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T he first major reshuffle in the Union Council of Ministers since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took up reins of the Government for the second-time on May 30, 2019, is expected to take place on Wednesday with several faces from the BJP and the allies of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) likely to be inducted in an exercise to refurbish Government’s post- Covid-19 image. It is expected that BJP president JP Nadda would be meeting those expected to be inducted in the Cabinet at his residence on Wednesday. Those exiting the Cabinet may also be present at Nadda’s res- idence, according to sources. An exercise similar to this was held last time too at the resi- dence of then party president Amit Shah. Union Social Justice Ministry will have a new Minister with the incumbent Thawarchand Gehlot, 73, being appointed as Governor of Karnataka. Jyotiraditya Scindia, who helped the party topple the Kamal Nath-led Congress Government in Madhya Pradesh in March last year, and former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who made way for the Hemanta Biswa Sarma, have reached Delhi in anticipation of joining the Modi Cabinet. Scindia refused to com- ment on his entry to the Modi- Cabinet but sources confirmed that he along with others who has reached Delhi have received calls from the party to be present. BJP’s general sec- retary (organisation) is report- edly sounding the probables. Similarly, BJP leader Narayan Rane, formerly of Shiv Sena, was asked to rush to the national Capital and has arrived. The Government has decided to create a new Ministry of Cooperation with an aim to strengthen the coop- erative movement in the country, official sources said on Tuesday. Continued on Page 11 T he family members of activist Stan Swamy have termed his death an “institu- tional murder” even as the United Nations said it is deeply disturbed by his death in pre- trial detention of the 84-year- old Indian rights activist and Jesuit priest, who was detained for nine months without trial under anti-terror laws, died on Monday ahead of a bail hearing. Swamy was denied bail despite suffering from Parkinson’s disease and other ailments. He was admitted to hospital in May with coron- avirus and suffered a cardiac arrest over the weekend. The family members and friends of the other accused arrested in the Elgar Parishad case said on Tuesday that they held the “negligent jails, indif- ferent courts and malicious investigating agencies” respon- sible for the Stan Swamy death. In a statement, they said it was “unconscionable” that someone as old as Swamy who was suffering poor health was put in jail amid a pandemic. They also said that they feared for the lives of their fam- ily members and colleagues in jails who were facing “similar injustices” in jails. Continued on Page 11 A fter more than 50 years of its abolition, the Trinamool Congress Government has passed a resolution to recreate a Legislative Council — an exercise — that the Opposition BJP termed a device to enable- many an aspirant to seek backdoor entry into the corri- dors of power. The resolution to create a Legislative Council under Article 169 of the Constitution was on Tuesday passed by the State Legislative Assembly by over two-third majority. Out of 265 MLAs present and voting 196 backed the move 69 opposed it. The Upper House was done away with by the Joint Front Government (led by the Left) in 1969 not to be reinstated when the Congress came to power under SS Ray in 1972. Continued on Page 11 S ignalling a divide in the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), the Peoples Democratic Party stayed away from meeting the Delimitation Commission on Tuesday. On the other hand, a five-member National Conference delegation met the commission and submitted a memorandum. Significantly, both the mainstream political parties from Kashmir targeted the approach of New Delhi while conducting the exercise of the Delimitation Commission. However, both the PDP and the NC questioned the motive behind the Delimitation Commission. Before announcing its deci- sion, the PDP shot off a letter to the Delimitation Commission. In the letter, PDP general secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura stated the PDP has decided not to meet the Jammu & Kashmir Delimitation Commission as the Centre did not initiate any steps to ease the lives of the people and the out- come of the delimitation exer- cise was “widely believed” to be “pre-planned”. Continued on Page 11 M ove over Delta variant! A new Covid-19 strain, Lambada variant, much more dangerous than the Delta vari- ant, has spread in more than 30 countries in the past four weeks, according to reports. It is currently wreaking havoc in Peru from where it was said to have originated. Peru has the highest mortality rate in the world. However, in India which is now home to B.1.617.3 and B.1.1.318, Lambda is yet to make its way. Experts have called for more genomic sur- veillance to identify and find solutions to the emerging Covid-19 variants. A study by NYU Grossman School of Medicine that hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed but published on July 3 has sug- gested vaccines are effective against the Lambda variant. However, more studies are to be carried out to ascertain this fact as some reports suggest the new variant could spread fast. Lambada variant is wide- spread across South America, having first appeared in Peru in August last year, and is accounting for more and more cases in these countries. Scientists from the WHO warned that the Lambada has an unusual set of mutations, which may make it more infec- tious and deadlier than the Delta variant. It is not yet list- ed as a “variant of concern”, rather a “variant of interest” by the WHO, meaning it has been identified as causing transmis- sion or detected in multiple countries. Continued on Page 11 I n perhaps what could be the last in a series of meetings in one month between Punjab leaders and the Congress high command, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met party president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday to resolve the crisis in the State unit ahead of the Assembly polls. The CM’s meeting with Sonia comes a few days after rebel leader Navjot Singh Sidhu met party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. After meeting Sonia, the CM said whatever decisions she takes on changes in the organisation and the Government will be acceptable to him. The meeting lasted for 90 minutes in the presence of senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge who heads the three- member AICC panel to resolve the Punjab crisis. Continued on Page 11 T he Punjab Police on Tuesday said it has busted a major cross-border espionage network with the arrest of two Army personnel on charges of spying and providing classified documents to the Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. Those arrested have been identified as Sepoy Harpreet Singh (23), who hails from vil- lage Cheecha in Amritsar. He was posted in Anantnag. He joined the Indian Army in 2017 and belongs to 19 Rashtriya Rifles. The other accused Sepoy Gurbhej Singh (23), a native of village Punian in Tarn Taran, belongs to 18 Sikh Light Infantry and was working as a clerk in Kargil. He had joined the Indian Army in 2015. Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said that Jalandhar Rural Police led by SSP Naveen Singla, while inves- tigating an NDPS case, recov- ered confidential and secret documents related to the func- tioning and deployment of the Indian Army from cross-bor- der drug smuggler Ranvir Singh, who was arrested with 70 grams heroin on May 24, this year. Continued on Page 11 E ngland was forced to select a completely new group of players and management on Tuesday for the one-day inter- national series against Pakistan after the coronavirus infected three players and four members of staff. The initially selected squad went into isolation following the results of tests taken on Monday, a day after the team’s last ODI against Sri Lanka in Bristol. The names of those who tested positive have not been disclosed. The remainder of the group was identified as close contacts. The three ODIs and three Twenty20s against Pakistan, starting on Thursday with the first ODI in Cardiff, were still going ahead and at the same venues. Ashley Giles, director of England’s men’s cricket, said he was confident there had not been a breach of coronavirus protocols in the squad but that it was a natural consequence of restrictions being slightly eased around the squad in line with general society, despite cases rising in England because of the delta variant. The players, for example, have been staying in shared hotels as opposed to living in strict bio-secure bubbles like last summer. “Given this vari- ant, which is clearly more infectious, the risks of us catch- ing an infection was going to go up,” Giles said on a video call. “It’s a reminder of what this can do a team, and a sports team in particular, right now when we are sort of living at a different rate to society. We are almost misaligned, or at odds, with how society is operating. Continued on Page 11 I n a big relief to professionals and students, Germany has decided to reduce travel restric- tions on visitors from India as long as they observe quarantine and testing rules. Germany has announced to ease travel restric- tions from India, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Russia from July 7. Stiff restrictions had been imposed on the five countries, including India, because of the prevalence more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus. Switzerland was the first country to open its doors for fully vacci- nated visitors from post second Covid-19 wave India. German Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner tweeted Tuesday, “Promised to work hard on easing travel restrictions for travellers from India and update you immediately. And voila: from (Wednesday) Germany is removing entry bans and easing travel rules for 5 countries where the Delta variant is widespread, including India! Details soon on website…” Germany had banned travelling from India after classified its area of variant of concern from April 26, 2021. Currently, India allows inter- national travel to 27 countries, including Germany, under a bilateral air bubble arrangement. Travellers entering Germany by air must present a negative test result or proof of vaccination or proof of recovery to their carri- er prior to departure, the Robert Koch Institute said. The quaran- tine period can be cut to five days if people test negative for Covid- 19, or avoided altogether if trav- ellers prove they have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19. Lufthansa website said, “Please note that as of Wednesday, 07.07.2021 00.00 (German local time), the United Kingdom, India, Portugal and the Russian Federation are no longer considered as virus vari- ant areas. (New: High incidence areas). Note for passengers on flights from the United Kingdom, India, Portugal and the Russian Federation from 07.07.2021: If your flight book- ing has been cancelled due to a ban on carriage, please contact a Lufthansa Service Center to request a possible reinstallation of your flights.” W ith Assembly elections just six months away, Uttar Pradesh is expected to get the “lion’s share” in the expan- sion of the Narendra Modi Ministry to set the caste equa- tion right. UP has already a maxi- mum of 11 Ministers, includ- ing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Textile Minister Smriti Irani, still more names are likely to be added in the list. A senior BJP leader told this reporter in Lucknow that caste and region are set to play a crucial role to decide who will get the ministerial berth. “There are some regions which need representation in the Cabinet and people of par- ticular caste too have shown their craving for ministerial seats. The expansion is likely to placate the disgruntled voices,” he said and added that some of the challenges it faces are from the most backward, Brahmin and Dalits. In the last four-and half- years of Yogi Adityanath’s rule, a message has gone that this Government is anti-Brahmin and has also ignored the inter- est of the backward caste. The Dalits are up in arms against the Government in Azamgarh where Opposition parties like the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have thrown their weight behind them. Apna Dal president and MP from Mirzapur Anupriya Patel has a good chance of being included in the Ministry as she represents the strong Kurmi community. Around a fortnight back, she had a meet- ing with Home Minister Amit Shah which raised the possibility of her being brought back in the Cabinet. She was in the Modi Cabinet in his first tenure. BJP sources said her inclu- sion in the Ministry can influ- ence the large Kurmi vote base — the second most influential backward caste after Yadavs. Kurmis have been loyal to the BJP since 2014. Brahmin discontent is a major issue for the BJP in UP at present and in this expansion a senior Brahmin MP is likely to be included in the Union Ministry. Continued on Page 11 Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of his JD(U) joining the Narendra Modi Government during its likely expansion but insisted it was the party’s national president who will take a call on the number of berths acceptable to it. O pposition leaders, includ- ing Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP’s Sharad Pawar and TMC chief and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged President Ram Nath Kovind “to direct the Government to act against those responsible for foisting false cases” on the Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case accused Father Stan Swamy, who died on Monday. Continued on Page 11 I ndia on Tuesday rejected mounting international crit- icism over the handling of the case of Father Stan Swamy, an undertrial who died on Monday, saying the authorities concerned act against viola- tions of law and do not restrain legitimate exercise of rights. The Ministry of External Affairs said India remains com- mitted to the promotion and protection of the human rights of all its citizens and that the country’s democratic polity is complemented by an indepen- dent judiciary and a range of national and state-level human rights commissions. Stan Swamy, who was arrested last year under the UAPA in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, died in a Mumbai hospital on Monday. Continued on Page 11

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The first major reshuffle inthe Union Council of

Ministers since Prime MinisterNarendra Modi took up reinsof the Government for thesecond-time on May 30, 2019,is expected to take place onWednesday with several facesfrom the BJP and the allies ofthe National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) likely to beinducted in an exercise torefurbish Government’s post-Covid-19 image.

It is expected that BJPpresident JP Nadda would bemeeting those expected to beinducted in the Cabinet at hisresidence on Wednesday.Those exiting the Cabinet mayalso be present at Nadda’s res-idence, according to sources.An exercise similar to this washeld last time too at the resi-dence of then party presidentAmit Shah.

Union Social JusticeMinistry will have a newMinister with the incumbentThawarchand Gehlot, 73, being appointed as Governor of Karnataka.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, whohelped the party topple theKamal Nath-led CongressGovernment in MadhyaPradesh in March last year, andformer Assam Chief Minister

Sarbananda Sonowal, whomade way for the HemantaBiswa Sarma, have reachedDelhi in anticipation of joiningthe Modi Cabinet.

Scindia refused to com-ment on his entry to the Modi-Cabinet but sources confirmedthat he along with others whohas reached Delhi havereceived calls from the party tobe present. BJP’s general sec-retary (organisation) is report-edly sounding the probables.

Similarly, BJP leaderNarayan Rane, formerly ofShiv Sena, was asked to rush tothe national Capital and has arrived.

The Government hasdecided to create a newMinistry of Cooperation with

an aim to strengthen the coop-erative movement in the country, official sources said on Tuesday.

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The family members ofactivist Stan Swamy have

termed his death an “institu-tional murder” even as theUnited Nations said it is deeplydisturbed by his death in pre-trial detention of the 84-year-old Indian rights activist andJesuit priest, who was detainedfor nine months without trialunder anti-terror laws, died on Monday ahead of a bail hearing.

Swamy was denied baildespite suffering fromParkinson’s disease and otherailments. He was admitted tohospital in May with coron-avirus and suffered a cardiacarrest over the weekend.

The family members andfriends of the other accusedarrested in the Elgar Parishadcase said on Tuesday that theyheld the “negligent jails, indif-ferent courts and maliciousinvestigating agencies” respon-sible for the Stan Swamy death.

In a statement, they said it

was “unconscionable” thatsomeone as old as Swamy whowas suffering poor health wasput in jail amid a pandemic.

They also said that they

feared for the lives of their fam-ily members and colleagues injails who were facing “similarinjustices” in jails.

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After more than 50 years ofits abolition, the Trinamool

Congress Government haspassed a resolution to recreatea Legislative Council — anexercise — that the OppositionBJP termed a device to enable-many an aspirant to seek backdoor entry into the corri-dors of power.

The resolution to create aLegislative Council underArticle 169 of the Constitutionwas on Tuesday passed by theState Legislative Assembly byover two-third majority. Out of265 MLAs present and voting196 backed the move 69opposed it. The Upper Housewas done away with by theJoint Front Government (led bythe Left) in 1969 not to be reinstated when theCongress came to power underSS Ray in 1972.

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Signalling a divide in thePeoples Alliance for Gupkar

Declaration (PAGD), thePeoples Democratic Partystayed away from meeting theDelimitation Commission onTuesday. On the other hand, afive-member NationalConference delegation met thecommission and submitted amemorandum. Significantly,both the mainstream politicalparties from Kashmir targetedthe approach of New Delhiwhile conducting the exerciseof the DelimitationCommission.

However, both the PDPand the NC questioned themotive behind the DelimitationCommission.

Before announcing its deci-sion, the PDP shot off a letter

to the DelimitationCommission.

In the letter, PDP generalsecretary Ghulam Nabi LoneHanjura stated the PDP hasdecided not to meet the Jammu& Kashmir DelimitationCommission as the Centre didnot initiate any steps to ease thelives of the people and the out-come of the delimitation exer-cise was “widely believed” to be“pre-planned”.

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Move over Delta variant! Anew Covid-19 strain,

Lambada variant, much moredangerous than the Delta vari-ant, has spread in more than 30countries in the past fourweeks, according to reports. Itis currently wreaking havoc inPeru from where it was said tohave originated. Peru has the highest mortality ratein the world.

However, in India which isnow home to B.1.617.3 andB.1.1.318, Lambda is yet tomake its way. Experts havecalled for more genomic sur-veillance to identify and findsolutions to the emergingCovid-19 variants.

A study by NYU GrossmanSchool of Medicine that hasn’tyet been peer-reviewed butpublished on July 3 has sug-gested vaccines are effectiveagainst the Lambda variant.However, more studies are tobe carried out to ascertain thisfact as some reports suggest thenew variant could spread fast.

Lambada variant is wide-spread across South America,having first appeared in Peru inAugust last year, and isaccounting for more and morecases in these countries.

Scientists from the WHOwarned that the Lambada hasan unusual set of mutations,which may make it more infec-tious and deadlier than theDelta variant. It is not yet list-

ed as a “variant of concern”,rather a “variant of interest” bythe WHO, meaning it has beenidentified as causing transmis-sion or detected in multiplecountries.

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In perhaps what could be thelast in a series of meetings in

one month between Punjableaders and the Congress highcommand, Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh met partypresident Sonia Gandhi onTuesday to resolve the crisis inthe State unit ahead of theAssembly polls.

The CM’s meeting withSonia comes a few days afterrebel leader Navjot Singh Sidhumet party leaders RahulGandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.

After meeting Sonia, theCM said whatever decisionsshe takes on changes in theorganisation and theGovernment will be acceptableto him. The meeting lasted for90 minutes in the presence ofsenior party leader MallikarjunKharge who heads the three-member AICC panel to resolvethe Punjab crisis.

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The Punjab Police onTuesday said it has busted

a major cross-border espionagenetwork with the arrest of twoArmy personnel on charges ofspying and providing classifieddocuments to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) ofPakistan.

Those arrested have beenidentified as Sepoy HarpreetSingh (23), who hails from vil-lage Cheecha in Amritsar. Hewas posted in Anantnag. Hejoined the Indian Army in2017 and belongs to 19Rashtriya Rifles. The otheraccused Sepoy Gurbhej Singh(23), a native of village Punianin Tarn Taran, belongs to 18Sikh Light Infantry and wasworking as a clerk in Kargil. He had joined theIndian Army in 2015.

Director General of Police

Dinkar Gupta said thatJalandhar Rural Police led bySSP Naveen Singla, while inves-tigating an NDPS case, recov-ered confidential and secretdocuments related to the func-tioning and deployment of theIndian Army from cross-bor-der drug smuggler RanvirSingh, who was arrested with70 grams heroin on May 24,this year.

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England was forced to selecta completely new group of

players and management onTuesday for the one-day inter-national series against Pakistanafter the coronavirus infectedthree players and four membersof staff.

The initially selected squadwent into isolation followingthe results of tests taken onMonday, a day after the team’slast ODI against Sri Lanka inBristol. The names of thosewho tested positive have notbeen disclosed. The remainderof the group was identified asclose contacts.

The three ODIs and threeTwenty20s against Pakistan,starting on Thursday with thefirst ODI in Cardiff, were still going ahead and at thesame venues.

Ashley Giles, director of

England’s men’s cricket, said hewas confident there had notbeen a breach of coronavirusprotocols in the squad but thatit was a natural consequence ofrestrictions being slightly easedaround the squad in line withgeneral society, despite casesrising in England because ofthe delta variant.

The players, for example,have been staying in sharedhotels as opposed to living instrict bio-secure bubbles likelast summer. “Given this vari-ant, which is clearly moreinfectious, the risks of us catch-ing an infection was going to goup,” Giles said on a video call.

“It’s a reminder of what thiscan do a team, and a sportsteam in particular, right nowwhen we are sort of living at adifferent rate to society. We arealmost misaligned, or at odds,with how society is operating.

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In a big relief to professionalsand students, Germany has

decided to reduce travel restric-tions on visitors from India aslong as they observe quarantineand testing rules. Germany hasannounced to ease travel restric-tions from India, the UnitedKingdom, Portugal and Russiafrom July 7.

Stiff restrictions had beenimposed on the five countries,including India, because of theprevalence more infectious Deltavariant of the coronavirus.Switzerland was the first countryto open its doors for fully vacci-nated visitors from post secondCovid-19 wave India.

German Ambassador toIndia Walter J Lindner tweetedTuesday, “Promised to work hardon easing travel restrictions fortravellers from India and updateyou immediately. And voila:

from (Wednesday) Germany isremoving entry bans and easingtravel rules for 5 countries wherethe Delta variant is widespread,including India! Details soonon website…” Germany hadbanned travelling from Indiaafter classified its area of variant of concern from April26, 2021.

Currently, India allows inter-national travel to 27 countries,including Germany, under abilateral air bubble arrangement.

Travellers entering Germanyby air must present a negative testresult or proof of vaccination or

proof of recovery to their carri-er prior to departure, the RobertKoch Institute said. The quaran-tine period can be cut to five daysif people test negative for Covid-19, or avoided altogether if trav-ellers prove they have been fullyvaccinated or have recoveredfrom Covid-19.

Lufthansa website said,“Please note that as ofWednesday, 07.07.2021 00.00(German local time), the UnitedKingdom, India, Portugal andthe Russian Federation are nolonger considered as virus vari-ant areas. (New: High incidenceareas). Note for passengers onflights from the UnitedKingdom, India, Portugal andthe Russian Federation from07.07.2021: If your flight book-ing has been cancelled due to aban on carriage, please contacta Lufthansa Service Center torequest a possible reinstallationof your flights.”

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With Assembly electionsjust six months away,

Uttar Pradesh is expected to getthe “lion’s share” in the expan-sion of the Narendra ModiMinistry to set the caste equa-tion right.

UP has already a maxi-mum of 11 Ministers, includ-ing Prime Minister NarendraModi, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh and TextileMinister Smriti Irani, stillmore names are likely to beadded in the list.

A senior BJP leader told

this reporter in Lucknow thatcaste and region are set to playa crucial role to decide who willget the ministerial berth.

“There are some regionswhich need representation inthe Cabinet and people of par-ticular caste too have showntheir craving for ministerialseats. The expansion is likely toplacate the disgruntled voices,”he said and added that some ofthe challenges it faces are fromthe most backward, Brahminand Dalits.

In the last four-and half-years of Yogi Adityanath’s rule,a message has gone that thisGovernment is anti-Brahminand has also ignored the inter-est of the backward caste. TheDalits are up in arms againstthe Government in Azamgarhwhere Opposition parties likethe Congress and the BahujanSamaj Party (BSP) have throwntheir weight behind them.

Apna Dal president andMP from Mirzapur AnupriyaPatel has a good chance ofbeing included in the Ministryas she represents the strongKurmi community. Around afortnight back, she had a meet-ing with Home Minister Amit Shah which raised thepossibility of her being broughtback in the Cabinet. She was in the Modi Cabinet in hisfirst tenure.

BJP sources said her inclu-sion in the Ministry can influ-ence the large Kurmi vote base— the second most influentialbackward caste after Yadavs.Kurmis have been loyal to theBJP since 2014.

Brahmin discontent is amajor issue for the BJP in UPat present and in this expansiona senior Brahmin MP is likelyto be included in the Union Ministry.

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Patna: Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar on Tuesday didnot rule out the possibility ofhis JD(U) joining the NarendraModi Government during itslikely expansion but insisted itwas the party’s national president who will take a callon the number of berthsacceptable to it.

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The Ministry of ExternalAffairs said India remains com-mitted to the promotion andprotection of the human rightsof all its citizens and that thecountry’s democratic polity iscomplemented by an indepen-

dent judiciary and a range ofnational and state-level humanrights commissions.

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath visited Sanjay

Gandhi Post-Graduate Instituteof Medical Sciences on Tuesdayafternoon to enquire about thehealth of Kalyan Singh, who isadmitted in the ICU.

Doctors say Singh's healthhas shown a slight improve-ment.

A senior leader of the BJPsaid that Kalyan Singh openedhis eyes and gave a mild reac-tion when the chief ministerasked “how are you”.

Compared to the previousdays, there was a slightimprovement in Kalyan Singh’shealth, doctors attending theleader said.

SGPGIMS Director ProfRK Dhiman said that the blood

pressure and heart rate of theformer chief minister of UP

were under control.A panel of experts from

nephrology, cardiology, neurol-ogy, endocrinology and neuro

ontology departments has beenformed to treat Singh. OnMonday Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had enquiredabout Singh’s health.

Modi had also spoken toRajveer Singh, the parliamen-tarian son of Kalyan Singh.

Former Governor ofRajasthan and veteran BJPleader Kalyan Singh wasadmitted to Dr Ram ManoharLohia Institute of MedicalSciences in Lucknow lateon Saturday night, fromwhere he was shifted toSGPGIMS on Sunday eveningafter his condition turned crit-ical. On Sunday too YogiAdityanath had visitedRMLIMS to enquire about thehealth of Kalyan Singh alongwith Defence Minister RajnathSingh.

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Lucknow (PNS): The UttarPradesh government has decid-ed to re-launch the ‘varasat’campaign under which the‘khatauni’ would be provided tothe legal heirs or the widows ofthe land owners who died due tothe COVID-19 pandemic in ahassle-free manner. Under thisspecial ‘varasat’ campaign,around 22,000 lekhpals and near-ly 2,500 kanungos will be goingto 1,08,992 revenue villages of thestate to register the undisputedinheritance of the villagers wholost their lives due to COVID-19in favour of legal heirs, includingtheir widows, which will beimmediately entered in thekhatauni.

Apart from this, the cam-paign will also benefit widowswho do not have any means oflivelihood or proper housingfacilities. They will be providedagricultural and residential landleases.

Started with the slogan‘Sabke Saath Khadi Hai Sarkar’,this campaign will run till July 18. During this period, lekhpals andkanungos will go to all 1,08,992revenue villages of the state andregister the undisputed inheri-tance of villagers who lost theirlives due to COVID-19 in

khatauni in favour of their legalheir.

In order to make this cam-paign a success, on the instruc-tions of Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, Additional ChiefSecretary (Revenue) ManojKumar Singh has given instruc-tions to all the SDMs throughvideo conferencing. He hasdirected the officials to get theproperties registered immedi-ately in favour of the legal heirsincluding their widow.

No application will berequired from the widows of theland owners who lost their livesdue to COVID-19. The lekhpaland kanungo will take action onregistering the inheritance by col-lecting the necessary details.

“In any case, by July 18 thiswork will be completed and thedivisional commissioner willcontinuously monitor at eachand every step. Information relat-ed to the campaign run in eachdistrict will have to be madeavailable to the government byJuly 20,” a governmentspokesman said.

In December 2020, VarasatCampaign was introduced byYogi Adityanath in the light ofrising land disputes, specificallyin the rural areas of the state.

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment has directed all divi-

sional commissioners and dis-trict magistrates to completeall works in a time boundmanner for preventing thepossible third wave of theCOVID-19 pandemic.

UP Chief Secretary RKTiwari issued the directivesthrough video conferencing ina meeting with divisional com-missioners and district magis-trates. He said all the oxygenplants under constructionshould be completed byAugust 15 next. He said in alloxygen plants all civil, electri-cal and other works should becompleted by August 15. Heasked the district magistratesto constantly monitor theprogress of work on the instal-lation of oxygen plants.

The chief secretary saidmanpower training and plan-

ning work be completed in allpaediatric intensive care units(PICUs) set up in all medicalcolleges and medical insti-tutes. He said all PICUsshould be made operational byJuly 10. He said the necessaryrequisition for filling thevacancies in all governmenthospitals, medical institutesand medical colleges be sent tothe recruitment and selectionboards concerned at the earli-est. He asked the officers tolaunch a campaign in the thirdweek of July for creatingawareness about the medicalinsurance scheme Ayushman.He said Ayushman healthcards should be provided to allthose who were left from thecoverage of the scheme.

The chief secretary saidunder the urban mobility mis-sion,700 electric buses wouldbe operated in 14 cities. Out ofthese 200 buses would startplying from September 15 and

rest after October 31.Tiwaridirected that the work of con-struction of charging stationsbe completed before the plyingof the e-buses. The chief sec-retary was informed that outof proposed 37 solid wastemanagement plants 20 havebeen completed and work on17 is in progress. Under JalJeevan Mission the work is onfor providing tap water in10,000 villages. The chief sec-retary directed that constantmonitoring be done to ensurequick disposal of all issues likeland related matters.

He said implementation ofPM SVINidhi be expedited forhelping the street vendors andsmall traders and they be pro-vided loans and working cap-ital. He said small traders andstreet vendors should bebrought under the digital cam-paign and they should betrained in making digitaltransactions.

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After winning majority of thedistrict panchayat chair-

persons’ posts, the polls ofwhich were held early thismonth in Uttar Pradesh, the rul-ing BJP is set to repeat the featagain in the block pramukhpolls slated later this week for

which a brainstorming meetingwas held at party’s state head-quarters and was attended byChief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The meeting which startedat 5 pm continued for almostthree hours in which candidates’list for the block pramukh pollswas finalised, a senior BJPleader said here on Tuesday.

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday fileda charge-sheet against a former army personnel and

another person arrested for allegedly sharing confidentialinformation about the Indian Army with an operative ofPakistan's spy agency ISI.

The chargesheet was filed in a special NIA court hereagainst Saurabh Sharma, an ex-army man who is a residentof Hapur in Uttar Pradesh, and Anas Yakub Giteli of Gujarat'sGodhra under relevant sections of the IPC, the OfficialSecrets Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The case relates to sharing of confidential informationabout the Indian Army by Sharma with a pseudonymousentity operated by Defence/ISI agents of Pakistan, an offi-cial of the premier investigation agency said.

Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)had hatched a conspiracy to obtain restricted and confiden-tial information from the officials of Indian Army by lur-ing them through a woman operative, called Neha Sharma,officials said.

Sharma, being a serving signalman in the Indian Army,had shared strategic and sensitive information such asdeployment/movement of troops, location, strength andcomposition of parties of the Indian Army, the NIA offi-cial said.

In consideration for supply of such sensitive informa-tion, he had received funds from multiple sources, includ-ing Pakistani sources and co-accused Giteli, the NIA offi-cial said.

Sharma also received funds from Anas Yakub Giteli'selder brother Imran Giteli who has already been charge-sheeted in the Vishakhapatnam espionage case beinginvestigated by the NIA, the official said, adding that fur-ther investigation in the case was underway.

I am Vipin Kumar Gupta S/O DeviPrasad Gupta, R/O KamalabadBadhauli, 6th mile, LKO.That the landpurchased by me is plot no.8. KhasraNo.- Min. 79,80,81,82,88,89 located inKamalabad Badhauli, Lucknow, the orig-inal deed has fallen somewhere whilegoing from the house to Daliganj mar-ket, which is the SRO-BKT. B. No.-1,V-1722, P-191/222, Sr. No. 3586 isdt-05/07/2007 in LKO office.

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OBITUARY

SEPOY SHAIK MUDAM SHABBEER06 FEB 1989 - 28 JUN 2021

ALL RANKS OF ARMY MEDICALCORPS SOLEMNLY PRAY TO THEALMIGHTY TO BESTOW PEACE TOTHE DEPARTED SOUL AND GRANTSTRENGTH TO THE BEREAVEDFAMILY TO BEAR THE GREAT LOSSOF SEPOY SHAIK MUDAM SHABBEERWHO DIED WHILE SERVING WITHMILITARY HOSPITAL KIRKEE.

FROM: LT GEN SANDIP MUKHERJIAND ALL RANKS OF ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

OBITUARY

NOTICE

I Anita spouse of No8037031PNk (GD)Hari Lal Yadav resid-ing of Vill_Shahkuddanpur PORani ki sarai,Teh -SadarDist-Azamgarh, State-UP, PIN-276207 have changed myname from ANITA TO ANITAYADAV vide Affidavit dated 17Jun2021, Dhar chukaUttarakhand.

This is to inform that DLF propertyNo. SC1-088 is alloted in the nameof late Smt. Kumkum Mohan W/o lateMr. Siddharth Mohan late SmtKumkum Mohan has expired on6.08.2017 leaving behind Mr.Anupam Agarwal as only legal heir.Now the property is being transferedto Mr. Anupam Agarwal and if anybody has any objection to this,he/she may contact undersignedwithin 21 days of this publication. Anupam Agarwal, Mob-8009999966

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“Omprakash Shukla S/o DeviPrakash Shukla is owner ofProperty No.-2-C-150 AwasVikas Hanspur NauvastaKanpur Area 55.38 Sq.Mtr.,which Allotment Letter No.-162/SaPraY-2/Kanpur dated12/01/1998 & PossessionLetter dated 12/06/2001 havemissed on the way, which useof above documents by anyperson will be illegal."

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E-mail Id- [email protected]

On behalf of Governor of U.P., S.E. Sultanpur Amethi CircleP.W.D.Sultanpur invites online bids for the following work from the regis-tered eligible contractors on item rate basis as per Comprehensive BiddingDocument (S.B.D.)

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I Akash Mehrotra, Resident ofB-2/14, Sec. – F, Jankipuram,Lucknow, declare that I havechanged My Son’s Name fromMoulikk Mehrotra to KartikMehrotra for all future purposes.

NOTICENOTICE

As per academic documents myname is Kavita Pandey. But aftermarriage my name was changeto Bena Tiwari from now fertherI shall be recognized as BeenaTiwari Kavita Pandey and BenaTiwari Bena Tiwari W/o Latesachin Tiwari R/o ES-1/107Sitapur Road, Schame PoliceStation, Madiyaon Lucknow

NOTICE

I Rachana Upadhyay,spouse ofAnil Kumar Upadhya residentof H No-414A Bahadurpur,Unity City Colony, Kursi Road,Lucknow, UP have changedmy name from RachanaUpadhyay to Rachana Trivedivide affidavit dated 26/06/2021before Bakshi Ka Talab,Lucknow, (UP).

NOTICE

I Kanchan Lata Bajpai, spouseof Virendra Kumar Pandeyresident of Vill and PostBahorawa District-Hardoi, UPhave changed my name fromKanchan Lata Bajpai toKanchan Lata Pandey vide affi-davit dated 26/06/2021 beforeBakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow,(UP).

NOTICE

I Anil Kumar Upadhya residentof H No-414A Bahadurpur,Unity City Colony, Kursi Road,Lucknow. UP have changedmy son name from AravNarayan Upadhyay to AravUpadhyay vide affidavit dated26/06/2021 before Bakshi KaTalab, Lucknow, (UP).

NOTICE

I Khotara, mother of VijayKumar resident of Vil l-Chhapiya, Post-Govindpara,District-Basti, UP havechanged my name fromKhotara to Khotara Devi videaffidavit dated 26/06/2021before Bakshi Ka Talab,Lucknow, (UP).

BJP state presidentSwatantra Dev Singh, in-charge of party in UP RadhaMohan Singh and state gener-al secretary (organisation)Sunil Bansal took part in thedeliberations. The nomina-tion for the block pramukhelections will be on July 8 andpolling will be held on July 10.

After many family mem-bers of senior party leaders,ministers and lawmakers gotelected as chairpersons of dis-trict panchayat committees,the party has diluted the clauseof preventing family mem-bers from contesting the elec-tion. “A high-level committeewill finalise the names of thecandidates and they will beannounced by the district unitpresident in respective dis-tricts,” BJP spokesman SanjayChaudhary said.

Claiming that the BJP willrepeat its feat like the DDC(district development council)chairpersons’ polls held earlythis month, he said that theparty was well prepared for theblock pramukh elections.

“We have already appoint-ed conveners along with astrong team of leaders in all the826 blocks of the state, whohave worked hard among thepeople. We are expecting verygood results " he said. The elec-tions will be held in 825 blocksas polling has not been orderedin Mujehana block in Gondadistrict by the State ElectionCommission. Around 75,255elected block developmentcouncil (BDC) members willelect the block pramukhs, whowill be a member amongthemselves. Meanwhile, theUP BJP which had announcedto conduct a virtual state work-ing committee meeting onJuly 7 postponed it in view ofthe block pramukh polls.

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The Allahabad High Court has direct-ed Uttar Pradesh DGP to take imme-

diate steps to trace out organised gangof criminals involved in cheating anddefrauding people by alluring offers,loans and lucky draws, which has ruinedmany during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The high court said such crimesneed to be dealt with an iron hand andasked the police chief to immediatelyissue circulars to the District PoliceHeads in this regard.

“Indeed, the act of cheating a person,seemingly by a well organized gang, intimes that are so hard on account of theCOVID-19 pandemic, where scores ofcitizens have lost their jobs, is an enor-mous crime.

It has to be dealt with by an ironhand. So far as the applicant isconcerned, he has been caught redhanded along with those men, fromwhose custody mobile phones etc. have

been recovered, that were employed inperpetuating this fraud,” observedJustice JJ Munir in an order passed onJune 30.

The high court passed the orderwhile rejecting the bail application of aperson who was one of the accused inan abatement of suicide and cheatingcase registered at Police Station-Kutubsher of district Saharanpur.

It was alleged that the modusoperandi of the gang was to cheat inno-cent citizens with alluring offers aboutextension of loans or lucky draws thatthey have won or rewards relating to TVshows.

According to prosecution anotheraccused in the case introduced himselfas an employee of a private finance com-pany to the victim and offered him a loanof Rs 10 lakhs to start a business and onpretext of allowing his loan proposalduped him of Rs one lakh.The victimafter getting cheated went into depres-sion and later committed suicide.

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Lucknow Metro has main-tained its record of steadyincrease in ridership recoverypost unlock. The ridership hascrossed the 27,000-mark. Asenior official said that with allthe parameters of sanitisation,contactless travel and safe phys-ical distance, Lucknow Metrohas emerged as the first choiceof public travel forLucknowites. Managing direc-tor Kumar Keshav said after thecommencement of operationsfrom June 9, people haveshown immense love and support.

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student of City MontessoriSchool, Gomti Nagar CampusI, has broughtlaurels to theschool bysecuring theLucknow top-per position inthe onlineHindustan Olympiad 2021,organised at national level. Forthis achievement, she has beenawarded a cash prize of Rs2,100, a certificate and an e-gift.The event was organised in twolevels and nearly eight lakh stu-dents from various schoolsparticipated in it.

Lucknow (PNS): Failing towithstand the torture by herhusband and in-laws for dowry,a 23-year-old woman endedher life at her house inGosainganj on Tuesday. Thevictim was identified as MamtaDevi of Satrikh in Barabanki.She got married to MohitKumar of Chamartaliya local-ity in Gosainganj in 2017.

Her mother Archanaalleged that Mohit and hisfather Sunderlal used to torture

Mamta for dowry. “They usedto taunt her for not bringingenough money and gifts. Theyused to beat her up and she hadcomplained to me on severaloccasions in the past. We triedto settle the differences, but invain. They forced Mamta totake the extreme step,” shealleged.

Meanwhile, Viubuti Khandpolice on Tuesday arrested awoman who was named in themurder of an employee of Sara

Grand Hotel in Vibhuti Khand.The accused was identified

as Gurmeet Kaur of New Delhi.She was named in the casethree years back in December9 when three youths had killedthe hotel employee, KrishnaPratap Singh. Gurmeet hadchecked in the hotel and threeyouths, including one named asDheeraj Narang, had shotSingh. Narang lost his cool afterSingh denied him entry intoGurmeet’s room.

Meanwhile, an emergencymedical officer (EMO) ofRMLIMS died at his house inIndiranagar on Tuesday morn-ing. Police said Digvijay SinghVohra fell inside the bathroomaround 9 am and succumbed toinjuries. His wife Sakshi, withthe help of neighbours, rushedhim to RMLIMS where he wasdeclared brought dead. Policesaid the body was sent forautopsy and further probe wasunderway.

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The doctors at a private hos-pital cured patent ductus

arteriosus (PDA), a complicat-ed congenital heart disease, ofa 7-year- old boy without anysurgery. According to DrAbhishek Shukla, intervention-al cardiologist and head ofAjanta Heart Care, he success-fully cured a boy who was suf-fering from PDA, withoutsurgery.

The boy was suffering fromthe abnormality of an openingbetween two blood vesselsleading from the heart knownas PDF in medical terms. Hiscondition was deterioratingday by day after which his fam-ily contacted Dr Shukla, whodiagnosed the disease through2D Echo and immediatelydecided to go for the proce-dure. Dr Shukla said the boygot rid of his congenital diseasewithout surgery. He said afterthe procedure, the boy was dis-charged within 48 hours andnow he could lead his normallife without any medications.

According to Dr Shukla,the success rate was almost 99 per cent in this pro-cedure which was also veryeconomical.

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Cyber thugs duped anAshiyana woman of Rs

42,000 on the pretext of updat-ing her KYC status. A case wasregistered in this connectionafter hectic efforts by thewoman. The complainant, iden-tified as Aparna Gupta of LDAColony (Sector-D), said shereceived messages about updat-ing KYC status and suspensionof her bank account on June 26.She said she inadvertentlytapped a URL which redirectedher to a window wherein shewas asked to enter her login ID.“Thereafter, I got a messageregarding deduction of moneyfrom my bank account,” she said.

Meanwhile, an assistantteacher of a government schoollodged a case of fraud to the tuneof around Rs 50 lakh and crim-inal breach of trust against theowners and office-bearers ofShine City Infra Project PrivateLimited, a real estate company,in Gomtinagar. Nirankar Singhof Gorakhpur said he and sev-eral of his friends deposited hugesums for the purchase of plots atthe company office on the fourthfloor of R-Square in Gomtinagar.He said his wife Bindu Singh

deposited over Rs 25 lakh andtheir acquaintance NirmalaGupta deposited above Rs 5lakh, Neha Mani Tripathi aboutRs 7 lakh, Surendra NathVishwakarma about Rs 4 lakh,Radhika Devi above Rs 2 lakh,Neelam Devi above Rs 2 lakhand Manju Rai about Rs 3 lakh.

He added that company’sCMD Rashid Naseem, directorAsif Nadeem, president ZiaKhan, Vishnu Pratap Verma,Deepak Bharti and severalother staff members took themoney by giving fake docu-ments and later refused to getthe plots registered in theirnames.

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duped of Rs 40 lakh by a con-tractor who promised to facil-itate him an office inHabibullah Estate inHazratganj. The victim, iden-tified as Nitin, met Rajeev ofMathura through a commonfriend. Nitin transferred themoney in the bank account ofRajeev’s firm but did not get theoffice. In due course of time,Rajeev switched off his phoneand Nitin visited his hometown but could not trace him.

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The second wave may have passedoff but it has left behind many reel-

ing under the post-Covid complica-tions. Head of KGMU’s Pulmonarydepartment Dr Surya Kant Tripathisaid patients suffering from post-Covid issues largely complain of prob-lems like breathlessness, cough, tired-ness, weakness, sleeplessness, body-ache, headache, increased heartbeatand weak memory. A post-Covidclinic was inaugurated at thePulmonary department of KGMU onTuesday.

“Some patients suffering fromCovid recovered without hospitalisa-tion or treatment but even some ofthem complain of respiratory diseasesand other issues. For such patients,chief medical superintendent Prof SNShankhwar inaugurated a special post-Covid clinic at the department. All thefaculty members, residents andemployees were present on the occa-sion,” Dr Tripathi said. He said that atpresent, Post Covid patients wander tomany places and for this, joint effortsare being made by KGMU to ensurethat they get proper treatment.

“This special clinic will be oper-

ated on every Tuesday from 9 am to12 noon in the OPD of the departmentof Respiratory Medicine. This clinicwill help in better treatment of poorand underprivileged patients. Most ofthe patients’ problems will be diag-nosed in this clinic and if there areproblems of mental, neuro, eye, noseor other organs, they will be referredto the departments concerned. Beforecoming to this clinic, online registra-tions can be done through the websiteor phone number (0522-2258880),” hesaid, adding that 10 doctors of thedepartment will take turns to diagnosethe patients every Tuesday.

On the first Tuesday, senior doc-tors Surya Kant, Jyoti Bajpayee &Ankit Katiyar, and junior doctorsRicha Tyagi, Yash, Ankit, Sapna,Naveen, Nandini, Gaurav, Rajkumar,Ann Mary, Amit, Sandeep & Nagendraparticipated in the investigation andtreatment of all post-Covid patients.

Dr Surya Kant said that on thevery first day, 19 patients were attend-ed to. Most of them had problems likecough, breathlessness, fatigue, weak-ness, sleeplessness and memory loss.Older patients had more sleep prob-lems, so they were referred to theGeriatric Mental Health department.

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Early diagnosis of patientsthrough multidisciplinary

departmental training of 52medical colleges in the statehave helped SGPGI in gettinga grip over mucormycosis orblack fungus. Other factorswhich helped were the metic-ulous follow-up of patientsthrough MRI, endoscopy, CTscan, proper management ofdrugs and surgical skills of doc-tors at the medical institute.

President of UP ENTAssociation and additional pro-fessor at SGPGI, Dr AmitKeshri said early diagnosis wasmade possible through variousCMEs and weekly training ofENT, Dental andOphthalmology departmentsof 52 medical colleges bySGPGI which educated themabout the disease and its opti-mal management and to makethem understand how the dis-ease penetrates the variousbody parts.

“In the initial stagesalthough we paid attention toeverything, there were thingswhich we learnt as we dealtwith the patients. For example,if the disease affected a patient’sparticular tooth, we wouldonly remove that, but now weunderstand that the diseasealso penetrates the cheek boneand hence we also remove thecheek bone. Our understand-ing of the surgery and diseasehas also improved while deal-ing with the patients,” he said.

He said they had also

directed the medical colleges toform teams and not workalone. “We told them that allthe stakeholders should beinvolved, which means oph-thalmologists, ENT surgeons,dental surgeons and endocri-nologists,” he said..

He added that in theabsence of ‘Amphotericin B’,which is the main drug forblack fungus, Posaconazolealso worked in the post-oper-ative care and if it is given alongwith ‘Amphotericin B’, it iseven better because the latterhalts the progress of the disease.

“We gave average doses ofthe ‘Amphotericin B’ drug anddid not treat the patients withits full doses. We shifting themto Posaconazole a few daysafter surgery. We gave thesedoses a few days before andafter the surgery and then wegave the patients oral antifun-gal, which is easier to maintainat home. After that, we calledthe patients for weekly follow-ups, which is the most impor-tant aspect, because the funguscan recur,” he explained.

Dr Keshri said that if thepatients have a good follow-up,one can detect the minimalrecurrence of the disease andtreat it then and there.

He further said that theycurrently have 25 patients ofblack fungus admitted in thehospital, and 105 have beentreated till now. There havebeen 25 deaths, which meansthat the death rate has been 20per cent. Dr Keshri said mostof these deaths occurred in theinitial stages when the patients

were still Covid positive andthere were issues related to itlike. Most of them were on ven-tilators and at that the time, thefungus was very aggressive, hepointed out.

“In the initial 50 cases,there were 20 deaths but in thenext 50 cases, there were onlyfive deaths. In the patientswith complete intervention,including surgeries, there havebeen no deaths. We havealready discharged 25 patientswhile 25 are under variousstages of treatment,” he said.

He added that some deathslinked to black fungus couldnot be called so because thepatients actually died of severeCovid. “Severe Covid cases arenow closing, which meanseither the patients are recover-ing or dying, hence black fun-gus deaths per se are less,” hepointed out.

“Once the patient becomesnegative, the disease becomesmanageable and is controlled,except in a few cases. In mostof the cases, the patients remainstable. However, if the fungusincreases, it does not worsenover a matter of five or six days.Patients who were coming inthe earlier stages were detect-ed late because they had beenalready receiving oxygen, butnow the patients are beingdetected early,” he said.

He reiterated that timelydiagnosis and aggressivesurgery strengthened by long-term antifungal therapy for atleast three months, dependingupon the extent of the disease,is now giving good results.

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Awoman alleged that herhusband and mother-in-

law, both of Bengaluru inKarnataka, tortured her foropposing their bid of religiousconversion and extractingmoney from her family bythreatening to kill her and herfamily members after she gotpregnant. A case in this con-nection was lodged at theIndiranagar police station inLucknow.

The woman married SayedHasnain Ashraf of Bengaluru inDecember 2019. Ashraf is thehead (sajjadanashin) of a shrinein Bengaluru and according tothe complainant, his motherSadiya Sayed Bilani assistedhim. The woman said she wasaccorded a warm welcome fora couple of days but in duecourse of time, Ashraf startedshowing his “true colours” as heforced her to introduced him toher friends. “It later dawnedupon me victim that Ashrafand his mother lured non-Muslim girls into religiousconversion,” she alleged.

The woman said she wassubjected to torture by fanaticsof foreign origin at the shrineand she saw those men mis-

guiding visitors in the name of“love-jihad”.

She said the shrine wasused for illegal money andweapon deals. “I was subject-ed to a forced physical relationby Ashraf. Later, he calledsome doctor who used ultra-sound technique to examinethe sex of the child in mywomb. When they got to knowthat it was girl child, bothAshraf and Sadiya thrashed me.They called my brother whoworks in London and demand-ed Rs 25 lakh if he wanted tosee me alive. My brother gaveRs 7.5 lakh to Ashraf,” she toldthe police.

The woman also allegedthat Ashraf married a Hindugirl in due course of time andnamed her Madiha.

“Madiha was later shiftedto the shrine where she wastrained in weaponry. Ashrafand his mother turned me outof their house and asked me tobring Rs 17.5 lakh more. Theyalso brought home four girls forreligious conversion,” shealleged. She said she returnedto Lucknow and gave birth toher daughter. “Ashraf threat-ened to get my brother inLondon and my parents killedin Lucknow killed,” she alleged.

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Uttar Pradesh on Tuesdaywitnessed the steepest

decline in fresh novel coron-avirus positive cases as the statereported below 100 new infec-tions for the first time in near-ly four months on Tuesdayevening. A governmentspokesman said that 93 freshcases of COVID-19 werereported during the past 14hours, making it the lowestdaily case count for the statesince March 1. In Lucknow, 15people tested positive for coro-navirus while 13 patientsrecovered. The active casescame down to 167.

The COVID-19 recoveryrate in UP now stands at 99 percent. Uttar Pradesh recordedanother significant drop inthe daily Covid test positivityrate (TPR) -- the number ofpositive cases against the totaltests done -- on Monday as it

dipped to 0.04 per cent, thelowest so far. The TPR rate wasat its highest at 16.84 per centon April 24. The COVID-19case load in the most populousstate of the country has also

dropped as 2,032 active casesare under treatment, nearly1,400 of them are in home iso-lation. The spokesman saidthat true to the spirit of the'trace, test, and treat' policy, as

many as 2,28,158 samples weretested in the last 24 hours, outof which nearly 1.30 lakh wereRT-PCR tests.

Emerging as a leader inconducting maximum Covid

tests, UP has tested as many as5,93,31,655 samples for thenovel coronavirus infection sofar. Nearly 10 per cent of thestate’s population has beenvaccinated so far with 50.09lakh people having beenadministered the second doseof the Covid vaccine. On July5, as many as 8.68 lakh vaccinedoses were administered.

In a bid to achieve self-suf-ficiency in production of thelife-saving oxygen whichbecame scarce during the sec-ond wave across the country,Uttar Pradesh has ramped upits oxygen production as 138out of the 528 sanctionedplants have become function-al. As part of its mission toachieve self-sufficiency in theproduction of medical oxygenin Uttar Pradesh, the stategovernment is currently working on war footing tomake all plants functional byAugust 15.

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Conference chairmanRajesh Sikka pointed out that forIndia to become a $ 5 trillioneconomy, manufacturing willhave to contribute almost $ 1trillion i.e 20% to the GDP. Healso noted that manufacturingsectors will have to quicklyadopt innovative technologies toleverage technology and becomegrowth drivers.

“Digitalisation integrationwith the various processes resultsin enhanced productivity, over-all efficiency of resources as wellas reduced costs for the organ-isation,” he said. He added thatUP is fast becoming a hub for

toy, defence and electronicsmanufacturing, largely triggeredby the PLI scheme of the govern-ment. CEO and MD of a privatecompany, VS Mahadevan saidthat the automotive sector is thelargest contributor to growth ofthe manufacturing ecosystem.He also remarked that India isthe second largest importer ofmilitary hardware, indicatingthe huge potential that the coun-try has for indigenisation, whichcan contribute significantlytowards increasing the GDPcontribution of the manufactur-ing sector. Another area whichoffers scope for growth is foodprocessing. Mahadevan identi-fied four key pillars to achievemanufacturing excellence ascreativity, smart processes, valueenhancement as well as nurtur-ing human resources.

Vice-chairman of CIIWestern UP Sushil Agarwalnoted that organisations thatcompromise on quality will findit difficult to sustain themselvesin the long run. He also high-lighted the importance of align-ment between the various func-tions of the organisation such asdevelopment, sales, marketingand service to enhance value cre-ation for the customer.

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Hundreds of women from Palia village in Azamgarh districtare on an indefinite sit-in in protest against the alleged police

brutality which followed after a dispute on June 29.They are demanding justice and action against the guilty.The protesting women, most of them from the Dalit com-

munity, have alleged that a posse of policemen arrived on thenight of June 29, partially bulldozed three houses, vandalised andransacked furniture and household items, looted jewellery andcash, and assaulted women and children present in the house.

It may be mentioned that on June 29 last, a group of localsfrom the village Palia confronted another villager, Anand Vishwas,alleging that his son Littan was harassing a girl in the locality.Later, Munna Paswan, gram pradhan Manju Devi's husband,arrived at the scene. According to locals, after the police werealerted about the confrontation, two constables reached the spot.Anita Devi, Munna's cousin, said "They tried to forcibly whiskMunna away to the police station. When he resisted, one of thepolicemen held him by the collar and slapped him. This irkedthe locals, who then attacked the cops."

Late at night, the police allegedly returned with reinforce-ments to carry out a raid.

"They returned with a bulldozer, a hammer and heavy rein-forcements. Fearing a police witch-hunt, men from our familiesfled, but they were not even remotely aware that the police wouldgo after their houses and families. They didn't even spare a 3-month-old infant who was injured during the vandalism and iscurrently hospitalised in a critical condition," alleged Anita Devi.

The police have reportedly filed three cases in the incident.The first FIR in the case has been registered against 12 identi-fied and about 10-15 unidentified suspects on the complaint ofLittan Vishwas, who alleged that locals brutally beat him and hisfather, who tried to intervene.

The second FIR, which has been registered under stringentsections of the relevant laws, including attempt to murder, onthe basis of a complaint by head constable Mukhraj Yadav. It hasbeen filed against 16 named and 100 unidentified suspects forattacking the police team. Both these FIRs have Munna, his rel-atives and other villagers named as suspects.

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The alleged attack on Dalitsand vandalisation of their

houses in Azamgarh gave freshammunition to opposition par-ties to attack the YogiAdityanath government, accus-ing it of working against theweaker sections of society.While senior leaders issuedstatements against the govern-ment, a delegation of Congressand Samajwadi Party met theprotesting women and assuredthem of all support in theirquest for justice.

On Tuesday, BahujanSamaj Party chief Mayawatihad questioned the UttarPradesh government overatrocities on Dalits at Palia vil-lage in Azamgarh district by thepolice.

In tweets, Mayawati said,"Instead of giving justice to theDalit victims of Palia village,the Azamgarh police harassedand committed atrocities onthem on the direction of somepeople, which is a shameful act.The government should takeimmediate cognisance of thisincident and initiate strictaction against the culprits andcompensate the victims finan-

cially."The BSP chief also said,

‘Witnessing the seriousness ofthis incident of harassment ofDalits by the oppressors andthe police, a delegation of theBSP under the leadership ofparty senior leader GayaCharan Dinkar, former MLA,will visit the village soon tomeet the victims."

Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra onMonday had also hit out at theUttar Pradesh government's“anti-Dalit mentality”, claimingthat she had received informa-tion about a police attack onDalit families in a village inAzamgarh district in connec-tion with an incident thatoccurred on June 29.

"There is news of policeattacking Dalit families in Paliavillage of Azamgarh, Raunapar.Several houses were demol-ished, hundreds were booked.This shows the anti-Dalit men-tality of the governmentemployees. Immediate actionshould be taken against the cul-prits and compensation shouldbe given to the victims," saidCongress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra in atweet.

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In a bizarre case, a woman constablealleged mental harassment by her senior

and attempted suicide at a police station inKasganj district.

According to reports from Kasganj,Vaishali Pundhir tried to kill herself at theSahawar police station on Monday. Sheaccused Station House Officer Rajesh KumarMeena of mental harassment, a chargedenied by the officer. Before attempting sui-cide, Vaishali Pundhir sent a message in anofficial WhatsApp group, alleging that SHORajesh Kumar Meena did not grant her leavewhen she was sick.

"I was not feeling well and told him thatI would not be able to continue with the dutytoday. He didn't listen to my pleas and offi-cially reported that I was absent from dutywithout any prior information," she alleged.

The constable went on to allege that the

SHO was mentally torturing all the womenconstables, and sought strict action againsthim.

She was rescued by her colleague whorushed her to a hospital. Her condition wassaid to be stable. The SHO, however, dis-missed the allegations.

"Constable Vaishali's duty was assignedat the local branch of State Bank of India.During inspection, she was found absent.When questioned about her absence, she wasnot able to give any satisfactory answer," hetold media persons.

"She tried to commit suicide to buildpressure on me. Allegations of harassment arefalse," the SHO added.

According to Kasganj Superintendent ofPolice Manoj Kumar Sonkar, the circle offi-cer of Sahawar has been asked to conduct aninvestigation in the matter. Based on theprobe, action will be taken against who-ever is found at fault, the SP added.

Lucknow (PNS): Three people werekilled and six injured when a vehiclerammed into a truck parked at theroadside, police said on Tuesday. Theincident took place on Monday nightin the Bansi area of Siddharth Nagar,SHO, Bansi Chhatrapal Singh said.The truck had broken down and wasparked along the road when the carcollided with it, he said, adding thatwhile three people died on the spot,six others were injured and taken toa hospital. The bodies of victims, whocould not be identified, were sent forpost-mortem. A case was registered inthis regard.

Meanwhile in a separate mishapin Shahjahanpur, two people werekilled and three injured when a speed-ing truck ran over them while theywere waiting for a bus. Superintendentof Police (Rural) Sanjeev Bajpai saidthe incident took place late Saturdaynight at the Allahganj bus stand.

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Distressed with the deci-sion of the government not

to conduct open recruitment inthe army during the last twoyears due to COVID-19 pan-demic, the youths in scores onTuesday submitted a memo-randum to the district admin-istration demanding that therecruitment process should bestarted at the earliest because ofthe aspirants at large-scale arecrossing the age limit for it.They also demanded that theaspirants who crossed the agelimit in two last years duringwhich the recruitment processwas not conducted due to pan-demic, should also be given achance to appear at the recruit-ment process.

The youths in scores gath-ered at the district headquar-ter here and submitted amemorandum to the districtadministration addressing thedistrict magistrate. In thememorandum they stated thatthe open recruitment in thearmy could not be conductedduring the last two years dueto the corona pandemic andthus, the youth at large-scalealso crossed the age limit forit.

The process of the recruit-ment in the army through theopen recruitment should bestarted at the earliest and the

aspirants who crossed the agelimit in two last years duringthe recruitment processremained suspended, shouldalso be allowed to appear atthe recruitment, theydemanded. Vimlesh Yadav,Durgesh Yadav and otherswere present on the occasion.

3 MORE TEST POSI-TIVE: A total of 3 peoplewere tested positive for thenovel coronavirus infectionduring the last 24 hours out of5,788 testing taking the tallyof confirmed case to 82,294, asper the figures released by theHealth department in theevening on Tuesday. With nodeath from COVID-19 thedeath toll remained at 773. Asmany as 4 corona patientsrecovered during the past 24hours, all in home isolation.With this, 81,433 COVID-19patients have been cured inthe district- 75,136 in homeisolation and 6,297 in Covidhospitals. The total activecases came down to 88 from89 which was a day ago. OnMonday evening, as many as5 positive cases were record-ed and the total number ofconfirmed cases was 82,291,while the total death stood at773.

DEATH ANNIVOBSERVED: Under the aus-pices of the Ravidas SamarakSociety, the 35th death

anniversary of the formerUnion Minister BabuJagjeevan Ram was observedat the premises of GuruRavidas Mandir in Rajghathere on Tuesday.

The members of societysaid that Babu Jagjeevan Ramwas the flag-bearer of thethought and philosophy of thegreat Saint Guru Ravidas andsaid that he was the architectof equality based society. Hiscontribution in the freedomstruggle and fight for thecause of the poor, downtrod-den and deprived section ofthe society can’t be forgotten,they said.

Paying their tributes tohim, the members said thatBabu Ji was the leader of thepoor and being the agricultureminister he had chalked out avision of a progressive societyand nation with DrSwaminathan. He establishedSant Ravidas Mandir andstrengthened the SanitParampara.

Ramkishun Gupta, DrJaishankar Jay, Gorakhnath,Anurag Trivedi and VirendraKumar were mainly presenton the occasion.

A A P P R O T E S T S :Leveling a serious allegation ofcorruption in the purchasingof the life-saving medicalequipments by the state gov-ernment in the name of

preparing to face the possiblethird wave of the COVID-19pandemic, the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) on Tuesdaydemanded the Governor toissue an order for a high-levelinquiry to probe into the mat-ter.

The activists of the AAPgathered at district headquar-ter here and submitted amemorandum to the districtadministration addressing theGovernor.

They said that the govern-ment has issued an order thatthere is no compulsion toissue tender or bidding forpurchasing the ventilators andother life-saving medicalequipments to face the possi-ble third wave of the pandem-ic.

It indicates that the gov-ernment wants to purchasethe equipment from itsfavourable company and thusit smells corruption in it, theycharged.

They demanded theGovernor to issue an order toconduct a high-level inquiryto probe into the matter andthreatened to launch an agita-tion if the demand was notmet.

Kailash Patel, GhanshyamPandey, Sharda, Rekha Jaiswaland Pallvi and Mo Yusuf weremainly present on the occa-sion.

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In view to make it ready toface the challenges of possi-

ble third wave of corona, theNorth Eastern Railway (NER)Divisional Hospital is fullyequipping itself with modernmedical equipment andresources under the leader-ship of Divisional RailwayManager (DRM) Vijay KumarPanjiar. In this direction, anoxygen generation plant isbeing set up at NER DivisionalHospital here soon. ICICI Bank

has agreed to set up a 250 LPM(litres per minute) capacityoxygen generation plant in thisNER hospital under itsCorporate Social Responsibility(CSR) programme.

ICICI Bank has alreadyissued a purchase order of �35,70,000 in favour of Goa-based company AgastyaAeroworks Private Limited forsetting up of oxygen plant atNER Divisional Hospital inVaranasi and the Goa compa-ny has assured the hospital ofsetting up oxygen production

plant within a month. The set-ting up of the oxygen plant isthe result of the tireless effortsof Chief MedicalSuperintendent (CMS) Dr MSNabiyal and Senior DivisionalMaterial Manager (SDMM)AK Jaiswal.

With the establishment ofan oxygen plant, all the beds ofthis hospital will be equippedwith an oxygen facility and thishospital will become self-suffi-cient in oxygen supply and helppatients suffering from seriousdiseases in their treatment.

During the second wave ofCOVID-19, a lot of panic wasseen due to acute shortage ofoxygen and seeing this, the gov-ernment and various compa-nies have started making effortsto set up oxygen generationplants in hospitals so that theycan become self-sufficient. Inthis direction, the oxygen planshave been set up in all the sevengovernment hospitals in thedistrict and the same is alsobeing set up at Central Hospitalin Banaras Locomotive Works(BLW).

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said ‘Kashi is

setting record new heights indevelopment as 75 projectsworth � 736.38 crore havealready been completed and theproposals for implementing 64more major projects worth �417.68 crore for the develop-ment and infrastructureimprovement of the districthave been approved.’ Duringhis around four hours hecticvisit on Monday evening, theCM not only reviewed theprogress of development pro-jects at Circuit House but alsoinspected several ambitiousprojects.

‘Keep Kashi decorated asduring the last seven years,record development projectshave taken place in the city. Thewidening and strengtheningof roads has taken place on alarge-scale,’ he said, directingthe officers that the roadswhich got damaged due torain should be repaired imme-diately apart from speeding

up development works in coor-dination with public represen-tatives and administrative offi-cers so that the entire worldshould get the message fromthe development of the city.

According to him, on-siteverification and quality checkof the works should be doneeffectively and asked the Policedepartment to intensifypatrolling and strengthen thetraffic system so that the impactof the Police Commissioneratesystem should be felt by thegeneral public. He alsoinstructed the MunicipalCorporation to improve sani-tation system and VaranasiDevelopment Authority (VDA)to dispose of the received casesof map pass promptly apartfrom further beautifying thecrossings. Expressing dissatis-faction over the informationabout the Ramna SewageTreatment Plant (STP) notworking properly, the CM saidthat accountability should befixed in it.

During his visit to KashiVishwanath temple, he

expressed his happiness saying‘now the grand carvings of theentrance doors have emerged.’After offering prayer at thetemple he also inspected thegrand complex where the cor-ridor is being developed.Earlier, Yogi also inspected a50-bed MCH Wing being con-structed at a cost of �18.94crore at Pt DeendayalUpadhyay GovernmentHospital Complex, Pandeypur,three-lane Railway Over Bridge(ROB) at Ashapur in Varanasi-Ghazipur road being built atcost of � 50.71 crore and multi-level parking at Godowlia beingconstructed with a cost of �19.55 crore. ‘About 375 vehiclescan be parked in this four-storey semi-automatic park-ing where 33 shops have alsobeen built on the ground floorapart from Tourist FacilitationCentre, drinking water andtoilet facilities,’ said the CM,adding that the constructionwork of this parking was start-ed in April 2019 and has beencompleted by June 30 this year.‘This parking will facilitate the

tourists going to Godowlia,Dashashwamedh and KashiVishwanath Corridor,’ headded.

Yogi also inspectedRudraksh Convention Centrebuilt in the shape of Shivlingwith the cost of � 186 crore. Hesaid ‘it is a symbol of friendshipof Japan and India in PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s par-liamentary constituency andthis centre has been devel-oped as a major centre of cul-tural and modern interaction.’Among those who were alsopresent in the review meetingwere UP ministers AnilRajbhar, Neelkanth Tiwari,Ravindra Jaswal, State BJP Co-incharge Sunil Ojha, MP(Machhalishahr) BP Saroj,Mayor Mridula Jaiswal, MLAsSaurabh Srivastava, DrAwadesh Singh, SurendraNarayan Singh, MLC AshokDhawan, District BJP PresidentHansraj Vishwakarma, ADGBrij Bhushan, DC DeepakAgrawal, CP A SatishGanesh and DM Kaushal RajSharma.

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Two members of a chainsnatcher gang were caught

red-handed on Tuesday morn-ing by the local residents ofRajapur under theeCantonment police station.However, the third one man-aged to escape from the scenewith chain, mobile and purse ofa lady.

A local resident of Rajapurwas on the road with a pursehanging on her shoulder andmobile phone in her hand.Suddenly three persons ridinga motor bike intercepted herand snatched her chain, purse,and mobile phone. The ladyshouted with full throat andgave the miscreants a chase.The local residents and thepassers by also came into actionand caught two of the threethieves. The third one, who hadgrabbed the valuables managedto escape. People gave them abitter thrash before handingover to the police.

The bike used in this inci-dent also reached the policestation. According to the policethese chain snatchers belong toMeerut.

BODY FOUND: OmPrakash Bhurtiya, who hadbeen associated with a Hindidaily, was found dead in a poolof blood near a canal just 200metres away from his resi-dence in Dihi village of Khiriarea.

The 35 year-old OmPrakash had been attacked bysome unidentified criminals

with sharp edged weapon. Hiselder brother has lodged an FIRin this connection.

Om Prakash had been tohis paddy field to work in thepaddy nursery. When it start-ed raining, he sent the otherfamily members back withtractor and after a while walkedon foot towards his house. Hewas just 200 metres away whenthe killers attacked him. Somepassers by spotted him andraised alarm. They informedthe family members and police.

The police took the bodyinto custody and sent it forpostmortem examination.

THAI MANGUR FISHRECOVERED: Handia policeon Tuesday recovered threetonne contraband Thai Mangurfish from a truck. Its value isstated to be more than �10lakh.

As Mangur fish is a healthhazard, its trade has been con-

traband, still people areengaged in this illegal trade.The police arrested three per-sons in this connection.

The whole lot has beenhanded over to the Fisheriesdepartment. According to theSP trans-Ganga, the consign-ment had been booked fromWest Bengal for Sonipat inHaryana.

The arrested fish smugglershave been sent to jail.

MOVEABLE PROPER-TIES ATTACHED: Theattachment process has startedagainst the fugitive IPS ManilalPatidar, who was carrying areward of �1 lakh on his arrest.On Tuesday, a joint team ofPrayagraj and Mahoba policewent to the residence of theaccused in Rajasthan andattached 51 movable propertieslike TV and fridge. No actioncould be taken to attach the flat,land and other immovable

property. Police said that talksare being held with the DistrictMagistrate of Dungarpurregarding the attachment ofimmovable property.

Mahoba's suspended for-mer SP Manilal Patidar isaccused of abetment to deathand corruption of crusher busi-nessman Indrakant Tripathi.He has been absconding for thelast 10 months. Three teams ofpolice as well as two teams ofSpecial Task Force (STF) aresweating for the arrest, but tillnow Manilal has not beennabbed. A few days ago, thepolice had filed an applicationin the Anti-Corruption Courtin Lucknow to press for thearrest. On getting permissionfor attachment, a joint policeteam of Prayagraj and Mahobawas sent to Rajasthan.

On Tuesday, the teamreached Saronda village locat-ed under the Shahwara policestation of Dungarpur district.There it took possession of allthe items like TV, fridge, bed,cupboard, bike kept in Patidar'shouse. Earlier, the police hadtalked about attaching fiveimmovable properties worthcrores of rupees including flats,land, shop, but it could not hap-pen. SP (Crime) PrayagrajAshutosh Mishra said thataction has been taken to attach51 movable properties from thehouse of accused Manilal.Efforts are also being madeto attach immovable propertiessoon. Efforts are alsobeing made in many ways forarrest.

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The mutilated body of an 11-year-old girl was found on

Tuesday under the Saraiinayatpolice station of Prayagraj. InGharhara Chakia village, peo-ple were astonished to spot thebody in the bush in the morn-ing. The minor girl was how-ever identified. The girl hadgone missing three days ago ina suspicious condition. Afterinspecting the spot, the policequestioned the family membersand villagers. Investigationsare underway, police added.

Balwant, a resident ofGharhara Chakia village ofSaraiinayat police station area,ekes out a living for his familyby working odd jobs. On themorning of July 3, Balwant’s 11-year-old daughter Shraddha,along with her motherShakuntala Devi, went to thenearby mango orchard for defe-cation. During this, Shraddhahad stopped in the garden topick mangoes. WhenShakuntala returned after sometime, she was upset to see herdaughter missing. WhenShraddha was not seen evenafter her mother came backhome, the family memberslaunched a frantic search forher. A missing complaint wasalso lodged at Saraiinayat policestation. However, nothing cameto light.

On Tuesday morning, thewomen who came to plantpaddy in the fields wereshocked when they saw thegirl’s severed hand lying in thefield. A crowd of villagers gath-ered on the information. Therewas a foul smell coming fromthe bush. On passing, theysaw the mutilated body of thegirl lying there. Meanwhile,Shraddha’s family membersalso arrived on being informedabout this incident and identi-fied on the basis of clothes onthe body.

On the other hand, aftergetting information about the

incident, Sahason outpost in-charge Bhishma Narayan Singhreached the spot with the forceand informed the higher offi-cials about the matter. In notime, SP Gangapar DhawalJaiswal also reached the spot.Along with him, CO RamSagar, SHO Rakesh Chaurasia,Kotwali in-charge Phulpur RajKishore also reached the spot.They inquired about the inci-dent. Police have taken thebody in possession and sent itfor postmortem. Police arenow awaiting the postmortemreport.

People are shocked to find

the girl’s body in GharharaChakia village. Shraddha wasthe third among brothers andtwo sisters. Saddened by theincident, the condition ofmother Shanktala, fatherBalwant and uncle Shilwant isin deep sorrow. BSP leader ShivBaran Pasi and DistrictPanchayat member representa-tive Manish Pasi also reachedon the information. Theydemanded the disclosure of theincident on the basis of thepost-mortem report. They saidthat if anyone is found guilty inthis matter then strict actionshould be taken.

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After some hesitation in themidst of the disaster of the

pandemic, the governmentfinally took a satisfactory deci-sion. Compensation will begiven to the kin of 59 employ-ees who lost their lives duringthe three-tier panchayat elec-tions in Prayagraj in April andMay. Its report has been sent tothe state government.

Three-tier panchayat elec-tions were held in April andfrom this month the secondwave of corona was at its peak.

Therefore, many employeesand officers engaged in electionduty died. At the same time, thewife, father or other relatives ofmany died. During the election,the state governmentannounced compensation tothe relatives of the workers wholost their lives due to corona.Applications were invited forthis last month. Then 90 appli-cations were received. Whenthey were examined, 45 appli-cations were found correct asper the standards of the stategovernment. When theremaining 45 applications werere-examined, then now the

certificates of 14 more havebeen found correct. Now thefile has been sent to the stategovernment for compensationto their families as well.

Meanwhile, it is also to benoted that the cases of coronaare continuously fluctuating.One day less, other days more.14 new cases were found onSunday and six on Monday.The figures of the last daysclearly show that Corona is stillprevailing. But the majority ofthe people are still avoiding itand failing to follow the Covidrules. On Sunday, 14 peoplewere infected, who were asked

by the surveillance team toremain in home isolation. Atthe same time, nine peoplewere discharged after recover-ing. The flow of corona infec-tion is now slowing down, butone can be easily safe by apply-ing masks, sanitising handsand maintaining physical dis-tance. In violation of theserules, infection spreads and dueto this people are also gettinginfected. District SurveillanceOfficer Dr AK Tiwari said thatpeople should strictly followthe rules themselves, which canalso make the district coronafree.

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North Central Railway crit-ically reviewed loading

performance. The railway zoneheld a virtual meeting withfreight customers -- cement,container and petroleum oillubricant loading customersin this connection andreviewed the loading and earn-ing performance in the firstquarter of the financial year.

NCR BDU is all set to con-

duct commodity wise perfor-mance review meetings. Infirst such meeting of secondquarter of this year, cement,container and POL loadingparties were invited for discus-sion and sharing action plan toimprove loading.

Principal Chief OperationsManager NCR Biplav Kumarasked the the loading parties tocomplete the remaining infra-structural works at the earliestas they are adversely affecting

mobility and loading. UltratechBevara informed that by theend of October, all remainingsiding works are expected to becompleted thus a fillip tocement loading will beachieved.

Principal ChiefCommercial Manager MNOjha said that Railway Boardhas set a target of around 20million tonnes loading and anoriginating freight earning of �1,862 crore. In order to achieve

this target, all-around effortsare needed to be done.Representative from cementsiding Chunar told that worksfor improving mobility are onfull swing and by the end ofAugust, loading of cementfrom Chunar will gain addi-tional momentum.

It was assured by the NCRthat best possible assistancefrom Railways will be provid-ed to the freight customers toaugment loading.

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Under the direction of DRMVijay Kumar Panjiar vacci-

nation for prevention of coron-avirus infection is going on con-tinuously in Varanasi division.Under the leadership of CMSMahendra Singh Nabiyal in NERDivisional Hospital Lahartara hereon Tuesday the Covid vaccinationwork of contract employees working at various rail-way stations of the division besides those associ-ated with railway service through other means wasdone in the form of a campaign by the railwaymedical team and the one constituted by the stategovernment. In collaboration with the district

administration, a total of 491doses of Covid vaccine were admin-istered on Monday, in which inDivisional Hospital 55 employees,families of 79 employees, including357 contract workers and non-rail-way people were given Covid vac-cine, PRO Ashok Kumar said. Inthe vaccine being administered atwork place, line staff besides thefrontline staff associated with train

movement and maintenance are being given theCovid vaccine by going to their work place. Besides,employees and their families were made aware tostrictly follow the Covid prevention rules like wear-ing the mask properly, washing their hands thor-oughly and maintaining physical distancing.

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The railway administrationfor the convenience of the

passengers will run 08205Durg-Nautanwa (via Ayodhya)weekly special train from July8 till further advice on everyThursday and 08206Nautanwa-Durg (via Ayodhya)weekly special from July 10 tillfurther advice on everySaturday. All coaches in thesetrains will be of reserved classand passengers traveling inthem will have to follow theCovid-19 prevention norms,CPRO PK Singh said.

DURG – NAUTANWAWEEKLY: The 08205 Durg –Nautanwa (via Ayodhya) week-ly special train will from July 8on every Thursday leave Durgat 20.10 hrs, Bhilai PowerHouse at 20.21 hrs, Raipur at20.55 hrs, Tilda at 21.28 hrs,Bhatapara at 21.50 hrs, Uslapurat 23.05 hrs, second day fromPendra Road at 00.32 hrs,Anuppur at 01.20 hrs, Amlai at01.33 hrs, Shahdol at 02.10 hrs,Umaria at 03.12 hrs, Katni at05.00 hrs, Satna at 07.00 hrs,Manikpur at 08.15 hrs,Prayagraj at 11.00 hrs,

Pratapgarh at 12.20 hrs,Sultanpur at 13.35 hrs, Faizabadat 15.35 hrs, Ayodhya at 16.00hrs, Katra at 16.27 hrs,Mankapur at 17.12 hrs, Basti at18.03 hrs, Gorakhpur at 20.10hrs, Anandnagar at 21.15 hrs andreach Nautanwa at 22.00 hrs.

NAU TA N WA- D U R GWEEKLY: In the return jour-ney 08206 Nautanwa-Durg (viaAyodhya) weekly special trainwill from July 10 on everySaturday leave Nautanwa at08.50 hrs, Anandnagar at 09.32hrs, Gorakhpur at 11.05 hrs,Basti at 12.10 hrs, Mankapur at13.10 hrs, Katra at 14.05 hrs,Ayodhya at 14.40 hrs, Faizabadat 15.12 hrs, Sultanpur at 16.50hrs, Pratapgarh at 18.00 hrs,Prayagraj at 20.25 hrs, Manikpurat 22.50 hrs, on second day Satnaat 00.15 hrs, Katni at 02.30 hrs,Umaria 04.07 hrs, Shahdol at05.35 hrs, Amlai at 06.05 hrs,Anuppur at 06.35 hrs, PendraRoad at 07.22 hrs, Uslapur at09.45 hrs, Bhatapara at 10.31 hrs,Tilda at 10.53 hrs, Raipur at12.00 hrs, Bhilai Power House at12.33 hrs and will reach Durg at13.00 hrs. A total of 20 coach-es, including two of SLRD,two of general second class, 11

of sleeper, three of AC thirdand two of AC second class,will be attached.

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tion is giving traffic block forgirder launching of foot over-bridge at Tappa Khajuria yardlocated on Sitapur-Burhwalrail section of Lucknow divi-sion. As a result the 05093Gorakhpur-Sitapur special trainleaving Gorakhpur on July 8and 9 will be short terminatedat Gonda station. Similarly,05094 Sitapur-Gorakhpur spe-cial train leaving Sitapur on July8 and 9 will be short originat-ed from Gonda station, CPROPK Singh said.

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following trains has been doneby the railway administrationdue to unavoidable reasons. Thealready cancelled trains i.e.05074 Tanakpur-Singrauli spe-cial, 05073 Singrauli-Tanakpurspecial, 05076 Tanakpur-Shaktinagar special and 05075Shaktinagar-Tanakpur specialwill remain cancelled till furtheradvice, CPRO PK Singh said.

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Chief Secretary RK Tiwarihas directed the officials to

install oxygen plants within thedeadline. He gave such direc-tion while addressing DCs,DMs and other administrativeofficials of the state throughvideo conferencing on Monday.Reviewing the progress ofinstallation of oxygen plants theCS expressed discontent overtardy progress in some districtsand warned to take action forlaxity. In view of possible thirdwave of Covid he said allarrangements had to be done inadvance and within time. Forgovernment hospitals he direct-ed to keep PICU wards readyand equipped with all possiblefacilities. He said that for everyprivate hospital having 50 andmore bed capacity oxygen plantwas a must while small hospi-tals should be equipped withthe oxygen cylinders and con-centraters. While reviewingother schemes like SwachhBharat Mission, NamamiGange, rural potable waterbesides rural and urban hous-ing schemes etc the DC direct-ed that impetus should begiven to them besides takingproper care in the beautifica-tion of parks. The meetingwas attended in NIC Mirzapurby DC Yogeshwar Ram Mishra,DM Praveen Kumar LaxkarJDC Suresh Chandra Mishra,CDO Shrilaxmi VS, CMO DrPD Gupta and other officialsconcerned.

FLAYED: Former MP Dr

Rajesh Mishra and ex-ministerAjai Rai said the governmentshould stop harassing politicalopponents by misusing power.Addressing a press conferencejointly the Congress leaderssaid FIR against former MLCRajeshpati Tripathi and ex-MLA Laliteshpati Tripathi wasan act to malign the image ofthat family for which peoplehad respect because KamlapatiTripathi was a freedom fight-er. They claimed that the landfor agriculture was given by thethen zamindar on lease andnothing was wrong at all andthe party was united to fighteven on streets. They wereaccompanied by former MLABhagawati Chaudhary, formerchairman NPP MirzapurDeepchand Jain, party districtpresident Shivakumar Pateland others.

ACCUSED HELD: In atheft case registered at Chunarpolice station four months agopolice arrested four accusedand recovered 310 kg ironrods, a countrymade gun andcartridges. In March, 25 tonnesof iron rods had been sent toUnnao and when it did notreach its destination the trans-porter Dilip Kumar lodged anFIR against the truck driverArvind Prajapati of Pratapgarh.The driver was nabbed and onhis identification three moreaccused who had purchased thematerial were arrested. Theywere later identified as HanumanPrasad and Dharmendra Kumar,residents of Pratapgarh and DevNarain belonging to Amethi.

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North Eastern Railway (NER)is ushering in a new era of

modernisation that has openedmany channels to provide betterservices to the customers withecological balance. A landmarkdecision to complete electrifica-tion of the entire rail network byDecember 2023 has been taken by the RailwayBoard. As a result, more than 70 per cent of the railnetwork of NER covering all the main lines havealready been electrified which facilitates the run-ning of electric trains on these routes. While exe-cuting electrification works it is kept in mind thatit should be done in a contiguous manner to avoidany non-electrified patch between two electrifiedterritories so that electric trains could be operat-ed as soon as electrification works commission.There are many direct benefits of electrification suchas reduced consumption of imported dieselthereby saving precious foreign currency, reducedoperating cost, increased sectional capacity byeliminating detention on account of tractionchange, reduced operating and maintenance costof electric locomotives and the indirect benefitis being the more environment friendly mode oftransportation. Furthermore, as a new initiativeRailways have started running electric trainswith Head on Generation (HOG) which enables

electricity in the coaches fromOver Head Equipments (OHE)through HOG-compliant loco-motives and LHB coachesthereby curtailing the use ofpower cars resulting in thesaving of diesel to the tune of�21 crore approximately in theFY 2020-21. In non-HOGtrains, electricity in the coach-

es for lights, fans, air-conditioners and adap-tor/charger are supplied through power cars. Tofacilitate uninterrupted electricity supply in thecoaches two power cars are utilised in non-HOGtrains. After the implementation of the HOGsystem, one power car is being replaced with anLSLRD coach having a seating capacity of 31seats and luggage space of four metric tonnes. Asof now a total 17 pairs of trains of NER have beenrunning with one LSLRD additional coach in placeof one power car thus providing more seatingspace for passengers and luggage as well. Onepower car is still running idle as a standbyarrangement in case of any failure. The otherHOG compliant trains are also planned to runwith the LSLRD coach in place of one power car.With this initiative NER earned �70 lakh approx-imately in the last four months even after the pre-vailing Covid-19 situation and the most impor-tant thing is that 31 more passengers could trav-el with same arrangements, CPRO PK Singh said.

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Northern Coalfields Limited(NCL)’s Amlohri Project

organised a camp for distribu-tion of free nutritious foodunder CSR in Anganwadi No02 in Kachni village. Duringthe camp 39 pregnant women,and mothers besides malnour-ished children were given jag-gery, gram, honey, proteinpowder, mushroom powderetc. Along with it the methodof using the materials distrib-

uted among the women wasalso explained. All womenthere were given necessaryguidelines to take care of them-selves and the child duringpregnancy and after delivery.Necessary instructions weregiven to Anganwadi and ASHAworkers to make regular homevisits to all pregnant womenand ensure 100 per cent insti-tutional delivery so that themother and the child remainedhealthy. During the distributionfull compliance of Covid pro-tocol was ensured and every-one was also made aware aboutthe methods for protectionfrom the infection.

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National Sugar InstituteDirector Prof Narendra

Mohan, while addressing asession on ‘Sugar factory con-densate’ on Tuesday, said sug-arcane contained about 70 percent water which emerged inthe form of condensate duringprocessing to obtain sugar. Hesaid condensate, as obtainedfrom different heat exchangevessels, differed in quality to asignificant extent.

Prof Mohan said the con-densate was recycled to a cer-tain extent for meeting theprocess requirements but eventhen a significant quantity ofcondensate, about 10 per centon cane, was rendered surplusand went out of the sugar fac-tory as effluent.

He said the NSI for the lastfive years was working on 100per cent utilisation of the sugarfactory condensate to min-imise the fresh water con-sumption so as to have lessereffluent generation as well andto convert it into good qualitywater.

The NSI director said theinstitute carried out exhaustivestudies on the quality of con-densates by collecting samplesfrom over 50 sugar factories sit-uated in different sugar pro-ducing states. He said in pur-

suit of converting surplus con-densate as a substitute of freshwater or to the extent of potablewater, the NSI took up jointstudies and observed that con-densate from the second bodyof the evaporator set, wherejuice was concentrated tosyrup, had lower impurities buthad ammoniacal nitrogen,which needed to be removed.

He said the main processadopted in purification wasnitrification, which convertedammoniacal nitrogen to firstnitrite form with the help ofnitrosomonas species bacteriaand thereafter to nitrates bybacteria of nitrobacter species.

He said a segregated cultureconcentrate along with itsrequired enzymatic dose wasdeveloped to fasten the reactionand therefore the treatment wascarried out. He said other con-ditions suitable to these bio-reactions, like oxygen supply,pH etc. were maintained toboost the development of thebiomass.

Prof Mohan said that thetreated water obtained afternitrification and denitrifica-tion was passed through amulti-media filter, activatedcarbon filter and reverse osmo-sis unit to enhance the quality.He said after carrying out the

studies on laboratory scale atthe institute the simulation ofthis aspect was tested jointly onpilot plant scale. He said it wasobserved that there was 82.8per cent, 84.4 per cent and 70.1per cent reduction in COD(chemical oxygen demand),ammoniacal nitrogen and TDS(total dissolved solids) respec-tively and the treated water hada pH of 6.5-7.0, COD 50-30mg/l, ammoniacal nitrogen 1-10 mg/L and alkalinity around50mEq/L.

He said the results wereencouraging and revalidatedthe process and the result inanother sugar factory.

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Uttar Pradesh SarafaAssociation president

Mahesh Chand Jain, whileaddressing a meeting of jew-ellers and members of theassociation at Agrasen Bhawan,said it had been clarified thathallmarking was not manda-tory on jewellery below twograms.

He said in addition to thiskundan, jadau and polki andsemi-made gold ornamentswere also exempted from the

mandatory hallmarking rule.He said jewellers would have toensure that the hallmark cen-tres had the unified identifica-tion number and the onus tomaintain the records restedon them. Jain said on the firstsale the hallmarking was to bedone then and there.

He said the Bureau ofIndian Standards had set upanother committee whichwould give help and guidancealong with running hallmark-ing efficiently and transpar-ently. He said the governmentwanted to bring in trans-

parency in the trade and thusit was the duty of jewellers towork with full transparency sothat the customer got goldworth the payment made bythem.

He said the governmenthad clarified that jewellers withturnover up to Rs 40 lakhwere exempted from thepurview of hallmarking. Headded that jewellers holdingjewellery which was not hall-marked had to clear that stockin one year's time. He said only14, 18 and 22 carat jewellerycould be sold and other pure

gold jewellery, even if hall-marked, could not be sold.

Jain said that the hall-marking law for 14, 18 and 22carat would only apply for sell-ing jewellery and not for man-ufacturing jewellery. He saidunder this the customer shouldbe permitted to convert jew-ellery of carat of their ownchoice when they brought intheir old jewellery.

He said as per the hall-marking 22 carat would bemarked as 916 purity, 18 caratas 750 and 14 carat as 585 puri-ty.

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Kanpur DevelopmentAuthority (KDA), giving a

last chance, has again invitedonline applications under thedemand survey being con-ducted for the allotment of 872houses through lottery inJawaharpuram Sector-1scheme constructed under thePradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(Urban).

The interested beneficiariescan submit their online appli-cations on KDA websitewww.kdaindia.co.in or per-sonally deposit the same at anyof the HDFC Bank branchesalong with registration fee of �5,000 till July 12.

At the time of submittingthe application, the applicanthas to bring the Aadhaar card

(if unmarried, Aadhaar cards ofthe parents), latest passport sizephoto, caste certificate, incomecertificate, bank account details(account number and IFSCcode), mobile number etc.

All other terms and con-ditions relating to allotment ofhouses under the PM AwasYojana are available on theKDA website.

On receipt of sufficientnumber of applications, furtherprocess for registration/allot-ment would be carried out bygetting the demand surveydata registered with the UPReal Estate RegulatoryAuthority.

No off-line application willbe accepted or entertained.

The last date for receipt ofapplications for allotment of872 houses under the PM Awas

Yojana in JawaharpuramSector-1 scheme is July 12. Noapplication will be accepted orentertained beyond July 12,said a press release issued bythe KDA on Monday.

OTS SCHEME:Meanwhile, the KDA hasextended the period of onetime settlement (OTS) schemefor all defaulter allottees. Inorder to take benefit of theextended OTS scheme, theseallottees can collect the appli-cation form from the HDFCBank branch at KDA com-pound and deposit it alongwith prescribed charges, at theOTS counter on the groundfloor of KDA premises up toJuly 31.

It may be recalled that thestate government had launchedthe OTS-2020 scheme for the

defaulter allottees of AwasVikas Parishad and develop-ment authorities from March 6to December 31, 2020 to allowthem the waiver of penaltyinterest.

As the applicationsreceived off-line till December31, 2020 could not be includ-ed in the OTS scheme, it wasdecided to provide the appli-cants the benefit of interestrebate under the extended peri-od of scheme from July 1 to 31by declaring the period fromJanuary 1 to June 30 as ‘zeroperiod’ for the purpose ofcharging interest in view of theCOVID-19 pandemic.

The state administrationhas once again provided achance to all the defaulterallottees to avail of the benefitof the extended OTS scheme.

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90,000 by two impostors pos-ing as cops on Birhana Roadunder Collectorganj police sta-tion on Tuesday morning.

The impostors removedthe cash from the bag of thetrader while checking it.

According to reports, med-ical store owner Shiv KumarVerma of Chandidin villageunder Khiro police station ofRae Bareli came to the BirhanaRoad medicine market here topurchase medicines. He saidaround 11 am, two youthsposing as cops approachedhim and asked for his bag forchecking it to see that there wasno firearm in it. After checkingthe bag, they returned it to thetrader and moved away.

When Shiv Kumar alsochecked his bag, he found �90,000 missing from it. Heimmediately informed thepolice about it with the help ofmedicine traders.

Station House OfficerSanjiv Kant Mishra said effortswere on to collect footage ofCCTV cameras installed inthe market to identify the mis-creants and nab them.

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Cops from Armapore andPanki police stations presseddivers to recover the bodieswhich appeared to have beenswept away by the water. Policeare now trying to recover thebodies with the help of the net.

According to reports,Narendra Kumar (35) ofRaniganj, Panki, an e-rickshawdriver, was going to Armaporecanal to immerse pooja mate-rial when his neighbourChhotu’s daughter Arushi alsoinsisted on accompanying himwith other children of thelocality. Narendra took six chil-dren of the locality, includingArushi, to Armapore canal.While playing with water,Arushi suddenly slipped intothe canal. On seeing herdrowning, Narendra alsojumped into the canal andboth soon disappeared. Ongetting information from thelocal residents, the cops fromPanki and Armapore police sta-tions reached the spot andpressed divers to recover thebodies. Panki InspectorDadhibal Tewari said effortswere on to recover the bodiesin a stretch from Armaporecanal bridge to Dada Nagarrailway bridge. In view of thefast current of water, boatmenand divers were again pressedinto service to recover thebodies with the help of a net onTuesday, he said.

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Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

Tuesday mounted a scathingattack on the present BJP lead-ership for being “discourte-ous” adding the earlier saffronleaders were better than thosein business today.

Attacking the saffron out-fit she said they could noteven have won 30 seats withoutthe backing of the EC. “Theywon so many seats with thehelp of the Commission hadthey not helped the BJP wouldnot even get 30 seats inBengal,” Banerjee said.

Slamming the saffron lead-ership further, she said theearlier BJP leaders were decentand knew courtesy unlike thosein present times. “I have seenBJP leaders like Rajnath Singhto Sushma Swaraj... This BJP,however, is different. They(BJP members) do not know

culture, courtesy, decency andcivility,” she said.

Taking a dig at PrimeMinister Narendra ModiBanerjee said she had not seensuch a Prime Minister in herlife. “I have never seen a shame-less PM like Narendra Modi,”Banerjee said adding how theCentre was presiding over anunprecedented price hikethanks to the rising fuel prices.

“It is every one for to see

how petrol and diesel prices areincreasing. It has crossed� .100… and yet theGovernment is sitting idle,”Banerjee said alleging how theBJP Governments had per-formed poorly in controllingthe epidemic. “The UPGovernment is disposing ofdead bodies in Ganga… andthey are coming to Bengalleading our water to get cont-aminated,” she said.

She also attacked the BJPleadership for trying to malignthe State Government by rais-ing fake charges of post-pollviolence. She said “all the vio-lence barring a few took placewhen the Election Commissionof India was charge … the ECIremoved the efficient DMsand SPs from their posts caus-ing the situation deteriorate …and now when the situation hascome under control they aremaligning the StateGovernment.”

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The controversy over the DraftCinematograph (Amendment)

Bill 2021 refused to die as TamilNadu Chief Minister M K Stalin onTuesday opposed the DraftCinematograph (Amendment) Bill,2021, saying the proposed“amendment itself is against thespirit of promoting rightful think-ing in civil society,” and demand-ed for its withdrawal while aParliamentary Panel onInformation Technology headed byCongress MP Shashi Tharoor sum-moned officials to review the func-tioning of Central Board of FilmCertification in context of DraftCinematograph (Amendment) Bill2021. Several prominent person-alities of film industries haveslammed the draft report.

In a letter to Union IT MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad, Tamil NaduChief Minister said the proposedamendment to the CinematographAct seeks to restrict it by restoring

the revisionary powers of theunion government that was struckdown by the Supreme Court twodecades ago. “I wish to reiteratethat the draft amendment restor-ing the 'revisional power' to theCentre after it is certified by theCBFC is a misuse of 'reasonablerestriction' clause under Article19(2) of the Constitution of India.”“...and this draft amendment itselfis against the spirit of promotingrightful thinking in sivil society,”Stalin said.

There were certain provisionswhich have practical difficulties inimplementation like the age-wisegrouping of the certification underthree categories. Stalin pointedout that the Central Board of FilmCertification (CBFC) accords cer-tification to movies if they meet allthe criteria mentioned in section5(a) of Act. The Act also providesfor rejection of certification for afilm on certain prescribed validgrounds.

Moreover, adequate provisions

for exercising control over thefilm making is available in the formof guidelines. “Given all these, it isconsidered as excessive to addmore laws and acts to throttle thefreedom of a creative form in the21st century,” Stalin said.

“Evidence of the representa-tives of the Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting on the subject

Review of functioning of CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC) in the context of DraftCinematograph (Amendment) Bill,2021,” officials said on the condi-tion of anonymity after theParliamentary Panel meeting.

The Information andBroadcasting Ministry has pro-posed a new Cinematograph(Amendment) Bill, 2021. Amongother things, it allows the Uniongovernment to order a ‘re-exami-nation of an already certified filmif there are complaints against it.Last week, a letter from 3,000 filmindustry members to the I&Bministry called it “another blow tothe film fraternity” and said “thisprovision will effectively give theCentral Government supremepower over cinema exhibition inthe country, potentially endanger-ing freedom of expression anddemocratic dissent.” Signatoriesincluded Anurag Kashyap, HansalMehta, Farhan Akhtar, Mira Nair,and Rajeev Ravi.

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The acrimony between theOpposition and ruling Maha Vikas

Aghadi over the suspension of 12 BJPMLAs from the State Assembly spilledover to the second and final day of themonsoon session on Tuesday, as ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray castigatedthe Opposition by saying the ruckusthat took place in the House onMonday was a “blot” on the rich polit-ical traditions of the state and BJPMLAs boycotted the proceedings andheld a mock “parallel” Assembly ses-sion” outside the Vidhan Bhavan.

Talking to media persons at the endof a two-day monsoon session of theMaharashtra Legislature here, the ChiefMinister said: “Irrespective of what onemay say, but whatever that happenedinside the State Assembly yesterday wasa blot on the political traditions ofMaharashtra”.

“This is definitely not our culture.While we as elected representativesshould be upgrading the standard ofproceedings in the House, theOpposition’s conduct brought down thestandards of the proceedings in theHouse,” Uddhav said.

As many as 12 BJP MLAs were sus-pended from the MaharashtraAssembly on Monday for a period ofone year “abusing” and “misbehaving”with the presiding officer inside andoutside the House.

The suspension of the 12 MLAscame after the Opposition created aruckus over the OBC reservationsissue and alleged that Speaker-in-Chair Bhaskar Jadhav did not give themenough time to speak.

When the ruckus took place in theState Assembly, Bhaskar Jadhav of theShiv Sena was presiding over the pro-ceedings in the House in the absenceof Nana Patole who had resigned fromthe post in February this year. The elec-tion to replace Patole in the post has nottaken place yet.

Uddhav— who was accompaniedby deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar ofthe NCP and Balasaheb Thorat of theCongress at the post-monsoon session

news conference— said: “People expectdifferent things from their elected rep-resentatives. People vote for us and electus in the hope that we will change theirlives. But, whatever we saw yesterdayinside the Assembly, made us hang ourheads in shame. It was a responsibleOpposition that brought the standardsof the House down. We had no role toplay in whatever happened”.

“We moved a resolution on thereservations for OBCs and Marathacommunity. The Opposition need nothave to agree with us. In a democracylike ours, the Opposition leaders enjoythe right to express their views. But, cre-ating ruckus, breaking the mike andsnatching the mace lying in front of theSpeaker’s table is definitely of democ-racy”.

Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawaralso hit out at the Opposition over its“unruly” behaviour inside the Houseand also in the chamber of the deputyspeaker where the BJP MLAs “abused”and “misbehaved” with Speaker-in-Chair Bhaskar Jadhav. “After seeing thevideo clips of what happened yesterday,we feel like hanging our heads inshame,” Pawar said, as he came downheavily on the Opposition BJP for itsquestionable behaviour.

Meanwhile, the Opposition BJP onTuesday staged a protest against thesuspension of 12 BJP MLAs by boy-cotting the Assembly proceedings onMonday and holding a “mock parallel”Assembly session outside the VidhanBhavan.

Leading the attack against theUddhav Thackeray-led dispensation inthe state, leader of the OppositionDevendra Fadnavis accused the MVAgovernment of corruption and mal-governance.

At the mock ‘parallel session’ of theState Assembly held outside the VidhanBhavan, the Opposition BJP MLAs‘elected’ their senior colleague KalidasKolamkar to chair the proceedings andraised slogans condemning the MVAGovernment.

Addressing the gathering, Fadnavisclaimed that the ‘parallel session’ wasconvened to enable the Opposition leg-

islators to voice their views which thegovernment was trying to suppress inan undemocratic manner, and vowedthat their agitation would continue.

Inside the State Assembly, the rul-ing MVa MLAs dubbed the mock ‘par-allel session’ of the House held by theBJP as “illegal and an insult of theHouse” and demanded that it should bestopped immediately.

Nationalist Congress Party MinisterNawab Malik and Presiding OfficerBhaskar Jadhav wanted to knowwhether the BJP legislators had beengiven permission to use the micro-phones for their ‘parallel session.’ The

Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal said thatthe legislature secretariat had not givensuch permission after which Jadhavdirected that the mikes should be dis-connected.

Jadhav and several MVA membersdemanded action against those whoorganized the ‘parallel session’ and alsothose who allowed the BJP to conductit.

Malik alleged that Jadhav, who wasmanhandled and allegedly abused by theBJP legislators, was getting threats andshould be given security protection. ShivSena’s Sunil Prabhu supported Malik’sdemand.

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In its bid to gain traction among theaffiliates and cadres, the All Party

Hurriyat Conference (Geelani) ofJammu & Kashmir has given a call fora week long commemoration pro-gramme beginning Tuesday with pos-sible shutdown calls for July 8 (terror-ist Burhan Wani’s death anniversary)and July 13 (Martyr’s Day).

The outfit has planned a detailedset of programmes to observe Hafta-e-Shuhada to pay tributes to the terror-ists and people killed for the Kashmirissue.

Sensing trouble on the law andfront, the security agencies have issuedan alert to sensitise all the personnel ofthe security forces deployed in the Valley and take necessary precautions while on the move duringthe brazen programme to commemo-rate the death of terrorists in the Valley.

According to the alert, a pro-gramme styled as Dua-e-Majlis for ter-rorists and those killed on July 13, 1931was scheduled to be held across theValley and Pakistan/Pakistan-OccupiedKashmir on Tuesday.

For July 7, the outfit has plannedprotests in various countries having asignificant presence of Kashmiri diaspora.

On July 8, the outfit labeled the dayas Youm-e-Muzammat (death anniver-sary of Burwan Wani, slain Hizbul

Mujahideen commander).During day, a Taziyat-e-Majlis

would be held at Tral, Pulwama in hismemory and a ‘Tral chalo’ call wouldbe specifically made for the people ofTral. The Pakistani chapter of APHC-G would raise the issue of Kashmirinternationally. The programme isaimed at intensifying the radicalizationand recruitment in South Kashmir asalso role revival of the outfit that waslying a bit low after the abrogation ofArticle 370 and division of the erstwhileState of Jammu and Kashmir into twoUnion Territories—J&K and Ladakh.

The outfit that is an amalgam ofover two dozen social, religious andpolitical groups had also witnessed theexit of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a pro-Pakistan separatist leader, last year.

On July 13, the outfit planned toobserve Youm-e-Shuhada (Martyr’sDay) during which the internationalcommunity would be asked to organizeseminars or Dua-e-Majlis programmes.

The outfit has also decided toissue a strike call on July 8 and 13.

In view of the threat perception dueto the proposed porgrammes of APHC-G, the security agencies have advisedthe security forces to sensitise theirunits and ranges of their formations intheir respective jurisdictions to remainextra alert and vigilant, an intelligenceofficial said.

For personnel deployed in varioussecurity duties, the agencies haveadvised the Forces to brief them prop-erly.

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Amid the Opposition BJP’sboycott of the House pro-

ceedings over the suspension of12 of its MLAs, the Shiv Sena-led MVA government onTuesday introduced three newbills in the State Assemblyrelating to Agriculture, Co-operation and Food & CivilSupplies, in an effort to counterthe Centre’s controversial farmlegislations. The three bills thatwere introduced in the StateAssembly related to Essentialcommodities (amendment),farmers (empowerment andprotection), Guarantee price,Agriculture related agreements(Maharashtra amendment) andamendments to CentralGovernment’ farmer producetrade and commerce (promo-tion and facilitation).

The three bills have beenprepared by a cabinet sub com-mittee headed by Deputy ChiefMminister Ajit Pawar.

Having placed the threebills in public domain for thenext two months, the StateGovernment has sought sug-gestions and objections to thenew legislations.

Speaking after the intro-duction of the bills, State

Revenue Minister BalasahebThorat of the Congress saidthat the State Government hadright to make laws “We want tosuggest amendments to thecentral agriculture laws whichwe feel are anti-farmer. Severalprovisions of the central actsencroach on the rights of theState Governments. He said theCentral acts were passed with-out discussion in Parliament,”Thorat said.

Pawar said the draft billswould be in public domain fortwo months during which allstake holders could hold dis-cussions on the provisions ofthe draft laws. “The bills willbe taken up for discussion andfinalisation during the wintersession at Nagpur, he said.

State Agriculture MinisterDada Bhuse said the tradeagreement would be consid-ered invalid if the price was notmore than the MinimumSupport Price (MSPP. “If thefarmer is not paid in seven daysfor his produce, the farm billprovides for lodging of crimi-nal offence against the erringproduce buyer. The offencestipulates three years’ impris-onment and �five lakh aspenalty,” Bhuse said

Co-operation Minister

Balasaheb Patil said in thecentral act, there was no con-trol over trader in case ofdefault of payment to farmerfor the agriculture produce.While for dispute resolutionmechanism, the sub division-al magistrate is the competentauthority and collector is appel-late authority to resolve disputebetween farmers and traders.Considering the work load onthese revenue authorities, itmay not be possible for themto give sufficient time for res-olution of disputes withinstipulated time.

Food and civil suppliesChhagan Bhujbal said in thecentral Essential commoditiesact 1955 which has beenamended by the centre, therewas no provision for the stategovernment to regulate or pro-hibit production, supply, dis-tribution and imposition ofstock limits under extraordi-nary circumstances, which mayinclude famine ,price rise, nat-ural calamity. Bhujbal said thestate government proposed toamend the act in its applicationto the state of Maharashtra andtake the power with the state toregulate and prohibit produc-tion, supply, distribution and,imposition of stock limits.

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The Congress- led UDFOpposition on Tuesday

questioned the impropriety inthe Kerala Congress(Mani)

faction’s continuation in therul ing LDF in the backdrop of an affidavitsubmitted by the KeralaGovernment in SupremeCourt on Monday.

The Kerala Governmentunder the CPI(M)led LDFhad told the apex court onMonday that the unpleasantincidents that occurred in theLegislative Assembly onMarch 13, 2015 were the fall-out of the protests against thethen Finance Minister K MMani, who was an accused ina corruption case.

The lawyer representingthe Kerala Government toldthe apex court that there werecorruption charges againstMani at that time (knownmore as the Bar pay off case)and the opposition MLAsstaged a demonstration insidethe House to prevent theaccused Minister from pre-

senting the State budget.On Wednesday, Leader of

the Opposition V D Satheeshan,senior Congress leader RameshChennithala and MuslimLeague Leader P KKunhalikutty lambasted theLDF for furnishing wrong infor-mation to the court.

“Jose K Mani, leader of theKC(M), should make it clearthat whether he agrees with theaffidavit filed by the Kerala Government in the apexcourt against his father,” saidSatheeshan. P C George, Mani’sclose confidante for decadesasked Jose K Mani to quit theLDF if there was an iota of self respect remaining inhim.

But CPI(M) secretary AVijayaraghavan who is also theconvener of the LDF, said thatthe media in the State wasmaking a mountain out ofmolehill.

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The Central Board ofSecondary Education

(CBSE) on Tuesday directed itsRegional Directors to visitschools preparing Classes 10and 12 results — to beannounced shortly— to verifyand conduct surprise inspec-tions.

The Central Government’slargest school education boardconveyed that a completereport duly signed by officialsalong with the soft copy of thedocuments be furnished to theBoard by Monday afternoonpositively.

Sources said while theClass 10 results is likely to bedeclared by next weekend, theClass 12 results is scheduled fora July end announcement.

This year’s Board exami-nations of Classes 10 and 12were cancelled by the govern-ment in the wake of the situa-

tion turning alarming due tothe second wave of Covid-19.

The announcement by theCentre made all other educa-tional boards including theICSE to cancel the secondaryboard examinations and soughtapproval from the SupremeCourt about their respectiveformula to declare the results.However, few States like Bihar,Kerala had already conductedtheir board examinations andeven declared results before theState wise lockdown over pan-demic cases started in April.

“All RegionalDirectors/Officers of the Boardare requested to visit theschools to verify the workdone by the schools undertheir jurisdiction. In addition,senior officers of the RegionalOffice may also be instructedto visit the schools for the saidpurpose,” the CBSE conveyedin an order to RegionalDirectors.

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Making it clear that Twittercannot be permitted to

take as much time as it wantsto appoint a ResidentGrievance Officer, as mandat-ed in the new IT Rules, theDelhi High Court on Tuesdaygave two days to themicroblogging site to informit about its stand on compli-ance of the IT law.

The Bench of JusticeRekha Palli took objection tothe fact that despite assuranceson the last date of hearing, aGrievance Officer was notappointed.

Appearing for TwitterIndia, Senior Advocate SajanPoovayya conceded that thesocial media giant waspresently not in compliancewith the IT Rules, 2021 as itdid not have a ResidentGrievance Officer. He statedthat an interim GrievanceOfficer was appointed, butwas removed on June 21.

“After 21 June, till July 6,the least you could have donewas appointing another per-son. How long does yourprocess take? If Twitter thinksit can take as long it wants inour country, I will not allowthat,” the Court said.

Poovayya then soughttime to seek instructions onwhen the new appointmentwould be made. The Courtdirected the counsel to replyback soon. Later, the counselsought more time to obtaindetailed instructions from SanFrancisco-based Twitter.

“Come up with a clearresponse, otherwise you willbe in trouble,” the Court saidand granted two days’ time.

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As tourists thronging hillstations like Manali and

Shimla in Himachal Pradeshand shoppers overcrowdingthe markets in cities like Delhiand Mumbai are throwing allcautions and precautions towind in violating laid downCovid norms, a miffed and“frightened” Government onTuesday warned of reimposinga lockdown if the protocols arenot followed even as it point-ed out that the second wavewas not yet over.

Expressing its unhappi-ness at travellers for not fol-lowing Covid appropriatebehavior, the government said,“People travelling to hill sta-tions are not following Covid-appropriate behaviour. We cannullify the ease in restrictionsagain if protocols are not com-plied with.”

Pictures of heavily crowd-ed streets and markets aredoing the rounds on socialmedia and other media plat-forms. Tourists blatantly ignor-ing social distancing norms

have been seen in Shimla,Kufri, Narkanda, Dalhousie,Lahaul and even Mussorie.

Stressing that the pan-demic was not yet over, LavAgarwal, Joint Secretary,Health Ministry, described theimages as “frightening”.

Dr. Balram Bhargava, DG,ICMR, said that people mustcomply with Covid-appropri-ate behaviour. “The futurechallenge is not the 3rd wave,but how we act on it. Insteadof highlighting the waveaspect, we should focus onCOVID appropriate behav-iour/restrictions to contain thespread,” he added

He said violations of Covidprotocols will lead to furtherincrease in the infections as hestressed on wearing masksand maintaining physical dis-tance. The Ministry has alsowritten to Himachal Pradesh toensure that the CAB norms arefollowed at every level.

After the HimachalPradesh governmentannounced the easing ofCovid-19 restrictions in mid-June, tourists started to head to

higher altitudes, especially toShimla, Kullu-Manali, andDharamsala. Within a fewhours of the opening of theborders, long serpentinequeues of vehicles were wit-

nessed at the entry points aftercops stopped vehicles to exam-ine the e-pass of travellersarriving from other states.

In Delhi, the KejriwalGovernment too had to shut

down three markets—LajpatNagar market, Lakshmi Nagarmarket and Sui market inSadar market for a few daysafter people were seen violat-ing the Covid norms.

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India’s northeastern Statesare showing an alarming

rise in Covid-19 cases even asthe country overall is report-ing a steady decline in dailyfresh additions.

Data shows that almost 80per cent of the new Covid-19cases are now coming fromIndia’s 90 districts alone.What’s more, there are 77 dis-tricts which are still reportingover 10 per cent case positiv-ity rate, and at least 43 oraround 59 per cent of thesedistricts are concentrated inthe North Eastern states.

For June 23-29 week, 71districts across 16 statesreported a high-test positivi-ty ratio of 10 per cent or above,however, six more districtshave joined the group takingthe number to 77 since then.

The country’s nationalweekly positivity rate is cur-rently at 2.40 per cent anddaily positivity rate hasremained below five per centfor 28 consecutive days. But acloser look at the data showsthe total number of districtsreporting more than 10 percent positivity rate has gone upto 77.

Districts having more than10 per cent positivity are iden-tified as districts of concern.Arunachal Pradesh has 19such districts. This means 10in every 100 persons tested forCovid-19 are positive forCovid-19.

The number of such dis-tricts in Manipur is eight, fol-lowed by seven in Meghalaya,four each in Nagaland, Sikkimand Tripura, and two inAssam.

The East Kameng in

Arunachal Pradesh is report-ing the highest test positivityratio in India at 86.67 per cent.Changland has a positivityrate of 80.61 per cent.

This has prompted thegovernment to underscorethat the second wave is notover yet. The Centre hasdeputed multi-disciplinaryteams to Kerala, ArunachalPradesh, Tripura, Odisha,Chhattisgarh and Manipur inview of the increased numberof Covid-19 cases beingreported by these states.

With 553 fresh fatalities,India recorded the lowest dailydeath toll in around 90 dayswhile 34,703 new cases ofcoronavirus were reported,the lowest in 111 days, theMinistry said on Tuesday. Thetotal tally of Covid-19 cases is3,06,19,932, while the deathtoll is 4,03,281.

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Fearing that the Delta vari-ant may mutate again, sev-

eral States have expedited set-ting up of their own genomesequencing facility to speedi-ly detect the mutation and takesteps accordingly to tackle theimpending Covid-19 thirdwave.

The move comes amidconcerns that the 28 centralgenome labs are too few andoverburdened, taking morethan two to three months indetecting mutations in Sars-CoV-2 virus samples sent bythe States.

Genome sequencing is acrucial tool to detectpathogens like variants of thecoronavirus. It can serve as anearly warning system to guidethe public-health response.

States like Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh,Kerala, Punjab, Gujarat,Andhra Pradesh, Odisha,Rajasthan, Jammu, Karnatakaand Haryana have alreadyreported Delta Plus variant,categorised as a ‘Variant ofConcern’ by the Union HealthMinistry.

Currently 51 Delta Pluscases have been reported fromthe country. “The process ofsending samples to other insti-tutions is time consuming. Atthis time when the virus ismutating, it becomes impor-tant to carry sequencing everynow and then,” said Prof JagatRam, Director of the PostGraduate Institute of MedicalEducation and Research

(PGIMER), Chandigarh whichis setting up genome labwithin the institute in wake ofrapid increase in Delta variantof concern (VOC) in theregion.

“The genome sequencingis an effective arsenal in thecurrent fight against Covid-19.Delay in results of the samplesmeans delay in treatment andpreventive measures to containthe virus from spreading.,”said a senior official fromDelhi Health Department.

In Delhi, two genomesequencing labs to detect vari-ants of the coronavirus arecoming up at Lok NayakHospital in the first week ofJuly while the Institute ofLiver and Biliary Sciences(ILBS) is ready to beginsequencing a small number ofsamples.

Rajasthan, which report-ed a Delta plus variant hasalready started the facility forGenome Sequencing in theSMS Medical College inJaipur. Similarly, Tamil Naduwill soon have its first labora-tory for genome sequencinganalysis of coronavirus, at the

Tamil Nadu Dr MGR MedicalUniversity campus. As of now,coronavirus samples are beingsent to InSTEM, Bengalurufor genome sequencing.

All large institutes need tohave in-house genomicsequencing capacity. Weshould aim for 2 per cent ofdaily cases as well as all sam-ples of those who died and areasonable proportion fromcases in children and that ofmoderate to severe cases, saidEpidemiologist DrChandrakant Lahariya.

Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) too willsoon have its own WGS in thepublic health set-up whileHaryana Government hasplans to set up a genome labat the Pandit Bhagwat DayalSharma Post GraduateInstitute of Medical Sciencesin Rohtak.

Thus far, genomesequencing has failed to gainattraction in India mainlybecause of the high costs,lack of infrastructure for datasystems, and limited avail-ability of public health expertstrained in the the area, point-ed out Dr Rahul Bhargava,Director-Bone MarrowTransplant Programme, FortisMemorial Research Institute,Gurugram.

He said, “it is not justDelta Plus, but also otherpotential variants of the virusthat may become a cause forconcern or other pathogens canbe detected.” Setting up WGSis a long term investment, DrBhargava pointed out.

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India’s pharma majorMorepen Laboratories has

begun manufacturing testbatches of the Russian-madeanti coronavirus vaccineSputnik V in India as part ofefforts to enhance its pro-duction capacity in the coun-try.

Morepen and the RussianDirect Investment Fund(RDIF), Russia’s sovereignwealth fund that is marketingSputnik V global ly,announced the production of

the test batch of the vaccinein an exclusive facility in thestate of Himachal Pradesh.

“The first batch will beshipped to the GamaleyaCenter for quality control.RDIF and MorepenLaboratories signed a coop-

eration agreement in June2021 and are actively imple-menting the technologytransfer,” the company said ina statement here.

Sputnik V was the thirdvaccine to be granted anemergency use authorization in India onApril 12, 2021 after indige-nously developed Covaxinand Covishield. US basedpharma company Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccineis the fourth vaccine that hasbeen granted restricted emer-gency use permission inIndia.

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Nitin Gadkari virtually inau-gurated the new automatedmanufacturing unit of KhadiPrakritik Paint, India’s firstand only paint made from cowdung, in Jaipur on Tuesday.Gadkari appreciated the tech-nology innovation and saidthis would go a long way inempowering the rural andagro-based economy in thecountry.

On this occasion, Gadkarialso placed an order for 1000liters of Khadi Prakritik Paint(500 liters each of Distemperand Emulsion) which heintends to use at his residencein Nagpur. The Ministerdeclared himself the “BrandAmbassador ‘’ of KhadiPrakritk Paint and said hewould promote it across thecountry so as to encourageyoung entrepreneurs to take upthe manufacturing of cow dungpaint.

“Even inaugurating infra-structure projects worth lakhsof crores of rupees is not aspleasing and satisfying as I feeltoday while inaugurating thismanufacturing unit. I appreci-ate Khadi and VillageIndustries Commission for the

successful research. KhadiPrakritik Paint has immensepotential of creating sustainabledevelopment for benefit of thepoorest of the poor. Our targetshould be setting up a ParkritikPaint unit in each and every vil-lage and for this I will promotethis paint as its BrandAmbassador. I am placing anorder for 1000 liters of KhadiPrakritk Paint and I will usethis paint in my own house,”Gadkari said.

The new plant has beenset up on the campus ofKumarappa NationalHandmade Paper Institute(KNHPI), Jaipur, which is aunit of Khadi and VillageIndustries Commission(KVIC). Earlier PrakritikPaint was being manufac-

tured manually on a prototypeproject. Commissioning ofthe new manufacturing unitwill double the productioncapacity of Prakritik Paint. Atpresent the daily productionof Prakritik Paint is 500 literswhich will go up to 1000liters per day.

KVIC Chairman VinaiKumar Saxena said the newplant is equipped with mod-ern technology and machin-ery that will also ensure high-est standards of the product interms of quality and unifor-mity. “Technology upgradewill also benefit the youngentrepreneurs undergoingtraining at KNHPI in makingof Khadi Prakritik Paint asthey will get to learn the lat-est techniques,” Saxena said.

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The Centre on Tuesdayannounced the exam dates

for the pending JEE Main(April and May) sessions 2021.While the April session will beconducted from July 20-25, theMay schedule will be heldfrom July 27-August 2. TheNEET-UG 2021 aspirants will,however, have to wait for thefresh schedule by the end ofthis week.

Education MinisterRamesh Pokhriyal Nishankannounced the much awaitedNTA-conducted JEE Mainexam schedule.

Besides to ensure socialdistancing amid the pandem-ic and follow the SOPs, theNTA has also increased the

number of test centres for JEEMain (April and May) sessions.Earlier, the total number of testcentres was 660. The test cen-tres have now been increasedto 828. Also the test cities havebeen increased from 232 to334.

As per the notificationannounced by Pokhriyal, theregistration window has beenreopened for candidates whocould not apply for the examsearlier in the wake of corona orany other eventuality.

“Candidates can apply atjeemain.nta.nic.in. Those whowish to apply for the April ses-sion will be able to apply fromtonight (July 6) to July 8. TheJEE Main (May) session regis-trations will be opened fromJuly 9-12. Candidates will also

be able to change their examcentres,” Pokhriyal made theannouncement through socialmedia platforms.

As per the informationshared by the NTA, a total of6.80 lakh candidates havealready been registered forJEE Main April 2021. For theMay session, 6.09 candidateshave registered. The registra-tion number is executed to gohigher as the application win-dows have been reopened forboth April and May sessionsthis week as announced.

It is to be noted the firstsession of JEE Main 2021 wasconducted from February 23-26 and a total of 6.61 lakh(6,61,776) candidates had reg-istered for the February sessionthis year. A total of six students

scored 100 percentile in theFebruary session.

The second session wasconducted from March 15 to18. A total of 6.19 lakh(6,19,638) candidates had reg-istered for the March session.In the March session, a total of13 candidates had scored 100percentile.

The JEE Main 2020 exam-ination was conducted fromSeptember 1-6 last year. ForJEE Main 2020 January exam,a total of 9,21,261 had regis-tered for the BTech exam. TheNTA had witnessed 7.12 percent decrease in the total num-ber of candidates who regis-tered for the paper 1 of JEEMain 2020 April session ascompared to the January ses-sion.

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday took astrong view on shiftingpatients lodged in mentalhealth institutions to beggars’homes in Maharashtra anddirect the State Governmentto discontinue this practice. Abench of Justices DYChandrachud and MR Shahnoted that advocate GauravKumar Bansal has highlight-ed that Maharashtra hasdecided to shift persons whoare institutionalised in men-tal health establishments tobeggar homes/custodial insti-tutions.

“Gaurav Kumar Bansalhas also submitted that deathsare reported to have occurred.Such an approach by the statefovernment would be con-trary to the provisions of theMental Healthcare Act 2017,”said the bench in its order.

As Sachin Patil, standingcounsel appearing on behalf of

Maharashtra, submitted thathe would take instructions, thebench said: “While the stand-ing counsel may do so, we arecategorically of the view thatany such action to shift suchpersons to ‘beggar homes’/cus-todial institutions would becounterproductive and con-trary to the letter and spirit ofthe Mental Healthcare Act2017. We accordingly directthe State of Maharashtra tolook into this aspect immedi-ately and ensure that this prac-tice is discontinued.”

The top court also notedthat the onset of Covid-19 hasprecipitated the hardshipsfaced by persons facing men-tal illness in terms of access tomedical care and treatment.

Bansal, the petitioner inperson, insisted that the issueof testing, tracing and vacci-nating those suffering frommental illness must be takenup on a priority. IANS

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Amid the Twitter row, theParliamentary panel on

Information Technology, head-ed by Congress MP ShashiTharoor, on Tuesday, sum-moned officials of the Ministryof Electronics and InformationTechnology (MeitY) andMinistry of Information andBroadcasting to gather evi-dence on ‘safeguarding citizens’rights and prevention of mis-use of social/online news mediaplatforms including specialemphasis on women security inthe digital space.

The agenda of the meetingwas to collect evidence fromthe representatives of theMinistry of Electronics andInformation Technology andMinistry of Information andBroadcasting on the subject‘Safeguarding citizens’ rightsand prevention of misuse ofsocial/online news media plat-forms including special empha-sis on women security in thedigital space’.

This comes a few daysafter the ParliamentaryStanding Committee had sum-moned and asked Twitter Indiato submit in writing abouthow it is placed in the globalbranch and how much execu-

tive authority it has in terms ofmaking important policy deci-sions.

Meanwhile, Twitter in itsreplies to the panel on block-ing of Union IT Minister RaviShankar Prasad and CongressMP Shashi Tharoor said thatthe accounts were blockedunder the US DigitalMillennium Copyright Act(“DMCA”). “Twitter will makea good faith effort to contactthe affected account holderwith information concerningthe removal or restriction ofaccess, including a full copy ofthe complaint, along with

instructions for f i ling acounter-notice. The accountholder is asked to review andacknowledge an in-app noti-fication that confirms thatthey have understood Twitter’scopyright policy and oncethey do so, the account isautomatically unlocked,” itsaid.

Earlier, the ParliamentaryStanding Committee onInformation Technology onthe issue of the misuse of thesocial media platforms sum-moned off icials fromFacebook and Google on June29, 2021.

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more influence inAfghanistan’s socio-religious,cultural and economic life. It’snot only because of the reli-gious identity but due to theproximity of the Pak-Afghanborder which is dependent onillicit economic dealings byAfghan refugees and migrantsliving in Pakistan. Moreover,Pakistan’s political position isalways in the favour of Talibanregimes in Afghanistan. Insuch circumstances, Pakistanmay look for opportunity inAfghanistan to advance itsengagements in anti-Indianactivities and contest India’spresence in Afghanistan.

China, too, is in a hurry topursue its strategic interests inAfghanistan and strengthen itsbase. By supplying free vac-cines to Afghanistan similar toits global lure, China hasalready begun to expand itswings. However, its inten-tions in Afghanistan are toincite Indian or American-style thinking; yet it continuesto be an expansionist power.At the same time, China’sworry is that the undergroundactivities led by the Uyghurmilitants who live along theAfghan-Pakistan bordershould not receive financialand emotional support fromAfghanistan to revolt againstChina. If the Pakistan-Afghanistan alliance exacer-bates the Uyghur Muslim

problem, it could irritateChina. Therefore, China willnever welcome a Talibanregime in Afghanistan. Russia,who is well aware of enormouseconomic and strategic lossesin Afghanistan during the ColdWar period (1979-1989) hasbeen cautious in its reaction.

Dent of Decades: Tobemoan terror acts of theTaliban and other such organ-isations, US troops have beenstationed in Afghanistan since2001 to maintain strategicdominance. After 20 years,they too are being forced towithdraw from Afghanistan,considering the loss of millionsof lives and monetary dent tothe US economy. Local politicsin the US began to have reper-cussions in the form of voicesagainst such deployments. Inthe last five years, the wholepolitical establishment seemedto have stood divided onAfghanistan.

With the US troops with-drawing, the risks of stabilityincrease manifold. Meanwhile,if anyone has taken advantageof the situation in Afghanistan,it is the Taliban. In the ensu-ing skirmish with Afghanforces, they also overpoweredthe Afghan forces. This willsurely hamper the Afghanpeace process. However, noone can say how many suchincidents Afghanistan will haveto face in the days to come.

Options for India: In viewof the precarious situation inAfghanistan, India needs toprotect its investments andprioritise the protection of thelives on the ground. There is anopportunity for India to proveitself as a reliable friend forSouth Asian neighbours.However, only time will tellwhich country has the courageto penetrate the turbulentdesert of Afghanistan. Still,there is too much need forefforts to build peace for oth-ers, including India.

The British likenedAfghanistan to a “Graveyardof Empires”; even today, thatanalogy is meaningful. Fromthe Mughals to major powerslike Britain, erstwhile SovietUnion and America, theytried to dominate here, triedtheir best but there was nosuccess. Afghanistan’s land-locked topography surround-ed by Islamic countries hasalways favoured Afghanistanin crises. Thus, getting intoAfghanistan is much easierthan coming out of it. It isalmost one-way entry, andexit is not possible withoutsacrifice, compromise or sur-render. It is a chakravyuh!

(The author is Director, theSchool of InternationalRelations and Strategic Studies,and Dean Humanities,University of Mumbai. Theviews expressed are personal.)

������������������ ���������Sir — The price of domestic cooking gas,the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), hasbeen hiked again, this time by �25.50 percylinder. The new prices for a 14.2-kg cylin-der range between �813 in Jaipur and �33in Patna. In March 2014, a subsidised 14.2-kg cylinder cost �414 for Delhi’s residents.

In March 2014, the refinery transferprice for a domestic LPG cylinder — theprice paid by the Oil MarketingCompanies to refineries — was �906 andthe total desired price was �1001. It waswhen Saudi Aramco’s LPG prices for thatmonth were US$855/MT for propane andUS$870/MT for butane. By June 2021, theprice of propane dropped to US$530/MTand butane to US$525/MT.

Prime Minister Narendra Modilaunched the Pradhan Mantri UjjwalaYojana to distribute 50 million LPG con-nections. The budgetary allocation up to2020-21 for the scheme was �15,000 crore.As the figures suggest, the subsidy savedin one year is more than enough to imple-ment the PMUY in five years. Now thatthe cylinders are available only at non-sub-sidised prices, adjusting them regularly tothe international market, utmost trans-parency in pricing and reasonable pricesshould be ensured.

Haridasan Rajan | Kozhikode

�����������������������Sir — The Congress is trying to turn itsguns on the Rafale deal after a Frenchjudge was appointed in the highly sen-sitive judicial probe into the charges ofsuspected corruption and favoritism.Rahul Gandhi has been alleging corrup-tion in the Rafale fighter jet deal for longnow and had made this as a major pollplank in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections,which the Congress lost badly.

A French judge has been appointed tolead a “highly sensitive” judicial probe intosuspected “corruption” and “favouritism”in the �59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet dealwith India. The Congress has demandeda Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)probe into the Rafale deal, alleging corrup-tion in the purchase of the fighter jets, and

said that such an investigation is the onlyway forward to find the truth. The mainOpposition had further said that PrimeMinister Narendra Modi should order theinvestigation and come clean on the deal.A judicial investigation was formallyopened into the Inter-GovernmentalAgreement on June 14. The statementpointed to a French investigative website’sexpose of official papers which allegedlyshow that Rafale manufacturer DassaultAviation deal in detail.

CK Subramaniam | Navi Mumbai

����� ���������������������� ����Sir — The Supreme Court has directed theUnion Government to ensure that peoplelodged in the mental health establishmentsare tested for COVID-19 and complete-ly vaccinated at the earliest. The court tookvery serious note of the MaharashtraGovernment’s shifting of the patientslodged in mental health institutes to beg-gar homes and asked it to discontinue the

practice immediately, saying it is counter-productive and runs against the provisionsof the Mental Health Act.

The Supreme Court also directed allthe States and Union Territories to extendall cooperation and participate in themeeting of the Ministry of Social Justiceand Empowerment and asked to removethe discrepancies in figures submittedabout people who have been cured but arestill languishing in mental health institu-tions.

The top court was hearing a plea inwhich more than 10,000 people, who arefit to be discharged, are forced to live indifferent mental hospitals across thecountry and institutes due to social stig-ma. With this, the Centre, the States andthe UTs must follow the directive of theSupreme Court and implement it imme-diately.

Bhagwan Thadani | Mumbai

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economic, social and culturalrelations. However, Partitionand the emergence of Pakistanchanged India’s foreign, defenceand trade equations withAfghanistan. LandlockedAfghanistan is surrounded byPakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and anarrow border with China. Mostof these countries are theocrat-ic and follow Islam. Therefore,fundamentalist Islamic organisa-tions have potential room tomicro-manage affairs inAfghanistan and make it a ter-ror breeding ground. In otherwords, economic development,political stability and peace inAfghanistan essentially dependon how peaceful its neighboursare? So, any change inAfghanistan will have cumula-tive effects on the Indo-Afghanrelations and neighbourhood.

For instance, the withdraw-al of US troops fromAfghanistan by September 2021has prompted many countries inAsia, including India, to recon-sider their foreign and strategicpolicies. This raises a question:Who will fill the post-US strate-gic vacuum in Afghanistan?Fears are expressed thatAfghanistan may fall victim toradical Islamic groups likeTaliban as they have intensifiedtheir activities since the USannouncement. Even the UNrepresentatives in Afghanistanexpressed concern that theTaliban have taken control oflarger northern Afghanistan. Asthe world has taken note of thisfear, so has India; New Delhi isaware that the beginning of achange in the political systemand power in Afghanistan willneither be easy nor viable to itsinterests. Hence, a few high-pro-file Indian officials met theTaliban representatives in Dohaa few weeks back. The details areyet to appear in public domain.

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The recently concluded GenerationEquality Forum has once againpinned the focus on gender equal-ity and how far we are from

achieving it in most parts of the world. Aglobal gathering for gender equality, theForum is traditionally convened by UNWomen once every five years with theobjective of mainstreaming gender equal-ity and female solidarity in a host of areasincluding the economy, education, employ-ment, health, environment, sports, themedia, and human rights.

This year’s Forum, co-chaired byFrance and Mexico, kicked off in MexicoCity on March 29 and culminated in Parison July 2, with 85 countries and 10,000 del-egates coming together through a mix ofphysical and digital participation. Thehigh-profile event was addressed andattended by several international digni-taries, including the co-hosts, President ofFrance, Emmanuel Macron, and Mexico’sPresident, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.Notable speakers at the event included VicePresident of the United States KamalaHarris, Nobel laureate Nadia Murad, UNSecretary General Antonio Guterres, andExecutive Director of UN WomenPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

Using as a springboard the BeijingDeclaration of 1995, which was releasedat the Fourth World Conference onWomen held there, the 2021 Forum toolaid down a list of bold commitments andfunding targets in a five-year action planfor accelerating gender equalityby 2026.However, what distinguishes the 2021Forum from the one in 1995 is unquestion-ably the Coronavirus pandemic that hasradically changed the world and genderequations in it.

Realising the adverse impact ofCOVID-19 on women and girls, theMexico-Paris Forum has under-written awhopping amount of nearly $40 billion inconfirmed investments in women-centricpolicies globally, including $21 billion bygovernments and public sector institutions,$17.5 billion by the private sector and phil-anthropists, and $1.3 billion by UN enti-ties and international bodies. Among themajor thrust areas of the 2021 Forum agen-da are the revival of employment andentrepreneurship opportunities for thefemale workforce to counter the massunemployment caused by the COVID-induced lockdowns, support for women-owned and women-led businesses through2025, particularly in the tech start-up ande-commerce sectors, and legislativereforms to enhance female empowerment.

Feminists may perceive these heart-warming goals of the Generation EqualityForum as a balm for all wounds. However,we need to do a deeper analysis to ascer-tain how muchthese promises on paperwill actually translate into action on theground. The Beijing Declaration too hadlaid out a new vision and new mission tocreate a world that would honour, respect,and reward women. But more than 25years later, not much seems to have

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grows longer, the likelihood ofsomebody being compared toHitler or the Nazis rises inex-orably towards 100%. Butonce in a very long while thecomparison is correct.

Patrick Cockburn is a well-known Irish journalist, cur-rently writing a column in 'TheIndependent’. Now that BobFisk is gone, he is the best for-eign correspondent writingon the Middle East, but he hasalways covered other subjectswith considerable insight aswell. Last week he broke thegreatest taboo in English-lan-guage journalism.

Writing just after the G7summit, he warned that “themost dangerous threat (facingthe world) is the transforma-

tion of the Republican Party inthe US into a fascist move-ment.” Almost every journal-ist alive has toyed with thisanalogy - and then avoided itbecause it sounds like partisanrhetoric rather than hardanalysis.

Cockburn points out thatTrump’s presidency had manyof the attitudes and behaviorsof a fascist regime - extremenationalism, racist hatred ofminorities, disregard of the law,and constant denial of thetruth - but that it failed onecrucial test. It did not includeautomatic re-election, and soTrump lost control.

As a result, says Cockburn,“two strategies...never entire-ly absent from Republicanbehaviour have become farmore central.” One, obviously,is a greater willingness to use

or tolerate violence againstopponents, epitomised in theinvasion of the Capitol bypro-Trump rioters on 6January. The other, more sin-ister and significant, is “the sys-tematic Republican take-overof the machinery that overseeselections and makes sure thatthey are fair.”

It’s common knowledgethat Republican-run states arepassing new voter suppressionlaws - ID requirements, restric-

tions on postal or Sunday vot-ing, etc. - that target groups,mostly ethnic minorities, thattend to vote Democratic. It’sless well known that they arealso going after the minorofficials who run the electionmachinery and keep the sys-tem fair.

These were the peoplewho refused to cave in toTrump’s threats and preventedhim from flipping the outcomein key states after lastNovember’s vote. Now,Cockburn notes, many ofthose officials in Republican-governed states are beingintimidated or forced fromtheir posts.

One-third of all countyelection officials inPennsylvania are already gone,as are numerous others inswing states like Michigan

and Wisconsin. Many havebeen replaced by “conspiracy-theory zealots.”

Republican officials whorefuse to say that Trump wonthe 2020 election are beingremoved by their own party. Ina bid to frighten independentofficials into quitting theirjobs and creating openings foryet more Republicanappointees, Republican-runstate legislatures are imposingheavy fines (up to $25,000) onelection officials who makeeven minor technical mis-takes.

The intended result is tocreate a situation in whichDemocratic electoral victo-ries in Republican-run swingstates, crucial to Biden’s win-ning of the presidency last year,will simply be nullified byRepublican-aligned officials.

“Authoritarian regimesacross the world have foundthat it is much easier toannounce the election resultthey would like than to go toall the trouble of suppressingvotes and gerrymanderingconstituencies,” Cockburnconcludes. “Once the elec-toral machinery is controlled,democracy poses no threat tothose in power.”

The only available remedyfor this would be a new votinglaw that overrides the SupremeCourt decision of 2013 andreinstates the Voting RightsAct of 1965, which declaredthat changes in state votinglaws must have federalapproval. (The Republican-majority Court claimed thatthe law was unnecessary asracism no longer preventedethnic minorities from voting.)

If the Democrats do notuse their narrow existingmajorities in Congress to res-urrect some version of theVoting Rights Act and stopthese abuses (this is my ownopinion now), then the newelectoral machinery beinginstalled by the RepublicanParty will guarantee that itwins the presidential electionsof 2024.

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changed as globally women are stillgrappling with the multiple chal-lenges of poverty, unemployment,and violence.

To put matters into perspective,as per data from the WorldEconomic Forum-Global GenderGap Report 2020 and Women’sRepresentation in Society, UNWomen, 75 per cent of the seats inparliaments in the world are stillheld by men, and merely 6.6 percent of CEOs across global corpo-rates are women. Further, comparedto men, women are 24 per centmore likely to lose their jobs, andare 10 per cent less likely than mento have internet access, especiallyduring the pandemic. It is positedthat with such persistent discrim-ination, it will take 257 years to closethe gender gap in economic partic-ipation and opportunity, and 94.5years to bridge this gap in politicalempowerment, notwithstandingall the money and succour pledgedby the Generation Equality Forum.

Although feminists have beenconfronting these issues for years,2021 represents a critical inflectionpoint in history with COVID-19exacerbating all outcomes for gen-der equality. And these outcomesseem equally stark if contextualisedfor India. There was a nearly 78 percent rise in reports of domestic vio-lence received by the NationalCommission for Women (NCW),from 2,960 in 2019 to 5,297 in2020, and 1,463 cases have beenreported between January andMarch 2021 alone. “These cases ofdomestic violence are likely theresult of increased stress and anx-iety, financial tensions, and lack ofsocial and emotional support for

families in COVID times,” saysNCW Chairperson RekhaSharma. Activists, in fact, definethis alarming recent rise in domes-tic violence as “a pandemic with-in a pandemic”.

An assessment of household-level panel data from the IndiaHuman Development Survey(IHDS) suggests that increaseddomestic violence against womencould be a direct result of their lackof economic empowerment. TheIHDS, a nationally representativesurvey, covering 41,554 house-holds in 1,503 villages and 971urban neighbourhoods acrossIndia, was jointly conducted by theNational Council of AppliedEconomic Research (NCAER) andUniversity of Maryland, USA, intwo waves in 2004-05 and 2011-12,with a third wave planned soon.

The IHDS asks eligible ever-married women whether, “in yourcommunity, it is usual for husbandsto beat their wives” for several pos-sible reasons, including leavinghome without notifying him, fail-ing to pay a dowry, neglectinghousehold responsibilities, notcooking meals that are up to stan-dard, and having extramaritalaffairs. The results consistentlyshow that women’s empowermentthrough employment and earningslowers the risk of domestic violence,and therefore, denial of autonomyis in itself one of the central prob-lems for Indian women.

On the employment front too,IHDS finds that the reporteddecline in female workforce partic-ipation in India over the past fewyears stems from the lack of appro-priate job opportunities for women.

Data from the National SampleSurvey (NSS) indicate that despitea rise in the number of womenacquiring higher education, femaleemployment figures declined from34.1 per cent in 1999-2000 to 27.2per cent in 2011-12. This declinehas been attributed to various fac-tors, including lack of employ-ment security for women, the dis-proportionate burden of householdchores borne by them, and dispar-ity in wages versus men.

Professor Sonalde Desai, wholeads the IHDS, however, avers thatIndia can combat its low femalework participation rates throughthe dual strategy of creating newjobs for women and offering themgreater access to existing jobs-a talltask, especially due to widespreadunemployment caused by theCOVID situation. However, it is stillfeasible through the implementa-tion of public policies such asimprovement in transportationfacilities and greater provision ofwork opportunities under socialsecurity programmes like theMahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS). More importantly,both IHDS and NSS find a highdegree of willingness to workamong women-IHDS recordedsuch willingness among 65 per centof its unemployed women respon-dents. So, the will is there, but howdo we find the way?

Going forward, it remains to beseen if the ambitious agenda of theGeneration Equality Forum canensure the two basic rights forwomen-the right to safety andpeace at home, and the right todecent work outside it.

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Script Open High Low LTPTATAMOTORS 348.35 358.1 311.45 316.95MARUTI 7619 7661.6 7489 7511.85SBIN 432.15 436.5 428.15 429.65ADANIENT 1397.35 1443.8 1379.4 1414.55HFCL 94 95.7 86.05 87.2ADANIPORTS 711.1 731.8 707 712.7BAJFINANCE 6050 6340 6050 6203.45AUBANK 1045 1142 1045 1115.15HDFCLIFE 679.35 686.1 676 679.9SUZLON 9.4 9.45 8.85 8.85RELIANCE 2150 2150.05 2121 2125.95TCS 3315 3329.1 3256.1 3262.35NMDC 170.4 175.5 168.35 169.65ASHOKLEY 125.6 126.45 120.95 122.25IDEA 9.07 9.22 8.75 8.81TATAPOWER 126.45 126.5 122 123HDFCBANK 1503.4 1540.35 1495.3 1534.35KOTAKBANK 1734.4 1760 1727.2 1754.75TATASTEEL 1157.5 1178 1150.1 1166.75IRCTC 2191.1 2222 2160 2169.25BEL 179.45 182.15 178.4 180.95GAIL 152.5 155.05 149 150.55FORCEMOT 1235.05 1456.35 1235.05 1433.85ONGC 122.65 125 121.05 121.5INFY* 1575.9 1586.7 1557 1562.5BURGERKING 157.7 172.4 157.7 165SAIL 126.7 127 122.6 123.1AVANTI 654 675 619 625.95GODREJCP 930 976.9 927.65 964.4BHEL 65.85 66.2 64.25 64.45PNB 42.25 42.85 41.5 41.85TATACHEM 776.6 780.15 754.1 759.9MUTHOOTFIN 1566.35 1576.25 1527.8 1534.6IBULHSGFIN 272.2 272.2 261.1 262.3BAJAJFINSV 11925 12281 11876 12094.45FEDERALBNK 87.5 88.5 86.55 86.95BHARATFORG 776.3 778.15 759.65 767.75HCLTECH 980 982.1 970.25 972.1IBREALEST 118.9 124 116.2 116.95DELTACORP 197 202 188.4 191.45BANKBARODA 86.6 87.15 85.15 85.5AMBUJACEM 340.25 360 340.25 351.75TATACONSUM 767 768 758 763.65ROUTE 2122.8 2130.4 2020.2 2030.8HAPPSTMNDS 1202.95 1202.95 1152.1 1160.6BHARTIARTL 524 527.8 521.05 525.95HINDPETRO 307.35 309.5 303.3 304.55ULTRACEMCO 6739 6997.1 6735 6935.3ICICIBANK 645.2 655 645.2 650.55MOTHERSUMI 245.95 247.45 231.15 237.15JINDALSTEL 394.2 397.6 387.45 391HDFC 2494.9 2518.7 2489.75 2493.3CADILAHC 647 647 635 638.35LAURUSLABS 688 688 670.05 674.95UPL 807 816 801.4 803.65JKLAKSHMI 604.7 674.15 604.7 649.55SUMICHEM 398 442.8 396.3 423.05BAJAJ-AUTO 4219.7 4248 4173.2 4192.5INDIGO 1770 1810 1760.15 1769.4HINDALCO 389.15 391 384 385.25VEDL 273.95 274.3 266.15 270.75GRASIM 1497 1524.9 1491.3 1496.65IDFCFIRSTB 54.45 54.65 53.5 53.6SHREECEM 27196.9 27916.15 26984.4 27764.4SRTRANSFIN 1374 1434.45 1374 1413.45KRBL 300.65 301.2 277.05 280.25M&MFIN 161.15 163.55 160.25 161.1NATIONALUM 81.6 82.5 79.7 80.05INDIACEM 192.95 203.75 192 195.45DLF 294.05 296.8 289.55 290.8SUNTV 529 537.9 525.55 528.05DEEPAKNI 1934 1938.6 1871.7 1885.15DALBHARAT 1920.05 2050 1920.05 1995.65CAMS 2821 3070.6 2821 3005.1CENTURYTEX 655 716 652.5 694.2NAUKRI 5532 5567.15 5382.2 5413.65AXISBANK 759 767 755.35 758.65GUJGAS 672 685 663.95 669.55ASIANPAINT 3018 3027.35 2995.8 3003.8LUPIN 1156.85 1156.85 1139 1140.95HAL 1061.8 1143.15 1061.8 1100.95RAIN 201.85 208.9 198.15 201.2BPCL 459.5 463 457.6 458.1HAVELLS 1025 1030.75 1015.3 1020.75JSWSTEEL 672.05 681.6 669.8 673LALPATHLAB 3340.1 3497.6 3340.1 3480.85BIOCON 404 404 388 388.95CHOLAFIN 522 532.5 519.55 521.55TECHM 1077 1077 1048 1050.05INFIBEAM 53.25 56.05 53.25 54.35NESCO 607.2 697 603.95 641.85ESCORTS 1203 1214.4 1188.3 1200.85IOB 27.25 27.3 26.05 26.2BALKRISIND 2293 2317.95 2284.45 2305.1PVR 1360.65 1440 1351 1417.85ACC 1984 2058.9 1984 2023.1JYOTHYLAB 182.8 187.2 175 176.45PEL 2383 2403.45 2342.5 2348.7APOLLOTYRE 230 233.45 228.8 230.05TATAMTRDVR 156.25 160.5 141.35 147.9VIPIND 389 423 389 417.7RAJESHEXPO 577 582 572.55 575.1TORNTPOWER 473.2 474.3 465.1 468.25SIEMENS 2043.95 2054.35 2025 2027.6

CANBK 155.85 157 152.9 153.5SPICEJET 81.15 82 79 79.3INDUSINDBK 1021 1034.9 1015 1030SBILIFE 1015 1032.7 1006 1023.3JUSTDIAL 1034.4 1041.9 1006.2 1011.35L&TFH 93.45 94.7 92.55 92.9ITC 203.25 203.8 202.3 202.55ATGL 830.7 918.1 830.7 918.1ZEEL 218.8 223.55 218.5 219.35GRAPHITE 655.95 655.95 626 628.8NTPC 118.75 118.95 117.05 117.6WIPRO 536.35 538.35 531.85 532.55RAMCOCEM 1033.8 1093.55 1030 1082.8WOCKPHARMA 547 564.7 543.8 554.4SIS 432 469.9 432 456.2APLAPOLLO 1622.9 1623 1590.95 1596COFORGE 4248 4248 4135.05 4190.2CENTRALBK 27.4 27.45 25.85 26.2REDINGTON 306.55 314.35 300.5 306.05DRREDDY 5537.9 5559.65 5512.3 5538.8ADANIPOWER 102.55 111.85 102.55 111.85AARTIIND 862.7 864.95 848 849.65NLCINDIA 60.5 61.85 60.4 60.5MOTILALOFS 872.3 907 862.7 874.8EICHERMOT 2709.95 2730.15 2695 2711.6LEMONTREE 42.3 44.95 42.3 43.75DMART 3374.4 3425 3331.25 3361.25TRIDENT 17.9 18.05 17.7 18.05SBICARD 988.95 1000 987.3 997.3CONCOR 693 700 685 689.35CROMPTON 455 459.45 431.35 436.85PIDILITIND 2271 2279.1 2222 2231AMARAJABAT 750 752 743.05 744.75GREAVESCOT 174.8 176.1 164.25 167.3SOUTHBANK 12.8 13.06 12.64 12.75SUNPHARMA 679.9 682.65 672.4 673.25RALLIS 324.8 327.85 321.6 323.3CHAMBLFERT 298.3 304.8 293.25 294.55FSL 193 193 186.4 187.45CIPLA 974.8 976 964.65 968.8LT 1508 1519.1 1500.55 1505.1EIDPARRY 421.5 426.5 414.45 415.9ADANITRANS 865.9 957 865.9 957SWSOLAR 285.3 285.65 269.45 272.4NOCIL 246.7 250 237.6 242.45MHRIL 287.6 309 282.4 284.4HSCL 56.55 57.6 55.05 55.55COALINDIA 150.4 150.65 147 147.55KEI 715.05 741.7 715.05 723.35AUROPHARMA 1002.25 1003.85 976.05 981.1TVSMOTOR 612.6 618.8 606.75 608.2JKCEMENT 2859.85 3110 2858.05 3013.35MARICO 532 532 523.65 525.8JUBLFOOD 3150 3185 3126.8 3132.8IEX 393.9 402 390.8 392.65PHILIPCARB 234 241 232.2 233.35HDFCAMC 2879.1 2932.95 2874.55 2885.5

BANDHANBNK 322 325.65 319.25 320.7HINDCOPPER 148 149.45 144.3 145.25JINDALSAW 120 121.75 116.45 120.35TATAELXSI 4400 4400 4287.8 4310.8DHANUKA 1021.6 1053.15 997 1003.8INDHOTEL 146.8 150.6 145.75 147.9BRITANNIA 3525 3529.75 3509.7 3518.65APOLLOHOSP 3700.2 3750 3695.4 3707.65GRANULES 337.25 337.65 328.2 336RBLBANK 213.75 214.75 212.2 213.25TATACOFFEE 193.65 194.9 187.55 188.95AMBER 3055.6 3068.65 2974.35 3009.9AAVAS 2699 3068.3 2698.3 2842.2GMRINFRA 32.65 32.95 31.55 31.7RAYMOND 418.7 430.65 415.7 422.95BATAINDIA 1589 1611 1582 1585.65TITAN 1753 1773.4 1746.9 1763.3STAR 815 817.45 786 789.7ALOKTEXT 27.1 27.6 26.6 26.7AFFLE 4648 4648 4425 4507.7MINDTREE 2557 2573.3 2524.45 2540.45SOBHA 484.9 496 480.1 490.9GODREJPROP 1444 1459.9 1421.85 1433.55MANAPPURAM 176.95 179.15 175.2 176.5INOXLEISUR 316 328 315 323.75

BAJAJCON 293 298.8 290.65 292.3MFSL 1034 1055.85 1032.4 1039.95M&M 792 794.9 778.85 781.35DIVISLAB 4560 4580.25 4512.9 4522.3JBCHEPHARM 1885.6 1894.55 1743 1781.15FRETAIL 64.5 66.75 63.7 64SUDARSCHEM 760 764.35 740.4 746.3KPRMILL 1670 1780 1618.85 1642BSOFT 394 394 382 385HEROMOTOCO 2937.05 2952.5 2913.65 2921.15PETRONET 224.5 226.5 223.7 224.3MPHASIS 2125 2141 2111.1 2127.45EXIDEIND 186.35 186.65 182.55 183.05RCF 83.4 83.5 82.15 82.3ABFRL 220 220.85 214.1 215.2TATAMETALI 1126 1148.8 1111.35 1119.85IOLCP 670.9 685.9 652.4 660.35KNRCON 245.5 253.6 242.9 247ORIENTCEM 145.8 151.35 143.7 146.8GSFC 117.25 118.6 111.3 115.2RELAXO 1218 1218 1171 1180.15CHALET 189.9 198.55 188.4 189.6CUMMINSIND 886 887.25 867.55 869POLYCAB 1990 1999.05 1938.4 1962.7GUJALKALI 451.5 456.05 431 433.55PNCINFRA 307 308.65 291.65 295.3DISHTV 14.01 14.6 13.95 14.01JSWENERGY 169.35 170 162.45 165NCC 91.5 92.85 90.95 91.55SRF 7499 7594.95 7491 7544.35GLENMARK 662.25 665.3 645.4 648.25KSCL 770 770 742.3 744.8TV18BRDCST 42.6 42.95 41.55 41.75ISEC 690 724.8 687.7 713.35HATHWAY 26.05 26.85 26 26.3KANSAINER 585.6 627.4 585.6 613.8UNIONBANK 38.85 38.95 37.6 37.7DABUR 588.7 595.4 588 591.7DIXON 4608 4658.35 4571.35 4608.8FINOLEXIND 180.5 181.4 178.5 179UCOBANK 15.05 15.1 14.45 14.6BANKINDIA 77.5 77.85 76.3 76.5MGL 1162.5 1165.8 1150.15 1155.3WELSPUNIND 107.15 108.5 104.35 106.65IOC 108.75 109.4 108.2 108.4JKPAPER 229.4 229.4 216.35 219.7IDFC 53 53.55 51.25 51.65IGL 570.8 571.5 561.75 562.65ICICIPRULI 620.8 634.2 620.55 626.8SPARC 239.85 241.5 236.1 239.1DBL 578.9 595 565 585.15MRF 80950.15 81300 80321 80425.05MMTC 54.15 54.7 53.3 53.5J&KBANK 40.5 41.1 39.05 39.75NAVINFLUOR 3845.35 3858.05 3780.15 3790.8ASTRAL 2066 2079.9 2028.85 2069.9ABBOTINDIA 16795.9 17280.95 16780 17220.15LICHSGFIN 473 473.5 465.55 466.55UBL 1454.6 1462.1 1427.05 1430.4BLISSGVS 115 119.5 114.7 115.9GPPL 111.9 112.95 108.7 109.4BOSCHLTD 15750 15763.15 15348.3 15381.75IRB 156.7 161.7 156 157.15ASHOKA 117 117 110.2 111.65ALKEM 3253.5 3325 3250 3317.15TRENT 905 917.1 891.5 901.5THYROCARE 1340 1349.4 1331 1344.25FINCABLES 521 532.35 500 521.1NAVNETEDUL* 99.4 107.35 94 97.55NESTLEIND 17601 17606.05 17425 17489.65LTI 4044.05 4080.9 4012.55 4030.15ZENSARTECH 342 343.05 325.3 333.5DCMSHRIRAM 925 925 890 904.4PAGEIND 30491.9 30939.95 30055 30272.85ADANIGREEN 910.4 1006.2 910.4 1006.2NBCC 54.7 54.7 53.5 53.6STLTECH 287.95 288.95 276.8 280.25IFCI 15.4 15.45 14.3 14.43PERSISTENT 2903.9 2973.05 2902.8 2911.2BAJAJHLDNG 3759 3883 3724.7 3861.75TATACOMM 1370 1384.1 1352 1359.9OIL 175.2 177.25 173.35 174.2JKTYRE 144.6 146.7 141.25 142.1HINDUNILVR 2495 2495.3 2469.95 2473.1OBEROIRLTY 641 659.15 641 647.05CESC 751.2 760.8 751.2 757.05IPCALAB 2049.85 2107 2042.3 2096EIHOTEL 114 119.7 113.2 118.05ABCAPITAL 116 117.4 115.15 115.55FCONSUMER 9.61 9.9 9.4 9.46PFC 123 124.05 121.35 121.5JAICORPLTD 157.5 159.3 151 152.15JSL 107.6 109.5 105.25 106.3RECLTD 146.5 146.75 144.1 144.5SUNTECK 304 310.15 300.5 302.2VBL 717.8 733.5 717 722.9IDBI 38 38.15 37.6 37.7FORTIS 249.4 249.4 241.8 243.7MAHABANK 25.35 25.55 25 25.25INDUSTOWER 235.7 236.9 233.15 234.1SYMPHONY 1045 1066.6 1037.1 1050.05CSBBANK 362 366.6 348.1 351.55JSLHISAR 205.4 208.75 203.25 204.25RVNL 32.25 32.4 31.85 31.95RADICO 756.6 766.4 737.05 743.5

PFIZER 5710.05 5739.7 5596.3 5723.25UFLEX 548.05 550 535.1 537.4NATCOPHARM 1160 1188.05 1156.5 1164.85BALRAMCHIN 358.9 358.9 344.15 345.45TANLA 895 915.1 865 871.55CEATLTD 1343.05 1359.65 1335.3 1337.45INTELLECT 723.5 737.3 703.05 707.7LAXMIMACH 7360 7415.05 6960 7007.75CUB 164.9 168.7 164.8 165.5GODREJAGRO 659.9 674 646 655.15KPITTECH 260 261 250.05 251.95KALPATPOWR 428 436.7 419.5 421.9LTTS 2889.65 2961 2883.6 2901.3METROPOLIS 2940 3009.95 2925.35 2955.7VOLTAS 1020 1027.6 1010.45 1012.75VAKRANGEE 41.95 42.7 41.4 41.55NAM-INDIA 375 381.35 370.4 371.65VENKYS 3648 3648 3426.1 3449.55OFSS 3610.55 3759.2 3601 3737.9BAJAJELEC 1058.95 1075 1045 1050.75CYIENT 851.1 877.8 847.05 862.95BEML 1335 1352.85 1322 1324.65CASTROLIND 147 149.9 146.3 147.3DEEPAKFERT 426 434.95 416 424.1HEIDELBERG 253 265.2 253 259.4UJJIVAN 200.6 201.7 195.55 197.1CANFINHOME 519.6 529 512.1 513.55INDIAMART 7294.5 7326.45 7217.7 7303.95BERGEPAINT 818 822.7 810.75 814.2HUDCO 53.4 53.8 52.25 52.55BDL 368.65 385.15 366.55 373.85MAXHEALTH 281.5 284.65 280.15 282.55GNFC 374.45 375 361.75 364.35MCX 1530.1 1549.15 1515 1518.8GLAND 3500 3532.45 3374 3409.15AARTIDRUGS 746.5 749.45 733.25 735.45SYNGENE 590 590 579.45 584.05KEC 430.2 440 419 419.9IRCON 48 48.35 47.45 47.55ASTRAZEN 3598.75 3674.95 3593 3626.95HINDZINC 338 339.3 333.3 335.15BLUESTARCO 873 887.55 847.1 858.8SONATSOFTW 743.5 761.7 732 735.55EDELWEISS 76 77.1 73.7 73.9PRSMJOHNSN 137 141.5 134.15 134.8COROMANDEL 916 918.7 902.8 910.85COLPAL 1685.95 1703.9 1680.1 1683.05GALAXYSURF 3088.85 3134.95 3061.55 3104.55SEQUENT 289.6 290.7 279.3 280.55ROSSARI 1190 1203.7 1179 1183.8GRINDWELL 1272 1321.2 1263.35 1308.15JMFINANCIL 91.05 94.2 91.05 91.75AJANTPHARM 2160 2185.7 2144.1 2164.05SHILPAMED 555 557.65 540.4 542.85MOIL 199.7 201.8 192.7 193.45POWERGRID 229 230.55 228.35 229INDIANB 143.5 143.9 139.25 140.7CARBORUNIV 637.4 637.4 621 624.4CCL 402.45 402.45 389.15 395.75LINDEINDIA 1705 1780.4 1705 1756.5INDOCO 458 471.45 439.8 442SUPREMEIND 2165 2196.45 2158 2163.05SPANDANA 715.1 730.8 695.75 708.35SCI 109.45 109.75 107.7 108.4BALAMINES 2818 2834.05 2767.1 2778.15GESHIP 373.5 383.5 373.5 379.55VMART 2900 3038 2900 3000.55STARCEMENT 110.45 114.5 109.3 110.8MIDHANI 199.85 203.8 198.65 199.35COCHINSHIP 397.95 402.45 391 394.35ABB 1763.05 1783.5 1750.15 1755.6WELCORP 144.9 144.9 138.8 139.3GICRE 198.9 204.15 196.7 203.15GODFRYPHLP 995 1010.1 981.1 993.6PIIND 3010.1 3025 2965.1 2978.15GSPL 324 326 318.9 322.95MAHLIFE 602.5 641.3 602.5 628.05MRPL 50.15 51.4 49.25 49.55TATAINVEST 1148.9 1170 1132.15 1141.3TORNTPHARM 2940 2946.75 2909.1 2931.15BALMLAWRIE 139.95 142 138.65 139.05VRLLOG 289.85 295 280 287.85HEG 2197.05 2208.05 2150.85 2152.9CGCL 525.5 565.55 522.55 525.9ERIS 738 760.5 733.9 739.2VGUARD 264 264 259.05 260.75APLLTD 992.65 999.35 982.15 985.95MAZDOCK 258.45 258.45 249.2 250.2TIINDIA 1122 1145.65 1111 1118.13MINDIA 24200 24765 24058.55 24672.4NHPC 26.35 26.4 25.85 26.15KSB 1020.95 1056.85 1011.6 1037.65SCHNEIDER 124.8 127.8 123.75 125.05ITDC 395 415.1 391.5 401.65TRITURBINE 124 129.45 122.7 125.15ENGINERSIN 80.9 81.1 79.05 79.35VAIBHAVGBL 825 829.45 813.4 815.65NETWORK18 51.5 52.15 49.25 49.95CAPPL 691.85 695 676.55 679.6FLUOROCHEM 1169 1230 1169 1196.65VINATIORGA 2036.05 2060.4 1988.6 1998.3FINEORG 3114.4 3130.25 3038.05 3053.65ALKYLAMINE 3739 3763.1 3690 3715.1GMM 4740 4779.95 4635.5 4672.2KAJARIACER 975.65 989.55 974 980.6

ATUL 9201.05 9398.3 9201.05 9285.1RITES 277 279.9 274.1 276.35AEGISLOG 348 353.8 342.05 344.65LUXIND 3724.4 3839 3709.85 3768.45

BIRLACORPN 1245.15 1275 1216.1 1233.6MAHINDCIE 234.3 237.85 233.1 234.9DCAL 209.9 213 201.75 203.9IIFL 266 272.4 252.2 252.45GMDCLTD 69 69.3 67.75 68GHCL 280 291.75 280 283.75WHIRLPOOL 2270 2270 2243.55 2248.6PRESTIGE 292 294 287 287.95BASF 2600.05 2632 2593.7 2598.6ICICIGI 1584.95 1587.6 1564.5 1568.45MAHSEAMLES 303 308 298.1 301.45POLYMED 972 983.75 972 975.85SHOPERSTOP 245 257.35 241.85 245.55SJVN 28.15 28.35 28 28.05CENTURYPLY 410.45 417.2 406.95 409.85QUESS 808.05 832 795 801SWANENERGY 142.55 142.9 139.55 140.8EMAMILTD 560 564.8 548.45 550.45TASTYBIT 18800 19519.5 17757.4 17940.4HONAUT 41749.85 41930.9 41607.9 41736ORIENTELEC 322 322 304.45 309.45WESTLIFE 519 519 498.3 504.55GRSE 209.45 210.05 201.05 202.55LAOPALA 267 274.6 267 269.4IFBIND 1064.55 1069.65 1013 1023.6UTIAMC 841 864.55 839 848.8JTEKTINDIA 109.45 111.25 108 109.75SOLARINDS 1649.3 1649.3 1591.4 1597.6AIAENG 2145.15 2186.55 2145.15 2168.35TCIEXP 1539.2 1539.2 1470 1471.7ENDURANCE 1630 1654.2 1621.1 1634.8SHK 180.15 181 174.25 175.45ZYDUSWELL 2118 2189 2088.65 2155.7MAHLOG 571.2 590.05 570.65 579.15ADVENZYMES 409.75 415.25 406.65 407.8BBTC 1323.95 1325.65 1304.8 1307.55MINDAIND 649 651.3 640.3 645.25FDC 361.7 367.4 352.9 360.1MINDACORP 129.4 130.6 126.45 126.9ITI 132.6 132.6 128.3 128.65GODREJIND 551.55 577.1 551.55 563.55ESABINDIA 1845.05 1895 1826.95 1854.05PHOENIXLTD 846.25 852.75 830.65 835.55NH 476.5 481.9 473.3 479CRISIL 2711 2759 2702 2721.55PNBHOUSING 714 714 690.3 694.15UJJIVANSFB 31 31 30.05 30.15DCBBANK 105 105.6 103.8 104.05KTKBANK 62.4 62.4 61.35 61.6GEPIL 357 359.75 340 342.6BLUEDART 5922.35 5973.95 5782.45 5803.7SFL 2294.6 2303.85 2255.95 2289.3ECLERX 2194 2194 2050 2078.7PGHL 5703.8 5703.8 5599 5634.3SUVENPHAR 485.4 486.7 472.8 475.55PGHH 13669.15 13692.95 13462 13574.95JAMNAAUTO 85.65 87.45 84.9 85.25HAWKINCOOK 5850.1 5950 5801 5843.2ORIENTREF 325.4 327 322.65 324.9SUNDRMFAST 827.9 827.9 796.6 803.65GULFOILLUB 694.15 698.6 688.8 689.65EQUITASBNK 59 59.3 58.45 58.6PTC 103.35 103.5 102 102.5SKFINDIA 2695 2708.5 2609.7 2632.05POWERINDIA 1913.3 1932.75 1892 1898.1SOLARA 1734.3 1740 1702 1711.2ALLCARGO 155.4 158.65 155.05 155.55VARROC 381 386.65 375.7 376.85NIACL 170.95 171 167.6 168.85WABCOINDIA 7162 7327.2 6970.55 7158.2TIMKEN 1473.55 1570 1470.55 1536.9SHRIRAMCIT 1711.2 1716.2 1672 1699.6ASTERDM 156 156.15 152.55 153.9TCNSBRANDS 593 597.6 579.35 581.1VTL 1375.35 1399 1358 1363.45CERA 4544.2 4544.45 4430.2 4460.35GILLETTE 5680.4 5683 5620 5645.8MAHSCOOTER 3824 3899.95 3802.2 3830.9BRIGADE 282 292.9 282 287.05SANOFI 7753.55 7763.65 7688.85 7733.25CHOLAHLDNG 651.15 655.15 642.4 646.55JCHAC 2298.5 2298.5 2236.55 2240.85EPL 278.3 281.75 275.15 278.5NILKAMAL 2300 2342.6 2281.85 2300.75BAYERCROP 5650.05 5716.95 5631.9 5674.1

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Union Steel MinisterDharmendra Pradhan on

Tuesday chaired a meeting onmining expansion plans ofstate-owned SAIL whichlooks to more than double itssteel-making capacity to 50MTPA by 2030.

Steel Authority of IndiaLtd (SAIL), under theMinistry of Steel, is the coun-try’s largest steel makingcompany with an annualcapacity of over 21 milliontonnes (MT). Expandingcapacity would require anadditional amount of rawmaterials. “HSM @dprad-hanbjp along with Hon. MoS@fskulaste held a meetingwith senior of f ic ia ls of@SteelMinIndia and@SAILsteel on the miningexpansion plan of SAIL,”Ministry of Steel said in aTweet.

This will also enhanceavailability of raw material inthe open market and willhave a positive bearing onraw material prices, the min-istry said in another Tweet.The of f icials have beenadvised to prepare a detailedroad map on significantlyramping up production, evac-uation and sale of dump andfines, it said.

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The RBI on Tuesday said ithas launched the latest

round of its quarterly OrderBooks, Inventories andCapacity Utilisation Survey(OBICUS) of the manufactur-ing sector, results of which areused in monetary policy for-mulation.

The Reserve Bank (RBI)has been conducting the OBI-CUS of the manufacturing sec-tor on a quarterly basis since2008.

“The survey provides valu-able input for monetary policyformulation,” the RBI saidwhile announcing the launch of54th round of the survey.

The information collectedin the survey includes quanti-tative data on new ordersreceived during the reference

quarter, backlog of orders at thebeginning of the quarter, pend-ing orders, total inventorieswith a breakup between fin-ished goods (FG), work-in-progress (WiP) and raw mate-rial (RM) inventories, amongothers.

During this quarter, select-ed manufacturing companieswill be approached by the RBI.The RBI will later release theresults pertaining to theJanuary-March 2021 quarter.

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Market benchmarksclosed modestly lower

on Tuesday after two days ofgains, weighed by profitbooking in Rel ianceIndustries, IT and auto stocksamid lack of fresh buyingtriggers.

A depreciating rupee andlacklustre global cues fur-ther weighed on sentiment,traders said.

After a positive opening,the 30-share BSE Sensexgained momentum throughthe session, but succumbed toa fag-end selloff to end at52,861.18, down 18.82 pointsor 0.04 per cent.

On similar lines, thebroader NSE Nifty fell 16.10points or 0.1 per cent to15,818.25.

Tech Mahindra was thetop loser among the Sensexconstituents, shedding 2.30per cent, followed by TCS,Maruti, Reliance Industries,Sun Pharma, Infosys andM&M.

On the other hand,UltraTech Cement, HDFCBank, Bajaj Finance, BajajFinserv, Kotak Bank andIndusInd Bank were amongthe gainers, spurting up to3.22 per cent.

In the Sensex pack, 11stocks advanced, while 19

closed in the red.“Indian market was led

by financial stocks. Businessupdates of major banks andNBFCs for the quarter ofJune which showed improve-ment in business activity,minimising concerns oversecond wave impact.

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GST collection slippedbelow �1 lakh crore in

June for the first time in eightmonths as the second wave ofthe Covid pandemic and theresultant lockdowns hit busi-nesses and the economy.

At �92,849 crore, theGoods and Services Tax (GST)collection is the lowest in 10months since August 2020,when it was �86,449 crore,official numbers releasedTuesday showed.

The GST collections inJune 2021 are primarily for sup-plies made in May - a monthwhen most states were underdifferent levels of lockdown,

reducing business activity.With significant relax-

ations in lockdown and busi-ness supplies picking up, thecollections should see a definiteuptick in the coming months,experts said.

The gross GST revenuecollected in the month of June2021 is �92,849 crore, of whichCentral GST is �16,424 crore,State GST is �20,397, IntegratedGST is �49,079 crore (includ-ing �25,762 crore collected onimport of goods) and Cess is�6,949 crore (including � 809crore collected on import ofgoods), the finance ministrysaid.

The mop-up in June 2021is 2 per cent higher than�90,917 crore collected in June2020.

GST collection hadremained above the �1 lakh

crore mark for eight months ina row and was �1.02 lakh crorein May. However, the collectionin June 2021 dropped below �1lakh crore.

“The GST collection forJune 2021 is related to the busi-ness transactions made duringMay 2021. During May 2021,most of the states/UTs wereunder either complete or par-tial lockdown due to Covid,”the ministry added.

It said that e-way bill gen-eration data for the month ofJune suggests that uptick in rev-enue is expected in the comingmonths.

The e-way bills generatedduring June 2021 has gone upto 5.5 crore, indicating recov-ery of trade and business, upfrom 3.99 crore in May. Asmany as 5.88 crore e-way billwere generated in April.

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Mumbai:The Indian rupeeweakened by 24 paise toclose at 74.55 against the USdollar on Tuesday as firmerAmerican currency and ris-ing crude oil prices weighedon investor sentiment.

At the interbank foreignexchange market, the rupeeopened at 74.28 per dollar.It hovered in the range of74.25 to 74.62 during theday before ending at 74.55against the greenback.

The rupee depreciatedagainst the US dollar onTuesday, amid importerdemand for dollars follow-ing a sharp spike in crudeoil prices, according toSriram Iyer, Senior ResearchAnalyst at Rel ianceSecurities.

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The economic uncertaintycaused by the second wave

of the coronavirus pandemichas forced real estate devel-opers in India to adopt amore cautious approachtowards spending, which isreflected in new supply num-bers for the April-June period

(Q2) of 2021, said a PropTigerreport.

A total of 21,839 newunits were launched in thesemarkets during April-June,lower by 59 per cent com-pared to the launches inJanuary-March.

However, when comparedto the same period last year,new launches show an

increase of 74 per cent.“This remarkable increase

in launches in Q2 over thesame period the previous yearcould be explained by thefact that during a large peri-od of Q2CY2020, India con-tinued to remain under anational lockdown thatadversely hit the economy,forcing Asia’s third largest

economy to slip into recessionin 2020,” said the report.“Thisforced liquidity-starved realestate builders in the countryto tread highly cautiously dur-ing April-June 2020,” it said.

With most statesannouncing relaxations intravel movements amid a dipin the number of daily newinfections, the month of June

has seen a pick-up in demandin real estate, showed thereport by PropTiger.com.

According to the reporttit led Real Insight(Residential) - April-June(Q2) 2021, half of the sales inthe April-June quarter of 2021took place in June itself asstates started to open up andremove restrictions.

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New Delhi: The Taliban havegained a lucrative new sourceof income, taking over themain trade gateway intoTajikistan, and beginning tocollect customs revenues, assome of Afghanistan’s neigh-bours tacitly cooperate with theinsurgent group, a media reportsaid.

The American-built SherKhan Bandar crossing, north ofthe city of Kunduz, fell to theTaliban on June 22, with 134border guards and otherAfghan government troopsfleeing to neighbouringTajikistan. Since then, theinsurgents have seized most of

the rest of Afghanistan’s borderwith Tajikistan. Nearly 1,000Afghan troops sought refuge inTajikistan on Sunday andMonday, surrendering the sec-ond principal crossing -Ishkashim, the Wall StreetJournal reported.

Instead of shutting downafter the insurgent takeover, theSher Khan Bandar complex hasremained operational, withtacit understandings reachedbetween the Taliban andTajikistan, according to localtraders, WSJ said.

Taliban spokesman SuhailShaheen said the group hadreached out to the govern-

ments of Tajikistan andUzbekistan after taking overseveral border areas in June, asper the report.

“We informed all thesegovernments and assured themthat the routine work of theborder, the customs, will berunning as before,” Shaheensaid in an interview. “Even thestaff members of the customs,we have not changed them, wetold them: Do your work as itwas. We haven’t even changedthe stamps. The reason is thatwe don’t want to create prob-lems for businessmen, fortraders, for common people.”

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New Delhi: More than 1,000Afghan soldiers have fled tothe neighbouring Tajikistanafter clashing with Talibanmilitants, officials have said.

The BBC reported thetroops retreated over the border to “save their own lives”, according to a state-ment by Tajikistan’s borderguard. Violence has risen inAfghanistan and the Talibanhave been making significant gains, particularlyin the north of the country, inrecent weeks.

The surge comes as theUS, UK and their allies havestarted withdrawing theirtroops after 20 years.

The vast majority ofremaining foreign forces inAfghanistan have left ahead ofa September deadline.

There are concerns thatthe Afghan military, who weresupposed to take over securi-ty in the country, will col-

lapse.Under a deal with the

Taliban, the US and its NATOallies agreed to withdraw alltroops in return for a com-mitment by the militants notto allow any extremist groupto operate in the areas theycontrol.

But the Taliban did notagree to stop fighting Afghanforces, and now reportedlycontrol about a third of thecountry, the report said.

The retreat is the thirdtime Afghan soldiers havefled to Tajikistan over the pastthree days and the fifth caseover the past fortnight. Intotal, nearly 1,600 soldiershave crossed the border.

The latest group ofAfghan troops sought refugeearly on Monday morningafter fighting with militantsduring the night, Tajikistan’sNational Security Committeesaid. IANS

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Dubai: Iran accused Israel onTuesday of mounting a sabo-tage attack on a nuclear facili-ty near Tehran last month, thecountry’s State-run newsagency reported as authoritiesacknowledged for the first timethat the mysterious assault hadcaused structural damage to thesite.

Authorities announced inlate June that they had pre-vented saboteurs from attack-ing a site located in Karaj, a cityabout 40 km (25 miles) north-west of the Iranian capital.They gave no details aboutwhat the targeted buildingbelonging to the Iran’’s AtomicEnergy Agency contained, orhow it was targeted.

The sudden admissioncame just days after the electionvictory of the country’’s hard-line judiciary chief, EbrahimRaisi, and followed a series ofother attacks on Iran’’s nuclearprogramme, including thekilling of a top nuclear scien-tist. At the time, officialsstressed that the attack had

caused no casualties or damage.But Cabinet spokesman AliRabiei revised that accountTuesday, confessing to damageinflicted on the building’’s ceil-ing.

“A hole appeared on ceilingof one of the industrial sheds,so the roof was removed forrepairs,” Rabiei said, seeking toexplain a satellite image of thesite widely circulated onlinethat appeared to show theroof ’’s abrupt removal follow-ing the reported attack.

“Damage to equipmentwas not remarkable,” Rabieiadded, without elaborating.

The allegedly foiled attacklast month came amid a flurryof diplomatic activity, as diplo-mats in Vienna struggle toresurrect Tehran’’s now-tat-tered 2015 nuclear deal withworld powers, which put curbson its enrichment activities inreturn for relief from US sanc-tions. Former President DonaldTrump withdrew Americafrom the landmark accordthree years ago. AP

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Hong Kong: Nine people,including six secondary schoolstudents, were arrested in HongKong on Tuesday for allegedlyplotting to set off homemadebombs in courts, tunnels andtrash cans as political tensionsrise in the city where China istightening its grip.

Police said they weredetained on suspicion of engag-ing in terrorist activity under aharsh national security lawthat Beijing imposed a year agoas part of a crackdown on dis-sent in the former Britishcolony that has long enjoyedfreedoms not seen on theChinese mainland.

Hong Kong authoritieshave used the law, enacted inresponse to anti-governmentprotests that rocked the city in2019, to arrest many of thecity’’s prominent activists.Others have fled abroad as aresult.

If the allegations are true,the group appears to representa more radical fringe of theprotest movement. AP

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Israel’s Parliament on Tuesdayfailed to renew a law that bars

Arab citizens from extendingcitizenship or residency rightsto spouses from the occupiedWest Bank and Gaza, in atight vote that raised doubtsabout the viability of the coun-try’s new coalitionGovernment.

The 59-59 vote, whichcame after an all-night sessionof the Knesset, marked a majorsetback for Prime MinisterNaftali Bennett.

The new Israeli leader, whohad hoped to find a compro-mise between his hard-lineYamina party and the dovishfactions in his disparate coali-tion, instead suffered a stingingdefeat in a vote he reportedlydescribed as a referendum onthe new Government. The votemeans the law is now set toexpire at midnight Tuesday.

“The opposition lastnight delivered a direct blow tothe security of the country,†Bennett said Tuesday, accusing

his opponents, including for-mer Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu, of choosing petty politics over the nation’swellbeing.

The Citizenship and Entryinto Israel Law was enacted asa temporary measure in 2003,at the height of the secondintifada, or uprising, whenPalestinians launched scores ofdeadly attacks inside Israel.Proponents said Palestiniansfrom the occupied West Bankand Gaza were susceptible torecruitment by armed groupsand that security vetting alonewas insufficient.

Under it, Arab citizens,who comprise a fifth of Israel’spopulation, have had few if anyavenues for bringing spousesfrom the West Bank and Gazainto Israel. Critics, includingmany left-wing and Arab law-makers, say it’s a racist measureaimed at restricting the growth of Israel’s Arab minor-ity, while supporters say it’’sneeded for security purposesand to preserve Israel’s Jewishcharacter.

New Delhi: Singapore PrimeMinister Lee Hsien Loong worean immaculate white turban atthe inauguration of a gurdwaraand greeted the communitymembers in perfect Punjabi,saying “Sat Sri Akaal”. Speakingat the event, he praised the Sikhcommunity for their contribu-tion in mitigating the disrup-tions caused by the pandemic.He said the gurdwaras inSingapore rallied members tohelp those in need during thisdifficult period, regardless ofrace, religion, or background.The Silat Road gurdwara is ashining icon in the multi-reli-gious landscape of Singapore,the prime minister said.

The gurdwara was reno-

vated during the pandemicwhen Sikh leaders helped wor-shippers adjust to disruptionscaused by the pandemic byinnovating and using technol-ogy to adapt to the “new nor-mal”. The gurdwara startedlive-streaming services of con-gregations for devotees andthe Coordinating Council ofSikh Institutions commissioneda task force called ‘ProjectAkaal’ to provide support formental health within the Sikhcommunity.

“These initiatives set agood example for the widercommunity, as we movetowards a new normal of livingwith an endemic virus,” PM Leesaid during his speech.

Moscow: Wreckage from aplane carrying 28 people thatwent missing on Tuesday wasfound a few miles from the air-port in Russia’s Far East whereit was supposed to land, offi-cials said, and everyone aboardwas feared dead.

The Antonov An-26 planewas on approach for a landingin bad weather when it misseda scheduled communicationand disappeared from radar asit neared the airport in thetown of Palana, officials fromthe Kamchatka region said.

Russia’s State aviationagency, Rosaviatsiya, said thatparts of the plane were foundabout 3 miles (5 km) from theairport’’s runway, near the coast

line.Part of the fuselage was

found on the side of a moun-tain, Russia’’s Pacific Fleet toldnews agencies, and anotherpart was f loating in theOkhotsk Sea.

Sergei Gorb, deputy direc-tor of Kamchatka AviationEnterprise, said that the plane“practically crashed into a seacliff,” which wasn’’t supposed tobe in its landing trajectory.

The director of KamchatkaAviation Enterprise, AlexeiKhabarov, told the Interfaxnews agency that the plane wastechnically sound before takingoff from the city ofPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan onTuesday closed its main bordercrossing point withAfghanistan where the Covid-19 pandemic and the law andorder situation are worsening.

Interior Minister SheikhRashid Ahmad tweeted that thestep was taken on the advice ofthe National Command andOperation Center (NCOC),the main official body tasked tocombat the Covid-19 pan-demic.

“On the advice of theNCOC, all types of immigra-tion departure and arrival willbe closed from today atTorkham Border till the freshguidelines of NCOC,” the tweetsaid.

Torkham linking Peshawarwith Jalalabad and Kabul is thegateway for Afghans toPakistan and thousands ofpeople cross it every day.

Officials said it was closeddue to worsening pandemic aswell as law and order situationin Afghanistan where theTaliban are rapidly growing ininfluence. PTI

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Prime Minister NaftaliBennett’s office said in a state-ment that under the deal, Israelwill “immediately” transfervaccines to the Asian countryfor the vaccination of its citi-zens by the end of July, Xinhuanews agency reported.

South Korea will return thesame quantity to Israel byOctober, according to theagreement.

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This ministry will provide a separateadministrative, legal and policy frameworkfor strengthening the cooperative move-ment in the country, sources added.

The poll going States early next year,including Uttar Pradesh (UP) andUttarakhand are to be in the focus in thereshuffle and names of NDA allies in UP- Aapna Dal (S) leader Annupriya Patel andNishad Party’s Praveen Nishad from UPare doing rounds.

From Uttarakhand Trivendra SinghRawat who was ousted by Tirath SinghRawat in March, this year, as ChiefMinister is also reported to be a candidatefor berth in the Union Cabinet

Janata Dal (U) which wanted two ofits leaders to be in the Cabinet last timesounds reconciled now. Asked aboutexpectations of his party, Bihar ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar said let’s forget thepast. “Now whatever the respected PrimeMinister decides we will accept,” he said,adding that senior leader of JU (U) in Delhiis authorised to finalise everything withBJP. The new leader of Lokjanshakti Party(LJP) Pashupati Paras, who recently stageda coup against his own nephew ChiragPaswan, son of late Union Minister RamVilas Paswan, may get entry to Modi’sCabinet.

However, Chirag Paswan said hemight go to court if any rebel Lok JanshaktiParty MP including his uncle PashupatiKumar Paras was included in a UnionCabinet expansion.

“Making him (Paras) a Union Ministeron LJP quota isn’t possible as the party’sNational Executive had already expelledhim along with four other MPs. We haveinformed the Election Commission ofthis,” Chirag said.

“I have also informed the PrimeMinister of these issues today through aletter. I have no problem if he’s appointedMinister as an Independent MP or fromthe JDU. If he’s appointed minister as anMP of my party, I’ll go to court,” he added.

Sushil Kumar Modi, former Deputy-CM of Bihar and now a Rajya Sabha mem-ber may also possibly make it to theCabinet from the BJP.

West Bengal where BJP has credibleperformance winning 70 odd seats in theAssembly elections may see representationin the Union Cabinet and many names aredoing around including that of the partyMP Locket Chatterjee.

BJP’s Vice-President Jay Panda whojoined BJP quitting Janata Dal (Biju) wasalso in-charge of Assam where party wonfor the second time can find seat in thecouncil of ministers, sources suggest.

In the light of ongoing Covid-19 andOpposition criticism speculation is rifewhether Modi could affect a change in theMinistry of health and brining a new face.This, many observe, may be acceptance ofa lax handling of the pandemic by the

Government. On account of the exit ofShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Shiv Senavacancies have added up to 28 and withthe expectations that many existing min-isters may be dropped.

There are Ministers like HardeepPuri, Prakash Javadekar and Piyush Goyàlwho are holding as many as three to fourministries which may be allocated to theaspirants from the BJP and NDA allies.

Presently there are 53 Ministers in theUnion Cabinet and the total strength maygo up to 81- 15 per cent of the Lok Sabhastrength. The Prime Minister is expectedto induct at least 12 to 18 new Ministersin the reshuffle that will be first in the lasttwo-year of governance in his secondinning at the Centre.

For last one month Modi has beenmeeting Union Ministers in groups withBJP president JP Nadda also in attendancein an exercise to review their work and getfeedback.

On Monday, Modi held prolongedmeetings with Shah and Santhosh toreview the names of potential Ministers.

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Two Brahmin faces from UP, includ-ing Allahabad MP Rita Bahuguna Joshiand Kanpur MP Satya Dev Pachauri, arein the race.

Rita Bahuguna Joshi carries the lega-cy of her father Hemwati NandanBahuguna, a big name in UP. She can alsobe used for Uttarakhand political contextas well. On the other hand, Pachauri fromKanpur can be used to influence Brahminvoters in the crucial belt of central UP. Itis here where Vikas Dubey encounter andsubsequent arrest of his family membersbecame a big issue for the Brahmin.

The other main issue would be of west-ern UP, where the farmers and Jats areannoyed with the Centre as well as theState regime. Though Sanjeev Baliyan, a Jatleader is a Minister, still another leader ofthe community like Satpal Singh, MP fromBaghpat can be a possible choice.

Surprisingly, there is no Dalit Ministerfrom UP in the Union Ministry hencethere is a possibility of a SC MP getting aberth. Non Jatav Dalits specially the Pasihave been a big support for BJP in 2014,2017 and 2019 elections.

Big Dalit faces from UP areRamashanker Katheria (Etawah),Rajkumar Chahal (Fatehpur Sikri),Kaushal Kishor (Mohanlal Ganj).

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Lambda accounts for nearly 82 percent of the coronavirus case samplesreported during May and June, accordingto the Pan American Health Organization(PAHO).

The variant was detected in an over-seas traveller who was in hotel quarantinein New South Wales in April, according tonational genomics database AusTrakka.

On June 14, Lambda was listed as a“variant of interest” by the WHO due toits vast spread in South America.

Variants of interest are listed as suchbecause they have the potential to be moreinfectious and severe, but haven’t yet hadthe devastating impact of those listed asvariants of concern.

On June 23, Public Health Englandclassified it as a “variant under investiga-tion”, after six cases were detected in theUK to date, which were all linked to over-seas travel.

According to research published lastweek but yet to be peer reviewed, Lambdahas seven unique spike protein mutations.In contrast, the Delta variant first detect-ed in India has two key spike protein muta-tions - T478K and L452R - that allow itto infect cells more easily and evade thebody’s immune response.

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Noting that Father Stan Swamy wasarrested and detained by the NationalInvestigation Agency following due processunder law, the ministry said because of thespecific nature of charges against him, hisbail applications were rejected by courts.

“Authorities in India act against vio-lations of law and not against legitimateexercise of rights. All such actions arestrictly in accordance with the law,” MEAspokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.

His comments came in response tomedia queries on the demise of StanSwamy. In view of Father Stan Swamy’s ail-ing health, the Bombay High Court hadallowed his medical treatment at a privatehospital where he was receiving all possi-ble medical attention since May 28, Bagchisaid. The MEA spokesperson said Swamy’shealth and medical treatment was beingclosely monitored by the courts and hepassed away on July 5 following medicalcomplications.

“India’s democratic and constitution-al polity is complemented by an indepen-dent judiciary, a range of national and statelevel human rights commissions thatmonitor violations, a free media and avibrant and vocal civil society,” Bagchi said.

“India remains committed to promo-tion and protection of human rights of allits citizens,” he added.

Earlier, the UN body on human rightssaid it was “deeply saddened and dis-turbed” by the death of 84-year-old activistin pre-trial detention.

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vention as the President of India to direct‘your Government’ to act against thoseresponsible for foisting false cases on him,

his continued detention in jail and inhu-man treatment. They must be heldaccountable. It is now incumbent that allthose jailed in the Bhima Koregaon caseand other detenues under politically moti-vated cases, misusing draconian laws likeUAPA, sedition etc be released forthwith,”the letter said.

Apart from the four leaders, ChiefMinisters MK Stalin, Hemant Soren, for-mer Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda,Tejaswi Yadav, D Raja, Sitaram Yechuryand Farooq Abdullah also signed the let-ter.

They further stated that the Swamywas denied treatment for his various ail-ments including debilitating Parkinson’s,adding that even a sipper to drink liquidswas made available to him in jail only aftera nationwide protest.

The letter went on to say that even thenumerous appeals made to shift the Jesuitpriest from the crowded Tajola Jail amidsta rising number of Covid-19 cases wentunheeded. It added that his appeals for bailtoo, were rejected despite his medical con-dition.

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Swamy was arrested by the NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA) from Ranchiin October 2020 under the stringentUnlawful Activities Prevention Act(UAPA) in connection with the ElgarParishad case and lodged at the TalojaCentral Jail in Navi Mumbai.

“We, the friends and family membersof those accused in the Bhima Koregaonconspiracy case, are deeply pained andshaken to the core by the loss of Father StanSwamy. This is not a natural death but theinstitutional murder of a gentle soul com-mitted by an inhuman state,” the statementsaid.

Meanwhile, the United Nations said onTuesday it was deeply disturbed by FatherStan Swamy’s death in detention.

“We are deeply saddened and dis-turbed by the death of 84-year-old FatherStan Swamy,” Liz Throssell, a spokes-woman for the Office of the UN HighCommissioner for Human Rights, toldreporters in Geneva.

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The Left Front too after coming topower would not create the LegislativeAssembly apparently to “save wastage”ofmoney.

The passage of the resolution in theState Assembly does not automatically pavethe path for an Upper House in Bengal asit has to get a clearance of the central leg-islature. “A Bill has to get passed inParliament before an Upper House isformed,” said a TMC MLA.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had

floated the idea of the Upper House wayback in 2011 when she came to powerremoving the Left Front Government.However the proposal was sent to an adhoc committee for further deliberations.

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The central leadership of Congress hasbeen trying to end factionalism in Punjab,which will go to assembly polls next year.While AICC panel submitted a report tothe party, Rahul too had met several lead-ers from Punjab including MPs to resolvethe crisis ahead of the assembly electionsnext year. “Whatever decision theCongress president takes, we will imple-ment it in Punjab. The decisions taken byCongress chief on anything - the party andthe government - will be acceptable,” Singhtold media after the meeting at Sonia’s res-idence.

The CM said he always meets theCongress president whenever he is in Delhiand this was one such meet. “I do not knowanything about Sidhu sahib, I only dis-cussed our government’s work. Politicalissues were also discussed,” he said whenasked whether a role for Sidhu was also dis-cussed during the meeting.

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He said that, during interrogation,Ranvir disclosed that he got these docu-ments from Sepoy Harpreet Singh, whowas his friend, as they both belong to thesame village. “Ranvir motivated and luredSepoy Harpreet Singh with financial ben-efits for sharing defence related classifieddocuments, following which the latterinduced his friend Sepoy Gurbhej intosuch anti-national spying activities,” theDGP said, while adding that since Gurbhejwas working as a clerk in 121 InfantryBrigade Headquarters in Kargil, he couldget easy access to these classified docu-ments containing both strategic and tac-tical information relating to the IndianArmy. He said that both the accused Armypersonnel had already shared photos ofover 900 classified documents— pertain-ing to defence of the country and nation-al security to Ranvir Singh over a periodof 4 months between February and May2021 who had further passed them on toPakistani Intelligence Officers.

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Interestingly, the NC too stuck to theirstated position but the only difference wasthey attended the meeting and submittedtheir viewpoint in a democratic mannerwhile recording their dissent.

The NC memorandum said, “In ourview, the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019,is palpably unconstitutional and wasenacted in disregard and violation of man-date and the spirit of Constitution of Indiaand therefore not to be acted upon. Wehave thrown a challenge to constitution-al validity of the Jammu and KashmirReorganization Act, 2019”.

Hanjura too had reiterated in the let-ter the PDP’s stand that the constitution-al changes with regard to Jammu &Kashmir in August 2019 were made “ille-gally” and “unconstitutionally”.

The Reorganization Act being a prod-uct of the same process, we are of the con-sidered opinion that the DelimitationCommission lacks constitutional and legalmandate in the first place and its very exis-tence and objectives have left every ordi-nary resident of J&K with many questions,he said.

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And that is particularly difficult whenyou know one case can shut you down, letalone seven.” England’s revised, hastilyassembled ODI squad includes nine newcaps and will be captained for the first timeby Ben Stokes and coached by ChrisSilverwood, who had been due to takesome time off during the white-ball seriesbut has been pressed back into action.

After 10 days of isolation, the initialsquad will be back in time to play the T20series, which starts on July 16.

“We’re in unprecedented territory interms of replacing an entire squad andmanagement team,” Giles said, who hasdrafted in players from all over the coun-try, “and I’m proud of how everyone hascome together in order to get it done.”

Most of those who tested positive arewithout symptoms, Giles said, but somehave minor, flu-like symptoms.

All players in the initial squad receivedat least one vaccine jab, but not everyonewas fully vaccinated. England has playedmatches in Bristol, London, Durham,Cardiff and Southampton in the past 12days alone. There was a two-match testseries against New Zealand in June, whilea five-match test series against Indiastarts in August.

“We have extremely busy schedules,and we have been doing this for the last14-15 months,” Giles said. “To expect themto adhere to the sense that they go to theground, they stay away from each other,they go back to the hotel, put their maskson and go straight back to their room, eaton their own, is almost impossible with-out losing people.

“It’s a knife edge we are workingaround all the time - looking after our peo-ple and keeping them sane as much as any-thing, and protecting the revenues of thewhole game. It’s a difficult balance tostrike.”

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The New Delhi basedIndian School of Business

and Finance (ISBF), one ofLondon School of Economics& Political Sciences’ (LSE) topfive Global TeachingInstitutions, and an affiliateinstitution to the University ofLondon (UoL), is offeringadmissions in the Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA),Co-Curricular Activities(CCA) and the Sports cate-

gories from the upcomingAcademic Session 2021-22.

A total of 12 ECA, fourCCA and nine Sporting disci-plines have been earmarked inthese categories.

This Admissions underthe ECA/CCA/SportsCategory are for both LSE-UOL and Kingston Universityundergraduate programmesoffered at ISBF.

A three round admissionprocess consisting of an appli-cation round, trials round and

a final personal interviewround has also been formu-lated for the same.

Sharing his thoughts onthe announcement, Dr GLTayal, Dean, ISBF, said: “AtISBF, we have always believedthat if you excel in one field,you have the potential to excelin every field. Taking thisthought forward, we are gladto announce Admissionsthrough the ECA/CCA/Sportscategory for the upcomingacademic session. We believe

this will open up opportunitiesto an entirely new genre of stu-dents who can channelise theirmyriad talents towards com-mercial, financial and entre-preneurial success. Moreover,it gives them a choice to opt fortheir first choice courses. Thisis indeed a visionary move byour leadership.”

The application deadline isJuly 10, 2021. The trials arescheduled for after July 19,while the interviews will beconcluded after July 26, 2021.

More or less every fieldis going through atremendous change.

And all this is made possiblewith evolving technology. Themoment we hear the term PR,lengthy documents, pressreleases comes to our mind.The traditional PR is chang-ing at a fast pace, content,research, media relations,media outreach still form thecore of PR. Yet with the adventof marketing tools, many ofthe old techniques used forcontent creation has taken aback seat.

Most of the clients, agen-cies, and youngsters joiningthe field believe, PR meansnetworking and getting cov-erage across media platforms.This is only partial truth thereis much more to the field. Inthe current scenario, a suc-cessful communication strat-egy is a combination of tradi-tional and digital PR.

Therefore it is important forthe professionals aiming forthis field, to get hands-onwith digital tools also.

The PR industry is look-ing for the following skill setsin the young PR professionals:

PR tools knowledge: Atthe international level thereare a number of marketingtools used in the PR industry.It is just a matter of time whenIndia will catch up with thistrend. Few agencies with aglobal presence have alreadyadopted this practice.

One pitch provides a tem-plate, which can be sent acrossto many media contact inone go. If one wants to con-nect with the global influ-encers database then CisionCommunication Cloud needsto be taken into account.Propl, Scoc’d, AirPR, andmany other softwares arewidely in use. This mightsound overwhelming but no

one is supposed to know all ofthem in detail. Only a basiclevel of operational under-standing is recommended.

Niche content writingskills: The content strategywill be divided into two parts-traditional and digital content.Remember, impactful eye-catching content creates all thedifference. Any day qualityand exclusivity will win overquantity. Nowadays apartfrom making pitch notes,writing press releases, theclient also expects the agencyto write speeches and whitepaper. The professional shouldhave a habit of doing extensiveresearch and design clear,crisp, original but engagingcontent. Grammarly is ahandy tool for all contentcreators.

In the case of digital con-tent, the knowledge of searchengine optimisation is a must.We all love the content which

goes viral. SEO is one tool thatwill help you achieve that, byshowcasing the trending key-words that need to be inter-woven into the content. Anicely written piece with prop-er keywords drives the trafficand increases Google ranking.

Influencers/bloggers/digital content creator: The keyto success on the digital plat-form is maintaining the data-base of influencers, contentcreators, or bloggers. Everyplatform caters to a differentkind of influencer. Thus apartfrom knowing editors, jour-nalists of key publications, itis crucial to know these newage content creators.

The requirement of a par-ticular influencer will bedependent on the nature ofthe business. B2B often optsfor Linkedin influencers,whereas B2C requires blog-gers present on Instagram,Facebook, or Snapchat .

Executives are needed tohave a deep understanding ofanalytics. This will help themin tracking the worth of influ-encers, in terms of their realfollowing. Also, web analyticsand insights will showcasethe status of the campaign.This real time informationwill help in making changes tothe campaign.

A lot of tools are availableonline, which generates areport around the influencer’scontent quality, followers,engagement. It’s time to getthe hands dirty.

But all said and done PRis all about human connec-tion, at no point one shouldstop building that. The winnerwill be the professional whocan seamlessly integrate thenew technologies with thetraditional methods.

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The prevailing health crisis hasleft a severe impact on the edu-cation sector and the academ-

ic year alike. While the earlier sched-uled competitive exams have allbeen postponed, NTA is yet torelease the new schedule to conductthe remaining phases of JEE Main.

From this year onwards, JEEMain was announced to be con-ducted four times in a year. Lakhs ofaspirants seeking admission in themost prestigious institution (IIT)need to clear the JEE Main. The twophases of the national entranceexam have already been carried out,while the other two phases are yet tosee the light of the day. However, thebest of the four phases of JEE Main2021 will be taken into considerationgranting deserved students’ admis-sions in NITs, IIITs and GFTIs.

The need of the hour is to utilisethe extra time productively and planthe preparations in a coherent man-ner. Here are some smart preparationtips.

The foremost thing for succeed-ing in JEE is a smart work plan whichcovers the entire syllabus well intime. While most of the serious aspi-rants would have covered the entiresyllabus by now, following the effec-tive and strategic tools would endowbetter results.

�Time utilisation: After analysingthe confusions and wrong attempts,weak areas from the Phases 1 & 2 ofJEE Main, aspirants need to startworking on those areas more andmore, without wasting time in orderto get ample time for rectification.With better evaluation of the currentpreparedness, affording a strategictimetable will help get a betterinsight. All the subjects need equalattention and hence segregate theremaining weeks wisely for all thethree subjects.� Make a feasible schedule for revi-

sion at micro level — topic wise& chapter wise.

� Making hand written notes andlisting formulas will help in quickrevision during the last few daysbefore the exam.

�Follow a reputed source: Start thepreparations with NCERT books.Undeniably, NCERT books forms thebasis of JEE Main and JEE Advanced.These basic books form good con-ceptual base and are easy to under-stand. Identify the topics subject wiseyou have difficulties in remember-ing the formulae of solving ques-

tions. Follow question banks fromreputed source and solve them in areputed manner which helps in effi-cient practice for the Main 2021.

�Focus on your target: Successfulcandidates always learn from theirweak areas and hence working onthose will keep you focused at theright track. Timely preparation andplanning are the keys to right prepa-ration. Rigorous practice has beenfound to be useful since studentstend to learn from their mistakes andavoid repeating them.

�Concept clarity: Focus on keepingyour concepts clear rather than tojust mug up the stuff. This stageshould be utilised for problem solv-ing ability, improving the time limitto solve the difficult questions and

understanding the strengths andweaknesses. Building self-confidenceand the right exam temperament arethe keys to score better marks in thereal exam.

�Online mock tests: Rigorous revi-sion and attempting several mocktests will help them get thoroughwith subjects and concept clarifica-tion and keep them well updatedwith the current trend and patternof JEE Mains exam. Online portal atVidyamandir provides completeaccess to previous year papers, onlinemock tests, doubt clearing sessions,and expert opinion that will providea real time analysis.

THE EXAM-APT STRATEGYSometimes smart work prevails

hard work and preparing strategi-

cally ensures a better performance incomparison to the peers.Adaptability and swift response toquestions comes with regular prac-tice and hence making the most ofthe available time in revision helpsin scoring better.

Focus more on polishing thestrengths by consistent revision toperfect the concepts. Creating self-written notes helps one to memorisethe formulae, tips and tricks and arevery helpful during JEE preparationand easy to revise.

Taking some time to relax or restalso prepares the brain to recollectthe learnt things on your fingertips.Keep calm but do not lose focus astemperament plays a vital role in JEEsuccess.

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Catch them young is a phrase whichmeans that good habits be inculcat-

ed at a young age so that they last long.Apart from Idea of practical knowledgefor students it is good to start investingearly and for a longer duration would helpthem manage their finances better, infuture. Early investing also allows themto take small and calculated risks with-out fear of affecting their livelihoods andfuture planning. College going studentsare young and dynamic and college isactually one of the best opportunities toget started in the world of Investing.

The hardest part of starting to investis beginning to think of yourself as aninvestor because due to lack of knowledgemany people belive that investmentoptions are only open to the workingclass, and wealthy society. But in reality,especially college-goers, can be the bestinvestors because they have severaladvantages.

While most youngsters in India arehesitating from investing, considering thatthey have no other financial burden,investment is a handy option to get rich-er at a later stage. In the investing worldeven a little bit of cash can be used tobegin build a portfolio. It can actually bean advantage because in the initial stageyou’ll be learning how to invest and dealwithout the risk of losing a large sum ofmoney.

After studies make sure you start yourlife on the right financial foot by treating

your financial future seriously whileyou’re still in college. To help youngsterswho aspire to invest but lack the knowl-edge, here are a few tips to help themmake good use of their pocket money andstipends wisely.

Elucidate basic difference betweensavings and investing: It is important forstudents to understand that while savingis the safe way to go which offers lowerreturns, investing in small incrementsallows the money to grow itself and offerspotential to get high return.

Hold on to money: As we all knowyoungsters have a craze to spend all theirmoney, considering they have a constantsupply of cash. But if students are willingto make an effort to save up a portion oftheir money and invest, all they need todo is open a brokerage account for stockinvestments and day trading. AfterInvesting you will not reap the benefitsinstantly, investing in shares of a companyis a good way to aim for long-termreturns.

Explicate basic concepts: Investingallows a diverse financial portfolio. So itis necessary to teach students the basicconcepts of Investing such as stocks,Mutual Funds NSE, Equity and BSE, oth-ers. Helping with these basic concepts ofdifferent variations will empower themwith more new options and choices.

Keep an eye on backgroundresearch: following background researchis one of most important guidelines that

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Coding is the most desired skill ofthe 21st century. Considered as one ofthe highest paying and stable careers,traditionally Coding was opted bymany students at college level. Codingis a way to make software and hardwareact upon your instructions. There is aparticular way to do this and learningthat way is learning to code. It is nat-urally logical in nature, and hencelearning to code teaches good logicalability to learners. In addition, itteaches how to solve a problem bybreaking its complexity to a simplerstructure and making deductions fromit. Coding and programming are gamechangers in the education system. �Where does India stand?

The Indian ed-tech ecosystem haswitnessed remarkable changes andtrends in 2020. Online education hastaken over the offline education andthis is going to further augment thedigital education sector. Newage learn-ing, choice of preferred subjects andmaking education into vibrant knowl-edge sector are few of the key pointsproposed by the government.

As part of the New EducationPolicy (NEP), introducing coding andenhancing the exposure to technolo-gy at a young age will show the stu-dents a path to a new world of inno-vation and creativity. The current cur-riculum is not enough to prepare ourstudents for a market which is going tobe completely dynamic in the comingyears. In India, it is the perfect time toteach the children about newage learn-ing which will help them tremendouslyin the jobs sector.�What are the different types ofcourses and for what classes?

Some of the popular courses inCoding for juniors include Visual pro-gramming (Scratch/Code.ORG), Appdevelopment, Python, Game develop-ment, Web development, Roboticsand Data Sciences. The courses are forClasses I to X.

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opted by students at the higher edu-cation level- colleges, universities andthe like. Even here, the syllabus of uni-versities or colleges are in urgent needof an overhaul as the current syllabipresents a big challenge to studentswho need extra hand holding to makesure they are able to clear the place-ment drives of good tech companies.The key to success is to be aligned withthe industry needs at all times. �How will it help the IT industry?

The COVID-19 pandemic hasevolved the Information Technology(IT) industry and it is now function-ing well in the remote working sce-nario. Well trained, industry alignedstudents will help the IT industry aligneasily to remote protocol and will helpstudents in bagging better opportuni-ties and packages.

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Former world number oneAryna Sabalenka reached

her first-ever Grand Slam semi-final while Karolina Pliskovamade her first at Wimbledonand former champion AngeliqueKerber her fourth in thewomen's quarter-final matcheson Tuesday.

Second seed Sabalenkaended Ons Jabeur’s historic runat Wimbledon, power gettingthe better of the guile of theTunisian 6-4, 6-3 in 74 minutes.

The 23-year-old, who hadonly won one match on herthree previous visits toWimbledon, will play former No1 Karolina Pliskova who easedinto the last four with astraight sets win overViktorija Golubic.

Former worldnumber one Pliskova,now ranked 13, reachedher first Wimbledonsemi-final with a 6-2, 6-2win. Pliskova has yet to drop aset at Wimbledon this year andhas been broken just three timesin five rounds. Her eight aces on

Tuesday, meanwhile, took hertournament tally to 40.

Sabalenka will try and goone better than compatri-

ot Viktoria Azarenkawho twice reached thelast four in 2011 and2012.

Former championKerber also reached the

last four for the fourth time witha 6-2, 6-3 win over KarolinaMuchova of the Czech Republic.

The German world No 28,

who won the title in 2018, willnext face top seed AshleighBarty who beat Ajla Tomljanovic6-1, 6-3 for a place in Saturday’sfinal.

HURKACZ DOWNS DANIILHubert Hurkacz became

just the fourth Polish man toreach the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Tuesday with a five-setwin over Russian second seedDaniil Medvedev.

World number 18 Hurkacztriumphed 2-6, 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match held over fromMonday due to rain and willnow face Roger Federer for aplace in the semi-finals.

“For this sport, Roger isunbelievable, what he does,how he plays and the titles hehas won throughout his career.He inspired so many people andit’s going to be fun,” saidHurkacz.

The Pole has only metFederer once — a straight setsloss at Indian Wells in the quar-

ter-finals in 2019.His run to the Wimbledon

last-eight is impressive as he hadwon just one match on tourbetween his surprise MiamiMasters title in March and thestart of Wimbledon.

That dismal streak includ-ed defeat in the first round of the

French Open to world number154 Botic Van de Zandschulpand first-up losses in the grasscourt events at Stuttgart andHalle.

While the loss leftMedvedev still searching for afirst appearance in theWimbledon quarter-finals.

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The trauma of talismanChristian Eriksen sufferingcardiac arrest on the pitch and

the two defeats that followed seemedto consign Denmark to an early exit— until a remarkable 4-1 victory overRussia started to establish the Danesas one of the tournament’s strongestsides.

Mikkel Damsgaard and JoakimMaehle have flourished with theadded responsibility in Eriksen’sabsence, combining for three goalsand two assists while wreaking havocdown the left side. Maehle’s emer-gence is perhaps the most surprising

after an average first season withAtalanta: only the Netherlands’Frenkie de Jong has completed moredribbles at Euro 2020 than the wing-back.

This tournament’s timing washelpful to Denmark. Conservativecoach Age Hareide’s contract expiredduring the one-year delay, and hispredecessor, the highly rated KasperHjulmand, has since melded hisattacking instincts with the defensivesolidity that was left behind. KasperDolberg has scored more goals in hislast two appearances (three) than hedid in his previous 12 internationaloutings. England can also count ona striker in form after Harry Kane

caught fire near the end of theThree Lions’ last-16 elimination ofGermany. The Tottenham Hotspurmarksman then notched a brace inthe dominant quarterfinal win overUkraine and has shown a fine under-standing with Raheem Sterlingthroughout the Euros.

But who’s joining Kane andSterling in attack is one of thebiggest talking points leading up tothis match. The clamor for JackGrealish to start contests has led toa peculiar situation where his repu-tation grows each time he’s named onthe bench, while Phil Foden, JadonSancho, and Marcus Rashford’s qual-ities are no secret. Bukayo Saka also

impressed over his two starts.The next conundrum is whether

Gareth Southgate opts for a four or

three-man backline, with the latteroption likely providing the bestfoundation to deal with Denmark.

No team has scored more goals fromopen play at the tournament (eight)than England’s opponent.

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England named an entirely new squad featur-ing nine uncapped players on Tuesday for their

ODI series against Pakistan, aftera coronavirus outbreak in theEnglish camp.

The England and WalesCricket Board said three play-ers and four support staff, allunnamed, had tested positivefor Covid-19, with the rest of thegroup who completed an ODIseries win over Sri Lanka onSunday forced to self-isolate.

But the three-matchseries against Pakistan,starting in Cardiff onThursday, will goahead, with Ben Stokestaking over theEngland captaincyfrom Eoin Morgan.

The hosts havebeen forced to namean entirely new 18-man squad for thePakistan matches, with theongoing round of CountyChampionship matchesnow beset by with-

drawals.Test batsmen Zak Crawley and Dan Lawrence

will now have a chance to make their 50-overdebuts for England and they are joined in thesquad by several white-ball newcomers includingDurham’s Brydon Carse and Middlesex pair TomHelm and John Simpson.

After Thursday’s fixture in Cardiff, theODI series continues at Lord’s on

Saturday before finishing atEdgbaston in Birmingham on

July 13.England and Pakistan

are due to play threeT20 Internationals fol-lowing the ODI seriesand the initial squadwill be back for thatafter 10 days of isolation.Revised squad: Ben

Stokes (captain), Jake Ball,Danny Briggs, BrydonCarse, Zak Crawley, BenDuckett, Lewis Gregory,Tom Helm, Will Jacks,Dan Lawrence, SaqibMahmood, Dawid Malan,Craig Overton, MattParkinson, David Payne,Phil Salt, John Simpson,James Vince.

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New Delhi: Afghanistan crick-et board on Tuesday appointedstar spinner Rashid Khan as thenew captain of Afghanistan’s T20team keeping in mind the short-est format World Cup to be heldin UAE from October 17 toNovember 14.

Left-handed batsmanNajibullah Zadran was appoint-ed as his deputy.

“All-rounder Rashid Khanhas been appointed the T20Icaptain of Team Afghanistan.Meanwhile Najibullah Zadranhas been appointed the NationalTeam’s Vice-captain for the for-mat,” Afghanistan Cricket Boardsaid in a statement.

“Rashid, one of the well-known global faces of the game,was selected by senior ACBleadership for the role consider-ing his experience, brilliant per-formance as well as leadershipskills with the National teamover the years.”

The world No 2 bowler inT20 rankings, said he is hon-oured to serve his nation.

“I’m a great believer that acaptain is as good as his team.It is Afghanistan that gave methe name RASHID KHAN & itis my duty now to serve mycountry & my team. Thankyou @ACBofficials for the trust& believing in me. It is a dreamjourney & my fans support willbe the key,” Rashid tweeted.

Afghanistan has beenclubbed with England, India andSouth Africa in group B for theT20 World Cup 2021.

The remaining two teamswill be chosen from theQualifiers. PNS

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The high of a successful debut seriesbehind him, Indian batsman

Suryakumar Yadav on Tuesday said hewould be looking to “start from thescratch” in the upcoming limited-oversassignment against Sri Lanka, eager tolearn from “calm and composed” headcoach Rahul Dravid.

Yadav made his India debut in theT20 format during the home seriesagainst England, in which he scored a halfcentury and was generally impressive. Heis part of the Shikhar Dhawan-led sec-ond string India team, which will take onSri Lanka in 3 ODIs and as many T20Isstarting July 13.

“Pressure will be there, because ifthere is no pressure, there is no fun, soas I said, it will be a great challenge andI am really looking forward to it,” said theaggressive right-handed Mumbai bats-man. Asked if a successful debut serieswould help him cope better with the pres-sure, Yadav said, “I think, that (debutseries against England) was a complete-ly different challenge and every-time youcome, I mean for a batter, every-time yougo in or play a different game, you startfrom scratch.”

“So, this (tour) also I have to startfrom zero and that was a different series

and this is a different series, but the chal-lenge remains the same, I have to go outin the park and perform the same way,what I did,” Yadav added in a virtualpress-conference.

The Mumbai player also said that hisjob with the national side is the same asit is for his IPL franchise MumbaiIndians.

“I think I have been doing the samething what I did for my franchise backin the IPL. When I made my debut, thesame happened, I did not do anythingdifferent, it was all the same.

“I have been enjoying that role real-ly well in whatever position they send meto bat, I will be the same. I just go out andexpress the same way on how I do inevery game and I really enjoy it,” headded.

Yadav also revealed that all-rounderHardik Pandya bowled in the intra-squadgame and in the nets. Pandya’s bowlinghas been severely restricted by his fitnessissues in the past few months.

“He (Hardik) did bowl in theEngland series. During the IPL, he didnot bowl. He bowled in the intra-squadgame and he bowled in the nets. So, it ishis and the team management’s call onhow they want to go about it, but yes, heis bowling. That’s a very good sign,” saidthe Mumbaikar.

������������ �����������������������London: Indian cricketers, whoare in the UK for a five-Testseries, will continue their 20-daybreak as of now and few of themwill receive their second dose ofthe Covid-19 vaccine onWednesday.

While England are strug-gling with fresh Covid-19 cases,all the Indian players and sup-port staff, who have alreadyreceived first jab of Covishield,will get their second dose inbatches on July 7 and 9, asplanned by the BCCI.

“Most of the players are inand around London. All this wasplanned well in advance. Allthose who have had Covishieldas their first jabs in India are nowready to get their second doses,”a senior BCCI source con-firmed the development.

The full vaccination ofIndian players has become allthe more important after mul-tiple virus cases in the Englishcamp.

The Indian players are set tore-assemble in London on July14 and proceed to Durham fora two-week training cum first-class game against Select CountyXI. PTI

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Indian captain Mithali Raj onTuesday reclaimed the num-

ber one position in the women’sODI rankings after more thanthree years following a stellarshow in the three-match seriesagainst England.

India lost the series 1-2 butthe 38-year-old Raj hit a half-century in each of the contest.

She struck 72 and 59 in thefirst two ODIs and then guidedIndia to a four-wicket victory inthe final match of the series withan unbeaten 75, gaining fourspots to reach the top of the lad-der. She last occupied the topspot in February 2018.

Opener Shafali Verma’sscores of 44 and 19 in the lasttwo ODIs of the series saw hergain 49 places to reach 71st posi-tion while veteran pacer JhulanGoswami is up four places to53rd.

In the bowlers’ list, all-rounder Deepti Sharma is upone place to 12th after finishingwith figures of three for 47 in thefinal match.

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Novak Djokovic and RogerFederer can inch closer to

a Wimbledon title showdownon Wednesday when theymake landmark appearancesin the quarter-finals.

World number oneDjokovic, chasing a sixth titleat the All England Club andrecord-equalling 20th GrandSlam, plays his 50th quarter-final at the majors.

The Serb tackles MartonFucsovics, the first Hungarianman to get this far since 1948.

Federer, just five weeks shyof his 40th birthday, is in his

18th Wimbledon quarter-finaland 58th at the majors.

He faces Hubert Hurkacznext.

Should Federer reach thesemi-finals, he will face eitherItalian seventh seed MatteoBerrettini or Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 16th-seededCanadian.

Berrettini reached hismaiden Slam quarter-final atthe French Open last monthwhere he lost to Djokovic.

Auger-Aliassime, 20, is inthe last-eight of a Slam for thefirst time after knocking outfourth seed Alexander Zverevin five sets.

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Star forward Neymarset up Lucas Paqueta

to score the only goal ashosts Brazil beat Peru 1-0 on Monday to qualifyfor the Copa Americafinal.

The semi-final was arepeat of the last final,two years ago, when aBrazil team shorn of theinjured Neymar also tri-umphed on home soil.

The Selecao willplay either Lionel Messi’sArgentina or Colombia,who meet in Brasilia onWednesday, inSaturday’s final at Rio deJaneiro’s iconicMaracana stadium.

“I want Argentina.I’m supportingArgentina because Ihave friends there andBrazil will win the final,”said Neymar.

“Paqueta is a greatplayer, he’s getting betterin every game with thenational team,” he saidabout the 23-year-oldmatch winner, who playshis club football for Lyon

in France.“He’s just had a great

season with his club andis showing that he can bea very important playerfor the Brazilian nation-al team.”

Brazil totally domi-nated the first half at theempty Nilton Santos sta-dium but had to survivesome nervous momentsafter the break beforesecuring a spot in thefinal.They deservedly

took the lead 10 minutesbefore halftime afterPeru gave the ball awayin midfield for theumpteenth time.

Neymar’s tinklingtoes got him free ofthree defenders in thebox and he teed upPaqueta to fire homefrom 12 yards.

Peru should havebeen level nine minutesfrom time whenYoshimar Yotun fired a

free-kick into the boxand Alexander Callensbeat Ederson to the ballbut headed wide fromjust six yards out.

It would prove theirlast chance and coachRicardo Gareca ruedtheir slow start.

“We paid for beingslow to settle into thegame,” he said. “Theteam reacted well in thesecond half and it waseven.”

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