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B ased on the resolution of “Udaipur Chintan Shivir”, the Congress on Tuesday formed a political affairs group and a task force to for- mulate a strategy to take on the might of the BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections and in between crucial Assembly elections including that of Gujarat. Prominent members of the G-23 group — Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma — who sought organisation- al reforms in the party and also questioned the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have got roles in these crucial committees. Congress president Sonia formed three groups — on political affairs for guidance on key issues, Task Force-2024 to implement the Udaipur “Nav Sankalp” declaration and evolve the party’s strategy for 2024 elections, and the third one to coordinate the October 2 “Bharat Jodo Yatra”. The Congress leaders from across the country held a three-day brainstorming session at Udaipur called as Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir mid-May to bring about struc- tural changes in the organisa- tion and pave the way for the young to take a Central role in the grand old party. U S President Joe Biden praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of the Covid crisis as India and US on Tuesday resolved to strengthen their robust ties and vowed to work together for a more prosperous, free, and secure world. President Biden said he is committed to mak- ing the US-India partnership “among the closest we have on earth,” while Prime Minister Modi termed the relations as “a partnership of trust.” The two leaders held a bilateral meeting on the side- lines of the Quad summit and also committed to bilateral defence and economic engage- ments. Modi also held a bilat- eral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Three former Japanese Prime Ministers --- Yoshihide Suga, Yoshiro Mori, and Shinzo Abe --- called on Modi. Biden praised Modi for handling the Covid pandemic successfully in a democratic manner. He contrasted India’s success with China’s failure to handle the pandemic, though both countries are of compa- rable size, sources said. These remarks by the US President were made during the closed- door Quad summit, they said. Biden also told Modi that he is committed to making the US partnership with India “among the closest on earth,” saying there is so much that the two countries can and will do together. After meeting with Biden, Modi tweeted, “Today’s discussions were wide-ranging and covered multiple aspects of India-USA ties, including trade, invest- ment, defence as well as peo- ple-to-people linkages.” In his opening remarks at the meet- ing, the Prime Minister said the strategic relationship between India and the US is truly a “partnership of trust” and the friendship will con- tinue to be a “force for good” for global peace and stability. Modi invited the US industries to partner with India to man- ufacture in the defence sector under the Make in India and self-reliant India programmes. Following the talks between the two leaders in Tokyo, the Ministry of External Affairs said both sides launched an India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) to facilitate outcome- oriented cooperation in arti- ficial intelligence, quantum computing, 5G, and 6G, biotech, space, and semicon- ductors. The new mecha- nism under the iCET will be co-led by India’s National Security Council Secretariat and the US National Security Council. P rime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Quad combine is following a constructive agenda for the Indo-Pacific and its image as a force “for the good” will be strengthened even more. Underlining this salient take- away from the Quad summit in Tokyo, he also said “in such a short time, the Quad has made an important place on the world stage. Today, the scope of Quad has become wider and the forum has become effec- tive.” The Prime Minister made these assertions in the second in-person conclave in the pres- ence of US President Joe Biden, Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Against the backdrop of China’s aggressive posturing in the strategically important Indo-Pacific, the four leaders of the Quad strongly opposed any coercive, provocative, or unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo and increase tensions in the region. They also reaffirmed their resolve to uphold the interna- tional rules-based order. In his address, Modi said the mutual trust and determi- nation among the Quad mem- ber countries is giving new energy to democratic forces and the work of the grouping is encouraging a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific. China has all along criti- cised this bloc and claims the Quad will lead to militarisa- tion of the Indo-Pacific region. “Quad is pursuing a con- structive agenda for the Indo- Pacific region. With this, the image of Quad as a ‘force for good’ will be strengthened even more,” Modi said. The summit took place against the backdrop of the ongoing Ukraine conflict. Though Biden and Kishida spoke strongly against the Russian military action, Modi refrained from touching upon the issue. “In such a short time, the Quad has made an important place on the world stage. Today the scope of Quad has become wider and the form has become effective,” Modi said. T he Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Jharkhand High Court to first hear preliminary objections on the maintainability of a public interest litigation seek- ing probe against Chief Minister Hemant Soren for alleged irregularities in the grant of mining leases. The vacation bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi noted that the High Court had itself in its order of May 13 said it would first decide the maintainabili- ty of the PIL filed by one Shiv Kumar Sharma and then it will go into the merit of the allega- tions levelled in the petition. “We are of the considered view that the high court would first deal with the preliminary objections on the maintain- ability of the writ petition and based on the outcome it would then proceed further in accor- dance with law,” said the apex court. T he Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday opposed a plea for restoration of Hindu and Jain deities inside the Qutub Minar complex, saying it is not a place of worship and the existing status of the monument cannot be altered. The ASI submitted in the Saket Court here that it would be contrary to the law to agree to the contention of any person claiming a fun- damental right to worship in this “centrally pro- tected” monument. The ASI, however, said the architectural materials and images of Hindu and Jain deities were re-used in the construction of the Qutab complex. “Fundamental rights cannot be availed in violation of any status of the land. The basic principle of protection conservation is not to allow starting of any new practice in a monu- ment declared and notified as a protected one under the Act,” the ASI said. The ASI said revival of worship was not allowed wherever it was not practiced at the time of protection of a monument. “Qutub Minar is not a place of worship and since the time of its protection by the Central Government, Qutub Minar or any part of Qutub Minar was not under worship by any commu- nity,” it said. The counsel for the ASI further said it was very clear from the Persian inscription at the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, that the cloisters were erected with carved columns and other architectural members from 27 temples. “Inscription is clear that the mosque was built with the remains of these temples. But nowhere it’s mentioned that the materials were retrieved by demolishing temples. Also, it is not clear if they were retrieved from the site or brought from outside… Not demolished but remains of temples used for construction,” the counsel said. I n another targeted strike on Jammu & Kashmir police- man, an “unidentified” terror- ist on Tuesday killed a selection grade constable while he was passing through a lane near his home along with his minor daughter in Malik Saab area of Soura in Srinagar. The seven-year-old child too received injuries in the attack and was rushed to a nearby hospital where her con- dition was stated to be stable. According to reports, a lone terrorist fired at the police- man from a close range possi- bly using a pistol just as police- man Saifullah Qadri stepped out of his home. Bleeding pro- fusely, he fell on the ground along with his daughter. Local residents in the area rushed him to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The police recovered empty cartridges from the site of terror attack. So far 15 secu- rity personnel and 14 civilians have been killed in different incidents of targeted killings in Kashmir valley this year while security forces have eliminated around 80 terrorists belonging to different terrorist outfits. Condemning the terror attack Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said, “I assure the people that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished. I salute the martyr Policeman SgCt Saifullah Qadri. His service to the nation and supreme sacrifice will always be remembered.” Former Chief Minister and National Conference Vice President Omar Abduallah also condemned the attack on a policeman. A fter reserving its order in the Gyanvapi mosque case on Monday, the Varanasi dis- trict court on Tuesday posted the matter for hearing on May 26. The court will hear the maintainability of the Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi mosque law- suit on May 26. It has invited objections from both Hindu and Muslim sides to the report submitted by a civil court- appointed commission within a week. District judge Ajay Kumar Vishvesha had on Monday con- ducted a hearing on the “Order 7, Rule 11 CPC” application filed by the defendants, includ- ing the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which looks after the management of Gyanvapi mosque. The com- mittee has raised questions on the maintainability of the suit filed by five women (plaintiffs). On Tuesday afternoon, Vishvesha heard both the sides — plaintiff and defendants — and posted the matter for hear- ing on May 26. The court also ordered for providing the copies of commission report, video and photographs captured dur- ing the survey. During the hearing, the counsels of both the parties put forth their arguments. Heavy security arrangements were made on the court premises. Five women, including one Rakhi Singh of Delhi and four belonging to Varanasi, had filed a petition in the court of Civil Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar seeking permission to worship at Shringar Gauri temple and for preservation of other idols located in Gyanvapi mosque complex. P unjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday sacked Health and Family Welfare Minister Vijay Singla over graft charges. Soon after his dismissal from the Cabinet, Singla was arrested. Mann said his Health and Family Welfare Minister was seeking “one per cent commis- sion” in all departmental projects. On the other hand, Singla alleged a “conspiracy” to defame the Mann Government and the AAP. Singla’s arrest was ordered by Mann after he called the Minister to his residence before playing an audio recording of his alleged demand for “shukrana” in his nephew’s name. Punjab Police’s Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested Singla, who was later produced before the Mohali court which remanded him in three-day police custody till May 27. Late in the evening, Singla’s OSD Pardeep Kumar, who was named in the FIR filed by super- intending engineer Rajinder Singh working on deputation in Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC), too was arrested in the matter.
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Based on the resolution of“Udaipur Chintan Shivir”,
the Congress on Tuesdayformed a political affairsgroup and a task force to for-mulate a strategy to take onthe might of the BJP in 2024Lok Sabha elections and inbetween crucial Assemblyelections including that ofGujarat.
Prominent members ofthe G-23 group — GhulamNabi Azad and Anand Sharma— who sought organisation-al reforms in the party andalso questioned the leadershipof Sonia Gandhi and RahulGandhi have got roles in thesecrucial committees.
Congress president Soniaformed three groups — onpolitical affairs for guidanceon key issues, Task Force-2024
to implement the Udaipur“Nav Sankalp” declaration andevolve the party’s strategy for2024 elections, and the thirdone to coordinate the October2 “Bharat Jodo Yatra”.
The Congress leadersfrom across the country held
a three-day brainstormingsession at Udaipur called asNav Sankalp Chintan Shivirmid-May to bring about struc-tural changes in the organisa-tion and pave the way for theyoung to take a Central role inthe grand old party.
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US President Joe Bidenpraised Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s handling ofthe Covid crisis as India and USon Tuesday resolved tostrengthen their robust tiesand vowed to work together fora more prosperous, free, andsecure world. President Bidensaid he is committed to mak-ing the US-India partnership“among the closest we have onearth,” while Prime MinisterModi termed the relations as “apartnership of trust.”
The two leaders held abilateral meeting on the side-lines of the Quad summit andalso committed to bilateraldefence and economic engage-ments. Modi also held a bilat-eral meeting with AustralianPrime Minister AnthonyAlbanese. Three formerJapanese Prime Ministers ---Yoshihide Suga, Yoshiro Mori,and Shinzo Abe --- called onModi.
Biden praised Modi forhandling the Covid pandemicsuccessfully in a democraticmanner. He contrasted India’ssuccess with China’s failure tohandle the pandemic, thoughboth countries are of compa-rable size, sources said. These
remarks by the US Presidentwere made during the closed-door Quad summit, they said.
Biden also told Modi thathe is committed to making theUS partnership with India“among the closest on earth,”saying there is so much thatthe two countries can andwill do together. After meetingwith Biden, Modi tweeted,“Today’s discussions werewide-ranging and coveredmultiple aspects of India-USAties, including trade, invest-ment, defence as well as peo-
ple-to-people linkages.” In hisopening remarks at the meet-ing, the Prime Minister saidthe strategic relationshipbetween India and the US istruly a “partnership of trust”and the friendship will con-tinue to be a “force for good”for global peace and stability.Modi invited the US industriesto partner with India to man-ufacture in the defence sectorunder the Make in India andself-reliant India programmes.
Following the talksbetween the two leaders in
Tokyo, the Ministry ofExternal Affairs said bothsides launched an India-USInitiative on Critical andEmerging Technologies(iCET) to facilitate outcome-oriented cooperation in arti-ficial intelligence, quantumcomputing, 5G, and 6G,biotech, space, and semicon-ductors. The new mecha-nism under the iCET will beco-led by India’s NationalSecurity Council Secretariatand the US National SecurityCouncil.
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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday said the
Quad combine is following aconstructive agenda for theIndo-Pacific and its image as aforce “for the good” will bestrengthened even more.Underlining this salient take-away from the Quad summit inTokyo, he also said “in such ashort time, the Quad has madean important place on theworld stage. Today, the scope ofQuad has become wider andthe forum has become effec-tive.”
The Prime Minister madethese assertions in the secondin-person conclave in the pres-ence of US President Joe Biden,Japan Prime Minister FumioKishida, and newly electedAustralian Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese.
Against the backdrop ofChina’s aggressive posturingin the strategically importantIndo-Pacific, the four leaders ofthe Quad strongly opposedany coercive, provocative, orunilateral actions that seek tochange the status quo andincrease tensions in the region.
They also reaffirmed theirresolve to uphold the interna-tional rules-based order.
In his address, Modi saidthe mutual trust and determi-nation among the Quad mem-ber countries is giving newenergy to democratic forcesand the work of the groupingis encouraging a free, open,and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
China has all along criti-
cised this bloc and claims theQuad will lead to militarisa-tion of the Indo-Pacific region.
“Quad is pursuing a con-structive agenda for the Indo-Pacific region. With this, theimage of Quad as a ‘force forgood’ will be strengthenedeven more,” Modi said.
The summit took placeagainst the backdrop of theongoing Ukraine conflict.
Though Biden and Kishidaspoke strongly against theRussian military action, Modirefrained from touching uponthe issue.
“In such a short time, theQuad has made an importantplace on the world stage.Today the scope of Quad hasbecome wider and the formhas become effective,” Modisaid.
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The Supreme Court onTuesday asked the
Jharkhand High Court to firsthear preliminary objectionson the maintainability of apublic interest litigation seek-ing probe against ChiefMinister Hemant Soren foralleged irregularities in thegrant of mining leases.
The vacation bench ofJustices DY Chandrachud andBela M Trivedi noted that theHigh Court had itself in itsorder of May 13 said it wouldfirst decide the maintainabili-ty of the PIL filed by one ShivKumar Sharma and then it willgo into the merit of the allega-tions levelled in the petition.
“We are of the consideredview that the high court wouldfirst deal with the preliminaryobjections on the maintain-ability of the writ petition andbased on the outcome it wouldthen proceed further in accor-dance with law,” said the apexcourt.
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The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) onTuesday opposed a plea for restoration of
Hindu and Jain deities inside the Qutub Minarcomplex, saying it is not a place of worship andthe existing status of the monument cannot bealtered. The ASI submitted in the Saket Courthere that it would be contrary to the law to agreeto the contention of any person claiming a fun-damental right to worship in this “centrally pro-tected” monument.
The ASI, however, said the architecturalmaterials and images of Hindu and Jain deitieswere re-used in the construction of the Qutabcomplex.
“Fundamental rights cannot be availed inviolation of any status of the land. The basicprinciple of protection conservation is not toallow starting of any new practice in a monu-ment declared and notified as a protected oneunder the Act,” the ASI said.
The ASI said revival of worship was notallowed wherever it was not practiced at thetime of protection of a monument. “QutubMinar is not a place of worship and since thetime of its protection by the CentralGovernment, Qutub Minar or any part of QutubMinar was not under worship by any commu-nity,” it said.
The counsel for the ASI further said it wasvery clear from the Persian inscription at the
Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, that the cloisterswere erected with carved columns and otherarchitectural members from 27 temples.
“Inscription is clear that the mosque wasbuilt with the remains of these temples. Butnowhere it’s mentioned that the materialswere retrieved by demolishing temples. Also, itis not clear if they were retrieved from the siteor brought from outside… Not demolished butremains of temples used for construction,” thecounsel said.
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In another targeted strike onJammu & Kashmir police-
man, an “unidentified” terror-ist on Tuesday killed a selectiongrade constable while he waspassing through a lane near hishome along with his minordaughter in Malik Saab area ofSoura in Srinagar.
The seven-year-old childtoo received injuries in theattack and was rushed to anearby hospital where her con-dition was stated to be stable.
According to reports, alone terrorist fired at the police-man from a close range possi-bly using a pistol just as police-man Saifullah Qadri steppedout of his home. Bleeding pro-fusely, he fell on the groundalong with his daughter. Localresidents in the area rushedhim to the hospital where hesuccumbed to his injuries.
The police recoveredempty cartridges from the siteof terror attack. So far 15 secu-rity personnel and 14 civilians
have been killed in differentincidents of targeted killings inKashmir valley this year whilesecurity forces have eliminatedaround 80 terrorists belongingto different terrorist outfits.
Condemning the terrorattack Lieutenant GovernorManoj Sinha said, “I assure thepeople that those behind thisdespicable attack will not go
unpunished. I salute the martyr
Policeman SgCt SaifullahQadri. His service to the nationand supreme sacrifice willalways be remembered.”
Former Chief Minister andNational Conference VicePresident Omar Abduallah alsocondemned the attack on apoliceman.
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After reserving its order inthe Gyanvapi mosque case
on Monday, the Varanasi dis-trict court on Tuesday postedthe matter for hearing on May26. The court will hear themaintainability of the ShringarGauri-Gyanvapi mosque law-suit on May 26. It has invitedobjections from both Hinduand Muslim sides to the reportsubmitted by a civil court-appointed commission withina week.
District judge Ajay KumarVishvesha had on Monday con-ducted a hearing on the “Order7, Rule 11 CPC” applicationfiled by the defendants, includ-ing the Anjuman IntezamiaMasjid Committee, which looksafter the management ofGyanvapi mosque. The com-mittee has raised questions on
the maintainability of the suitfiled by five women (plaintiffs).
On Tuesday afternoon,Vishvesha heard both the sides— plaintiff and defendants —and posted the matter for hear-ing on May 26. The court alsoordered for providing the copiesof commission report, videoand photographs captured dur-ing the survey.
During the hearing, thecounsels of both the parties putforth their arguments. Heavysecurity arrangements weremade on the court premises.Five women, including oneRakhi Singh of Delhi and fourbelonging to Varanasi, had fileda petition in the court of CivilJudge Ravi Kumar Diwakarseeking permission to worshipat Shringar Gauri temple andfor preservation of other idolslocated in Gyanvapi mosquecomplex.
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Punjab Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann on Tuesday
sacked Health and FamilyWelfare Minister Vijay Singlaover graft charges. Soon after hisdismissal from the Cabinet,Singla was arrested.
Mann said his Health andFamily Welfare Minister wasseeking “one per cent commis-sion” in all departmental projects.On the other hand, Singla allegeda “conspiracy” to defame theMann Government and theAAP. Singla’s arrest was orderedby Mann after he called theMinister to his residence before
playing an audio recording of hisalleged demand for “shukrana”in his nephew’s name. PunjabPolice’s Anti-Corruption Bureauarrested Singla, who was laterproduced before the Mohalicourt which remanded him inthree-day police custody tillMay 27.
Late in the evening, Singla’sOSD Pardeep Kumar, who wasnamed in the FIR filed by super-intending engineer RajinderSingh working on deputation inPunjab Health SystemCorporation (PHSC), too wasarrested inthe matter.
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To train youth, Antyodaya Skill Development Centerto be opened in every district, says Haryana CMPNS n CHANDIGARH
Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on
Tuesday said that for the uplift-ment of the weaker sectionsand ensuring the overall devel-opment of every citizen, anAntyodaya Skill DevelopmentCenter would be opened inevery district so that the skilledpersons can be trained andmore employment opportuni-ties can be provided to them.He also announced thatAntyodaya Kaushal RozgarKendra would also be openedin Maharishi Kashyap's name.Apart from this, he alsoannounced a grant of Rs 44lakh for the construction offour Dharamshalas of KashyapCommunity at Karnal,Kurukshetra, Bilaspur andSafidon.
Addressing a gatheringduring the Maharishi KashyapJayanti celebrations organizedin Karnal, the Chief Ministerannounced that the birthanniversary of MaharishiKashyap would be included inthe list of restricted holidays.Besides this, a Chair in thename of Maharishi Kashyapwill be set up in KurukshetraUniversity for doing researchon the life history of MaharishiKashyap, for which an amountof 15 lakh will be given to the
University this year. Khattarfurther announced that theChowk in Karnal Sector 14 andJundla Government Collegewould be named afterMaharishi Kashyap.
"We are celebrating thisyear as 'Antyodaya UtthanVarsh' and for this, the'Mukhyamantri AntyodayaParivar Utthan' scheme hasbeen started. Under this, thepoorest families will be identi-fied and their annual incomewill be increased to at least Rs1.80 lakh", Khattar added. Heannounced that so far, about2.49 lakh families having annu-
al income less than Rs. 1 lakhhave been identified underthis scheme. Under the scheme,570 Antyodaya Melas wereorganized at 156 places in twophases, in which 1.22 lakhfamilies participated. Now thethird phase of the same isgoing on.
The Chief Minister saidthat the State Governmentaims to provide benefits of allgovernment services andschemes to the citizens whilesitting at home and they donot have to make rounds ofoffices. For this, ParivarPehchan Patra (PPP) of all
families is being made. Withthis single document, the ben-efits of all the schemes and ser-vices are now available to theeligible persons while sitting athome. Most of the schemesand services are now linked tothe PPP portal. "This year,benefits of most of the gov-ernment services will startonline through PPP. Now thebirth and death data will alsobe auto-updated. Data onEducation, Skill andUnemployment has also beenuploaded on this portal. Weare also going to do the workof making ration cardsthrough PPP. Initially, thisscheme has been started indistrict Sirsa and Kurukshetraon pilot basis," he said.
In another event in thecity, Khattar also inauguratedand laid the foundation stoneof four development projectscosting Rs.88.29 crore.
The Chief Minister inau-gurated Shri GhantakarnaMahaveer Manohar Dwar builtby Municipal CorporationKarnal in the memory of ShriAtma Manohar Muni JiMaharaj near Baldi Bypass onKarnal-Indri Road. This gate islocated on NH-44, near the busstand of New Karnal. Anamount of Rs. 67.69 lakh 69 hasbeen spent on this gate madeof Dholpuri stone.
6 die, 17 injured in road mishap in JindJind: Six people were killed and 17 others seriously injuredin a head-on collision between a pick-up vehicle and a truckon the Jind-Kaithal highway on Tuesday. The pick-up vehi-cle was carrying 23 people of a family who were returning fromHaridwar after performing rituals of a deceased relative. Thevehicle hit a truck going towards Kaithal. The vehicles collidedhead-on near the milk plant at Kandela village in Jind district,the police said. The victims have been identified as ChanniDevi, 45; Shishpal, 39; Ankush, 19; Dhanna, 70; and Surji Devi,65; all belonging to Narnaul district. The injured have beensent to the civil hospital in Jind and PGI, Rohtak, said the police.PNS
Khelo India Youth Games will motivateyouth to take up sports says, Haryana CSChandigarh: Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal onTuesday said that The Khelo India Youth Games - 2021, to behosted by Haryana, will inspire players and children to moveforward in sports. The countdown for these games has nowstarted and the Haryana government is leaving no stoneunturned to make this grand event a success. In the historyof Khelo India, the largest team of 8,500 players is coming toHaryana, which is a matter of pride for the state. On June 4,the Opening Ceremony will be celebrated in a grand mannerin Panchkula, for which all the preparations have been com-pleted. Kaushal was taking a review meeting with all the stake-holders regarding the preparations for Khelo India YouthGames 2021. In this meeting, Secretary, Ministry of YouthAffairs and Sports, Government of India, Sujata Chaturvedi,Secretary, Sports Authority of India, Rohit Bhardwaj and otherofficials were also present, who specially visited Haryana toreview the preparations for Khelo India Youth Games. PNS
Rs 7513 crore transferred sent directly tofarmers' accounts: Dushyant ChautalaChandigarh: Stating that the State Government is commit-ted to buy every grain of wheat of the farmers at MSP, HaryanaDeputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday saidthat farmers are being paid for their crops on time and themoney is being sent directly to their bank accounts. So far, Rs7513.62 crore has been transferred to the accounts of farm-ers. Chautala said that from April 1 to May 15, 2022, a totalof 41,40,135 metric tonne of wheat was procured by variousagencies of the government, while when procurement was start-ed again from May 16 till May 23, 2022, 6,441 MT wheat hasbeen procured from the farmers i.e. total 41,46,576 MT wheathas been procured, so far. He informed that the governmenthad instructed the officials that the money for the purchaseof wheat for the Rabi-2022 crop should be transferred to thebank account of the farmer within 72 hours of crop procure-ment. This time Rs 7513.62 crore has been sent directly to thebank accounts of the farmers for wheat procurement by theState Government. He said that timely lifting of the crop fromthe mandis was ensured and all necessary arrangements. PNS
Sukhbir condemns AAP Govt for failing toprotect Punjab’s interests vis-à-vis PU
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) presidentSukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday condemned the Aam AadmiParty (AAP)-led Punjab Government’s “woeful inadequacy”to protect Punjab's interests by failing to represent its case inthe High Court leading to observations asking the UnionGovernment to consider converting the Panjab University intoa central varsity “Despite the fact that Panjab University is asymbol of pride for Punjabis who did not want its unique char-acter to be tinkered in any manner whatsoever, the AAPGovernment had not even thought it appropriate to defendthe State’s position in an appropriate manner in the Punjaband Haryana High Court. This has caused irreparable dam-age to Punjab’s case,” said Sukhbir, adding that the ChiefMinister Bhagwant Mann should take notice of this develop-ment immediately and not only defend the State’s point of viewbut also take up the issue with the Union Government.
Punjab School Heads must formulate actionplan with staff assistance: MinisterChandigarh: Punjab Government has invited the suggestionsfrom all officers and school heads regarding educationalreforms by May 31. Fr the same, the state Education MinisterGurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Tuesday stressed that schoolheads must send suggestions after due consultations with otheremployees, students, and their parents. “The teaching com-munity would play a significant role in revolutionizing the edu-cational scenario. The teachers in the government schools arechosen on merit who can make the education more qualita-tive. Thus, they can strategize exceptionally with the assistanceof their staff and increase the confidence level of the students,”said Hayer while presiding over the first meeting with the DEOs(Secondary and Elementary Education), Principals, HeadTeachers, and in-charges of the Government Schools viaEDUSAT aimed at educational reforms. PNS
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Tata Memorial Centre proposesto set up advanced cancer carefacility for children, leukemiapatients at HBCHRC, Mullanpur
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Acceding to the proposal ofTata Memorial Centre
(TMC) to create additionaladvanced facility for treatmentof children inflicted with can-cer and persons suffering fromleukemia at its upcoming 300-bedded Homi Bhabha CancerHospital and Research Centre(HBCHRC) in Medicity atMullanpur (New Chandigarh),Punjab Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann on Tuesdayassured that he would soonpersonally take up this issuewith Government of India forseeking its approval at the ear-liest.The assurance was givenby the Chief Minister to thevisiting delegation of TMC, ledby its director Dr RajendraBadwe, which called on theChief Minister at his officialresidence on Tuesday morning.
Lauding this initiative ofTMC, the Chief Ministerhoped that with the creation ofthis additional state-of-the-artfacility for the advanced treat-ment of children sufferingfrom cancer as well as personsinflicted with leukemia in theupcoming ultra-modern can-cer tertiary care facility atMullanpur, first of its kind innorthern India would cater tothe needs of such patientsfrom Punjab, Haryana,Rajasthan, Uttarakhand,Jammu and Kashmir, andHimachal Pradesh.
Apprising the ChiefMinister about the status of thisprestigious project, Dr Badwesaid that the much-awaitedHBCHRC at Mullanpur is inthe advanced stage of comple-tion and likely to be fullyoperational by August thisyear.
He also informed the ChiefMinister that the 120-beddedHomi Bhabha Cancer Hospital,Sangrur, with ultra-moderncancer care facilities was fullyfunctional and catering to theresidents of nearby areas fromsouthern Punjab, Rajasthanand Haryana.
Seeking personal inter-vention of the Chief Minister,Dr Badwe also requested himto get the remaining civil workscompleted expeditiously at theHBCHRC, Mullanpur, besidesarranging proper accommo-dation for senior faculty tilltheir residential complex isready, which may take at leasttwo to three years to come up.
Pointing out further, DrBadwe informed the ChiefMinister that their manage-ment had already requested thePrime Minister’s Office togrant immediate permission tostart the Mullanpur Hospital.He also urged the ChiefMinister to take up this mat-ter with the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for furtherpushing the case for earlyclearance as the Prime Ministeris the Minister in-charge of theMinistry of Atomic Energy.
The Chief Minister alsoassured the visiting delega-tion that he would soon flagthis issue with the PM for itsexpeditious clearance.
Notably, this advancedcancer care and research pro-ject, a unit of Tata MemorialCentre Mumbai, under theDepartment of Atomic Energy,is being set up with a sanc-tioned cost of Rs 664-crore inthe built-up area of 40,545square meters for which 50acres of land has been provid-ed free of cost by the PunjabGovernment.
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Punjab Tourism and CulturalAffairs Department will
soon invite global tenders forthe prestigious project ‘PindBabe Nanak Da’ — dedicatedto the 550th prakash purb(birth anniversary) of thefounder of Sikhism GuruNanak Dev at SultanpurLodhi.
Issuing the directionsduring a review meetingregarding the progress of theproject on Tuesday, ChiefMinister Bhagwant Mannasked the Department toengage the world-acclaimedarchitects for the construction
of this iconic project to comeup over an area of 40 acres atcost of Rs 500 crore.
Taking part in the delib-erations, Tourism andCultural Affairs MinisterHarjot Singh Bains apprisedthe Chief Minister thatGovernment of India hasalready given in-principleapproval to the concept paperfor the aforesaid project.
Chief Minister, whilechairing another meeting ofAnandpur Sahib Foundation,also directed the TourismDepartment to complete theupcoming Bhai Jaita JiMemorial at Sri AnandpurSahib positively by December
2022.He also asked theDepartment to ensure quali-ty construction of this pres-tigious project as per thestipulated specif icationsapproved by the competentauthority, which is coming upin the complex of Virasat-e-Khalsa at a cost of Rs 13 croreover an area of f iveacres.Notably, valiant SikhGeneral Baba Jiwan Singh(Bhai Jaita Ji) was a devoutSikh of Dasmesh Pita SriGuru Gobind Singh Ji, whobrought the severed head (Sis)of the Ninth Sikh Guru SriGuru Tegh Bahadur Sahibfrom Chandni Chowk, Delhito Sri Kiratpur Sahib.Likewise,
the Chief Minister also askedthe Department to completethe Nature Park being set upwithin the precincts ofVirasat-e-Khalsa byDecember this year at a costof Rs 10 crore. Mann said thatthis project would be a centreof attraction for people visit-ing here, in general, and espe-cially for nature lovers.
The Chief Minister, pre-siding over the first meetingof the Amritsar Cultural andTourism DevelopmentAuthority, reviewed theprogress of various heritageand tourism cultural sitesincluding Golden TemplePlaza in the holy city ofAmritsar.Emphasizing thereligious and historical impor-tance of holy city of Amritsar,the Chief Minister asked theDepartment to complete allthe ongoing works under theauthority at the earliest so asto showcase Amritsar as aglobal tourism hub.
Punjab makes Punjabi eligibility test compulsoryfor candidates vying for Group C, D postsPNS n CHANDIGARH
In a major initiative aimed atpromoting Punjabi language,
Punjab Government has madePunjabi eligibility test com-pulsory for the candidatesvying for Group C and D postsof State Government. The can-didates have to clear thePunjabi eligibility test by secur-ing at least 50 percent marksover and above the stipulatedrecruitment exam for therespective post.The decision, topromote Punjabi language, wastaken by the Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann while chairinga meeting with the officers. “Itwould be now mandatory forall the candidates appearing for
recruitment for Group C and Dposts to qualify Punjabi eligi-bility test with minimum 50percent marks prior competingfor the requisite recruitmentexam for the respective posts,”said Mann.It was also informedin the meeting that the StateGovernment has already kick-started a massive recruitmentdrive with 26,454 jobs includ-ing a large number of postsfrom amongst group ‘C’ and ‘D’.
Meanwhile, taking cog-nizance of the media reportsregarding the examination con-ducted by the Punjab PublicService Commission forrecruitment to 78 posts ofNaib-Tehsildar in English only,PPSC chairman Jagbans Singh
on Tuesday clarified that therules of procedure prescribedby the PPSC for its functioningclearly stipulate that the ques-tion paper be set in English lan-guage only and all such exam-inations in the past too havebeen conducted in Englishonly. “The only exception tothe aforesaid rule is the PunjabState Civil Services CombinedCompetitive Examination –both preliminary and main –where it is mandated by theGovernment notified rules toconduct the examination inboth English and Punjabi,” heclarified.Referring to the issueraised by media regarding theexamination of Naib Tehsildarsrecently conducted by PPSC,
the chairman averred that thequestion paper, which con-sisted of multiple-choice ques-tions requiring candidates onlyto select the correct option outof the four given options, wasset in English language.
However, the minimumeligible qualification for thepost of Naib Tehsildar is grad-uation and a graduate in anystream is expected to have abasic knowledge of Englishthat enables him or her tochoose correct options in mul-tiple-choice questions.Therefore, no written expres-sion of language is required toanswer questions in suchexaminations, added the PPSCchairman.
Pb Health Minister in AAP govt dismissed from Cabinet; Arrested on charges of corruption MONIKA MALIK nCHANDIGARH
The 52-year-old Dr VijaySingla was among the 10
medical professionals from theAam Aadmi Party (AAP) whowon the recently-concludedPunjab Assembly polls. AAP,which romped home to victo-ry with a three-fourth majori-ty promising to improvePunjab’s ailing health infra-structure, trusted the politicalgreenhorn Dr Vijay Singla — adental surgeon — to take careof the Health Department.
However, just over twomonths after taking over as theMinister, Dr Singla was sackedand arrested by the state policeon corruption charges. Andinterestingly, Chief MinisterBhagwant Mann is the one whoinitiated the action againsthim.
Besides the crucial Healthand Family WelfareDepartment, AAP’s MansaMLA Dr Singla was also giventhe charge of MedicalEducation and Research.
Ironically, Dr Singla, whotook oath as Cabinet Ministeron March 19 and was allocat-ed the portfolios on March 21,had, on March 23, declared thathe would adopt a “zero-toler-ance policy” towards corrup-tion. Exact two months after, heis out from the Cabinet and inpolice custody on corruptioncharges.
Chief Minister Mann onTuesday announced his extra-ordinary decision to sack his
Health Minister from hisCabinet on charges of corrup-tion for seeking “one percentcut in tenders allotment andpurchase of goods related to thedepartment”. Subsequently,Punjab Police’s AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB)arrested Singla.
Singla was in the eveningproduced before the Mohalicourt, and was sent to three-day police remand till May 27.The police brought Singla tothe Mohali court in a clandes-tine manner from the under-ground parking, while makingevery effort to keep the mediaaway.
However, Singla, respond-ing to the media query in themelee, alleged that this was alla “conspiracy” to “defame me,the party, and the Mann gov-ernment”.
Preempting criticism bythe Opposition, Mann said:“The Opposition parties willsay that AAP’s Minister wasfound involved in corruptionwithin two months of formingthe government. But I want totell them that I have taken anaction and the Opposition didnot even know about it.”
“Their chief ministers havebeen saying that they knewtheir ministers were engaged inthe mafia. Then why don’tthey take any action againstthem? I have not only sackedmy Minister but also directedthe police to take action againsthim. We will bring a change inthe country,” he said.
Singla is a dental surgeon
by profession and was electedMLA from Mansa in theFebruary 20 Punjab assemblypolls — which AAP won witha thumping majority of 92 outof 117 seats. Singla defeated topPunjabi rapper and Congresscandidate Shubhdeep Singhalias Sidhu Moose Wala by amargin of 99,200 votes.
HOW IT STARTED?A government officer
approached the ChiefMinister’s Office (CMO) about10 days back to complainagainst Dr Singla. Taking seri-ous note of the allegations,Chief Minister got a discreetthorough investigation con-ducted questioning severalemployees. A sting operationwas conducted and incrimi-nating pieces of evidence werecreated.
“A case was brought to my
notice that a Minister in myCabinet was seeking one per-cent commission for each ten-der and purchase-related to hisdepartment. Only I knew aboutthis case, neither the media northe Opposition had an ideaabout it. Had I wanted to, Iwould have covered it up. Andhad I done so, I would have notonly failed my conscience butalso the lakhs of people whotrusted me. I am taking strongaction against him. I am sack-ing him from my Cabinet anddirecting the Police to takeaction against him. He hasconfessed to this crime,” saidMann, in a video message.
It has been learnt thatbefore proceeding against his“Minister”, Mann called DrSingla at his residence, “playedthe audio recording” of hisconversation wherein he wasdemanding one percent“shukrana” (code word for
commission) on all tendersand projects of the HealthDepartment. “Singla confessedto the financial misconduct,”said Mann in the video mes-sage.
Mann added, “AAP has azero-tolerance policy towardscorruption. This (removing asitting Cabinet Minister) ishappening for the second timein the country. In 2015,Arvind Kejriwal had sackedone of his Ministers on cor-ruption charges.”
Mann, in his video mes-sage, said: “As you all know,we are an honest government.We will not tolerate corrup-tion of even Re one.Whenever I used to go to peo-ple in villages, towns andcities, I saw hope in their eyes.I saw that they had a hope thatthere would be someone whowould pull them out of cor-ruption. When I was to be
announced the chief ministe-rial face, AAP’s revolutionarychief Arvind Kejriwal hadsaid that he would not toler-ate bribery and corruption. Ihad promised him that we willrun this government the sameway. I assured him that we willnot spare anyone involved incorruption.”
Adding, he said: “I want totell everyone that I would nottolerate corruption of even Reone. So, straighten yourself.We had taken an oath at mar-tyr Bhagat Singh’s KhatkarKalan vil lage, we hadpromised that we would runa corruption-free government.This is a historic decision byAAP.”
SINGLA, HIS OSDNAMED IN FIR
In the FIR registered bySuperintending EngineerRajinder Singh, working ondeputation in Punjab HealthSystem Corporation (PHSC),alleged that Health Minister’sOSD Pradeep Kumar calledhim a month ago in PunjabBhavan’s room number 203.When the complainantreached, Singla and his OSDwere present in the room.“Before leaving, Singla told methat whatever Pradeep Kumarwill talk, consider it as I amsaying. He said that he was ina hurry, and left. After this,Pradeep told me that the allot-ment of work of Rs 41 croreshas been issued from my side.Apart from this, payment of
Rs 17 crores has also beenmade to the contractors inMarch. In this way, two per-cent commission of the totalamount of Rs 58 crores turnsout to be Rs 1.16 crore whichshould be given to him,” readthe FIR.
The complainant main-tained that he could not dothat, and he should be sentback to his parent department.“After this, Pradeep Kumarrepeatedly called me onWhatsApp on May 8, May 10,May 12, May 13, and May 23.And he repeatedly asked for abribe. I was threatened that ifI didn't give them their com-mission, they would spoil mycareer...I requested them notto do that as I was due to retireon November 30, 2022. Andasked them to send back tomy parent department andappoint someone who is readyto give them their share as pertheir demand,” it added.Rajinder Singh, in the FIR,alleged that the Minister'sOSD demanded Rs 10 lakhfrom him on May 20. Sayingthat he has only Rs five lakhavailable, the complainantagreed to pay the amount “toavoid mental harassment”.
“On May 23, I was called tothe Secretariat. There, I met theMinister and Pradeep....I havethe recording of the conversa-tion,” it added.
M I N I S T E RSOUGHT COMMIS-SION IN THE NAMEOF ‘SHUKRANA’
Dr Singla has been seekingcommission for all the tendersand projects in the name of“shukrana”. As per information,the Minister has sought“shukrana” from a Bathinda-based contractor, to be given tohis nephew. It has been learntthat the police has startedpreparing to question Singlaalong with his relatives andclose friends. The police isalso in the process of preparinga list of projects in Singla’stenure.
SEARCH FORNEXT HEALTH MIN
Mann had 10 ministers inhis Cabinet. With Dr Singla’sexpulsion, he is left with onlynine ministers, against the total18 Cabinet berths, includingthe Chief Minister. With this,the search for the next healthminister has started. It hasbeen learnt that the ChiefMinister has also held a meet-ing with his council ofMinisters to discuss thereplacement, considering thatthe government has alreadyannounced plans to launch 75mohalla clinics in the state onAugust 15 to mark the 75thanniversary of IndependenceDay. In such a situation, thetendering work is in full mode.It is believed that either one ofthe Ministers can be givenadditional responsibility; orthe Chief Minister himself maykeep the Ministry for the timebeing.
Vijay Singla (File Picture)
AAP ONLY PARTY IN INDIA THATHAS NO PLACE FOR CORRUPTION,CORRUPT PEOPLE: KEJRIWAL
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Following Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's announcement,AAP’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal on Tuesday commended him saying, “The AamAadmi Party is the only political party in the country that doesnot tolerate corruption or corrupt persons.”
“We're all proud of Bhagwant, our younger brother, for standagainst corruption. Not just the Punjabis, this move has madethe entire country proud,” he said.
PCMSA WELCOMES GOVT’S ACTIONAGAINST CORRUPTION
Welcoming the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s deci-sion, Punjab Civil Medical Services Association (PCMSA) onTuesday said that it would unconditionally support theGovernment in all its efforts to combat corruption in the State.
Punjab Tourism dept to inviteglobal tenders for ‘Pind BabeNanak Da’ project
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Morrison’s delayed response insecuring COVID vaccines andhandling natural disasters.Most recently, ScoMo’s flip-flop response in dealing withthe Queensland floods gavethe ALP leadership inQueensland the much-need-ed ammunition to target thefederal Government.Morrison’s mishandling of theBrittany Higgins’ rape allega-tions and assault allegationsagainst his two parliamentarycolleagues, Christian Porterand Alan Tudge, especiallyinflicted a severe beating to theparty’s and his own publicimage, and last-ditch effort toannounce Marise Payne as the‘Prime Minister for Women’proved futile in winning backwomen voters.
Albanese is likely to get amajority reaching 76, and thusescape teals (climate changeactivists) and the Greensbreathing down his neck. Hewill have more space to man-age the expectations of theresource industry and instilsome moderation in climatepolicy and pursuit of “renew-able energy superpower” statusfor Australia. In the post-pan-demic recovery, the flagshipresource sector is the key forGDP growth which the IMFhas raised to 4.2 per cent in itslatest forecast. The resourceindustry contends that more
mines, minerals and metals areneeded to build a modernsociety and boost economicgrowth and decoding thisremains a challenging conun-drum for the AlbaneseGovernment.
For New Delhi, bipartisan-ship in Australia’s India poli-cy means the regime changewould not disrupt policy con-tinuity. In the wake of thePulwama attack, new ForeignMinister Penelope Wong, thenthe Leader of the Oppositionin the Senate, had condemnedthe “atrocious terrorist attackagainst security personnel inJammu and Kashmir”. In April,Anthony Albanese, as theLeader of the Opposition, hadalso welcomed the “deepeningof ties” and signing of theAustralia India EconomicCooperation and TradeAgreement (AI-ECTA). In2017, Albanese had led a par-liamentary delegation to Indiato deepen parliamentary ties,people-to-people relations andunderstand the social, eco-nomic, governance and polit-ical issues. He concluded hisvisit brief by writing: “…it isimportant that the parliamen-tary officers work closely toensure that Australian parlia-mentary visitations don’t waitsome 17 years before the nextvisit.” The insights gained willprove useful now.
Albanese well understandsIndia’s relevance which hasbeen elevated to 63rd in ‘doingbusiness with ease’ rankings inthe World Bank’s DoingBusiness 2020 Report, makingit the sixth fastest growingeconomy, surpassing France.It is now the ninth largestrecipient of Foreign DirectInvestment destination in2019 by the World InvestmentReport 2020 of the UnitedNations Conference on Tradeand Development (UNC-TAD). As per the GlobalInnovation Index (GII) pub-lished by the WorldIntellectual PropertyOrganisation (WIPO), Indiaranks 52nd in innovation,improving from 57th in 2018,and topping the list amongstthe Central and South Asiannations.
In market sophistication,India ranks 20th both in termsof ‘Ease of Getting Credit’ and‘Market Capitalisation’; third in‘Domestic Market Sale’ andsixth in ‘Ease of ProtectingMinority Investors’. In businesssophistication, India hasjumped from 51st in 2018 to27th rank, and 23rd in‘University/Industry ResearchCollaboration’, something thatshould interest the academicstakeholders in Australia. Indiais a major success inKnowledge and Technologyand ranks 1st in ICT servicesexports (as a percentage of totalexports) and also ranks 22ndin the list of ‘Exporter ofCreative Goods’.
As Albanese meets hisIndian counterpart NarendraModi in Tokyo at the Quadsummit, both draw comfortfrom the fact that their strate-gic and bilateral interests can-not be seen in isolation. Thismeans they can keep an eye onwhat happens between andaround them, simultaneously.
(The author is the CEO,Institute for Australia IndiaEngagement, Brisbane,National Sports Chair{Australia India BusinessCouncil} and Editor-in-Chief,India News Australia. Theviews expressed are personal.)
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It may be recollected that similar argu-ments had led to the demolition of BabriMasjid. The Places of Worship Act, 1991,was legislated by Parliament to preventreligious organisations from makingclaims on other mosques and shrines. Fora long time the courts refused to hear casesquestioning the legality of mosques.However, when the courts showed willing-ness to hear such cases, many litigantsstarted filing petitions on flimsy grounds.In fact, the courts need to reject such casesas they violate the Places of Worship Act.
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����������������� ������������Sir — The Opposition-ruled States likeMaharashtra, Rajasthan and Kerala havedecreased VAT on petrol and diesel afterFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s callto provide further relief to consumers fol-lowing a cut in excise duty by the Centre,though some other States appear reluctantciting their inability to take more strain onrevenue. It is debatable whether States canafford to give up revenue from the ValueAdded Tax (VAT) on petrol and dieselunless the Centre devolves more funds orgives them more grants. The Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra Government slashedthe VAT on petrol by �2.08 per litre anddiesel by �1.44 per litre.
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the State exchequer will have to bear anannual loss of �2,500 crore as a result ofthis decision. Despite the tax reductionannounced by the Centre, the rates are stillhigh compared to 2013 when the Congress(UPA) ruled the country. The UnionGovernment’s levies on petrol have goneup substantially in the last seven years.Though the revenue to the UnionGovernment has increased manifold,there has not been a matching increase inthe revenues to States. It means that theCentre’s excise duty cut on petrol anddiesel is eyewash.
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more than doubled — from 135 millionto 276 million in the last three years. Thehunger crisis has been caused by variousfactors like conflicts, climate shocks andthe economic consequences in the after-math of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WFP says that ‘conflict’ is the biggestdriver of hunger, with 60 per cent of theworld’s hungry living in areas affected bywar and violence. Also, the events unfold-ing in Ukraine are proof of how conflictsfeed hunger. The pandemic has only exac-erbated the problem, driving hunger tounprecedented levels. Putting an end tohunger and malnutrition is a moral oblig-ation of humankind, and it is not just theduty of the Governments. Ordinary citi-zens, high net-worth individuals, youthinfluencers and celebrities can all play theirpart and raise their voice against the injus-tice of global hunger.
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Member for Grayndler in NewSouth Wales since 1996.Nicknamed “Albo”, his substantialrise in the party eventuated underKevin Rudd’s Kevin07 dispensa-tion in which he was given a min-isterial position. In the 2010hung Parliament, Albanese wasalso instrumental in securingthe support of independent mem-bers when the Government wasshy of the majority mark. Afterthe drubbing in the 2013 elec-tions, when the Australia LabourParty chose Bill Shorten over himas the leader, he secured theDeputy Prime Minister’s position.
Subsequently, following theshock defeat of the ALP in 2019when Shorten resigned fromleadership, Albanese became theparty leader. There is no denyingthat Albanese took charge of theparty in very challenging timesand needed to unite its factions,restore public and business con-fidence in Labour’s policies andvalues and, most of all, consoli-date his own authority as a leader— and he has done fairly well onall counts. The jury may differover his leadership style, articu-lation and capabilities, but hispolitical resume certainly testifieshis credentials as a peace/deal-maker within the Labor caucusand in Parliament. Above all, hepossesses a key virtue to be a suc-cessful political leader — patience.
Come 2022, biding his time,he backed his political convictionsand after the initial gaffes in themedia, brick-by-brick built hisprime ministerial image in thepublic. He championed change inthe way politics was conducted,inclusiveness in decision-making,compassion for the indigenousAustralians and hope for thejobless. His promise to create anational anti-corruption com-mission is a big tick with the tealsand also the Australian public.
His win was also aided by astrong anti-incumbency overrape and sexual misconduct;rising cost of living, fuel, electric-ity and essential commodities;stagnating wages, waning climatecommitments and Scott
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the Universe, the Divine Grace, alsoknown as Pushtimarg. Jagad GuruVallabhacaryaji had two DivineSons - Shri Gopinathji& ShriViththalnathji-Gosainji. ShriViththalnathji-Gosainji had sevensons. His sixth son was ShriYadunathji. Shashtha pithadhishwarParam Puja Goswami 108 ShreeDwarkeshlaljiMaharajshri is the14th Generation of Shri Yadunathji.For the past 13 generations based onthe traditions of Shashtha pithad-hishwar, he resides on every Gaadi-Pati (Throne) as Raj-Tilak. He ispresently residing in Vadodara asRaj-Tilak in Seva of Mohini SwarupShri Kalyanrayji. This is the sameSwarup that BelovedVallabhacharya ji served (Sevya).
Pujyapad Goswami 108 ShreeDwarkeshlaljiMaharajshri ispresently the Raj-Tilak Gaadi-Patiof Vadodara, Ahmedabad-Naroda(Shri Mahaprabhaji’sBethakji),Gondal, Baria, (Gujarat), Gokul(Uttar Pradesh), Dhanpur, Shergad(Rajasthan), Vidisha (MadhyaPradesh), Sikandarabad(Telangana). Likewise, in Atlanta-Gokuldham, Ocala-Pushtidham,Connecticut-Vallabhdham (All-USA) &Leceister-Shreeji Dham(UK). Moreover, he is serving var-
ious other religious establishmentsaround the world as an advisory.From a very young age, PujaMaharajshree has been an inspira-tional religious, social and culturalleader as well as a guiding force forthe young and old alike and strongsupport for the disadvantaged mem-bers of society. He has motivatedthousands of youngsters to embracePushtimarg through various reli-gious, cultural, educational, andcharitable institutions throughoutIndia and the world. Over theyears, HDH has been honored forHis profound philosophical andpoetic writings as well as for His reli-gious, social, and humanitarianwork. He is a renowned PushtiMargiya Propagator, Philosopherand Teacher. He appreciates antiquecollections and art &artistry. He isvery proficient in playing Mrudang(Pakhawaj) in Music Area. He isarticulate in preparing and adorn-ing jewelry for Shree Thakorjee. Hehas written several ongoing poetriesin Gujarati, Hindi & Vraj Bhasha.He is the author of various religiousand philosophical articles and texts.He has an interest in ancient &modern, known-unknown Gazals’collections. He displays a keeninterest in national geographic and
current affairs of past and presenttimes...
He has received several acco-lades and awards including theprestigious “Glory of Gujarat” awardin 2015 for promoting social well-being, Indian culture, and religionas well as for His valuable contribu-tions to economics and religiousresearch. Most recently in August2021, His Divine Holiness wasawarded an honorary doctorate byNorth American University, USA.
Puja Maharajshree continues totravel tirelessly throughout theworld. HDH DwarkeshlaljiMaharajshree enlightens the worldon the specifics of terminologycommonly used by followers of the Vaishnav cult.
Who is a Vaishnav? Anyoneoffering divine loving services toLord Shree Krishna by dedicatingand finding refuge in Him is calleda Vaishnav. A Vaishnav does notharbor negative feelings of hatred,jealousy, envy, etc., and treats every-one with respect, equanimity, andequality.
What is Inner Faith?Inner faithis the divine love one experiencesafter realising Shri Krishna’s truenature. It is the recognition of theall-pervading nature or Brahmavadessence of God within ourselves andin the world that gives a positive out-look and attitude towards life andcreates respect, understanding, andawareness of oneself as well as oth-ers. Unyielding faith originatingfrom one’s experiences of God’somnipotent presence can lead toextraordinary experiences which arepractical and liberating. In thisstate of liberation, one merges intoShri Krishna’s blissful form and nocaste, creed, color, sex, or age pre-vents one from attaining ShriKrishna’s grace. It transcends allboundaries of identity, time, space,and place.
What does Pushtimargiyamean?Pushtimarg also known as“The Path of Grace” is a Vaishnavsect of Hinduism established byJagadguru Shrimad VallabacharyaMahaprabhuji, one of the greatAcharyas of Hinduism.“Pushtimargiya” is spontaneous,selfless, motiveless love forLordVaishnavism theology, descendto empower the good and fight evil,thereby restoring Dharma. This isreflected in the passages of theancient Bhagavad Gita as:Whenever righteousness wanes andunrighteousness increases, I sendmyself forth.
For the protection of the goodand for the destruction of evil,andfor the establishment of righteous-ness, I come into being age after age.
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The composition of RajyaSabha will soon mirrorLok Sabha giving an
advantage to the ruling BJP. Butit will not gain the majority yet.Stakes are high for the BJP andthe opposition parties becauseof the upcoming Presidentialand vice-presidential polls inJune-July. Any changes in thecomposition of state assem-blies will impact the RajyaSabha, the House of Elders.
The House will witness sev-eral changes after the upcomingbiennial elections for 57 RajyaSabha seats and two bye-elec-tions on June 10. Some retiringmembers might come back,and others may not. The region-al parties may gain more thanthe two national parties - theruling BJP and the Congress —after the biennial polls.
The regional satraps rule
several states like West Bengal,Telangana, Andhra Pradesh,Odisha, Delhi, Punjab, andTamil Nadu. The last threestates are coalition govern-ments. The young Aam AadmiParty (AAP) ruling Delhi andPunjab has been the biggestgainer in the Rajya Sabha bien-nial elections. It won five seats,with which its strength in theHouse has gone up to eight. Theregional parties might increasetheir tally to 27 from 25 seats outof the 57.
Secondly, during PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s firstterm (2014-2019), theCongress-led opposition wasstrong and created hurdles formost bills. The BJP, which hadjust 47 members in 2012, hastouched three digits. The num-bers changed in Modi- 2-0,enabling the Government to
push through many contentiousbills, including the abrogation ofArticle 370 and the trifurcationof Jammu and Kashmir.
Of the 59 members retiring,25 belong to the BJP, while itsallies, the Janata Dal (United)two and AIADMK, three. Theshrinking National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) has 31 seats outof the 59. It will be challengingfor the NDA as it will likely lose7 to 9. As far as other parties are
concerned, the Samajwadi Partyhas three, the Biju Janata Dalfour, the Bahujan Samaj Partytwo, and the Telangana RashtraSamiti three. In contrast, theYSR Congress, the Akali Dal,and the Rashtriya Janata Dalhave one each.
In Andhra Pradesh, theBJP will lose the three it current-ly holds out of the four seatsgoing to the polls. The YSRCP’ssweeping victory in 2019 means
it will gain all four seats.Similarly, the Telangana RashtraSamiti (TRS) will gain both seatsgoing to the polls. Biju JanataDal (BJD) will continue to holdall three seats. In Bihar, theRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) willimprove its tally from one seatto two, and AAP will win boththe seats in Punjab thatCongress and Akali Dal previ-ously held. The JharkhandMukti Morcha (JMM) hasoffered one seat to Congress,held by the BJP.
Thirdly, the Congress Party,the main opposition since 2014,could shrink further. Electorally,the Congress Party has notrecovered from the jolt itreceived in 2014 and 2019 andhas lost one state after the othersince then. Its tally in RajyaSabha will dip further after theforthcoming biennial elections
to the Upper House. The partywill get zero seats in AndhraPradesh, come down inRajasthan from 4 to 2, and loseone seat each from Jharkhandand Chattisgarh. Moreover,between now and 2024, therewill be elections for 65 seats, butCongress’s chances are bleakand its strength will decreasefurther.
Fourthly, some seniorCongress leaders might not geta Rajya Sabha berth due to therecent Udaipur resolution giv-ing a 50 percent share to theyouth in all positions. Thetenure of senior Congress lead-ers, like P Chidambaram, KapilSibal, Jairam Ramesh andAmbika Soni, are set to end.Some Union ministers includ-ing Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman, CommerceMinister Piyush Goyal, and
Minority Affairs MinisterMukhtar Abbas Naqvi will alsoretire. However, they are all like-ly to come back. The party willbe able to accommodate almostall of them after its recent mas-sive win in four of the five stateAssembly elections.
On the contrary, Congress’sfootprint has shrunk geograph-ically. The party is ruling in onlyfour states-in Rajasthan andChhattisgarh on its own and inMaharashtra and Jharkhand asa junior partner in the rulingalliance. The party will have zerorepresentation in the RajyaSabha from 17 states and UnionTerritories.
Above all, the Rajya Sabhais likely to have a new Chairmanif the incumbent, M. VenkaiahNaidu, is either elevated asPresident or does not get a second term.
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Vaishnavism is the worship and accep-tance of Vishnu. The various sects of wor-shippers of Vishnu pray to him in differ-ent ways. For some, the goal of religiousdevotion to Vishnu is liberation from thecycle of birth and death. For others, it ishealth and prosperity in this life, good crops,success in business, or thriving children.Vaishnavism comprises many sects andgroups that differ in their interpretation ofthe relationship between the individual andGod. It has four main categories of sub-schools: the medieval-era Vishishtadvaitaschool of Ramanuja, the Dvaita school ofMadhvacharya, the Dvaitadvaita school ofNimbarkacharya, and the Pushtimarg ofVallabhacharya. The Srivaishnava sect, forexample, emphasises the doctrine of qual-ified non-dualism of Ramanuja, accordingto which, although the differentiated phe-nomenal world is illusory, it is neverthelessthe medium through which devotees maygain access to God. Another group profess-es the dualism of the philosopher Madhva,the belief that God and the soul are sepa-rate entities and that the soul’s existence isdependent on God. The Pushtimarg sectmaintains the pure non-dualism doctrineof the theologian Vallabhacharya, whichdoes not declare the phenomenal world tobe an illusion. The Gaudiya sect, foundedby Chaitanya, teaches inconceivable dual-ity and non-duality, the belief that the rela-tion between God and the world is beyondthe scope of human comprehension.
HDH Shashth Pithadishwar Puja PadGoswami 108 Shree DwarkeshlaljiMaharajshree is the chief patron - manag-ing trustee of Vaishnav InnerfaithPushtimargiya Organisation (VIVO-Global). His Divine Holiness hails from thePushtimarg tradition of Vaishnavism as thedirect descendant of Jagadguru ShrimadVallabhacharya Mahaprabhuji, the founderof Pushti Bhakti Marg and one of the fivegreat Acharyas in Hinduism. His DivineHoliness is enthroned as the 14th Gadipathiof Shashthpeeth at Vadodara, one of theseven thrones of Shri VitthalnathjiGusainji,the son of Shri VallabhacharyaMahaprabhuji. He is not only the head atKalyanraiji Mandir, Vadodara but also atseveral temples/Havelis in India, the UK,the USA, and Canada. The first supremeomnipresent Jagad Guru ShrimadVallabhacharya Mahaprabhuji establishedthe Vaishnav religious system to grace upon
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The leaders of India,Australia, Japan and the
United States on Tuesdayunequivocally condemned ter-rorism and violent extremismin all its forms and manifesta-tions, and reiterated their con-demnation of terrorist attacks,including 26/11 Mumbai andPathankot attacks perpetratedby Pakistan-based terrorgroups. In a Quad JointLeaders' Statement issued afterthe second in-person meetingof Quad leaders here, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, USPresident Joe Biden, JapanesePrime Minister Fumio Kishidaand Australia's newly-electedPrime Minister AnthonyAlbanese reiterated that there
can be no justification for actsof terror on any grounds what-soever. "We condemn unequiv-ocally terrorism and violentextremism in all its forms andmanifestations," the statementsaid.
The four leadersdenounced use of terroristproxies and emphasisedimportance of denying anylogistical, financial or militarysupport to terrorist groupswhich could be used to launchor plan terror attacks, includ-ing cross-border attacks, itsaid, without naming any coun-try."We reiterate our condem-nation of terrorist attacks,including 26/11 Mumbai andPathankot attacks," the leaderssaid in the joint statement.Terrorists of Pakistan-based
outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)had carried out the 26/11Mumbai terror attack and theJanuary 2016 Pathankot airbaseattack.
JuD, led by Hafiz Saeed, isthe front organisation for LeTwhich is responsible for carry-ing out 2008 Mumbai attackthat killed 166 people, includ-ing six Americans. Saeed, aPakistani national, is a UN-des-ignated terrorist on whom UShas placed a USD 10 millionbounty. Last month, the Indiangovernment designated as aterrorist Ali Kashif Jan, thePakistani handler of the 2016terror attack on Pathankot airbase in which six terrorists andseven Indian soldiers werekilled.
India has been askingPakistan to take credible, ver-ifiable and irreversible actionsagainst terrorist networks andproxies operating from its soiland bring the perpetrators of26/11 Mumbai and Pathankotattack to justice.
In their joint statement, theQuad leaders also reaffirmedthe UNSC Resolution 2593(2021), which demands that theAfghan territory must neveragain be used to threaten orattack any country or to shel-ter or train terrorists, or to planor finance terrorist attacks."Weemphasise importance ofupholding international stan-dards on anti-money launder-ing and combating financing ofterrorism by all countries, con-sistent with FATF recommen-
dations."We reaffirm that in our
fight against terrorism, we willtake concerted action againstall terrorist groups, includingthose individuals and entitiesdesignated pursuant to UNSCResolution 1267(1999)," it said.
The Financial Action TaskForce (FATF) is an inter-gov-ernmental body established in1989 to combat money laun-dering, terrorist financing andother related threats to integri-ty of international financialsystem.
The Paris-based FATF hasplaced Pakistan on its grey listsince June 2018 for failing tocheck money laundering, lead-ing to terror financing, and wasgiven a plan of action to com-plete it by October 2019.
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President Joe Biden onTuesday said his country's
policy towards Taiwanremained unchanged, a dayafter his comments raisedquestions about whetherWashington was shifting fromits long-standing policy ofmaintaining an ambiguousstance on self-ruled islandclaimed by China as a renegadeprovince.
When asked at sidelines ofQUAD summit hosted byJapan as to whether policy ofstrategic ambiguity towardsTaiwan was changed, Bidenreplied: "No."
"The policy has notchanged at all. I stated thatwhen I made my statement yes-terday," Japan's Kyodo newsagency quoted Biden as sayingin a response to another ques-tion about whether or not UStroops would be sent to Taiwanif China invaded island. Bidenon Monday said United States
was committed to defendingTaiwan if China attempted toseize self-ruled island by force.Asked if US is willing to getinvolved militarily in a Taiwancontingency, Biden told mediaafter a meeting with JapanesePrime Minister Fumio Kishidahere: "Yes. That's commitmentwe made."
Biden also said burden toprotect Taiwan was "evenstronger" after Russia's invasionof Ukraine. The White Houseinsists that Biden's unusuallyforceful comments aboutTaiwan did not amount to ashift in US policy towards self-ruled island that China claimsas its own.
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As US President Joe Bidenlaunched a new trade deal
with 12 Indo-Pacific nations,including India, to enhancetrade, economic and invest-ment opportunities, China,which sees the pact as a threatto its dominance in the region,went on the offensive against it,promising more opening up,while the official media heretermed it as "economic NATO".
On the eve of the Quadsummit in Tokyo, Biden onMonday launched the ambi-tious Indo-Pacific EconomicFramework for Prosperity(IPEF), which is an initiativeaimed at deeper cooperationamong like-minded countriesin areas such as clean energy,supply-chain resilience anddigital trade.
The IPEF is expected tosend across a signal that the USis focused on pushing forward
a strong economic policy forthe region to counter China'saggressive strategy on trade inregion.
The countries joining atlaunch of US-led initiative areAustralia, Brunei Darussalam,India, Indonesia, Japan,Republic of Korea, Malaysia,New Zealand, the Philippines,Singapore, Thailand, andVietnam.
The US-led trade deal hasalready caused consternation inBeijing as its Foreign MinisterWang Yi on same day offeredmore higher cooperation to theIndo-Pacific region with betterBelt and Road Initiative (BRI)projects and investments.
Addressing the Economicand Social Commission forAsia and the Pacific (ESCAP)through a video link aroundsame time IPEF was launchedon Monday, Wang said "theAsia-Pacific region is whereChina lives and thrives".
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Sri Lanka's navy said Tuesday that it has arrest-ed 67 people who it believes were trying to
travel by sea to Australia illegally. The navy saidin a statement that 12 men were arrested firstnear port town of Trincomalee, 260 kilometers(160 miles) northeast of capital Colombo onMonday and, upon questioning them, inter-cepted 55 more people travelling in a fishing ves-sel.
It said persons were aged between 3 and 53,and that five of them are suspected be part ofa human smuggling ring. Navy spokespersonIndika de Silva said while their destination is stillnot clear it is suspected that they were headedto Australia. Police were still determining themotivation for illegal voyage, de Silva said, butSri Lankans over years have travelled toAustralia and other developed nations illegal-ly for economic and political reasons.
Australian media reported Tuesday that offi-cials sent 15 people back to Sri Lanka onSaturday after they were found travelling in aboat near Christmas Island. Sri Lanka is facingits worst economic crisis in recent memory fac-ing heavy shortages of essentials from food,cooking gas, medicine and fuel to toilet paperand matchsticks.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yiwill visit Solomon Islands this
week in what the South Pacific nation'sleader said was a "milestone" in hiscountry's relationship with China,amid concerns that their new securitypact could allow Chinese military per-sonnel on the islands.
But Prime Minister ManassehSogavare insisted in a statement post-ed on his government's website Tuesdaythat the partnership with Beijing doesnot come at the expense of ties withAustralia, the United States and others.
The visit of Wang at the head of a20-person delegation on Thursday andFriday comes amid growing concernsabout China's influence in the strate-gically important Solomon Islands.
Wang will be the highest-rankingChinese representative to visit thecountry since the two nations for-malised diplomatic relations 32 monthsago, the Solomon Islands ForeignAffairs Ministry said, after Sogavareswitched recognition from Taiwan toBeijing. The Chinese Foreign Ministrysaid later that Wang would also visitKiribati, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu,Papua New Guinea and East Timor in
a 10-day trip. While in Fiji he will hosta meeting with the foreign ministers ofPacific Island nations, it said.
"It is believed that the meeting willplay an important role in promotingsolidarity and cooperation betweenChina and the Pacific island countriesand in advancing the development ofour relations," Foreign Ministryspokesperson Wang Wenbin said inBeijing.
The security agreement, signed inApril, would allow Beijing to sendpolice and military personnel toSolomon Islands "to assist in main-taining social order" and let Chinesewarships make port calls for "logisticalreplenishment." That has raised fears ofa possible Chinese naval base ondoorstep of Australia and New Zealand.
Tehran: Rescuers dug through debrison Tuesday of a building collapse insouthwestern Iran that killed at least 11people, fearful that many more couldstill be trapped beneath the rubble asauthorities arrested the city's mayor ina widening probe of the disaster.
The collapse on Monday of anunder-construction 10-story tower atthe Metropol Building exposed itscement blocks and steel beams whilealso underscoring an ongoing crisis in
Iranian construction projects that hasseen other disasters in this earthquake-prone nation. Video from the initial col-lapse showed thick dust rise overAbadan, a crucial oil-producing city inKhuzestan province, near Iran's borderwith Iraq.
The Metropol Building includedtwo towers, one already built and theother under construction, though itsbottom commercial floors had finishedand already had tenants. AP
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Workers digging throughrubble found 200 bodies
in Mariupol, Ukrainian author-ities said Tuesday, another grimdiscovery in the ruined portcity that has seen some of theworst suffering of the 3-month-old war.
The bodies found in thebasement of a collapsed apart-ment building were in a state ofdecomposition and a stenchpermeated the neighbourhood,said Petro Andryushchenko, anadviser to the city's mayor.
Mariupol, which theRussians recently claimed fullcontrol over, has endured someof the worst suffering of the warand became a worldwide sym-bol of defiance for the dieharddefense put up for months byfighters at a steelworks.
The announcement of thediscovery of the bodies cameshortly after Ukrainian
President VolodymyrZelenskyy accused Russia ofwaging "total war," seeking toinflict as much death anddestruction as possible on hiscountry.
"Indeed, there has not beensuch a war on the Europeancontinent for 77 years,"Zelensky told UkrainiansMonday night, on the eve of thethree-month anniversary ofthe start of the war.
He pointed to a missileattack that killed 87 people lastweek in the town of Desna, 55kilometers north of Kyiv, one ofthe deadliest single strikes inthe war.
"And it was only four mis-siles," he said, noting the manyhundreds of such strikes sincethe beginning of the war onFeb. 24.
The conflict began withexpectations that Russia mightovertake the country in a blitzlasting only days or a few
weeks. But stiff Ukrainian resis-tance, bolstered by Western
weapons, has bogged downMoscow's troops, forcing them
to pursue more a limited objec-tive.
The Kremlin is nowfocused on the eastern indus-trial heartland of the Donbas,where Russian forces haveintensified efforts to encircleand capture Sievierodonetskand neighboring cities, Britishmilitary authorities saidTuesday. That's the only part ofthe Donbas' Luhansk regionthat remains under Ukrainiangovernment control.
Russian forces haveachieved "some localized suc-cesses" despite strongUkrainian resistance alongdug-in positions, the U.K.Defense Ministry said, but thefall of Sievierodonetsk and thearea around it may cause logis-tical problems for the Russians.
"If the Donbas front linemoves further west, this willextend Russian lines of com-munication and likely see itsforces face further logisticresupply difficulties," the min-istry said.
In its effort to secure a vic-tory in the Donbas, Moscowhas withdrawn some forcesfrom around Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv.
There, residents lined upfor rations of tea, sugar, pastaand cereal, holding out plasticbags to receive cups of flourand other supplies.
Meanwhile, a Russian-installed official in Ukraine'sKherson region said the pro-Kremlin administration willask Moscow to set up a militarybase there.
"It is vitally important andwill become a security guar-antee for the region and its res-idents," said Kirill Stremousov,deputy head of the adminis-tration. Ukrainian officials havespeculated Russia plans to stagea referendum in the region todeclare its independence, sim-ilar to ones held years ago inthe Donetsk and Luhanskregions of the Donbas.
Moscow recognised theself-proclaimed Donetsk andLuhansk republics two daysbefore invading Ukraine, usingthat as a pretext to send troopsto its ex-Soviet neighbor.
Instead, Stremousov saidthe region would ask theKremlin to make it part ofRussia. Kremlin spokesmanDmitry Peskov has said it is upto the people of Kherson todecide how and where theywant to live.
Meeting in Tokyo with fel-low leaders in the Indo-Pacificsecurity coalition known as theQuad, President Joe Biden saidTuesday that Russia's war inUkraine had brought a "darkhour in our shared history."
Global defense leaders onMonday agreed to send moreadvanced weapons to Ukraine,including a Harpoon launcherand missiles to protect its coast,Defense Secretary Lloyd Austintold reporters.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine isalso a direct attack on theEuropean Union (EU) andEurope must walk togethergoing ahead.
He also said that Spain is
now hosting more than 100,000Ukrainian refugees.
In a special address at theWorld Economic ForumAnnual Meeting 2022, theSpanish leader said he wasstill a teenager when the Berlinwall fell and the Soviet Unioncollapsed.
"The decade that followedwas defined by FrancisFukuyama's thesis on the endof history: liberal democracyand the market economy hadprevailed, and there was no wayback.
That's how my generationgrew up: thinking that eco-nomic growth, interconnect-edness, freedom of thoughtand speech and humanprogress were just as pre-dictable as they wereinevitable," he said.
Now, in 2022, we knowwell that liberal democracydoes not come naturally and it
requires considerable effortand nurturing, he noted.
"As I speak here to youtoday, Ukrainians are fightingfor freedom and democracy -- not just theirs, but also ours.We never thought that wewould see again such horrify-ing images of bombings and
massacres on European soil.Names like Bucha or Mariupolhave become synonyms of bar-barity and war crimes thatcannot go unpunished,"Sanchez said.
He said "this illegal, irra-tional and unjust war" is caus-ing suffering and despair in
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When Vladimir Putinannounced the invasion
of Ukraine, war seemed faraway from Russian territory.Yet within days the conflictcame home - not with cruisemissiles and mortars but in theform of unprecedented andunexpectedly extensive volleysof sanctions by Western gov-ernments and economic pun-ishment by corporations.
Three months after theFeb. 24 invasion, many ordi-nary Russians are reeling fromthose blows to their liveli-hoods and emotions. Moscow'svast shopping malls haveturned into eerie expanses ofshuttered storefronts onceoccupied by Western retailers.
McDonald's - whose open-ing in Russia in 1990 was a cul-tural phenomenon, a shinymodern convenience comingto a dreary country grounddown by limited choices -
pulled out of Russia entirely inresponse to its invasion ofUkraine. IKEA, the epitome ofaffordable modern comforts,suspended operations. Tens ofthousands of once-secure jobsare now suddenly in questionin a very short time.
Major industrial playersincluding oil giants BP andShell and automaker Renaultwalked away, despite their hugeinvestments in Russia. Shell hasestimated it will lose about $5billion by trying to unload itsRussian assets.
While the multinationalswere leaving, thousands ofRussians who had the eco-nomic means to do so were alsofleeing, frightened by harshnew government moves con-nected to the war that they sawas a plunge into full totalitari-anism. Some young men mayhave also fled in fear that theKremlin would impose amandatory draft to feed its warmachine.
But fleeing had becomemuch harder than it once was- the European Union's 27nations, along with the UnitedStates and Canada had bannedflights to and from Russia.The Estonian capital of Tallinn,once an easy long-weekenddestination 90 minutes by airfrom Moscow, suddenly took atleast 12 hours to reach on aroute through Istanbul.
Even vicarious travel via
the Internet and social mediahas narrowed for Russians.Russia in March bannedFacebook and Instagram -although that can be circum-vented by using VPNs - andshut access to foreign mediawebsites, including the BBC,the U.S. Government-fundedVoice of America and RadioFree Europe/Radio Liberty andthe German broadcasterDeutsche Welle.
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New Delhi: Skills and talentdevelopment company NIIT onTuesday reported a 45 per centjump in its consolidated prof-it after tax to �67.4 crore for thequarter ended in March 2022.
The company had posteda profit after tax of � 46.5 crorein the same period a year ago.
The consolidated net rev-enue of NIIT increased by 35per cent to �375 crore duringthe reported quarter from�278.8 crore in the corre-sponding quarter of 2020-21.
For the year ended inMarch 2022, NIIT posted a 58
per cent rise in its consolidat-ed PAT to �226.2 crore from�143 crore in 2020-21.
The annual net revenue ofthe company increased by 44per cent to �1,377.5 crore in2021-22 from �959.7 crore ayear ago. PTI
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New Delhi: The tender process for the con-struction of Haryana Orbital Rail CorridorTunnel (HORC Tunnel) will be completed by themonth of December during the current finan-cial year. Tenders will be invited during themonth of July.
Haryana Rail Infrastructure DevelopmentCorporation Limited has discussed in depthwith Companies from Tunnel Construction sec-tor regarding HORC Tunnel of length 4.69 kms,a major part of Haryana Orbital Rail Corridorof length 121.742 km to be constructed paral-lel to Kundli Manesar Palwal Expressway(Western Peripheral Expressway). The repre-sentatives of 20 Companies from TunnelConstruction were present in the meeting held
at Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi on Tuesday. PNS
New Delhi: Goldin the nationalCapital onTuesday gainedmarginally by �25to �51,027 per 10grams in line withfirm trend ininternational pre-cious metal pricesalong with rupeed e p r e c i a t i o n ,according to HDFC Securities.
In the previous trade, the precious metal set-tled at �51,002 per 10 grams.
Silver, however, tumbled �428 to �61,557 perkg from �61,985 per kg in the previous trade.
Meanwhile, the rupee slipped by 4 paise toclose at 77.59 (provisional) against the US dollaron Tuesday, weighed down by a negative trendin domestic equities and unabated foreign fundoutflows. In the international market, gold wastrading higher at USD 1,859 per ounce and sil-ver was flat at USD 21.89 per ounce.
“Gold prices traded firm with spot gold pricesat COMEX trading 0.38 per cent up at USD 1,859per ounce on Tuesday,” said Tapan Patel, SeniorAnalyst (Commodities) at HDFC Securities. PTI
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move to allow mutual funds to launch passivelymanaged Equity-Linked Savings Schemes(ELSS) will provide a cost-effective and tax-saving alternative to individual investors,experts said on Tuesday.
Apart from these, Sebi has put in place aframework for managing passive funds --Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and IndexFunds -- amid growing popularity of suchfunds as an investment product for retailinvestors.
Sebi, in its circular, on Monday said mutu-al funds can either launch an actively-managedELSS scheme or a passively-managed one butnot in both categories.
The passive ELSS scheme should bebased on one of the indices comprising equi-ty shares from top 250 companies in terms ofmarket capitalisation.
Piyush Gupta, Director - Funds Research,Crisil Ltd, said that Sebi’s move to push pas-sive debt funds is doubly beneficial.
One, it will offer a low-cost option to thoseseeking to invest in actively managed fixed-income-oriented funds.
Two, it will engender liquidity for suchproducts that, in turn, would deepen India’scorporate bond market, he added. “Theadvent of passively managed ELSS provides acost and tax-saving alternative to individualinvestors,” he said. PTI
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Chennai: Redington India Ltd has reported standalone profitfor the quarter ending March 31, 2022 at Rs 123.46 crore, thecompany said on Tuesday.
The city headquartered supply chain solutions provider hadclocked standalone net profits at Rs 115.47 crore in correspondingquarter previous year. For the year ending March 31, 2022 stand-alone profit grew to Rs 935.07 crore, from Rs 263.33 crore reg-istered year ago. The standalone total income during the quar-ter under review stood at Rs 7,790.74 crore as against Rs 6,367.29crore registered year ago. For the year ending March 31, 2022standalone total income rose to Rs 27,506.47 crore, from Rs22,791.74 crore registered year ago.
In a statement, the company said it reported strong perfor-mance across all business segments with overall revenue growthof 12 per cent year-on-year for the period ending March 31, 2022.
The company said it surpassed a milestone of Rs 62,000 crorein revenues for the full year ending March 31, 2022.
The growth in Profit After Tax has been strong at 69 per centfor the year with the business generating cash flow from oper-ations of Rs 989 crore.
“The growth has been driven by continued demand for tech-nology products, solutions and services that can enable digitaltransformation, hybrid work, modernisation of information tech-nology, data centre and applications..”, it said.
“FY22 has been an immensely satisfying year for us in termsof broad-based business growth.
As the journey towards digitalisation accelerates, we have beenfocused on bringing innovations faster to market...”, companymanaging director Rajiv Srivastava said. “Our trust-based rela-tionships with vendors and partners are a key enabler in ourgrowth fuelled by new age technologies and cloud based adop-tions”, he said. PTI
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New Delhi: The CommerceMinistry has imposed a newcondition for the grant of reg-istration certificates for wheatexports as it looks to curbshipments by unscrupuloustraders.
The government is allow-ing wheat shipments for whichirrevocable letters of credit(LoC) were issued on or beforeMay 13, when the ban of theexport of the foodgrain wasimposed.
According to the new con-dition notified by the DGFT,the message exchange datebetween the Indian and foreignbank/swift date for the issue ofan LoC should be on or priorto May 13, 2022.
Exporters will have tosubmit the message exchangedate with foreign banks alongwith a valid LoC, issued on orbefore May 13, to obtain reg-istration of contracts (RC) toship their consignments,according to a notice by theDirectorate General of ForeignTrade (DGFT).
The DGFT issued thenotice to prevent unscrupulous
traders from exporting wheaton the basis of fraudulent back-dated letter of credits (L/C).
The notice stated thatexporters having valid L/Cswould have to register with theregional authorities (RAs) ofthe DGFT to obtain registra-tion of contracts (RC) to shiptheir consignments.
“Information has beenreceived from sources thatfraudulent back dated L/Cshowing date of issuance as onor prior to May 13, 2022, arebeing submitted by some
unscrupulous exporters forissue of RCs, but as per the L/C,message exchange datebetween foreign and the Indianbank/swift message is afterMay 13, 2022,” the DGFT said.
The matter, it said “hasbeen considered and it is clar-ified that for registration of L/Cwith the RAs of DGFT, apartfrom the L/C date, the messageexchange date between theIndian and foreign bank/swiftdate should be on or prior toMay 13, 2022”.
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New Delhi: The government islikely to restrict sugar exportsto 10 million tonnes for the firsttime in six years in order tomaintain enough domesticsupply and prevent rise inprices, according to officialsources.
Mills have contracted forexport of 9 million tonnes ofsugar so far in the 2021-22marketing year (October-September). Out of which, 7.5million tonnes of the sweeten-er has been exported, thesources added.
India is the world’s secondlargest producer and exporterafter Brazil.
“A notification on sugar
export restrictions will beissued in a day or two,” thesources said.
A closing stock of 6 milliontonnes is required at the end ofSeptember 2022, to meet thedomestic demand in the firsttwo months of the new 2022-23 marketing year.
Also, the country’s priori-ty is first to meet the domesticrequirement, keep prices undercheck and allow export only ifthere is surplus quantity, thesources said.
Restrictions are likely to beimposed months ahead of theclosing of the current market-ing year, so that the contract-ed quantity of sugar is shippedsmoothly, the sources added.
In 2020-21, the countryexported 7 million tonnes ofsugar.
The major importingcountries are Indonesia,Afghanistan, Sri Lanka,Bangladesh, UAE, Malaysiaand African countries. PTI
New Delhi: India’s crude oilproduction fell 1 per cent inApril after lower output fromfields operated by the privatesector wiped away gains bystate-owned firms such asONGC, official data showedTuesday. India produced 2.47million tonnes of crude oil inApril, down from 2.5 milliontonnes in the same month lastyear, according to data releasedby the Ministry of Petroleumand Natural Gas.
Oil and Natural GasCorporation (ONGC) pro-duced 1.65 million tonnes ofcrude oil in April, which wasnearly 5 per cent more than thetarget set for it and 0.86 percent high than the 1.63 milliontonnes produced last year.
Oil India Ltd (OIL) pro-duced 3.6 per cent more crudeat 2,51,460 tonnes but fieldsoperated by the private sectorproduced 7.5 per cent lesscrude oil at 5,67,570 tonnes.
The government has beenfocused on raising domesticproduction of oil and gas to cutreliance on imports. Indiaimports 85 per cent of its oilneeds and about half of its nat-ural gas requirement.
Natural gas output rose6.6 per cent to 2.82 billion cubicmeters on the back of higheroutput from eastern offshore -home to the KG-D6 block ofReliance Industries Ltd and BPplc. PTI
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Mumbai: The rupee slipped by4 paise to close at 77.59 (pro-visional) against the US dollaron Tuesday, weighed down bya negative trend in domesticequities and unabated foreignfund outflows.
At the interbank foreignexchange market, the rupeeopened lower at 77.56 againstthe greenback, and finally set-tled at 77.59, down 4 paise overits previous close.
During the trading ses-sion, the rupee touched anintra-day low of 77.67 and ahigh of 77.51.
On Monday, the rupeerecovered from record lows andsettled 15 paise higher at 77.55against the US currency.The dollar index, which gaugesthe greenback’s strength againsta basket of six currencies, wastrading 0.07 per cent lower at102.
Global oil benchmarkBrent crude futures fell 0.37 percent to USD 113 per barrel.
“The Indian rupee driftedlower after two days of con-solidation on the back of therisk-averse sentiment and for-eign fund outflows. The rupeehas been underperformingamong Asian currencies amida weaker macro environmentand foreign fund outflows,”said Dilip Parmar, ResearchAnalyst, HDFC Securities.
While the dollar index has
fallen further to the downsideand eying the psychologicallevel of 100, the local unit isweakening along with otheremerging market currencieson growth and inflation wor-ries.
“So far this month, therupee has been the worst-per-forming currency among Asiancurrencies with a loss of 1.6 percent after the RBI joined theglobal central banks in raisinginterest rates to curb infla-tion,” Parmar said.
In the current calendaryear, foreign institutionalinvestors sold equities worthUSD 21.25 billion and USD1.82 billion of debt.
Near-term outlook forUSDINR remains bullish aslong as it trades above 76.70,while on the higher side it facesstrong resistance in the area of77.80 to 78, Parmar noted. PTI
New Delhi: State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam will migrate30,000 of its wifi hotspots to the PM-WANI framework by June,a senior telecom department official on Tuesday said, addingRailways too has an ambitious blueprint for all its future hotspotsto be under the framework.
Speaking at Broadband India Forum (BIF) event, VivekNarayan, DDG (data services) in the Department of Telecom(DoT) mentioned the potential and impact of the PM-WANI wifihotspots scheme across areas, such as tourism, smart cities andlast-mile connectivity in villages.
In a bid to fuel broadband internet proliferation across thecountry, the government, in December 2020, approved the set-ting up of public wifi networks and access points by local Kiranaand neighbourhood shops through public data offices that willnot involve any licence, fee or registration.
The public Wi-Fi Access Network Interface, known as PM-WANI, hold the promise of unleashing a massive wifi revolu-tion in the country. “BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) wouldbe migrating 30,000 of its hotspots into PM-WANI by June.Railways has already covered around 100 railway stations on PMWANI and is going to cover all its hotspots,” Narayan said. PTI
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Mumbai: Equity indices failedto hold on to morning gains onTuesday, with the Sensex falling236 points amid a sell-off in ITstocks and weak trends fromglobal markets.
The 30-share BSE bench-mark opened higher but couldnot carry forward the momen-tum and declined 236 points or0.43 per cent to settle at54,052.61. During the day, it hita low of 53,886.28 and a highof 54,524.37.
The broader NSE Niftydropped 89.55 points or 0.55per cent to end at 16,125.15.
In the Sensex pack, TechMahindra, Hindustan Unilever,HCL Technologies, AsianPaints, NTPC, Tata Steel,Infosys, Axis Bank and BajajFinserv were among the biggest
laggards.In contrast, Dr Reddy’s,
HDFC, PowerGrid, KotakMahindra Bank, HDFC Bankand Nestle were among themajor gainers.
“Nifty faced selling pres-sure in the post noon sessiononce again today. It opened flatand rose in the morning. It latercame under selling pressureand closed lower for the secondconsecutive session,” saidDeepak Jasani, Head of RetailResearch, HDFC Securities.
Asian markets in HongKong, Shanghai, Seoul andTokyo ended lower.Exchangesin Europe were also tradinglower in the afternoon trade.Stock markets in the US hadended higher on Monday. PTI
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cent of Indian CEOs acknowl-edge that Covid pandemic hascaused short-term disruptionto their industry, but Indiancompanies have continued todemonstrate resilience as econ-omy rebounds, a survey said onTuesday.
The EY India CEO Survey2022 has found that mergerand acquisitions (M&A) is akey strategic lever for IndianCEOs as they look to buy ver-sus build to achieve their trans-formation ambitions.
“Today, amidst challengesof inflationary pressures, sup-ply chain issues, and increasinggeopolitical conflicts, CEOs inIndia are resetting their riskradar and reframing theirinvestment strategy forreshaped future, with transfor-mation and sustainabilityincreasingly driving the M&Aagenda,” the survey said.
According to the EY 2022CEO Outlook Survey, 50 percent of Indian CEOs acknowl-edge the pandemic caused
short-term disruption to theirindustry.
Geopolitical challengeshave further exacerbated atumultuous period and creat-ed additional risks to businessoperations.
“However, Indian compa-nies have continued to demon-strate resilience, on Indian eco-nomic rebound,” it added.
As many as 80 per cent ofIndian CEOs also acknowledgemaking adjustments to theirglobal operations and supplychains. For 63 per cent, the pur-pose has been to reduce logis-tics costs and increaseresilience.
“This said, Indian CEOsrecognize that increasinggeopolitical tensions, tradeconflicts and protectionism,along with increasing compe-tition from non-traditionalcompetitors and the accelera-tion of climate change impactswill pose the greatest risks totheir future growth strategy,”the survey said.
EY India Chairman RajivMemani said, “There is nodoubt that Indian CEOs areleading from the front to com-bat the challenges emanatingfrom the pandemic and geopo-litical tensions ... They areincreasingly looking at M&Asas a lever for accelerating busi-ness transformation and long-term value creation.” PTI
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New Delhi: Rising fuel costsand prohibitively expensiveelectric vehicles are makingcompressed natural gas (CNG)“a welcome relief and alternatefuel” for mobility for Indianconsumers, according to areport by NRI (NomuraResearch Institute) Consulting& Solutions.
CNG vehicle sales contin-ued to grow in FY22, rising by55 per cent to 2,65,383 units inFY22 compared to 1,71,288units in FY21, as per NRI’sreport titled ‘Path to cleanmobility: Increasing penetra-tion of NGVs in India’.
In the last five years, thepenetration of CNG vehicleshas also increased, and its parchas grown at a CAGR of 5.3 per
cent to 37.97 lakh units as ofMarch 2022 from 30.90 lakhunits in March 2018, the reportsaid. “With increased differen-tial TCO (total cost of owner-ship) benefits compared toother fuels, CNG is gainingmore prominence among con-sumer preference post-BS-VI.The technology is now wellestablished in India with majorOEMs concentrating to bringin a range of cost-efficient andfuel-efficient CNG variants,”NRI said in a statement.
The report pointed outthat favourable factors, such asimprovement in CNG fuellinginfrastructure and supportingregulatory environment, arehelping the growth of CNGvehicles. “With fuel prices soar-
ing and electric vehiclesbecoming prohibitively expen-sive for most Indians, vehiclesthat run on compressed natur-al gas could be considered as awelcome relief and an alterna-tive for mobility,” NRI said.
The expansion of the CGD(city gas distribution) networkand an increasing number ofCNG stations is expected toencourage the proliferation ofNGVs (natural gas vehicles), itadded. “The immense volumeand favourable conditions ofthe Indian automobile marketgive an opportunity to promotewidespread adoption of NGVsin India,” NRI Consulting &Solutions Senior Partner &Group Head Ashim Sharmasaid. PTI
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Olectra Greentech Limited(OLECTRA) has bagged
the biggest ever order in its his-tory for 2,100 Electric busesfrom The BrihanmumbaiElectric Supply and Transport(BEST).
The value of this order is�3675 crores. Evey TransPrivate Limited (EVEY) hasreceived the Letter of Award(LoA) from BEST. The buseswill be delivered over a periodof 12 months. Commenting onthis occasion, KV Pradeep,
Chairman and ManagingDirector, Olectra GreentechLimited, said “We feel happy toreceive this biggest order fromBEST. Running the largestElectric Bus fleet in India’sfinancial capital is a matter of
pride”.The pioneer and leading
Electric mobility player OlectraGreentech Limited manufac-tures 12 metre AC buses tomeet this obligation. It isalready operating 40 Electricbuses for BEST in Mumbai.Currently, EVEY and OlectraGreentech Limited are operat-ing electric buses in variousState Transport Undertakings(STU) in the country, such asPune (PMPML), Hyderabad,Goa, Deharadun, Surat, andAhmedabad, Silvasa, andNagpur.
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Virat Kohli's return to form and a rather dra-matic entry into the IPL play-offs will make
Royal Challengers Bangalore a more confidentunit when they meet a top-heavy Lucknow SuperGiants in the Eliminator here on Wednesday.
After a string of low scores, Kohli found hisrhythm enroute to a scintillating 54-ball 73 in theirlast match against Gujarat Titans. This was his onlysecond fifty this season.
Kohli's return to form will be a big plus to theirtop-order which often has struggled to get goingin the power-play.
Add Dinesh Karthik's new-found finishingexploits, a quality pace trio in Josh Hazlewood,Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel who wouldlook to embrace the seam-friendly Eden condi-tions, and Faf du Plessis's calm and astute captain-cy, RCB will be upbeat in their quest of an elu-sive IPL title.
Having featured in three IPL finals, RCB areone star-studded outfit which has failed to live upto its fans' expectations time andagain. But this time under a three-time IPL winner in du Plessis,RCB look more balanced especial-ly on the pace bowling front.
RCB's experience in batting certainly willweigh heavily against the young LSG pace attackof Avesh Khan and Mohsin Khan.
Lucknow also have the experienced duo ofJason Holder and Dushmanta Chameera but theyhave been inconsistent this season, something thatcan be a cause of concern for the KL Rahul-ledoutfit. A key battle for RCB would be against theLucknow Super Giants opening duo of K L Rahuland Quinton de Kock — by far the best opening
pair of this IPL — sitting pretty on second andthird places in the top run getters' list.
But this also will be the team's weakness asthe Lucknow franchise lacks a quality middle andlower order, barring Deepak Hooda who has fourhalf-centuries this season.
The likes of Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya,Ayush Badoni and Holder have failed to impressand it's high time that they get into their acts ina virtual quarter-final.
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Daniel Vettori onTuesdaywas named as an assistant
to Australian cricket coachAndrew McDonald, who saidthe former New Zealand cap-tain's knowledge and experiencewould be invaluable.
All-rounder Vettori played113 Tests and 295 One-DayInternationals for the BlackCaps and worked alongsideMcDonald with RoyalChallengers Bangalore in theIndian Premier League.
He will continue as headcoach of the Birmingham
Phoenix in England'sThe Hundred.
"It's a very strongand unified group
which has the poten-tial to have a very
rewarding and hope-fully successful period
ahead," Vettori said ofthe Australian squad.
Andre Borovec ofVictoria, who has worked
with the squad on select toursfor the past year, was also made
an assistant and will coachAustralia A in Sri Lanka nextmonth prior to the nationalteam's two-Test series there.
Their appointments followthe elevation of McDonald tohead coach in April after JustinLanger quit, and the departureof Jeff Vaughan to coachTasmania.
"I have worked with Danielpreviously and could not speakmore highly of his approach,work ethic and rapport hebrings," he added.
"His experience and bal-anced style are well document-ed. He is a great fit and will bringan enormous amount of knowl-edge to the team."
McDonald's team alreadyboasts batting coach Michael DiVenuto, spin coach Sri Sriramand former Test seam bowlerClint McKay.
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in the IPL is not a matterof concern as he will beback among the runs
soon, BCCI presidentSourav Ganguly said onTuesday.
The record five-time IPLwinning Mumbai Indiansskipper had a woeful seasonfinishing with 268 runs from14 innings at an average of19.14 with a modest strike-rake 120.17 as their teamfinished at the bottom ofthe standings this season.
"Everybody ishuman. There will bemistakes but Rohit'srecord as captain isoutstanding. Five IPLtitles, Asia Cup win-ner, he has won what-ever he has captained,so his record as cap-tain is outstanding.Mistakes will happen
because they are all human,"Ganguly said. Before the lastmatch where he scored a fiery
fifty against Kolkata KnightRiders, former India captainKohli also endured his worst-
ever IPL with 236 runs from13 innings which includedthree golden ducks.
Backing the duo, Gangulysaid: "They are very goodplayers. I'm sure they will beback among runs. They play somuch of cricket that at timesthey go out of form. Kohliplayed very well in the lastgame, especially when it wasrequired for RCB.
"That's why he (Kohli)was so happy that RCB qual-ified. They are all great play-ers, it's a matter of time theywill be at their best," Gangulyadded.
Rishabh Pant has failed toimpress especially with hisDRS making decisions butGanguly feels with time hewould improve.
"Don't compare Pant withMS Dhoni. Dhoni has so muchexperience, has captained in500-plus games in IPL, Testsand ODIs. So it's not fair forRishabh to be compared withDhoni."
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The legendary AB deVilliers said he will "defi-
nitely" return to the IPL nextyear as part of the RoyalChallengers Bangalore squad,but he is not sure in whatcapacity. De Villiers had beena big part of RCB family
before he retired from allforms of cricket last year.
"I am glad to hear Viratconfirmed it. To be honest, wehaven't decided on anythingyet. I will definitely be aroundIPL next year. I am not surein what capacity but I ammissing getting back there,"De Villiers told VUSport.
"I have a heard a little birdtweeting, saying that theremight be some games inBangalore. So I would love toreturn to my second home-town and watch the fullcapacity stadium there at theChinnaswamy again. I wouldlove to return, I am lookingforward to it."
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Young-left arm pacer Arshdeep Singhsays clarity of mind, attained through
yoga and meditation, has helped him per-fect the art of bowling yorkers, a rare abil-ity that has pushed him into the Indian T20side for the South Africa series.
The 23-year-old from Kharar humblyaccepts the success that has come his wayin the IPL but says he really had to "earneverything".
It may seem that landing yorkers, at will,comes naturally to the lanky fast bowler buthe put in the extra work with his personalcoach Jaswant Rai ahead of the IPL to honehis coveted skill.
Yoga and meditation has also helpedhim stay calm in high-pressure scenarios.
"It (meditation) clears the mind. Whenthere is pressure, there is no substitute toclarity. Being able to stay calm surely helpsin a big way," Arshdeep said.
Back at home after a gruelling coupleof months in the IPL, Arshdeep is gettingsome much-needed rest at home but it won'tbe long before he joins the Indian squad forthe South Africa series beginning in Delhion June 9.
He bowled more with the old ball thannew ball this IPL season with Punjab rely-ing on him heavily in the slog overs.
Only one of the two players to beretained by the franchise, Arshdeep repaidthe faith by ending up with an economy rateof 7.31 in the death overs, the best among
bowlers who bowled more than 10 overs inthat critical phase.
"My role depended on team combina-tion, match ups are a big thing in T20 crick-et. I bowled with the new ball, in the mid-dle as well as death.
"Whatever the team combination for aparticular game was, the role changedaccordingly. You have to be adaptable in thisformat.".
He ended with 10 wickets with an econ-omy rate of 7.70 but it was his death overgame that earned plaudits from the experts.
The internet too raved as he got his york-ers right ball after all.
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everything," Arshdeep swears by thesewords and that is how he is approaching hisfirst series as a India cricketer.
He got the taste of life as an India crick-eter when he travelled to Sri Lanka as a netbowler last year. That was the time he alsogot to work with Paras Mhambrey whostraightened his run up so that he couldswing the ball better.
He had burst on the scene in 2018 U-19 World Cup in New Zealand, where Indiawon, but he did not get to play in all thegames.
Talking about the rapid strides he hasmade in the last five years, he said, "Thejourney has been satisfying. There werestruggles."
"Whenever I get the opportunity I tryto enjoy and make the most of it.Whether I play or not, it is a team game.The team has to win. My focus is on giv-ing my 100 percent before I go off tosleep everyday."
"I am just happy to be in the Indianteam. I don't rate my performance at all.I am just doing my job. If I think about allthose things then thoughts will come up andmind will get blurred.
"I feel I don't need to change anythingfor the highest level. I just want to maintainmy consistency," Arshdeep signed off.
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Wicketkeeper-batter DineshKarthik feels his latest
recall to the Indian team is his"most special comeback" of arollercoaster international careerthat began way back in 2004.
Karthik made the squadfor India's home T20 seriesagainst South Africa beginningJune 9.
"This is my most specialcomeback because a lot of peo-ple had given up on me. For meto comeback and do what I did,practice the way I did, so many
special things havehappened in thelead up to therock-shell andhow I prac-ticed post
that," the 36-year-
old toldthe RCB
website.Karthik forced the selectors
to pick him after displayingexemplary finishing skills inthe IPL. He had last played forIndia in the 2019 ODI WorldCup.
He praised the RoyalChallengers Bangalore teammanagement for backing himstrongly for the finisher's role.
"I think the clarity that theygave me for me to execute therole that I wanted to do, in manyways I am indebted to RCB forpicking me and giving me thatrole, believing in me and thenme coming out here and tryingto do my best for team RCB. So,it's all and all a very very happyfeeling."
The main goal for Karthikis to play the T20 World
Cup in Australia laterthis year.
"There are somany young boys
who would be puttingup their name for selection,
to see the skillset that is out thereand believe that this is the guywe need for the World Cup. Ithink it is a very very humblingfeeling. "I know that journey isstill there to the World Cup butbeing a part of the scheme ofthings and getting the opportu-nity to showcase my skills, I amvery proud of it," he added.
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The swashbuckling ShafaliVerma blazed away at the
top before Laura Wolvaardt'sunbeaten half century asVelocity overhauled a stiff tar-get to get the better ofSupernovas by seven wickets inthe Women's T20 Challenge
here on Tuesday.Set a target of 151 after opt-
ing to field, Velocity complet-ed the chase with 10 balls tospare.
After Shafali's breezy knockof 51 in 33 balls, LauraWolvaard (51 off 35 balls) andDeepti Sharma (24 not out) sawtheir side home comfortably.
Chasing a challenging tar-get, Velocity lost NatthakanChantham (1) early but the big-hitting Shafali decided to go allguns blazing as the team racedto 60 for the loss of only onewicket by the time the six powerplay overs came to an end.
Shafali reached her halfcentury in quick time, needingonly 28 runs to get to the land-mark. She did so in style,pulling Deandra Dottin for aboundary over midwicket.
Though she managed toscore only 17 off 13 balls,Yastika Bhatia gave Shafali com-pany when the team needed itthe most, having suffered anearly blow.
Shafali got out after scoringan aggressive 51 off 33 balls, thesuccessful bowler being Dottin,but the experienced duo ofWolvaardt and Sharma ensuredthe Velocity were home withoutmuch difficulty.
Earlier, skipperHarmanpreet Kaur top-scoredwith a blistering 51-ball 71 asSupernovas posted 150 for five.
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David Miller hit threeeffortless sixes whichlooked like actionreplays as Gujarat
Titans, under their inspira-tional skipper Hardik Pandya,made a mockery of all theodds to reach the final of IPL-15 with a seven-wicket win overRajasthan Royals on Tuesday.
On a track that was two-paced, Royals rode on JosButtler's 56-ball-89 to post 188for six in 20 overs, whichseemed like a winning totalconsidering the pressure of theoccasion.
But Pandya (40 no off 27balls) and Miller (68 off 38 balls)added 101 runs in exactly 10overs to seal the deal withthree balls to spare.
For a team which manytipped to finish last because ofsome out-of-the-box picks,turned out to be the most con-sistent and will now play thefinal in front of its home crowdat the Narendra Modi Stadium,with more than 100,000 peoplecheering them on.
No praise is enough fornew 'Captain Cool' Pandya,who always looked in controleven when things didn't seemto go his team's way.
One of the cleanest hitters,Pandya took the game deepwith some well-placed bound-aries which allowed Miller totake his time before unleashingfive huge sixes -- three off thelast over from Prasidh Krishna,when the bowler completely losthis nerve.
The best part aboutPandya's captaincy was nottaking any risks against theopposition's best bowlerYuzvendra Chahal (0/32 in 4overs) but left it to his partner,who hit two huge sixes to easethe pressure.
Once Trent Boult (1/38 in4 overs) and Chahal were done,it was left to the day's worst per-former, Obed McCoy (1/40 in4 overs), to bowl a good 19thover with Titans requiring 23 off12 balls.
McCoy used his back of thehand slower balls to perfectionas only seven came off the over,leaving Krishna with 16 runs todefend but it took Miller threeballs to nail it, all in the lengthslots.
At the start of chase,Wriddhiman Saha (0) was all atsea against Boult and edged onethat moved in and then straight-ened after pitching. MatthewWade (35 off 30 balls) andShubman Gill (35 off 21 balls)didn't let it affect their battingas they added 72 for the secondwicket to keep the chase oncourse.
Gill started slowly but thenlaunched into RavichandranAshwin with a six over long-offfollowed by two boundarieson both sides of the square.
Wade also carried onbriskly before a big mix-upended in Gill's run-out.
Skipper Pandya startedwith a square cut off McCoybefore the bowler got Wade inthe same over when Buttlertook a well-judged catch atdeep mid-wicket.
Earlier, Buttler enjoyedcopious amount of luck and dis-played a fair bit of pluck duringan innings of 89, which tookRajasthan Royals to a challeng-ing total after being put into bat.
The Orange Cap-holderButtler, who had failed to get hisact together in the second halfof the season, got off to a slowstart but made full use of a cou-ple of dropped catches duringhis knock, which was studdedwith 12 fours and two sixes.
Buttler, who now has 718runs in 15 games, scored 39 offhis first 38 balls and thensmashed another 50 off his next18 deliveries.
Buttler was also fortunate toget two reprieves -- first on 43-- when Hardik Pandya slippedto miss a sitter, and then RashidKhan grassed him on 69.
He then took on AlzarriJoseph, smashing three bound-aries in an over to accelerate hisscoring before getting run-outin the final over.
First up, it was SanjuSamson's swagger that was onfull display as the Royals skip-per, seemingly hurt by the lat-est India selection snub,responded in style with a 26-ball47 (5x4, 3x6).
At a time when Buttlerstruggled to get going, thewicketkeeper-batter dealt inboundaries in his entertainingpowerplay display.
Samson shared 68-runstand with Buttler, of which 47came off the former's blade thatsummed up the dominationfrom the Royals skipper afterthey were put in.
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of the finds of the IPL with hisraw pace, clocking consistent-ly over 150 kmph to get amaiden India call-up for theT20 series. "His future is inhands. If he stays fit and bowlsat this pace, I'm sure he will bearound for a long time.
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Pep Guardiola joked it had been part of hisplan for Manchester City to come from 2-0
down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 to claim thePremier League title as his side paraded the tro-phy through Manchester on Monday.
Needing to win to hold off Liverpool by apoint to win the title, City were trailing 2-0 with15 minutes remaining before three goals in five-and-a-half manic minutes at the Etihad.
Guardiola kept his post-match promise bypuffing on a cigar as he took to the stage at theend of the parade.
City have now four titles in the last five yearsunder Guardiola and six in the last 11 seasons.
"It was the plan, 0-2, calm, calm," Guardiolasaid with a laugh. "And after we scored it wasa great night.
"Everybody knows what has happened is anincredible achievement. This is the toughestleague, in six years since we arrived we had four.
"The happiness on all the faces is the great-est reward we can get."
Despite their domestic dominance, theChampions League has remained beyond Citydespite the billions spent amassing a stellarsquad.
Another heartbreaking exit to Real Madrid inthe semi-finals earlier this month could havederailed their Premier League title charge, but theybounced back to take the necessary 10 points fromthe final four games.
"There was a lot of tension in the last monthafter (the defeat to Madrid) and a lot of difficultgames.
"We never give up and we have to be so proudof the group."
The event also became a farewell party for clubcaptain Fernandinho, who will return to his nativeBrazil this summer after nine years and 12 trophieswith the club.
"When I came here for the first time and metsomeone from City they said, 'Listen, we want youto be one of the leaders, we want you to be a cham-pion'," the 37-year-old said.
"When I look back all of the titles we won arereally special."
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World number two DaniilMedvedev eased intothe French Open sec-ond round on Tuesday
as Denmark's Holger Rune remind-ed Roland Garros that Carlos Alcarazis not the only teenager dreaming ofthe title.
Medvedev, who came into Pariswith just one match on clay this yearfollowing hernia surgery, routedArgentina's 103rd-ranked FacundoBagnis 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 on the back of 35winners and eight breaks of serve.
"I love Roland Garros, especial-ly since last year," said Medvedev, whohad lost in the opening round on hisfirst four trips to Paris before reach-ing the quarter-finals in 2021. "I hopethis year I can go further."
Rune, 19 and just a week olderthan the highly-rated Alcaraz, markedhis main draw debut with a 6-3, 6-1,7-6 (7/4) dismissal of 14th-seededCanadian Denis Shapovalov.
Rune, the boys champion in2019 and a former world junior num-ber one, entered Paris at a career-high40 having started 2021 outside of thetop 400.
In the current clay season, hewon his first title in Munich, beatingworld number three AlexanderZverev on the way.
Shapovalov committed 53unforced errors in a tie played atbreakneck speed.
"I didn't really show up today butHolger played great tennis," saidShapovalov, a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2021.
Later Tuesday, fourth seedStefanos Tsitsipas, who lost last year'sfinal to Novak Djokovic after leadingtwo sets to love, has a dangerousassignment against Italy's LorenzoMusetti in the night session onCourt Philippe Chatrier.
The 20-year-old, ranked 66, alsoled Djokovic by two sets in the last16 in 2021 before injury curtailed his
challenge.This year on clay he made the
quarter-finals in Marrakech andthird round at Monte Carlo,Barcelona and Madrid where he wasforced to retire against world num-
ber three Alexander Zverev.However, Tsitsipas is enjoying an
impressive clay court season in whichhe has successfully defended hisMonte Carlo title, was runner-up inRome and made the semi-finals in
Madrid.The Greek also enjoys a season-
leading 31 wins on the tour this year.
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were also in action.Simona Halep, the 2018 champi-
on, who is working with SerenaWilliams's coach PatrickMouratoglou, faces Nastasja Schunk,an 18-year-old lucky loser from qual-ifying, ranked at 165 in the world.
Jelena Ostapenko, who was ashock Roland Garros winner in2017, defeated Italy's Lucia Bronzetti6-1, 6-4 to end a five-match losingstreak having started the year winning14 of 18.
Ostapenko became the latestplayer to cast doubt on her appear-ance at Wimbledon after the tourna-ment was stripped of ranking pointsin response to its banning of Russianand Belarusian players.
"If there are no points, I'm notreally sure what I'm going to," said theLatvian.
"I think maybe they are going tochange their mind. I'm not sure aboutpoints. But I think a lot of things mayhappen within the next week or twoweeks."
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partner Matwe Middelkoop pro-gressed to the men's doubles secondround of the French Open with aneasy straight-set win over local wildcards Sascha Gueymard Wayenburgand Luca Van Assche.
The experienced 16th seededIndo-Dutch pair had no trouble indispatching the lower-ranked homecombo 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round.
Ramkumar Ramanathan is alsoin the fray, having teamed up withAmerican Hunter Reese. They are upagainst the German team of DanielAltmaier and Oscar Otte.
In the women's doubles, SaniaMirza and her Czech partner LucieHradecka have been seeded 10th andthey open their campaign againstItaly's Jasmine Paolini and MartinaTrevisan.
All three Indians will feature inthe mixed doubles event as well.
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Wimbledon" to defend his titledespite the controversy over thetournament being stripped of rank-ing points. "Yes, I intend to go toWimbledon," said Djokovic afterovercoming Japan's YoshihitoNishioka in the French Open firstround. However, he added that theinitial decision of the tournament toban Russian and Belarusian playersfollowing the invasion of Ukrainewas a "mistake".
The 35-year-old Djokovicstands to lose 2,000 points due to thedecision by the ATP and WTA tours
to remove ranking points fromWimbledon in response to theplayer ban. "On a personal, individ-ual level, I have been very negative-ly affected by that," said Djokovic.
He has already lost 2,000 pointsby not being able to defend hisAustralian Open title.
"Collectively I'm glad that play-ers got together with ATP andshowed to the Grand Slam thatwhen there is a mistake happening,and there was from the Wimbledonside, then we have to show that thereis going to be some consequences."
Earlier Monday, former worldnumber one Naomi Osaka said sheis "leaning towards not playing"Wimbledon.
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Coach Xavi Hernandez onTuesday said his Barcelona
team must be rebuilt after a tur-bulent season but refused to bedrawn on whether RobertLewandowski was a transfertarget.
The Catalan giants fin-ished 13 points behind La Ligachampions Real Madrid, theircampaign ending in a whimperon Sunday with a 2-0 homedefeat to Villarreal.
Barcelona were beaten infour of their last nine games inall competitions.
They were on a plane thenext morning for their first-evermatch in Australia, a friendlyagainst an A-League All-Starteam coached by formerManchester United strikerDwight Yorke and captained byformer Manchester Citydefender Jack Rodwell.
Xavi has brought 20 play-ers to Sydney, including captainSergio Busquets, Dani Alves,
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang,Frenkie de Jong, MemphisDepay and teenage sensationAnsu Fati.
Gerard Pique and teenageforward Pedri were amongthose missing. "Next seasonwe need to improve a lot, weimproved a lot sinceNovember," said Barcelonamidfield legend Xavi, who wasappointed in November withthe team lying ninth.
While he helped revivethem and they achieved themost important objective ofqualifying for the ChampionsLeague, they went out toFrankfurt in the Europa Leaguequarter-finals and in the last 16of the Copa del Rey.
"I think we are in a goodway, we have to be positive. Butnext season, at least, we need tocompete and win theChampions League, why not,"said Xavi.
"We are rebuilding theteam. We have a plan, of course,and we need to be competitive
next season. We cannot permitanother season without win-ning titles."
Prolific Bayern Munich for-ward Lewandowski, who wastop-scorer in the Bundesliga lastseason for the fifth year run-ning, has been heavily linkedwith Barcelona.
Xavi refused to confirm hisinterest. "I cannot confirmLewandowski or any othernames," he said. "Of course weare working hard and it isobvious that we need toimprove.
"It's a matter of time," headded of unveiling new players."If we have to announce some-thing we will announce it, butit is not the moment rightnow."
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Le o n a r d oSpinazzola will
make his return to theItaly squad after Roberto
Mancini named him among39 players for the European
champions' 'Finalissima'clash with Argentina andthe Nations League.
Roma full-backSpinazzola was one ofthe stars of Italy'scharge to Euro 2020glory but rupturedhis Achilles tendonduring his side's 2-1 quarter-final winover Belgium.
The injury left the29-year-old out for almost theentire season, only returning toaction for Roma earlier thismonth, and will join the squadafter the Conference Leaguefinal on Wednesday. He features
in the squad alongside GiorgioChiellini who will play his finalgame for the national teamwhen they face Copa America
winners Argentina at Wembleyon June 1. Three days after cap-tain Chiellini waves goodbyeItaly will then begin their Nations
League campaign with the visitof Germany to Bologna, beforethey host Hungary in Cesena onJune 7.
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Former Manchester Unitedstriker Dwight Yorke on
Tuesday said that new coachErik ten Hag must perform"major surgery" at the club to getthem back to the top.
Yorke, who won threePremier League titles, theChampions League and the FACup with United, spent the lastfortnight around Old Traffordand saw for himself what need-ed to be done.
"We (Man Utd) are nowherenear where we are supposed tobe, especially with the playersthat we have in the squad at themoment," he said.
"I spent the last two weeksthere and had some moreinsight into looking where theclub is and why we are in thatposition. "He's (Ten Hag) gotsome major surgery to repair
there, there's work that needs tobe done."
United finished a massive35 points behind PremierLeague champions ManchesterCity, who pipped Liverpool tothe title by a point, with the RedDevils registering their lowest-ever points tally.
"I'm not sure what his firststep needs to be but he muststamp his authority on the teamin terms of getting the playersunited together. That seems tobe a bit of a challenge at themoment," added Yorke.
"When you look at oursquad we have some fantasticplayers but the achievementdoesn't add up to it.
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Hertha Berlin secured theirplace in the Bundesliga for
next season with a 2-0 awaywin at Hamburg on Monday totake the promotion/relegationplay-off 2-1 on aggregate.
An early headed goal byHertha captain DedryckBoyata and a speculative sec-ond-half free-kick fromMarvin Plattenhardt sawHertha turn their fortunesaround in Monday's return leg.
Hertha had lost the first leg1-0 in Berlin last Thursday, butthe visitors flew out of the traps
in Hamburg when Boyatasmashed in a header after justfour minutes. Falling behindsubdued the hosts, who lackedthe composure of the first leg.
After nine straight seasonsin the Bundesliga, Hertha
avoided their first relegationsince 2011/12.
The aggregate defeatdenied Hamburg a return toGermany's top flight after fourseasons since their 2018 rele-gation.
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