y k y cm ANANYA IN DILEMMA G7 ON CLIMATE CHANGE WINNING START Actor Ananya Panday is in a dilemma as she The G7 leaders aim to end their first summit England start their Euro 2020 campaign has run out of captions for her in two years with an aim to tackle on a winning note defeating Croatia 1-0 pictures on social media LEISURE | P2 climate change INTERNATIONAL | P10 SPORTS | P12 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 74 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, JUNE 14 | 2021 12 PAGES | `5.00 India’s research WATER WOES outlay declining since 2014: UNESCO AGENCIES Thiruvananthapuram, June 13: Despite making ‘solid progress’ in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets relating to indus- try, infrastructure and innovation, the India’s investment in research remains Matric results to be unsatisfactory, the UNESCO Science Report has observed. According to the report, the gross do- mestic expenditure on research (GERD) published by June end has been dormant at 0.7% of the GDP IRREGULAR by MANJUL for years, though in absolute terms, re- POST NEWS NETWORK sessment to award marks search expenditure has increased, the to Class X students. chapter on India authored by Sunil Bhubaneswar, June 13: According to the an- Mani, director, Centre for Development The state School and Mass nouncement, the evaluation Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, Education Minister Samir of marks will be done based noted. India has one of the lowest Ranjan Dash Sunday said on the performance of the GERD/GDP ratios among the BRICS that the results of the annual students in their Class IX nations, the report, which is published matriculation examinations and Class X examinations. every five years, noted. will be announced by the It was decided that the “India’s research intensity has been last week of June. assessment of marks will declining since 2014. The Science and According to the minister, be done after considering Technology Policy of 2003 fixed the the process of evaluation the marks secured by a stu- threshold of devoting 2% of GDP to is already underway. “We dent in the half-yearly and research and development (R&D) by are hopeful of publishing annual examinations in 2007. This target date was set back to the results within the stip- Class IX and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th Don’t stress yourself. Start stepping 2018 in the new Science, Technology ulated time frame that was practice tests in Class X. out. Govt has cut taxes. Covid treatment is and Innovation Policy (2013) then announced earlier.” The Board would then take much cheaper now. again to 2022 by the Economic Advisory It may be mentioned here into consideration the two Council of the Prime Minister. In that the Matric examina- highest marks in each sub- 2020, the task force drafting the coun- tions were to be held from ject from the three practice try’s new Science and Technology May 3, 2021. But, in view tests conducted in Class X. UNABLE TO REPAY Policy recommended pushing back of the alarming spike in In addition, 40% weightage the target date to a more realistic People gather to collect drinking water from a tanker at Sanjay Camp in Chanakyapuri as water crisis looms during the ongoing Covid-19 cases, the exami- will be given to highest LOAN, MAN SELLS 2030,” it observed. Covid-induced lockdown in New Delhi, Sunday PTI PHOTO nations were postponed. marks secured in Class IX. This triggered students’ re- Two highest marks in all MINOR DAUGHTER sentment as their fate the subjects in the three hanged in a balance over the practice tests conducted in BINJHARPUR: A man in Jajpur FUEL PRICE HIKE Man, son beaten government’s inability to Class X will be given weigh- district allegedly sold his two-and- take a decision regarding tage of 30% each. In case a-half-year-old daughter to repay to death for holding the matriculation any candidate has appeared a loan. examination. only in one practice test, According to reports, Ramesh Later, the Board of then 70% weightage will be Barik of Malia village in Binjharpur practicing sorcery Secondary Education (BSE) given in the marks secured police station area had borrowed Govt is saving money for Odisha announced an al- in Class IX half yearly and `5,000 from Mitu Jena, a resident POST NEWS NETWORK ternative method of as- annual examinations. of Sayadpur in the same district. However, Ramesh, failed to repay R Udaygiri, June 13: In a shocking in- the loan amount and was forced to cident, some villagers allegedly ganged sell his daughter to Mitu. up against a man and his son and beat Heavy rains likely Irked over the incident, the girl’s welfare schemes: Pradhan them to death at Muthaguda village grandfather lodged a complaint under Adaba police limits in Gajapati with the Binjharpur police, who PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Karnataka, where petrol has crossed district late Saturday night. The villagers raided Mitu’s house and rescued the the Rs100-mark, would do the same. suspected that the duo was practicing across state today baby. Police handed over the girl to New Delhi, June 13: With prices of Fuel prices differ from state to state black magic. The deceased have been the District Child Protection Officer petrol and diesel climbing steeply, depending on local taxes such as VAT identified as Luka Dalabehera and Niranjan Kar. Subsequently, the Union Minister for Petroleum and and the freight charges levied on them. Anak Dalabehera of the same village. baby was taken to a shelter home Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, Due to this, petrol at present costs Family members of the victims al- run by Sishu Mangal Samiti. Sunday agreed that the rates were a more than `100 per litre in seven states leged that the locals were suspecting According to the police, they res- problem, but said that since government and Union Territories, which include the involvement of Luka and Anak cued a two-and-half-year-old baby expenses are up due to Covid-19 relief Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, in the death of a minor boy in the vil- girl from Sadaypur area in Jajpur measures, “the Centre is saving money If Rahul Gandhi is so Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, lage. They said that the boy had died district who was sold by her father to spend on welfare schemes”. concerned he must Telangana, Karnataka and Ladakh. due to ‘black magic’ performed on him as he could not repay a loan. Police “I accept that fuel prices are pinch- answer why fuel Of these states, Congress is in power by the father-son duo. They attacked said they have registered a case ing consumers, there’s no doubt about prices are high in Congress- in Rajasthan and is a coalition partner and killed the two Saturday night. ` and investigating the matter. this. But over 35,000 crore has been ruled states like Punjab, with Shiv Sena and NCP in Sources said that the villagers had ` spent on Covid vaccines in a year. 1 Rajasthan and Maharashtra Maharashtra. Madhya Pradesh and a meeting and then took Luka and lakh crore has been spent on Pradhan Karnataka are ruled by the BJP. Ladakh Anak to a nearby forest, where the Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana in order DHARMENDRA PRADHAN I UNION MINISTER FOR too is under Central rule. Andhra two were mercilessly beaten up. Luka PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS 12 KILLED, 150 to provide eight months’ ration to the Pradesh has YSR Congress in power died on the spot, while Anak man- poor. A few thousand crores of rupees while TRS rules in Telangana. aged to flee the spot and return home. INJURED IN CHINA have also been transferred to farm- Rahul Gandhi’s repeated attacks on While international oil prices have However, a few minutes later he also POST NEWS NETWORK to moderate rains are likely ers’ bank accounts under PM Kisan…In the Modi government, Pradhan said, crossed $72 per barrel in anticipation breathed his last. in most of the districts in GAS EXPLOSION such dire times, we’re saving money “Rahul Gandhi must answer why fuel of demand recovery following the roll- The local sarpanch reported the in- Bhubaneswar, June 13: North and South Odisha. to spend on welfare schemes,” Pradhan prices are high in Congress-ruled states out of vaccination programme by var- cident at the Adaba police station. R The regional office of the Thunderstorms may also HUBEI: At least 12 people were said, speaking to the media. like Punjab, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. ious countries. Last year when rates Udaygiri sub-divisional police officer India Meteorological occur, the department said. killed and 150 others seriously in- With the Centre facing constant flak If he is so concerned about the poor, he collapsed to two-decade low, the union (SDPO) Dillip Kumar Nayak and other Department (IMD) Sunday The IMD said that jured in a huge gas explosion in cen- from the Opposition over fuel prices, should instruct the Maharashtra Chief government instead of passing on the officers reached the spot and sent the said that the southwest Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, tral China’s Hubei Province Sunday, Pradhan asked Congress governments Minister to reduce taxes, as fuel prices benefit to consumers raised excise bodies for post-mortem. The SDPO monsoon has covered the en- Keonjhar, Sambalpur and official media reported. in Rajasthan and Maharashtra to cut are very high in Mumbai.” duty to record high. The excise tax on said that a detailed probe into the mat- tire state. Deogarh districts may wit- The blast took place at about sales tax if the party was “that con- Pradhan, however, refrained from petrol was `9.48 per litre when the ter is underway.