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Ganesha sees a wonder- Mumbai: Actor Ayushmann looking to bring a fresh voice and and character choices.” ful time ahead for you. Today, you will meet SOARING IN Khurrana has a penchant at dis- a different vision to our cinema,” Ayushmann has worked with many people who will prove reliable and covering clutter-breaking Ayushmann said. He added: “Young, debutant directors like Sharat trustworthy in the future. You aim to films and roles. For this, he first-time filmmakers are looking Kataria, Hitesh Kewalya, Raaj think and work perfectly. For that, says has to look out for new sto- to make a mark in the industry Shaandilyaa, RS Prasanna, Akshay Ganesha, you will have to remain your rytellers. and they are always coming up Roy, and Vibhu Puri, and also col- practical and head-on-shoulders self. NEW PICTURE “I have always looked with high-risk content decisions, laborated with young directors to collaborate with which appeals to me a lot because like Nupur Asthana, Ashwini Iyer Mumbai: Actress Vaani new storytellers be- I have always gravitated towards Tiwari, Amit Sharma and Amar TAURUS Kapoor posted a glamorous cause they are being super risky with my film Kaushik. IANS picture for her fans on Today, you will strike a great balance between Instagram, Tuesday. The your professional and actress poses in a yellow personal life, predicts Ganesha. You will cutout ensemble. save your money from being swindled by Why Aahana was surprised by Madhur “Imagine your cells as others. You may be lagging in the race to billions of stars sparkling catch up with your goals, but will not be disappointed by what you achieve. inside you... let ‘em shine,” Mumbai: Actress Aahana Kumra the entire set happy and I think the out.”Aahana, who will also she wrote with the wrapped up Madhur Bhandarkar’s happy vibe got the film to complete so be seen in the short film picture. India Lockdown Tuesday, and she says quickly and on time,” Aahana said. Happy Birthday along with GEMINI B-Town friends com- she had a very different idea of how he She added: “It’s his positive en- actor Anupam Kher, took mented on her post, compli- was as a person till before working with ergy that exuberates on set and to Twitter Tuesday to Today, you will have a ten- menting the actress. Actress him. is infectious. I am very happy announce the wrap of dency to remain possessive about your personal Alia Bhatt wrote: ‘Body’ fol- “When I signed the film, I thought to have collaborated with India Lockdown. She belongings, says Ganesha. You are likely to join lowed by multiple fire emo- Madhur Bhandarkar would be a seri- him and I am very excited uploaded a picture personality development courses to achieve jis, while actress Diana Penty ous person but he is just the oppo- to see how India of the entire your ultimate goals. An unpleasant occur- wrote ‘Ufff ’ and added three site! On sets he is fun, and really Lockdown is finally team. IANS rence is likely to throw you off guard. But emojis. keeps you entertained. He keeps going to turn remember, there is hope when there is life. The actress has three films coming up in the next months. She will be seen in Bell CANCER Bottom, co-starring Akshay You may have a way Kumar and shot in Glasgow, with words, but women Scotland during lockdown. somehow always have She has Shamshera featuring their way with you. Your problem is that while you may use Sanjay Dutt and Ranbir your words to pull some strings, the Kapoor, and directed by Karan master puppeteer, in most cases, Malhortra. Vaani will also be will be a woman. seen in Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui where she shares screen space with Ayushmann LEO Khurrana for the first time. You may not have a halo IANS around your head, but that most certainly does not deter you from play- ing the spiritual card today, says Ganesha. On this auspicious day, it is through religious scriptures that you sati- ate your desire to attain the intangible. Bombay Begums, a manifesto of women battling odds The series is an effort fighting to hold onto that position, ing as a manifesto of women bat- Srivastava -- a fact she underlined VIRGO in an otherwise all-male board of tling the odds to find their space in the past with her 2017 feature ef- Don't dilly-dally when to seriously open up directors waiting with bated breath in a society where gender politics fort, Lipstick Under My Burkha, it comes to matters of to bring her down. The victim's never ceases to and season one of the web se- health, says Ganesha. conversation about parent is a sex worker, who has be stacked against ries Made In Heaven a cou- You look lean and incidentally serviced the CEO's them. WEB ple of mean to take on those old wounds women and their son who will run over her boy, Srivastava’s ear- years later. today. But peace and prosperity are the flavours of the day. Ganesha claim for a space that only minutes before the incident lier efforts have SERIES The thing about advises you to invest time in fun and takes place. shown her pre- Bombay Begums is, it entertainment today – just to get is rightfully theirs ferred style of sto- REVIEW stops short of being path- those batteries charged. Cast: rytelling is episodic. breaking fare. It continues an Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, She sets up parallel narra- effort to seriously open up con- bank CEO's son runs over a Amruta Subhash, Plabita tives of multiple protagonists that versation about women and their LIBRA lower-class boy. The victim’s Borthakur, Aadhya Anand find a common thread themati- claim for a space that is rightfully Direction: A wistful day lies ahead Apoor parent spots a get-rich- cally and plot-wise. Bombay theirs, but the story comes across Alankrita Shrivastava of you, says Ganesha. quick scheme through blackmail. Begums uses its six episodes to as something you have seen This day, just like ‘on the A public scandal could end the tell the story of five women while before. summer day that we CEO’s career and so it is best to pay Alankrita Srivastava’s web se- pushing the storyline forward. The show is defined by its bril- flew kites', may be the standard when it up, and then pay some more. ries uses many familiar vignettes When it comes to putting across liant performances, which make it comes to wanting to have a better future. Ganesha expects a sea of change in your Sounds like standard soap opera to set up a slice of Mumbai, with a feminine standpoint, very few worth a watch. More coherence outlook, thanks to your sweetheart's drama? Okay, imagine the picture its hopes, despairs, dreams and gender equation, which in itself Begums not just lays bare a big in Hindi film industry do it with in storytelling would have made it noble gesture today. again: The bank CEO is a woman struggles. Only, the story reverses gives the tale a fresh take. Bombay bad city and its warts, it tries work- the rage and relish of Alankrita gripping fare. AGENCIES

SCORPIO SUDOKU Dear friends and soul post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, mates will bring you much PEANUTS relief and calm today, CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers says Ganesha. Spend as 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. much time as possible with them. Romantic escapades with your beloved will be heaven in itself. Blood relations will stand true and strong in matters of impor- tance, says Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS Tempers will fly today, warns Ganesha. Rein in your anger by the leash of control and restraint. But the buck will stop somewhere! When it does, dig your feet in and battle the crunch situation, advises Ganesha. CALVIN AND HOBBES CAPRICORN Your outstanding intel- lectual ability will not only yield exciting results for you, but will also help your close associates who will have progressed a great deal in their SOLUTIONS career because of your valuable advice, says Ganesha. Scores of problems may come your way, but you will have noth- ing to worry about.

AQUARIUS A romantic liaison is headed towards you. Quite naturally, you don't want to be caught dead in a ratty old tee. Today, you want to keep BREVITY everyone happy and amused, both at CROSSWORD home and at work. And you manage wonderfully, says Ganesha.

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www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 | 2021 P1 IRREGULAR by MANJUL SOS to dists on forest fires DISTRICT LEVEL OFFICERS ASKED TO WORK 24X7; ODRAF PERSONNEL, 700 SQUADS ENGAGED TO ABATE FOREST FIRES

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Bhubaneswar, March 9: Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra Tuesday di- rected district administrations and all concerned departments to work 24x7 Please stop calling him UTTARAKHAND’S goon, corrupt, scamster, etc. to control forest fires in the state. He has joined our party! The CS Tuesday morning had a re- view meeting on the forest fire situ- ation with all the District Collectors, BJP CM RESIGNS Superintendents of Police (SPs) and Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs) AGENCIES SHORT TAKES through videoconferencing. He directed district-level func- Dehradun, March 9: MoU for Plastic Park tionaries to take all-out efforts for Trivendra Singh Rawat abatement of wild fires and prevent Tuesday resigned as the Bhubaneswar: A shareholders’ their proliferation by intensifying Chief Minister of agreement and an MoU were night patrolling and attending fire Uttarakhand, ending days of signed for development of the Paradip Plastic Park in virtual alerts received in quickest possible speculations about a lead- presence of Chief Minister time. Mahapatar instructed the offi- ership change in the BJP- Naveen Patnaik and Union cials to work 24x7 in accordance with ruled hill state amid reports Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the standard operating procedure ODRAF personnel deployed at Similipal to prevent forest fires of discontent against him. eted with his associates at Tuesday. The state government and be more attentive to attend for- Rawat submitted his res- the CM's residence. Rawat will develop a state-of-the-art est fires noticed in hilly terrains, in- manpower and equipment. It has been to PRI members to mobilise their points has shown a considerable de- ignation to Governor Baby was going to complete four industrial park at Paradip for the volve members from the Panacahayati decided to put additional 100 squads human resources to sensitise forest’s crease as fire alerts have come down Rani Maurya at the Raj years in office March 17. downstream plastic industry. To Raj Institutions and local commu- on top of 600 different squads. Each fringe localities to prevent intentional to 3,258 (March 8) from 6,258 (March Bhawan here upon his ar- Soon after submitting his this effect, a shareholders’ nity to handle the situation. squad comprises 10 persons and a ve- and unintentional fires. 7), Tripathi claimed. rival from Delhi where he resignation, Rawat ad- agreement and an MoU were As directed by the Chief Minister, hicle. Besides, additional 700 blow- In different areas, action has al- Asked about the status of fire in- met the central BJP lead- dressed a press conference signed between the Odisha the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action ers are being procured for this purpose, ready been initiated by local DFOs cident in Similiapl area, he said about ership. After submitting his at his official residence, Industrial Infrastructure Force (ODRAF) teams comprising 50 he said. to dissuade locals on the forest fringes 14.15 hectares of forest area in south resignation, Rawat said the telling the media that the Development Corporation and personnel have been engaged to ren- Further, Tripathi said, it has been from burning agricultural wastes in north and 6.1 hectares of south divi- Uttarakhand BJP party has “collectively de- Indian Oil Corporation Limited. der assistance to abate the forest fire decided to incentivise 3,000 Forest the open. Such fires, once left unat- sions of Similipal have been affected Legislature Party will meet cided” that someone else Naveen said his government has in Similipal Tiger Reserve, said Fringe Villages to take action to pre- tended cause forest fires. The vil- by the fire. at the state party head- should leads the state now. been providing all support for Sandeep Tripathi, head of the state task vent occurrence of forest fire and pre- lagers were asked to put water tankers, However, more than 95 per cent of quarters here at 10 am He said he comes from a petroleum and petrochemicals force formed to control forest fires. vent its proliferation in the fringe vil- wherever feasible, to use to abate the fire points have been attended to dur- Wednesday to choose his humble family and never facilities being set up by IOCL. P2 In order to tackle the situation in lages and involve the VSSs/EDCs to ongoing fire. ing last 24 hours. No damage to wild successor. Earlier before imagined his party will give an effective way, the state govern- contain the ongoing forest fire menace. Due to continuous and quick ac- life or human has been reported by the proceeding to the Raj him the honour of serving WB DGP shunted ment has decided to engage more The government has also appealed tion by field staff, the number of fire field staff, he added. Bhawan, Rawat was clos- Uttarakhand as a CM. New Delhi: The Election Commission Tuesday ordered removal of Virendra as the Director General of Police of Gangrape victim runs poll-bound West Bengal with immediate effect, and appointed P Nirajnayan in his place. In a directive to the chief secretary, the EC said Virendra naked on road to save life "should not be given any post which directly or indirectly POST NEWS NETWORK relates to conduct of election." The decision was taken after Kaliapani, March 9: A minor tribal girl reviewing the poll preparedness was allegedly gangraped by two youths in the state. It said a compliance while two others assisted them in the crime of its order may be done in a jungle near Bhimtangar village under immediately. "Kindly inform the this police limits in Jajpur district, police commission about the said Tuesday. . compliance latest by 10am However, the victim fought back and tomorrow (Wednesday)," it said. managed to free herself from their clutches. Police arrested all the four accused and MARKET WATCH produced them in court after conducting a The four accused medical examination on them at Sukinda community health centre. This was stated two motorcycles accosted them. Since the INDEX VARIATION by Jajpur SP Rahul PR at a presser here, minor boy was a local, he confronted the ac- Tuesday. The SP visited the spot with the cused and had a verbal duel with them. SENSEX 51025.48 584.41 survivor and conducted a probe into the Later, two of the four youths overpowered incident. The girl in her complaint at the boy while two others took the girl to a BOURSES NIFTY 15098.40 142.20 Kaliapani police station alleged that two of nearby forest and raped her. The minor DOLLAR 73.54 `0.25 the four youths raped her after taking her boy managed to escape from the youths’ to a jungle. clutches and ran towards his village seek- EURO 86.79 `0.26

CURRENCY The accused were identified as Santosh ing help from elders. The accused tore up GOLD `44,890 `672 Kumar Prusty, 31, of Dasarathpur village her dress and pinned her down. However, under Dhamnagar police limits in Bhadrak the girl put up a brave fight and managed SILVER `67,264 `1412 district, Rabi Naik, 20, of nearby Tarini to get herself free. BULLION Market, Silu Mahanta, 20, of Mallar Sahi and She ran naked towards the main road Satyabrata Behera, 20, of Katepurtty Nagar. and entered the house of woman home The girl of Kalarangi village along with guard Mamata Nayak of Kaliapani police WEATHER a minor boy of the same village took a bus station and pleaded for help. Hearing her BHUB CTK from Brahmanipal and got down at Tata cries, Nayak came to her rescue and alerted Bazaar in Sukinda town Monday afternoon. Kaliapani police station. A police team MAX 36.4° 35.0° After having food at a fast food joint, they from Kaliapani led by IIC Ramakanta Muduli were walking along Tamka-Mangalpur reached the spot and rescued the girl. TEMP MIN 21.4° 21.2° Forecast road towards Kalarangi village. As the Based on the minor’s statement, the Humidity 95% 85% Fog or mist evening had already set in, they had taken police registered a case (case no-24/21) in the a shortcut to reach their destination quickly. under POCSO Act and arrested all the Rainfall Nil Nil morning As they were walking, four youths on four offenders. British palace mum on racism slur ROYALS SILENT ON HARRY, MEGHAN'S TELL-ALL INTERVIEW AS CRISIS TALKS RAGE

AGENCIES Prime Minister Johnson, when asked about the allegations London, March 9: during a Downing Street brief- Buckingham Palace is said to ing on Monday evening. be in turmoil Tuesday, a day “As for all other matters to after Prince Harry and do with the royal family, I have Meghan Markle's explosive spent a long time now not com- interview with American chat menting on royal family mat- show host Oprah Winfrey was ters and I don't intend to depart aired in the UK and even Prime from that today," he said, re- Minister Boris Johnson was fusing to be drawn into the asked to comment on the al- controversy. legations of racism that had Opposition Labour leader emerged. Sir Keir Starmer said allega- y According to some British thoughts as a newly-married even as they were told he would tions made in the interview

media reports, a palace state- Duchess of Sussex. not be made a prince and there- should be taken “very, very

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ORSAC portal to keep track of public goods Pact signed for Plastic

k y m c POST NEWS NETWORK the resource in decision making, Park at Paradip planning and service delivery. Bhubaneswar, March 9: In yet REAL TIME Development Commissioner another initiative under 5T MONITORING Pradeep Kumar Jena advised to or- model of governance, the Odisha ganise one workshop involving all Space Application Center (ORSAC) ll new assets created under the departments and GIS scientists will develop Odisha Public Asset Adifferent departments would for more fruitful use of the GIS Monitoring System (OPAMS) be captured through the portal data. He asked the departments through high resolution satellite from planning and grounding to concerned to work out their re- data to keep track of public completion, commissioning and quirements with more accuracy in assets created under different maintenance planning and service delivery so departments. peration and service that ORSAC could capture those This decision was taken at a high- Odelivery of the projects data for them. level meeting held under the chair- would be monitored on real time It was also decided to start one manship of Chief Secretary Suresh basis through the online system ‘continuous operating reference POST NEWS NETWORK hief Minister Naveen Chandra Mahapatra, Tuesday. system’ (CORS) to have updated he portal would have CPatnaik and Petroleum It was decided that all new as- data base of the land, forest, min- Bhubaneswar, March 9: A share- updated geo-tagged Minister Dharmendra Pradhan sets created under different de- The meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, in progress T ing, coastal zone, urban areas, siarat holders’ agreement and an MoU information about all roads, jointly witnessed the MoU partments would be captured canals, water bodies, power sources and interstate boundary were signed for development of signing ceremony through the portal from planning itory for decision making, resource The portal would have updated networks, schools, health lines. The land use and land en- Paradip Plastic Park in virtual and grounding to completion, com- allocation and developmental in- geo-tagged information about all facilities, police stations, banks, croachments in different urban presence of Chief Minister Naveen he project falls under PCPIR missioning and maintenance. tervention, said Mahapatra. roads, canals, water bodies, power fire stations, tourism sites, areas would be captured through Patnaik and Union Minister Tand will be able to Operation and service delivery of He directed the Rural networks, schools, health facilities, storage/godowns warehouses satellite data based ‘land use intel- Dharmendra Pradhan. accommodate at least 25 the projects would be monitored Development, Water Resources, police stations, banks, fire stations, and others ligence system’. The state government is devel- industries of various sizes, on real time basis through the on- Works, Panchayati Raj & Drinking tourism sites, storage/godowns ORSAC chief executive officer oping a state-of-the-art industrial involving investment of more line system. Water, Forest & Environment, warehouses and others, official asked to identify a nodal officer for PK Mallick said the agency has de- park at Paradip for the downstream than `500 crore and Moreover, the portal would have Industries, Steel & Mines and sources said. this purpose. veloped and applied about 36 major plastic industry. To this effect, a employment potential of about updated information with maps, Women & Child Development de- The Chief Secretary directed the Reviewing various projects of GIS mapped digitised database dur- shareholders’ agreement and an 1,600 people apps, analytics and dashboards. partments to link their existing officials to complete the work within ORSAC, Mahapatra directed vari- ing the year 2019-20 for various de- MoU were signed between state- The portal will work as a state repos- asset portals with the OPAMS. six months. Each department was ous departments to make use of partments and agencies. run Odisha Industrial potential of the plastic sector in Infrastructure Development mind, the Centre has initiated the Corporation (IDCO) and Central cluster development of the Industry Cultural corridor in PSU Indian Oil Corporation Limited through its Plastic Park scheme. WASSUP TODAY (IOCL). Till now, six such parks includ- Capital city soon Speaking on the occasion, Naveen ing Paradip Plastic Park have been BHUBANESWAR said that his government has been approved by the Centre, he said n Odisha Women’s Football League, BHUBANESWAR: With an aim to make providing all required support for adding that Odisha would become the state capital more inclusive and Capital ground, 7am and 3.30pm petroleum and petrochemicals in- the nerve centre of industrialisa- Mesmerising attractive, the Bhubaneswar Municipal vestments being set up by IOCL in n Book launch, Buddha Mandir, Corporation (BMC) has decided to set tion through rapid development 5.30pm performance up a cultural corridor to promote Odisha. The Plastic Park at Paradip in petrochemical, chemical, poly- Odisha’s rich and diverse art and cul- will be a very important infra- mer, textile and fibre sectors. n Guru Dakshina by Kalashrama, ture. “The ‘Cultural Corridor’ is being structure support to the downstream He said that IOCL is providing `40 Rabindra Mandap, 6pm initiated under ‘Smart Janpath’ project polymer industry in Odisha, he said. crore for this project. He also assured Artistes perform of BSCL. About 30 smart vending kiosks He said that being the anchor that IOCL would provide raw ma- Programmes/announcements Bharatnatyam will be reserved for putting up special tenant of Petroleum, Chemicals terials to local entrepreneurs for this for wassup today may be sent to at the 15th outlets in this corridor. Tourists will get and Petrochemicals Investment project at a subsidised rate. [email protected] for ` record, it must also carry the Guru Dakshina- a unique experience of Odisha’s rich Region (PCPIR) at Paradip, IOCL With a project cost of 107 crore, sender’s mobile number for our 2020-21 organised culture when they hit this corridor,” should play a leading role in pro- the park spreads over 120 acres verification, but not for publication. by Kalashrama at said BMC Commissioner, Prem Chandra moting ancillary and downstream and provides easy communication Rabindra Mandap Chaudhary. As per the decision, the industries with support to local access to NH at just 2.5 km, railway in Bhubaneswar, stretch from RD Women’s University to entrepreneurs. station at 3 km, Paradip Port at 10 Cong demo against Tuesday Rupali Square along Janpath will be Naveen hoped that the setting km and is about 115 km away from city’s the Cultural Corridor. Special up of Plastic Park will provide the Bhubaneswar. This project falls holding tax hike kiosks will be put up along the stretch OP PHOTO necessary impetus to the petro- under the PCPIR and will be able to to showcase and sell famous items or BHUBANESWAR: The Congress party in chemical industries in the state. accommodate at least 25 industries of indigenous products from different the state Tuesday protested against Joining over video conference, various size, involving investment of places of the state, such as Koraput the holding tax hike by Bhubaneswar Pradhan said keeping the enter- ` Coffee, Kandhamal Turmeric (Haldi), more than 500 crore and employ- Municipal Corporation (BMC). The applique handicraft of Pipli among others. prise and employment generation ment potential of about 1,600 people. party workers took out a rally against the move and sought rolling back of the civic body’s decision. The party workers raised slogans against the Sasmit thrust on participation Ramkrishna Mission state government and the BMC. Tough to match an efficient “Our party has always stood for the edu institutions rights and welfare of the people of the of women in legislations state. BMC’s decision to increase the get pat from UGC holding tax multifold is illogical and must be taken back. This has increased POST NEWS NETWORK predecessor: Priyadarshi the burden on the middle-class,” said Centre’s response POST NEWS NETWORK party leader Rajeev Patnaik. He New Delhi, March 9: Biju Janata POST NEWS NETWORK added that the party has planned to Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit sought on lifting of rice Puri, March 9: The 111th annual gherao the BMC office March 15 to Patra Tuesday urged the Union Bhubaneswar, March 9: Senior IPS general meeting of the NEW DELHI: BJD MP Bhartruhari raise the issue . government to take measures to officer Saumendra Priyadarshi Ramakrishna Mission was held at encourage participation of women Mahtab Tuesday sought Centre’s Tuesday assumed office as the Belur Math in Howrah district of response over non-lifting of rice in leadership roles and legislations Commissioner of Bhubaneswar- West Bengal recently, said a re- from Odisha. The senior BJD MP, ensuring gender equality. Cuttack Commissionerate Police. lease of the Mission Tuesday. Labourer dies as during the Question Hour in the Speaking during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, asked the The state government had As per a report presented in wall caves in Upper House, the BJD MP requested government whether the Food Monday appointed Priayadarshi the meeting, the educational in- the Centre to consider passage of Corporation of India (FCI) has as the Commissioner of Police for stitutions of Ramakrishna Mission CUTTACK: A labourer died when a wall Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, stopped procuring half of its rice twin city replacing IPS officer have won recognitions from the caved in during the construction of a Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, from Odisha and whether this is Sudhanshu Sarangi. University Grants Commission drainage project in Shankarpur area which was passed by Lok Sabha in also happening in different parts Sarangi, a 1990-batch officer, re- (UGC) and various ministries at here Tuesday, police said. The 2018 but lapsed in 2019 with the of the state. However, Union linquished his post immediately the Centre. deceased has been identified as D dissolution of the previous Lok MoS for Consumer Affairs, Food after the announcement his trans- The UGC selected the RKMVERI Suriya Rao, 34, of Rausapatna, said Sabha. and Public Distribution Raosaheb fer order. He has been posted as (deemed university), the College of Badambadi police IIC Rashmi Ranjan Dadarao Danve replied that FCI Mahapatra. According sources, the He said that anti-trafficking CMD of Odisha State Police Housing Education of Coimbatore Mission will procure whatever kind of wall of a house collapsed when Rao measures for protection of women & Welfare Corporation Limited with the media. Priyadarshi said, “I have just as- Vidyalaya and Sikshanamandira rice Odisha gives. was doing some work for the drainage need to be strengthened and this leg- (OPH & WC). The new Police Commissioner sumed the office. We will analyse of Saradapitha centre, Belur, as project. Locals rescued Rao from the islation would help in this regard. Priyadarshi, a 1995-batch offi- sought cooperation from the resi- the situation and devise an appro- mentor institutions for helping debris and rushed him to SCB Medical Patra also urged the Union gov- participation of women in leader- cer, formally took the charge after dents of the twin cities. “I will dis- priate strategy after holding dis- other higher education institu- College and Hospital. However, he was ernment to pass Women’s ship roles,” Sasmit said. receiving the guard of honour in a charge my duty with utmost sin- cussions with our officers.” tions improve their quality and declared dead on arrival. Reservation Bill ensuring 33 per cent The BJD parliamentarian said special programme at Police cerity. The prime duties of every He urged the police personnel get NAAC accreditation. The reservation for women in the that if the government considered Bhawan here Tuesday afternoon. police officer are to keep the law and of the twin cities to make all-out ef- Department of Scientific and Parliament and Assemblies. passage of these two Bills, it would “When you succeed an efficient order situation under control and forts to deal with the challenges. Industrial Research (DSIR), “The government should pass go a long way in ensuring more officer, you face a tough challenge check criminal activities. So, I will Meanwhile, speaking to Orissa Ministry of Science and Technology CLASSIFIED the Women's Reservation Bill, en- participation of women in leader- to match with your predecessor. I give stress on these two things,” POST, the new Commissioner said, (MST) has recognised Vivekananda suring 33 per cent reservation for ship roles as well as bringing about will try my best to continue the he added. “I will try to continue the citizen- Centenary College of Rahara cen- women in the Parliament and state greater generation equality and work initiated by my predecessor,” Answering queries about the ris- centric schemes initiated by my tre, Kolkata as a Scientific and AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVIT Assemblies. It would ensure more gender equality. Priyadarshi said while interacting ing crime graph of the city, predecessors.” Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO), said the report. By virtue of affidavit New branch centres of the before Notary, Cuttack I, Ramakrishna Mission were started Loukik Nanda, S/o- at Kasundia in Howrah, Rourkela Patitapaban Nanda, At- Covid norm compliance must on Mahashivratri in Odisha and Villupuram in Tamil CDA, Sector-7, Plot No.- Nadu. A new branch centre of the 841/842, D-Cuttack PNN/AGENCIES number as may be felt appro- Ramakrishna Math was started at declared that my first Lingaraj servitors, cops to undergo nCoV test priate considering the situa- Purnea in Bihar. The Mission Bhubaneswar, March 9: The tion there and space available and the Math undertook relief name has mentioned as state government Tuesday di- head of Mahashivratri festival at Lingaraj temple, all the within such temples and its and rehabilitation operations dur- Laukik in passport rected all district administra- Aservitors and police personnel will undergo Covid-19 and premises to gather, strictly ad- ing Covid-19 pandemic and natu- instead of Loukik. So tions to ensure compliance of exercise began Tuesday. A meeting was held Monday to discuss hering to the Covid-19 proto- ral calamities. Around `38 crore Loukik Nanda and Laukik Covid-19 guidelines at differ- and chalk out plans for smooth conduct of the festival March 11 cols,” Jena said. were spent in the process bene- Nanda is one and same ent Shiv temples in wake of the following Covid-19 guidelines. During the meeting, it was He said that any person found fitting 8.24 lakh people. A sum of person for all purposes. possibility of large congrega- decided that servitors and police personnel doing their duties at violating the order shall be pun- `29.42 crore was spent to provide tions on the occasion of the temple will undergo tests for the novel coronavirus. Issues ishable under the provisions scholarships to poor students and relating to the Lord Lingaraj and Lord Kapilnath’s ‘Bhetghat’ By virtue of an affidavit Mahashivratri celebrations of the Disaster Management pecuniary help to the needy. March 11. rituals were also discussed. ‘Brahman Niyog’ has threatened Act, 2005 and other relevant Medical services were rendered Dtd.4.2.21 before Notary Development Commissioner non-cooperation if the ritual gets delayed like previous years. laws. to over 83.11 lakh people through Public, Bhubaneswar. I, PK Jena in a letter to all the Major Shiv shrines or temples several healthcare facilities by the Pradeepta Ghadei, district Collectors and munic- “This should be implemented the occasion of Mahashivratri such as that of Shree Lingaraj Mission. A total of `272.31 crore was Muktapur, Khurda have ipal commissioners pointed out within the temple premises. has a large potential of spread- in Bhubaneswar and Baba spent for the purpose. The Mission changed my name from that the state government has The administration may also ing Covid-19 infections, Akhandalamani in Bhadrak spent `396.19 crore on the educa- Pradeepta Kumar Ghadei OP PHOTO already restricted gatherings reasonably restrict so as to avoid Collectors and municipal com- have restricted night-gather- tional work and `131.62 crore on to Pradeepta Ghadei for An artisan shapes a massive clay lamp at Bidanasi of over 500 people in festivals and mass gatherings,” he said. missioners may restrict con- ing and mass diya burning dur- rural and tribal development, said Kumbhar Sahi area in Cuttack ahead of the Mahashivratri melas. “As large congregation on gregations/gatherings to such ing Mahashivratri. the report.

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k y m `25 lakh; man held c SERVICES OUR FOCUS: SKY AUTOMOBILES POST NEWS NETWORK Berhampur, March 9: Baidyanathpur police here ar- The year-2020 was challenging, but not all that bad. rested the proprietor of a fake SUNNY MOTORS consultancy agency on a charge of This was proved by Sky Automobiles as they set a defrauding over `25 lakh from 800 new trend in the automobile dealership. The entity youths in Ganjam and Gajapati The outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and the districts on the promise of giv- put in place innovative working style during the containment measures disrupted the global economy. ing them jobs in various posts for lockdown triggered by Covid-19 pandemic. mobile phone towers, Tuesday. The consequent decline in purchasing power of The accused was identified as Sky Automobiles Managing Partner, Odisha and people dealt a body blow to the automobile sector. Basant Mallick, the proprietor of Chhattisgarh, Avinash Singhania shares with Maxis Outsourcing Pvt Ltd at Despite odds, Sunny Motors in Cuttack has Golapalli Sahi of Berhampur. A Orissa POST how the company bounced back been focussing on offering quality as well as case was registered and the ac- amid the pandemic... cused produced in the court, IIC customer-centric services. In a tête-à-tête with Sarada Prasanna Das said. Orissa POST, managing partner of the The matter came to the fore after a victim Anuj Kumar Rath Hero MotoCorp dealer, Arshdeep Singh, ne of the biggest the pandemic. Sky Automobiles cars, empowering rural medical lodged a complaint at speaks his heart out. Excerpts... challenges for the has also used some of the remote communication via eco-ambu- Baidyanatahpur police station. dealership was to working technologies like CRM lance, offering solution and em- He alleged that Mallick and his wife keep the connectiv- and Google Drive to help maintain ployment opportunity to jobless Kumudini Mallick assured him ity uninterrupted social distancing and business migrants through OLA, Uber, of a job in a mobile phone tower n How has the pandemic affected n Are customers getting special services for a renowned brand, withO the internal as well as ex- continuity. Zoom car and various other car and took `2, 500 as advance from the automobile industry? services at your showroom? we’re focussed on ensuring the ternal customers. Also, to keep To ensure best support with rentals proved like abundance in him. His wife is yet to be arrested. best possible purchasing ex- the team motivated and psycho- regard to car servicing and re- scarcity. Later, Rath was given an ap- n The Covid-19 pandemic has bat- n We, in association with Hero perience to the customers. The logically fit was not easy. But, by pair, the dealership has launched Although the 1st and 2nd quar- pointment letter and asked to tered the economy. Job loss and MotoCorp, have been offering showroom at Cuttack focuses on adopting cutting edge technology ‘door-to-door’ service campaigns ters of 2020-21 fiscal were complete work as a supervisor in a mobile pay cut have resulted in a sharp the best possible services to the offering a customer-centric and executing creative thought and extended the workshop tim- disaster, we fought back in the phone tower in Gajapati. There fall in demand. The automo- customers. The brand has its sales and service experience. to overcome the challenges during ings for providing 24X7 services 3rd quarter and were able to bridge he was asked to identify unem- bile sector has been struggling share in the market. The com- Customers are satisfied with pre and post-lockdown phase, we to the customers. Extending sup- the gap to some extent by ployed youths and collect details to get back the pre-Covid trac- pany has been adding new mod- our service. We’re in a constant have succeeded in neutralising port to Covid-19 warriors was im- December 2020 with approxi- for their employment in mobile tion as car and bike sales have els, especially premium bikes, endeavour to improve the serv- the adverse impact of Covid-19. mensely satisfying for the deal- mately - 4 per cent retail sales phone towers on a monthly salary drastically nosedived. A de- to its portfolio. As we’ve been ices further in accordance with The dealership has set a bench- ership. growth as compared to last year’s of `10,000. cline in purchasing power has providing the customers’ feedback. mark in staff welfare program With regard to sales, the performance. Despite mul- There, he allegedly collected hit the sector hard. the by extending support to its em- dealership’s rural pene- tiple barriers, the vision `2,500 to `4,000 each from the n Automobile sector has ployees for various small and big tration was better during of the dealership is to youths looking for jobs. However, n When do you expect the been witnessing many ups requirements. By offering free the pandemic. Its vir- match the perform- none of them was given employ- normalcy to return? and downs. Do you Covid-19 test at workplace, on- tual connecting ap- ance of fiscal year ment even after two months. This expect any help from time salary, regular bonus and proach and home visit 2019-20. raised suspicion of Rath. He then n There’ve been several issues government? increments, Sky Automobiles post initiative were the enquired the owner couple in the in resuming the business sent a message to the industry mantra for success. regard. However, the couple failed after easing of the lockdown n The pan- that the ultimate asset for any Consistent approach to give any convincing reply and norms. As the market has been demic has thrown sev- organisation is its loyal and mo- to village influencers went incommunicado by switch- gaining traction after the eral challenges before tivated employees. Thanks to the – sarpanch and pan- ing of their mobile phones. Dussehra though a bit slower the automobile sector. mobile applications like chayat samiti mem- we’re hopeful for a good busi- Sale of vehicles is yet WhatsApp, google duo & zoom bers – for con- ness very soon. Looking for- to normalise. We urge meeting which helped the deal- ducting ward to see bounce back by the government to allow ership to keep continuous con- marketing DA case: Asst April this year. some tax concessions, es- nectivity with employees and the events at pecially in GST, as it would not customers throughout the pan- local haats engineer under n Technology was instrumental only help revive the sector demic, said Singhania. and vari- during the lockdown. Your take? but also benefit the cus- We constantly used various ous man- Vigilance scanner tomers. communication platforms to pre- dis, pro- n Technology was crucial in bridg- vent the spread of the virus and moting POST NEWS NETWORK ing the business and trans- educate, warn, and empower the small portation gap during the lock- staff to deal with the situation. Sundargarh, March 9: A team of down. After easing of the Mobile apps like Arogya Setu and vigilance officials Tuesday con- lockdown curbs, the inclina- Maruti’s exclusive android app ducted simultaneous raids on the tion of people towards tech- Wellness Mitra helped the staff houses of an assistant engineer of nology has witnessed a to keep Badagaon block in Sundargarh significant rise. No one themselves district over allegations of accu- can deny the benefits of safe and up- mulating assets disproportionate digital technology. dated during to his known sources of income. The assistant engineer was iden- tified as Parshuram Naik. The searches were carried out at three places including his houses Fires ripping through at Rangadhipi and Lefripada and his office. Collector, SP, DFO take stock of situation So far, the vigilance officials have detected movable and im- POACHERS TRYING TO SET FOREST AFIRE ARRESTED; 22 SNARES SEIZED Ghumusar, Boudh forests movable assets worth over `1.35 crore. POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK reported from 390 places. Till A three-storied building at SIMILIPAL INFERNO Wild animals run Monday afternoon, 48 more places Rangadhipa has been valued at Baripada, March 9: Amid inten- Bhanjanagar/Boudh, March 9: had caught fires, as per the satel- `95.25 lakh while two plots at sified efforts to douse fires in for cover Fires have been raging in various lite images. Sundargarh and Pipili have been Smilipal sanctuary, forest officials forests under North Ghumusar In the last 8 days, forests in 150 valued at `1.025 lakh. A card worth arrested two poachers, who were try- BARIPADA: Forest and forest division in Ganjam district hectares have destroyed in this for- `7.29 lakh was seized. ing to set fire to Dudhiani forest in Environment Minister Bikram for the last 9 days while the forest est division. Locals expressed con- Among the seized assets are Karanjia division in Mayurbhanj Keshari Arukhi had said Monday department has been struggling cern that if forest fires are not con- two bikes, insurance policies worth district, to hunt animals. The two that wild animals are safe in to douse the blaze. tained as early as possible, situation `over 5 lakh and posatal deposits were produced in a court Tuesday. spite of the raging inferno in The department is worried over may go out of control with the worth `2.76 lakh. The two accused were identified various ranges of Similipal the spread of fires. Besides, some progress of summer. Notably, vigilance officials had National Park. However, it seems as Salu Diu (25) of Khadikuda and forests in Boudh district are on A team of forest officials led by arrested Chittaranjan Behera, the that animals are escaping out of Pratap Hembram(30) of Dudhiani. forests to prove the minister flames, a report said. DFO Abhaykant Dalei and ACF IIC of Nihalprasad police station Forest officials have seized 22 wrong. A spotted deer ran away According to the reports, forest Sudarshan Badi has been making in Dhenkanal district red-handed snares with total length of 415 ft from from the park Monday night and lands are bone dry while the slight- all-out efforts to contain forest fires. while receiving a bribe recently. them. It was learnt that they used their lives hellish, forcing them to est staff is engaged in fire-fighting took shelter in a nearby house. est spark triggers fires to spread fast It was alleged that wild animals the snares to catch rabbits. stray out of forests. exercise is not enough to do the job The spotted dear sneaked into amid agile winds in the region. often come out of forests and It was alleged that poaching ac- Meanwhile, a 50-member ODRAF quickly. Brundeiposi village located at Fires were reported from over 800 stray into human habitations due tivities and fires often scare wildlife, team sent by the state government The official report claimed that the foothill of the park and took places under North Ghumusar for- to hot atmosphere in forest caused who try to escape from forests, but was split into four groups. These wildlife in the core area of the sanc- refuge in the house of Biju est division. Last Sunday, fires were by fires. eventually stray into human habi- groups have been trying hard to tuary has not been affected, but Maharana. It was rescued later. tations. douse fires in Chahala, Pithabata, the reality is different. For an instance, a deer strayed Jashipur and Karanjia ranges. People in three villages in the Meanwhile, Collector Vineet into Biju Maharana’s house at Fires have still been raging in core area; 61 villages in the buffer Bhardwaj, SP Smith P Parmar, and Youth hacks woman Jharaphula, late Monday night. Bangiriposi, Chahala, Usaki, zone and 12000 villages at the foothill Baripada DFO Santosh Joshi took The animal has been rescued. Barehipani, Kabatghai, Dudhiani, areas are encircled by fires. stock of situation at Masanibila to death, surrenders According to reports, wildlife in- Pattabila, Debasthala, Kandabhenu, As flora has been massively dam- forest and other areas Tuesday. side the sanctuary has been sacred Sarua, Nana South and North areas. aged, thousands of tribal people Besides, members of various or- before police and unsafe due to raging fires when Environmentalist Bhanumitra depending on minor forest produce ganizations have joined the fire rising temperatures have made Acharya said that the number of for- have been affected. fighting exercise in the sanctuary. POST NEWS NETWORK

Rairangpur, March 9: A youth sur- rendered before police after hacking a WOMEN’S DAY IN woman of his village to death in Jamda POLITICKLE by MANJUL area of Mayurbhanj district. The in- BERHAMPUR ITI cident was reported from Roadsahi vil- lage Tuesday. POST NEWS NETWORK The deceased was identified as Debendra Nayak while the accused is Berhampur, March 9: Mechas Singh, a woman of Roadsahi. International Women’s Day was cel- According to reports, Nayak had an ebrated on the premises of altercation with Singh over some issues. Berhampur-based Industrial Later, situation turned ugly when Nayak Training Institute (Government), lost his cool and started attacking Monday. Mechas with an axe till she collapsed Principal Rajat Kumar on the ground. She died on the spot. Panigrahi presided over a meeting After committing the crime, Nayak while professors Pushpanjali went straight to Jamda police station Mishra and Minakshi Chhotray of with the axe and surrendered before the Parala Maharaja Engineering police. College in Berhampur spoke However, the reason for the alterca- women empowerment. tion and the motive of the murder is yet Speaking on the occasion, to be ascertained. Police registered a case

Panigrahi informed more girls and detained Nayak.

k y m c have been taking admission in The body was sent for post- mortem. the ITI and getting placement in An investigation into the incident is un- various companies. Later, lady derway. teachers and girl students dis- Such incident has come amid ra- playing excellence in various skills ports about growing cases of witch- were awarded. craft in remote pockets of the district. P4 WEDNESDAY | MARCH 10 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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ollowing the tenfold growth Trump’s withdrawal from the of Tesla’s stock between Paris climate agreement in 2017. March 2020 and January In America’s absence, China Not Rosy Now F2021, the company’s founder, sought to lay claim to the Green Elon Musk, has emerged as the Revolution, funding the world’s ometimes ignoring an issue turns out to be a good government strategy. avatar of green innovation. The largest programme for greentech The indifference helps the government buy time and let the issue run Tesla phenomenon has spilled over research and development, and Sits course and die down sooner or later. The Centre seems to have into the rest of the nascent electric- securing its dominant position in adopted this strategy to deal with the farmers’ agitation against the three vehicle (EV) industry, sprinkling the production of wind turbines farm laws. There is complete silence on the government’s part since the last stardust on a host of green start- and solar panels. But China’s cli- round of talks between the farmer unions and the Centre were held on ups with unproven technologies and mate leadership is compromised January 22, four days before the tractor parade, which ended in chaos and minimal revenues. by its reliance on coal and con- violence at Red Fort in Delhi. The government remains unmoved when As entrepreneurs and private in- tinued construction of new coal- farmers continue to commit suicide after having been frustrated over its dogged vestors step in to do what gov- fired power plants both at home and refusal to concede the demand for repeal of the laws. Till date, 270 farmers ernments have failed to do, some abroad. have died over the issue. Farmers’ basic human rights have been trampled commentators now believe a Moreover, while US policy- upon and basic facilities denied. Instead of listening to them, the government “Green Revolution” is at hand. makers have dithered, the has chosen to ignore them with cynical unconcern. Others, however, look at the same American public has accepted re- But, this strategy seems like it is not going to work since the government picture and see the early signs of ality. According to the Pew Research has already engaged in protracted and fruitless negotiations creating the a “greentech bubble.” Surging greentech stocks have led to a debate Center, a majority of Republican impression that it wanted to listen to the farmers. When it found the farm- The greentech (or cleantech) about whether we are on the cusp of a Green voters and an overwhelming share ers’ agitation had gained traction not only inside the country, but also William H. Janeway boom is indeed vulnerable. Like the of Democrats believe the US gov- abroad, it followed a two-pronged strategy. Both were ill-conceived and re- earlier digital boom that resulted Revolution, or yet another asset-price bubble. ernment should do more to ad- sult of a knee-jerk reaction. It sought to crush the agitation through repressive in the dot-com bubble of the late In fact, both interpretations are provisionally dress climate change. That means measures and imputing criminal, anti-national motives to it. Then it tried THE TESLA 1990s, it is heavily reliant on an out- there is a broad constituency for correct, because all now depends on whether to threaten action even against foreign protesters against government ex- PHENOMENON side force that could suddenly re- Biden’s plan to “build back bet- cesses on the agitating farmers and those, including a section of the media, cede – namely, easy money. In governments will step in to provide the ter,” the blueprint of which al- sympathetic to the farmers’ cause. The government has only succeeded in HAS SPILLED today’s environment of low in- ready contains much of what is internationalising the issue when its intent was to keep the issue within terest rates, the present value of fu- necessary rules, infrastructure, and markets needed. the country. OVER INTO THE ture cash flows has been inflated, Biden’s commitment sets the Apparently, the government was breathing somewhat easy, when its action REST OF THE and thus will plummet were in- stage for government to fill in the of slapping the harsh sedition charge and arrest of vocal supporters of the terest rates to rise. Green Revolution has established nology and mobilise capital to missing pieces of a nationwide agitation pushed the burning issue out of the front page media headlines. NASCENT For ten years now, central banks a firm foothold. Will the capital mo- fund the infrastructure needed shift to renewable energy, start- Voices of international protest also appeared to have been muffled. ELECTRIC have set policy rates below the bilised by the current boom be for its broad deployment, and for ing with the establishment of grid- That the government misread the situation became clear on March 8 rate of inflation – which itself wasted, or will it be embodied as the Darwinian exploration of ad- scale energy storage. Also needed when the issue was raised in the British parliament with full vigour and to VEHICLE has resided at historically low the infrastructure needed to turn ditional applications. A produc- are enhanced grid management the consternation of the Indian foreign service establishment. The debate levels. As a result, negative real the revolution into the new normal? tive bubble emerges, driven by the to accommodate a preponderance was held in response to an e-petition which had crossed the 100,000-signature INDUSTRY, interest rates on safe assets have Effecting radical change in en- promise of a new economy. of intermittent energy sources; threshold, required for it to be approved by the House of Commons Petitions SPRINKLING pushed large institutional and ergy supply and consumption in- Elements of this pattern can an extension of the grid to sub- Committee. retail investors alike into riskier evitably will require what only be seen in previous industrial rev- stitute electricity for carbon-gen- Obviously, it wasn’t music to the ears of the Indian government. The Indian STARDUST ON A assets yielding higher potential re- the state can provide: vast public olutions. In the century leading up erating systems in industrial, com- High Commission in London made its displeasure known despite the British HOST OF GREEN turns. It is worth remembering investment and new rules of the to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, mercial, and residential buildings; government earlier iterating that the three farm laws were a “domestic mat- that just before the recent focus road (taxes and regulations). We the British army’s rising demand a nationwide expansion of broad- ter”. It condemned the debate among British lawmakers over the right for peace- STARTUPS WITH on greentech stocks, the Big Tech know this from the history of the for guns fueled the productivity band access; and the reconstruction ful protests and freedom of the press in India amid the ongoing farmers’ stir. UNPROVEN giants achieved extremely high digital revolution in the second gains (from mass production and of transportation infrastructure to The High Commission slammed the debate terming it “distinctly one- valuations as part of a broader half of the twentieth century, the division of labour) that made accommodate lower-carbon forms sided discussion.” It regretted aspersions had been cast on the “largest func- TECHNOLOGIES “unicorn bubble” in private mar- which I examined in my book Birmingham, England, the work- of mobility (including charging tioning democracy in the world and its institutions” instead of holding a “bal- kets, where “unconventional” in- Doing Capitalism in the Innovation shop of the First Industrial stations for EVs). anced debate”. In its opinion false assertions were made without “substantiation AND MINIMAL vestors paid premium prices for Economy. Revolution. Then, a generation Having witnessed the differ- or facts.” The High Commission also reminded the British government that REVENUES unsellable shares of what they In technological revolutions, later, the British Parliament en- ence that competent national lead- India and the UK together work as a force for good in the UN Security hoped would be the next FAANG state actors must play the initial dowed railway promoters with ership makes in the deployment Council and bilateral cooperation between the two countries helps fix many (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, leading role, by establishing a po- powers of eminent domain and of vaccines, it is possible that US global problems. It lamented that a false narrative over farmers’ protest Google) stock. litically legitimate mission (such limited liability, setting the stage voters will deliver the Democrats was sought to be developed even though the High Commission of India had In any case, the US Federal as winning the Cold War) to jus- for the Great Railway Mania of even larger legislative majorities been, over a period of time, taking care to inform all concerned about the Reserve has responded to the tify massive spending on high- the 1840s. Likewise, in the United in the 2022 midterm elections. The issues raised in the petition. COVID-19 crisis with a commit- risk programmes. Likewise, it is States, state guarantees and sub- last time that happened was in The High Commission’s pro-forma reaction once again showed how the ment to keep its policy rate near the state that must fund upstream sidies underwrote the canal and rail 1934, when voters heartily en- Indian foreign service is cutting a sorry figure on the global stage on the farm- zero until the US economy achieves investment in basic research whose networks that were needed to es- dorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ers’ issue. It shows the country in a wrong light to try to silence foreign gov- “maximum employment and in- potential returns are too uncertain tablish a truly national economy. New Deal. If a Green New Deal ernments and legislators articulating their stand on the issue that has tran- flation averaging 2 per cent over to motivate the private sector. And, as in Britain, speculators then follows, the greentech boom, scended India’s geographical borders because of the government’s own style time.” Yet, given the rapid ad- And, as a novel technology ma- followed where the state had led. bubble or not, will leave behind a of inept handling. For, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ministration of COVID-19 vac- tures, the state creates a market Today, climate change offers a new world. (FCDO) Minister Nigel Adams said during the parliamentary debate the close cines under US President Joe by serving as the first customer, mission that is greater in scale UK-India relationship did not hinder the UK in any way from raising diffi- Biden’s administration, the stage thereby pulling the supply side and scope than even the Cold War. The writer is a special cult issues with India. He felt it was a time of “great ambition for the UK’s is being set for normalisation in of the innovation economy down But the response so far has been limited partner at the relationship with India” when both governments working to advance shared capital markets. the learning curve to low-cost, re- radically different. For years, the private-equity firm Warburg priorities across trade and investment, health, sustainability, climate change, So, the question is not whether liable production. US was paralysed by Republican Pincus and an affiliated defence and security can help fix global problems. the green bubble will burst (all The final stage begins when politicians’ denial of reality – a self- lecturer in economics at the He hoped that candid discussions on a range of issues will put Boris bubbles do, eventually), but speculators identify the transfor- defeating stance that culminated University of Cambridge. Johnson in the right frame of mind when he visits India in the near future. whether it will burst before the mational potential of the new tech- in former President Donald ©PROJECT SYNDICATE Apart from handling the farm bill generated crisis, the government has landed itself in another ticklish situation by trying to disown the Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) status it had so very excitedly bestowed on some peo- ple that it had considered would stand by the roadside and loudly applaud IN JEST THIS whatever it is that the government did internally. Reality does not seem to have turned out that rosy. WISDOM CORNER Gratitude can make you happy & healthy I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they very now and then, when one a good pair of shoes? Parents.” Be thankful if you have no se- exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. ALAN WATTS of my kids talks back to me Researchers have found nu- If you’re having trouble com- rious addictions, if you can survive Ewith a tone I don’t like, I say merous benefits to gratitude. ing up with reasons to be thankful, an entire week without smoking, What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love to him or her: “You need to show According to Glenn Fox, an expert here are some of my suggestions: drinking or sniffing, if you show deeply becomes a part of us. HELEN KELLER more gratitude and less attitude.” in the science of gratitude at the Be thankful if you have food on no signs of withdrawal, not even By “attitude,” I mean “bad atti- USC Marshall School of Business your plate, if you aren’t constantly when visiting the bank. Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is tude,” of course. Good attitude is in California, “Benefits associated hungry, if you don’t lick your lips Be thankful if you have a de- something you design for the present. JIM ROHN always welcome, as is an “attitude with gratitude include better sleep, whenever you spot a Zomato driver. cent job, if it comes with many Melvin Durai of gratitude.” I don’t want my kids more exercise, reduced symptoms Be thankful if you have a reliable benefits, if the best benefit isn’t to be entitled—to feel that they of physical pain, lower levels of source of clean water, if you have free counseling after the boss ha- WORDSWORTH have an innate right to everything inflammation, lower blood pres- enough to drink, cook your food, or rasses you. PRACTICING that they’ve been blessed with, sure and a host of other things we even take an occasional bath. Be thankful if you have a roof GRATITUDE whether it’s food, clothing, cell- associate with better health. The lim- Be thankful if you have freedom over your head, if the roof is wide Mesmerise phones or Netflix subscriptions. I its to gratitude’s health benefits of worship, if you can attend a enough to cover all your belongings, MEANS want them to feel grateful. are really in how much you pay church, temple or mosque with- if your belongings don’t include a his perpetuates the name of the eighteenth-century physician Franz EXPRESSING IT Why is gratitude important? attention to feeling and practicing out the slightest fear, if you can bucket that you use whenever it TMesmer of Vienna. He believed a magnetic force flowed from the stars to Well, ask the Dalai Lama and he will gratitude.” decorate your car with pictures of rains. act on us all and that diseases were caused by blockages stopping the ON A REGULAR tell you that inner contentment Practicing gratitude means ex- anyone you worship, even Virat Be thankful if you have a means magnetic fluid flowing through the body. He called the force “animal (true happiness) does not come pressing it on a regular basis. Kohli. of transportation, if you can take magnetism”, a term we still sometimes use for people with strong BASIS. THANKING from having all that we want, but Thanking people directly is a good Be thankful if you have access your family on a long trip to the personalities. He tried acting on this force with magnets — he persuaded one PEOPLE from wanting and appreciating all way to do this; another way is to to good healthcare, if you can see countryside, if the trip refreshes of his early patients to swallow iron filings and then passed a magnet over that we have. When you drive your write down everything you’re thank- a doctor anytime you wish, if your their souls and doesn’t wear out her legs. Later — he’d moved to Paris by then — he created his baquet, a large DIRECTLY IS A car or ride your motorcycle, are ful for. Some people write daily doctor didn’t get medical training their soles. tub filled with iron filings and magnetised water that 20 people could sit GOOD WAY you grateful that you don’t have lists such as “Ten Things I’m through the Internet. Be thankful if you appreciate round. Projecting iron rods were provided for the patients to grasp or press to to take a bus? When you’re riding Thankful for Today.” This is a good Be thankful if you have a loving what you have, if you don’t take the affected spot. In his salon, quiet music played and perfumes scented the TO DO THIS the bus, are you grateful that you habit, even better than writing lists family, if they accept you the way your blessings for granted, if you air. Dr Mesmer would enter, dressed in a long robe of lilac-coloured silk, don’t have to walk? When you’re such as “Ten Things I’d Like to you are, if they’re trying hard to for- spend part of your life -- even a small richly embroidered with gold flowers, holding a white magnetic rod in his walking, are you grateful that have Own” or “Ten Reasons I Hate My get the way you were. part -- helping others less fortunate. hand. He treated every patient at the baquet with gestures, passes of his white rod, murmured words and searching looks. Unfortunately, he became too popular, especially with the French queen, Marie Antoinette. Two politically motivated enquiries in 1784, one headed by Dr Guillotin, the other Polluting polythene Wildfire control No stopping Djokovic by Benjamin Franklin (the American ambassador to France at the time), concluded it was all done by manipulating the imagination of patients. In Sir, Pollution is proving to be a catastrophe for human society, and poly- Sir, The government took some Sir, Novak Djokovic has added essence, Mesmer was, without realising it, putting his patients into a trance thene is one of the most dangerous pollutants. Strict regulations were put time to realise the magnitude another feather to his cap by and giving them post-hypnotic suggestions to clear up psychosomatic etters in place by the government to curb the use of polythene and fines were of the wildfire raging in Similipal. besting Roger Federer’s record ailments. All that stuff about iron bars and animal magnetism was irrelevant. also levied in cases of violations. But within a few days, the government’s It is high time India procures for most weeks as the world’s Mesmer’s reputation never recovered, but his name entered the language and approach slowed down, resulting in an increase in use of polythene. fire-fighting aircraft. A fleet of at numero uno tennis player. later became an alternative term for hypnotism. TOL THE EDITOR Thermocol was similarly banned, but the use of the same is still open. As least two or four aircraft will be With 311 weeks at the top, Readers of Orissa POST a result, polythene and thermocol have become major pollutants of our of a lot of help. Already India has the Serb appears to be in are most welcome to contribute letters environment. Plastic pollution causes harm to humans, animals and an excellent National Disaster prime form, and there is no (200 words), articles and plants. It can take hundreds of thousands of years to break down plas- Response Force. Wildfires in stopping him. Djokovic re- LOL columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are tics, so damage to the environment is permanent. It affects all living India can be controlled by using claimed the top ranking from Visit the barber minutes.” When the boy’s requested to send their things in the food chain from plankton to whales. People are still using ‘Bambi Bucket’, DC 10 fire ex- another acclaimed player haircut was completed and the contact numbers and full polythene even after being aware of its adverse effects on the environment. tinguisher airplane, CL-145 Rafael Nadal in February 2020

man and a little boy entered a man still hadn’t returned, the postal address/email ID. They may also The problem will not be solved by the government alone. People need to Canadair and some other latest and finished as year-end

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c Abarbershop together. After the barber said, “Looks like your daddy’s and suggestions, preferably by email, be vigilant about this. The problem is that the government does not keep equipment. Hope the govern- number one for the sixth man received the full treatment - forgotten all about you.” “That wasn’t to: [email protected] a close eye on polythene companies a few days after a law is passed. ment takes interest in procuring time, tying the record set by shave, shampoo, manicure, haircut, - my daddy,” said the boy. “He just People will not use a product if its production is stopped. Secondly, if the these equipment for future fire- Pete Sampras. More power to he placed the boy in the chair. “I’m walked up, took me by the hand and slogan of self-reliance is to be successful in India and the goal is to develop fighting. his elbow! going to buy a green tie to wear for said, ‘Come on, son, we’re gonna get a B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, the economy in rural areas, efforts will have to be made to popularise the Sunil Pradhan, KHARIAR NJ Ravi Chander, the parade. I’ll be back in a few free haircut!’” Bhubaneswar-751010 use of paper bags instead of polythene. Asit Mohanty, JAJPUR (NUAPADA) BANGALORE HIMACHAL PRADESH

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k y m Why Himachal is planning Star power continues to dominate TN politics c THE WORLD OF MOVIES HAS ALREADY GIVEN FIVE CHIEF MINISTERS TO THE STATE to legalise hemp cultivation INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Chennai, March 9: Dravidian AGENCIES politics and the world of cinema and culture are inseparable it ap- Shimla, March 9: Himachal pears. This has been the case since Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram 1925, when the first seeds of Thakur is projecting an economic Dravidian politics in the state boom in legalising hemp cultivation were sown by the revolutionary as thousands of families depend thinker Periyar EV Ramaswamy. on it. Periyar’s legacy was taken for- In his Budget speech last week, ward by CN Annadurai, the writer Thakur said, “Commercial hemp who popularised the ideology cultivation is permitted and regu- through his plays and movies. lated in many countries and in And then, the world of movies some states in India.” has already given five chief min- “This creates investment and isters to the state. employment opportunities. The CN Annadurai or Anna, the state government proposes to frame most popular chief minister of a policy to permit commercial hemp HERB IN THE HILLS the state, was an ideologue and cultivation with proper regulatory script writer of the movie framework,” Thakur, who holds Over 60 per cent of the poppy and Police say cannabis and poppy ‘Parasakthi’ (1952) which was a the Finance portfolio too, said. cannabis produced in Himachal is plants are grown illegally on vast big hit and propagated Dravidian He presented a Rs 50,192-crore smuggled to countries such as Israel, tracts in Kullu, Mandi, Shimla ideology among the people of populist but deficit Budget for 2021- Italy, Holland and other European and Chamba districts. Police Tamil Nadu. His legacy was 22 with no new taxes despite the countries. The rest finds its way to records show that 50,000 acres in taken forward by M. Karunanidhi, coronavirus pandemic. Nepal or other Indian states like Goa, Kullu Valley alone is under script writer and lyricist, who Punjab, and Delhi cannabis cultivation became one of the most popular Commercial hemp chief ministers of the state as DMK and floating his own outfit, eted post. Munnetra Kazhagam (DMMK) cultivation is permitted lines of Rajasthan and Madhya lice admit foreigners settled ille- also the supreme commander of the All India Anna Dravida Even today, the story is no dif- and was the main opposition in and regulated in many Pradesh could annually generate gally in remote villages have been the Dravida Munnetra Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). ferent as Udayanidhi Stalin, MK 2011, winning 29 seats in alliance countries and in some states revenue of Rs 800 crore to Rs 900 actively involved in smuggling Kazhagam (DMK). Tamil politics revolved around Stalin’s son and M Karunanidhi’s with AIADMK. The DMDK has in India...The state crore. According to the police offi- narcotics. They have been in- MG Ramachandran, the su- these two until the death of MGR. grandson, is a movie actor in his now walked out of the AIADMK- government proposes to cials, over 60 per cent of the poppy dulged in providing high-yield perstar of the Tamil movie world, His close associate J Jayalalithaa, own right and a general secretary BJP alliance and is scouting for frame a policy to permit and cannabis produced in Himachal variety cannabis seeds to local was catapulted to the higher ech- who was then general secretary of of the DMK. partners and allies. commercial hemp cultivation is smuggled to countries such as growers for planting in various elons of politics by none other AIADMK, was kicked out of the Popular star-turned-politician The super mega star of the with proper regulatory Israel, Italy, Holland and other high-altitude areas. than CN Annadurai who could funeral procession of the veteran Kamal Haasan with his Makkal South Indian movie world, framework European countries. The rest finds Malana, a village in the Kullu gauge the popularity of MGR (as actor. MGR’s wife Janaki Needhi Maiam (MNM) party has Rajinikanth, was expected to JAI RAM THAKUR I CHIEF MINISTER its way to Nepal or other Indian Valley, has long been notorious for he is popularly known) and that Ramachandran, another movie entered into a political alliance float his own political party, but states like Goa, Punjab, and Delhi. cultivating the prized ‘Malana it would be of use to the DMK. star, briefly became the chief min- with another actor turned politi- following the Covid pandemic, Experts told IANS there is a huge They say cannabis and poppy Cream’ hashish, a purified resinous Annadurai initiated a reluctant ister of Tamil Nadu. cian, R Sarath Kumar. Kumar, the dropped the idea. The BJP was demand for opium, an extract of (opium) plants are grown illegally extract of cannabis. Ramachandran into the world Jayalalithaa, MGR’s heroine actor, director, script writer and expecting to piggy ride on the poppy grown widely in high on vast tracts in Kullu, Mandi, Of late, the increasing involve- of politics. in several movies and one of the his party, the All India Samthuva Rajini’s popularity but the star mountains of the state, mainly the Shimla, and Chamba districts. ment of Nepalese nationals in the MGR and Karunanidhi were top Tamil actors, won the next Makkal Katchi have aligned with backed out. Kullu Valley, in the pharmaceutical Police records show that 50,000 narcotic trade is a matter of concern. close friends and after the latter assembly elections and got con- Haasan and his MNM. Haasan had made several trips industry. acres in Kullu Valley alone is under They are procuring cheap charas became Chief minister, MGR felt trol of the AIADMK to become Vijayakanth, another super star to meet Rajinikanth to garner his They say the selective cultiva- cannabis cultivation. from Nepal and selling it in the that he was sidelined, leading to chief minister, the fifth CM from of Tamil movie industry has support which would be a major tion of cannabis and poppy on the Lured by cheap hashish, the po- name of ‘Malana Cream’ in India. the mega star walking out of the the tinsel world to get the cov- floated his Desiya Murpokku boost to his political fortunes.

Madras HC refuses to ON WARPATH stay law favouring TN orders on-spot fine for Vanniyar community

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Chennai, March 9: The Madras INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE crease in Tamil Nadu also which will Tamil Nadu added 569 new High Court Tuesday declined to turn difficult for the state and hence COVID-19 cases Tuesday, pushing stall the implementation of a new Chennai, March 9: Tamil Nadu these measures." the tally to 8,56,246, while four more legislation of the Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan The state health secretary also fatalities took the toll to 12,525, the government, which provides 10.5 has ordered spot fine of Rs 200 on checked the containment zones in health department said. per cent internal reservation for anyone found without a mask in the Chennai and said that around 4,000 Recoveries remained compara- the Vanniyar community within state amid rising cases of Covid beds are ready at Covid care centres tively less with 510 people getting the 20 per cent earmarked for the in the country. in Chennai city. discharged, taking the cumulative most backward classes (MBCs), in The state health secretary di- The state health department has number to 8,39,138 leaving the state. rected conducting of inspection at already collected Rs 13 crores from 4,073 active cases, a department The first bench of Chief Justice various places in the Chennai city 14 lakh people as fine for not wear- bulletin said. Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthil along with health and corporation ing masks. Chennai constituted the bulk of Kumar Ramamurthy expressed officials and ordered fine for peo- However, in the villages, the peo- new infections with 236 cases, ag- its disinclination to interfere with ple not wearing a mask. ple are not wearing masks and even gregating to 2,37,444 till date. The the legislation passed in February Speaking to IANS, government officials are reluctant metropolis also leads in the num- this year, when a public interest Radhakrishnan said: "There is surg- to wear masks. Areas around Theni, ber of fatalities with 4,169. Chennai Anganwadi workers raise slogans during their ‘Vidhan Sabha Gherao’ march, in Shimla, Tuesday. PTI PHOTO writ petition from Vijayakumar of ing Covid cases and people should Kanyakumari, parts of Salem, vil- recorded three deaths and Madurai Dindigul district, a member of not take it lightly. You can see the lages around Erode, Dindigal, one Tuesday. A total of 55,134 sam- the MBC, came up for hearing. increase in cases in Maharashtra Pazhani, Madurai and Tirunelvelli ples were tested on Tuesday, taking The bench, however, directed and Kerala and if people behaves have reported on people not wear- the total specimens examined to DMDK walks out of the state government to file its like this, there will be a major in- ing masks. 1,79,55,850. counter in six weeks. AIADMK-BJP alliance The petitioner submitted that the legislation providing exclusive INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE reservation of 10.5 per cent for Vanniyars was bad in law as it Chennai, March 9: The Desiya was announced just a few min- Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) utes before the model code of con- led by actor politician Vijayakanth has duct came into force on February walked out of the AIADMK-BJP al- 26. It was 'politically motivated,' he liance after failed seat sharing talks. said. Moreover, it has been en- This was announced by Vijayakanth acted even before the Justice K in a press statement here Tuesday. Gunasekaran committee, consti- While the DMDK was pitching for 23 tuted to collect data on caste-wise seats to contest, the AIADMK was not census in the state, submitted its willing to part with more than 15 seats. report. It would badly affect the Three rounds of discussions were held chances of the members belong- between the DMDK leadership and ing to other most backward com- AIADMK-BJP combine but could not munities, petitioner contended end the impasse. and hence the DMDK and prayed the court to stay the im- has quit from the alliance. plementation of the legislation, The DMDK deputy general secre- which had obtained the accent of tary and Vijayakanth's brother-in-law the state Governor. L.K. Sudhish while speaking to IANS said, "AIADMK has stabbed us in the back. We have quit the alliance and will ensure the defeat of the AIADMK in the April 6 elections. Vijayakanth is India’s oldest voter gets Covid vaccine our Chief Minister candidate." The DMDK had performed exceed- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE panchayat. In 1951, Negi, a retired ingly well in the 2011 Assembly elections schoolteacher, was on an election in alliance with the AIADMK. DMDK Shimla, March 9: Appealing all duty and exercised his franchise had won 29 seats and was working as those who are eligible to get inoc- in Chini constituency -- later re- the main opposition party in Tamil ulated, Shyam Saran Negi, who is named Kinnaur. At that time, vot- Nadu. While DMDK had commenced believed to be India’s oldest voter at ing in the snow-bound areas of the discussions with the AIADMK for 41 103 years of age, took his first dose mountain state was held ahead of seats, it had scaled down its demand to of the Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday other places in the country. 23 and on Saturday the DMDK leaders at a health centre in Himachal Negi was accorded a warm wel- had told the AIADMK leadership that Pradesh’s Kinnaur come by doctors at the vaccination they would not settle for anything less district. I centre set up in the Primary Health than 23 which is at par with the PMK. “I am appealing am appealing Centre, some 500 metres away from Sudhish further said, "The DMDK is to all those who to all those who his home. “Negi reached the vac- strong in 41 constituencies in North and are eligible to are eligible to get cination centre along with his fam- South Tamil Nadu and our cadres can get themselves themselves ily members,” an official told IANS ensure the defeat of AIADMK. The vaccinated to vaccinated to fight over phone. AIADMK co-ordinator K.P. Muniswamy

fight the coron- After the vaccination, he was is the "Sleeper Cell" of the PMK in that

k y m the coronavirus c avirus,” Negi kept under observation for half-an- party and he ensured that we are out said in Kalpa, SHYAM SARAN NEGI hour as per protocol, the official of the alliance, let it be so." some 275 kms from added. Kalpa, situated at an alti- Vijayakanth's wife Premalatha the state capital, after tions which was the coun- racy, the centenarian has never tude of 2,759m from the sea level, Vijayakanth, who is the party treasurer, the vaccination. He had also par- try’s first voting exercise. failed to cast his vote in any election, is located on the old Hindustan and his son Vijay Prabhakar are also likely ticipated in the 1951-52 general elec- A staunch believer in democ- be it Lok Sabha, state Assembly or Tibet Road. to contest the Assembly elections. P6 The country has HARYANA TO RECRUIT WEDNESDAY | MARCH 10 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR made the 400 TO 500 DOCS "karmayoga" advocated by the Gita as its mantra and is Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij working to change the lives Tuesday said that to overcome the of its poor, farmers, shortage of specialist doctors, a labourers, Dalits and the separate cadre for them would be

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of the day uote KOLKATA FIRE MILITARY MIGHT Mamata rejects 7 die of burns, 2 I assure you (PM) that the AP due to suffocation government will ‘outsider’ tag PRESS TRUST OF INDIA closely work with the government of India under your Kolkata, March 9: Seven victims able leadership in making this of the ghastly fire incident at a rail- happen and together we can revive in Nandigram way office building here died of the plant for unlocking greater burns and two others due to suffo- value to the society and in cation, a senior police officer said, particular to the people of AP. I seek citing the post-mortem report. an early appointment in this regard A massive fire broke out on the

Y S JAGAN MOHAN REDDY | ANDHRA 13th floor of Eastern Railway's PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER New Koilaghata building Monday evening, claiming nine lives -- four firefighters, a policeman, one RPF The Bihar personnel, and two others. government "They were found in two sepa- will provide rate elevators. The ones that died electricity due to burning were recovered connection to every from one lift, and the other two was agricultural land at stuck in another elevator," the of- a lower rate in the ficer said. state by the end of March next year PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ing from Gujarat have become in- Meanwhile, the detective depart- BIJENDRA PRASAD YADAV | CABINET siders in Bengal," she told a gath- ment of the Kolkata Police Tuesday MINISTER OF BIHAR Nandigram, March 9: Those who ering of TMC workers a day ahead initiated its probe into the case, and have "sold their souls to outsiders of filing her nomination. a special investigation team has been Army jawans demonstrate with the upgraded 40 mm L/70 Gun during display of weapons and equipment to from Gujarat" are insulting the "Going by that logic I shouldn't formed for the purpose. commemorate the golden jubilee of 1971 Liberation War, in Kolkata PTI PHOTO Only a few Nandigram movement by playing have been the chief minister of leaders have the communal card, West Bengal the state for 10 years. Today Bengal's left the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee daughter has become an outsider Congress and the said Tuesday, and rejected the claim for some people. Have you ever cadres are intact that she was an outsider in heard the expression outsider chief ` and we will give a Nandigram. minister? If the locals tell me not Delhi govt presents 69K cr Budget fitting reply to the Banerjee is pitted against her to contest, I will go back," she said, BJP in the elections former confidante Suvendu drawing shouts of "Didi we want V NARAYANASAMY | FORMER CHIEF Adhikari, who joined the BJP some you" from the gathering. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the education sector, while the its glory and feel patriotic," Sisodia MINISTER OF PUDUCHERRY time ago, in the high-profile Adhikari has often called him- health sector got Rs 9,934 crore or said. Nandigram seat that will go to poll self "bhoomiputra" (son of the soil) New Delhi, March 9: The Delhi gov- 14 per cent of the total budget out- He said Rs 10 crore each has been on April 1 in the second phase. while seeking to get back at the ernment presented a Rs 69,000-crore lay. Sisodia, who also holds the fi- proposed for programmes on the Without naming Adhikari even TMC supremo who has been tar- budget themed on ‘patriotism’ nance portfolio, said the Aam Aadmi lives of Bhagat Singh and B R once, Banerjee said she had made geting the BJP with the "party of Tuesday under which installation Party (AAP) government will cel- Ambedkar during the 75-week SHORT TAKES up her mind to contest either from outsiders" barb. The TMC turn- of 500 flag masts and programmes ebrate the country's 75th "deshbhakti" celebrations. the Singur or Nandigram--the two coat has announced that if he is not on the lives of freedom fighters are Independence Day and organise Grand events under 'Festival of ED raids Punjab cradles of anti-land acquisition able to defeat the TMC supremo planned across the city, and an- programmes for 75 weeks starting India' and 'Indian Classical Music movement-- that catapulted her to by 50,000 votes he will quit poli- nounced free COVID-19 vaccina- March 12. Festival' were among the major MLA Khaira, others power in 2011. She said she decided tics. Banerjee said her decision to tion for all in its hospitals in the com- The city government has pro- highlights of the 75-week-long cel- New Delhi: The ED raided the to contest from Nandigram be- contest from Nandigram was ing days. posed to allocate Rs 45 crore to in- ebration, to be held from this Friday premises of Punjab MLA cause of overwhelming response of prompted by the love for the local Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stall high masts to hoist the na- till August 15 next year. Sukhpal Singh Khaira and a the people. people. "Bhulte pari sobar naam, said that ‘Deshbhakti’ (patriotism) Manish Sisodia said that there will tional flag at 500 places in the Sisodia also announced that few others on Tuesday in "I have heard some people are call- bhulbo nako Nandigram (I can for- is the defining feature of the budget be a ‘deshbhakti period’ in the city national capital. COVID-19 vaccine will be admin- connection with a money- ing me an outsider in Nandigram. get everyone's name but never for- as it pays tributes to freedom fight- schools. "We have allocated Rs 45 crore for istered to people for free at the hos- laundering case linked to I am amazed. I was born and get Nandigram)...When I had vis- ers and hopes to work towards In the 2021-22 Budget, education, 500 flag masts across Delhi. They will pitals run by the Delhi government narcotics trafficking and the brought up in the neighbouring ited Nandigram in January, there building the capital and the coun- health and transport have received be similar to the one we have at in the future phases of the inocu- creation of an alleged fake Birbhum district, and the person was no MLA from here as the sit- try, as envisioned by them. higher allocations. the Central Park in Connaught lation drive. He said an outlay of Rs passport, officials said. They who is calling me an outsider was ting MLA had resigned. I looked at Presenting the budget for the The deputy chief minister pro- Place. So even if someone covers a 50 crore has been made under the said the searches are being born in Midnapore. Today I have be- the faces of common people and de- seventh consecutive time in the posed to allocate Rs 16,377 crore, distance of two km from his home, "Aam Aadmi Nishulk COVID carried out at Khaira's come an outsider, and those com- cided to contest from here. Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister one-fourth of the total budget, for he will get to see the tricolour in all Vaccine Yojana". residence in Chandigarh, five other locations in Haryana and Punjab and two places in Delhi. Govt employees Militant gunned Ex-MLC Md Iqbal acquired Dead medical officer to get full DA down in encounter ` benefits from July Srinagar: An unidentified 7 sugar mills for 60.28 cr militant was killed in an transferred in Bihar INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE encounter with security forces in Baramulla district of INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE "cash deposits" made in shell com- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tive for COVID-19. Only the New Delhi, March 9: Central Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, UP SUGAR panies' bank accounts and fur- Bihar government can say how government employees and pen- police said. Security forces New Delhi/Lucknow, March 9: ther routed into these two com- Patna, March 9: A medical of- a dead man has been given a sioners will get full benefits of launched a cordon and In a big development in the Uttar MILL SCAM panies through sham transactions ficer in Bihar was transferred posting," Samrat told reporters. dearness allowance starting July search operation at Sherpora Pradesh sugar mill scam, the or there was infusion of funds to another district vide a reshuf- Later, during the Zero Hour, fel- 1, with all the three pending in- in Tujjar area of Baramulla Enforcement Directorate (ED) Company Pvt Ltd, participated disguised in the form of "share ap- fle in the Health Department low RJD MLA Lalit Kumar stallments being restored prospec- district following information Tuesday attached seven sugar mills in the bidding process of disin- plication money for subscription though he had died a month Yadav also flagged the issue on tively, Minister for State for about presence of militants valued at Rs 1,097 crore in the vestment of sugar mills of the to shares" of these two compa- ago, the opposition told the state the floor of the House and de- Finance, Anurag Thakur said in there, a police official said. northern state belonging to for- Uttar Pradesh government in 2010- nies at a high premium. legislature Tuesday. manded an explanation from Parliament Tuesday mer MLC Mohammad Iqbal, which 11 and acquired seven sugar mills The official further said that The Nitish Kumar govern- the government. Three installments of DA for he had bought at a throwaway through laundering of illegiti- for the purpose of registration ment said it was seized of the Members occupying the treas- central government employees 3 killed in price of Rs 60.28 crore through two mate money using various shell and execution of sale deeds, the matter and has taken remedial ury benches looked askance as and DR for pensioners, due Bihar accident shell companies that he had companies with dummy directors two companies purchased seven steps The embarrassing anom- Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha in- January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020 and formed in the name of his fam- and sham transactions. shell companies -- Ablaze Sugar aly was first flagged outside tervened, assuring the opposi- January 1, 2021, were frozen in Patna: Three persons died in ily members. The official said: "The ED Mills Private Limited, Adarsha the assembly premises, before tion legislator that the govern- view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bihar's Bettiah city after their An ED official told IANS, "The probe revealed that during 2010- Sugar Solutions Private Limited, the day's proceedings com- ment would "take serious note" The decision now to restore it car crashed into a tractor agency has attached seven sugar 2011, Iqbal's two companies par- Agile Sugar India Private menced, by RJD's Sheikhpura of the matter and do the need- from July, 2021 would benefit about trolley late night. Two of the mills of Iqbal worth Rs 1,097 crore. ticipated in the bidding process Limited, Eikon Sugar Mills MLA Vijay Samrat. ful. In the legislative council, 50 lakh central government em- deceased were identified as Iqbal is a former MLC from for sugar mills of the Uttar Private Limited, Majesty Sugar Samrat brandished a copy of the issue was raised by RJD ployees and more than 65 lakh Deepak Kumar, 32, a resident Saharanpur." Pradesh Rajya Chini Avam Solutions Private Limited, Mastiff the notification issued by the MLA Subodh Kumar to which pensioners. of Nautan, and Asif Iqbal, 37, The official said that the seven Ganna Vikas Nigam Limited Sugar Solution Private Limited Health Department on Monday, health minister Mangal Pandey of Harsidhi village in East sugar mills owned by Iqbal and his (UPRCGVNL). and Okra Sugars Private Limited wherein one Dr Ram Narayan responded. Champaran district. A police family members have been at- The companies did not submit -- and treated them as their spe- Ram, a resident of Bhojpur dis- "Transfer and posting of sen- officer said that the process tached under the provisions of the shareholding pattern or the cial purpose vehicles (SPVs). trict posted at Rohtas, was shown ior medical officers is a time-con- of identifying the third victim was underway. the Prevention of Money background of key promoters The ED official said the sugar as having been appointed as the suming affair. There is often a Laundering Act (PMLA). which were the stipulated condi- mills were sold to Iqbal and his new Civil Surgeon of gap of about a month between He added that the shell com- tions at the time of bidding." He family members at a throwaway Sheikhpura. a name getting approved for a panies of Iqbal and his family said the ED has also noticed that price of Rs 60.28 crore through "The medical officer had died new posting and issuing of a SIT to probe members, namely Namrata the funds were "infused" either disinvestment or sales process in in February after testing posi- notification," Pandey said. Delkar’s death Marketing Pvt Ltd and Giriasho into these companies through the year 2010-11. Mumbai: Maharashtra will form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of Mohan Delkar, a With the suspension of DA re- seven-time MLA from Dadra After two-year-long struggle, cross-border couple reunites vision for one and half years, the and Nagar Haveli, state Home government saved a total of Rs Minister Anil Deshmukh INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ily members, passed through a se- gratitude to Union minister 37,530.08 crore that helped it to announced in the Assembly curity check and took the Covid-19 Kailash Choudhary who helped augment resources required to here Tuesday. The Mumbai Two years ago, test after crossing the border. tide over the economic impact of Police have registered an Jaipur, March 9: us in getting a visa. accidental death report after three baraats (wedding parties) While Nepal's wife Kailash came Initially, my wife was allowed the Covid-19 pandemic through Delkar was found hanging from Jaisalmer and Barmer went to India accompanied with her entry only via air route but since we various stimulus measures. from the ceiling fan of a to Pakistan. However, they returned mother and brother, Mahendra's could not afford air travel, the Union At present, central government private hotel at Marine Drive to India without the brides since wife Chagan Kanwar came with minister helped us get permission employees get DA of 17 per cent. on February 22, sparking off a visas were not granted to them. her father. to cross through the Wagah-Attari This level of DA became effective major controversy in the However, this International However, Nepal's brother's wife road route," he added. from July 2019 with further revi- political circles. Women's Day, two of these cross-bor- could not get visa that has left him Meanwhile officials said that his sion due from January 2020. But der brides were finally reunited a little upset. brother Vikram Singh's wife, this along with subsequent two with their grooms in India. Nepal Singh, a Sodha Rajput, be- Pakistani girl Nirmala Bai, was other revisions were suspended due Chagan Kanwar, wife of longs to Jaisalmer district. He mar- denied a visa by the consulate on to Covid. 2 beaten to death Mahendra Singh and Kailash Bai, ried a Pakistani woman from Sindh the grounds that her passport Last year, the Union Cabinet had wife of Nepal Singh, came to India province January 26, 2019. Similarly, was blacklisted. approved a 4 per cent increase in DA New Delhi: Two men in their Monday through the Wagah-Attari Mahendra from Barmer went to However, their one and a half for government employees and pen- y early twenties were beaten border along with a few family Pakistan and married a Pakistani Their child, however, got the visa Nepal Singh told journalists that years old child has got the visa and sioners to 21 per cent. This was to

to death by a group of people members and were accorded a warm Rajput woman on April 16, 2019. and has come to India. even as he is happy to meet his wife has come to India. Now, efforts are be effective from January 1, 2020.

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of the day uote B’desh militants laundering money I wonder whether the ‘Covaxin phase 2 data shows vax safe’ state to Kashmiri purposefully misleads the House. DEVELOPED BY BHARAT BIOTECH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ICMR AND THE NIV, PUNE, THE VACCINE HAS extremist group I am not here to blame anyone. But a BEEN GRANTED EMERGENCY USE AUTHORISATION IN CLINICAL TRIAL MODE BY THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT question arises that on what grounds the then Maharashtra PRESS TRUST OF INDIA rolled. "We report interim findings cine developed by chemically treat- government cleared the SEBC Act of the phase 2 trial on the im- ing novel coronavirus samples to for the Maratha community even New Delhi, March 9: India's first munogenicity and safety of BBV152, make them incapable of reproduc- after the Constitution amendment indigenous vaccine against COVID- with the first dose administered tion. This process leaves the viral pro- was signed 19, Covaxin, is safe and generates on day 0 and the second dose on teins, including the spike protein of

ASHOK CHAVAN | MAHARASHTRA MINISTER immune response without any se- day 28," the authors of the study said. the coronavirus, which it uses to rious side effects, according to the In the phase 1 trial, published in enter the human cells, intact. interim results of the phase 2 tri- the same journal last month, BBV152 Given as two doses, three weeks If the spike in als published in The Lancet induced high neutralising antibody apart, the viral proteins in the vac- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE COVID-19 Infectious Diseases journal. responses that remained elevated cine activate the immune system and cases The authors of the study noted in all participants three months prepare people for future infections Dhaka, March 9: Banned continues, there is a that the phase 2 results did not after the second vaccination. In the with the actual infectious virus. Bangladeshi militant outfits, Ansar possibility of night asses the efficacy of the vaccine phase 2 trial, BBV152 showed bet- "The results reported in this Al Islam (AI) and Ansarullah clubs being closed codenamed BBV152. Covaxin had ter reactogenicity and safety out- study do not permit efficacy as- Bangla Team (ABT), have sent a down first in the initially raised concerns among comes, and enhanced humoral and sessments. The evaluation of safety huge amount of money to another city. We cannot rule out the experts over its emergency approval cell-mediated immune responses - outcomes requires extensive phase extremist group in Kashmir in possibility of a night curfew or by India's drug regulator. Developed - two main mechanisms within the 3 clinical trials," the authors of the the form of cryptocurrency, a sen- partial lockdown by Bharat Biotech in collaboration adaptive immune system -- com- Lancet study said. "We were un- ior police official said. ASLAM SHAIKH | MUMBAI GUARDIAN MINISTER with the Indian Council of Medical pared with the phase 1 trial. able to assess other immune re- The official confirmed the de- Research (ICMR) and the National Adaptive immunity occurs after sponses in convalescent serum sam- velopment while speaking to IANS. There are Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, exposure to an antigen either from ples due to the low quantity," they According to the official, a Special around 35 the vaccine has been granted emer- are yet to be published. The phase and day 28. The primary outcome a pathogen or a vaccination. said. Action Group of the Dhaka Sainik schools gency use authorisation in clini- 2 trial to evaluate the immuno- was assessed in all participants Reactogenicity refers to the property Even though direct comparisons Metropalitan Police's across the country, cal trial mode by the Indian gov- genicity and safety of BBV152 vac- who had received both doses of the of a vaccine of being able to produce between the phase 1 and 2 trials (DMP)Counter Terrorism and however, not a ernment. cine was conducted in healthy adults vaccine. Safety was assessed in par- common, adverse reactions, espe- cannot be made, the reactogenicity Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC), single Sainik school The latest study comes a week and adolescents aged 12-65 years ticipants who received at least one cially excessive immunological re- assessments reported in this study had arrested two AI militants, is in Delhi. after Bharat Biotech announced at nine hospitals across nine states dose of the vaccine. sponses and associated signs and were substantially better in the Awal Newaz alias Sohel Newaz Therefore, we have decided to that the vaccine has shown 81 per in India. Between September 5 and 12, last and Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, in establish one Sainik school in Delhi symptoms, including fever and sore phase 2 trial than the phase 1 trial cent efficacy in the third phase of Two intramuscular doses of vac- year, 921 potential participants were arm at the injection site. and other trials with a placebo September 2019. MANISH SISODIA | DELHI FINANCE MINISTER clinical trials, the results of which cine were administered on day 0 screened, 380 of whom were en- Covaxin is an inactivated vac- group, according to the authors. During interrogation, they said the militant groups had been re- ceiving huge funds through Bitcoin SHORT TAKES system since 2014. The two also ROYAL POSE mentioned that they collected huge sums of money from Pakistan Parl begins vax PM opens ‘Maitri and Gulf countries also in the form of cryptocurrency. drive for MPs The militants claimed that ear- New Delhi: With the second lier they used to collect money leg of the Budget Session Setu’ between through 'hundi', but that is now underway, Parliament on under the surveillance of the law Tuesday started Covid-19 enforcers. Due to this, they shifted vaccination drive for all to Bitcoin, which according to the members of both the Houses. militants, is an easier method to Members of the Rajya Sabha Tripura-B’desh exchange the illegal funds used and Lok Sabha will be in organising radical activities. administered the Covid INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE eastern states of India. Ahmedul Islam, Additional vaccines as India expanded Modi said the connectivity-re- Deputy Commissioner of the the world's largest Agartala, March 9: Prime Minister lated infrastructure has seen Special Action Group, told IANS inoculation drive and entered Narendra Modi said Tuesday that tremendous improvement in the that terror financing is largely in a fresh phase covering all the eastern and northeastern re- last three years. Referring to the de- being carried out with the help aged over 60 years and those gions of India along with velopment of HIRA (Highways, I- of cryptocurrency. above 45 years suffering from comorbidities. Bangladesh are being developed ways, Railways and Airways), the In August 2020, the US govern- as a trade corridor. Prime Minister cited the rapid ment had announced that hun- Addressing a virtual gather- work for the airport and sea-link in dreds of cryptocurrency accounts, ing from Delhi via video-confer- Tripura. four websites and four Facebook Punjab Assembly encing, Modi said the infra- Speaking about Tripura, Modi accounts were seized, adding that passes eight Bills structure for developing roads, said that now people would not it thwarted attempts by militant railways, airways and waterways have to depend only on roads for any groups to raise funds using digi- Chandigarh: The Punjab has been developed and new proj- kind of supply to northeast India. A white tiger inside an enclosure at Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden, in Ahmedabad PTI PHOTO tal currency. Assembly Tuesday passed ects are being launched to de- "Efforts are underway to con- eight Bills in the Budget velop the eastern and northeast- nect Chittagong port of Bangladesh session chaired by Speaker ern regions of India along with with the northeast through an al- 20 MILITANTS Rana KP Singh. An official Bangladesh as a trade corridor. ternative route via the river. The ICP SHOCKING INCIDENT ON WOMEN’S DAY spokesperson of the "With the development of the (Integrated Check Post) in Sabroom government said Industry varied infrastructure, economic would work like a full-fledged logistic SURRENDER and Commerce Minister opportunities would increase to hub with warehouses and con- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Sundar Sham Arora a large extent, not only in eastern tainer trans-shipment facilities," presented three bills -- the Tribal woman burnt alive Amity University Punjab Bill and northeastern regions of India, he said. Imphal, March 9: Twenty in- of 2021, the Indian but also in Bangladesh," Modi Modi said the connectivity is surgents belonging to different INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Partnership (Punjab said after inaugurating five de- not only strengthening the friend- banned outfits laid down their Amendments) Bill of 2021 velopment projects and laying ship between India and Bangladesh, weapons before Manipur Chief Hyderabad, March 9: A tribal and the Punjab Bureau of the foundation stones for four but also proving to be a strong link Minister N Biren Singh Tuesday. woman, who was set ablaze by a man Investment Promotion projects with a total investment for business. Sixteen militants belong to the in Telangana's Medak district on (Amendment) Bill of 2021 and of `3,518 crore. "The Feni bridge would improve Thadou People's Liberation Army Monday, succumbed at a hospital in passed in the Assembly. Of the nine projects, a 1.9 km the connectivity to south Assam, (TPLA), while two are from the Hyderabad Tuesday, police said. long bridge built at a cost of `133 Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura United National Liberation Front Sakri Bai, 42, who had sustained crore over river Feni is the most sig- with Bangladesh and south-east and one each from the People's 80 per cent burns, died at govern- Seven Naxals held nificant venture to link India and Asia, Modi said, adding that the Liberation Army (PLA) and the ment-run Osmana General Hospital. Bangladesh by road and to access bridge would give an impetus to the PREPAK (PRO). The surrender In a shocking incident on Raipur: Seven Maoists were the Chittagong international sea economic opportunities in programme took place at the ban- International Women's Day, a man arrested by security forces port in Bangladesh from the north- Bangladesh as well. quet hall of the 1st Manipur Rifles. who owed her money allegedly during anti-Naxal operations in "In another major achievement poured petrol on her and set her three places in Chhattisgarh's of our BJP-led government, alto- ablaze. The incident happened in Bijapur district, police said gether 20 militants from different Gadipeddapur village in Alladurg Representative image Tuesday. Four ultras were proscribed outfits have surrendered mandal of Medak district. apprehended from two villages with arms and ammunition to the According to the police, the village asking for help before col- He was taken into custody by under Gangaloor police station government," the Chief Minister woman, a widow, had gone to the vil- lapsing. She was found lying in the Alladurg police and booked for area, while three were nabbed tweeted. They will be given one- lage to recover her money from bushes. Some locals shifted her to murder. According to police, the from Basaguda police station time assistance of `4 lakh each and him when he allegedly committed government hospital and from there woman's husband was killed in a limits, an official said. Separate ` teams of the District Force and a monthly stipend of 6,000 each dur- the crime. she was brought to Hyderabad. fight among family members a few District Reserve Guard (DRG) ing their stay in rehabilitation The woman, a resident of Police have arrested P Sadat, a years ago and since then she was were involved in these actions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the ‘Maitri Setu’ between India camps for three years, he said in a Malkapur in the same district, re- butcher, who allegedly set the staying with her parents along with he said. and Bangladesh, through video conferencing, in New Delhi PTI PHOTO Facebook post. portedly ran through Gadipeddapur woman ablaze after an argument. her two children. First ‘Sugar Museum’ to come up in Pune Kashmir’s Dal Lake facing a slow death

PUNE IS CONSIDERED THE SUGAR HUB OF WESTERN MAHARASHTRA INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE DAL IN ‘DISTRESS’ explosion inside the fragile ecosys- tem. He asserts that the number of n INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE based Vasantdada Sugar Institute's Srinagar, March 9: The plight of Experts say that from its houseboats has in fact come down AGM. Pune is considered the sugar Kashmirs houseboats, once called original area of 22 square over the years instead of any in- Mumbai, March 9: The country's hub of Western Maharashtra, the floating palaces on the pristine miles, Dal Lake has crease in their numbers. first Sugar Museum, depicting which is known for sugarcane cul- waters of The Dal Lake, today hangs shrunken to less than 10 Abdul Hamid Wangnoo, whose square miles the history and development of tivation and sugar factories, besides in a precarious balance. family has been in the houseboat this crucial industry, will come other allied industries. Sugarcane It is an archetypal case of the n Once known for its crystal business since the 19th century, is up at the Sakhar Sankul in and sugar form the backbone of the resident coming in direct conflict clear waters on which the the president of the houseboat own- Shivajinagar in Pune. state politics largely controlled with his residence! Its waters have houseboats floated ers association. “A decade back, we The announcement was made by the Congress, Nationalist become murky, polluted and unfit majestically, the Dal Lake is had 1500 houseboats and today there by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Congress Party, and the Bharatiya for drinking and even bathing. today dying a slow death are just 950. Since the authorities are Pawar, who also holds the finance Representative image Janata Party, with other parties also Reports of bathers getting a skin haustive research on the ecology of to have preserved the Lake by re- not allowing any repairs of these, portfolio, while presenting the attracted to it. With sugar emerg- rash after swimming in this Lake this Lake. Pandita does not blame moving its dwellers. “Removing more are likely to rot and sink till state Budget for FY 2021-2022. Maharashtra, the various mile- ing as the primary cash crop in the have raised alarm even when the the houseboats and the fishermen houseboat owners and fishermen a time comes when there would be y “The proposed Sugar Museum stones in its growth, and the stal- region, the sugar cooperative move- government is spending millions to who live inside the Lake for its pres- from the Lake in the name of pre- hardly any left,” Wangnoo said.

will come up at a cost of `40 crore. warts behind its growth and sus- ment got bitterly entwined with the retrieve the Lake, both from pol- ent plight. He says there are mul- serving it would be like removing He said instead of saving the

k y m c It will depict the progress made by tenance. It may be recalled that political system, dating way back lution and human encroachment. tiple factors those have led to the the tiger from the forest to save its Lake, the developmental projects un- the sugar industry in the state recently, Maharashtra Sugar to the 1950s when the first coop- “The reason for the shrinking degradation of the Lake. ecosystem,” Pandita said. dertaken by the authorities have laid and its ancillary industries,” said Commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad erative sugar factory was set up by of this Lake is encroachment as “The houseboat owners and the He, however, asserted that the emphasis on laying roads around Pawar. It will also showcase how had mooted the proposal for such Vithalrao Vikhe-Patil and more and more land masses have fishermen living inside the Dal number of houseboats and the pop- the water body those have choked sugar has transformed rural a dedicated museum at the Pune- Dhananjayrao Gadgil. come up inside the Lake”, said Dr. Lake are an integral part of the ulation of fishermen should be the inflow of fresh water from Ashok Pandita, who has done ex- Lake's ecosystem. You cannot claim kept under check to prevent their perennial springs into the Lake. I want to mention that GREECE MOURNS YOUNGEST P8 India really stands out COVID VICTIM, 37-DAY BABY WEDNESDAY | MARCH 10 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR in terms of its vaccine policy. If you look at where exactly is Greece mourned a 37-day-old baby, the one manufacturing hub for youngest among the country's nearly 6,800 vaccines in the world - that COVID-19 victims. “We had the pandemic’s will be India youngest victim in our country, an infant GITA GOPINATH | that spent 17 days fighting the NCoV,” PM international CHIEF ECONOMIST OF THE IMF

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k y m c of the day uote India condemns UK lawmakers’ RING OF FIRE We have seen appalling increases in violence against women and reduced access to services debate on farmers’ protest for sexual and reproductive health. In relative terms, employment losses have India summons been higher for women than for men British envoy ANTONIO GUTERRES | New Delhi: India summoned the UN SECRETARY-GENERAL British High Commissioner Tuesday and conveyed its strong opposition to the "unwarranted and tenden- tious" discussion on India's agricul- The European tural reforms in the British Union (EU) will Parliament. The Ministry of External receive 100 Affairs said Foreign Secretary Harsh million Covid-19 Vardhan Shringla told the envoy that vaccine doses per PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The High Commission of India in discussions in the British Parliament month from April, London has condemned a debate on India's agri reforms represented bringing the total to among some British lawmakers London, March 9: The High a gross interference in politics of 300 million for the second quarter on an e-petition over the right of Commission of India in London another democratic country. It said of this year peaceful protests and freedom of has condemned a debate among the Foreign Secretary also advised the press in India URSULA VON DER LEYEN | EUROPEAN some British lawmakers on an e-pe- the envoy that British MPs should COMMISSION PRESIDENT tition over the right of peaceful refrain from practising "vote bank A child makes a ring of fire during rituals in celebration of Mesni Zagovezni, the first Sunday before Great Lent, in protests and freedom of the press The Commission damned the politics by misrepresenting events", Lozen, Bulgaria REUTERS PHOTO in India amid the ongoing farm- debate, held Monday evening especially in relation to another fel- ers' stir against three New Delhi laws inside the British parliamentary low democracy. "Foreign Secretary When it on agricultural reform. premises, as “false assertions” in summoned the British High comes to The Commission damned the a “distinctly one-sided Commissioner and conveyed strong matters to do debate, held Monday evening in- discussion” opposition to the unwarranted and Nepal’s ruling NCP splits into 2 with the royal family side the British parliamentary tendentious discussion on agricul- the right thing for a tural reforms in India in the British premises, as “false assertions” in The debate was held in response Prime Minister to Parliament," the MEA said in a a “distinctly one-sided discussion”. to an e-petition which had started returning to the mother say is nothing statement. the Supreme Court affected “We deeply regret that rather crossed the 100,000-signature the split along the party from Monday evening itself. BORIS JOHNSON | BRITISH PRIME MINISTER than a balanced debate, false as- threshold, required for it to be Former Prime Ministers Madhav sertions – without substantiation approved by the House of The High Commission said it CPN-UML and the Kumar Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal or facts – were made, casting as- Commons Petitions Committee was compelled to react to the law- among other top leaders and par- persions on the largest function- makers' debate due to the appre- Communist Party of Nepal liamentarians started returning SHORT TAKES ing democracy in the world and its hensions cast on India. (Maoist Centre) and took them to the UML. institutions,” the commission said Security Council and bilateral co- “The High Commission of India As per the constitutional provi- in a statement after the Monday operation between the two countries would normally refrain from com- to the pre-unification stage sion, lawmakers cannot change the Philippine mayor evening debate on an e-petition. helps fix many global problems". menting on an internal discussion Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and political party on an individual The debate was held in response The Indian mission also pointed involving a small group of INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE took them to the pre-unification basis. If they do so, they will lose killed by mistake to an e-petition which had crossed out that foreign media, including Honourable Parliamentarians in a stage which will ultimately make the parliamentary seats. Manila: Police killed a the 100,000-signature threshold, re- British media, had been present limited quorum,” the statement said. Kathmandu, March 9: A day after Prime Minister Oli a bit stronger "Our heart is big and we have central Philippine city mayor quired for it to be approved by the and witnessed the events sur- “However, when aspersions are Nepal’s Supreme Court invalidated because he was elected to the post decided to join UML," Nepal said on and two of his aides, while House of Commons Petitions rounding the farmers' protests in cast on India by anyone, irrespec- the decision of the 2018 party merger from CPN-UML. Monday evening after bidding adieu two of the police officers Committee. The Indian High India first-hand and therefore any tive of their claims of friendship and between the Nepal Communist Party- But Monday’s party split came a to Prachanda. were killed in the latest Commission made its displeasure “question of lack of freedom of love for India or domestic politi- UML and Communist Party of Nepal setback to Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda had called a last meet- deadly violence involving known despite the British govern- the media in India does not arise”. cal compulsions, there is a need to (Maoist Centre), the ruling Nepal aka Prachanda who used to be the ing with Nepal and other leaders to the police force, officials ment earlier reiterating that the It lamented that a false narra- set the record straight,” it added. Communist Party (NCP) has fallen Chairman of CPN-Maoist Center. discuss what to do next. said Tuesday. “I can three New Delhi laws on agricultural tive over farmers' protest was sought The statement followed a group apart politically and technically. The court also invalidated the "We have decided to honour only assume that this was a reform were a “domestic matter”. to be developed even though “the of around dozen cross-party British The NCP was formed after the NCP that was registered under Oli the Supreme Court's decision and mistaken encounter," Brig. The British government also un- High Commission of India has MPs debating issues around the merger between UML and Maoist and Prachanda in June 2018. are going to return the UML," Gen. Ronaldo de Jesus, a derlined India's importance, say- been, over a period of time, taking alleged “use of force” against pro- Center. On Sunday, the Supreme With the Supreme Court's rul- Nepal said, adding "but our strug- regional police commander, ing "India and the UK together care to inform all concerned about testers opposed to agricultural re- Court affected the split along the ing, top UML leaders who used to gle will continue for democracy said based on initial police CPN-UML and the Communist reports. The police were on work as a force for good in the UN the issues raised in the petition.” forms in India. side with Prachanda against Oli and communism". routine patrol when they were fired upon Monday afternoon by security aides Undocumented of Catbalogan City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino, who was Summers in Northern Hemisphere Yemen immigrant holding Indians in US hold being driven in a van in eastern Samar province, $15.5bn in spending according to de Jesus. may last 6 months by 2100: Study facility fire kills at least 60 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Serving royal ties: PRESS TRUST OF INDIA now driving dramatic and ir- Washington, March 9: regular changes to the length INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE cessing the injured due to an in- Undocumented Indian immigrants Ex-Aussie PM London, March 9: Summers in and start dates of the seasons, creased security presence in the to the US, numbering over half a the Northern Hemisphere may which may become more extreme Sanaa, March 9: At least 60 peo- hospitals. Humanitarians and health million, hold a collective spending Sydney: Former Australian last for six months by 2100 with- in the future under a business-as- ple were killed due to a fire at an im- workers must be given access to power of $15.5 billion and con- Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the television out efforts to mitigate climate usual climate scenario, they said. migrant holding facility in Yemen's support the treatment of those af- tribute $2.8 billion to the federal, interview with Prince Harry change, which could have far- "Summers are getting longer capital Sanaa, a Houthi official said fected by the fire," it added. state and local tax revenue, says and Meghan, the Duchess of reaching impacts on agriculture, and hotter while winters shorter Tuesday. According to the IOM, Yemen an American think-tank report. Sussex, bolstered his human health and the environ- and warmer due to global warm- The fire, which broke out on remains a transit country for tens Using the latest available argument for Australia ment, says a study. ing," said lead author Yuping Sunday, has also injured more than of thousands of migrants travelling American Community Survey severing its constitutional The research, published in the Guan from the Chinese Academy 100 people, Xinhua news agency between the Horn of Africa and data from 2019 in its latest re- ties to the British monarchy. journal Geophysical Research of Sciences. quoted the official as saying to the Saudi Arabia despite years of war. search, the new American Turnbull met the couple in Letters, found that the The researchers used histori- media. The Organization estimated that Economy think-tank said undoc- April 2018 four months before Mediterranean region and the cal daily climate data from 1952 Overcrowding and chaos at the the number of migrants arriving umented Indian immigrants are he was replaced by the Tibetan Plateau have experienced to 2011 to measure changes in facility, in addition to the fire, caused in Yemen fell from more than 138,000 the top third contributor to the current Prime Minister Scott the greatest changes to their sea- the four seasons'' length and onset heavy casualties, said the official, fore the procedure of deportation in 2019 to just more than 37,500 in US economy among other undoc- Morrison in an internal power sonal cycles. in the Northern Hemisphere. adding that victims included both starts. 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. umented immigrants. struggle. The researchers noted that the They defined the start of sum- African migrants and facility staff. In a statement issued Monday Yemen has been mired in civil There are 4.2 million immi- four seasons arrived in a pre- mer as the onset of temperatures The Houthi group has formed a evening, the International war since late 2014 when Houthi grants from Mexico who lack doc- dictable and fairly even pattern in the hottest 25 per cent during commission to investigate the in- Organization for Migration (IOM) rebels seized control of several umentation. Global Covid-19 in the Northern Hemisphere dur- that time period, while winter cident, he said. confirmed that the fire and called northern provinces and forced Together, they make up more ing the 1950s. began with temperatures in the According to the official, the fa- for "urgent humanitarian access the government of President Abd- than 40.8 percent of the 10.3 mil- cases top 117mn However, climate change is coldest 25 per cent. cility is for holding migrants who to migrants injured". Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of lion undocumented immigrants in Washington: The total entered the country "illegally" be- "We are facing challenges ac- Sanaa. the United States. number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 117 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.59 million, according to Myanmar media defiant as military govt cracks down the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, Myanmar’s military-controlled government is seeking to suppress media coverage of protests against their seizure of power the University's Center for Systems Science and ASSOCIATED PRESS HOW THE GOVT IS SUPPRESSING to describe the military takeover. Engineering (CSSE) revealed NEWS WHICH MEDIA ARE OPERATING that the current global Bangkok, March 9: Myanmar’s Five local outlets – Mizzima, DVB, ILLEGALLY WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM caseload and death toll military-controlled government is Khit Thit Media, Myanmar Now Myanmar appears to be re- RAMIFICATIONS stood at 117,130,044 and seeking to suppress media coverage and 7Day News – were banned from turning to a situation where its of- To suppress all reporting would 2,599,596, respectively. of protests against their seizure of broadcasting or providing any in- ficially sanctioned media are en- likely require a complete blackout power as journalists and ordinary formation on any media platform tirely state-controlled, as they of all internet and satellite com- citizens strive to inform people in- or using any technology after their were before August 2012. Even be- munications. Apart from the legal Twitter sues side and outside of the country licenses were cancelled, state broad- fore the coup, under the military- and human rights implications, Texas AG about what is happening. caster MRTV reported. dominated, quasi-civilian gov- that would be a huge setback for the Authorities Monday cancelled li- All five had covered the protests ernment led by Aung San Suu Kyi, country’s economy. Dallas: Twitter has filed a censes of five local media outlets that extensively and often livestreamed reporters faced arrest and ha- Myanmar’s businesses are lawsuit against Texas had been offering extensive cover- video. Myanmar Now, an inde- rassment for reporting on sensi- highly reliant on the internet and Attorney General Ken Paxton, age of the protests, attempting to fully pendent news service, reported that tive topics such as abuses against on digital platforms like Facebook, claiming the Republican used roll back such freedoms a decade police broke down the door of its of- its Rohingya Muslim ethnic mi- having developed quickly in the his office to retaliate against after the country began its faltering fice Monday and seized computers, nority. Reuters journalists Wa past few years after decades of it for banning the account of transition toward democracy. printers and parts of the news- Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were given relative isolation under previous former President Donald The crackdown comes as the mil- room’s data server. It cited unnamed Police officers holding shields and guns march towards a gate of the Mandalay seven-year prison sentences, but military governments. So far, the Trump following the riot at itary has escalated violence against witnesses and showed a photo of Technological University in Mandalay, Myanmar REUTERS PHOTO later pardoned, for trying to in- junta has chosen to shut down in- the US Capitol last year. Days mass protests. Reports by inde- CCTV footage. But it said the of- vestigate a massacre of Rohingya ternet links at night, hindering after the deadly insurrection, pendent media are still providing Paxton announced an fice had been evacuated in late Now's editor-in-chief, said the raid he said. Mizzima, another privately civilians. The English-language but not completely stopping such

vital information about arrests and January. The government has ar- demonstrated the government in- owned, independent local news out- Myanmar Times announced it

k y m investigation into Twitter and communications. Since modern c four other major technology shootings by troops in cities across rested dozens of journalists. tends to show zero tolerance for let, put a statement on its website had suspended all publications businesses rely heavily on the in- companies for what he called Myanmar. And they're using other press freedom. saying it “continues to fight against for three months beginning ternet and the free-flow of com- “the seemingly coordinated platforms to distribute their re- HOW MEDIA IS RESPONDING “What is certain is that we will the military coup and for the restora- February 21. That move came after munications and information the de-platforming of the ports such as social media. Myanmar journalists are risk- not stop covering the enormous tion of democracy and human many of its staff quit to protest the military's actions are further dam- President.” Here's a look at the media ing being killed or jailed for doing crimes the regime has been com- rights” using various online and paper’s agreement to follow a junta aging a business and investment situation in Myanmar: their jobs, and Swe Win, Myanmar mitting throughout the country,” multimedia platforms. order not to use the word “coup” environment. P9 PAYTM LAUNCHES NEW IOT-BASED WEDNESDAY | MARCH 10 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR The government has PAYMENT DEVICE, SMART POS detected GST fraud of India’s homegrown digital financial `20,124 crore between services platform Paytm Tuesday November 9, 2020, and introduced a “Smart POS” (point-of-sale) January 31, 2021 application for Android phones as well as business NIRMALA SITHARAMAN | its latest Internet of Things-based

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ANURAG THAKUR | MINISTER OF COVID-19 vaccine rollouts speed Under Goods and Services Tax STATE FOR FINANCE up in some countries and the United (GST) law, e-invoicing for busi- States launches a vast new stimu- ness-to-business (B2B) transac- lus package, the Organisation for tions has been made mandatory for President Joe Economic Co-operation and companies with turnover of over Biden’s $1.9 Development (OECD) said Tuesday, `500 crore and `100 crore from trillion hiking its forecasts. October 1, 2020, and January 1, coronavirus aid The world economy is set to re- 2021, respectively. package will provide bound this year with 5.6% growth E-invoicing will be extended to enough resources to and expand 4.0% next year, the companies with turnover over `50 fuel a “very strong” OECD said in its interim economic crore from April 1, the Central US economic recovery outlook. Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs JANET YELLEN | US TREASURY SECRETARY That marked a sharp increase (CBIC) said in a notification. from its last outlook in early Under e-invoicing, taxpayers December, when the Paris-based have to generate invoices on their REUTERS We cannot be held hostage to the policy forum forecast global growth internal systems (ERP/account- arbitrary decision of Middle East Once a loan of 4.2% this year and 3.7% next ing/billing software) and then re- Mumbai, March 9: Government producers. When they wanted to sta- goes into year. port them online to the Invoice has asked state refiners to speed up bilize the market we stood by them," distress, it But significant risks loom over The US economy would grow Registration Portal (IRP). the diversification of oil imports to said a government source. blocks capital for OECD HIKES 2021 GLOBAL the improved outlook, notably in the 6.5% this year and 4.0% next year, gradually cut their dependence on Government had not cancelled credit-worthy GROWTH FORECAST TO 5.6% form of how fast authorities get Under e-invoicing, taxpayers the Middle East after OPEC+ de- any shipment of crude oil from borrowers. In such a FROM 4.2% the OECD said, ramping up its fore- scenario, the vaccine shots to people, how soon casts from expectations in December have to generate invoices on cided last week to largely continue the Middle East in 2020 when oil de- restrictions are lifted and whether OECD DOUBLES US GROWTH for 3.2% in 2021 and 3.5% in 2022. production cuts in April, two mand collapsed due to COVID-19, lenders will have to take complete FORECAST TO 6.5% ON STIMULUS their internal systems responsibility new variants of the coronavirus The OECD estimated the package, sources said. the source said. Already OPEC's are kept in check. which includes $400 billion in one- (ERP/accounting/billing India, the world's third biggest oil share in India’s oil imports de- KV SUBRAMANIAN | CHIEF ECONOMIC OECD Tuesday also forecast savings if they cannot soon return time payments of $1,400 to many importer and consumer, imports clined to historic lows during April ADVISOR TO GOI India's GDP to grow at 12.6% in to more normal lives. Americans, would boost U.S. output software) and then report about 84 per cent of its overall crude 2020-January 2021, the first ten FY22, the highest among G20 coun- Global gross domestic product by around 3% to 4% on average in them online to the Invoice needs with over 60 per cent of that months of this fiscal year. tries. This also marked a sharp was seen returning to pre-pan- its first full year. coming from Middle Eastern coun- While initial costs could be high, turnaround from a 7.4% contraction demic levels by the middle of this With public money flooding Registration Portal (IRP) tries, which are typically cheaper the strategy will pay off in the long SHORT TAKES in previous fiscal. It noted that year, albeit with large divergences into the world’s biggest economy, than those from the West. term, the source said. higher commodity prices will also between countries. the package could lead to the cre- The IRP will validate the in- Most of the OPEC+ producers, Two oil refiners confirmed that Vehicle reg fell raise inflation in net commodity “The pace of vaccinations is not ation of up to 3 million US jobs by formation provided in the invoices led by world's top exporter Saudi the government had asked them to importers, such as India and Turkey, fast enough to consolidate the re- the end of the year but could also and return the digitally signed e- Arabia, last week decided to ex- expedite efforts to diversify crude 13.43% in Feb relative to commodity exporters. covery, we need to go much faster increase inflation by 0.75 per- invoices with a unique 'Invoice tend most output curbs into April. import sources. “Not vaccinating fast enough and we need to do much better,” centage points per year on aver- Reference Number (IRN)' along India, hit hard by the soaring oil One plan is to import oil from new New Delhi: Vehicle registrations declined on risks undermining the fiscal stim- Boone said. age in the first two years. with a QR Code to the taxpayer. prices, has urged producers to ease producer Guyana, the sources said. both sequential and year-on- ulus that has been put in place,” While the vaccine rollout would Meanwhile, the stimulus would be EY Tax Partner Abhishek Jain output cuts and help the global eco- The country's top refiner Indian year (YoY) basis in February OECD chief economist Laurence give a shot in the arm to the global a boon for the United States’ major said e-invoicing has been made nomic recovery. In response, the Oil Corp has also renewed its oil im- 2021. On Tuesday, the data Boone told an online news confer- economy, the United States’ planned trading partners, boosting growth mandatory for businesses for `50 Saudi energy minister told India to port contract with Russia, they released by the Federation of ence. Singling out Europe for its $1.9 trillion stimulus package would by 0.5-1 percentage points in crore plus turnover from April 1, dip into strategic reserves filled added. India hopes to resume Iranian Automobile Dealers slow rollout, she said government cascade down to other countries, Canada and Mexico, and between which showcases the proactiveness with cheaper oil bought last year. oil imports this year. Oil ministry Associations (FADA) showed money injected into the economy adding more than a percentage 0.25-0.5 in euro area and China, the and the intent of the government "We have asked companies to and IOC did not respond to requests that vehicle registration risked ending up in consumers’ point to global growth. OECD said. to wider the net of digitisation. aggressively look for diversification. from Reuters for comment. declined by 13.43 per cent to around 14.99 lakh in February 2021, compared to over 17.31 lakh units AI employees disqualified `1.06L cr GST reported for the corresponding period of last TRAI suspends norms for compensation year. Similarly, the from divestment process registration count declined shortfall released on a sequential basis to around 14.99 lakh in commercial text messages INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE February from over 15.92 lakh in January 2021. Finance However, in February 2021, The move comes after tration including SMS template in New Delhi, March 9: registration of personal a time-bound manner. Ministry has released the 19th ` vehicles grew by 10.59 per following disruptions The temporary suspension comes weekly instalment of 2,104 crore cent on a YoY basis to after transactions, including bank- to the states to meet the GST com- 254,058 units. in SMS and OTP ing, credit card payment and cer- pensation shortfall. deliveries for banking, tain other services that involve Out of this, an amount of Air India Employees of the national carrier Air India. SMSs and OTP generation, faced an `2,103.95 crore has been released The Government of India has in- payment, and other outage on Monday. The disruption to 7 states and an amount of `0.05 Tesla loses a Consortium submitted formed the AI Employees happened after telcos implemented crore has been released to the third of its value an “expression of Consortium by an email Monday transactions the TRAI norms for commercial Union Territory of Pondicherry. that their submission for the Air messages. Till now, 96 per cent of the total New York: Tesla Inc’s stock interest”, last year, to India disinvestment acquisition The latest norms, based on estimated GST compensation short- extended losses and is now process is not fulfilling the eligibility. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA blockchain technology, aim to curb fall has been released to the states down by a third from its participate in strategic Transaction Advisor to the unsolicited and fraudulent mes- and UTs with Legislative January record high, making Government of India said that the New Delhi, March 9: Telecom sages. Assemblies. Out of this, an amount it the third time in about a divestment of the three reasons for the disqualifica- regulator TRAI on Tuesday sus- The norms require bonafide en- of `97,242.03 crore has been re- year that the electric car national carrier maker’s shares have tion of the ''Expression of Interest'' pended the newly-implemented ities sending commercial text mes- leased to the states and an amount ` corrected that dramatically. Air India of the employees are non-submis- norms for commercial text mes- sages to register message header and of 8,861.97 crore has been re- With investors worried about sion of required three years au- sages for one week, following dis- templates, with telecom operators. leased to the 3 UTs with Legislative rising interest rates and AGENCIES dited financial statements for for- ruptions in SMS and OTP deliver- The SMS and OTPs, when sent by Assemblies. dumping high-valuation eign consortium member, ies for banking, payment, and other user entities (banks, payment com- stocks in recent weeks, New Delhi, March 9: Air India non-submission of information or transactions. "In order to protect the interest panies) are checked against the Tesla's market capitalization Employees Consortium, which details by interested bidders for The norms with respect to con- of consumers, it has been decided templates registered on the has fallen by almost $300 participated in the Air India di- investments in offshore compa- tent template for text messages that scrubbing of SMS by telecom blockchain platform -- a process billion since its January 26 vestment bid, was disqualified nies, which forms a substantial came into effect on Monday. service providers shall be sus- called SMS scrubbing. record high to $550 billion, from the divestment process by part of the net worth of the foreign The move to suspend the norms pended temporarily for seven On Monday, banking and tele- moving behind Facebook Inc, the Transaction Advisor to the consortium member and the foreign would enable the principal enti- days...," it said. com companies traded charges over which it overtook in Government of India (Ernst & consortium member not being an ties to register the template of SMS According to the regulator, tele- the SMS, OTP disruptions. Telcos December after joining the Young LLP) Monday. AI Employees appropriately regulated foreign in- so that no inconvenience is faced by com operators are being asked to in- have maintained that the payment S&P 500. Tesla shares fell Consortium submitted an “ex- vestment fund as defined in the the customers, Telecom Regulatory form their principal entities to take companies and others entities did over 4% Monday and were pression of interest”, last year, to Preliminary Information Authority of India (TRAI) said in immediate necessary action in this not do the needful even as the norms down almost 35% from their participate in strategic divestment Memorandum. a statement. regard and facilitate their regis- came into effect. peak January 26. Government had set up a spe- cial borrowing window in October 2020 to meet the estimated short- McAfee sells fall of `1.10 lakh crore in revenue enterprise biz Assembly polls may spare consumers from fuel price hikes arising on account of implemen- tation of GST. The borrowings San Francisco: Anti-virus are being done through this win- software company McAfee WITH FUEL PRICE RISE BECOMING AN ELECTION ISSUE, THE CENTRE WOULD NOT LIKE TO FURTHER dow by the Centre on behalf of has sold its enterprise the states and UTs. 19 rounds of business to a consortium led ESCALATE THE MATTER WITH MORE INCREASES IN THE AUTO FUEL PRICES borrowings have been completed by Symphony Technology so far starting from October 23, 2020. Group in an all-cash AGENCIES By keeping prices on Tuesday. Across the country as Under the special window, the transaction for $4 billion. well the petrol and diesel prices re- Government of India has been Launched 30 years ago, New Delhi, March 9: Assembly unchanged even during mained unchanged. borrowing in government stock McAfee's enterprise elections in four states and one Sources said that by keeping with tenure of 3 years and 5 years. business today is a trusted times when a cut in union territory starting later this prices unchanged even during times The borrowing made under each partner for 86 per cent of the petrol and diesel prices Fortune 100 firms around the month may spare consumers from when a cut in petrol and diesel tenure is equally divided among world and reported $1.3 any major increase in petrol and was required, OMCs prices was required, OMCs have all the states as per their GST com- billion in net revenue in diesel prices for the next few weeks. have built a buffer that built a buffer that will help them keep pensation shortfall. fiscal year 2020. The Sources indicated that with fuel fuel prices stable for a longer time With the current release, the transaction is expected to price rise becoming an election will help them keep fuel even though global product prices proportionate pending GST short- close by the end of issue, the Centre would not like to prices stable for a longer rise. However, a fall in the global fall with respect to borrowing this year. “STG is the right further escalate the matter with oil market could see a cut in petrol under 5 years tenor has been con- partner to continue more increases in the auto fuel and diesel prices immediately. cluded for 23 states and three UTs strengthening our Enterprise prices required in the wake of firm- on 14 occasions raising the prices The increase in the previous with Legislature. The remaining business, and this outcome ing of prices in the global oil mar- barred by the election code of con- As is evident, OMCs have not re- by `4.22 per litre for petrol and by weeks has taken petrol to cross his- five states have no GST compen-

is a testament to the ket. duct from raising or decreasing vised fuel prices for the last 10 days `4.34 a litre for diesel in Delhi. toric high levels of `100 a litre in sev- sation shortfall.

k y m c business' industry-leading So, oil marketing companies will fuel prices in line with market de- even though the global oil market On Tuesday, the OMCs contin- eral cities across the country. The amount released this week solutions and most hold petrol and diesel prices as far velopments, such an exercise is remained firm with crude hovering ued with their pause drive started The petrol and diesel prices have was the 19th instalment of such notably to the outstanding as possible over the next few weeks normally practised during elec- close to $70 a barrel. In fact, since 10 days back keeping fuel prices increased 26 times in 2021 with the funds provided to the states. The contributions of our till the time polling ends in all the tions. It has happened during the pre- the beginning of February crude has static. So, petrol continues to be two auto fuels increasing by `7.46 amount has been borrowed this employees,” said Peter Leav, states. vious Assembly and General gained more than $7 per barrel that priced at `91.17 a litre and diesel and `7.60 per litre respectively so far week at an interest rate of 5.8594 McAfee President and CEO. Though oil companies are not Elections as well. pushed OMCs to increase fuel prices `81.47 a litre in the national capital this year. per cent. BACK PAGE WEDNESDAY | MARCH 10 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c PRESS TRUST OF INDIA victory over England at Chennai and votes in the fan vote, the ICC said Commenting on Ashwin’s per- c took his 400th Test wicket in the in a statement. formance in February, Ian Bishop, Dubai, March 9: India’s premier third Test victory at Ahmedabad. England Test captain Joe Root (333 representing the ICC Voting SMRITI, JHULAN off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin Besides the century, Ashwin runs and 6 wickets in 3 Tests against Academy said: “Ashwin’s consis- was Tuesday named the ICC men’s scalped a staggering 24 wickets India), and West Indies Test debu- tent wicket taking, even in helpful Player of the Month (February) for against England in February to help tant Kyle Mayers, who scored a conditions have helped to put his his stellar show against England in India pocket the four-match Test se- match-winning 210 to help his team team ahead in a very important se- a four-match Test series at home ries 3-1 and help his team secure its successfully chase 395 and win the ries. His century in the second Test which his side won to qualify for the spot in the WTC final against New first Test against Bangladesh, were was as critical as it came when World Test Championship final. Zealand at the iconic Lord’s in June. nominated alongside Ashwin for England were trying to claw their England’s Tammy Beaumont Scoring a total of 176 runs across the honour. way back into the match.” was adjudged the women’s Player these games and taking 24 wick- Beaumont played three ODIs in On Beaumont, Bishop said, “Three LIFT INDIA EVES of the Month. In the three Tests he ets, Ashwin was the unanimous February against New Zealand half centuries of which two were in played, Ashwin scored a 106 in the choice to win in the men’s category where she passed fifty in each of helping her team win the match Smriti Mandhana JHULAN second innings of India’s second Test for February and garnered the most these, totalling 231 runs. was outstanding from Beaumont.” (R) gives Punam GOSWAMI Raut a fist bump during their match-winning Hardik bowls Blues retain 4th partnership ISL: ATKMB set up at nets with position with win tweaked action title date with MCFC against Everton ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESS TRUST OF INDIA London, March 9: Kai Havertz is Ahmedabad, March 9: All- finally making an impact at rounder Hardik Pandya has started Chelsea and helping the pursuit of bowling full tilt at the nets with a Champions League qualification. slightly tweaked action ahead of The Germany playmaker Havertz the five-match T20I series against has struggled to convince since England, giving the Indian team joining from Bayer Leverkusen PRESS TRUST OF INDIA when she clubbed the first two balls Mandhana eventually scored the an additional bowling option in in the offseason for up to 70 mil- of her innings for sixes off Shabnim winning runs with successive fours white-ball format that they have lion pounds (then USD 92 million). Lucknow, March 9: Veteran Jhulan Ismail (1/46). in the 29th over. Earlier, Lara Goodall missed for some time. Havertz struggled under previ- Goswami’s four-wicket haul was However, India lost an early was the most successful batswoman Hardik uploaded a video of his ous Chelsea manager Frank beautifully complemented by Smriti wicket when Jemimah Rodrigues for South Africa as she scored a net session on his twitter page, Lampard, suffering lasting effects Mandhana’s sparkling 80 not out as (8 off 19 balls) dragged one to the 77-ball 49, while skipper Sune Luus which mainly was a collage of his from a coronavirus infection and Indian women outplayed South stumps in the fifth over. chipped in with a 57-ball 36. booming hits including his cus- battling for regular first-team action. Africa by nine wickets in the sec- While Indian women have not Electing to field, the Indian pac- tomised version of ‘helicopter shot’ But Havertz helped Chelsea to ond ODI to level the five-match se- played for a year before the ongo- ers were rewarded for bowling a as head coach Ravi Shastri, bat- ATKMB players celebrate their second goal against NEUFC, Tuesday beat Everton 2-0 at Stamford Bridge ries 1-1 here Tuesday. ing series, Jemimah’s poor form probing line as Goswami and Joshi ting coach Vikram Rathour and Monday and was unlucky not to The 38-year-old Goswami returned dates back to the World T20 time as made early breakthroughs, dis- skipper Virat Kohli looked intently. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the Asian Champions League spot. have a goal to his name after star- with figures of 10-0-42-4 and she she hasn’t been amongst runs for missing openers Lizelle Lee (4) and However, it was the last 10 seconds David Williams (38th minute) ring in the false nine position. was ably supported by fellow seamer a considerable period of time. Laura Wolvaardt (9) cheaply. of footage that really caught the Margao, March 9: ATK Mohun continued his fine form in the play- Havertz was unlucky not to be Mansi Joshi (2/23) and left-arm Raut then took some time to get Luus and Goodall then added 60 attention when he strode into bowl. Bagan (ATKMB), in their first year offs by scoring yet again while credited with Chelsea’s first goal, spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad (3/37) going but Mandhana was in full flow runs but Joshi returned to dismiss Since suffering stress fractures in as a joint entity, reached the Indian Manvir Singh (68th) added the sec- with Ben Godfrey’s deflection as India dismissed South Africa for as she picked up boundaries regularly the South Africa skipper in the 21st his back in 2019, Hardik has rarely Super League (ISL) final with a 2- ond before VP Suhair (74th) pulled eventually confirmed as an own a paltry 157 after opting to field. to keep the scoreboard ticking. over. The spinners then took control bowled. He was forced to bowl dur- 1 victory over NorthEast United one back for the Highlanders. goal. The lively forward later saw Opener Mandhana (80 not out If the short balls were dispatched of the proceedings as Deepti Sharma ing the Australia ODIs when his ac- in the second leg of the play-offs, Bagan adopted a completely dif- a neat finish ruled out for handball off 64 balls) and Raut (62 not out, 89 over the ropes, one outside the off- and Gayakwad bowled in tandem. tion was undergoing a change. here Tuesday. With this win, the ferent approach from the first leg. They before winning a penalty that balls) then shared an unbeaten 138- stump was sent to the third-man Harmanpreet Kaur cleaned up Former national selector Devang Mariners have set up a blockbuster had 16 shots in the first half but just Jorginho converted. run partnership for the second boundary with a deft late cut and Goodall in her first delivery, reduc- Gandhi has noted the change in his title clash against League Shield three on target. It took them just Thomas Tuchel has now become wicket with India overhauling the anything fullish was driven through ing South Africa to 130/6. Goswami action. “It seems that he has re- Winners Mumbai City FC. three minutes to sound a warning. the first manager to secure five target in only 28.4 overs to bounce the covers. struck twice in the 38th over. duced the length of his jump and The green and maroon brigade NorthEast came back strongly in clean sheets in his first five home back from their eight-wicket loss in Raut exploded in the 15th over, BRIEF SCORES: South Africa in turn the stride is shorter. If you won the two-leg play-offs by 3-2 ag- the second session and dominated league games. Chelsea boasts nine the first ODI. blasting two fours off Nonkululeko Women 157 (Lara Goodall 49, Sune have a big jump, automatically, gregate. The result also means that the first 15 minutes. They created clean sheets in Tuchel’s 11 matches Mandhana blasted 10 fours and Mlaba. In the 20th over, Mandhana Luus 36; Jhulan Goswami 4/42, your stride will be longer and Bagan have qualified for the AFC chances and tested the keeper, but in charge, and only Maurizio Sarri three sixes while Raut dropped an- picked up successive fours to get to Rajeswari Gaikwad 3/37) lost to there will be more pounding on Cup Group Stages after finishing sec- just couldn’t get the equaliser they with 12 games has enjoyed a longer chor at one end but also hit eight her fifty in style, while Raut crossed India Women 160/1 (Smriti landing,” Gandhi told this agency. ond in the league and qualifying for were looking at. They got their re- unbeaten start to life at the club. It boundaries. Mandhana made her the 50-mark with an innovative Mandhana 80 n o, Punam Raut 62 The economy of action will put the final. Their opponents in the ward, though, only after Bagan leaves Chelsea two points ahead

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