the farmers might get a ages, it is better to adopt “direct such stocking facilities, the validity period of GR, they shall need-based export incentives to (The writer is a leading income of farmers is miserably out of the total 22 crops eligi- higher price than MSP. The fis- cash transfer.” The targeted farmer is compelled to sell its lose selling rights and it shall be compensate for loss of FCI and columnist and author of low compared to other persons ble for MSP. This might be cal and debt burden on the beneficiary must be restricted produce at distress price to deemed sale to FCI at MSP. trade channel and processing books ‘Turn Around India,’ ‘ who are engaged in the indus- below 15% of all crops. Even Government and FCI shall to poor and marginal class trade channels. FCI shall remit balance money industries. Jan-Andolan’ and ‘ Turn try and service sectors. This is with such low-level procure- reduce except during initial which might be maximum GR must be transferable after adjusting debt, interest Simultaneously, India must Around India-2020’) + ,-. /0/, ( +/!>
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Upadhyay and the apex court orientation programme for (SBPL). 09 A0 seeking Centre’s response. the newly-elected members of , (0+(( 267 for suspension of the The accused company used # +(9 “It is unfortunate that the Rajya Sabha. 9+ business of the day. to receive payments from the Supreme Court has opened the Naidu stressed that criti- The Rajya Sabha gullible investors in the name way for a re-examination of the cism of the Government + Chairman urged the members of giving them plots of land. (0(# ) Places of Worship (Special allowed by the poll body. should be informed and cred- (0( ( to develop in depth knowl- “The attached assets 0 + Provision) Act, 1991. The Act +7 895 Meanwhile, in a report to ible, instead of being just for )+ edge of issues being taken up include 98 immovable proper- mandates that the character of the EC, West Bengal Chief the record. in the House so as not to be ties situated at Ranchi, all religious places of worship he Election Commission Secretary Alapan “The Opposition has the ( +) general and vague in their Jharkhand and three commer- should be maintained as it was T(EC) has sought more Bandyopadhyay reported to right to criticise the %( interventions when complex cial shops at Raipur as well as name of company as well as in on August 15, 1947, and no suit details on West Bengal Chief have stated that injury to Chief Government. In fact, it is issues with wider implica- bank balances in the form of their name for the purpose of or proceedings shall lie in a Minister and Trinamool Minister Mamata Banerjee’s their duty. But the criticism tions are discussed. fixed deposits in the name of laundering of such funds. A court of law with respect to the Congress leader Mamata leg in Nandigram was caused should be informed so that it Expressing concern over Sanjeevani Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. large part of proceeds of crime character of places of worship. Banerjee’s alleged attack inci- due to the car door but the looks credible. Opposing order in the form of distur- the rising ‘negative perception and its directors and their rel- was also withdrawn in cash by This effectively barred courts dent, saying that the report report does not clearly men- every move of the bances along the boundaries, quotient’ among the public atives Jayant Dayal Nandy, his the accused persons for from entertaining cases which submitted by State chief sec- tion what led to the door Government for the sake of misplaced criticism of the about the functioning of the wife Anita Dayal Nand, anoth- depositing the same in their raise disputes over places of retary on her injuries was slamming on Mamata record dents its credibility. country based on some spo- legislatures in the country, er director Shyam Kishore personal accounts which was worship that existed as of sketchy and not comprehensive Banerjee’s leg. The quality of criticism should radic incidents, discrediting Naidu urged the members to Gupta and Ranjana Shrivastav, further projected as untainted, August 15, 1947. The law fur- enough. In addition, the Chief really sting the Government of India’s democracy, economic abide by the elaborate rules of wife of one of the directors it said. ther provided that such cases The EC has asked State Secretary’s report also mentions the day and catch the eye of restrictions, cross- border ter- procedure and conventions Prakash Prasad Lala,” the ED The ED had earlier already pending in courts would chief secretary Alapan that a massive crowd had gath- the media and the people,” ror etc. and urged them to of the House evolved over the said in a statement. . attached assets worth 3.10 stand abated,” said CPI(M) in a Bandyopadhyay to furnish ered on the road in Nandigram Naidu said. effectively checkmate such years to enable its smooth The ED initiated investi- crore in the name of SBPL and statement. more details to elaborate on the when the incident took place on Urging the members to attempts in every forum. functioning. gation on the basis of FIR reg- its directors which was subse- “The Act, however, granted incident further. On the hand, March 10.On the other hand, acquire deep knowledge of the Naidu reminded the “These rules provide for istered by CBI, Ranchi and quently confirmed by PMLA an exception for the Babri the special observers in their the report does say that an iron state of the nation to make members of their solemn duty every contingency. During chargesheet against Sanjeevani Adjudicating Authority. Masjid/Ramjanmabhoomi site report has ruled the possibili- pole was not far from CM effective contributions to its to defend the integrity and my 20 years in the Rajya Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. and others. During the course of inves- at Ayodhya, which was then ty that the injury was the result Mamata Banerjee’s car but does transformation, Naidu said: “It sovereignty of India by being Sabha and three-and-a-half The ED investigation has tigation, one of its directors under dispute. While invoking of an attack. Stating that there not clearly say if the door of the is also your duty to ensure and alert all the time about the years as its Chairman, I have revealed that SBPL and its Shyam Kishore Gupta was this exemption, the Supreme is no evidence of an attack on vehicles closed on her leg after further strengthen the unity threats facing the country. never witnessed a situation directors cheated a large num- arrested on March 12, 2020. Court in the 2019 Ayodhya ver- CM’s convoy, the their report brushing against the pole. The and inclusivity of our multi- Elaborating on the chal- when inadequacy of Rules ber of people of Jharkhand by Prosecution Complaint dict reaffirmed that similar said she was in the midst of report also mentioned that cultural society by checkmat- lenges of time management in was felt in addressing proce- inducing them by way of pub- (chargesheet) was filed before such cases cannot be enter- heavy police cover at the time there was no clear footage avail- ing the attempts to create the House, Naidu asserted dural matters in the House,” lication of misleading adver- the PMLA Special Court tained with respect to other sites of the incident. able of the spot where the inci- divisions based on caste, that what is important is not he said. tisements through various against eight accused per- in view of this Act. “The report submitted by dent took place from anywhere colour, region and religion. the length of the interven- Stating that the members media channels and public sons/entities. The Polit Bureau of the the West Bengal Government in the vicinity, Each one of you must emerge tions, but the content and the have the right to seek their due canvassing which resulted into Look Out Circular has also CPI(M) reaffirms that the appeared to be quite sketchy Following the incident, the as the spokesperson of the perspectives presented. in the House as per the rules receipt of payments from the been issued by ED against the grounds on which this law was and without any details of the Election Commission had aspiring, emergent, capable, He urged the members to and conventions, and that the investors through cheque/cash absconding accused Jayant enacted need not be re-exam- incident like how it happened asked Chief Secretary Alapan resilient and united India.” be specific and avoid repeti- presiding officers are their towards purported sale of plots Dayal Nand who was the ined. The Central Government or who could be behind it,” an Bandyopadhyay, special He also cautioned the tions which even kill media custodians, Naidu said that it of land/constructed house, it alleged master mind of this must respond to the Supreme officials of the EC. Meanwhile, observer Ajay Nayak and spe- members about the attempts interest. He suggested the is in the interest of the mem- said. scam. Court seeking its views in a firm the EC special observers have cial police observer Vivek to block the progress of the members to avoid giving bers and of the House to The directors of the com- Further investigation in affirmation of the Places of sought another day to submit Dube to submit a report by country, the voice of which is notices as a matter of routine abide by the decision of the pany had opened a large num- this case is under progress, it Worship Act, 1991,” said their report, which has been Friday evening. finding an echo in the global like the notices under Rule Chair in the end. ber of bank accounts in the added. CPI(M).
to 96.81%. After witnessing a reduced ' 2 ! & I / BCDDB number of cases in the last few months, the infections have once again spiked in several Speaking at the occasion, parts of the country. Justice Malhotra said that for BC In a bid to combat the a lawyer it was important to infection spread, the State conduct yourself with high Governments like degree of professionalism. +7 895 Maharashtra have imple- “You must be properly mented restrictions and attired, professionally at all ndia on Saturday recorded pushed the Covid-19 vacci- times and be punctual in your I24,882 fresh Covid-19 infec- nation drive in the country +7 895 engagements. One issue I tions, the highest so far this with full force. flagged when I was called by year, taking the tally to The Centre said he Supreme Court having women lawyers to Bar room 1,13,33,728, according to the 2,82,18,457 vaccine doses have Tleft with only one woman after becoming a judge, I said Union Health Ministry data. been administered so far, with judge is “deeply worrying” and please don’’t wear fashion- This is also the highest daily 20,53,537 doses given in the must promptly receive serious able clothes, which you must rise in the last 83 days. As last 24 hours. introspection, apex court judge, keep for the evening and not many as 26,624 new infections The Government has been Justice D Y Chandrachud, said while you are at work. were recorded on December asking the people to not take on Saturday. rying fact and must prompt- more diverse judiciary, “You must be profession- 20. the virus for granted. “It can Justice Chandrachud was ly receive serious introspec- ensured diversity of perspec- ally dressed as that’’s how you Maharashtra, Kerala, come up unexpectedly. If we speaking at a farewell ceremo- tion,” Justice Chandrachud tives is fairly considered, will be perceived by your Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, have to remain free of this ny organised by the Supreme said. instills high degree of public clients, your colleagues, and Tamil Nadu and Madhya virus, Covid-appropriate Court Young Lawyers Forum He said that “as an insti- confidence,” he said. the Bench. Second, you must Pradesh reported 87.72% of January 20, as 4,785 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. behaviour, containment strat- to honour Justice Indu tution whose decision shape He said that it was learn to draft in clear and con- the new cases in the last 24 were added in the last 24 The surge in Covid-19 egy as well as Malhotra, who was the first and impact lives of everyday required that stories such as cise manner,” she said. hours. Maharashtra accounts hours, comprising 1.74% of cases reported on Saturday is vaccination has to be brought woman lawyer to be appoint- Indian, we must do better”. Justice Malhotra become more In her farewell speech on for 63.57 per cent of India’s the total cases seen so far. The almost 7 per cent higher than in,” said an official from the ed directly as a judge of the “We must ensure the common place. Wednesday, she said that the total active cases. first two instances of a spike the previous day’s number. Ministry. Supreme Court, retires from diversity of our country find “As members of legal fra- verdict delivered by the apex This is the fourth time in active cases were seen in the Data also showed that 19,957 He advised that in dis- the apex court on Saturday. reflection in making up of our ternity we do our bit to ensure court decriminalising con- that the country’s single-day first week of January when the people were cured of the coro- tricts where Covid-19 cases “Justice Malhotra’’s retire- court. Intrinsically having a that it doesn’’t remain as hard sensual gay sex was the “most cases have crossed the 20,000- first wave of Covid cases was navirus disease in the last 24 are seemingly on the rise, ment means that the SC now more diverse judiciary is an as it was for Justice Malhotra moving moment” as the emo- mark this year. The active receding, followed by a third hours, taking the vaccination of eligible indi- has only one female judge on end, a goal in itself and worth for women to climb upper tions that swept the court- cases also soared to 202,022, rise on March 11. recoveries to 10,973,260 so far viduals should be intensified the Bench. As an institution, pursuing in its own sake. echelons of our profession,” he room at that time was quite after a downward trend since At least 140 deaths were and the national recovery rate and prioritised. I find that this is a deeply wor- “Instrumentally, having a said. overwhelming. <* * 8# 7 < / % $O +) +/ ! A -ES ) = 0"@ ! ! # , ( +7 895 +7 895
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mation on laboratories for this or heavy metals. how did businessman Gautam The event will have the had a telephonic conversation purpose. + 0+# Apart from these, there are Adani manage to increase his participation of various yoga on Saturday during which they The guidelines specify # ( 61 priority districts across five wealth by 50 per cent while stakeholders and yoga masters. reviewed topical developments work to be done in terms of + #; 0+(; states identified by the everyone else was struggling The preparation is going on as well as ongoing cooperation surveillance and monitoring at + ;+; + Ministry of Health and Family because of the Covid-19 pan- with coordination with respec- between both the countries in the state, district, block/tehsil + Welfare which are affected by demic. tive States, said Kiren Rijiju, the Minister while PK Pathak, tial growth in Yoga promotion bilateral and multilateral and village levels. Japanese Encephalitis - Acute His remarks come after a Minister of State (IC), Youth Additional Secretary (Ayush) since 2014,” he said. forums. The basic water quality tions by 2024 to all rural house- Encephalitis Syndrome (JE- new report said that Adani Affairs and Sports and addi- said that Yoga has played an Later, the Minister The two leaders agreed to parameters prescribed under holds and water quality is an AES). added USD 16.2 billion to his tional Charge MoS(IC) important role in enhancing launched the edition of Yoga maintain regular contact the guidelines are pH value, important aspect of it. Bharat Lal, Additional wealth taking his net worth to AYUSH l after launching the the immunity of the human Vijnana a Bi-annual research between relevant officials, total dissolved solids, turbidi- He said the total cost of the Secretary and Mission Director USD 50 billion in 2021, more 100 days’ countdown to 7th body and hence useful in man- journal of MDNIY, containing including in the context of the ty, chloride, total alkalinity, Jal Jeevan Mission is 3,60,000 of National Jeevan Mission, than anyone else in the world. IDY at an event here. agement of Covid-19. useful scientific research arti- continuing COVID-19 chal- total hardness, sulphate, iron, crore and 2 per cent of it has said the purpose of the exercise Tagging the news report Calling Yoga, a soft power Dr IV Basavaraddi, cles and traditional knowl- lenges, a Prime Minister’s total arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, been dedicated to the quality of is to instil a sense of in a tweet, Gandhi asked, which has given India a unique Director Morarji Desai edge about Yoga Shastra, Office statement (PMO) said. total coliform bacteria, e.Coil or water. confidence about water qual- “How much did your wealth recognition before the inter- National Institute of Yoga being published for the ben- The leaders reviewed top- thermo-tolerant coliform bac- According to a 2018 ity and people can also test increase in 2020? Zero. You national fraternity, the Minister (MDNIY) talked in detail efit of Yoga professionals. ical developments and the teria. assessment by the Central water quality. struggle to survive while he said that it has vast potential for about how at the initiative of The Minister also ongoing cooperation between The guidelines have been Ground Water Board, 52 per He added that a database makes Rs 12 lakh crore and employment opportunities, India, the United Nation launched Yoga Re-orienta- both the countries in bilateral prepared in consultation with cent of all the blocks in the of 2,200 laboratories across the increases his wealth by 50 per especially after the declaration General Assembly declared tion training programme for and multilateral forums, it the Indian Council of Medical country have inter alia any one country has been prepared so cent. Can you tell me why?” of Yogasana as a competitive 21st June as International Yoga Instructors of Leh- said. Research (ICMR). of the geogenic contaminants that water quality can be test- With the biggest wealth sport. Day of Yoga. “UNESCO rec- Ladakh undertaken by During the call, Prime Jal Shakti Minister like arsenic, chloride, fluo- ed. All the laboratories have surge, Adani has beaten All the young students pre- ognized Yoga as an intangible MDNIY. Minister Modi reiterated the Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told ride, iron, nitrate and salinity. been accredited by National Amazon founder and CEO sent during the function and cultural heritage of humani- A Yoga Fusion perfor- importance of Sri Lanka to reporters that the aim of the Jal Nearly 20 States in India Accreditation Board for Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO those who are watching online ty and Yogasana declared as a mance, by a group of students, India’s Neighbourhood First Jeevan Mission is to provide have drinking water source Testing and Calibration Elon Musk, according to the to practice Yoga should take competitive sport. These ini- was also made during the policy, the PMO said. functional tap water connec- contaminated with arsenic, Laboratories. report. part in Yogasans sports, said tiatives resulted in exponen- programme. !B + ,-. /0/,
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India’s /$5<", expected to rebound about 5.5 +7 895 February 2021 of which The report unveiled on dynamic per cent after (-)3.5 per cent passenger vehicle sales has *"*4$5 Saturday details the findings FinTech indus- ITI Aayog CEO Amitabh in 2020 which has been the conomic activity is shown the highest growth of from the study that Boston try has over NKant on Saturday said worst since post-World War, Eexpected to consolidate in 18% over the corresponding here are green shoots vis- Consulting Group (BCG) and 2,100 FinTechs of which 67 per Prateek Roongta, India’s power is truly repre- Kant said, adding that push- March 2021 as the Covid-19 month in the previous year. Tible in various sectors of FICCI undertook to size the cent have been set up over the Managing Director and sented by its sustained eco- ing India towards a high impacted difficult financial Though COVID-19 cases the economy and the coun- value-creation potential and last 5 years alone. The total val- Partner, Boston Consulting nomic growth, which is a key growth trajectory was a key year 2020-21 is winding down are re-emerging in some try is already looking at a ‘V- identify imperatives for India’s uation of the industry is esti- Group India said, “We believe to its future and critical for challenge. The private sector with new hopes for the next states including Maharashtra, shaped’ recovery, Minister FinTech growth. mated at USD 50-60 billion. India’s FinTechs are at the security reasons. needs to be brought in at the financial year with a great Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, of State for Finance and “India is strongly poised to The industry’s growth has precipice of significant value- Delivering the keynote heart of India’s economic growth trajectory of Indian Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the Corporate Affairs Anurag realise a FinTech sector valua- been undeterred by the pan- creation of USD 100 billion address at the inauguration of growth, he said. economy, said Sanjay movement of the Indian Thakur said on Saturday. tion of USD 150-160 billion by demic, as it has seen the emer- over the next five years. To ‘Militaria@Jaipur-2021’, he “The economies of east Aggarwal, President, PHD economy remains steady in “India is already looking 2025, translating to an incre- gence of three new Unicorns actualise this potential, the said as a fallout of the and southeast Asia have trans- Chamber of Commerce and February 2021. at ‘V-shaped’ recovery. Along mental value-creation potential and five new Soonicorns (USD industry would require invest- COVID-19 pandemic radical formed themselves within a Industry on Saturday. We are happy to note that with the green shoots in var- of approximately USD 100 bil- 500 mn+ valuation) since ments to the tune of USD 20- reforms were ushered in generation. India’s economy Out of the 10 indicators the vaccination drive in the ious sectors, in the month of lion. It is estimated that to meet January 2020. 25 billion till 2025. across a range of sectors and has witnessed a substantial of QET (Quick Economic country is moving at a faster February, FPI inflows were Rs Consequently, the number of asserted that India has had the transformation over 30 years Trends) of economic and rate, with more than 2.6 crore 25,787 crore,” Thakur said at Indian FinTech Unicorns will sharpest recovery among the since 1991 with an average business activity tracked by vaccines being administered a virtual conclave organised more than double over the major economies. annual growth of 6.5 per cent,” the industry body PHDCCI, so far, said Aggarwal. by the Institute of Actuaries next few years.” Economic Growth is the NITI Aayog CEO said. 7 have performed positive in of India. ) "3! > "B6BBE* +7 895 +.6:.+ +6 . 6. vehicle scrapping policy. - - / -- .+ Road, Transport, Highways +7 895 been held with concerned prevail in case of inconsisten- he Government depart- .- 66:. + #: 0% / and MSMEs Minister Nitin Ministries/Departments, basis cies between the two policies. Tments will not be able to Gadkari had said that initially n e-Commerce operator which the revised version of the An e-Commerce operator renew registration of their vehi- . '-. -7; one crore vehicles will go for Aoperating in marketplace policy has been prepared. operating in marketplace or cles older than 15 years from :+''.-( +/?:.+- scrapping and the policy will or hybrid mode shall manage A meeting is underway on hybrid mode shall manage its April 1, 2022, if a proposal in -;;-.+- 6+' . lead to new investments of its relationship with sellers on Saturday under chairmanship relationship with sellers on its this regard issued by the the around Rs 10,000 crore and its platform in an agnostic of Secretary, DPIIT to discuss platform in an agnostic man- Ministry of Road Transport -.7+- . .. create as many as 50,000 jobs. manner and without being the revised draft. ner and without being partial and Highways is finalised. - These old vehicles are partial to any of its sellers. In this policy, e-commerce to any of its sellers. It has sought stakehold- estimated to cause 10-12 times This is laid out in the Draft means the business activities of An e-Commerce operator ers comments to amend relat- more pollution than the latest E-commerce policy prepared sale, marketing, distribution functioning in market or ed rules in this regard issuing vehicles. by Department for Promotion of goods or provision of ser- hybrid mode shall ensure that a notification. announced in the Union The government had ear- of Industry and Internal Trade vices through the Internet or information collected through Once approved, this will Budget on February 1 for 2021- lier said it plans to impose under the Ministry of other information networks. platform is not used to obtain be applicable to all government 22 which provides for fitness green tax on old polluting Commerce & Industry. The policy covers all modes of market advantage against sell- vehicles - central or state gov- test after 20 years for personal vehicles soon in a bid to pro- This National e-Commerce e-commerce; i.e., inventory, ers on its own platform. ernments, union territories, vehicles while commercial tect the environment and curb Policy is therein, not a fresh marketplace and hybrid model. Actions and things which PSUs, municipal and vehicles would require it after pollution while vehicles like construct of government’s This Policy is equally applica- cannot be done by the platform autonomous bodies, as per the the completion of 15 years. strong hybrids, electric vehicles ambitions but is a consolidat- ble to entities, natural and /or entities can also not be done by notification. Notification of the draft and those running on alternate ed document for the continued legal with foreign and domes- any of its associates and relat- “From April 1, 2022, gov- rules has been issued to this fuels like CNG, ethanol and vision of providing a level play- tic investments. ed parties. ernment departments will not effect on March 12 by the LPG will be exempted. The ing field to all stakeholders, An e-Commerce operator Government may, from be able to renew the certificate ministry seeking comments, revenue collected through the including individual con- can operate in any of the three time to time, notify parties of registration of their vehicles, objections and suggestions green tax will be utilised for sumers, MSMEs, traders, arti- modes of ecommerce. E- which fall in the definition of after 15 years. This will apply from the stakeholders within tackling pollution. sans, start-ups, while pursuing Commerce platforms shall associates and related parties. to all government - central, thirty days. Under the scheme, trans- a development agenda which ensure that they operate Owing to the cross-cutting state, UT, PSUs, municipal The certificate of registra- port vehicles older than eight addresses growth and reduces according to the extant and nature of e-Commerce, differ- bodies & autonomous bod- tion shall not be renewed after years could be charged green prevalent market distortions. applicable legislation/rules for ent laws and regulations across ies,” the Ministry of Road, the laps of 15 years for goven- tax at the time of renewal of fit- This focus is important as conduct of all such operations. sectors govern the present e- Transport and Highways said rment vehicles, it said. ness certificate at the rate of 10- retail trade has been com- E-Commerce platforms hosted Commerce activities, some of in a tweet. Presenting the Budget for 25 per cent of road tax, as per plaining against it. by or on behalf of entities hav- which are; Income Tax Act, The development comes 2021-22 in Parliament, Finance green tax proposal sent to Meetings are underway to ing foreign investment shall 1961, Consumer Protection close on heels of the voluntary Minister Nirmala Sitharaman states for consultations after receive feedback on the policy. comply with Foreign Direct Act, 2019, Information vehicle scrapping policy on February 1 had announced cleared by the ministry. One on one interactions have Investment Policy, which shall Technology Act, 2000. %( ' 7 6/5 +) %( P ! ## (+ 5 Kolkata: Chief Economic 8 $ $ - :.+ AdvisorKrishnamurthy +7 895 drive. 7+; ;' .. -- Subramanian on Saturday has Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, head of the assembly elec- : <( '+-. +6 . said that the country requires ndian Oil Corporation Chairman, IndianOil, and Ations In four states and a 6.- +6 . << 6 > growth at this juncture, even ILimited (IndianOil) has Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, union territory, a startup firm with economic tradeoffs, as it leveraged its expertise and Director (HR), IndianOil, were has unveiled a mobile applica- +66: - aspires to increase its domi- reach to bolster India’s Covid- among the first few to get the tion with poll statistics and data forms related to the field are nance and self- reliance in the 19 vaccination programme by indigenous vaccine shot to on the country’s economy to social networking applications. global economy. supplementing the available allay the apprehensions among help voters take fact-based These do not help voters take Subramanian’s comment cold chain equipment (CCE) the stakeholders. decisions before exercising fact-based decisions, another comes ahead of the revision of infrastructure in four states -- Speaking about IndianOil’s their franchise, company offi- director of the firm Sheshagiri policy framework and inflation Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil focus on employee welfare, cials said. Anegondi said. targets by the Monetary Policy Nadu, Bihar and Manipur -- for Vaidya said, “An inspired, The startup - There is an election knowl- Committee headed by the RBI the storage and transportation agile and resilient team of Demokratika- launched the edge game that users can play, governor by March 31. of vaccines. employees enabled Indian Oil application, BolSubol, which and most of the features of the It will be the first review for RBI IndianOil is procuring to fuel the economy and has economic and political app are free, the official said. since it was tasked with a man- CCE equipment like ice-line keep the kitchen fires burning, information about all the con- “Users have to pay for dated inflation target of 4 per refrigerator (ILR), deep freez- even during the most difficult stituencies in India for over 60 some of the features of the cent with a 2 per cent deviation er (DF), walk-in-cooler (WIC), phases of the pandemic. years on average, they claimed. mobile application,” he added. either way in June 2016, when walk-in-freezer (WIF) and We are committed to “Except the election com- Tamil Nadu, Kerala and it adopted a flexible inflation refrigerated truck (RT) for ensuring the employees’ welfare mission’s efforts, not much Puducherry will go to polls on targeting model. handing them over to the at all times”. seems to be done by political April 6, while assembly elec- At this juncture we must focus respective state governments. During the countrywide parties to empower voters. tions in Assam will be held in on growth and when it comes The IndianOil manage- lockdown, IndianOil ensured Hence, the app is rolled out. It three phases starting on March to pressures for trade-offs, we ment has also asked the com- the supply of petroleum prod- will offer a powerful 27.The eight-phased polls in must be leaning on growth, pany’s stakeholders to get vac- ucts, including delivering on an microblogging tool,” Ritesh West Bengal will be held Subramanian said at a virtual cinated at the earliest to con- average of 25 lakh cylinders Verma, one of the directors of between March 27 and April annual regional meeting of the tribute to the success of the every day to its customers’ the company, said on Friday. 29. Votes will be counted on CII, Eastern Region. world’s largest vaccination doorsteps. Most of the digital plat- May 2. PTI + Q # Q #I < +7 895 Lamba, DLF and Parvesh +7 895 sumption of fuel ( largely petrol Kheterpal, Feedback Infra. and diesel ) fell 4.9 per cent in Mumbai:To create employa- ome of India Inc’s senior GCAI aims to be the pre- he rising fuel prices is yoy February to 17.2 million bility and employment oppor- SGeneral Counsels have mier association to serve the Timpacting demand condi- tonnes. The demand also tunities, there is a need to together to launch the General diversified needs of the in- tions in India that is looking for slipped 4.6 per cent on month- focus on new age skills and step Counsels’ Association of India house counsels, who are qual- an accelerated recovery of the ly basis indicating that various up the momentum of skilling, (GCAI). ified law graduates holding a economy post Covid-induced hiccups still remain on the Union Minister for Skill The objective of the asso- degree in law duly recognized lockdowns and disruptions. path of full recovery for the Development and ciation is to create a robust plat- by the Bar Council of India. In- According to official data, Indian economy. Entrepreneurship Mahendra form run, managed, and oper- house counsels are in employ- country’s fuel consumption fell A clearer indication that Nath Pandey said on Saturday. ated by General Counsels ment with organizations, sharply in February, the second recovery is still some way off The minister said that to across India in order to create responsible for the enforcement consecutive month when can be gauged by seeing the achieve these objectives, train- a distinct professional identity of law and governance in their demand is slowing signs of a diesel consumption data as the ers need to be updated on new and voice for General Counsels. respective organizations, slackening amidst rising fuel fuel is prime source of trans- technologies. Pandey was Amongst the senior including handling all its legal prices. port for all kinds of goods in speaking at the inauguration of General Counsels who have matters. The consumption slow- the country and accounts for L&T’s Skill Trainers Academy associated themselves with the It will also help to enhance down in February is lowest about 40 per cent of overall (STA) in Mumbai. He said initiative are Sanjeev Gemawat, the growth and quality of in- since September when it had refined fuel sales in India. L&T’s STA supports short- Dalmia Bharat; Akhil Prasad, house legal professionals who begun becoming clear that The consumption of term skill training through a Boeing India, Manjaree can leverage the collective worst is over and demand is Diesel fell 3.8 per cent to 6.55 wide network of training Chowdhary, Maruti Suzuki; knowledge and wisdom of picking up. million tonnes in February on providers and district nodal Tejal Patil, OYO; Sameet experienced members through According to oil ministry’s a month on month basis and skill centres called Pradhan Gambhir, DCM; Sameer collaboration and exchange of Petroleum Planning and declined 8.5 per cent year-on- Mantri Kaushal Kendra. PTI Chugh, Bharti Group; Manish ideas. Analysis Cell (PPAC), con- year. + ,-. /0/, +(!4 ) 0 01
*$+ $8$> F*>$+*$,G bridge said to have been dam- In Washington on Friday, aged by an explosive charge. the Biden administration :$ ecurity forces in Myanmar The bridge was described announced it is offering tem- Son Saturday again met in multiple accounts as being porary legal residency to peo- protests against last month’s on the rail line from Mandalay ple from Myanmar, citing the military takeover with lethal to Myitkyina, the capital of the military’s takeover and ongoing force, killing at least four peo- northern state of Kachin. The deadly force against civilians. ple by shooting live ammuni- photos show damage to part of Homeland Security tion at demonstrators. a concrete support. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas 5 Three deaths were report- No one took responsibili- said the designation of tempo- ed in Mandalay, the country’s ty for the action, but it could rary protected status for people 7$95+( + second-biggest city, and one in serve a two-fold purpose. from Myanmar would last for Pyay, a town in south-central It could be seen as support 18 months. The offer of tem- he Biden administration Myanmar. There were multiple for the nationwide strike of porary legal residency applies Toffered temporary legal reports on social media of the state railway workers, who are to people already in the United residency on Friday to people deaths, along with photos of part of the civil disobedience States. Mayorkas said in a state- from Myanmar, where military dead and wounded people in movement against the coup. ment that worsening condi- leaders have overthrown the both locations. At the same time, it could be tions in Myanmar would make country’s elected government The independent UN aimed as disrupting the ability of it difficult for those people to and are using deadly force human rights expert for the junta to reinforce its troops safely return home. against protesters. Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said in Kachin, a state whose residents The Feb. 1 coup reversed Homeland Security Thursday that “credible have long been at odds with the years of slow progress toward Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reports” indicated security central government. The Kachin democracy in Myanmar, which said the temporary protected forces in the Southeast Asian ethnic minority fields its own for five decades had languished status would last for 18 nation had so far killed at least well-trained and equipped guer- under strict military rule that months. The designation & 70 people, and cited growing rilla force, and there has been led to international isolation applies to people from that evidence of crimes against & 0 % & outrage in Myitkyina at securi- and sanctions. country already living in the % & humanity since the military ty forces’ killing of anti-coup pro- Suu Kyi’s National League United States. ousted the elected government Thaketa township, where a was of a 19-year-old man shot intimidation. They have also testers there. for Democracy party led a Myanmar’s military seized protesters since the coup. of Aung San Suu Kyi. protest being held outside a in Hlaing township. been carrying out targeted The prospect of sabotage return to civilian rule with a power February 1, hours Mayorkas said in a state- Reports on social media police station was dispersed. A The nighttime protests may raids, taking people from their has been openly discussed by landslide election victory in before the seating of a new par- ment that the takeover has also said three people were shot crowd had gathered there to reflect a more aggressive homes with minimal resistance. some protesters, who warn 2015, and an even greater mar- liament following election worsened humanitarian con- dead Friday night in Yangon, demand the release of three approach to self-defense that In at least two known cases, the that they could blow up a gin of votes last year. It would results that were seen as a ditions, disrupted aid and Myanmar’s largest city, where young men who were seized has been advocated by some detainees died in custody with- pipeline supplying natural gas have been installed for a second rebuff to the country’s gener- medical flights into the coun- residents for the past week from their home earlier Friday protesters. Police had been in hours of being taken away. to China. They see China as five-year term last month, but als. The coup upended inter- try and brought on an eco- have been defying an 8 pm. night. Photos said to be of the aggressively patrolling residen- Another possible indica- being the junta’s main sup- instead Suu Kyi and President nationally backed efforts to nomic crisis, making it difficult Curfew to come out on the bodies of two dead protesters tial neighborhoods at night, fir- tion of heightened resistance porter, even though Beijing Win Myint and other members restore democracy and end for Myanmar nationals and streets. Two deaths by gunfire were posted online. The other ing into the air and setting off emerged Saturday with photos has been mildly critical of the of the Government were placed decades of junta rule. Security longtime residents to return to were reported in Yangon’s reported fatality Friday night stun grenades in an effort at posted online of a railway coup in its public comments. in military detention. forces have killed dozens of the country safely. :' 6 E Q R 5 -'%,: 6 7 85 9 ) :$$$* 9@9 #+-:+ $ ! 7$95+( + regional issues, including free- Chinese counterparts Yang # dom of navigation and freedom Jiechi, a member of the # eaders of the US, India, from coercion in the South and Politburo of the ruling 7$95+( + London: Britain’s foreign sec- the Joint Declaration — a & LAustralia and Japan did dis- East China seas, the North Communist Party of China retary on Saturday criticised demonstration of the growing O cuss the “challenge” posed by Korea nuclear issue and the and State Councillor and he Biden administration China for continuing to violate gulf between Beijing’s promis- ! * China during the first meeting coup and violent repression in Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Ton Friday said it is willing the Sino-British Joint es and its actions,” the foreign of the Quad, and they made Myanmar, Sullivan said. Anchorage, Alaska on March to reconsider the objections or Declaration as Beijing further secretary said. ! clear that none of them have “Over the course of the 18-19. adverse decisions to foreign tightens control over Hong British and Chinese author- $0. any “illusions” about Beijing, meeting, a sense of optimism “This is our effort to com- workers on visas like H-1B due reopen and/or reconsider Kong. Dominic Raab said ities signed the agreement in US National Security Adviser for the future, despite the hard municate clearly to the Chinese to the three policy memos by adverse decisions” on Form I- Beijing’s decision to “impose 1984, paving the way for Hong Jake Sullivan has said. times were in, was on full dis- government how the United the previous Trump adminis- 129, Petition for a radical changes to restrict par- Kong’s handover from British to O $! Addressing a White House play. States intends to proceed at a tration which now have been Nonimmigrant Worker, made ticipation in Hong Kong’s elec- Chinese rule in 1997. The briefing on Friday soon after “The four leaders did dis- strategic level, what we believe rescinded. based on three rescinded pol- toral system ... Is part of a pat- agreement stipulated that the 2 ) the historic virtual Quad sum- cuss the challenge posed by our fundamental interests and The move is expected to icy memos. tern designed to harass and sti- former British colony would # mit between US President Joe China, and they made clear values are, and what our con- come to the rescue of a large USCIS said it will general- fle all voices critical of China’s retain a high degree of auton- 9.' @ + Biden, Prime Minister that none of them have any illu- cerns with their activities are — number of Indian IT profes- ly use its discretion to accept a policies.” omy and its civil rights and free- Narendra Modi, Australian sions about China, but today whether it’s on Hong Kong, or sionals who were having a motion to reopen filed more The moves amount to the doms for at least 50 years. 0 - # Prime Minister Scott Morrison was not fundamentally about Xinjiang, or in the Taiwan tough time during the previous than 30 days after the decision, third breach of the Joint The UK and US criticised ! and Japanese Prime Minister China,” Sullivan said ahead of Strait — or, frankly, the issues Trump administration due to if filed before the end of the Declaration in less than nine China Thursday when its cer- Yoshihide Suga, the top a crucial meeting with top that we heard today from our various policies and memo- validity period requested on months, Raab said in a statement. emonial legislature endorsed ! American official said the four Chinese officials. Quad partners: their coercion randums on non-immigrant the petition or labour condition “The Chinese authorities’ the Communist Party’s move to $ 4 leaders have agreed to hold an Sullivan, who along with of Australia, their harassment work visas, in particular H-1B. application, whichever is earli- continued action means I must reduce the role of Hong Kong in-person summit later this along with the Secretary of around the Senkaku Islands, US Citizenship and er, and the decision was based on now report that the UK con- voters in picking the territory’s year. State Antony Blinken are their aggression on the border Immigration Services (USCIS) one or more policies in the three siders Beijing to be in a state of lawmakers and ensure “patri- 0 - # " ! 061 The leaders addressed key scheduled to meet their with India,” Sullivan said. on Friday announced “it may rescinded H-1B memoranda. ongoing non-compliance with ots” rule the city. AP 9 5 # ! 4 9 5$# ? $-' $ 5 # < ! # (1 ! . * ! $% * 2R 7 4# La Paz: The conservative inter- '8*4 country forward,” he was quot- Dhaka: Several world leaders, to join the celebrations under im President who led Bolivia ) # ed as saying by an official including Prime Minister separate schedules, Bangladesh for a year was arrested on ) ri Lankan President statement released on Saturday. Colombo: A 60-year-old for- Easter Sunday bombings had Narendra Modi and heads of government’s principal infor- Saturday as officials of the . .+- "+ SGotabaya Rajapaksa has Gotabaya Rajapaksa,71, mer leader of Islamic organi- called for banning Wahaabism state and government from mation officer Surath Kumar restored leftist Government ' !O praised his brothers, saying that praised Basil as the man who sation Jamaat-e-Islami has been in the island nation as it Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Sarkar told PTI. Maldivian pursue those involved in the ( ! @ all three of them are firmly unit- created the Rajapaksa political arrested in Sri Lanka for inspires Muslim religious the Maldives, are set to visit President Ibrahim Mohamed 2019 ouster of socialist leader L ed and anyone trying to drive a party, the Sri Lanka People’s allegedly promoting extremism extremism. On April 21, 2019, Bangladesh later this month to Solih will be the first top for- Evo Morales, which they regard M wedge between them will not Party (SLPP) and the force in the country, police nine suicide bombers belong- participate in the grand cele- eign dignitary to arrive on a as a coup, and the administra- succeed. In a comment made by behind the political environ- announced on Saturday. ing to the local Islamist extrem- brations to mark the golden three-day tour on March 17, tion that followed. O ! the president at a political gath- ment for them to return to Rasheed Hajjul Akbar, who ist group National Thawheed jubilee of the country’s inde- followed by Sri Lanka’s Prime Jeanine Áñez was detained ! ering on Friday, Gotabaya power after the defeat of headed the Jamaat-e-Islami organ- Jamaat (NTJ) carried out a pendence from Pakistan. Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in the early morning in her Rajapaksa praised the maturity Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015. isation for 24 years until last series of blasts that tore through The golden jubilee cele- on March 19 on a two-day tour. hometown of Trinidad and $ " of his elder brother Mahinda, In the recent months some September 2019, was arrested by three churches and as many brations to be held from March Nepal President Bidya Devi was flown to the capital, ! 0E EEE the prime minister, and the of the ruling coalition seniors the Terrorism Investigation luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, 17-27 to mark the country’s Bhandari will be in Dhaka on Las Paz. AP ! younger brother Basil, the key were mooting the idea that Division (TID) from Dematagoda killing 270 people, including 11 independence from Pakistan a two-day tour from March 22 presidential adviser. Gotabaya Rajapaksa be allowed area on Friday, Police Spokesman Indians, and injuring over 500 after the 1971 Liberation War while Bhutanese premier Lotay “Mahinda Rajapaksa is to take over the reins of the rul- DIG Ajith Rohana said. on the Easter Sunday. also coincides with the birth Tshering will visit the country currently one of the greatest ing SLPP from Mahinda He was publishing articles The blasts targeted St centenary of Father of the from March 24 to March 25. leaders not only here but also Rajapaksa. This move has met in a magazine published by the Anthony’s Church in Colombo, Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Prime Minister Modi will in Asia. His political experi- with stiff resistance from the Jamaat-e-Islami organisation St Sebastian’s Church in the Mujibur Rahman. Prime arrive on March 26 on a two- ence, maturity and knowledge senior Rajapaksa loyalists who to promote Wahhabism and western coastal town of Minister Modi and four heads day visit and will join the main cannot be matched by anyone,” have demanded disciplinary Jihadist ideology in Sri Lanka, Negombo, and a church in the of state and government from Independence Day celebra- he said during the programme. action against those who the police spokesman said. eastern town of Batticaloa Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and tions that also marks 50 years “His mature leadership is a sought Mahinda’s replacement The arrest came as an when the Easter Sunday mass the Maldives will be among the of Bangladesh-India diplomat- great relief to me in taking the as the party leader. investigation panel on the 2019 was in progress. PTI distinguished foreign guests ic relations. PTI 4 * A Q R
8$9, couple drew mixed reactions on the internet. A social media top Pakistani university has user posted the picture of Aexpelled two students for Indian film legend Amitabh hugging and proposing on cam- Bachchan from the movie pus, after a video of the incident “Mohabbatein” where he went viral on social media. A played a college principal who special disciplinary committee was against romance in college. of the University of Lahore “Presenting to you, the held a meeting on Friday and Principal of the University of summoned the two students but Lahore,” read the caption with they failed to appear. a photograph of Bachchan. The committee then decid- % Slain prime minister of ed to expel the boy and the girl Pakistan Benazir Bhutto’s and banned them from enter- Campus, the committee has was one of the top trends on daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto- ing any of the university’s cam- decided to expel the two stu- social media last Thursday Zardari termed the university puses. According to the dents for violating the varsity’s when the incident took place. action “ridiculous”. University of Lahore, the two rules and regulations and seri- The viral footage shows the Former Test Cricketer students were involved in gross ous infraction of the code of girl with her right knee bent on Wasim Akram’s wife Shaniera misconduct and violation of conduct. Furthermore, as per the ground, holding a bouquet Akram said in a tweet: “Apply university rules. Section 16, they are debarred of roses, proposing to the boy, all the rules you want but you “The students in question from entering the premises of who then takes the flowers and can’t expel love! It’s in our were summoned before the University of Lahore and all its pulls the girl for a hug. Nearby hearts, it’s the best part about committee but failed to appear. sub-campuses,” read a state- students are seen cheering being young and it what makes Thus, in pursuance of Section ment from the University of them along. As the footage life worth living! You learn 9 of the General Discipline and Lahore. The video of the pro- went viral, the university took more about love than you can Code of Conduct on the posal took Twitter by storm, it notice of it. Expulsion of the ever learn at an institution.” + ,-. /0/, +!5 & 1 !! >!/5 /!/ ( OH P&&B$B6
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One defeat is never the end remains to be seen. of the story and no critic can Perhaps Yuzvendra Chahal rule this Indian team out of the could make way for Rahul series on the basis of a singular Tewatia, who may not be as performance especially because crafty a leg break bowler but cer- of its zeal to fight. tainly a decent one with good However, as skipper Virat batting prowess. 8"' +7 , $-./( Kohli talks about players with Eoin Morgan, one among ) 0+'' ,& X-factors doing the job, he the more likeable International he absence of power-hitters + =? )$- would expect Rishabh Pant and captains, has been provided a Thas been Indian women’s Pandya to do a bit more with team that has its bases covered bane for the longest time and of years. their explosive hitting, which with 12 players plying their they would expect all-rounder With Neetu David’s selec- should not be confined to one trade in the IPL. Deepti Sharma and wicketkeep- tion committee literally creating audacious reverse scoop (Pant Unless something really er-batter Sushma Verma to up a harakiri by keeping young off Jofra Archer) or a falling goes wrong, this England team the ante at the back-end during Shafali Verma out of WODI set- ramp shot (Pandya off Ben is a contender to win the T20 the fourth ODI against South up, the only power-hitter in the Stokes). 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I haven’t made any anchored South Africa’s run- ceedings) will also be a concern Wood bowled fast and straight ty to change his playing XI at the Iphilosophy that skipper Virat The selectors picked IPL changes, it is just the mindset, chase with consummate ease for India. denying them any width for the drop of a hat is well document- Kohli has advocated won’t performers like Suryakumar what the team requires and (I) after India had posted a compet- The paucity of talent at the cut shot. The extra bounce also ed. change despite the opening T20 Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Rahul batted according to the situa- itive 248 for 5. domestic level means that didn’t allow them to drive on the While giving his team’s old- debacle, the rapidly-rising Tewatia for the series while the tion,” he said. Despite going strong at one Rodrigues’ doesn’t face any wor- up. est member, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer said but acknowl- in-form Rishabh Pant also made “It was a challenging situa- stage, India couldn’t step up the thy competition from her peers “The wicket didn’t allow a couple of matches is perfect- edged that it needs better execu- a return on the back of his strong tion, we had to keep playing the rate with the team managing just and even if she is complacent, you to hit the kind of shots you ly understandable but how long tion in the coming games. International performances in natural game and keep the 27 runs in the last 30 balls fol- one isn’t left with too many wanted to. Shreyas’ innings was does he want to persist with the Asked if India will need to the past couple of months. scoreboard ticking irrespective lowing the dismissal of vice-cap- options. an example of how you could left-hander, who looked com- step away from the new batting Asked if he is under any of losing early wickets.” tain Harmanpreet Kaur and She is a vital cog in the bat- use the depth of the crease, ride pletely out of sorts during his 4 philosophy of going for the pressure to perform, Iyer said: “I Asked the reason behind this is an area the team will look ting unit along with Raut and the bounce because there was off 12 balls. shots no matter what the situa- am in no sort of pressure to per- playing three spinners, he said: to improve, especially with the Smriti Mandhana, who have variable bounce at times, and hit Rohit Sharma, as per Kohli, tion, Iyer said, “...It won’t change form, I am playing freely, hap- “We practised on this surface World Cup less than a year away. looked in good touch in the the areas square of the wicket is rested for a couple of match- because if you see the batting pily and enjoying my innings.” before the match and when Deepti Sharma is one of the series so far. which others failed to do. es having played 6 consecutive line up we have and the power- Iyer came out to bat at spinners were bowling, it was pillars of this Indian team but Veteran pacer Jhulan “It was just a below-par bat- Test matches along with 14 hitters down the line, we don’t number five after Pant was pro- stopping and turning, very sim- sadly, she hasn’t been able to Goswami has regularly provid- ting performance and England days of hard quarantine at the have to change anything to be as possible because going into moted in the batting order. He ilar to the two-paced wicket make any significant improve- ed the breakthroughs and sits at made us pay for it,” Kohli had start of his Australian sojourn. honest.” the world Cup we need to see to said, batting position is not his which we played on. The plan ment when it comes to the the top of wicket-taker list with summed it up aptly at the end But Rohit’s presence is very “We have come with a plan it that we tick all the boxes. This concern. was to play three spinners, as power aspect of her game that eight scalps and her form will be of the match. necessary at the top of the and we have to execute as much is a five-match series, so it is a “Coming into Indian team, that’s our strength.” has been lacking for a number crucial to India’s chances. ,( /# + 1 2 9 + 2+# + 3 1 5 6 $9* $4$ I think wickets just depend on +7 Karan (225 runs) and wicket- how lucky you are at the time,” 895 ) 0+'' ,& keeper Upendra Yadav (276 ngland pacer Jofra Archer he said. + ) runs), along with experienced Esaid he needs to look after his Archer further said they all he focus campaigner Akshdeep Nath, troublesome elbow first before are on the same page as far as the Twill firmly will be crucial. setting sights on his twin targets workload management is con- be on Prithvi Shaw In case, Shaw, who now Their openers Abhishek of playing in the T20 World Cup cerned. and the national holds the record for highest Goswami (187 runs) and in India and the Ashes Down “Obviously, I came to them selectors will keep a individual score in the tour- Madhav Kaushik will also Under. (the medical team) during the hawk eye on Mumbai cap- nament and highest score by need to give a strong start, After missing two Tests in Test series and said it’s (my tain’s performance as his team an Indian in a List A chase, thwarting the challenge posed England’s 1-3 series defeat elbow) was not feeling right at takes on Uttar Pradesh in fails to come good, one of by a formidable Mumbai recently, the 25-year-old fiery the moment and I didn’t have to the Vijay Hazare Trophy final them will have to take the attack. pacer bounced back strongly say it twice, they automatically on Sunday. responsibility. Mumbai, who have won taking three for 23 to restrict jumped on it and already start- Shaw’s stupendous 754 The Mumbai bowlers led the tournament thrice, the last India to a modest 124 for 7 in the ed making plans. We are all on runs in the tournament, by experienced pacer Dhawal one in 2018-19, will be look- first T20I on Friday. the same page.” which includes 105 not out, Kulkarni (14 wickets), and ing to clinch their fourth title “I need to take care of my England, who lost the Test 227 not out, 185 not out and comprising Tushar and end the season on a high elbow first before I think about series after winning the first Test 165, has made him a con- Deshpande and the spin-trio note. what is going to happen,” Archer in Chennai, are well aware of tender for a comeback during of Prashant Solanki, Tanush UP, on the other hand, said in post-match conference. India's resilience and Archer the three ODIs, in case Rohit Championships. being spectacular with a Kotian and Shams Mulani, will be playing their third “For me, in the immediate, urged caution after their con- Sharma avails the option of He is a cut above others at young captain Karan Sharma have delivered more than final, would also be eyeing a I want to get through this series vincing victory. taking rest. the domestic level and it is leading the team well. once and will need to bowl in second title after having and then I will do everything in “It’s just the first game of the It’s still not clear whether difficult for the national selec- Their left arm pacer Yash the right areas at the Arun shared the Trophy with Tamil my power to make sure I’m Pandya and Shardul Thakur to series, there are still four other that will happen or not but tors to keep him out of the Dayal might fancy bringing Jaitley stadium. Nadu in 2004-05 after that going to the World Cup and the help England win the first games to go. They (India) are the 21-year-old Shaw, has mix. the ball back in to check out UP, on the other hand, game ended in a tie. Though Ashes.” match. number two in the world for a certainly learnt his on and off- For Uttar Pradesh, a very whether Shaw’s problems defeated Gujarat by five wick- Mumbai are favourites, the Archer cleaned up KL Rahul “I’m just glad to have helped reason so I don’t think we can field lessons well which has steady outfit under coach against inswingers have been ets, to make it their third UP team is capable of spring- in the powerplay, and nearly in the win. I’m just being hon- get ahead of ourselves as yet. It showed in his consistency Gyanendra Pandey, they have sorted. However Dayal does- summit clash. And for them, ing a surprise come Sunday at took a hat-trick in the death est, if I get one wicket or three, was a good win and we’ll enjoy during the National One Day played solid cricket without n’t have Mitchell Starc’s pace the role of in-form skipper the Kotla. overs after dismissing Hardik the way I bowl doesn’t change. it,” he said. and along with fellow Aaqib Khan, could be cannon fod- der that the opener requires on a short on side Kotla ; ground. I ' The other Mumbai bats- men, who have been over- shadowed by Shaw’s +, 9 <5+ the West Indies to an unbeat- 6 blitzkrieg, would also need to able 2-0 lead ahead of the final play their roles. est Indies turned a match at the same venue on Be it Yashasvi Jaiswal, Wleisurely canter into a Sunday. +, 9 "+ Shamarh Brooks and Roston Sarfaraz Khan, experienced desperate scramble to achieve Lewis’ hundred, which Chase haven’t made it back. wicket-keeper batsman a series-clinching five-wicket came off 121 balls and was ason Holder and Darren Shane Dowrich, who didn’t Aditya Tare, all-rounders victory over SriLanka with embellished by eight fours JBravo have been named in tour Bangladesh due to person- Shams Mulani or Shivam two balls to spare in the sec- and four sixes, earned him the the 13-man squad for the first al reasons, continues to be Dube. ond One-Day International of player of the match award. of the two Tests matches at unavailable. their three-match series at “It was a total team perfor- home against Sri Lanka. Kraigg The first Test starts on the Sir Vivian Richards mance. Our best chance was Brathwaite will be the full-time March 21 at the Sir Vivian Stadium in Antigua on Friday. chasing so it was good to see Test captain, as announced by Richards Stadium. A fourth ODI hundred by the boys sticking to the their the Cricket West Indies earlier, Squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Evin Lewis and an elegant plans,” said West Indies cap- and Jermaine Blackwood will Jermaine Blackwood, supporting 84 by opening tain Kieron Pollard. continue to act as his deputy. Nkrumah Bonner, Darren partner Shai Hope seemed to Earlier, Danushka Both Holder and Bravo Bravo, John Campbell, have set the home side up for Gunathilaka just missed out were among 10 players who Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da an effortless stroll to the tar- on a century as Sri Lanka didn't tour Bangladesh recent- Silva (wk), Shannon Gabriel, get of 273 as the pair put on posted a competitive 273 for ly citing COVID-19 concerns. Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, 192 for the first wicket. eight after being put in to bat. They are the only two players Kyle Mayers, Kemar Roach, However, Lewis’ dismissal wickets each. Two days after his contro- who have been called back; Jomel Warrican. for 103 in the 38th over trig- But when he most needed versial dismissal — he was gered a surprising level of to be on target, Pradeep’s final ruled to have obstructed the While Gunathilaka paced to post a challenging target. indecisiveness with the Sri two overs were plastered for field in a run out attempt by his innings at a run-a-ball, They also benefited from Lankans coming to life in the 28 runs with Nicholas Pollard — the left-hander Chandimal was more circum- exciting late pyrotechnics final stage of the match as Pooran’s unbeaten 35, which played fluently for 96 in help- spect, although his contribu- from Wanindu Hasaranga, seamers Nuwan Pradeep and included two boundaries in ing his team recover from an tion of 71 was important to who thrashed 47 off 31 balls Thisara Perera claimed two the last over the match, taking indifferent start. ensure the tourists were able with four sixes and two fours. 7-8%'%7
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resident Biden’s first diplomatic out- the US. Third, it allowed the unelected Military elite who have disproportionately benefited from perks as a ‘strategically relevant’ country. Asad reach — America is Back — is laden Inc. of Pakistan to get away with its real power one extraneous lens or another — most recently, Majeed Khan, the Pakistani ambassador to the with harsh domestic realities such as and authority, unlike military juntas of the Third Afghanistan — why wants to give that lens sud- US, talking to a DC-based think-tank, said that irreconcilable partisanship, stark ethnic World who face American censure. denly for a standalone relationship? Hence the “we also represent the Iranian interest here… differences, pandemic riven economy, Having understood the benefits, Pakistan reset pitch is indicative of both consternation and we have been doing that for the last 40 Pand an unprecedented assault on the democratic became a member of SEATO in 1954. While the and parallel churning that wants to recapture years.” As Iran supplants Afghanistan as the process, all needing urgent attention that limits membership did not obtain security guarantees any potential loss of that status. prime focal point in the days to come, Pakistan US’ international focus. The White House’s lim- against Indian incursion similar to NATO Art. 5, would want to encash that issue to its advan- ited foreign policy bandwidth, at least in the first it ensured US goodwill and considerable finan- tage. couple of years, means retracting the US from cial assistance. Pakistan continued to seize With its decision to test Shaheen-III missile Pakistan’s pursuit of strategically relevant unwarranted and intractable commitments and opportunities coming its way. For example, the that can carry nuclear weapons to Israel on access point would be oriented towards west and focusing on significant challenges — addressing late 1960s gave it a chance for yeoman service Biden’s inauguration day, Rawalpindi has central Asia instead of eastwards. To its east lies China’s rise, preventing drift of European allies, during the Sino-American détente. Pakistan was betrayed its desperation for relevance and atten- two behemoths — India and China, both would limiting nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, summoned to facilitate negotiations with Mao tion. But what makes Pakistan so insecure about ensure American attention towards Pakistan and fostering healthy globalisation and free trade Zedong, which it happily delivered in the hope losing relevance? Apart from internecine parity without the endearing ‘strategic relevance.’ India- that benefits the US. of American favours. and millions of dollars in aid, it is Pakistan’s elite US partnership has acquired a new strategic hue A productive American foreign policy Nothing turned out to be more fortunate for that stands to lose the most. It is unimaginable shedding the subcontinental shibboleth of a geared up to wind down its presence in Pakistan than the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. for Pakistan’s civil-military rulers, some of whom nuclear flashpoint. Pakistan has too often Afghanistan and poised to increase its focus on That fortuitous event entrenched Pakistan in the are dual citizens having properties, businesses, rehearsed nuclear brinkmanship with the US to China disrupts its longstanding balance between US’ strategic calculus like never before. Pakistan and families in the US, to lose the heft. It is a blunt its utility. After the abrogation of Art. 370, India and Pakistan, where both rivals have had constant attention of the US as the escala- personal loss too. Imran Khan’s entreaties of ‘nuclear shadow hov- enjoyed equal strategic relevance to the US if not tion with the Taliban kept piling on the body Further, being in the US’ good books grants ering over South Asia’ in the pages of New York equal benefits. For the last two decades, the US’ count of American troops. However, it seems complete impunity to the military leadership in Times fell on deaf ears. India-Pakistan balancing was majorly driven by that the denouement of that dream is approach- domestic and international affairs. Just look at Similarly, its inordinate proximity with ‘iron an equilibrium between two lenses through ing, making Pakistan’s rulers in both Islamabad the countries that invited US incursions or wrath brother’ China that proved an asset during the which Washington observed South Asia — ‘the and Rawalpindi jittery. and their corresponding sins-Iraq for allegedly Cold War is now a sure liability. It is folly even to Afghanistan lens’ that necessitated relying on supporting Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, Iran imagine another Sino-American rapprochement, Pakistan for its support in getting out of the for aspiring to possess nukes that can threaten and hence, Pakistan’s China bet is a sunk cost for Afghan quagmire and ‘the China/Indo-Pacific Most recently, Pakistan’s National Security Israel, Syria and Libya for dictatorships and abet- its American calculus. In fact, anything it needs lens’ that compelled investing in India as a Advisor Moeed Yusuf has expressed a desire for ting jihadists, Myanmar for military despotism, to do is to salvage its image from sin by associa- strategic partner who can stand against Beijing. a US-Pakistan ‘reset’ based on geoeconomics and North Korea for proliferation. But a country tion. The equilibrium meant internecine parity to and not geopolitics. With an ostentatious candor, <$ 5 $+ 5 @$'5+( $ where all sins converge — the presence of Pakistan while ensuring a steady flow of finan- he says a ‘new Pakistan’ does not want the rela- ',55 **+ @ Osama bin Laden, nuclear weapons that can cial and military aid. With a gradual withering tionship to be viewed through lens A, B, or C. If reach Tel Aviv, sworn animus towards Israel, This situation leaves Pakistan with three away of the Afghanistan lens, the US’ South Asia Pakistan is really sincere about an economic 4"8 ?<5,5 5+ 9 sheltering jihadists, military dictatorship, indi- possible options. First, delay the Afghan peace approach would enter a phase of realignment, security paradigm, it is a most-welcomed sce- '*5+( $> K rect control of the civilian government, human process and buy as much time with the current leaving Pakistan in a quest for ‘strategic rele- nario for India. The market size disparity will $@(9$+5 $+ '95+$ rights abuses, and proven proliferation to North situation as possible. Although US presence lim- vance’ to the US. settle the unabating chase for parity with India, $+ +"'8$, '$, Korea, Iran, and Libya — is immune from any its Pakistan’s ability to assert itself in Such a realignment would prove a mixed which is at the root of many regional problems. American punitive actions because the US needs Afghanistan, it can endure the short-term pain. bag for New Delhi. On the one hand, it would This can be a mere charm offensive by K 7958 5 5, it to navigate and exit the largest quagmire it Such instability hurts Indian interests as it hurts limit impunity enjoyed by Pakistan with the US Moeed, an old DC warhorse who has spent over *58 5 ,$ (5' entered after Vietnam. Even the idea of losing others. Second, it has already increased its over- for its state-sponsored terrorism against India by a decade shaping pro-Pakistan opinion and lob- ,8=$+' '+ 5+" this privilege can fret Pakistan’s generals more tures toward Tehran, even if it means upsetting encashing its Afghanistan card. On the other, bying for his country through lucrative think- +7 895 + than anything else. Saudi Arabia and the UAE to an extent. Pakistan Pakistan’s desperate attempt to remain strategi- tank positions he perched. Or, it indicates buy- But will Afghanistan be pushed to oblivion? is emboldened by China’s leverage brought by cally relevant can include nefarious designs that ing time until Rawalpindi formulates a new '88> *+5 , 9 Is a post-Afghan world dawning in? Given the Beijing’s promise to pour billions in an economy can harm Indian interest and threaten regional strategy. The recent India-Pakistan ceasefire 5+ ,+$8 ,$ (5' American involvement in Afghanistan today and stifled by sanctions. Beyond beguiling its security. As the American appetite to get out of agreement feeds into this arithmetic of taking a '9",+5+( 5+ 5 the Taliban’s truculence, it seems that the US American counterparts through the Tehran card, Afghanistan grows, it is not only imperative for step back. For two reasons, the geoeconomics troops would never leave Kabul’s soil. Once, it cutting India to size in Persia would be its anoth- New Delhi to remain vigilant about its interest in desire smacks of insincerity. +5(94,9 $+ did not appear to be true in the case of Vietnam er goal. India’s camaraderie with Gulf monarchs Afghanistan but also keep a tab on the strategic First, it does not square with Pakistan’s 7$,($* 5 7+ too. Many had assumed that a small American comes at the partial cost of old warmth with desires of its next-door neighbour. domestic realities. With soaring inflation, bil- ,<+ $> presence in Vietnam was a fait accompli, and Iran, but New Delhi should ensure its vital ener- lions in circular debt, decreasing per capita pur- $9$ 5+ 9 ($* total disengagement was next to impossible. In a gy and security interests are not hurt. Finally, chasing power, incessant political wrangles, fed- couple of years, they were proven wrong. Pakistan has a notorious past of fomenting trou- Strategic relevance is used in the context of eral government’s policy command contested by Moreover, mere troop presence does not bles through non-state actors when it is desper- small states. Small states try to play a minor yet the provincial, military, and baronial powers, mean high salience in American foreign policy. ate. India would need to stay ahead with better critical role in the strategy of big powers in lack of urban infrastructure and connectivity, Some American 5,000 troops are still stationed intelligence and border surveillance to meet exchange for their own security assurances and and domestic security challenges, much leaves to in Iraq compared to around 2,500 in potential challenges. financial largesse. be desired for Pakistan to enamor private US Afghanistan, but Afghanistan is a high-priority Pakistan is facing a crisis moment of bulk Pakistan, by no means a small state, made capital. issue today. Even if a battalion remains hunkered expiries in the coming days — Afghanistan, strategic relevance to the US a cornerstone of its Second, a geoeconomics-oriented Pakistan down in Kabul, Afghanistan will not attract the China, and nuclear cards — while its desire to foreign policy since independence for nearly has to give up on using terrorism as a state poli- same foreign policy focus forever. And Pakistan milk its strategic relevance continues. New Delhi similar reasons. First, having the US by its side, cy; there is no way tradesmen and terrorists can is aware that the expiry date is approaching. needs to closely monitor the internal strategic Pakistan hoped to offset military disparity with a thrive together. However, any such changes churning in its neighbourhood and war-game its mighty neighbour and arch-rival India during would mean the military losing control over the own responses to stay ahead in the game. the Cold War years. Second, it would ensure a Pakistani state, which it would never let happen. Pakistan is now preparing to plug itself The writer is Visiting Fellow at the Stimson continuous flow of civilian and military aid from It also raises a paradox: Pakistan’s civil-military into any issue that can continue its present Center in Washington DC 5 M + /" $4" '9' 5+( 9 4? + ',<,$ '5$8 ,<+54585 > 5 M $4" 95 5+( ", 4 * 85+ 8tdiauxrd K <((> /9++ 7-8%'%7 5.= #., >?)/ #,.>,?)#?,>#,, , 8 @ 8 9. : %,% 8 5 &&#<
pon entering the small, take corporations make is to inappro- moters of the company Ajay Piramal dimly lit but cheerful priately locate this team within the and his wife Dr. Swati Piramal are orphanage in organisation by either banishing it to actively engaged in philanthropic Nizamabad, a small a lower down reporting line or to sit activities also in the fields of educa- town located in the within the company’s corporate tion and healthcare. This alignment Usouth of India, eight years ago, I communications team, or stripping of business, CSR, and philanthropy noticed the pale faces of the children it of power in other ways. This gives on just 2 clear social goals is an effec- inside. Four pairs of eyes were fixed out a signal to employees that any tive approach to ensure deep social on me while the lower half of their social good done by the company is benefits. Further, this has ensured bodies — which at first glance not important or is simply for image that the social initiatives continue seemed to me to be incredibly building. even during the current economic scrawny — hid behind a corroded Instead, the leadership needs to downturn as the company’s CSR metal door separating the reception ensure that the team responsible for spend for FY 20 remained unde- area from a large empty hall that the transformation is em-powered, terred, amounting to 4.51% of its would probably be repurposed for reports directly to the CEO, and is average net profits of the 3 preced- their dining or play through the day. involved in all business and financial ing financial years which more than The children in this orphanage were decisions. This would require doubles up on the legally mandated born out of illicit relationships in the changes such as having a key employ- annual CSR spend. community, thus abandoned by their ee lead this team, inclusion of the In other cases, the transforma- biological mothers, and all suffered team within corporate governance tive process results in social respon- from AIDS. structures or even close physical sibility being a generator of revenue. “They have not received their proximity of offices of this team to Micro-finance, employment ser- medicines since the past 3 months,” the CEO. vices, affordable housing and various informed Rajoo the founder of the businesses that cater to customers at orphanage, noticing my sadness at the bottom of the pyramid are some the state of the children. Embedding social good within examples. However, businesses that “Why not?” I asked, shocked. operations, services and products of might cater to higher income groups “The CSR manager of the com- a company requires teams to close- but source directly from producers, pany that provided the medicines has ly collaborate towards identifying key or those who extend their services been replaced. The new manager has stakeholders, conducting a material- and add value to the smaller compa- a different plan and so he directed the ity analysis, and implementing ini- nies in their supply chain, or work to funds to a set of other CSR initia- tiatives that are driven by the results eradicate the environmental pollu- tives.” of the materiality analysis. tion caused by their operations and Standing in the vacuous, win- of these companies to financially active in nutrition, health and sus- sultative process across teams for Conducting a materiality analysis products, or work on cross subsidised dowless hall that was being hurried- contribute to any CSR at all this year. tainable living. Similarly, in India, proposing the idea and then request- ensures that social initiatives are models to provide their products and ly now readied by Rajoo’s industri- However, only if these corpora- USD 4.2 billion Tata Power has ing employees for their opinion important both to the business and services at differentiated pricing to ous staff for serving lunch to the forty tions’ social initiatives are inter- pledged to transition from produc- about it as well as suggestions for the stakeholders. customers with different paying two ailing but happy and clamorous twined with their business models, ing thermal power to entirely renew- roll out plan. Teams across the company need power, are also positively contribut- orphans who were all gathered will the initiatives survive employee able sources of power by 2050. Not only is the process informa- to then collaborate with internal as ing to society. There are many busi- around me, I was convinced of the turnover and financial losses of the This way, the company’s social 9, $, *$+> tive, but also instils a sense of own- well as external entities to ensure the ness models that can usher in ben- colossal dangers to the little end-ben- company. The company’s procure- initiatives can not be stopped lest it 4"5+ * 8 ership amongst employees of the continued implementation and mon- efits to society as well as revenues. eficiaries of whimsical ‘CSR initia- ment policies, supply chain manage- impacts revenue generation. How changes in the company that will fol- itoring of the initiatives that result in Recently, on a trip to Hyderabad tives’. ment, production units, and distri- can CEOs transform their companies 9$ '$+ "9, low. This will result in stronger social good as well as revenues. I made my way by road to visit Philanthropy done through spo- bution networks can be tweaked to to do this? implementation by these employees This often results in an align- Nizamabad again. Upon enquiring, radic corporate social responsibility be more socially responsible. 5+ 4+@5 of the changes that will later be pro- ment of initiatives for business and the locals told me that Rajoo’s initiatives is common in developing Similarly, services and products that posed by the leadership. social welfare. An example of a orphanage had long closed down due countries such as India, but is not are harmful to society can be phased To embed social responsibility in '5 > $ 788 company that successfully aligns to lack of regularity in funds. I won- sustainable. In FY 2019-20, an aston- out, ushering in those that help peo- a company’s operations, services $ ,=+" business interests, CSR, and philan- dered what happened to the children. ishing 20.33 per cent of listed Indian ple while also being profitable. and products, first employees at Next, the transformative process thropy is Piramal Enterprises companies reported losses. In fact, For example, companies like large need to be convinced that this needs to be placed within a specific Limited, an Indian business con- The writer is the CEO of 19.65 per cent of Indian companies the Euro 24 billion Veolia earn rev- is the right thing to do. Only then will team such as the strategy team, sus- glomerate earning revenues of 5,419 Sustain Labs, a company that trans- who were profitable in Q4 2019-20 enues from water and waste manage- they willingly implement the changes tainability department, R&D or a crore in the last financial year. The forms companies towards being sus- reported losses in Q1 2020-21 as a ment as well as energy services. The needed across the company. Make research centre located within the company’s CSR has a sharp focus on tainable and profitable. She is the likely direct consequence of the Euro 9.26 billion Dutch State Mines employees feel that it was their idea company. All the changes needed education and healthcare which also author of Indian Instincts: Essays pandemic on the country’s economy has moved out of the polluting busi- to change. within the company will emanate mirrors the company’s main business on Freedom & Equality in India, which will only worsen in FY 2022. ness of coal mining and reinvented For this, it is crucial that the from this team. focus on technology and healthcare. and a Global Leadership Fellow at This pushes down the legal liability itself into a science-based company company’s leadership deploys a con- However, often a common mis- Beyond business and CSR, the pro- the World Economic Forum 22 % (5 9 )% ( 26' (6 # 4 5 "? #:);>=!;#F$;D>@5!
esidential buildings ernment launched several initia- will be necessary to reduce the accounted for 24% of the tives to meet the affordable hous- financial burden on developers as Rtotal electricity consump- ing shortage through its vision on well as buyers. The government tion in India in 2016. This total ‘Housing for All by 2022.’ It must invest in research and test- electricity consumption will launched the Pradhan Mantri ing for new materials and tech- increase as more housing units Awas Yojana (PMAY) — Urban nologies. Housing built through are built to meet the estimated (PMAY-U) and Rural (PMAY-R) the ARHC schemes provide a demand of 38 million housing in 2015. Most recently, it great opportunity to construct units in 2030. The electricity con- launched the Affordable Rental pilot projects as occupants do not sumption per household is also Housing Complexes (ARHCs) invest in the property directly. increasing as people have access scheme under PMAY-U to pro- It will also be necessary for to better electricity and invest in vide affordable housing to the government to simultaneous- more appliances due to increasing migrant workers and the urban ly roll out financial support pro- spending power. As a result, poor. The PMAY sub-schemes grams. Direct/indirect mecha- national electricity consumed by provide financial support to nisms need to be introduced to the residential sector is expected State/Union Territories (UTs) absorb the extra costs of building to increase by more than eight through different interventions. sustainably. Increasing home loan times by 2050. Integrating thermal comfort subsidies with relaxations in GST The construction industry and energy efficiency strategies and taxes will incentivise con- already accounts for 25-40% of into the PMAY schemes provides struction of low carbon buildings. the world’s total carbon emis- a unique opportunity for wide- Housing schemes under PMAY sions. Increase in energy con- spread and quick adoption by the with green building certifications sumption by the residential sector affordable housing sector. These can be awarded extra subsidies will result in an exponential strategies can be made mandato- coupled with stamp duty waiver. increase in Greenhouse Gas ry through the PMAY schemes Strategic relaxation in Floor (GHG) emissions without appro- thus linking them to fiscal bene- Space Index (FSI) norms can help priate mitigation interventions. fits. reduce common infrastructure Affordable housing, including As a first step, the scope of development costs. Developers the Low Income Group (LIG) and the building design regulations can use the excess budget to pro- Economically Weaker Section under PMAY needs to be vide energy efficiency measures (EWS), accounted for almost 96% increased. This can be done by in their buildings. of the residential housing integrating Energy Conservation Robust enforcement and high demand in 2012. Even though the Building Code-Residential compliance rate will be essential energy consumption of the (ECBC-R) developed by the be unable to purchase appropriate climate change is forcing more compared to carbon dioxide. It is voluntary. Sustainable mechanical to ensure the intended energy affordable housing sector is rela- Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s appliances, especially to improve and more people to use air condi- necessary to phase out these technologies can have high cost savings and GHG reductions tively small right now, it will (BEE) into PMAY schemes. thermal comfort, due to financial tioners to achieve thermal com- refrigerants and support climate and maintenance requirements through this strategy. Regular increase as the number of build- The first part of ECBC-R constraints. fort in their homes. Almost 30% responsive sustainable cooling and should be provided based on evaluation and improvements to ings and appliance usage increas- includes design and material The second part of the of electricity consumption in systems. While use of air-condi- project-to-project suitability. the policy will help build trust es. Hence, any strategy to reduce selection to improve thermal ECBC-R will include strategies homes is from air-conditioning tioners in LIG and EWS housing PMAY can provide greater finan- amongst all stakeholders and energy consumption in the resi- comfort in residential buildings, for sustainable mechanical sys- making it one of the biggest con- units is low currently, the number cial benefits to projects adopting inspire confidence in adopting dential sector must include the improve natural ventilation and tems such as heating, cooling and tributors towards spikes in energy is expected to increase in both ECBC-R (Part- II). energy efficiency strategies. This affordable housing sector. increase daylighting. This will renewable energy systems. consumption. Most refrigerators rural and urban areas by 2030. While design interventions will help us stay on track to The affordable housing sector help reduce energy demand for Including sustainable cooling and air-conditioners contain ECBC-R (Part I) can be can be integrated into projects at achieve our carbon goals. is largely managed by the govern- lighting, cooling or heating. This technologies is key to reducing chemical refrigerants that have made mandatory for all afford- zero cost, material and technolo- ment owing to its role as regula- is especially beneficial to the LIG the GHG footprint of buildings. 1,000 to 9,000 times greater able housing projects, while gy interventions may result in The writers are Anant Fellows tor and major builder. The gov- and EWS population which may Rising global temperature due to capacity to warm the atmosphere ECBC-R (Part II) can be made increased construction costs. It for Climate Action uvitiut 7-8%'%7 77 1 !/ 6!6!/ !6 !A
he Hague-based TInternational Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered an investigation into the alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories which were cap- tured by Israel in the historic Six Day War of 1967, wherein the country has already start- ed settlement construction. The ICC investigation will look into “crimes that are alleged to have been commit- ted” since June 13, 2014 — the Palestinians chose June 2014 as the start of the investigation to coincide with the run-up to Israel’s devastating Gaza war that summer. Way back in 2015, the ICC began a preliminary investiga- ' tion into the 2014 Gaza con- flict. In the month of June that -.7+- . year, the Palestinian Authority -. -..++ (PA) submitted evidence of massive war crimes by the -.'., -<. Israeli military. However, a :- +6 -.;;( report released by the UN highlighted that there was evi- . -. dence of war crimes by both '+'. 6+ -6> the Israeli military and the Hamas, the Palestinian militant .'.+ - outfit. According to UN esti- ; +, mates, over 2,200 Palestinians, .+>.. -+.+ including nearly 1,500 civilians, were killed by Israeli fire while - . '+-. at least 67 soldiers and six civil- .+ . :-- ians were killed on the Israeli side. P J !< < "BB6B" & +: 6+ However, Israel has argued that it waged a war of self- will be conducted “indepen- ICC. Ever since, Palestine has solutionism, he tries to popu- ICC’s authority over its citizens es and is deeply disappointed After decades of struggle, defense against nonstop rock- dently, impartially and objec- been trying to convince the larise the theory that Israel is and territory, suspended visas at the court’s decision to open the Palestinian people and et fire against its cities. Calling tively, without fear or favour”. international community about surrounded by wolves in to ICC personnel and their a war crimes investigation in their movement for self-deter- the ICC decision to begin war The massive task of this its allegation of war crimes by sheep’s clothing and wolves in families, and condemned the the occupied Palestinian terri- mination are heading nowhere. crimes probe “anti-Semitism investigation will be carried out Israel. wolves clothing. It seems Palestine investigation and any tories. He further stated that The right to self-determination and hypocrisy”, Israel Prime by the ICC’s new Chief Now interesting part of Netanyahu favours status quo other action that seeks to tar- the ICC had no jurisdiction of the Palestinians and their Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Prosecutor, leading British the probe announced by the on the Palestine issue. get Israel unfairly. over this matter. Israel is not a dream of an independent State has said, “The state of Israel is lawyer Karim Khan, who will ICC is that Israel is not a An equally reluctant Fatah Then Secretary of State party to the ICC and has not have so far remained a lofty under attack… I promise you replace Bensouda in June this member of the court. Also, and the Palestinian Authority Mike Pompeo constantly consented to the court’s goal. we will fight for the truth until year. He currently heads a UN Israeli Government outlines need to come up with a realis- referred to the ICC as an jurisdiction and we have Frustrated, annoyed and we annul this scandalous deci- investigation into war crimes the fact that since Palestine is tic solution. The status quo has embarrassing, political, rene- serious concerns about the deprived of a credible interna- sion.” committed by the Islamic State not an independent state, the supported the Fatah leadership gade, unlawful, and a vehicle ICC’s attempts to exercise its tional attention, the Netanyahu has accused the in Iraq. ICC does not have any juris- as it helped it to remain in for political vendettas, mas- jurisdiction over Israeli Palestinians are forced to set ICC of “turning a blind eye to The ICC probe aims to diction over it. power. Even without creating a querading as a legal body. personnel. the stage for basic building Iran, Syria and the other dic- focus on two key areas around However, the PA is Palestinian state, the security Then President Trump issued US State Department blocks for their survival. All 1 5%% 1 tatorships that are commit- which Israeli Government’s extremely enthused with the cooperation with Israel may an executive order that spokesman Ned Price said, what they need is the very basic ting real war crimes.” policies are involved: its con- launch of the ICC probe. safeguard the PA from being imposed sanctions over ICC “We firmly oppose and are dis- rights guaranteed by the UN The decision to launch the tinued military offensives Nevertheless many overthrown by the Hamas. prosecutor and investigators. appointed by the ICC prose- Declaration of Human Rights ICC probe was taken by its out- against the Palestinian militants Palestine sympathisers are get- In the past, when con- Many, particularly the left cutor’s announcement of an of 1948, some 72 years ago. going Chief Prosecutor Fatou in the Gaza Strip rocked by a ting worked up as the ICC has cerns were raised over war liberals across the world investigation into the And it’s time for Israel to Bensouda, a former Gambian devastating war in 2014 and its been painfully slow despite crimes in Israeli occupied areas, thought that with Joe Biden Palestinian situation.” recognise and help establishing Judge. In February this year, expansion of settlements in the evidence of war crimes was attempts were made to detract coming to power, Washington “We will continue to an independent Palestinian Bensouda claimed that the East Jerusalem and West Bank. mentioned in the preliminary from the seriousness of the will reverse the previous course uphold our strong commit- State. ICC had jurisdiction over the These actions of Tel Aviv report by Bensouda. court’s findings. Questions of action. And eventually a new ment to Israel and its security Biden hiding under semi- case. Her preliminary probe in have been broadly highlighted The international court were raised by Israel on the America will be back. including by opposing actions Trumpism or any other US 2019 has brought forth the fact by the PA in its report filed in proceedings involving such issue of statehood of Palestine, However, the Biden that seek to target Israel unfair- President, with a preset frame- that there is enough evidence the ICC since its joining the cases might take a longer the legitimacy of the court Administration that has ly,” Price told reporters in work, will not be able to solve to open a war crimes case in Court. course of action in comparison jurisdiction and their very stressed on human rights and Washington. the long conflict between the West Bank, including East Though Palestine is not an to domestic trials. political appropriateness. a multilateral approach to for- This will surely encourage Palestine and Israel. A Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. In independent nation, it was Known popularly as The then Trump eign policy has stood behind Netanyahu to ramp up cam- two-State solution is the one of her statements, she said granted non-member status in ‘KingBibi’, Netanyahu is adept Administration solidly backed Israel, as American Presidents paign against the ICC decision. most ideal way to end the that the investigation will look the coveted UN General in handing the ICC probe the Israeli Government on this do. To put an end to all the hostilities between the two into crimes within the juris- Assembly in 2012. And this issue. His followers call him, issue. Washington’s unwavering Antony Blinken, his controversies, the duty of parties. diction of the court. She has helped Palestine to claim its “The Magician”, “The Winner”, support to Tel Aviv reflected in Secretary of State, sharply incoming prosecutor Khan is ensured the international com- membership in other crucial and “Melekh Yisrael” (i.e. King its direct attack on the ICC and reacted to the ICC probe and to consider the probe as pure- (The writer is an expert on munity that the investigation global institutions such as the of Israel). Known for his anti- its personnel as it rejected the said that the US firmly oppos- ly a legal one. international affairs)
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alf a year after the United thousands of Israeli tourists and ties with Israel on ending the country and didn’t know if everyone HArab Emirates and Bahrain business people to the region and led decades-long Israeli-Palestinian was ready for us.” established diplomatic relations to a fledgling industry of Jewish conflict, including the Israeli occu- “Now it feels quite the opposite,” with Israel, discreet Jewish com- weddings and other celebrations pation of lands the Palestinians she said. “I truly feel like I can be munities in the Gulf Arab states that aimed at Israeli visitors. Emirati and seek for an independent state. myself here, more openly attending once lived in the shadow of the Bahraini authorities have launched But recently, those attitudes ceremonies and Jewish celebra- Arab-Israeli conflict are adopting a a public relations blitz to cultivate have eroded among some Arab tions. Jewish life here is becoming more public profile. their image as Muslim havens of leaders, even as hostility toward more like Jewish life anywhere else.” Kosher food is now available. inclusion and tolerance for Jews, in Israel — in part because of its poli- Still, this new reality remains Jewish holidays are celebrated open- stark contrast to regional rivals cies toward Palestinians — has per- fragile. Some countries have been ly. There is even a fledgling religious Saudi Arabia and Iran. sisted among their populations. slower to change. Saudi Arabia and court to sort out issues such as mar- “A door has been opened,” said The Gulf Arab monarchies have Qatar have long been criticized for riages and divorces. Elie Abadie, the new senior rabbi of a few scattered remnants of bygone promoting anti-Semitic attitudes “Slowly, slowly, it’s improving,” the Jewish Council of the Emirates. Jewish communities, said Jason in textbooks. said Ebrahim Nonoo, leader of “I think there is more openness and Guberman, executive director of the Security remains a concern, as Bahrain’s Jewish community, which more welcome and enthusiasm for American Sephardi Federation. illustrated by the recent attack on an recently hosted an online celebration the presence of a Jewish communi- Saudi Arabia is home to sites Israel-owned ship in the Persian of the Purim holiday for Jews in the ty or Jewish individuals or Jewish that predate the advent of Islam in Gulf. Israel has blamed archenemy Gulf Arab region. tradition and culture.” the 7th century, and Bahrain, Kuwait Iran, and officials fear other Jewish Nonoo is among the founders of The Lebanon-born Abadie, a and Oman have old Jewish ceme- and Israeli targets could be vulner- the Association of Gulf Jewish member of the Association of Gulf teries. The UAE emirate of Ras al- able. Many Jews in the region keep Communities, a new umbrella Jewish Communities, said he is Khaimah is home to a solitary their religious identities a secret. group for the tiny Jewish popula- certain the shift is taking place Jewish headstone, possibly from a A Jewish businessman who has tions in the six Arab monarchies of across the Gulf, not only in the UAE. traveling merchant — like most of lived and worked in Oman for the the Gulf Cooperation Council. The association aims to provide the Jews arriving in Dubai today. past several decades said he is one Their goal is to win greater accep- support and services for the small “Jews have been in the Gulf for of perhaps 20 Jews living in the sul- tance of Jewish life in the region. Jewish populations in Kuwait, a very long time, and now it’s kind tanate. “It’s just going to take a bit of Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar of a return to this historical pattern He said the country has a more time to seep through before we see and the UAE. These might include "9B6B6 & ! *P/ $ of people coming in for trade,” tolerant approach to religious diver- a Jewish restaurant or a kosher kosher certifications for hotels, *J > & Guberman said, adding it was “very sity than its neighbors, but still restaurant spring up from some- restaurants and food products, a exciting to see some of this return insisted on anonymity because he where,” said Nonoo, a former mem- rabbinic court and pastoral guidance The Jewish community in the to the light.” Given the large numbers of of the pluralist past of the Middle was concerned about repercussions ber of Bahrain’s parliament. for religious events like bar mitz- UAE is the largest, with an estimat- Jewish communities had flour- Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians East.” from local officials. Even a modest online gathering vahs, circumcisions and burials. ed 1,000 members. It is also one of ished for centuries across the Islamic and Pakistanis who live in the Gulf Jean Candiotte, a TV director During the coronavirus pan- like the Purim celebration would Their tiny Jewish populations the newest, and Abadie said he has world. For long periods, they Arab countries, some Jews have from New York who has been in demic, he said that Zoom Sabbath have been unthinkable a few years are almost all comprised of foreign to “start things from scratch.” enjoyed a protected status, and been uncomfortable in recent years Dubai for seven years, said the new services organized by the Jewish ago, when relations with Israel were nationals who have come to the Only about 200 are active mem- occasionally, as in medieval Muslim in sharing their religious identity in atmosphere is liberating. Community of the Emirates on taboo and Jews kept their identities region for business. Only Bahrain bers of the community. The rest, like Andalusia, thrived in a golden age public. Residency permits in the “We used to be this small, little Friday evenings have been a lifeline out of public view for fear of offend- has a rooted Jewish community. Its most Jews in Gulf Arab states, keep of coexistence. Most of those com- UAE, for instance, require applicants family of Jewish people. We would for him. He said he hopes the new ing their Muslim hosts. 80 or so members are descendants a low profile. Given the growing munities vanished following Israel’s to state their religion, and “Jewish” find each other in hidden ways and Gulf communal organisation “will That changed with last year’s of Iraqi Jews who arrived in the late enthusiasm about Jewish life in the establishment in 1948, when hun- is not an option. everyone thought they were the only generate a feeling of a bit of securi- accords between Israel and the 19th century, seeking opportunity in UAE, Abadie said he expects that dreds of thousands of Jews were dri- Most Arab states have condi- one,” she said. “We were sensitive to ty to come out of the closet, so to UAE and Bahrain that brought trade. “more of them will kind of come out ven out or fled. tioned a normalization of diplomatic the fact that we were in a Muslim speak.” AP @'" + 9 /",+> + 9 5+$ 5+ /> 5 @"+ + 5+ @5+595+( $+ axu ! $' 5=5 > 4" 5+ 5+( 5 K (,( $+ ,+ 7-8%'%7
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